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-
Skolelinux 6 got a video review from Pcwizz
-
17th March 2013
-

Via -twitter -I just discovered that Pcwizz have -done a video -review on Youtube of Skolelinux -/ Debian Edu version 6. He installed the standalone profile and -the video show a walk-through of of the menu content, demonstration of -a few programs and his view of our distribution.

- -

There is also some really nice quotes (transcribed by me, might -have heard wrong). While looking thought the Graphics menu:

- -
-"Basically everything you ever need in a school environment." -
- -

And as a general evaluation of the entire distribution:

- -
-"So, yeah, a bit bloated. It kept all the Debian stuff in there, just -to keep it nice and GNU. So, I do not want to go on about it, but -lets give it 7 out of 10. I am not going to use it. That is because -I am not deploying a school network. There may be some mythical -feature to help you deploy Skolelinux on a school network." -
- -

To bad he did not test the server profile, and discovered the PXE -installation option. It make it possible to install only the main -server from CD, and the rest of the machines via the net, and might be -considered the mythical feature he talk about. :)

- -

While looking through the menus, there is also this funny comment -about the part of the K menu generated from the Debian menu subsystem: - -

-"[The K menu] have a special Debian section for software that no-one -is going to look at, because it contain lots of junky stuff that you -actually don't need in the education distribution, but have just been -included because it isn't stripped out for some reason." -
- -

I guess it is yet another argument for merging the Debian menu and -Gnome/KDE desktop menu entries into -one -consistent menu system instead of two incomplete and partly -inconsistent menu systems.

- -

The entire video is available below for those accepting iframe -embedding:

- - + +
22nd August 2013
+

The second wheezy based beta release of Debian Edu was wrapped up +today, slightly delayed because of some bugs in the initial Windows +integration fixes . This is the release announcement:

+ +

New features for Debian Edu 7.1+edu0~b1 released 2013-08-22

+ +

These are the release notes for Debian Edu / Skolelinux +7.1+edu0~b1, based on Debian with codename "Wheezy".

+ +

About Debian Edu and Skolelinux

+ +

Debian Edu, also known as +Skolelinux, is a Linux distribution based on Debian providing an +out-of-the box environment of a completely configured school +network. Immediately after installation a school server running all +services needed for a school network is set up just waiting for users +and machines being added via GOsa², a comfortable Web-UI. A netbooting +environment is prepared using PXE, so after initial installation of +the main server from CD or USB stick all other machines can be +installed via the network. The provided school server provides LDAP +database and Kerberos authentication service, centralized home +directories, DHCP server, web proxy and many other services. The +desktop contains +more +than 60 educational software packages and more are available from +the Debian archive, and schools can choose between KDE, Gnome, LXDE +and Xfce desktop environment.

+ +

This is the sixth test release based on Debian Wheezy. Basically this +is an updated and slightly improved version compared to the Squeeze +release.

+ +

ALERT: Alpha based installations should reinstall or downgrade the +versions of gosa and libpam-mklocaluser to the ones used in this beta +release. Both alpha and beta0 based installations should reinstall or +deal with gosa.conf manually; there are two options: (1) Keep +gosa.conf and edit this file as outlined +on +the mailing list. (2) Accept the new version of gosa.conf and +replace both contained admin password placeholders with the password +hashes found in the old one (backup copy!). In both cases every user +need to change their their password to make sure a password is set for +CIFS access to their home directory.

+ +

Software updates

+ +
    + +
  • Added ssh askpass packages to default installation, to ensure ssh + work also without a attached tty.
  • +
  • Add the command-not-found package to the default installation to + make it easier to figure out where to find missing command line + tools. Please note, that the command 'update-command-not-found' + has to be run as root to actually make it useful (internet access + required).
  • + +
+ +

Other changes

+ +
    + +
  • Adjusted the USB stick ISO image build to include every tool +needed for desktop=xfce installations.
  • +
  • Adjust thin-client-server task to work when installing from USB +stick ISO image.
  • +
  • Made new grub artwork (changed png from indexed to RGB format).
  • +
  • Minor cleanup in the CUPS setup.
  • +
  • Make sure that bootstrapping of the Samba domain really happens + during installation of the main server and adjust SID handling to + cope with this.
  • +
  • Make Samba passwords changeable (again) via GOsa².
  • +
  • Fix generation of LM and NT password hashes via GOsa² to avoid + empty password hashes.
  • +
  • Adapted Samba machine domain joining to latest change in the + smbldap-tools Perl package, fixing bugs blocking Windows machines + from joining the Samba domain.
  • + +
+ +

Known issues

+ +
    + +
  • KDE fails to understand the wpad.dat file provided, causing it to + not use the http proxy as it should.
  • +
  • Chromium also fails to use the proxy when using the KDE desktop + (using the KDE configuration).
  • + +
+ +

Where to get it

+ +

To download the multiarch netinstall CD release you can use

+ + + +

The MD5SUM of this image is: 1e357f80b55e703523f2254adde6d78b +
The SHA1SUM of this image is: 7157f9be5fd27c7694d713c6ecfed61c3edda3b2

+ +

To download the multiarch USB stick ISO release you can use

+ + + +

The MD5SUM of this image is: 7a8408ead59cf7e3cef25afb6e91590b +
The SHA1SUM of this image is: f1817c031f02790d5edb3bfa0dcf8451088ad119

+ + +

How to report bugs

+ +

http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs

- Tags: debian edu, english, video. + Tags: debian edu, english.
@@ -85,170 +159,34 @@ embedding:

- -
13th March 2013
-

Min venn Erik Vold har på vegne av styret i -Frikanalen sendt ut -følgende -epost til alle kanalens medlemmer og støttespillere, i et forsøk -på å redde kanalen etter at kulturdepartementet kuttet all -finansiering i fjor høst. Jeg fikk meldingen som -NUUG-styremedlem, og mener den -trenger et større publikum. Jeg gjengir den derfor i sin helhet, -inkludert lenken til budsjett og regnskapsutkast, etter -avtale -med Erik.

- -

-

Til Frikanalens støttespillere

- -

Frivillighetens TV kanal har med minimal støtte avviklet daglige -sendinger siden 2009 og til tross for at statsstøtten uteble i år, er -vi nå i full gang med å utvikle et nytt TV system som foreningen selv -vil eie. Departementet fikk dessverre ikke med seg at nettet vil -berike TV sendingen fremfor å gjøre den overflødig. De har nå overlatt -finansieringen av videre drift til frivilligheten og vi håper derfor -på deres hjelp til å søke om midler. På kjøpet får dere langt flere -muligheter til å nå ut med deres budskap og med utbyggingen av Hybrid -TV (nett på TV) kan vi sammen motbevise departementets påstand.

