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VÃ¥rt konkurransebidrag til #apps4norge bruker @opnedata
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1st May 2013
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For noen uker siden, innen fristen 2013-04-15, leverte jeg og -Morten Kjelkenes vårt bidrag til -DIFIs apps4norge-konkurranse -under lagnavnet NUUGs tannlegeteam. -Vi leverte følgende i idé-kategorien:

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Tittel: Stikk innom tannlegen

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Beskrivelse:

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Idéen - -

Gjøre det enklere å finne en tannlege som er praktisk for deg, der -pris og reisetid med kollektivt, til fots eller med bil er tatt med i -beregningen, ved å oppgi hvor en bor og jobber, og få forslag til -tannleger både i nærheten og på veien mellom disse stedene.

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Brukeren oppgir hjemmeadresse og jobbadresse, og kanskje også -barnehage. Så kan en også oppgi egen timelønn (for å beregne taps -arbeidsfortjeneste) og om en reiser med kollektivt, til fots eller -kjører bil. Så trykker en søk, og får opp en todelt side med kart og -tekstliste. I kartdelen vises aktuelle tannleger (for eksempel maks -7), og i tekstdelen er de samme tannlegene listet opp, med pris og -reisetid for kollektivtransport, og pris pluss reisekostnad hvis en -reiser med bil. En kan endre sorteringsrekkefølge for listen ved å -trykke på aktuell kolonne, og velge om en skal sortere på pris, -reisetid eller totalkostnad. Kun tannleger som tar imot nye kunder tas -i utganspunktet med i listen. Når brukeren trykker med musa en -tannlegemarkør på kartet kommer det en popup med detaljer om -tannlegen, den samme informasjonen som finnes i listen under kartet, -og lenke til mer informasjon om tannlegen.

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For hvert enkelt tannlegekontor er det tilgjengelig en -informasjonsside med adresse, hjemmesideurl, telefonnummer, lenke til -side for å finne reisebeskrivelse, åpningstider, etc.

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Nytteverdi for brukeren

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  • sparer tid pÃ¥ tannlegebesøk
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  • kan utnytte normal reisevei mellom hjem/jobb/barnehage
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  • kan finne aktuell tannlege basert pÃ¥ flere kriterier
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  • sile bort tannleger som ikke tar imot flere kunder
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  • fÃ¥r kart som viser tannleger i nærheten, pÃ¥ tvers av kommunegrenser
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Grad av innovasjon, nytenkning og kreativitet

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Enkel tjeneste som fokuserer på det vi selv mener er relevant ved valg -av tannlege.

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Tjenestekonseptet kan også brukes til andre næringer, f.eks. lege, -butikk, leiebiler, hvis en har aktuell datakilde å koble med.

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Skulle gjerne hatt med vurdering av tannlegene tilgjengelig, slik -at en kunne finne "flinke" tannleger basert på et eller annet -kriterium.

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Markedspotensiale - potensiale for å slå gjennom hos mange -brukere

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  • Alle som ønsker eller vurderer Ã¥ skaffe seg ny tannlege, f.eks. nyinnflyttede og studenter -
  • Familier med en travel hverdag -
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Felles er at den gjør tannlegen lettere tilgjengelig for de som vil spare tid eller penger.

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Samfunnsøkonomisk nytte - bidrar til å løse -samfunnsutfordringer

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Kutter tid brukt på tannlegebesøk, og penger frigjøres som kan brukes på andre områder. Oppfordrer til bedre bruk av kollektivtransport ved å gi tips om tannleger i nærheten av allerede brukt reisevei mellom hjemme og jobb når en reiser kollektivt.

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X-faktor - “Det lille ekstra...”

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Denne tjenesten gir det lille ekstra ved at den ikke slår opp -avstand til tannlege fra et enkelt punkt men avstand fra en reisevei, -slik at en får flere tannleger å velge imellom og kanskje kan spare -enda mer tid og penger enn en ville gjort ved å sjekke kun de nærmest -hjemme eller jobb.

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Tjenesten gir informasjonen både som kart og som tekstlig oversikt, for å sikre at blinde og svaksynte kan få tilgang til informasjonen selv om de ikke får brukt kartvisningen.

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Datasett brukt

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Åpne offentlige datasett brukt i applikasjonen:

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  • Reisetid med kollektivtrafikk pÃ¥ Østlandet
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Øvrige datasett brukt i appen/tjenesten:

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  • Data om statens satser for biltransport
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  • Kartbilder, kartdata
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  • Kommunegrenser, nabokommuner, postnummer
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  • Bilveiruting med OpenStreetmap-data
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  • Kollektivtrafikkkart
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  • Routing med OpenStreetmap-data
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  • Kollektivtrafikkruting for Norge med uviss dataopphav
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Kategori:

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  • Arbeid og velferd
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  • Forbruker
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  • Økonomi
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Geografi (dekningsområde for app):

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Hele landet

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Vinneren annonseres 2013-05-08 ved -prisutdelingen -hos DIFI 09:00 til 12:00. Konkurransen blir hard. Det meldes at -38 apper og 50 ideer er registrert som kandidater. Jeg frykter at jeg -ikke rekker innom selv, på grunn av jobb og forpliktelser på -hjemmebanen.

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Good causes: Debian Outreach Program for Women, EFF documenting the spying and Open access in Norway
+
15th October 2013
+

The last few days I came across a few good causes that should get +wider attention. I recommend signing and donating to each one of +these. :)

+ +

Via Debian +Project News for 2013-10-14 I came across the Outreach Program for +Women program which is a Google Summer of Code like initiative to get +more women involved in free software. One debian sponsor has offered +to match any donation done to Debian +earmarked for this initiative. I donated a few minutes ago, and +hope you will to. :)

+ +

And the Electronic Frontier Foundation just announced plans to +create video +documentaries about the excessive spying on every Internet user that +take place these days, and their need to fund the work. I've already +donated. Are you next?

