X-Git-Url: http://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/d18eafa03ed94dee63ee8668653047764069f480..ee4e17a9dfc65ff97021d6319e0e8da129c2ff08:/blog/index.rss diff --git a/blog/index.rss b/blog/index.rss index 26eb777694..5e33e0e4a5 100644 --- a/blog/index.rss +++ b/blog/index.rss @@ -7,931 +7,973 @@ - Debian Edu interview: Jonathan Carter - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__Jonathan_Carter.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__Jonathan_Carter.html - Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:50:00 +0200 - <p>There is a certain cross-over between the -<a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu / Skolelinux -project</a> and <a href="http://www.edubuntu.org/">the Edubuntu -project</a>, and for example the LTSP packages in Debian are a joint -effort between the projects. One person with a foot in both camps is -Jonathan Carter, which I am now happy to present to you.</p> - -<p><strong>Who are you, and how do you spend your days?</strong></p> - -<p>I'm a South-African free software geek who lives in Cape Town. My -days vary quite a bit since I'm involved in too many things. As I'm -getting older I'm learning how to focus a bit more :)</p> - -<p>I'm also an Edubuntu contributor and I love when there are -opportunities for the Edubuntu and Debian Edu projects to benefit from -each other.</p> - -<p><strong>How did you get in contact with the Skolelinux / Debian Edu -project?</strong></p> - -<p>I've been somewhat familiar with the project before, but I think my -first direct exposure to the project was when I met Petter -[Reinholdtsen] and Knut [Yrvin] at the Edubuntu summit in 2005 in -London. They provided great feedback that helped the bootstrapping of -Edubuntu. Back then Edubuntu (and even Ubuntu) was still very new and -it was great getting input from people who have been around longer. I -was also still very excitable and said yes to everything and to this -day I have a big todo list backlog that I'm catching up with. I think -over the years the relationship between Edubuntu and Debian-Edu has -been gradually improving, although I think there's a lot that we could -still improve on in terms of working together on packages. I'm sure -we'll get there one day.</p> - -<p><strong>What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux / Debian -Edu?</strong></p> - -<p>Debian itself already has so many advantages. I could go on about -it for pages, but in essence I love that it's a very honest project -that puts its users first with no hidden agendas and also produces -very high quality work.</p> - -<p>I think the advantage of Debian Edu is that it makes many common -set-up tasks simpler so that administrators can get up and running -with a lot less effort and frustration. At the same time I think it -helps to standardise installations in schools so that it's easier for -community members and commercial suppliers to support.</p> - -<p><strong>What do you see as the disadvantages of Skolelinux / Debian -Edu?</strong></p> - -<p>I had to re-type this one a few times because I'm trying to -separate "disadvantages" from "areas that need improvement" (which is -what I originally rambled on about)</p> - -<p>The biggest disadvantage I can think of is lack of manpower. The -project could do so much more if there were more good contributors. I -think some of the problems are external too. Free software and free -content in education is a no-brainer but it takes some time to catch -on. When you've been working with the same proprietary eco-system for -years and have gotten used to it, it can be hard to adjust to some -concepts in the free software world. It would be nice if there were -more Debian Edu consultants across the world. I'd love to be one -myself but I'm already so over-committed that it's just not possible -currently.</p> - -<p>I think the best short-term solution to that large-scale problem is -for schools to be pro-active and share their experiences and grow -their skills in-house. I'm often saddened to see how much money -educational institutions spend on 3rd party solutions that they don't -have access to after the service has ended and they could've gotten so -much more value otherwise by being more self-sustainable and -autonomous.</p> - -<p><strong>Which free software do you use daily?</strong></p> - -<p>My main laptop dual-boots between Debian and Windows 7. I was -Windows free for years but started dual-booting again last year for -some games which help me focus and relax (Starcraft II in -particular). Gaming support on Linux is improving in leaps and bounds -so I suppose I'll soon be able to regain that disk space :)</p> - -<p>Besides that I rely on Icedove, Chromium, Terminator, Byobu, irssi, -git, Tomboy, KVM, VLC and LibreOffice. Recently I've been torn on -which desktop environment I like and I'm taking some refuge in Xfce -while I figure that out. I like tools that keep things simple. I enjoy -Python and shell scripting. I went to an Arduino workshop recently and -it was awesome seeing how easy and simple the IDE software was to get -up and running in Debian compared to the users running Windows and OS -X.</p> - -<p>I also use mc which some people frown upon slightly. I got used to -using Norton Commander in the early 90's and it stuck (I think the -people who sneer at it is just jealous that they don't know how to use -it :p) - -<p><strong>Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to -get schools to use free software?</strong></p> - -<p>I think trying to force it is unproductive. I also think that in -many cases it's appropriate for schools to use non-free systems and I -don't think that there's any particular moral or ethical problem with -that.</p> - -<p>I do think though that free software can already solve so so many -problems in educational institutions and it's just a shame not taking -advantage of that.</p> - -<p>I also think that some curricula need serious review. For example, -some areas of the world rely heavily on very specific versions of MS -Office, teaching students to parrot menu items instead of learning the -general concepts. I think that's very unproductive because firstly, MS -Office's interface changes drastically every few years and on top of -that it also locks in a generation to a product that might not be the -best solution for them.</p> - -<p>To answer your question, I believe that the right strategy is to -educate and inform, giving someone the information they require to -make a decision that would work for them.</p> + Good causes: Debian Outreach Program for Women, EFF documenting the spying and Open access in Norway + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Good_causes__Debian_Outreach_Program_for_Women__EFF_documenting_the_spying_and_Open_access_in_Norway.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Good_causes__Debian_Outreach_Program_for_Women__EFF_documenting_the_spying_and_Open_access_in_Norway.html + Tue, 15 Oct 2013 21:30:00 +0200 + <p>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. :)</p> + +<p>Via <a href="http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2013/18/">Debian +Project News for 2013-10-14</a> 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 <a href="http://debian.ch/opw2013">any donation done to Debian +earmarked</a> for this initiative. I donated a few minutes ago, and +hope you will to. :)</p> + +<p>And the Electronic Frontier Foundation just announced plans to +create <a href="https://supporters.eff.org/donate/nsa-videos">video +documentaries about the excessive spying</a> on every Internet user that +take place these days, and their need to fund the work. I've already +donated. Are you next?