- -

Kostnaden med denne utviklingen er svært lav ettersom de fleste -programmererne jobber gratis og alt er basert på åpen kildekode der -man deler hverandres bidrag til kringkastingsorienterte systemer. I -samarbeid med flere europeiske kanaler i EBU (SVT, BBC, NRK, ZDF, ARD, -France Televisions etc) ønsker vi å bygge opp et nettverk for delt -support og åpen kildekode der Frikanalen er den eneste sandkassen hvor -ny teknologi kan testes på luft. Riks TV åpner for annonsering av -nettinnhold relatert til det du ser på TV (streamevents i HbbTV) -allerede i sommer. Med støtte fra Media Netwerk som drifter Frikanalen -samt Sofia Digital som stiller med Hybrid TV server er vi & NRK sikret -en sentral rolle i utprøvingen. Det vil da bli mulig og streame -direkte til Riks TV sine nye mottakere (og nye IDTV'er) i HD samt at -TV'n kan annonsere en link til deres organisasjonssider, med -oppdaterte nyheter (RSS feeds), relaterte videoer etc., under -avviklingen av deres innslag.

- -

Vi tror sendingene på den nye nettstyrte TV-kanalen vil bli rikere enn -på den kommersielle plattformen vi har vært på så langt. Brukerne vil -nå få en tettere integrasjon med sosiale medier samt at innholdet -etterhvert kommer ut på Hybrid TV og mobile enheter. Teknisk ansvarlig -i Frikanalen, Erik Vold, er sentral i utviklingen av streamingdelen -for tv.nrk.no (årets produkt i PC World) og erfaringen NRK har gjort -på mobile enheter kan videreføres til oss. Det er heller ingen tvil om -at Hybrid TV vil bli en suksess også i Norge. Erik sitter i Nordig som -har vedtatt en felles standard for de nordiske kringkasterne basert på -HbbTV. Denne standarden bruker web-protokoller som gjør det like -enkelt og billig å utvikle tjenester for Hybrid TV som å lage en -nettside. Samtlige nye TV apparater solgt i Norden vil ha støtte for -HbbTV og med det tror vi oppslutningen vil bli like stor som ellers i -Europa (Tyskland og Frankrike tredoblet antall HbbTV-brukere i -fjor). Vi forventer også mye d rahjelp fra disse foregangslandene. Vår -utvikler Tore Sinding Bekkedal er i skriv ende stund på en HbbTV -workshop med EBU-medlemmer hos IRT i München der han på vegne av NRK -tester og utvikler ny stremingteknologi (MPEG- DASH) for -mobile enheter og hybrid TV.

- -

Frikanalen har forøvrig flyttet inn i nye kostnadsfrie lokaler på -Chateau Neuf. Med massiv hjelp fra frivillige får vi der en -flerkameraregi i egnede lokaler. Dette åpner for debatter, konserter, -events og mye spennende innhold i samarbeid med Student TV'ene.

- -

Med hjelp fra NUUG har også streamingdelen av systemet fått plass på -Uninett (Forskningsparken) og dermed er vi på Norges beste -internettlinjer. Vi åpner med dette for live mottak fra samtlige -medlemmer og på sikt kan vi tilby HD på hybrid TV og PC / MAC / mobil.

- -

Avvikling på luft skjer allerede med egenutviklede løsninger i åpen -kildekode (playout og live-koding). Det er også mulig å se første -byggetrinn med programoversikt og videoer på nett, men foreløpig kun -for nettleserne Opera, Chrome og Firefox: -http://beta.frikanalen.tv/guide/ -og -http://beta.frikanalen.tv/video/. Kom -gjerne med ønsker og tilbakemeldinger til vår hovedutvikler Benjamin -Bruheim: grolgh (at) gmail.com

- -

Med en tettere tilknytning til Akademia og NRK, er det god grunn til å -tro at utviklingen vil skyte fart og at vi raskere kommer ut med -dagsaktuelt innhold.

- -

Vi sender i dag på Riks TV og Altibox, men ikke lenger på TV8. Det er -viktig for våre brukere igjen å komme ut på Get og Canal Digital, -dermed er det svært heldig at vi nå har formidlingsplikt på kabel. Til -tross for at det tar noe tid å få nye avtaler på plass, med frivillig -juridisk bistand, vil vi sannsynligvis komme bedre ut i andre enden -også her. Formidlingsplikten gjelder samtlige kabeldistribusjoner i -Norge, ikke bare de regionene TV8 hadde avtale med.

- -

Om alt dette skal se dagens lys er vi avhengig av en -grunnfinansiering. Deres medlemsavgifter er i så måte et svært viktig -bidrag som vi er veldig takknemlige for. Vi ser oss likevel nødt til -å be dere om å delta i arbeidet med å dekke de resterende -driftskostnader. Frikanalen sin arbeidskapasitet er betydelig redusert -etter at foreningen ikke lenger kunne finansiere en daglig leder, men -allmøtet kan åpne for at flere bidrar til inntjening (Ekstraordinær -generalforsamling foreslo å tillate sponsorplakater på sendeflaten og -deler av disse inntektene kan tilfalle kanalen). Håper alle -medlemmene kan hjelpe oss med å skrive søknader og skaffe sponsorer, -eller i det minste komme med gode forslag til inntjening. Det er ikke -mye som skal til for å klare videre drift, kun 0,5 mill. pr år.

- -

Med en støtte som tilsvarer en norsk kortfilm vil vi kunne redde -sendearkivet for flere tusen videoer bygget opp av frivilligheten -gjennom 5 år og vi dobler kapasiteten for å ta imot nye (De som -leverer HD vil for øvrig kunne få HD på nett, mobil og hybrid TV).

- -

Vi vil også kunne videreføre konsesjonen på Riks TV og realisere en -formidlingsplikt på kabel som har en årlig verdi på ca. 5 millioner -kroner (når over 2/3 av Norges befolkning).

- -

Uten støtte står verdens eneste nasjonale nettstyrte åpne TV kanal i -fare for å forsvinne. En konkursbegjæring vil gjøre at utstyrsparken -går til advokatsalærer i behandling av boet og kreditorene vil ikke -kunne få dekket sine krav. Det mener vi ikke bare er urett ovenfor -långiverne, men det er urett mot alle de som har bidratt med å bygge -opp frivillighetens eneste sendearkiv og ikke minst alle de som i dag -jobber frivillig med å videreutvikle TV-systemet.

- -

Håper dere i likhet med styret ser verdien i videre drift og kan melde -tilbake innen årsmøtet (Kontaktinformasjon til styret og frivillige -utviklere er i kopifeltet).

- -

Vennligst fyll ut det blå feltet i regnearket under med det dere tror -er mulig å få inn. Det dere skriver her er ikke bindende, men gir -styret en indikasjon på om videre drift er mulig. Det blir tatt -stilling til av generalforsamlingen medio mars. Setter derfor pris på -om alle kan bidra med forslag til støtte eller antatte verdier fra -søknad/spons innen det.