+ +

For my Norwegian audience, the organisation Studentenes og +Akademikernes Internasjonale Hjelpefond is collecting signatures for a +statement under the heading +Bloggers United for Open +Access for those of us asking for more focus on open access in the +Norwegian government. So far 499 signatures. I hope you will sign it +too.

- Tags: norsk, nuug, offentlig innsyn. + Tags: debian, english, opphavsrett, surveillance.
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First alpha release of Debian Edu / Skolelinux based on Debian Wheezy
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26th April 2013
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The Debian Edu / Skolelinux project is still going strong and made -its first Wheezy based release today. This is the release -announcement:

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New features for Debian Edu ~7.0.0 alpha0 released -2013-04-26

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This is the release notes for for Debian Edu / Skolelinux ~7.0.0 -edu alpha0, based on Debian with codename "Wheezy".

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About Debian Edu and Skolelinux

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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.

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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.

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Software updates

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  • Everything which is new in Debian Wheezy, eg: -
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    • Linux kernel 3.2.x
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    • 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.)
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    • Web browser Iceweasel 10 ESR
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    • LibreOffice 3.5.4
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    • LTSP 5.4.2
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    • GOsa 2.7.4
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    • CUPS print system 1.5.3
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    • Educational toolbox GCompris 12.01
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    • Music creator Rosegarden 12.04
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    • Image editor Gimp 2.8.2
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    • Virtual universe Celestia 1.6.1
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    • Virtual stargazer Stellarium 0.11.3
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    • Scratch visual programming environment 1.4.0.6
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    • New version of debian-installer from Debian Wheezy, see - installation - manual for more details.
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    • Debian Wheezy includes about 37000 packages available for - installation.
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    • 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.
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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.
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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.
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Regressions

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  • No mass import of user account data in GOsa (ldif or csv) available - yet.
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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.
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Where to get it

- -To download the multiarch netinstall CD release you can use - - -

The MD5SUM of this image is: c5e773ddafdaa4f48c409c682f598b6c

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The SHA1SUM of this image is: 25934fabb9b7d20235499a0a51f08ce6c54215f2

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How to report bugs

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

+
Oslo community mesh network - with NUUG and Hackeriet at Hausmania
+
11th October 2013
+

Wireless mesh networks are self organising and self healing +networks that can be used to connect computers across small and large +areas, depending on the radio technology used. Normal wifi equipment +can be used to create home made radio networks, and there are several +successful examples like +Freifunk and +Athens Wireless Metropolitan Network +(see +wikipedia +for a large list) around the globe. To give you an idea how it +work, check out the nice overview of the Kiel Freifunk community which +can be seen from their +dynamically +updated node graph and map, where one can see how the mesh nodes +automatically handle routing and recover from nodes disappearing. +There is also a small community mesh network group in Oslo, Norway, +and that is the main topic of this blog post.

+ +

I've wanted to check out mesh networks for a while now, and hoped +to do it as part of my involvement with the NUUG member organisation community, and +my recent involvement in +the Freedombox project +finally lead me to give mesh networks some priority, as I suspect a +Freedombox should use mesh networks to connect neighbours and family +when possible, given that most communication between people are +between those nearby (as shown for example by research on Facebook +communication patterns). It also allow people to communicate without +any central hub to tap into for those that want to listen in on the +private communication of citizens, which have become more and more +important over the years.

+ +

So far I have only been able to find one group of people in Oslo +working on community mesh networks, over at the hack space +Hackeriet at Husmania. They seem to +have started with some Freifunk based effort using OLSR, called +the Oslo +Freifunk project, but that effort is now dead and the people +behind it have moved on to a batman-adv based system called +meshfx. Unfortunately the wiki +site for the Oslo Freifunk project is no longer possible to update to +reflect this fact, so the old project page can't be updated to point to +the new project. A while back, the people at Hackeriet invited people +from the Freifunk community to Oslo to talk about mesh networks. I +came across this video where Hans Jørgen Lysglimt interview the +speakers about this talk (from +youtube):

+ +

+ +

I mentioned OLSR and batman-adv, which are mesh routing protocols. +There are heaps of different protocols, and I am still struggling to +figure out which one would be "best" for some definitions of best, but +given that the community mesh group in Oslo is so small, I believe it +is best to hook up with the existing one instead of trying to create a +completely different setup, and thus I have decided to focus on +batman-adv for now. It sure help me to know that the very cool +Serval project in Australia +is using batman-adv as their meshing technology when it create a self +organizing and self healing telephony system for disaster areas and +less industrialized communities. Check out this cool video presenting +that project (from +youtube):

+ +

+ +

According to the wikipedia page on +Wireless +mesh network there are around 70 competing schemes for routing +packets across mesh networks, and OLSR, B.A.T.M.A.N. and +B.A.T.M.A.N. advanced are protocols used by several free software +based community mesh networks.

+ +

The batman-adv protocol is a bit special, as it provide layer 2 +(as in ethernet ) routing, allowing ipv4 and ipv6 to work on the same +network. One way to think about it is that it provide a mesh based +vlan you can bridge to or handle like any other vlan connected to your +computer. The required drivers are already in the Linux kernel at +least since Debian Wheezy, and it is fairly easy to set up. A +good +introduction is available from the Open Mesh project. These are +the key settings needed to join the Oslo meshfx network:

+ +

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SettingValue
Protocol / kernel modulebatman-adv
ESSIDmeshfx@hackeriet
Channel / Frequency11 / 2462
Cell ID02:BA:00:00:00:01

+ +

The reason for setting ad-hoc wifi Cell ID is to work around bugs +in firmware used in wifi card and wifi drivers. (See a nice post from +VillageTelco about +"Information +about cell-id splitting, stuck beacons, and failed IBSS merges! +for details.) When these settings are activated and you have some +other mesh node nearby, your computer will be connected to the mesh +network and can communicate with any mesh node that is connected to +any of the nodes in your network of nodes. :)

+ +

My initial plan was to reuse my old Linksys WRT54GL as a mesh node, +but that seem to be very hard, as I have not been able to locate a +firmware supporting batman-adv. If anyone know how to use that old +wifi access point with batman-adv these days, please let me know.