</p> + +<p>For my Norwegian audience, the organisation Studentenes og +Akademikernes Internasjonale Hjelpefond is collecting signatures for a +statement under the heading +<a href="http://saih.no/Bloggers_United/">Bloggers United for Open +Access</a> 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.</p> - Fixing the Linux black screen of death on machines with Intel HD video - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Fixing_the_Linux_black_screen_of_death_on_machines_with_Intel_HD_video.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Fixing_the_Linux_black_screen_of_death_on_machines_with_Intel_HD_video.html - Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:00:00 +0200 - <p>When installing RedHat, Fedora, Debian and Ubuntu on some machines, -the screen just turn black when Linux boot, either during installation -or on first boot from the hard disk. I've seen it once in a while the -last few years, but only recently understood the cause. I've seen it -on HP laptops, and on my latest acquaintance the Packard Bell laptop. -The reason seem to be in the wiring of some laptops. The system to -control the screen background light is inverted, so when Linux try to -turn the brightness fully on, it end up turning it off instead. I do -not know which Linux drivers are affected, but this post is about the -i915 driver used by the -<a href="http://www.linlap.com/packard_bell_easynote_lv">Packard Bell -EasyNote LV</a>, Thinkpad X40 and many other laptops.</p> - -<p>The problem can be worked around two ways. Either by adding -i915.invert_brightness=1 as a kernel option, or by adding a file in -/etc/modprobe.d/ to tell modprobe to add the invert_brightness=1 -option when it load the i915 kernel module. On Debian and Ubuntu, it -can be done by running these commands as root:</p> - -<pre> -echo options i915 invert_brightness=1 | tee /etc/modprobe.d/i915.conf -update-initramfs -u -k all -</pre> - -<p>Since March 2012 there is -<a href="http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4dca20efb1a9c2efefc28ad2867e5d6c3f5e1955">a -mechanism in the Linux kernel</a> to tell the i915 driver which -hardware have this problem, and get the driver to invert the -brightness setting automatically. To use it, one need to add a row in -<a href="http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c">the -intel_quirks array</a> in the driver source -<tt>drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c</tt> (look for "<tt>static -struct intel_quirk intel_quirks</tt>"), specifying the PCI device -number (vendor number 8086 is assumed) and subdevice vendor and device -number.</p> - -<p>My Packard Bell EasyNote LV got this output from <tt>lspci --vvnn</tt> for the video card in question:</p> - -<p><pre> -00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation \ - 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0156] \ - (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) - Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0688] - Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- \ - ParErr- Stepping- SE RR- FastB2B- DisINTx+ - Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- \ - <TAbort- <MAbort->SERR- <PERR- INTx- - Latency: 0 - Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 42 - Region 0: Memory at c2000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M] - Region 2: Memory at b0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] - Region 4: I/O ports at 4000 [size=64] - Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] - Capabilities: <access denied> - Kernel driver in use: i915 -</pre></p> - -<p>The resulting intel_quirks entry would then look like this:</p> - -<p><pre> -struct intel_quirk intel_quirks[] = { - ... - /* Packard Bell EasyNote LV11HC needs invert brightness quirk */ - { 0x0156, 0x1025, 0x0688, quirk_invert_brightness }, - ... -} -</pre></p> - -<p>According to the kernel module instructions (as seen using -<tt>modinfo i915</tt>), information about hardware needing the -invert_brightness flag should be sent to the -<a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel">dri-devel -(at) lists.freedesktop.org</a> mailing list to reach the kernel -developers. But my email about the laptop sent 2013-06-03 have not -yet shown up in -<a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2013-June/thread.html">the -web archive for the mailing list</a>, so I suspect they do not accept -emails from non-subscribers. Because of this, I sent my patch also to -the Debian bug tracking system instead as -<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/710938">BTS report #710938</a>, to make -sure the patch is not lost.</p> - -<p>Unfortunately, it is not enough to fix the kernel to get Laptops -with this problem working properly with Linux. If you use Gnome, your -worries should be over at this point. But if you use KDE, there is -something in KDE ignoring the invert_brightness setting and turning on -the screen during login. I've reported it to Debian as -<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/711237">BTS report #711237</a>, and -have no idea yet how to figure out exactly what subsystem is doing -this. Perhaps you can help? Perhaps you know what the Gnome -developers did to handle this, and this can give a clue to the KDE -developers? Or you know where in KDE the screen brightness is changed -during login? If so, please update the BTS report (or get in touch if -you do not know how to update BTS).</p> + Oslo community mesh network - with NUUG and Hackeriet at Hausmania + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Oslo_community_mesh_network___with_NUUG_and_Hackeriet_at_Hausmania.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Oslo_community_mesh_network___with_NUUG_and_Hackeriet_at_Hausmania.html + Fri, 11 Oct 2013 14:10:00 +0200 + <p>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 +<a href="http://www.freifunk.net/">Freifunk</a> and +<a href="http://www.awmn.net/">Athens Wireless Metropolitan Network</a> +(see +<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wireless_community_networks_by_region#Greece">wikipedia +for a large list</a>) 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 +<a href="http://freifunk.in-kiel.de/ffmap/nodes.html">dynamically +updated node graph and map</a>, 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.</p> + +<p>I've wanted to check out mesh networks for a while now, and hoped +to do it as part of my involvement with the <a +href="http://www.nuug.no/">NUUG member organisation</a> community, and +my recent involvement in +<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox">the Freedombox project</a> +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.