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-
Half way there with translated docbook version of Free Culture
-
17th August 2012
-

In my spare time, I currently work 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 -I can give to my parents and others that are reluctant to read an -English book. It is a marvellous set of examples on how the ever -expanding copyright regulations hurt culture and society. When the -translation is done, I hope to find funding to print and ship a copy -to all the members of the Norwegian parliament, before they sit down -to debate the latest revisions to the Norwegian copyright law. This -summer I -called -for volunteers to help me, and I have been able to secure the -valuable contribution from at least one other Norwegian.

- -

Two days ago, we finally broke the 50% mark. Then more than 50% of -the number of strings to translate (normally paragraphs, but also -titles and index entries are also counted). All parts from the -beginning up to and including chapter four is translated. So is -chapters six, seven and the conclusion. I created a graph to show the -progress:

- - - -

The number of strings to translate increase as I insert the index -entries into the docbook. They were missing with the docbook version -I initially started with. There are still quite a few index entries -missing, but everyone starting with A, B, O, Z and Y are done. I -currently focus on completing the index entries, to get a complete -english version of the docbook source.

- -

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? I am sure there are some legal terms that are unfamiliar to -me. If you want to help, please get in touch, 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.

+
New IRC channel for LEGO designers using Debian
+
2nd January 2013
+

During Christmas, I have worked a bit on the Debian support for +LEGO Mindstorm +NXT. My son and I have played a bit with my NXT set, and I +discovered I had to build all the tools myself because none were +already in Debian Squeeze. If Debian support for LEGO is something +you care about, please join me on the IRC channel +#debian-lego (server +irc.debian.org). There is a lot that could be done to improve the +situation. :)

- Tags: docbook, english, freeculture. + Tags: english.
@@ -83,17 +43,104 @@ saw no point in linking to that version.

-
Gratulerer med 19-Ã¥rsdagen, Debian!
-
16th August 2012
-

I dag fyller -Debian-prosjektet 19 -år. Jeg har fulgt det de siste 12 årene, og er veldig glad for å kunne -si gratulerer med dagen, Debian!

+
Lenker for 2013-01-01
+
1st January 2013
+

Her er noen lenker til tekster jeg har satt pris på å lese den +siste måneden.

+ + + +

Og et godt nytt år til dere alle!

- Tags: debian, norsk. + Tags: bankid, lenker, norsk, opphavsrett, personvern.
@@ -101,67 +148,29 @@ si gratulerer med dagen, Debian!

-
Gladoppslag om Skolelinux i avisen Fremover
-
15th August 2012
-

I sommer hadde avisen Fremover -et flott oppslag om bruken av -Skolelinux på alle skolene -der. Artikkelen var på trykk på side 4 og 5 i papirutgaven -2012-07-23, men mangler dessverre i nettutgaven av avisen. Mine -henvendelser til avisen for å få artikkelen på nett har så langt ikke -vært vellykket.

- -

Artikkelen med tittelen "Narvik kommune bruker gratisprogram i -skolen - Har spart millioner", forteller om hvordan bruken av -Skolelinux er en stor suksess i Narvik siden det ble tatt i bruk i -2004. Her er noen fine sitater:

- -
-"- Skolelinux har spart kommunen for store pengesummer, millionbeløp, - som de heller kan bruke på andre ting, sier IKT-konsulent Viggo - Fedreheim." -
- -

Avisen forteller at de har fått tilgang til beregninger som viser -at Narvik kommune har spart noe mellom 10 og 20 millioner kroner de -siste 8 årene på å bruke Skolelinux, og fortsetter:

- -
- -"Regnestykket tar høyde for sparte kostnader til lisenser som medfølger -de alternative operativsystemene, lavere driftskostnader og lengre -levetid på datautstyret. Totalt har Narvikskolen en maskinpark på -1600 maskiner fordelt på de 11 skolene fra Skjomen i sør til Bjerkvik -i nord." - -
- -

Viggo Fedreheim sier dette om hvor noe av gevinsten kommer fra:

- -
-"- Vi kan gjenbruke gamle maskiner i skolen som er for dårlig andre - steder i kommunen der de ikke bruker Skolelinux. Levetiden på en - datamaskin blir 3-5 år lenger med Skolelinux. Vi kaller det for - grønn IT, miljøvennlig IT." -
- -

Her er det mulighet for flere kommuner å få et godt IT-system på -skolene, hvis de er villige til å forsøke. De som ikke har kompetanse -innomhus kan kjøpe det fra en av de kommersielle leverandørene av -Skolelinux-tjenester, som Skolelinux -Drift AS (der jeg er styremedlem). Komplett liste er tilgjengelig -via -wikien.