+ +

If you find this project interesting and want to join, please join +us on IRC, either channel +#oslohackerspace +or #nuug on +irc.freenode.net.

+ +

While investigating mesh networks in Oslo, I came across an old +research paper from the university of Stavanger and Telenor Research +and Innovation called +The +reliability of wireless backhaul mesh networks and elsewhere +learned that Telenor have been experimenting with mesh networks at +Grünerløkka in Oslo. So mesh networks are also interesting for +commercial companies, even though Telenor discovered that it was hard +to figure out a good business plan for mesh networking and as far as I +know have closed down the experiment. Perhaps Telenor or others would +be interested in a cooperation?

+ +

Update 2013-10-12: I was just +told +by the Serval project developers that they no longer use +batman-adv (but are compatible with it), but their own crypto based +mesh system.

- Tags: debian edu, english. + Tags: english, freedombox, nuug.
@@ -310,66 +202,37 @@ To download the multiarch netinstall CD release you can use
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Bitcoin er ikke anonymt - føres Stortinget bak lyset av finansministeren?
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22nd April 2013
-

Bitcoin er mye i mediene for -tiden. Jeg følger med via Mylder for å finne -artikler som omtaler -temaet, og takket være dette oppdaget jeg at stortingsrepresentant -Ketil Solvik-Olsen fra FrP nylig har spurt finansminister Sigbjørn -Johnsen om hans syn på Bitcoin, og -fått -svar for noen dager siden. Jeg bet meg spesielt merke til -følgende formulering fra finansministeren:

- -

-«Det er også utfordringer ved at handel med Bitcoins er uregulert og -at transaksjonene er anonyme.» -

- -

At Bitcoin er anonymt er en myte som spres av både journalister og -andre, så det er ikke veldig overraskende at også finansministeren har -gått på limpinnen. Det er dog litt rart, da jeg håper at -finansdepartementet ikke baserer seg på rykter og myter når de -besvarer Stortinget. Men du trenger ikke bare tro på meg som kilde -til påstanden om at Bitcoin ikke er anonymt. Sondre Rønjom har -via Sikkerhetsbloggen -hos Nasjonal Sikkerhetsmyndighet uttalt følgende:

- -

-«At [bitcoin] i utgangspunktet -ikke er anonymt, -kommer kanskje som en overraskelse på mange.» -

- -

Enhver bevegelse av Bitcoin er offentlig tilgjengelig for alle på -Internet, og en må legge svært mye innsats inn hvis en skal hindre at -nettverksanalyse av transaksjonsloggene kan brukes til å identifisere -brukerne. F.eks. kan en enkelt se hva jeg har mottatt til min -offentliggjorte mottaksadresse ved å besøke blockexplorer og slå opp -adressen -15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b. -Det virker dermed på meg ganske klart at å påstå at -Bitcoin-transaksjoner er anonyme strengt tatt er å føre Stortinget bak -lyset.

- -

Finansministeren er ikke den eneste som har latt seg forlede av -medieomtalen. I spørsmålet fra Hr. Solvik-Olsen skriver han at «For -noen dager siden kom den første bitcoin-minibanken på Kypros», hvilket -så vidt jeg har klart å finne ut ikke er riktig. Det er annonsert -planer om en slik minibank (fra -BitcoinATM), men jeg finner -intet tegn til at en slik minibank er utplassert noe sted.

- -

Som vanlig, hvis du bruker Bitcoin og ønsker å vise din støtte til -mine aktiviteter, så setter jeg pris på Bitcoin-donasjoner til min -adresse -15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b.

+
Skolelinux / Debian Edu 7.1 install and overview video from Marcelo Salvador
+
8th October 2013
+

The other day I was pleased and surprised to discover that Marcelo +Salvador had published a +video on +Youtube showing how to install the standalone Debian Edu / +Skolelinux profile. This is the profile intended for use at home or +on laptops that should not be integrated into the provided network +services (no central home directory, no Kerberos / LDAP directory etc, +in other word a single user machine). The result is 11 minutes long, +and show some user applications (seem to be rather randomly picked). +Missed a few of my favorites like celestia, planets and chromium +showing the Zygote Body 3D model +of the human body, but I guess he did not know about those or find +other programs more interesting. :) And the video do not show the +advantages I believe is one of the most valuable featuers in Debian +Edu, its central school server making it possible to run hundreds of +computers without hard drives by installing one central +LTSP server.

+ +

Anyway, check out the video, embedded below and linked to above:

+ + + +

Are there other nice videos demonstrating Skolelinux? Please let +me know. :)

- Tags: bitcoin, norsk, stortinget. + Tags: debian edu, english, video.
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First Debian Edu / Skolelinux developer gathering in 2013 take place in Trondheim
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16th April 2013
-

This years first Skolelinux / -Debian Edu developer gathering take place the coming weekend in Trondheim. -Details about the gathering can be found -on -the FRiSK wiki. The dates are 19-21th of April 2013, and online -participation for those unable to make it in person is very welcome, -and I plan to participate online myself as I could not leave Oslo this -weekend.

- -

The focus of the gathering is to work on the web pages and project -infrastructure, and to continue the work on the Wheezy based Debian -Edu release.

- -

See you on IRC, #debian-edu on irc.debian.org, then?

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Finally, Debian Edu Wheezy is released today!
+
29th September 2013
+

A few hours ago, the announcement for the first stable release of +Debian Edu Wheezy went out from the Debian publicity team. The +complete announcement text can be found at +the Debian News +section, translated to several languages. Please check it out.

+ +

There is one minor known problem that we will fix very soon. One +can not install a amd64 Thin Client Server using PXE, as the /var/ +partition is too small. A workaround is to extend the partition (use +lvresize + resize2fs in tty 2 while installing).

@@ -405,55 +264,72 @@ Edu release.