</p> + +<p>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 +<a href="http://hackeriet.no/">Hackeriet</a> at Husmania. They seem to +have started with some Freifunk based effort using OLSR, called +<a href="http://oslo.freifunk.net/index.php?title=Main_Page">the Oslo +Freifunk project</a>, but that effort is now dead and the people +behind it have moved on to a batman-adv based system called +<a href="http://meshfx.org/trac">meshfx</a>. 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 +<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2Kd7CLkhSY">youtube</a>):</p> + +<p><iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/N2Kd7CLkhSY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> + +<p>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 +<a href="http://www.servalproject.org/">Serval project in Australia</a> +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 +<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30qNfzJCQOA">youtube</a>):</p> + +<p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/30qNfzJCQOA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> + +<p>According to the wikipedia page on +<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_mesh_network">Wireless +mesh network</a> 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.</p> + +<p>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 +<a href="http://www.open-mesh.org/projects/batman-adv/wiki/Quick-start-guide">good +introduction</a> is available from the Open Mesh project. These are +the key settings needed to join the Oslo meshfx network:</p> + +<p><table> +<tr><th>Setting</th><th>Value</th></tr> +<tr><td>Protocol / kernel module</td><td>batman-adv</td></tr> +<tr><td>ESSID</td><td>meshfx@hackeriet</td></tr> +<td>Channel / Frequency</td><td>11 / 2462</td></tr> +<td>Cell ID</td><td>02:BA:00:00:00:01</td> +</table></p> + +<p>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 +"<a href="http://tiebing.blogspot.no/2009/12/ad-hoc-cell-splitting-re-post-original.html">Information +about cell-id splitting, stuck beacons, and failed IBSS merges!</a> +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. :)</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>If you find this project interesting and want to join, please join +us on IRC, either channel +<a href="irc://irc.freenode.net/#oslohackerspace">#oslohackerspace</a> +or <a href="irc://irc.freenode.net/#nuug">#nuug</a> on +irc.freenode.net.</p> + +<p>While investigating mesh networks in Oslo, I came across an old +research paper from the university of Stavanger and Telenor Research +and Innovation called +<a href="http://folk.uio.no/paalee/publications/netrel-egeland-iswcs-2008.pdf">The +reliability of wireless backhaul mesh networks</a> 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?</p> + +<p><strong>Update 2013-10-12</strong>: I was just +<a href="http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/freedombox-discuss/2013-October/005900.html">told +by the Serval project developers</a> that they no longer use +batman-adv (but are compatible with it), but their own crypto based +mesh system.</p> + + + + + Skolelinux / Debian Edu 7.1 install and overview video from Marcelo Salvador + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Skolelinux___Debian_Edu_7_1_install_and_overview_video_from_Marcelo_Salvador.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Skolelinux___Debian_Edu_7_1_install_and_overview_video_from_Marcelo_Salvador.html + Tue, 8 Oct 2013 17:10:00 +0200 + <p>The other day I was pleased and surprised to discover that Marcelo +Salvador had published a +<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-GgpdqgLFc">video on +Youtube</a> 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 <a href="http://www.zygotebody.com/">Zygote Body 3D model +of the human body</a>, 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 +<a href="http://www.ltsp.org/">LTSP server</a>.</p> + +<p>Anyway, check out the video, embedded below and linked to above:</p> + +<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/w-GgpdqgLFc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> + +<p>Are there other nice videos demonstrating Skolelinux? Please let +me know. :)</p> - Third alpha release of Debian Edu / Skolelinux based on Debian Wheezy - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Third_alpha_release_of_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_based_on_Debian_Wheezy.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Third_alpha_release_of_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_based_on_Debian_Wheezy.html - Mon, 10 Jun 2013 22:50:00 +0200 - <p>The third wheezy based alpha release of Debian Edu was wrapped up -today. This is the release announcement:</p> + Finally, Debian Edu Wheezy is released today! + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Finally__Debian_Edu_Wheezy_is_released_today_.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Finally__Debian_Edu_Wheezy_is_released_today_.html + Sun, 29 Sep 2013 10:20:00 +0200 + <p>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 +<a href="http://www.debian.org/News/2013/20130928">the Debian News +section</a>, translated to several languages. Please check it out.</p> + +<p>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).</p> + + + + + Videos about the Freedombox project - for inspiration and learning + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Videos_about_the_Freedombox_project___for_inspiration_and_learning.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Videos_about_the_Freedombox_project___for_inspiration_and_learning.html + Fri, 27 Sep 2013 14:10:00 +0200 + <p>The <a href="http://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/">Freedombox +project</a> 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.</p> -<p><strong>New features for Debian Edu 7.0.0 alpha2 released -2013-06-10</strong></p> +<ul> -<p>This is the release notes for for Debian Edu / Skolelinux 7.0.0 edu -alpha2, based on Debian with codename "Wheezy".</p> +<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukvUz5taxvA">FreedomBox - +2,5 minute marketing film</a> (Youtube)</li> -<p><strong>About Debian Edu and Skolelinux</strong></p> +<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzW25QTVWsE">Eben Moglen +discusses the Freedombox on CBS news 2011</a> (Youtube)</li> -<p><a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu, also known as -Skolelinux</a>, 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, DVD 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 -<a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Educational_applications_included_in_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux__the_screenshot_collection____.html">more -than 60 educational software packages</a> and more are available from -the Debian archive, and schools can choose between KDE, Gnome, LXDE -and Xfce desktop environment.</p> +<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae8SZbxfE0g">Eben Moglen - +Freedom in the Cloud - Software Freedom, Privacy and and Security for +Web 2.0 and Cloud computing at ISOC-NY Public Meeting 2010</a> +(Youtube)</li> -<p>This is the third test release based on Debian Wheezy. Basically -this is an updated and slightly improved version compared to the -Squeeze release.