- -

Update 2012-08-16: Today I was allowed by Fremover to put the PDF I -received from them with a copy of the article on the Internet. It is -now -available in the Skolelinux press archive.

+
A Christmas present for Skolelinux / Debian Edu
+
28th December 2012
+

I was happy to discover a few days ago that the +Skolelinux / Debian Edu +project also this year received a Christmas present from Another +Agency in Trondheim. NOK 1000,- showed up on our donation account +December 24th. I want to express our thanks for this very welcome +present. As the Debian Edu / Skolelinux project is very short on +funding these days, and thus lack the money to do regular developer +gatherings, this donation was most welcome. One developer gathering +cost around NOK 15 000,-, so we need quite a lot more to keep the +development pace we want. Thus, I hope their example this year is +followed by many others. :)

+ +

The public list of donors can be found on +the +donation page for the project, which also contain instructions if +you want to donate to the project.

- Tags: debian edu, norsk. + Tags: debian edu, english.
@@ -169,56 +178,51 @@ available in the Skolelinux press archive.

-
Notes on language codes for Norwegian docbook processing...
-
10th August 2012
-

In docbook one can specify -the language used at the top, and the processing pipeline will use -this information to pick the correct translations for 'chapter', 'see -also', 'index' etc. And for most languages used with docbook, I guess -this work just fine. For example a German user can start the document -with <book lang="de">, and the document will show up with the -correct content with any of the docbook processors. This is not the -case for the language -I -am working with at the moment, Norwegian Bokmål.

- -

For a while, I was confused about which language code to use, -because I was unable to find any language code that would work across -all tools. I am currently testing dblatex, xmlto, docbook-xsl, and -dbtoepub, and they do not handle Norwegian Bokmål the same way. Some -of them do not handle it at all.

- -

A bit of background information is probably needed to understand -this mess. Norwegian is not one, but two written variants. The -variants are Norwegian Nynorsk and Norwegian Bokmål. There are three -two letter language codes associated with these languages, Norwegian -is 'no', Norwegian Nynorsk is 'nn' and Norwegian Bokmål is 'nb'. -Historically the 'no' language code was used for Norwegian Bokmål, but -many years ago this was found to be å bad idea, and the recommendation -is to use the most specific language code instead, to avoid confusion. -In the transition period it is a good idea to make sure 'no' was an -alias for 'nb'.

- -

Back to docbook processing tools in Debian. The dblatex tool only -understand 'nn'. There are translations for 'no', but not 'nb' (BTS -#684391), but due to a bug -(BTS #682936) the 'no' -language code is not recognised. The docbook-xsl tool chain only -recognise 'nn' and 'nb', but not 'no'. The xmlto tool only recognise -'nn' and 'nb', but not 'no'. The end result that there is no language -code I can use to get the docbook file working with all of these tools -at the same time. :(

- -

The correct solution is to use <book lang="nb">, but it will -take time before that will work with all the free software docbook -processors. :(

- -

Oh, the joy of well integrated tools. :/

+
How to backport bitcoin-qt version 0.7.2-2 to Debian Squeeze
+
25th December 2012
+

Let me start by wishing you all marry Christmas and a happy new +year! I hope next year will prove to be a good year.

+ +

Bitcoin, the digital +decentralised "currency" that allow people to transfer bitcoins +between each other with minimal overhead, is a very interesting +experiment. And as I wrote a few days ago, the bitcoin situation in +Debian is about to improve a bit. +The new debian source +package (version 0.7.2-2) was uploaded yesterday, and is waiting +in the NEW queue +for one of the ftpmasters to approve the new bitcoin-qt package +name.