- -

Forhåpentligvis når vi også ønsket budsjett på 1 mill. pr år. Med det -kan vi nedbetale gjelden raskere og sørge for en bedre -tilgjengelighet, samt raskere utvikling:

- -

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AouVL_e9_H1QdDgyX01kbElvcWI0UjFQbVNGbFIyUmc&usp=sharing#gid=0

- -

Med vennlig hilsen -
Styret i Frikanalen

-

- -

Jeg håper noen av mine lesere med dette ser verdien av Frikanalen -og melder seg inn for å sende sine videoer ut på TV til RiksTV og -Altibox-seerne. Det haster. Årsmøtet i foreningen Frikanalen skal -straks avholdes, og innen den tid må en redningsplan være på plass. -NUUG bidrar allerede litt ved å organisere utviklersamlinger og -finansiere litt mat og drikke til de frivillige som stiller opp på -dugnadsbasis for å utvikle den tekniske løsningen. Det er ikke nok -til å redde kanalen, men gir et lite steg i riktig retning.

- -

Update 2013-03-13 13:00: Epostlistelenkene -fungerer ikke lenger, da epostarkivet nå ikke lenger er tilgjengelig -for ikke-abonnenter. Korrigerte teksten fra styret litt etter -oppfordring fra Frikanalen-styret.

+ +
18th August 2013
+

Earlier, I reported about +my +problems using an Intel SSD 520 Series 180 GB disk. Friday I was +told by IBM that the original disk should be thrown away. And as +there no longer was a problem if I bricked the firmware, I decided +today to try to install Intel firmware to replace the Lenovo firmware +currently on the disk.

+ +

I searched the Intel site for firmware, and found +issdfut_2.0.4.iso +(aka Intel SATA Solid-State Drive Firmware Update Tool) which +according to the site should contain the latest firmware for SSD +disks. I inserted the broken disk in one of my spare laptops and +booted the ISO from a USB stick. The disk was recognized, but the +program claimed the newest firmware already were installed and refused +to insert any Intel firmware. So no change, and the disk is still +unable to handle write load. :( I guess the only way to get them +working would be if Lenovo releases new firmware. No idea how likely +that is. Anyway, just blogging about this test for completeness. I +got a working Samsung disk, and see no point in spending more time on +the broken disks.

- Tags: frikanalen, norsk, nuug, video. + Tags: debian, english.
@@ -256,40 +194,57 @@ oppfordring fra Frikanalen-styret.

- -
10th March 2013
-

Om noen år skal mine barn antagelig begynne på skolen i Oslo. Der -skal de blant annet lære seg å verdsette og håndheve sine egne grenser -og beskytte sin personlige integritet og privatsfære. Det blir ikke -enkelt når ledelsen i Osloskolen med vitende og vilje legger opp til å -krenke elevenes privatsfære ved å la politiet ransake elevene med -narkohund i klasserommet. Jon Wessel-Aas har publisert noen -interessante kommentarer om hvorfor dette er ulovlig. - -

- -

Jeg er veldig glad for at han bidrar med argumenter og forklaringer -vi foreldre kan ta med oss når vi skal protestere på og få en slutt på -denne forkastelige praksisen. Narkotikaproblemet må adresseres på -andre måter som ikke krenker barn og ungdoms integritet. Jeg ønsker -ikke at mine barn skal læres opp til å akseptere radering av -privatlivets fred, men heller at de skal læres opp til å sloss imot -den innføringen av stadig mer totalitær overvåkning som har pågått -over mange år i Norge.

+ +
2nd August 2013
+

It has been a while since my last update. Since last summer, I +have worked on a Norwegian +docbook version of the 2004 book +Free Culture by Lawrence Lessig, +to get a Norwegian text explaining the problems with the copyright +law. Yesterday, I finally broken the 90% mark, when counting the +number of strings to translate. Due to real life constraints, I have +not had time to work on it since March, but when the summer broke out, +I found time to work on it again. Still lots of work left, but the +first draft is nearing completion. I created a graph to show the +progress of the translation:

+ +

+ +

When the first draft is done, the translated text need to be +proof read, and the remaining formatting problems with images and SVG +drawings need to be fixed. There are probably also some index entries +missing that need to be added. This can be done by comparing the +index entries listed in the SiSU version of the book, or comparing the +English docbook version with the paper version. Last, the colophon +page with ISBN numbers etc need to be wrapped up before the release is +done. I should also figure out how to get correct Norwegian sorting +of the index pages. All docbook tools I have tried so far (xmlto, +docbook-xsl, dblatex) get the order of symbols and the special +Norwegian letters ÆØÅ wrong.

+ +

There is still need for translators and people with docbook +knowledge, to be able to get a good looking book (I still struggle +with dblatex, xmlto and docbook-xsl) as well as to do the draft +translation and proof reading. And I would like the figures to be +redrawn as SVGs to make it easy to translate them. Any SVG master +around? There are also some legal terms that are unfamiliar to me. +If you want to help, please get in touch with me, and check out the +project files currently available from +github.

+ +

If you are curious what the translated book currently look like, +the updated +PDF +and +EPUB +are published on github. The HTML version is published as well, but +github hand it out with MIME type text/plain, confusing browsers, so I +saw no point in linking to that version.

- Tags: norsk, personvern. + Tags: docbook, english, freeculture.
@@ -297,97 +252,132 @@ over mange år i Norge.

- -
8th March 2013
-

Last Sunday, 2013-03-03,, Holger Levsen announced the first update -of Skolelinux / Debian Edu -based on Debian Squeeze. This is the first update since -the -initial release 2012-03-11. This is the -release -announcement email from Holger:

- -

Hi,

- -

it's my pleasure to announce the immediate availability of Debian -Edu 6.0.7+r1 ("Debian Edu Squeeze").

- -

Debian Edu 6.0.7+r1 is an incremental update to Debian Edu -6.0.4+r0, containing all the changes between Debian 6.0.4 and 6.0.7 as -well Debian Edu specific bugfixes and enhancements. See below (in this -mail) for the full list of (edu) changes. Please see -http://www.debian.org/News/2012/20120311 -for more information on "Debian Edu Squeeze".

- -

Images are available for download at -http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/

- -

md5sums: -
1fe79eb4f0f9ae1c58fc318e26cc1e2e debian-edu-6.0.7+r1-CD.iso -
a6ddd924a8bd9a1b5ca122e8fe1c34ec debian-edu-6.0.7+r1-DVD.iso -
ac6c72cd7925ccec51bfbf58e2a7c69c debian-edu-6.0.7+r1-source-DVD.iso

- -

sha1sums: -
a4b58233b672a99c7df8dc24fb6de3327654a5c3 debian-edu-6.0.7+r1-CD.iso -
9b524915e0ff2aa793f13d93123e5bd2bab2dbaa debian-edu-6.0.7+r1-DVD.iso -
43997614893fc5e9e59ad6ce066b05d07fd836fa debian-edu-6.0.7+r1-source-DVD.iso

- -

These images are suitable for amd64+i386.