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Mer innsyn i bakgrunnen for fjerning av ODF fra statens standardkatalog
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9th April 2013
-

For cirka en måned siden -ba -jeg om begrunnelse på nektet innsyn i dokumenter om -standardkatalogen fra Fornyingsdepartementet. I dag fikk jeg svar fra -Fornyingsdepartementet, og tilgang til dokumentene. Jeg fikk både -innsyn i vedlegg sendt fra DIFI, og også innsyn i et notat brukt -internt i Fornyingsdepartementet:

+
Videos about the Freedombox project - for inspiration and learning
+
27th September 2013
+

The Freedombox +project have been going on for a while, and have presented the +vision, ideas and solution several places. Here is a little +collection of videos of talks and presentation of the project.

+
  • Fosdem 2011 +Keynote by Eben Moglen presenting the Freedombox (Youtube)
    • -

    Det bør nevnes at da jeg ble nektet innsyn hos mottaker -Fornyingsdepartementet på høringsoppsummeringen som DIFI hadde sendt -ut, spurte jeg DIFI om innsyn i stedet. Det fikk jeg i løpet av et -par dager. Moralen er at hvis ikke mottaker ikke vil gi innsyn, spør -avsender i stedet. Kanskje de har forskjellig forståelse av hva som -bør holdes skjult for folket. Her er de tilsvarende dokumentene jeg -fikk innsyn i fra DIFI:

    +
  • Presentation of +the Freedombox by James Vasile at Elevate in Gratz 2011 (Youtube)
    • - -

    Det jeg synes er mest interessant er endel av aktørene som -protesterte på fjerningen (Kartverket, Drammen kommune), og hvordan -høringsoppsummeringen ikke tar stilling til effekten av å fjerne ODF -fra katalogen.

    +

    A larger list is available from +the +Freedombox Wiki.

    + +

    On other news, I am happy to report that Freedombox based on Debian +Jessie is coming along quite well, and soon both Owncloud and using +Tor should be available for testers of the Freedombox solution. :) In +a few weeks I hope everything needed to test it is included in Debian. +The withsqlite package is already in Debian, and the plinth package is +pending in NEW. The third and vital part of that puzzle is the +metapackage/setup framework, which is still pending an upload. Join +us on IRC +(#freedombox on irc.debian.org) and +the +mailing list if you want to help make this vision come true.

    - Tags: norsk, standard. + Tags: debian, english, freedombox, sikkerhet, surveillance, web.
    @@ -461,48 +337,119 @@ fra katalogen.

    -
    Sandy Island - øya som er synlig hver tirsdag og fredag?
    -
    7th April 2013
    -

    For en stund tilbake gikk nyheten om -Sandy -Island, en øy som var dukket opp på noen kart, men som ikke var -synlig når en sjekket den på satellittbilder. Dagbladet meldte for -eksempel at -«denne -øya finnes på kart, men ikke i virkeligheten». Noe senere begynte -jeg å lese -historier -om Ruffen til mine barn. Dette er historier om sjøormen Ruffen -skapt av Tor Åge Bringsværd, som starter med følgende beskrivelse:

    - -

    -«Langt ute i havet ligger en mystisk øy. Den er bare synlig hver -tirsdag og fredag. Derfor står den ikke på noe kart. På denne øya -ligger et slott, og i slottet bor en gammel, fin sjøormfamilie.» -

    - -

    Det virker åpenbart at Hr. Bringsværd tok feil når han trodde den -ikke var på noe kart, og at noen tydeligvis har vært i nærheten en -tirsdag eller en fredag og fått den med på et kart, mens -satellittbildene er tatt på noen av de fem andre dagene i uka og -dermed ikke ser øya. :)

    - -

    I følge -en -senere artikkel i Dagbladet hevder Shaun Higgins, en forsker fra -New Zealand, at et hvalfangstskip fra 1876 er opprinnelsen til at -spøkelsesøya i det hele tatt havnet på kartet. Det fremgår ikke fra -historien hvilken ukedag de var innom.

    - -

    Jeg har stor sans for Tor Åge Bringsværd. Og han viste nylig en -svært fin side av seg selv da han sa ja til EFNs forespørsel om å gi -ut novellen Kodémus med -Creative Commons-lisens.

    +
    Third and probably last beta release of Debian Edu Wheezy
    +
    16th September 2013
    +

    The third wheezy based beta release of Debian Edu was wrapped up +today. This is the release announcement from Holger Levsen:

    + +
    +

    Hi,

    + +

    it is my pleasure to announce the third beta release (beta 2 for +short) of Debian Edu / +Skolelinux based on Debian Wheezy!

    + +

    Please test these images extensivly, if no new problems are found +we plan to do this final Debian Edu Wheezy release this coming +weekend. We are not aware of any major problems or blockers in beta2, +if you find something, please notify us immediately!

    + +

    (More about the remaining steps for the Edu Wheezy release in +another mail to the edu list tonight or tomorrow...)

    + +

    Noteworthy changes and software updates for Debian Edu 7.1+edu0~b2 +compared to beta1:

    + +
      + +
    • The KDE proxy setup has been adjusted to use the provided wpad.dat. This +also gets Chromium to use this proxy.
      • +
    • Install kdepim-groupware with KDE desktops to make sure korganizer +understand ical/dav sources.
      • +
    • Increased default maximum size of /var/spool/squid and /skole/backup on the +main server.
      • +
    • A source DVD image containing all source packages is now available as well.
      • +
    • Updates for chromium (29.0.1547.57-1~deb7u1), imagemagick +(6.7.7.10-5+deb7u2), php5 (5.4.4-14+deb7u4), libmodplug +(0.8.8.4-3+deb7u1+git20130828), tiff (4.0.2-6+deb7u2), linux-image +(3.2.0-4-486_3.2.46-1+deb7u1).
      • + +
    + +

    Where to get it:

    + +

    To download the multiarch netinstall CD release you can use

    + + + +

    The SHA1SUM of this image is: 3a1c89f4666df80eebcd46c5bf5fedb866f9472f

    + +

    To download the multiarch USB stick ISO release you can use +

    + +

    The SHA1SUM of this image is: 702d1718548f401c74bfa6df9f032cc3ee16597e

    + +

    The Source DVD image has the filename +debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b2-source-DVD.iso and the SHA1SUM +089eed8b3f962db47aae1f6a9685e9bb2fa30ca5 and is available the same way +as the other isos.