+ +

And thanks to the great work of Jonas and the rest of the bitcoin +team in Debian, you can easily test the package in Debian Squeeze +using the following steps to get a set of working packages:

+ +
+git clone git://git.debian.org/git/collab-maint/bitcoin
+cd bitcoin
+DEB_MAINTAINER_MODE=1 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=noupnp fakeroot debian/rules clean
+DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=noupnp git-buildpackage --git-ignore-new
+
+ +

You might have to install some build dependencies as well. The +list of commands should give you two packages, bitcoind and +bitcoin-qt, ready for use in a Squeeze environment. Note that the +client will download the complete set of bitcoin "blocks", which need +around 5.6 GiB of data on my machine at the moment. Make sure your +~/.bitcoin/ directory have lots of spare room if you want to download +all the blocks. The client will warn if the disk is getting full, so +there is not really a problem if you got too little room, but you will +not be able to get all the features out of the client.

+ +

As usual, if you use bitcoin and want to show your support of my +activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address +15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b.

- Tags: docbook, english, freeculture. + Tags: bitcoin, debian, english.
@@ -226,73 +230,74 @@ processors. :(

-
Best way to create a docbook book?
-
31st July 2012
-

I tried to send this text to the -docbook-apps -mailing list at lists.oasis-open.org, but it only accept messages -from subscribers and rejected my post, and I completely lack the -bandwidth required to subscribe to another mailing list, so instead I -try to post my message here and hope my blog readers can help me -out.

- -

I am quite new to docbook processing, and am climbing a steep -learning curve at the moment.

- -

To give you some background, I am working on a Norwegian -translation of the book Free Culture by Lawrence Lessig, and I use -docbook to handle the process. The files to build the book are -available from -github. -The book got around 400 pages with parts, images, footnotes, tables, -index entries etc, which has proven to be a challenge for the free -software docbook processors. My build platform is Debian GNU/Linux -Squeeze.

- -

I want to build PDF, EPUB and HTML version of the book, and have -tried different tool chains to do the conversion from docbook to these -formats. I am currently focusing on the PDF version, and have a few -problems.

- -
    - -
  • Using dblatex, the <part> handling is not the way I want to, - as </part> do not really end the <part>. (See - BTS report #683166), the - xetex backend (needed to process UTF-8) give incorrect hyphens in - index references spanning several pages (See - BTS report #682901), and - I am unable to get the norwegian template texts (See - BTS report #682936).
    • - -
  • Using straight xmlto fail with some latex error (See - BTS report - #683163).
    • - -
  • Using xmlto with the fop backend fail to handle images (do not - show up in the PDF), fail to handle a long footnote (overlap - footnote and text body, see - BTS report #683197), and - fail to create a correct index (some lack page ref, and the page - refs listed are not right).
    • - -
  • Using xmlto with the dblatex backend behave like dblatex.
    • - -
  • Using docbook-xls with xsltproc + fop have the same footnote and - index problems the xmlto + fop processing.
    • - -
- -

So I wonder, what would be the best way to create the PDF version -of this book? Are some of the bugs found above solved in new or -experimental versions of some docbook tool chain?

- -

What about HTML and EPUB versions?

+
A word on bitcoin support in Debian
+
21st December 2012
+

It has been a while since I wrote about +bitcoin, the decentralised +peer-to-peer based crypto-currency, and the reason is simply that I +have been busy elsewhere. But two days ago, I started looking at the +state of bitcoin in +Debian again to try to recover my old bitcoin wallet. The package +is now maintained by a +team of +people, and the grunt work had already been done by this team. We +owe a huge thank you to all these team members. :) +But I was sad to discover that the bitcoin client is missing in +Wheezy. It is only available in Sid (and an outdated client from +backports). The client had several RC bugs registered in BTS blocking +it from entering testing. To try to help the team and improve the +situation, I spent some time providing patches and triaging the bug +reports. I also had a look at the bitcoin package available from Matt +Corallo in a +PPA for +Ubuntu, and moved the useful pieces from that version into the +Debian package.