- -

Changes for Debian Edu 6.0.7+r1 Codename "Squeeze", released -2013-03-03:

+ +
27th July 2013
+

The first wheezy based beta release of Debian Edu was wrapped up +today. This is the release announcement:

+ +

New features for Debian Edu 7.1+edu0~b0 released +2013-07-27

+ +

These are the release notes for for Debian Edu / Skolelinux +7.1+edu0~b0, based on Debian with codename "Wheezy".

+ +

About Debian Edu and Skolelinux

+ +

Debian Edu, also known as +Skolelinux, is a Linux distribution based on Debian providing an +out-of-the box environment of a completely configured school +network. Immediately after installation a school server running all +services needed for a school network is set up just waiting for users +and machines being added via GOsa², a comfortable Web-UI. A netbooting +environment is prepared using PXE, so after initial installation of +the main server from CD, DVD or USB stick all other machines can be +installed via the network. The provided school server provides LDAP +database and Kerberos authentication service, centralized home +directories, DHCP server, web proxy and many other services. The +desktop contains +more +than 60 educational software packages and more are available from +the Debian archive, and schools can choose between KDE, Gnome, LXDE +and Xfce desktop environment.

+ +

This is the fifth test release based on Debian Wheezy. Basically +this is an updated and slightly improved version compared to the +Squeeze release.

+ +

ALERT: Alpha based installations should reinstall or downgrade the +versions of gosa and libpam-mklocaluser to the ones used in this beta +release.

+ +

Software updates

    -
  • sitesummary was updated from 0.1.3 to 0.1.8 -
      -
    • Make Nagios configuration more robust and efficient
    • -
    • Comply with 3.X kernel
    • -
  • -
  • debian-edu-doc from 1.4~20120310~6.0.4+r0 to 1.4~20130228~6.0.7+r1 -
      -
    • Minor updates from the wiki
    • -
    • Danish translation now complete
    • -
  • -
  • debian-edu-config from 1.453 to 1.455 -
      -
    • Fix /etc/hosts for LTSP diskless workstations. Closes: #699880
    • -
    • Make ltsp_local_mount script work for multiple devices.
    • -
    • Correct Kerberos user policy: don't expire password after 2 days. - Closes: #664596
    • -
    • Handle '#' characters in the root or first users password. - Closes: #664976
    • -
    • Fixes for gosa-sync: -
        -
      • Don't fail if password contains "
      • -
      • Don't disclose new password string in syslog
      • -
    • -
    • Fixes for gosa-create: -
        -
      • Invalidate libnss cache before applying changes
      • -
      • Multiple failures during mass user import into GOsa²
      • -
      • gosa-netgroups plugin: don't erase entries of attribute type - "memberNisNetgroup". Closes: #687256
      • -
      • First user now uses the same Kerberos policy as all other users
      • -
    • -
    • Add Danish web page
    • -
    -
  • debian-edu-install from 1.528 to 1.530 -
      -
    • Improve preseeding support and documentation
    • -
  • + +
  • Switched roaming workstation profiles from wicd to network-manager + for network configuration, as wicd didn't work any more.
  • +
  • Changed version numbers of patched gosa and libpam-mklocaluser + packages to make sure our locally patched versions will be replaced + by the official packages when they are released from Debian. Those + installing alpha version need to reinstall or manually downgrade gosa + and libpam-mklocaluser.
  • +
  • Added bluetooth tools to the default desktop (bluedevil, blueman).
  • +
  • Added tools for sharing the desktop on KDE (krdc, krfb).
  • +
  • Added valgrind to the default installation for easier debugging of + crash bugs.
  • +
- -

End-user documentation in English is available at -http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Squeeze/ -- translations to French, Italian, Danish and German are available in -the debian-edu-doc package. (Other languages could use your help!)

-

If you want to contribute to Debian Edu, please join our -mailinglist -debian-edu@lists.debian.org! -

+

Other changes

+ +
    + +
  • Fixed artwork package to work with gnome, no longer break + desktop=gnome installations.
  • +
  • Adjusted installer to now work when forced to use a proxy with the + netinst CD.
  • +
  • Fixed code detecting and setting/loading hardware specific + setup/firmware to work more robust out of the box.
  • +
  • Adjusted Kerberos setup to detect realm and server settings at + install time instead of dynamically at run time. This avoid a crash + with krb5-auth-dialog on diskless workstations without a DNS name.
  • +
  • Worked around misfeature in network-manager not calling the dhclient + exit hooks, causing automatic proxy configuration and automatic host + name setting at run time to work again.
  • +
  • Fixed feature setting the default Iceweasel start page from URL + fetched from LDAP, to allow schools to set the global default by + updating the dc=skole,dc=skolelinux,dc=no LDAP object.
  • +
  • Changed default host name on all networked machines to be unique + (generated from MAC or reverse DNS) after boot.
  • +
  • Adjusted partition sizes to make sure they are big enough.
  • + +
+ +

Known issues

+ +
    + +
  • Grub is missing the new artwork.
  • +
  • KDE fail to understand the wpad.dat file provided, causing it to + not use the http proxy as it should.
  • +
  • Chromium also fail to use the proxy.
  • + +
+ +

Where to get it

+ +

To download the multiarch netinstall CD release you can use

+ + + +

The MD5SUM of this image is: 55d5de9765b6dccd5d9ec33cf1a07109 +
The SHA1SUM of this image is: 996a1d9517740e4d627d100de2d12b23dd545a3f

+ +

To download the multiarch USB stick ISO release you can use

-

I am very happy to see the fruits of a year of hard work. :)

+ + +

The MD5SUM of this image is: d8f0818c51a78d357de794066f289f69 +
The SHA1SUM of this image is: 49185ca354e8d0543240423746924f76a6cee733

+ + +

How to report bugs

+ +

http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs

@@ -400,58 +390,112 @@ mailinglist
- -
3rd March 2013
-

Do you want to set up your own TV station, schedule videos and -broadcast them on the air? Using free software? With video on demand -support using -free and -open standards? Included a web based video stream as well? And -administrate it all in your web browser from anywhere in the world? A -few years now the Norwegian public access TV-channel -Frikanalen have been building a -system to do just this. The source code for the solution is licensed -using the GNU LGPL, and -available from github.

