X-Git-Url: http://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/b0c4fbe5fdf87639c54d7dc572f8e63a6b2689f0..11ee7038f0bb3924be52fd8db934c9a0829e4c12:/blog/index.rss diff --git a/blog/index.rss b/blog/index.rss index c6376b0169..bdff3292ce 100644 --- a/blog/index.rss +++ b/blog/index.rss @@ -6,6 +6,87 @@ http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + Debian Edu interview: Andreas Mundt + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__Andreas_Mundt.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__Andreas_Mundt.html + Sun, 15 Apr 2012 12:10:00 +0200 + <p>Behind <a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu and +Skolelinux</a> there are a lot of people doing the hard work of +setting together all the pieces. This time I present to you Andreas +Mundt, who have been part of the technical development team several +years. We was also a key contributor in getting GOsa and Kerberos set +up in the recently released +<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Squeeze">Debian +Edu Squeeze</a> version.</p> + +<p><strong>Who are you, and how do you spend your days?</strong></p> + +<p>My name is Andreas Mundt, I grew up in south Germany. After +studying Physics I spent several years at university doing research in +Quantum Optics. After that I worked some years in an optics company. +Finally I decided to turn over a new leaf in my life and started +teaching 10 to 19 years old kids at school. I teach math, physics, +information technology and science/technology.</p> + +<p><strong>How did you get in contact with the Skolelinux/Debian Edu +project?</strong></p> + +<p>Already before I switched to teaching, I followed the Debian Edu +project because of my interest in education and Debian. Within the +qualification/training period for the teaching, I started +contributing.</p> + +<p><strong>What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux/Debian +Edu?</strong></p> + +<p>The advantages of Debian Edu are the well known name, the +out-of-the-box philosophy and of course the great free software of the +Debian Project!</p> + +<p><strong>What do you see as the disadvantages of Skolelinux/Debian +Edu?</strong></p> + +<p>As every coin has two sides, the out-of-the-box philosophy has its +downside, too. In my opinion, it is hard to modify and tweak the +setup, if you need or want that. Further more, it is not easily +possible to upgrade the system to a new release. It takes much too +long after a Debian release to prepare the -Edu release, perhaps +because the number of developers working on the core of the code is +rather small and often busy elsewhere.</p> + +<p>The <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianLAN">Debian LAN</a> +project might fill the use case of a more flexible system.</p> + +<p><strong>Which free software do you use daily?</strong></p> + +<p>I am only using non-free software if I am forced to and run Debian +on all my machines. For documents I prefer LaTeX and PGF/TikZ, then +mutt and iceweasel for email respectively web browsing. At school I +have Arduino and Fritzing in use for a micro controller project.</p> + +<p><strong>Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to +get schools to use free software?</strong></p> + +<p>One of the major problems is the vendor lock-in from top to bottom: +Especially in combination with ignorant government employees and +politicians, this works out great for the "market-leader". The school +administration here in Baden-Wuerttemberg is occupied by that vendor. +Documents have to be prepared in non-free, proprietary formats. Even +free browsers do not work for the school administration. Publishers +of school books provide software only for proprietary platforms.</p> + +<p>To change this, political work is very important. Parts of the +political spectrum have become aware of the problem in the last years. +However it takes quite some time and courageous politicians to 'free' +the system. There is currently some discussion about "Open Data" and +"Free/Open Standards". I am not sure if all the involved parties have +a clue about the potential of these ideas, and probably only a +fraction takes them seriously. However it might slowly make free +software and the philosophy behind it more known and popular.</p> + + + Jeg skal på konferansen Go Open 2012 http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Jeg_skal_p__konferansen_Go_Open_2012.html @@ -520,30 +601,5 @@ Næringsliv skrev det som ble sagt, og ikke det journalisten hørte.</p> - - Debian Edu screencast: Checking email with kmail using Kerberos authentication - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_screencast__Checking_email_with_kmail_using_Kerberos_authentication.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_screencast__Checking_email_with_kmail_using_Kerberos_authentication.html - Sun, 25 Mar 2012 10:00:00 +0200 - <!-- Video HTML based on http://www.diveintohtml5.net/video.html --> - -<p>The same Debian Edu developer that did the last screen cast I -published, Wolfgang Schweer, has created a new screen cast showing how -to set up Kmail in Debian Edu Squeze to authenticate using Kerberos, -allowing users to check their local email account without providing -any password. The video is embedded here in quarter size, -and also available from <a href="https://vimeo.com/38601767">vimeo</a> -and download as a -<a href="http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux/press/screencasts/2012-03-14-Debian-Edu_Configure_Kmail_for_internal_usage.ogv">Ogg -Theora</a> file. Check it out below.</p> - -<p><video id="kmail-kerberos-movie" width="256" height="184" preload controls> - <source src="http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux/press/screencasts/2012-03-14-Debian-Edu_Configure_Kmail_for_internal_usage.ogv" type='video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"' /> - <p>Download video as - <a href="http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux/press/screencasts/2012-03-14-Debian-Edu_Configure_Kmail_for_internal_usage.ogv">Ogg</a>.</p> -</video></p> - - -