+ +

After checking with the main package maintainer Jonas Smedegaard on +IRC, I pushed several patches into the collab-maint git repository to +improve the package. It now contains fixes for the RC issues (not from +me, but fixed by Scott Howard), build rules for a Qt GUI client +package, konqueror support for the bitcoin: URI and bash completion +setup. As I work on Debian Squeeze, I also created +a +patch to backport the latest version. Jonas is going to look at +it and try to integrate it into the git repository before uploading a +new version to unstable. + +

I would very much like bitcoin to succeed, to get rid of the +centralized control currently exercised in the monetary system. I +find it completely unacceptable that the USA government is collecting +transaction data for almost all international money transfers (most are done in USD and transaction logs shipped to the spooks), and +that the major credit card companies can block legal money +transactions to Wikileaks. But for bitcoin to succeed, more people +need to use bitcoins, and more people need to accept bitcoins when +they sell products and services. Improving the bitcoin support in +Debian is a small step in the right direction, but not enough. +Unfortunately the user experience when browsing the web and wanting to +pay with bitcoin is still not very good. The bitcoin: URI is a step +in the right direction, but need to work in most or every browser in +use. Also the bitcoin-qt client is too heavy to fire up to do a +quick transaction. I believe there are other clients available, but +have not tested them.

+ +

My +experiment +with bitcoins showed that at least some of my readers use bitcoin. +I received 20.15 BTC so far on the address I provided in my blog two +years ago, as can be +seen +on the blockexplorer service. Thank you everyone for your +donation. The blockexplorer service demonstrates quite well that +bitcoin is not quite anonymous and untracked. :) I wonder if the +number of users have gone up since then. If you use bitcoin and want +to show your support of my activity, please send Bitcoin donations to +the same address as last time, +15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b.

- Tags: docbook, english, freeculture. + Tags: bitcoin, debian, english.
@@ -300,48 +305,96 @@ experimental versions of some docbook tool chain?

-
OOXML og standardisering
-
25th July 2012
-

DIFI har -en -høring gående om ny versjon av statens standardkatalog, med frist -2012-09-30, der det foreslås å fjerne ODF fra katalogen og ta inn ISO -OOXML. I den anledning minnes jeg -notatet -FAD skrev da versjon 2 av standardkatalogen var under -utarbeidelse, da FAD og DIFI fortsatt forsto poenget med og verdien av -frie og åpne standarder.

- -

Det er mange som tror at OOXML er ett spesifikt format, men det -brukes ofte som fellesbetegnelse for både formatet spesifisert av -ECMA, ISO, og formatet produsert av Microsoft Office (aka docx), som -dessverre ikke er det samme formatet. Fra en av de som implementerte -støtte for docx-formatet i KDE fikk jeg høre at ISO-spesifikasjonen -var en nyttig referanse, men at det var mange avvik som gjorde at en -ikke kunne gå ut ifra at Microsoft Office produserte dokumenter i -henhold til ISO-spesifikasjonen.

- -

ISOs OOXML-spesifikasjon har (eller hadde, usikker på om -kommentaren er oppdatert) i følge -Inigo -Surguy feil i mer enn 10% av eksemplene, noe som i tillegg gjør -det vanskelig å bruke spesifikasjonen til å implementere støtte for -ISO OOXML. Jeg har ingen erfaring med å validere OOXML-dokumenter -selv, men ser at -Microsoft -har laget en validator som jeg ikke kan teste da den kun er -tilgjengelig på MS Windows. Finner også en annen kalt -Office-O-Tron som -er oppdatert i fjor. Lurer på om de validerer at dokumenter er i -formatet til Microsoft office, eller om de validerer at de er i -henhold til formatene spesifisert av ECMA og ISO. Det hadde også vært -interessant å se om docx-dokumentene publisert av det offentlige er -gyldige ISO OOXML-dokumenter.

+
Piratpartiet på opphavs-retrett?
+
19th December 2012
+

Jeg ble overrasket over å se at Piratpartiet i +Aftenposten +er referert på følgende:

+ +
+Når det gjelder retten til opphavsrett for kulturproduktene, mener +Piratpartiet av levetid + 14 år er tilfredsstillende. +
+ +

Det betyr en vernetid langt ut over det kommersielle livet til de +aller fleste opphavsrettsbeskyttede verker, og er i strid med slik i +hvert fall jeg har tolket punkt 5 i +kjerneprogrammet +til Piratpartiet:

+ +
+

5: Åndsverk og patenter: tilbake til start

+ + + + + +
forslag:14 års opphavsrett og ingen +programvarepatenter
grunn:Den første loven om opphavsrett spesifiserte 14 +års vernetid. Senere har mediabransjens lobbyister stadig presset +loven mot lengre vern, nå er det 70 år etter forfatters død. Dette +gjør at mange verk glemmes og går tapt, noe som er skadelig for norsk +språk og kultur. Vi til tilbake til start: 14 års +vernetid. Patentloven sier klart at dataprogrammer ikke kan +patenteres. Likevel klarer patentadvokater å lure gjennom +programvarepatenter. Slike patenter gjør dingsene våre dyrere og kan i +enkelte tilfelle stoppe dem helt.
+
+ +