- -

The idea is simple. You upload a video file over the web, and -attach meta information to the file. You select a time slot in the -program schedule, and when the time come it is played on the air and -in the web stream. It is also made available in a video on demand -solution for anyone to see it also outside its scheduled time. All -you need to run a TV station - using your web browser.

- -

There are several parts to this web based solution. I'll mention -the three most important ones. The first part is the database of -videos and the schedule. This is written in Django and include a REST -API. The current database is SQLite, but the plan is to migrate it to -PostgreSQL. At the moment this system can be tested on -beta.frikanalen.tv. The -second part is the video playout, taking the schedule information from -the database and providing a video stream to broadcast. This is done -using CasparCG from SVT and -Media Lovin' Toolkit. Video -signal distribution is handled using -Open Broadcast Encoder. The -third part is the converter, handling the transformation of uploaded -video files to a format useful for broadcasting, streaming and video -on demand. It is still very much work in progress, so it is not yet -decided what it will end up using. Note that the source of the latter -two parts are not yet pushed to github. The lead author want to clean -them up a bit more first.

- -

The development is coordinated on the -#frikanalen IRC -channel (irc.freenode.net), and discussed on -the -frikanalen mailing list. The lead developer is Benjamin Bruheim -(phed on IRC). Anyone is welcome to participate in the -development.

+ +
17th July 2013
+

Today I switched to +my +new laptop. I've previously written about the problems I had with +my new Thinkpad X230, which was delivered with an +180 +GB Intel SSD disk with Lenovo firmware that did not handle +sustained writes. My hardware supplier have been very forthcoming in +trying to find a solution, and after first trying with another +identical 180 GB disks they decided to send me a 256 GB Samsung SSD +disk instead to fix it once and for all. The Samsung disk survived +the installation of Debian with encrypted disks (filling the disk with +random data during installation killed the first two), and I thus +decided to trust it with my data. I have installed it as a Debian Edu +Wheezy roaming workstation hooked up with my Debian Edu Squeeze main +server at home using Kerberos and LDAP, and will use it as my work +station from now on.

+ +

As this is a solid state disk with no moving parts, I believe the +Debian Wheezy default installation need to be tuned a bit to increase +performance and increase life time of the disk. The Linux kernel and +user space applications do not yet adjust automatically to such +environment. To make it easier for my self, I created a draft Debian +package ssd-setup to handle this tuning. The +source +for the ssd-setup package is available from collab-maint, and it +is set up to adjust the setup of the machine by just installing the +package. If there is any non-SSD disk in the machine, the package +will refuse to install, as I did not try to write any logic to sort +file systems in SSD and non-SSD file systems.

+ +

I consider the package a draft, as I am a bit unsure how to best +set up Debian Wheezy with an SSD. It is adjusted to my use case, +where I set up the machine with one large encrypted partition (in +addition to /boot), put LVM on top of this and set up partitions on +top of this again. See the README file in the package source for the +references I used to pick the settings. At the moment these +parameters are tuned:

+ +
    + +
  • Set up cryptsetup to pass TRIM commands to the physical disk + (adding discard to /etc/crypttab)
  • + +
  • Set up LVM to pass on TRIM commands to the underlying device (in + this case a cryptsetup partition) by changing issue_discards from + 0 to 1 in /etc/lvm/lvm.conf.
  • + +
  • Set relatime as a file system option for ext3 and ext4 file + systems.
  • + +
  • Tell swap to use TRIM commands by adding 'discard' to + /etc/fstab.
  • + +
  • Change I/O scheduler from cfq to deadline using a udev rule.
  • + +
  • Run fstrim on every ext3 and ext4 file system every night (from + cron.daily).
  • + +
  • Adjust sysctl values vm.swappiness to 1 and vm.vfs_cache_pressure + to 50 to reduce the kernel eagerness to swap out processes.
  • + +
+ +

During installation, I cancelled the part where the installer fill +the disk with random data, as this would kill the SSD performance for +little gain. My goal with the encrypted file system is to ensure +those stealing my laptop end up with a brick and not a working +computer. I have no hope in keeping the really resourceful people +from getting the data on the disk (see +XKCD #538 for an explanation why). +Thus I concluded that adding the discard option to crypttab is the +right thing to do.

+ +

I considered using the noop I/O scheduler, as several recommended +it for SSD, but others recommended deadline and a benchmark I found +indicated that deadline might be better for interactive use.

+ +

I also considered using the 'discard' file system option for ext3 +and ext4, but read that it would give a performance hit ever time a +file is removed, and thought it best to that that slowdown once a day +instead of during my work.

+ +

My package do not set up tmpfs on /var/run, /var/lock and /tmp, as +this is already done by Debian Edu.

+ +

I have not yet started on the user space tuning. I expect +iceweasel need some tuning, and perhaps other applications too, but +have not yet had time to investigate those parts.

+ +

The package should work on Ubuntu too, but I have not yet tested it +there.

+ +

As for the answer to the question in the title of this blog post, +as far as I know, the only solution I know about is to replace the +disk. It might be possible to flash it with Intel firmware instead of +the Lenovo firmware. But I have not tried and did not want to do so +without approval from Lenovo as I wanted to keep the warranty on the +disk until a solution was found and they wanted the broken disks +back.

- Tags: english, frikanalen, nuug, video. + Tags: debian, english.
@@ -459,35 +503,54 @@ development.

- -
27th February 2013
-

Dr. Richard Stallman, -founder of Free Software Foundation, -is giving a -talk in Oslo March 1st 2013 17:00 to 19:00. The event is public -and organised by Norwegian Unix Users Group (NUUG) -(where I am the chair of the board) and -The Norwegian Open Source Competence -Center. The title of the talk is «The Free Software Movement and -GNU», with this description: - -

-The Free Software Movement campaigns for computer users' freedom to -cooperate and control their own computing. The Free Software Movement -developed the GNU operating system, typically used together with the -kernel Linux, specifically to make these freedoms possible. -

- -

The meeting is open for everyone. Due to space limitations, the -doors opens for NUUG members at 16:15, and everyone else at 16:45. I -am really curious how many will show up. See -the event -page for the location details.

+ +
10th July 2013
+

A few days ago, I wrote about +the +problems I experienced with my new X230 and its SSD disk, which +was dying during installation because it is unable to cope with +sustained write. My supplier is in contact with +Lenovo, and they wanted to send a +replacement disk to try to fix the problem. They decided to send an +identical model, so my hopes for a permanent fix was slim.

+ +

Anyway, today I got the replacement disk and tried to install +Debian Edu Wheezy with encrypted disk on it. The new disk have the +same firmware version as the original. This time my hope raised +slightly as the installation progressed, as the original disk used to +die after 4-7% of the disk was written to, while this time it kept +going past 10%, 20%, 40% and even past 50%. But around 60%, the disk +died again and I was back on square one. I still do not have a new +laptop with a disk I can trust. I can not live with a disk that might +lock up when I download a new +Debian Edu / Skolelinux ISO or +other large files. I look forward to hearing from my supplier with +the next proposal from Lenovo.