</p> +<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNaIji_3xBE">Fosdem 2011 +Keynote by Eben Moglen presenting the Freedombox</a> (Youtube)</li> -<p><strong>Software updates</strong></p> +<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bDDUyJSQ9s">Presentation of +the Freedombox by James Vasile at Elevate in Gratz 2011</a> (Youtube)</li> -<ul> +<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQTmnk27g9s"> Freedombox - +Discovery, Identity, and Trust by Nick Daly at Freedombox Hackfest New +York City in 2012</a> (Youtube)</li> -<li>Iceweasel was updated from 10 to 17. (DSA 2699-1) -<li>Updated libxv (DSA-2674), libxvmc (DSA-2675), libxfixes (DSA-2676), libxrender (DSA-2677), mesa (DSA-2678), xserver-xorg-video-openchrome (DSA-2679), libxt (DSA-2680), libxcursor (DSA-2681), libxext (DSA-2682), libxi (DSA-2683), libxrandr (DSA-2684), libxp (DSA-2685), libxcb (DSA-2686), libfs (DSA-2687), libxres (DSA-2688), libxtst (DSA-2689), libxxf86dga (DSA-2690), libxinerama (DSA-2691), libxxf86vm (DSA-2692), libx11 (DSA-2693), chromium-browser (DSA-2695), gnutls26 (DSA-2697), wireshark (DSA-2700), krb5 (DSA-2701), telepathy-gabble (DSA-2702) and subversion (DSA-2703). -<li>Switched xrdp on thin client servers to use tightvncserver instead of xvnc4. -<li>Now install software oscilloscope xoscope by default. -<li>Now install music tools gtick, lingot and pianobooster by default. +<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkbSB4Ba7Ck">Introduction +to the Freedombox at Freedombox Hackfest New York City in 2012</a> +(Youtube)</li> -</ul> +<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-P2Jaeg0aQ">Freedom, Out +of the Box! by Bdale Garbee at linux.conf.au Ballarat, 2012</a> (Youtube) </li> -<p><strong>Other changes</strong></p> +<li><a href="https://archive.fosdem.org/2013/schedule/event/freedombox/">Freedombox +1.0 by Eben Moglen and Bdale Garbee at Fosdem 2013</a> (FOSDEM) </li> -<ul> +<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1LpYX2zVYg">What is the +FreedomBox today by Bdale Garbee at Debconf13 in Vaumarcus +2013</a> (Youtube)</li> -<li>The subnet-change script is now able to change all files needing a change on the main-server when changing the IP network used. -<li>Updated translation of the installation. -<li>New Romanian translation. -<li>Fix security problem causing root and first user password to no longer show up in /var/cache/debconf/templates.dat. -<li>Fix roaming workstation setup (Closed in libpam-mklocaluser/0.8, libpam-mklocaluser/0.8~deb7u1: #706753: libpam-mklocaluser: Fail to create local user during first login). -<li>Made roaming workstation setup more robust in non-Debian Edu environments. -<li>New script debian-edu-bless to transform a Debian installation to a Debian Edu profile. -<li>Adjust Iceweasel setup to improve performance when $HOME is on NFS. -<li>More testsuite tests. -<li>Make automatic proxy configuration more robust. -<li>Adjust GOsa² GUI configuration. +</ul> -<li>Update thin client and diskless workstation setup to work with -LTSP in Wheezy.</li> +<p>A larger list is available from +<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/TalksAndPresentations">the +Freedombox Wiki</a>.</p> + +<p>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 <a href="irc://irc.debian.org:6667/%23freedombox">IRC +(#freedombox on irc.debian.org)</a> and +<a href="http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss">the +mailing list</a> if you want to help make this vision come true.</p> + + + + + Third and probably last beta release of Debian Edu Wheezy + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Third_and_probably_last_beta_release_of_Debian_Edu_Wheezy.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Third_and_probably_last_beta_release_of_Debian_Edu_Wheezy.html + Mon, 16 Sep 2013 21:30:00 +0200 + <p>The third wheezy based beta release of Debian Edu was wrapped up +today. This is the release announcement from Holger Levsen:</p> -<li>Diskless workstations now run out of the box -- no need to set -them up with GOsa².</li> +<blockquote> +<p>Hi,</p> -<li>Update IMAP server setup. </li> +<p>it is my pleasure to announce the third beta release (beta 2 for +short) of <a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu / +Skolelinux</a> based on Debian Wheezy!</p> -<li>Fix login into Skolelinux Backup Tool (Closed in -slbackup-php/0.4.4-1: #700257: slbackup-php: Fails to submit correctly -entered password). </li> +<p>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!</p> -</ul> +<p>(More about the remaining steps for the Edu Wheezy release in +another mail to the edu list tonight or tomorrow...)</p> -<p><strong>Known issues</strong></p> +<p>Noteworthy changes and software updates for Debian Edu 7.1+edu0~b2 +compared to beta1:</p> <ul> -<li>DVD binary and source images are not yet ready.</li> +<li>The KDE proxy setup has been adjusted to use the provided wpad.dat. This +also gets Chromium to use this proxy.</li> +<li>Install kdepim-groupware with KDE desktops to make sure korganizer +understand ical/dav sources.</li> +<li>Increased default maximum size of /var/spool/squid and /skole/backup on the +main server.</li> +<li>A source DVD image containing all source packages is now available as well.</li> +<li>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).</li> -<li>No mass import of user account data in GOsa (ldif or csv) -available yet (Open in gosa/2.7.4-4: #698840: gosa-plugin-ldapmanager: -missing import feature).</li> +</ul> -<li>Missing artwork for the KDE desktop (and probably a few others). </li> +<p>Where to get it:</p> -<li>KDE Debian submenu lacks icons (Closed: #502192: menu-xdg: invents -own icon names instead of using existing). This will remain -unfixed.</li> +<p>To download the multiarch netinstall CD release you can use</p> +<ul> +<li><a href="ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b2-CD.iso">ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b2-CD.iso</a></li> +<li><a href="http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b2-CD.iso">http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b2-CD.iso</a></li> +<li>rsync -avzP ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b2-CD.iso .</li> </ul> -<p><strong>Where to get it</strong></p> - -<p>To download the multiarch netinstall CD release you can use</p> +<p>The SHA1SUM of this image is: 3a1c89f4666df80eebcd46c5bf5fedb866f9472f</p> +<p>To download the multiarch USB stick ISO release you can use <ul> +<li><a href="ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b2-USB.iso">ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b2-USB.iso</a></li> +<li><a href="http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b2-USB.iso">http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b2-USB.iso</a></li> +<li>rsync -avzP ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b2-USB.iso .</li> +</ul> -<li><a href="ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.0+edu0~a2-CD.iso">ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.0+edu0~a2-CD.iso</a></li> +<p>The SHA1SUM of this image is: 702d1718548f401c74bfa6df9f032cc3ee16597e</p> -<li><a href="http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.0+edu0~a2-CD.iso">http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.0+edu0~a2-CD.iso</a></li> +<p>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.</p> -<li>rsync -avzP ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.0+edu0~a2-CD.iso .