Den opprinnelige opphavsretten var på 14 år totalt, ikke 14 år +etter opphavspersonens død. Jeg tenkte først dette kanskje var +feilsitering fra Aftenposten, men jeg finner samme påstand i en bloggpost +fra Geir Aaslid på Piratpartietes offisielle nettsider. Der +skriver han følgende:

+ +
+Hva vi gjør med opphavsretten er mer komplisert fordi den omfavner så +mange bransjer, med ulike behov. Enhver reform er en forbedring men +det er nærliggende å anta at en opphavsrett på levetid + 14 år er +fullt ut tilfredstillende for musikk, film, litteratur og spill. +
+ +

Det virker dermed på meg som om Piratpartiet allerede har gjort +retrett fra sin beundringsverdige holdning om at det holdt med 14 års +total vernetid, til sin nye som tar utgangspunkt i levetiden til +opphavspersonen. Jeg håper det baserer seg på en misforståelse hos +piratlederen som blir korrigert tilbake til 14 års total vernetid før +partiet stiller til valg.

+ +

Hvis du lurer på hvilke problemer lang vernetid bringer med seg, +anbefaler jeg å lese boken Free +Culture av Lawrence Lessig. Jeg og en liten gruppe andre er igang +med å +oversette +boken til bokmål og tar gjerne imot hjelp med oversettelse og +korrekturlesing.

+ +

Oppdatering 2012-12-20: Oppdaget at +bloggposten +til Geir Aaslid er endret siden i går, og nå inneholder følgende +avsnitt i stedet for det jeg siterte over:

+ +
+Hva vi gjør med opphavsretten er mer komplisert fordi den omfavner så +mange bransjer, med ulike behov. Enhver reform er en forbedring men +det er nærliggende å anta at en opphavsrett lik levetiden, evt + 14 år +er fullt ut tilfredstillende for mange skapere av musikk, film, +litteratur og spill. Det er for det meste de store forlagene som er +imot enhver reform. +
+ +

I tillegg har det dukket opp en setning nederst "Dette dokumentet +er et utkast til svar på et angrep på Piratpartiet fra Gramo. Det +endrer seg derfor over tid og den endelige versjonen er det som blir +publisert på Hardware.no", som tyder på at originalformuleringen ikke +var veloverveid og sitatet i Aftenposten kanskje var basert på en +misforståelse.

- Tags: norsk, nuug, standard. + Tags: freeculture, norsk, opphavsrett.
@@ -349,35 +402,64 @@ gyldige ISO OOXML-dokumenter.

-
Free Culture in Norwegian - 5 chapters done, 74 percent left to do
-
21st July 2012
-

I reported earlier that I am working on -a -norwegian version of the book -Free Culture by Lawrence Lessig. -Progress is good, and yesterday I got a major contribution from Anders -Hagen Jarmund completing chapter six. The source files as well as a -PDF and EPUB version of this book are available from -github.

- -

I am happy to report that the draft for the first two chapters -(preface, introduction) is complete, and three other chapters are also -completely translated. This completes 26 percent of the number of -strings (equivalent to paragraphs) in the book, and there is thus 74 -percent left to translate. A graph of the progress is present at the -bottom of the github project page. There is still room for more -contributors. Get in touch or send github pull requests with fixes if -you got time and are willing to help make this book make it to -print. :)

- -

The book translation framework could also be a good basis for other -translations, if you want the book to be available in your -language.