+ +

The original disk is marked Intel SSD 520 Series 180 GB, +11S0C38722Z1ZNME35X1TR, ISN: CVCV321407HB180EGN, SA: G57560302, FW: +LF1i, 29MAY2013, PBA: G39779-300, LBA 351,651,888, LI P/N: 0C38722, +Pb-free 2LI, LC P/N: 16-200366, WWN: 55CD2E40002756C4, Model: +SSDSC2BW180A3L 2.5" 6Gb/s SATA SSD 180G 5V 1A, ASM P/N 0C38732, FRU +P/N 45N8295, P0C38732.

+ +

The replacement disk is marked Intel SSD 520 Series 180 GB, +11S0C38722Z1ZNDE34N0L0, ISN: CVCV315306RK180EGN, SA: G57560-302, FW: +LF1i, 22APR2013, PBA: G39779-300, LBA 351,651,888, LI P/N: 0C38722, +Pb-free 2LI, LC P/N: 16-200366, WWN: 55CD2E40000AB69E, Model: +SSDSC2BW180A3L 2.5" 6Gb/s SATA SSD 180G 5V 1A, ASM P/N 0C38732, FRU +P/N 45N8295, P0C38732.

+ +

The only difference is in the first number (serial number?), ISN, +SA, date and WNPP values. Mentioning all the details here in case +someone is able to use the information to find a way to identify the +failing disk among working ones (if any such working disk actually +exist).

@@ -495,91 +558,26 @@ page for the location details.

- -
22nd February 2013
-

Etter en lang pause og travle uker har jeg endelig klart å få -samlet et nytt intervju med en av folkene i -Skolelinux-miljøet. -Denne gang er det Helge Tore Høyland, en mangeårig bidragsyter på -epostlistene og ellers i prosjektet.

- -

Hvem er du, og hva driver du med til daglig?

- -

Eg er IT-konsulent/teknikker hjå eit firma i Steinkjer med navn -Uno IT. Uno IT er eit lite firma som -drifter nettverk og maskiner for små og mellomstore firma -Steinkjer-området. Per dags dato er me 2 ansatte. Min faglege bakgrunn -er Fagbrev som it-teknikker, samt nokre fag innen nettverk- og -server-drift frå HiST og NTNU. Dagleg arbeid består i oppsett av nye -maskiner og hjelp til sluttbrukere, samt oppsett og vedlikehold av eit -vidt spekter av fagsystemer ute hjå kunder. Erfaring med Skolelinux -har eg hatt i forbindelse med drifting av -Bjørkly skule, ein privat -grunnskule i Namsos-området. I dag har skulen 65 elever, 15 lærere, 1 -hovedserver og ca 60 klienter som kjører halvtjukt. Eg har bygd og -driftet systemet sidan summaren 2006.

- -

Hvordan kom du i kontakt med Skolelinux-prosjektet?

- -

Eg kom i kontakt med Skolelinux-prosjektet via ein artikkel i eit -fagblad, som eg ikkje lenger hugsar namnet på. I og med at eg allereie -hadde pusla med nettverk for ein annan skule, fatta eg straks -interesse for prosjektet.

- -

Hva er fordelene med Skolelinux slik du ser det?

- -

Fordelane med Skolelinux er sentralisert administrasjon og svært -mange gode verktøy «ut av boksen». Veldig kjekt å kunne drifte 60 -klientar med berre å «bry» seg med ein server. Levetid for systemets -hardware er og ein veldig fin effekt. I tillegg kjem fordelar som økt -sikkerhet og mindre lisenskostnader. Etter min erfaring er det og -mykje mindre driftskostnader med eit slikt system enn konkurrerande -system, pga enkelhet med sentralisert administrasjon. På grunn av at -Skolelinux er basert på Debian er det òg svært stabilt.

- -

Hva er ulempene med Skolelinux slik du ser det?

- -

Ulemper er mangel på vilje til å følge standarer ute i markedet, -som fører til mangel på støtte til nokre mykje brukte ting. Flash og -Java er typiske eksempel. Sidan Debian satsar på stabilitet framfor å -ha nyeste pakke av eit program, kan ein i nokre tilfeller kome borti -at program vert «for gamle». Det er spesielt nettlesaren som er -utsett. Mangel på vilje til å utvikle pedagogisk programvare, i Noreg, -for «alle» platformer fører òg til noko hovudbry.

- -

Hvilken fri programvare bruker du til daglig?

- -

Til dagleg bruker eg svært mange forskjellige «fri programvare» -program. Firefox, Thunderbird, Freecommander, ImgBurn, Clonezilla, -OCS inventory, Icinga, Skolelinux, SystemRescueCD og mykje meir.

- -

Hvilken strategi tror du er den rette å bruke for å få -skoler til å ta i bruk fri programvare?

- -

Strategisk må ein fokusere på at sluttbruker eigentleg ikkje er så -fokusert på at det er fri programvare men at det skal «berre fungere». -Gjer det enkelt å bruker og ikkje minst å administrere. For Skolelinux -sin del må ein få eit betre fokus på overganger. Utbytting av servere -må gå meir automatisk, import og eksport av brukerbase og maskinbase -med meir må kunne gå enkelt og oppgradering til neste versjon må bli -mykje meir automatisk og gjennomtesta. Ein må unngå at ein må sette -opp frå start når ein byter ut ein server eller oppgraderer til neste -versjon. For å få Skolelinux til å bli eit betre alternativ for skular -må ein ha fokus på nettlesaren. Denne må bli «up to date» og støtte -dei protokollar og tillegg som vert brukt av forlag med meir. Etter -kvart som meir og meir blir flytta ut i «skya» vert dette viktigare og -viktigare. Ein kunne ynskje og jobbe for at forlag med fleire tar i -bruk opne standarer, men inntil det skjer, må systemet kunne brukast -mot desse fagsystema.

- -

For meg har prosjektet med Skolelinux vore ein svært artig og -lærerik prosess. Miljøet rundt er ikkje enormt stort, dog stort nok, -men det er svært hjelpevillig og engasjert.

+ +
9th July 2013
+

The upcoming Saturday, 2013-07-13, we are organising a combined +Debian Edu developer gathering and Debian and Ubuntu bug squashing +party in Oslo. It is organised by the +member assosiation NUUG and +the Debian Edu / Skolelinux +project together with the hack space +Bitraf.

+ +

It starts 10:00 and continue until late evening. Everyone is +welcome, and there is no fee to participate. There is on the other +hand limited space, and only room for 30 people. Please put your name +on the event +wiki page if you plan to join us.

