X-Git-Url: http://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/c449cc66d74577b66989d5483cddafd9a59b1f22..bc5057d5500cec9ff7a83e371a70213ff74d937d:/blog/index.rss diff --git a/blog/index.rss b/blog/index.rss index 584106140e..5c70f194c5 100644 --- a/blog/index.rss +++ b/blog/index.rss @@ -6,6 +6,120 @@ http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + Debian Edu interview: Yvan Masson + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__Yvan_Masson.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__Yvan_Masson.html + Tue, 12 May 2020 06:30:00 +0200 + <p>It has been way too long since my last interview, but as the +<a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu / Skolelinux</a> +community is still active, and new people keep showing up on the IRC +channel <a href="irc://irc.debian.org/#debian-edu">#debian-edu</a> and +<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-edu/">the debian-edu mailing +list</a>, I decided to give it another go. I was hoping someone else +might pick up the idea and run with it, but this has not happened as +far as I can tell, so here we are… This time the announcement of a new +free software tool to +<a href="https://framagit.org/Yvan-Masson/WhosWho">create a school year +book</a> triggered my interest, and I decided to learn more about its +author.</p> + +<p><strong>Who are you, and how do you spend your days?</strong></p> + +<p>My name is Yvan MASSON, I live in France. I have my own one person +business in computer services. The work consist of visiting my +customers (person's home, local authority, small business) to give +advise, install computers and software, fix issues, and provide +computing usage training. I spend the rest of my time enjoying my +family and promoting free software.</p> + +<p><strong>What is your approach for promoting free +software?</strong></p> + +<p>When I think that free software could be suitable for someone, I +explain what it is, with simple words, give a few known examples, and +explain that while there is no fee it is a viable alternative in many +situations. Most people are receptive when you explain how it is +better (I simplify arguments here, I know that it is not so simple): +Linux works on older hardware, there are no viruses, and the software +can be audited to ensure user is not spied upon. I think the most +important is to keep a clear but moderated speech: when you try to +convince too much, people feel attacked and stop listening.</p> + +<p><strong>How did you get in contact with the Skolelinux / Debian Edu +project?</strong></p> + +<p>I can not remember how I first heard of Skolelinux / Debian Edu, +but probably on planet.debian.org. As I have been working for a +school, I have interest in this type of project. + +<p>The school I am involved in is a school for "children" between 14 +and 18 years old. The French government has recommended free software +since 2012, but they do not always use free software themselves. The +school computers are still using the Windows operating system, but all +of them have the classic set of free software: Firefox ESR, +LibreOffice (with the excellent extension Grammalecte that indicates +French grammatical errors), SumatraPDF, Audacity, 7zip, KeePass2, VLC, +GIMP, Inkscape… + +<p><strong>What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux / Debian +Edu?</strong></p> + +<p>It is free software! Built on Debian, I am sure that users are not +spied upon, and that it can run on low end hardware. This last point +is very important, because we really need to improve "green IT". I do +not know enough about Skolelinux / Debian Edu to tell how it is better +than another free software solution, but what I like is the "all in +one" solution: everything has been thought of and prepared to ease +installation and usage.</p> + +I like Free Software because I hate using something that I can not +understand. I do not say that I can understand everything nor that I +want to understand everything, but knowing that someone / some company +intentionally prevents me from understanding how things work is really +unacceptable to me.</p> + +<p>Secondly, and more importantly, free software is a requirement to +prevent abuses regarding human rights and environmental care. +Humanity can not rely on tools that are in the hands of small group of +people.</p> + +<p><strong>What do you see as the disadvantages of Skolelinux / Debian +Edu?</strong></p> + +<p>Again, I don't know this project enough. Maybe a dedicated website? +Debian wiki works well for documentation, but is not very appealing to +someone discovering the project. Also, as Skolelinux / Debian Edu uses +OpenLDAP, it probably means that Windows workstations cannot use +centralized authentication. Maybe the project could use Samba as an +Active Directory domain controller instead, allowing Windows desktop +usage when necessary.</p> + +<p>(Editors note: In fact Windows workstations can +<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Buster/HowTo/Samba">use +the centralized authentication in a Debian Edu setup</a>, at least for +some versions of Windows, but the fact that this is not well known can +be seen as an indication of the need for better documentation and +marketing. :)</p> + +<p><strong>Which free software do you use daily?</strong></p> + +<p>Nothing original: Debian testing/sid with Gnome desktop, Firefox, +Thunderbird, LibreOffice…</p> + +<p><strong>Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to +get schools to use free software?</strong></p> + +<p>Every effort to spread free software into schools is important, +whatever it is. But I think, at least where I live, that IT +professionals maintaining schools networks are still very "Microsoft +centric". Schools will use any working solution, but they need people +to install and maintain it. How to make these professionals sensitive +about free software and train them with solutions like Debian Edu / +Skolelinux is a really good question :-)</p> + + + Jami as a Zoom client, a trick for password protected rooms... http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Jami_as_a_Zoom_client__a_trick_for_password_protected_rooms___.html @@ -447,28 +561,6 @@ hvis det er et problem for noen, da det er gjort i beste mening. Hvis eventuell rettighetshaver tar kontakt vil jeg fjerne teksten og i stedet legge ut henvendelsen der teksten kreves fjernet.</p> -<p>Som vanlig, hvis du bruker Bitcoin og ønsker å vise din støtte til -det jeg driver med, setter jeg pris på om du sender Bitcoin-donasjoner -til min adresse -<b><a href="bitcoin:15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b">15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b</a></b>. -Merk, betaling med bitcoin er ikke anonymt. :)</p> - - - - - Artikkel om Nikita i Arkheion nummer 2019/2 - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Artikkel_om_Nikita_i_Arkheion_nummer_2019_2.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Artikkel_om_Nikita_i_Arkheion_nummer_2019_2.html - Mon, 9 Dec 2019 15:05:00 +0100 - <p>Jeg hadde i dag gleden av å oppdage at en artikkel om -<a href="https://gitlab.com/OsloMet-ABI/nikita-noark5-core/">arkivsystemet -Nikita</a> som vi skrev i sommer, nå er publisert i -<a href="http://www.arkheion.no/">Arkheion, fagtidsskrift for kommunial -arkivsektor</a>. Du finner artikkelen på side 30-33 i nummer 2019/2, -PDF kan lastes ned fra nettstedet til tidsskriftet. Kanskje -publiseringen kan føre til at noen flere får øynene opp for verdien av -et åpent standardisert API for arkivering og søk i arkivet.</p> - <p>Som vanlig, hvis du bruker Bitcoin og ønsker å vise din støtte til det jeg driver med, setter jeg pris på om du sender Bitcoin-donasjoner til min adresse