+
Ledger - double-entry accounting using text based storage format
+
18th December 2012
+

A few days ago I came across +a blog post from Joey +Hess describing ledger and +hledger, a text based system for double-entry accounting. I found it +interesting, as I am involved with several organizations where +accounting is an issue, and I have not really become too friendly with +the different web based systems we use. I find it hard to find what I +look for in the menus and even harder try to get sensible data out of +the systems. Ledger seem different. The accounting data is kept in +text files that can be stored in a version control system, and there + +are at least five +different implementations able to read the format. An example +entry look like this, and is simple enough that it will be trivial to +generate entries based on CVS files fetched from the bank:

+ +
+2004-05-27 Book Store
+      Expenses:Books                 $20.00
+      Liabilities:Visa
+
+ +

The concept seemed interesting enough for me to check it out and +look for others using it. I found blog posts from +Christine +Spang, +Pete +Keen, +Andrew +Cantino and +Ronald +Ip describing how they use it, as well as a post from +Bradley +M. Kuhn at the Software Freedom Conservancy. All seemed like good +recommendations fitting my need.

+ +

The ledger +package is available in Debian Squeeze, while the +hledger +package only is available in Debian Sid. As I use Squeeze, ledger +seemed the best choice to get started.

+ +

To get some real data to test on, I wrote a +web scraper for +LODO, the accounting system used by +the NUUG association, and started to +play with the data set. I'm not really deeply into accounting, but I +am able to get a simple balance and accounting status for example +using the "ledger balance" command. But I will have to +gather more experience before I know if the ledger way is a good fit +for the organisations I am involved in.

- Tags: docbook, english, freeculture, nuug, opphavsrett. + Tags: debian edu, english, nuug.
@@ -385,50 +467,38 @@ language.

-
Tips for å bli med i Skolelinux-prosjektet (som faktisk er aktivt)
-
19th July 2012
-

Jeg fikk nettopp spørsmål på epost om Skolelinux-prosjektet lever -fra en som var interessert i å bidra, og måtte jo konstatere at i og -med at spørsmålet ble stilt har prosjektet ikke lyktes med å formidle -sin aktivitet. Her er det jeg svarte:

- -

-

Jada, Skolelinux-prosjektet -lever, men det meste av utvikling foregår nå under paraplyen -Debian Edu som er det -internasjonale navnet på prosjektet. Dugnaden i Norge organiseres av -medlemsforeningen -Fri programvare i -Skolen, og det finnes minst ett selskap som selger kommersiell -support på løsningen (Skolelinux -Drift AS, der jeg er styremedlem). Anbefaler at du melder deg på -epostlisten -debian-edu@lists.debian.org -(og debian-edu-announce) og -melder deg inn i -foreningen for å få beskjed om aktivitet som planlegges. Det -planlegges -utviklersamlinger -i august og utover høsten.

- -

Bidra gjerne med å spre ordet om Skolelinux. Det er alt for få som -bidrar til pressedekning, bloggposter, twittermeldinger, etc. :)

- -

Jeg antar du har funnet -bloggserien -min med intervjuer. Det er antagelig også interessant for deg å -følge med på Planet -Skolelinux.

- -

Hm, jeg burde vel blogge alle disse lenkene slik at de blir enklere -Ã¥ finne...

-

-

Herved gjort. :)

+
61 kommuner lenker nå til FiksGataMi fra sine nettsider
+
11th December 2012
+

For noen dager siden omfavnet nok en kommune NUUGs +FiksGataMi. Med 61 kommuner +som lenker til FiksGataMi fra sine hjemmesider er «markedsandelen» 14% +(av 429 kommuner). Siden +siste +oppdatering i november har kommunene Re og Vågsøy kommet til og +slår følge med kommunene Askim, Askøy, Audnedal, Aure, Balestrand, +Bærum, Eide, Farsund, Flekkefjord, Folldal, Gran, Grue, Hadsel, +Halden, Halsa, Hamar, Hobøl, Holtålen, Hægebostad, Høyanger, +Kongsberg, Kristiansund, Kvinesdal, Kviteseid, Levanger, Lindesnes, +Luster, Lyngdal, Løten, Mandal, Marnardal, Moss, Namsos, Nissedal, +Nordreisa, Randaberg, Rindal, Sel, Sirdal, Skiptvet, Sortland, +Spydeberg, Stange, Stjørdal, Stord, Søgne, Sør-Odal, Tolga, Trysil, +Tynset, Tysvær, Ullensvang Herad, Utsira, Vennesla, Verdal, Vågan, +Vågå, Våler og Åseral. Oppdatert liste er tilgjengelig fra +NUUGs +wiki. Kartet er dog ikke oppdatert med de siste kommunene.