@@ -587,27 +585,79 @@ men det er svært hjelpevillig og engasjert.

- -
15th February 2013
-

If you, like me, want an updated a map for your Garmin GPS, there is -now a great source of free maps available from -Frikart. To -download a map, just click on the country you are interested in, and -download the map type you want. There are 8 different maps available, -using different colours and data selection. Pick one of Roadmap, Topo -Summer, Topo Winter, Roadmap II, Topo Summer II, Topo Winter II, -"Trails - overlay map" and "Cross country - overlay map" (see the web -page for descriptions).

- -

The maps are updated weekly, so if you find something wrong in the -map you can just edit the -OpenStreetmap map source -(anyone can contribute) and fetch a fixed map a week later. :)

+ +
5th July 2013
+

Half a year ago, I reported that I had to find a +replacement +for my trusty old Thinkpad X41. Unfortunately I did not have much +time to spend on it, and it took a while to find a model I believe +will do the job, but two days ago the replacement finally arrived. I +ended up picking a +Thinkpad X230 +with SSD disk (NZDAJMN). I first test installed Debian Edu Wheezy as +a roaming workstation, and it seemed to work flawlessly. But my +second installation with encrypted disk was not as successful. More +on that below.

+ +

I had a hard time trying to track down a good laptop, as my most +important requirements (robust and with a good keyboard) are never +listed in the feature list. But I did get good help from the search +feature at Prisjakt, which +allowed me to limit the list of interesting laptops based on my other +requirements. A bit surprising that SSD disk are not disks according +to that search interface, so I had to drop specifying the number of +disks from my search parameters. I also asked around among friends to +get their impression on keyboards and robustness.

+ +

So the new laptop arrived, and it is quite a lot wider than the +X41. I am not quite convinced about the keyboard, as it is +significantly wider than my old keyboard, and I have to stretch my +hand a lot more to reach the edges. But the key response is fairly +good and the individual key shape is fairly easy to handle, so I hope +I will get used to it. My old X40 was starting to fail, and I really +needed a new laptop now. :)

+ +

Turning off the touch pad was simple. All it took was a quick +visit to the BIOS during boot it disable it.

+ +

But there is a fatal problem with the laptop. The 180 GB SSD disk +lock up during load. And this happen when installing Debian Wheezy +with encrypted disk, while the disk is being filled with random data. +I also tested to install Ubuntu Raring, and it happen there too if I +reenable the code to fill the disk with random data (it is disabled by +default in Ubuntu). And the bug with is already known. It was +reported to Debian as BTS +report #691427 2012-10-25 (journal commit I/O error on brand-new +Thinkpad T430s ext4 on lvm on SSD). It is also reported to the Linux +kernel developers as +Kernel bugzilla +report #51861 2012-12-20 (Intel SSD 520 stops working under load +(SSDSC2BW180A3L in Lenovo ThinkPad T430s)). It is also reported on the +Lenovo forums, both for +T430 +2012-11-10 and for +X230 +03-20-2013. The problem do not only affect installation. The +reports state that the disk lock up during use if many writes are done +on the disk, so it is much no use to work around the installation +problem and end up with a computer that can lock up at any moment. +There is even a +small C program +available that will lock up the hard drive after running a few +minutes by writing to a file.

+ +

I've contacted my supplier and asked how to handle this, and after +contacting PCHELP Norway (request 01D1FDP) which handle support +requests for Lenovo, his first suggestion was to upgrade the disk +firmware. Unfortunately there is no newer firmware available from +Lenovo, as my disk already have the most recent one (version LF1i). I +hope to hear more from him today and hope the problem can be +fixed. :)

- Tags: english, kart. + Tags: debian, english.
@@ -615,90 +665,39 @@ map you can just edit the
- -
12th February 2013
-

Here in Norway, electronic invoices are spreading, and the -solution promoted -by the Norwegian government require that invoices are sent through -one of the approved facilitators, and it is not possible to send -electronic invoices without an agreement with one of these -facilitators. This seem like a needless limitation to be able to -transfer invoice information between buyers and sellers. My preferred -solution would be to just transfer the invoice information directly -between seller and buyer, for example using SMTP, or some HTTP based -protocol like REST or SOAP. But this might also be overkill, as the -"electronic" information can be transferred using paper invoices too, -using a simple bar code. My bar code encoding of choice would be QR -codes, as this encoding can be read by any smart phone out there. The -content of the code could be anything, but I would go with -the vCard format, as -it too is supported by a lot of computer equipment these days.

- -

The vCard format support extentions, and the invoice specific -information can be included using such extentions. For example an -invoice from SLX Debian Labs (picked because we -ask -for donations to the Debian Edu project and thus have bank account -information publicly available) for NOK 1000.00 could have these extra -fields:

- -

-X-INVOICE-NUMBER:1
-X-INVOICE-AMOUNT:NOK1000.00
-X-INVOICE-KID:123412341234
-X-INVOICE-MSG:Donation to Debian Edu
-X-BANK-ACCOUNT-NUMBER:16040884339
-X-BANK-IBAN-NUMBER:NO8516040884339
-X-BANK-SWIFT-NUMBER:DNBANOKKXXX
-

- -

The X-BANK-ACCOUNT-NUMBER field was proposed in a stackoverflow -answer regarding -how -to put bank account information into a vCard. For payments in -Norway, either X-INVOICE-KID (payment ID) or X-INVOICE-MSG could be -used to pass on information to the seller when paying the invoice.

- -

The complete vCard could look like this:

- -

-BEGIN:VCARD
-VERSION:2.1
-ORG:SLX Debian Labs Foundation
-ADR;WORK:;;Gunnar Schjelderups vei 29D;OSLO;;0485;Norway
-URL;WORK:http://www.linuxiskolen.no/slxdebianlabs/
-EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:sdl-styret@rt.nuug.no
-REV:20130212T095000Z
-X-INVOICE-NUMBER:1
-X-INVOICE-AMOUNT:NOK1000.00
-X-INVOICE-MSG:Donation to Debian Edu
-X-BANK-ACCOUNT-NUMBER:16040884339
-X-BANK-IBAN-NUMBER:NO8516040884339
-X-BANK-SWIFT-NUMBER:DNBANOKKXXX
-END:VCARD
-

- -

The resulting QR code created using -qrencode would look -like this, and should be readable (and thus checkable) by any smart -phone, or for example the zbar -bar code reader and feed right into the approval and accounting -system.

- -

- -

The extension fields will most likely not show up in any normal -vCard reader, so those parts would have to go directly into a system -handling invoices. I am a bit unsure how vCards without name parts -are handled, but a simple test indicate that this work just fine.

- -

Update 2013-02-12 11:30: Added KID to the proposal -based on feedback from Sturle Sunde.