    + +

    How to report bugs

    + +

    For information how to report bugs please see +
    http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs

    + + +

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

    + +

    Notes for upgrades from Alpha Prereleases

    + +

    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 all users need to change their password +to make sure a password is set for CIFS access to their home +directory.

    + + +

    cheers, +
    Holger

    +
    - Tags: norsk. + Tags: debian edu, english.
    @@ -510,24 +457,135 @@ Creative Commons-lisens.

    -
    Isenkram 0.2 finally in the Debian archive
    -
    3rd April 2013
    -

    Today the Isenkram -package finally made it into the archive, after lingering in NEW -for many months. I uploaded it to the Debian experimental suite -2013-01-27, and today it was accepted into the archive.

    - -

    Isenkram is a system for suggesting to users what packages to -install to work with a pluggable hardware device. The suggestion pop -up when the device is plugged in. For example if a Lego Mindstorm NXT -is inserted, it will suggest to install the program needed to program -the NXT controller. Give it a go, and report bugs and suggestions to -BTS. :)

    +
    Recipe to test the Freedombox project on amd64 or Raspberry Pi
    +
    10th September 2013
    +

    I was introduced to the +Freedombox project +in 2010, when Eben Moglen presented his vision about serving the need +of non-technical people to keep their personal information private and +within the legal protection of their own homes. The idea is to give +people back the power over their network and machines, and return +Internet back to its intended peer-to-peer architecture. Instead of +depending on a central service, the Freedombox will give everyone +control over their own basic infrastructure.

    + +

    I've intended to join the effort since then, but other tasks have +taken priority. But this summers nasty news about the misuse of trust +and privilege exercised by the "western" intelligence gathering +communities increased my eagerness to contribute to a point where I +actually started working on the project a while back.

    + +

    The initial +Debian initiative based on the vision from Eben Moglen, is to +create a simple and cheap Debian based appliance that anyone can hook +up in their home and get access to secure and private services and +communication. The initial deployment platform have been the +Dreamplug, +which is a piece of hardware I do not own. So to be able to test what +the current Freedombox setup look like, I had to come up with a way to install +it on some hardware I do have access to. I have rewritten the +freedom-maker +image build framework to use .deb packages instead of only copying +setup into the boot images, and thanks to this rewrite I am able to +set up any machine supported by Debian Wheezy as a Freedombox, using +the previously mentioned deb (and a few support debs for packages +missing in Debian).

    + +

    The current Freedombox setup consist of a set of bootstrapping +scripts +(freedombox-setup), +and a administrative web interface +(plinth + exmachina + +withsqlite), as well as a privacy enhancing proxy based on +privoxy +(freedombox-privoxy). There is also a web/javascript based XMPP +client (jwchat) +trying (unsuccessfully so far) to talk to the XMPP server +(ejabberd). The +web interface is pluggable, and the goal is to use it to enable OpenID +services, mesh network connectivity, use of TOR, etc, etc. Not much of +this is really working yet, see +the +project TODO for links to GIT repositories. Most of the code is +on github at the moment. The HTTP proxy is operational out of the +box, and the admin web interface can be used to add/remove plinth +users. I've not been able to do anything else with it so far, but +know there are several branches spread around github and other places +with lots of half baked features.

    + +

    Anyway, if you want to have a look at the current state, the +following recipes should work to give you a test machine to poke +at.

    + +

    Debian Wheezy amd64

    + +
      + +
    1. Fetch normal Debian Wheezy installation ISO.
      2. +
    2. Boot from it, either as CD or USB stick.
      3. +

    3. Press [tab] on the boot prompt and add this as a boot argument +to the Debian installer:

      +

      url=http://www.reinholdtsen.name/freedombox/preseed-wheezy.dat
      4. + +
    4. Answer the few language/region/password questions and pick disk to +install on.
      5. + +
    5. When the installation is finished and the machine have rebooted a +few times, your Freedombox is ready for testing.
      6. + +
    + +

    Raspberry Pi Raspbian

    + +
      + +
    1. Fetch a Raspbian SD card image, create SD card.
      2. +
    2. Boot from SD card, extend file system to fill the card completely.
      3. +

    3. Log in and add this to /etc/sources.list:

      +
      +deb http://www.reinholdtsen.name/freedombox wheezy main
+
      4. +

    4. Run this as root:

      +
      +wget -O - http://www.reinholdtsen.name/freedombox/BE1A583D.asc | \
+   apt-key add -
+apt-get update
+apt-get install freedombox-setup
+/usr/lib/freedombox/setup
+
      5. +
    5. Reboot into your freshly created Freedombox.
      6. + +
    + +

    You can test it on other architectures too, but because the +freedombox-privoxy package is binary, it will only work as intended on +the architectures where I have had time to build the binary and put it +in my APT repository. But do not let this stop you. It is only a +short "apt-get source -b freedombox-privoxy" away. :)

    + +

    Note that by default Freedombox is a DHCP server on the +192.168.1.0/24 subnet, so if this is your subnet be careful and turn +off the DHCP server by running "update-rc.d isc-dhcp-server +disable" as root.

    + +

    Please let me know if this works for you, or if you have any +problems. We gather on the IRC channel +#freedombox on +irc.debian.org and the +project +mailing list.

    + +

    Once you get your freedombox operational, you can visit +http://your-host-name:8001/ to see the state of the plint +welcome screen (dead end - do not be surprised if you are unable to +get past it), and next visit http://your-host-name:8001/help/ +to look at the rest of plinth. The default user is 'admin' and the +default password is 'secret'.