+ +

Kanskje du bør høre med din kommune om de vil bli mer aktive +brukere av FiksGataMi? Se +en +tidligere bloggpost med tips om hvordan det kan gjøres.

+ +

I snitt rapporteres det nå via FiksGataMi ca. 60 meldinger fra +innbyggerne i uka om feil på offentlig infrastruktur.

- Tags: debian edu, norsk. + Tags: fiksgatami, norsk.
@@ -436,33 +506,53 @@ Skolelinux.

-
Call for help from docbook expert to tag Free Culture by Lawrence Lessig
-
16th July 2012
-

I am currently working on a -project -to translate the book -Free Culture by Lawrence Lessig -to Norwegian. And the source we base our translation on is the -docbook version, to -allow us to use po4a and .po files to handle the translation, and for -this to work well the docbook source document need to be properly -tagged. The source files of this project is available from -github.

- -

The problem is that the docbook source have flaws, and we have -no-one involved in the project that is a docbook expert. Is there a -docbook expert somewhere that is interested in helping us create a -well tagged docbook version of the book, and adjust our build process -for the PDF, EPUB and HTML version of the book? This will provide a -well tagged English version (our source document), and make it a lot -easier for us to create a good Norwegian version. If you can and want -to help, please get in touch with me or fork the github project and -send pull requests with fixes. :)

+
Scripting the Cerebrum/bofhd user administration system using XML-RPC
+
6th December 2012
+

Where I work at the University of +Oslo, we use the +Cerebrum user +administration system to maintain users, groups, DNS, DHCP, etc. +I've known since the system was written that the server is providing +an XML-RPC API, but +I have never spent time to try to figure out how to use it, as we +always use the bofh command line client at work. Until today. I want +to script the updating of DNS and DHCP to make it easier to set up +virtual machines. Here are a few notes on how to use it with +Python.

+ +

I started by looking at the source of the Java +bofh +client, to figure out how it connected to the API server. I also +googled for python examples on how to use XML-RPC, and found +a +simple example in the XML-RPC howto.

+ +

This simple example code show how to connect, get the list of +commands (as a JSON dump), and how to get the information about the +user currently logged in:

+ +
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import getpass
+import xmlrpclib
+server_url = 'https://cerebrum-uio.uio.no:8000';
+username = getpass.getuser()
+password = getpass.getpass()
+server = xmlrpclib.Server(server_url);
+#print server.get_commands(sessionid)
+sessionid = server.login(username, password)
+print server.run_command(sessionid, "user_info", username)
+result = server.logout(sessionid)
+print result
+
+ +

Armed with this knowledge I can now move forward and script the DNS +and DHCP updates I wanted to do.

- Tags: docbook, english, freeculture, nuug, opphavsrett. + Tags: english, sysadmin.
@@ -470,36 +560,52 @@ send pull requests with fixes. :)

-
Fri programvare - "fri" som i "talefrihet", ikke som i "fri bar"
-
15th July 2012
-

Et ofte brukt sitat i fri programvareverden er Stallman-sitatet -«Free Software, -"free" as in "free speech", not as in "free beer"». Men det er -ikke direkte overførbart til norsk, da det baserer seg på koblingen -gratis/fri på engelsk. En direkte oversettelse ville være «Fri -programvare, "fri" som i "talefrihet", ikke som "gratis øl"», og det -går jo glipp av poenget. I forbindelse med at vi er -igang -med å oversette Free Culture -av Lawrence Lessig, måtte jeg forsøke a finne en bedre -oversettelse.

- -

Mitt forslag til oversettelse blir dermed å droppe ølet, og heller -fokusere på det kjente norske uttrykket "fri bar". Dermed blir -oversettelsen «Fri programvare - "fri" som i "talefrihet", ikke som i -"fri bar"».

- -

Noen som har bedre forslag?

- -

Forøvrig bruker jeg fri programvare som et samlebegrep på norsk for -begge de engelske uttrykkene Free Software og Open Source, jamfør -NUUGs -lille folder om temaet.

+
Lenker for 2012-11-28
+
28th November 2012
+

Mye interessant har skjedd de siste ukene. Her er noen dokumenter +jeg har hatt glede av å lese.

+ +

- Tags: freeculture, norsk, nuug. + Tags: lenker, norsk, opphavsrett, personvern.
@@ -514,6 +620,13 @@ lille folder om temaet.

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