</li> +<p>How to report bugs</p> -</ul> +<p>For information how to report bugs please see +<br><a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs">http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs</a></p> -<p>The MD5SUM of this image is: 27bbcace407743382f3c42c08dbe8178 -<br>The SHA1SUM of this image is: e35f7d7908566cd3075375b3721fa10ee420d419</p> -<p><strong>How to report bugs</strong></p> +<p>About Debian Edu and Skolelinux</p> -<p><a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs">http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs</a> +<p>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.</p> + +<p>This is the seventh test release based on Debian Wheezy. Basically +this is an updated and slightly improved version compared to the +Squeeze release.</p> + +<p>Notes for upgrades from Alpha Prereleases</p> + +<p>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.</p> + + +<p>cheers, +<br> Holger</p> +</blockquote> - Is there a PHP expert in the building? Debian Edu need help! - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Is_there_a_PHP_expert_in_the_building___Debian_Edu_need_help_.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Is_there_a_PHP_expert_in_the_building___Debian_Edu_need_help_.html - Wed, 5 Jun 2013 17:50:00 +0200 - <p>Here is a call for help from the Debian Edu / Skolelinux project. -We have two problems blocking the release of the Wheezy version we -hope to get released soon. The two problems require some with PHP -skills, and we seem to lack anyone with both time and PHP skills in -the project: + Recipe to test the Freedombox project on amd64 or Raspberry Pi + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Recipe_to_test_the_Freedombox_project_on_amd64_or_Raspberry_Pi.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Recipe_to_test_the_Freedombox_project_on_amd64_or_Raspberry_Pi.html + Tue, 10 Sep 2013 14:20:00 +0200 + <p>I was introduced to the +<a href="http://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/">Freedombox project</a> +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.</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>The <a href="https://alioth.debian.org/projects/freedombox/">initial +Debian initiative</a> 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 +<a href="http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/t-dreamplugdetails.aspx">Dreamplug</a>, +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 +<a href="https://github.com/NickDaly/freedom-maker">freedom-maker</a> +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).</p> + +<p>The current Freedombox setup consist of a set of bootstrapping +scripts +(<a href="https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/freedombox-setup">freedombox-setup</a>), +and a administrative web interface +(<a href="https://github.com/NickDaly/Plinth">plinth</a> + exmachina + +withsqlite), as well as a privacy enhancing proxy based on +<a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/privoxy">privoxy</a> +(freedombox-privoxy). There is also a web/javascript based XMPP +client (<a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/jwchat">jwchat</a>) +trying (unsuccessfully so far) to talk to the XMPP server +(<a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/ejabberd">ejabberd</a>). 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 +<a href="https://github.com/NickDaly/freedombox-todos/blob/master/TODO">the +project TODO</a> 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.</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p><strong>Debian Wheezy amd64</strong></p> <ol> -<li>It is impossible to log into the slbackup web interface - (slbackup-php) using the root user and password. This is - <a href="http://bugs.debian.org/700257">BTS report #700257</a>. - This used to work, but stopped working some time since Squeeze. - Perhaps some obsolete PHP feature was used?</li> +<li>Fetch normal Debian Wheezy installation ISO.</li> +<li>Boot from it, either as CD or USB stick.</li> +<li><p>Press [tab] on the boot prompt and add this as a boot argument +to the Debian installer:<p> +<pre>url=<a href="http://www.reinholdtsen.name/freedombox/preseed-wheezy.dat">http://www.reinholdtsen.name/freedombox/preseed-wheezy.dat</a></pre></li> + +<li>Answer the few language/region/password questions and pick disk to +install on.</li> -<li>It is not possible to "mass import" user lists in Gosa, neither - using ldif nor using CSV files. The feature was disabled after a - major rewrite of Gosa, and need to be ported to the new system. - This is <a href="http://bugs.debian.org/698840">BTS report - #698840</a>.</li> +<li>When the installation is finished and the machine have rebooted a +few times, your Freedombox is ready for testing.</li> </ol> -<p>If you can help us, please join us on IRC -(<a href="irc://irc.debian.org/%23debian-edu">#debian-edu on -irc.debian.org</a>) and provide patches via the BTS.</p> +<p><strong>Raspberry Pi Raspbian</strong></p> + +<ol> + +<li>Fetch a Raspbian SD card image, create SD card.</li> +<li>Boot from SD card, extend file system to fill the card completely.</li> +<li><p>Log in and add this to /etc/sources.list:</p> +<pre> +deb <a href="http://www.reinholdtsen.name/freedombox/">http://www.reinholdtsen.name/freedombox</a> wheezy main +</pre></li> +<li><p>Run this as root:</p> +<pre> +wget -O - http://www.reinholdtsen.name/freedombox/BE1A583D.asc | \ + apt-key add - +apt-get update +apt-get install freedombox-setup +/usr/lib/freedombox/setup +</pre></li> +<li>Reboot into your freshly created Freedombox.</li> + +</ol> + +<p>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 "<tt>apt-get source -b freedombox-privoxy</tt>" away. :)</p> + +<p>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 "<tt>update-rc.d isc-dhcp-server +disable</tt>" as root.</p> + +<p>Please let me know if this works for you, or if you have any +problems. We gather on the IRC channel +<a href="irc://irc.debian.org:6667/%23freedombox">#freedombox</a> on +irc.debian.org and the +<a href="http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss">project +mailing list</a>.</p> + +<p>Once you get your freedombox operational, you can visit +<tt>http://your-host-name:8001/</tt> 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 <tt>http://your-host-name:8001/help/</tt> +to look at the rest of plinth. The default user is 'admin' and the +default password is 'secret'.</p> - Debian Edu interview: Cédric Boutillier - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__C_dric_Boutillier.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__C_dric_Boutillier.html - Tue, 4 Jun 2013 10:30:00 +0200 - <p>It has been a while since my last English -<a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu and Skolelinux</a> -interview last November. But the developers and translators are still -pulling along to get the Wheezy based release out the door, and this -time I managed to get an interview from one of the French translators -in the project, Cédric Boutillier.</p> - -<p><strong>Who are you, and how do you spend your days?</strong></p> - -<p>I am 34 year old. I live near Paris, France. I am an assistant -professor in probability theory. I spend my daytime teaching -mathematics at the university and doing fundamental research in -probability in connexion with combinatorics and statistical physics.