+ +
4th July 2013
+

Half a year ago, I reported that I had to find a replacement for my +trusty old Thinkpad X41. Unfortunately I did not have much time to +spend on it, but today the replacement finally arrived. I ended up +picking a Thinkpad +X230 with SSD disk (NZDAJMN). I first test installed Debian Edu +Wheezy as a roaming workstation, and it worked flawlessly. As I write +this, it is installing what I hope will be a more final installation, +with a encrypted hard drive to ensure any dope head stealing it end up +with an expencive door stop.

+ +

I had a hard time trying to track down a good laptop, as my most +important requirements (robust and with a good keyboard) are never +listed in the feature list. But I did get good help from the search +feature at Prisjakt, which +allowed me to limit the list of interesting laptops based on my other +requirements. A bit surprising that SSD disk are not disks, so I had +to drop number of disks from my search parameters.

+ +

I am not quite convinced about the keyboard, as it is significantly +wider than my old keyboard, and I have to stretch my hand a lot more +to reach the edges. But the key response is fairly good and the +individual key shape is fairly easy to handle, so I hope I will get +used to it. My old X40 was starting to fail, and I really needed a +new laptop now. :)

+ +

I look forward to figuring out how to turn off the touch pad.

- Tags: english, standard. + Tags: debian, english.
@@ -706,99 +705,115 @@ based on feedback from Sturle Sunde.

- -
11th February 2013
-

For et halvt år siden -satte -jeg opp et system for å lage en database med informasjon om -offentlige anbud fra Doffin ved -hjelp av -Scraperwiki. Nå er databasen så vidt jeg kan se komplett, med -data helt tilbake til 2008. Her er litt statistikk over -antall -anbud publisert hver måned:

- -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Publiseringsmåned Antall
2013-01 1015
2012-12 756
2012-11 979
2012-10 1093
2012-09 1023
2012-08 951
2012-07 1103
2012-06 1334
2012-05 1435
2012-04 1169
2012-03 1573
2012-02 1335
2012-01 1147
2011-12 1045
2011-11 1114
2011-10 1230
2011-09 1165
2011-08 966
2011-07 1148
2011-06 1410
2011-05 1536
2011-04 1350
2011-03 1574
2011-02 1370
2011-01 1049
2010-12 992
2010-11 1089
2010-10 1110
2010-09 1132
2010-08 883
2010-07 1126
2010-06 1440
2010-05 1236
2010-04 1249
2010-03 1556
2010-02 1256
2010-01 1140
2009-12 1013
2009-11 1220
2009-10 1320
2009-09 1294
2009-08 953
2009-07 1162
2009-06 1605
2009-05 1568
2009-04 1522
2009-03 1599
2009-02 1376
2009-01 1080
2008-12 1028
2008-11 949
2008-10 1047
2008-09 965
2008-08 725
2008-07 1015
2008-06 1304
2008-05 323

- -

Her er tilsvarende -tall -per år, som viser en liten nedgang i antall anbud:

- - - - - - - - -
Publiseringsår Antall
2012 13898
2011 14957
2010 14209
2009 15712
2008 7356

- -

Jeg droppet den ufullstendige måneden og året fra tabellen. Se -lenken for oppdaterte tall.

+ +
3rd July 2013
+

The fourth wheezy based alpha release of Debian Edu was wrapped up +today. This is the release announcement:

+ +

New features for Debian Edu 7.1+edu0~alpha3 released +2013-07-03

+ +

These are the release notes for for Debian Edu / Skolelinux +7.1+edu0~alpha3, based on Debian with codename "Wheezy".

+ +

About Debian Edu and Skolelinux

+ +

Debian Edu, also known as +Skolelinux, is a Linux distribution based on Debian providing an +out-of-the box environment of a completely configured school +network. Immediately after installation a school server running all +services needed for a school network is set up just waiting for users +and machines being added via GOsa², a comfortable Web-UI. A netbooting +environment is prepared using PXE, so after initial installation of +the main server from CD, DVD or USB stick all other machines can be +installed via the network. The provided school server provides LDAP +database and Kerberos authentication service, centralized home +directories, DHCP server, web proxy and many other services. The +desktop contains +more +than 60 educational software packages and more are available from +the Debian archive, and schools can choose between KDE, Gnome, LXDE +and Xfce desktop environment.

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This is the fourth test release based on Debian Wheezy. Basically +this is an updated and slightly improved version compared to the +Squeeze release.

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Software updates

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  • Dropped ispell dictionaries from our default installation.
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  • Dropped menu-xdg from the KDE desktop option, to drop the Debian + submenu. It was not included with Gnome, LXDE or Xfce, so this + brings KDE in line with the others.
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  • Dropped xdrawchem, xjig and xsok from our default installation as + they don't have a desktop menu entry and thus won't show up in the + menu now that menu-xdg was removed.
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  • Removed the killer system to kill left behind processes on + multi-user machines, as it was no longer able to understand when a + X display was in use and killed the processes of the active users + too.
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  • Dropped the golearn (from goplay) package as the debtags in wheezy + are too few to make the package useful.
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Other changes

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  • Updated artwork matching http://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/Joy +
  • Multi-arch i386/amd64 USB stick ISO available.
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  • Got rid of ispell/wordlist related debconf questions that showed + up for some language options.
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  • Switched to using http.debian.net as APT source by default.
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  • Fixed proxy configuration on Main Server installations.
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  • Changed LTSP setup to ask dpkg to use force-unsafe-io the same way + d-i is doing it.
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  • Made sure root and user passwords were not left behind in the + debconf database after installation on Main Server installations.
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  • Made Roaming Workstation dynamic setup more robust and added draft + script setup-ad-client to hook a Roaming Workstation up to a + Active Directory server instead of a Debian Edu Main Server.
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  • Update system to install needed firmware packages during + installation, to work properly in Wheezy.
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  • Update system to handle hardware quirks (debian-edu-hwsetup).
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  • Corrected PXE installation setup to properly pass selected desktop + and keymap settings to PXE installation clients.
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  • LTSP diskless workstations use sshfs by default, allowing them to + work without adding them to DNS and NIS netgroups for NFS access.
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Known issues

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  • No mass import of user account data in GOsa (ldif or csv) + available yet (698840).
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  • Artwork not enabled for all desktops.
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Where to get it

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To download the multiarch netinstall CD release you can use

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The MD5SUM of this image is: 2b161a99d2a848c376d8d04e3854e30c +
The SHA1SUM of this image is: 498922e9c508c0a7ee9dbe1dfe5bf830d779c3c8

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To download the multiarch USB stick ISO release you can use

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The MD5SUM of this image is: 25e808e403a4c15dbef1d13c37d572ac +
The SHA1SUM of this image is: 15ecfc93eb6b4f453b7eb0bc04b6a279262d9721

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How to report bugs

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http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs

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