    - Tags: debian, english, isenkram. + Tags: debian, english, freedombox, sikkerhet, surveillance, web.
    @@ -535,106 +593,283 @@ BTS. :)

    -
    EFN nyutgir novellen Kodémus av Tor Åge Bringsværd
    -
    27th March 2013
    -

    For noen dager siden nevnte jeg at vi jobbet med å typesette en -novelle med DocBook. I dag ble -utgivelsen annonsert med følgende pressemelding fra Elektronisk -Forpost Norge), som jeg gjengir i sin helhet:

    - -

    - -

    EFN nyutgir Kodémus:

    - -

    Tor Åge Bringsværd-novelle om IT og overvåkning fra -informasjonsteknologiens spedbarndom får nytt liv

    - -

    Elektronisk Forpost Norge (EFN) er veldig glad for anledningen til -å nyutgi Tor Åge Bringsværds novelle Kodémus i digitalt format for nye -(og gamle) generasjoner. Novellen ble skrevet så tidlig som vinteren -1968, og første gang trykt i novellesamlingen Probok på Gyldendal -samme år.

    - -

    Informasjonsteknologi spiller en sentral rolle i Kodémus, og det er -spennende å sammenligne beskrivelsen av IT fra 1968 med dagens IT i -2013. Forskjellene er mange -- men det er jammen likhetene også. Ikke -minst det at idag går jo nesten alle rundt med lillebrødre på seg!

    - -

    "Riktignok er det ikke påbudt å ha mobil," sier Thomas Gramstad, -leder i EFN. "Men vi holder på å lage et samfunn der det blir så -upraktisk eller tungvint å ikke ha det, at man i praksis ikke slipper -unna. Og disse lillebrødrene sladrer hele tiden til staten (og til -mange andre) om hvor vi er, hva vi gjør, hva vi bryr oss om, hva vi -liker..."

    - -

    Det at Kodémus åpenbart er skrevet i en annen tid med en annen type -IT og likevel virker så relevant idag, er i seg selv et hardtslående -tankekors.

    - -

    Tross sitt IT-tema fantes ikke Kodémus i elektronisk form, og -frivillige i EFN har skannet inn, OCR-tolket og korrekturlest -novellen, og deretter kodet den i en rekke digitale formater.

    - -

    Forfatteren har gitt tillatelse til publisering av Kodémus under ny -lisens, og novellen utgis av EFN med en Creative Commons (CC) -fribrukslisens (nærmere bestemt lisensen CC-BY-NC-ND). For leserne -eller brukerne innebærer dette at de får en klar og standardisert -beskjed om hvilke rettigheter de har til å dele novellen videre med -andre. For forfatteren innebærer dette økt synlighet og -tilgjengelighet for verket, slik at det ikke blir glemt, da -søkemotorer og nettlesere inneholder egne søkevalg for CC-lisenser, og -mange brukere søker etter verk som de vet de kan dele og bruke på -lovlig vis.

    - -

    EFN oppfordrer andre forfattere om å gi ut sine gamle tekster med -en fribrukslisens, slik at tekstene ikke blir glemt og for å stimulere -lovlig deling på nettet. EFN kan være behjelpelig med digitalisering -og utlegging på nett, i den grad det finnes kapasitet blant EFNs -medlemmer til dette. Vi mener at nyutgivelser av tekster under frie -lisenser kan øke interessen rundt forfatterskapet, og vil gjerne bidra -til dette.

    - -

    EFN utgir og deler med dette en novelle fra den digitale -informasjonsteknologiens tidligste barndom. En novelle som fortsatt er -full av vitalitet og aktualitet, og som derfor kan bidra til, og gi -ettertanke i dagens debatter om IT, personvern, overvåkning og -individets frihet og integritet.

    - -

    Du finner novellen her: -
    http://efn.no/kodemus/

    - -

    i flere forskjellige formater, for ulike plattformer. Per idag -finnes novellen i disse formatene: EPUB, MOBI, XML, HTML, PDF og -txt. Det kan bli flere formater senere, og evt. frivillige -bidragsytere til dette er velkommen.

    - -

    Kontaktperson for denne pressemeldingen,

    - -

    Thomas Gramstad -
    thomas@efn.no -
    4817 6875

    - -
    - -

    EFN arbeider for dine borgerrettigheter i IT-samfunnet, for -nettverks- og delingskultur, personvern og frihet fra overvåkning, -åpne standarder, brukerstyrt programvare, retten til å kopiere, og -styrking av det digitale sivilsamfunnet m.m. -
    www.efn.no

    - -

    - -

    Jeg håper flere forfattere ser verdien av å gjøre kulturen -tilgjengelig for flere, og slår følge med Hr. Bringsværd i å gi ut -sine verker med bruksvilkår med færre bruksbegrensinger enn -opphavsretten legger opp til. Selv om jeg gjerne skulle sett at han -hadde brukt en Creative Commons-lisens som tillot avledede verker og -kommersiell bruk.

    +
    Datalagringsdirektivet gjør at Oslo Høyre og Arbeiderparti ikke får min stemme i år
    +
    8th September 2013
    +

    I 2011 raderte et stortingsflertall bestående av Høyre og +Arbeiderpartiet vekk en betydelig del av privatsfæren til det norske +folk. Det ble vedtatt at det skulle registreres og lagres i et halvt +år hvor alle som bærer på en mobiltelefon befinner seg, hvem de +snakker med og hvor lenge de snakket sammen. Det skal også +registreres hvem de sendte SMS-meldinger til, hvem en har sendt epost +til, og hvilke nett-tjenere en besøkte. Saken er kjent som +Datalagringsdirektivet +(DLD), og innebærer at alle innbyggerne og andre innenfor Norges +grenser overvåkes døgnet rundt. Det ble i praksis innført brev og +besøkskontroll av hele befolkningen. Rapporter fra de landene som +allerede har innført slik total lagring av borgernes +kommunikasjonsmønstre forteller at det ikke hjelper i +kriminalitetsbekjempelsen. Den norske prislappen blir mange hundre +millioner, uten at det ser ut til å bidra positivt til politiets +arbeide. Jeg synes flere hundre millioner i stedet burde vært brukt +på noe som kan dokumenteres å ha effekt i kriminalitetsbekjempelsen. +Se mer på +Wikipedia +og Jon Wessel-Aas.