</p> - -<p>I have been involved in the Debian project for a couple of years -and became Debian Developer a few months ago. I am working on Ruby -packaging, publicity and translation.</p> - -<p><strong>How did you get in contact with the Skolelinux / Debian Edu -project?</strong></p> - -<p>I came to the Debian Edu project after a call for translation of -<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Manuals">the -Debian Edu manual</a> for the release of Debian Edu Squeeze. Since -then, I have been working on updating the French translation of the -manual. - -<p>I had the opportunity to make an installation of Debian Edu in a -virtual machine when I was preparing localised version of some screen -shots for the manual. I was amazed to see it worked out of the box and -how comprehensive the list of software installed by default was.</p> - -<p>What amazed me was the complete network infrastructure directly -ready to use, which can and the nice administration interface provided -by <a href="https://oss.gonicus.de/labs/gosa/">GOsa²</a>. What pleased -me also was the fact that among the software installed by default, -there were many "traditional" educative software to learn languages, -to count, to program... but also software to develop creativity and -artistic skills with music (<a href="http://ardour.org/">Ardour</a>, -<a href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/">Audacity</a>) and -movies/animation (I was especially thinking of -<a href="http://linuxstopmotion.sourceforge.net/">Stopmotion</a>).</p> - -<p>I am following the development of Debian Edu and am hanging out on -<a href="irc://irc.debian.org/%23debian-edu">#debian-edu</a>. -Unfortunately, I don't much time to get more involved in this -beautiful project.</p> - -<p><strong>What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux / Debian -Edu?</strong></p> - -<p>For me, the main advantages of Skolelinux/Debian Edu are its -community of experts and its precise documentation, as well as the -fact that it provides a solution ready to use.</p> - -<p>I would add also the fact that it is based on the rock solid Debian -distribution, which ensures stability and provides a huge collection -of educational free software.</p> - -<p><strong>What do you see as the disadvantages of Skolelinux / Debian -Edu?</strong></p> - -<p>Maybe the lack of manpower to do lobbying on the -project. Sometimes, people who need to take decisions concerning IT do -not have all the elements to evaluate properly free software -solutions. The fact that support by a company may be difficult to find -is probably a problem if the school does not have IT personnel.</p> - -<p>One can find support from a company by looking at -<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Help/ProfessionalHelp">the -wiki dokumentation</a>, where some countries already have a number of -companies providing support for Debian Edu, like Germany or -Norway. This list is easy to find readily from the manual. However, -for other countries, like France, the list is empty. I guess that -consultants proposing support for Debian would be able to provide some -support for Debian Edu as well.</p> - -<p><strong>Which free software do you use daily?</strong></p> - -<p>I am using the KDE Plasma Desktop. But the pieces of software I use -most runs in a terminal: Mutt and OfflineIMAP for emails, latex for -scientific documents, mpd for music. VIM is my editor of choice. I am -also using the mathematical software -<a href="http://www.scilab.org/en/scilab/about‎">Scilab</a> and -<a href="http://www.sagemath.org/index.html‎">Sage</a> (built from -source as not completely packaged for Debian, yet). - -<p><strong>Do you have any suggestions for teachers interested in -using the free software in Debian to teach mathematics and -statistics?</strong></p> - -<p>I do not have any "nice" recommendations for statistics. At our -university, we use both <a href="http://www.r-project.org/‎">R</a> and -Scilab to teach statistics and probabilistic simulations. For -geometry, there are nice programs:</p> + Datalagringsdirektivet gjør at Oslo Høyre og Arbeiderparti ikke får min stemme i år + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Datalagringsdirektivet_gj_r_at_Oslo_H_yre_og_Arbeiderparti_ikke_f_r_min_stemme_i__r.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Datalagringsdirektivet_gj_r_at_Oslo_H_yre_og_Arbeiderparti_ikke_f_r_min_stemme_i__r.html + Sun, 8 Sep 2013 20:40:00 +0200 + <p>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 +<a href="http://beta.holderdeord.no/issues/innfore-datalagringsdirektivet">Datalagringsdirektivet +(DLD)</a>, 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 +<a href="http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datalagringsdirektivet">Wikipedia</a> +og <a href="http://www.uhuru.biz/?cat=84">Jon Wessel-Aas</a>.</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>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 +<a href="http://beta.holderdeord.no/votes/1301946411e">Holder de +Ord</a> samt <a href="http://data.stortinget.no/">data.stortinget.no</a>. +Først ut er stortingslista fra Høyre for Oslo:</p> + +<style type="text/css"> +.for {background-color:#F5A9A9;} +.mot {background-color:#A9F5BC;} +.ukjent { } +</style> + +<table> +<tr><th>#</th><th>Navn, fødselsår og valgkrets</th><th>Stemme/kommentar</th></tr> + +<tr class="for"><td>1.</td> +<td>Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide (1976), Gamle Oslo</td> +<td>Stemte for DLD</td></tr> + +<tr class="mot"><td>2.</td> +<td>Nikolai Astrup (1978), Frogner</td> +<td>Stemte mot DLD</td></tr> + +<tr class="mot"><td>3.</td> +<td>Michael Tetzschner (1954), Vestre Aker</td> +<td>Stemte mot DLD</td> + +<tr class="ukjent"><td>4.</td> +<td>Kristin Vinje (1963), Nordre Aker</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> + +<tr class="ukjent"><td>5.</td> +<td>Mudassar Hussain Kapur (1976), Nordstrand</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> + +<tr class="ukjent"><td>6.</td> +<td>Stefan Magnus B. Heggelund (1984), Grünerløkka</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> + +<tr class="ukjent"><td>7.</td> +<td>Heidi Nordby Lunde (1973), Grünerløkka</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> + +<tr class="ukjent"><td>8.</td> +<td>Frode Helgerud (1950), Frogner</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> + +<tr class="ukjent"><td>9.</td> +<td>Afshan Rafiq (1975), Stovner</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> + +<tr class="ukjent"><td>10.</td> +<td>Astrid Nøklebye Heiberg (1936), Frogner</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> + +<tr class="ukjent"><td>11.</td> +<td>Camilla Strandskog (1984) St.Hanshaugen</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> + +<tr class="ukjent"><td>12.</td> +<td>John Christian Elden (1967), Ullern</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> + +<tr class="ukjent"><td>13.</td> +<td>Berit Solli (1972), Alna</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> + +<tr class="ukjent"><td>14.</td> +<td>Ola Kvisgaard (1963), Frogner</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> + +<tr class="ukjent"><td>15.