The Debian Edu / Skolelinux project is still going strong and made +its first Wheezy based release today. This is the release +announcement:
+ +New features for Debian Edu ~7.0.0 alpha0 released +2013-04-26
+ +This is the release notes for for Debian Edu / Skolelinux ~7.0.0 +edu alpha0, 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. Immediatly 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.
+ +This is the first test release based on Wheezy (which currently is +not released yet). Basically this is an updated and slightly improved +version compared to the Squeeze release.
+ +Software updates
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- Everything which is new in Debian Wheezy, eg:
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- Linux kernel 3.2.x +
- Desktop environments KDE "Plasma" 4.8.4, GNOME 3.4, and LXDE 4 + (KDE is installed by default; to choose GNOME or LXDE: see + manual.) +
- Web browser Iceweasel 10 ESR +
- LibreOffice 3.5.4 +
- LTSP 5.4.2 +
- GOsa 2.7.4 +
- CUPS print system 1.5.3 +
- Educational toolbox GCompris 12.01 +
- Music creator Rosegarden 12.04 +
- Image editor Gimp 2.8.2 +
- Virtual universe Celestia 1.6.1 +
- Virtual stargazer Stellarium 0.11.3 +
- Scratch visual programming environment 1.4.0.6 +
- New version of debian-installer from Debian Wheezy, see + installation + manual for more details. +
- Debian Wheezy includes about 37000 packages available for + installation. +
- More information about Debian Wheezy 7.0 is provided in the + release notes and the installation manual. +
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Documentation
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- The (English) Debian Edu Wheezy Manual is fully translated to + German, French, Italian and Danish. Partly translated versions exist + for Norwegian Bokmal and Spanish. +
LDAP related changes
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- Slight changes to some objects and acls to have more types to + choose from when adding systems in GOsa. Now systems can be of type + server, workstation, printer, terminal or netdevice. +
Other changes
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- LTSP clients start as diskless workstation / thin client can be + configured via command line argument -- or individually adding an + entry in lts.conf or LDAP.
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- GOsa gui: Now some options that seemed to be available, but are non + functional, are greyed out (or are not clickable). Some tabs are + completely hidden to the end user, others even to the GOsa admin. +
Regressions
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- No mass import of user account data in GOsa (ldif or csv) available + yet. +
No updated artwork
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- Updated artwork which is visible during installation, in the login + screen and as desktop wallpaper is still missing or the same as we + had for our Squeeze based release. +
Where to get it
+ +To download the multiarch netinstall CD release you can use +-
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- ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/ +
- http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/ +
- rsync -avzP ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-cd/wheezy/ +
The MD5SUM of this image is: c5e773ddafdaa4f48c409c682f598b6c
+ +The SHA1SUM of this image is: 25934fabb9b7d20235499a0a51f08ce6c54215f2
+ +How to report bugs
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