    + +

    Hva er problemet, tenkter du kanskje? Et åpenbart problem er at +medienes kildevern i praksis blir radert ut. Den innsamlede +informasjonen gjør det mulig å finne ut hvem som har snakket med +journalister på telefon, SMS og epost, og hvem som har vært i nærheten +av journalister så sant begge bar med seg en telefon. Et annet er at +advokatvernet blir sterkt redusert, der politiet kan finne ut hvem +som har snakket med en advokat når, eller vært i møter en med advokat. +Et tredje er at svært personlig informasjon kan avledes fra hvilke +nettsteder en har besøkt. Har en besøkt hivnorge.no, +swingersnorge.com eller andre sider som kan brukes til avlede +interesser som hører til privatsfæren, vil denne informasjonen være +tilgjengelig takket være datalagringsdirektivet.

    + +

    De fleste partiene var mot, kun to partier stemte for. Høyre og +Arbeiderpartiet. Og både Høyre og Arbeiderpartiet i Oslo har +DLD-forkjempere på toppen av sine lister (har ikke sjekket de andre +fylkene). Det er dermed helt uaktuelt for meg å stemme på disse +partiene. Her er oversikten over partienes valglister i Oslo, med +informasjon om hvem som stemte hva i første DLD-votering i Stortinget, +basert på informasjon fra mine venner i +Holder de +Ord samt data.stortinget.no. +Først ut er stortingslista fra Høyre for Oslo:

    + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
    #Navn, fødselsår og valgkretsStemme/kommentar
    1.Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide (1976), Gamle OsloStemte for DLD
    2.Nikolai Astrup (1978), FrognerStemte mot DLD
    3.Michael Tetzschner (1954), Vestre AkerStemte mot DLD
    4.Kristin Vinje (1963), Nordre AkerIkke til stede
    5.Mudassar Hussain Kapur (1976), NordstrandIkke til stede
    6.Stefan Magnus B. Heggelund (1984), GrünerløkkaIkke til stede
    7.Heidi Nordby Lunde (1973), GrünerløkkaIkke til stede
    8.Frode Helgerud (1950), FrognerIkke til stede
    9.Afshan Rafiq (1975), StovnerIkke til stede
    10.Astrid Nøklebye Heiberg (1936), FrognerIkke til stede
    11.Camilla Strandskog (1984) St.HanshaugenIkke til stede
    12.John Christian Elden (1967), UllernIkke til stede
    13.Berit Solli (1972), AlnaIkke til stede
    14.Ola Kvisgaard (1963), FrognerIkke til stede
    15.James Stove Lorentzen (1957), Vestre AkerIkke til stede
    16.Gülsüm Koc (1987), StovnerIkke til stede
    17.Jon Ole Whist (1976), GrünerløkkaIkke til stede
    18.Maren Eline Malthe-Sørenssen (1971), Vestre AkerIkke til stede
    19.Ståle Hagen (1968), Søndre NordstrandIkke til stede
    20.Kjell Omdal Erichsen (1978), SageneIkke til stede
    21.Saida R. Begum (1987), GrünerløkkaIkke til stede
    22.Torkel Brekke (1970), Nordre AkerIkke til stede
    23.Sverre K. Seeberg (1950), Vestre AkerIkke til stede
    24.Julie Margrethe Brodtkorb (1974), UllernIkke til stede
    25.Fabian Stang (1955), FrognerIkke til stede
    + +

    Deretter har vi stortingslista fra Arbeiderpartiet for Oslo:

    + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
    #Navn, fødselsår og valgkretsStemme/kommentar
    1.Jens Stoltenberg (1959), FrognerIkke til stede i Stortinget, leder av regjeringen som fremmet forslaget
    2.Hadia Tajik (1983), GrünerløkkaStemte for DLD
    3.Jonas Gahr Støre (1960), Vestre AkerIkke til stede i Stortinget, medlem av regjeringen som fremmet forslaget
    4.Marianne Marthinsen (1980), GrünerløkkaStemte for DLD
    5.Jan Bøhler (1952), AlnaStemte for DLD
    6.Marit Nybakk (1947), FrognerStemte for DLD
    7.Truls Wickholm (1978), SageneStemte for DLD
    8.Prableen Kaur (1993), GrorudIkke til stede
    9.Vegard Grøslie Wennesland (1983), St.HanshaugenIkke til stede
    10.Inger Helene Vaaten (1975), GrorudIkke til stede
    11.Ivar Leveraas (1939), AlnaIkke til stede
    12.Grete Haugdal (1971), Gamle OsloIkke til stede
    13.Olav Tønsberg (1948), AlnaIkke til stede
    14.Khamshajiny Gunaratnam (1988), GrorudIkke til stede
    15.Fredrik Mellem (1969), SageneIkke til stede
    16.Brit Axelsen (1945), StovnerIkke til stede
    17.Dag Bayegan-Harlem (1977), UllernIkke til stede
    18.Kristin Sandaker (1963), ØsteinsjøIkke til stede
    19.Bashe Musse (1965), GrünerløkkaIkke til stede
    20.Torunn Kanutte Husvik (1983), St. HanshaugenIkke til stede
    21.Steinar Andersen (1947), NordstrandIkke til stede
    22.Anne Cathrine Berger (1972), SageneIkke til stede
    23.Khalid Mahmood (1959), ØstensjøIkke til stede
    24.Munir Jaber (1990), AlnaIkke til stede
    25.Libe Solberg Rieber-Mohn (1965), FrognerIkke til stede
    + +

    Hvilket parti får så min stemme i år. Jeg tror det blir +Piratpartiet. Hvis de kan bidra +til at det kommer noen inn på Stortinget med teknisk peiling, så får +kanskje ikke overvåkningsgalskapen like fritt spillerom som det har +hatt så langt.

    +
    - Tags: docbook, norsk, opphavsrett. + Tags: norsk, personvern, stortinget, surveillance, valg.
    @@ -642,54 +877,138 @@ kommersiell bruk.