</td> +<td>James Stove Lorentzen (1957), Vestre Aker</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> + +<tr class="ukjent"><td>16.</td> +<td>Gülsüm Koc (1987), Stovner</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> + +<tr class="ukjent"><td>17.</td> +<td>Jon Ole Whist (1976), Grünerløkka</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> + +<tr class="ukjent"><td>18.</td> +<td>Maren Eline Malthe-Sørenssen (1971), Vestre Aker</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> + +<tr class="ukjent"><td>19.</td> +<td>Ståle Hagen (1968), Søndre Nordstrand</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> -<ul> +<tr class="ukjent"><td>20.</td> +<td>Kjell Omdal Erichsen (1978), Sagene</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> -<li><a href="http://www.drgeo.eu/">drgeo</a> and -<a href="http://edu.kde.org/applications/all/kig‎">kig</a> to do -constructions in planar geometry +<tr class="ukjent"><td>21.</td> +<td>Saida R. Begum (1987), Grünerløkka</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> -<li><a href="http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/software/download/kali.html">kali</a> -to discover symmetry groups (the so-called wallpapers and frieze -groups), although the interface looks a bit old.</li> +<tr class="ukjent"><td>22.</td> +<td>Torkel Brekke (1970), Nordre Aker</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> -</ul> +<tr class="ukjent"><td>23.</td> +<td>Sverre K. Seeberg (1950), Vestre Aker</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> -<p>I like also -<a href="http://edu.kde.org/applications/all/cantor">cantor</a>, which -provides a uniform interface to SciLab, Sage, -<a href="http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Octave‎">Octave</a>, etc...</p> - -<p><strong>Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to -get schools to use free software?</strong></p> +<tr class="ukjent"><td>24.</td> +<td>Julie Margrethe Brodtkorb (1974), Ullern</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> -<p>My suggestions would be to</p> +<tr class="ukjent"><td>25.</td> +<td>Fabian Stang (1955), Frogner</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> -<ul> +</table> -<li>advertise the reduction of costs when free software is used.</li> +<p>Deretter har vi stortingslista fra Arbeiderpartiet for Oslo:</p> -<li>communicate about the quality of free software projects, using - well known examples like Firefox, ThunderBird and - OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice.</li> +<table> -<li>advertise the living and strong community around the project.</li> +<tr><th>#</th><th>Navn, fødselsår og valgkrets</th><th>Stemme/kommentar</th></tr> -<li>show that it is not more difficult to use than any other - system.</li> +<tr class="for"><td>1.</td> +<td>Jens Stoltenberg (1959), Frogner</td> +<td>Ikke til stede i Stortinget, leder av regjeringen som fremmet forslaget</td></tr> + +<tr class="for"><td>2.</td> +<td>Hadia Tajik (1983), Grünerløkka</td> +<td>Stemte for DLD</td></tr> + +<tr class="for"><td> 3.</td> +<td>Jonas Gahr Støre (1960), Vestre Aker</td> +<td>Ikke til stede i Stortinget, medlem av regjeringen som fremmet forslaget</td></tr> + +<tr class="for"><td> 4.</td> +<td>Marianne Marthinsen (1980), Grünerløkka</td> +<td>Stemte for DLD</td></tr> + +<tr class="for"><td> 5.</td> +<td>Jan Bøhler (1952), Alna</td> +<td>Stemte for DLD</td></tr> + +<tr class="for"><td> 6.</td> +<td>Marit Nybakk (1947), Frogner</td> +<td>Stemte for DLD</td></tr> + +<tr class="for"><td> 7.</td> +<td>Truls Wickholm (1978), Sagene</td> +<td>Stemte for DLD</td></tr> + +<tr class="ukjent"><td> 8.</td> +<td>Prableen Kaur (1993), Grorud</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> + +<tr class="ukjent"><td> 9.</td> +<td>Vegard Grøslie Wennesland (1983), St.Hanshaugen</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> + +<tr class="ukjent"><td> 10.</td> +<td>Inger Helene Vaaten (1975), Grorud</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> + +<tr class="ukjent"><td> 11.</td> +<td>Ivar Leveraas (1939), Alna</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> + +<tr class="ukjent"><td> 12.</td> +<td>Grete Haugdal (1971), Gamle Oslo</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> + +<tr class="ukjent"><td> 13.</td> +<td>Olav Tønsberg (1948), Alna</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> + +<tr class="ukjent"><td> 14.</td> +<td>Khamshajiny Gunaratnam (1988), Grorud</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> + +<tr class="ukjent"><td> 15.</td> +<td>Fredrik Mellem (1969), Sagene</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> + +<tr class="ukjent"><td> 16.</td> +<td>Brit Axelsen (1945), Stovner</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> + +<tr class="ukjent"><td> 17.</td> +<td>Dag Bayegan-Harlem (1977), Ullern</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> + +<tr class="ukjent"><td> 18.</td> +<td>Kristin Sandaker (1963), Østeinsjø</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> + +<tr class="ukjent"><td> 19.</td> +<td>Bashe Musse (1965), Grünerløkka</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> + +<tr class="ukjent"><td> 20.</td> +<td>Torunn Kanutte Husvik (1983), St. Hanshaugen</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> + +<tr class="ukjent"><td> 21.</td> +<td>Steinar Andersen (1947), Nordstrand</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> + +<tr class="ukjent"><td> 22.</td> +<td>Anne Cathrine Berger (1972), Sagene</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> + +<tr class="ukjent"><td> 23.</td> +<td>Khalid Mahmood (1959), Østensjø</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> + +<tr class="ukjent"><td> 24.</td> +<td>Munir Jaber (1990), Alna</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> + +<tr class="ukjent"><td> 25.</td> +<td>Libe Solberg Rieber-Mohn (1965), Frogner</td> +<td>Ikke til stede</td></tr> + +</table> + +<p>Hvilket parti får så min stemme i år. Jeg tror det blir +<a href="http://piratpartiet.no/">Piratpartiet</a>. 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.</p> -</ul> - Åpent møte på onsdag om bruken av Microsoft Exchange ved Universitetet i Oslo - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/_pent_m_te_p__onsdag_om_bruken_av_Microsoft_Exchange_ved_Universitetet_i_Oslo.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/_pent_m_te_p__onsdag_om_bruken_av_Microsoft_Exchange_ved_Universitetet_i_Oslo.html - Mon, 3 Jun 2013 14:00:00 +0200 - <p>Jeg jobber til daglig ved <a href="http://www.uio.no/">Universitetet -i Oslo</a>, en institusjon som lenge har vektlagt verdien av åpne -standarder og fri programvare. Men noe har endret seg, og for en -liten stund tilbake annonserte USIT at dagens fungerende e-postsystemet -basert på fri programvare skulle byttes ut med Microsoft Exchange og -at Microsoft Outlook skulle bli den best fungerende men antagelig ikke -eneste støttede e-postklienten. Annonseringen har ført til flere -protester og <a href="http://folk.uio.no/dssantos/nooutlookatuio/">en -underskriftskampanje</a>, initiert av Diana Santos, der så langt 253 -personer har signert. Prosjektet -<a href="http://www.usit.uio.no/prosjekter/nike/">NIKE (Ny integrert -kalender/e-post)</a> ble initiert for å se på mulige løsninger med -utgangspunkt i at en kombinert epost/kalenderløsning var påkrevd, og -prosjektet -<a href="http://www.usit.uio.no/prosjekter/nike-implementasjon/">NIKE-implementasjon</a> -er igang med å rulle ut MS Exchange ved Universitetet i Oslo.