    -
    Change the font, save the world (and save some money in the process)
    -
    26th March 2013
    -

    Would you like to help the environment and save money at the same -time, without much sacrifice? A small step could be to change the -font you use when printing.

    - -

    Three years ago, -Ars -Technica reported how the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay -changed their default front from -Arial to -Century -Gothic to save money. The Century Gothic font uses 30% less toner -than Arial to print the same text. In other word, you could cut your -toner costs by 30% (or actually, increase your toner supply life time -by more than 30%), by simply changing the default font used in your -prints.

    - -

    But it is not quite obvious how much one will save by switching. -The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay said it used $100,000 per year -on ink and toner cartridges, according to -a report from -TwinCities.com, and expected to save between $5,000 and $10,000 -per year by asking staff and students to use a different font. Not -all PDFs and documents are created internally, and those from external -sources will most likely still use a different font. Also, the -Century Gothic font is slightly wider than Arial, and thus might use -more sheets of paper to print the same text, so the total saving -depend on the documents printed.

    - -

    But it is definitely something to consider, if you want to reduce -the amount of trash, decrease the amount of toner used in the world, -and save some money in the process.

    - -

    Update 2013-04-10: If you want to know how much ink/toner could be -saved when switching between fonts, Inkfarm got a -service to calculate the -difference between font pairs. They also -recommend -which fonts to use to save ink. Check it out. :) While updating -this blog post, I also came across a blog post from InkCloners, -listing -the fonts they recommend, with Centory Gothic at the top.

    +
    Second beta release (beta 1) of Debian Edu/Skolelinux based on Debian Wheezy
    +
    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: english. + Tags: debian edu, english.
    @@ -697,129 +1016,34 @@ the fonts they recommend, with Centory Gothic at the top.

    -
    Typesetting a short story using docbook for PDF, HTML and EPUB
    -
    24th March 2013
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    A few days ago, during a discussion in -EFN about interesting books to read -about copyright and the data retention directive, a suggestion to read -the 1968 short story Kodémus by -Tore Åge Bringsværd -came up. The text was only available in old paper books, and thus not -easily available for current and future generations. Some of the -people participating in the discussion contacted the author, and -reported back 2013-03-19 that the author was OK with releasing the -short story using a Creative -Commons license. The text was quickly scanned and OCR-ed, and we -were ready to start on the editing and typesetting.

    - -

    As I already had some experience formatting text in my project to -provide a Norwegian version of the Free Culture book by Lawrence -Lessig, I chipped in and set up a -DocBook processing framework to -generate PDF, HTML and EPUB version of the short story. The tools to -transform DocBook to different formats are already in my Linux -distribution of choice, Debian, so -all I had to do was to use the -dblatex, -dbtoepub -and xmlto tools to do the -conversion. After a few days, we decided to replace dblatex with -xsltproc/fop (aka -docbook-xsl), -to get the copyright information to show up in the PDF and to get a -nicer <variablelist> typesetting, but that is just a minor -technical detail.

    - -

    There were a few challenges, of course. We want to typeset the -short story to look like the original, and that require fairly good -control over the layout. The original short story have three -parts/scenes separated by a single horizontally centred star (*), and -the paragraphs do not contain only flowing text, but dialogs and text -that started on a new line in the middle of the paragraph.

    - -

    I initially solved the first challenge by using a paragraph with a -single star in it, ie <para>*</para>, but it made sure a -placeholder indicated where the scene shifted. This did not look too -good without the centring. The next approach was to create a new -preprocessor directive <?newscene?>, mapping to "<hr/>" -for HTML and "<fo:block text-align="center"><fo:leader -leader-pattern="rule" rule-thickness="0.5pt"/></fo:block>" -for FO/PDF output (did not try to implement this in dblatex, as we had -switched at this time). The HTML XSL file looked like this:

    - -

    -<?xml version='1.0'?> 
-<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version='1.0'>
-  <xsl:template match="processing-instruction('newscene')">
-    <hr/>
-  </xsl:template>
-</xsl:stylesheet> 
-

    - -

    And the FO/PDF XSL file looked like this:

    - -

    -<?xml version='1.0'?> 
-<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version='1.0'>
-  <xsl:template match="processing-instruction('newscene')">
-    <fo:block text-align="center">
-      <fo:leader leader-pattern="rule" rule-thickness="0.5pt"/>
-    </fo:block>
-  </xsl:template>
-</xsl:stylesheet> 
-

    - -

    Finally, I came across the <bridgehead> tag, which seem to be -a good fit for the task at hand, and I replaced <?newscene?> -with <bridgehead>*</bridgehead>. It isn't centred, but we -can fix it with some XSL rule if the current visual layout isn't -enough.

    - -

    I did not find a good DocBook compliant way to solve the -linebreak/paragraph challenge, so I ended up creating a new processor -directive <?linebreak?>, mapping to <br/> in HTML, and -<fo:block/> in FO/PDF. I suspect there are better ways to do -this, and welcome ideas and patches on github. The HTML XSL file now -look like this:

    - -

    -<?xml version='1.0'?> 
-<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version='1.0'>
-  <xsl:template match="processing-instruction('linebreak)">
-    <br/>
-  </xsl:template>
-</xsl:stylesheet> 
-

    - -

    And the FO/PDF XSL file looked like this:

    - -

    -<?xml version='1.0'?> 
-<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version='1.0'
-  xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
-  <xsl:template match="processing-instruction('linebreak)">
-    <fo:block/>
-  </xsl:template>
-</xsl:stylesheet> 
-

    - -

    One unsolved challenge is our wish to expose different ISBN numbers -per publication format, while keeping all of them in some conditional -structure in the DocBook source. No idea how to do this, so we ended -up listing all the ISBN numbers next to their format in the colophon -page.

    - -

    If you want to check out the finished result, check out the -source repository at -github -(future/new/official -repository). We expect it to be ready and announced in a few -days.

    +
    Intel 180 SSD disk with Lenovo firmware can not use Intel firmware
    +
    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: docbook, english, freeculture, opphavsrett. + Tags: debian, english.
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