</p> - -<p>For kun kort tid siden ble det annonsert at det blir et åpent møte -med ledelsen hos universitetet i Oslo med disse planene som tema:</p> - -<p>Tid: <strong>Onsdag 2013-06-05 kl. 10:00</strong> -<br>Sted: <strong>9. etasje i Lucy Smiths hus (admin-bygget)</strong></p> - -<p> Det kan være en god plass å stille opp hvis en som meg ikke tror -valget av Microsoft Exchange som sentral epostinfrastruktur er et -heldig valg for Norges ledende forskningsuniversitet, men at en er mer -tjent med å selv -<a href="http://nuug.no/dokumenter/kronikk-friprog-itsikkerhet.shtml">beholde -kontrollen over egen infrastruktur</a>.</p> - -<p>Saken har ført til endel presseoppslag så langt. Her er de jeg har -fått med meg:</p> + Second beta release (beta 1) of Debian Edu/Skolelinux based on Debian Wheezy + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Second_beta_release__beta_1__of_Debian_Edu_Skolelinux_based_on_Debian_Wheezy.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Second_beta_release__beta_1__of_Debian_Edu_Skolelinux_based_on_Debian_Wheezy.html + Thu, 22 Aug 2013 09:30:00 +0200 + <p>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:</p> + +<p><strong>New features for Debian Edu 7.1+edu0~b1 released 2013-08-22</strong></p> + +<p>These are the release notes for Debian Edu / Skolelinux +7.1+edu0~b1, based on Debian with codename "Wheezy".</p> + +<p><strong>About Debian Edu and Skolelinux</strong></p> + +<p><a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu, also known as +Skolelinux</a>, 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 +<a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Educational_applications_included_in_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux__the_screenshot_collection____.html">more +than 60 educational software packages</a> and more are available from +the Debian archive, and schools can choose between KDE, Gnome, LXDE +and Xfce desktop environment.</p> + +<p>This is the sixth test release based on Debian Wheezy. Basically this +is an updated and slightly improved version compared to the Squeeze +release.</p> + +<p>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 +<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-edu/2013/08/msg00127.html">on +the mailing list</a>. (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.</p> + +<p><strong>Software updates</strong></p> <ul> -<li>2013-05-29 - <a href="http://universitas.no/nyhet/58462/forsvarer-nytt-it-system">Forsvarer - nytt IT-system</a> - Universitas</li> +<li>Added ssh askpass packages to default installation, to ensure ssh + work also without a attached tty.</li> +<li>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).</li> -<li>2013-05-23 - <a href="http://www.uniforum.uio.no/nyheter/2013/05/uio-innforer-nytt-epost-og-kalendersystem.html">UiO - innfører nytt epost- og kalenderverktøy</a> - Uniforum</li> +</ul> +<p><strong>Other changes</strong></p> -<li>2013-05-22 - <a href="http://universitas.no/nyhet/58424/protestgruppe-vil-stanse-it-system">Protestgruppe - vil stanse IT-system</a> - Universitas</li> +<ul> +<li>Adjusted the USB stick ISO image build to include every tool +needed for desktop=xfce installations.</li> +<li>Adjust thin-client-server task to work when installing from USB +stick ISO image.</li> +<li>Made new grub artwork (changed png from indexed to RGB format).</li> +<li>Minor cleanup in the CUPS setup.</li> +<li>Make sure that bootstrapping of the Samba domain really happens + during installation of the main server and adjust SID handling to + cope with this.</li> +<li>Make Samba passwords changeable (again) via GOsa².</li> +<li>Fix generation of LM and NT password hashes via GOsa² to avoid + empty password hashes.</li> +<li>Adapted Samba machine domain joining to latest change in the + smbldap-tools Perl package, fixing bugs blocking Windows machines + from joining the Samba domain.</li> -<li>2013-05-15 - <a href="http://www.uniforum.uio.no/leserbrev/2013/uio-ma-ha-kontroll-over-sitt-eget-epostsystem.html">UiO - må ha kontroll over sitt eget epostsystem</a> - Uniforum</li> +</ul> + +<p><strong>Known issues</strong></p> + +<ul> + +<li>KDE fails to understand the wpad.dat file provided, causing it to + not use the http proxy as it should.</li> +<li>Chromium also fails to use the proxy when using the KDE desktop + (using the KDE configuration).</li> </ul> +<p><strong>Where to get it</strong></p> +<p>To download the multiarch netinstall CD release you can use</p> + +<ul> + +<li><a href="ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b1-CD.iso">ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b1-CD.iso</a></li> + +<li><a href="http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b1-CD.iso">http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b1-CD.iso</a></li> + +<li>rsync -avzP ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b1-CD.iso .</li> + +</ul> + +<p>The MD5SUM of this image is: 1e357f80b55e703523f2254adde6d78b +<br>The SHA1SUM of this image is: 7157f9be5fd27c7694d713c6ecfed61c3edda3b2</p> + +<p>To download the multiarch USB stick ISO release you can use</p> + +<ul> + +<li><a href="ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b1-USB.iso">ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b1-USB.iso</a></li> +<li><a href="http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b1-USB.iso">http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b1-USB.iso</a></li> +<li>rsync -avzP ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b1-USB.iso .</li> + +</ul> + +<p>The MD5SUM of this image is: 7a8408ead59cf7e3cef25afb6e91590b +<br>The SHA1SUM of this image is: f1817c031f02790d5edb3bfa0dcf8451088ad119</p> + + +<p><strong>How to report bugs</strong></p> + +<p><a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs">http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs</a> - Educational applications included in Debian Edu / Skolelinux (the screenshot collection :-) - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Educational_applications_included_in_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux__the_screenshot_collection____.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Educational_applications_included_in_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux__the_screenshot_collection____.html - Sat, 1 Jun 2013 23:50:00 +0200 - <p>Included in <a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu / -Skolelinux</a>, there are quite a lot of educational software. -Created to help teachers teach, and pupils learn. We have tried to -tag them all using debtags use::learning and role::program, and using -the debtags I was happy to be able to create a collage of the -educational software packages installed by default, sorted by the -debtag field. Here it is. Click on a image to learn more about the -program.</p> - -<!-- for f in $(debtags tagcat|grep field::|awk '{print $2}'); do echo; echo "<p><strong>$f</strong></p>"; echo "<p>"; ( for p in $(debtags search --names "use::learning && interface::x11 && role::program && $f"); do img="<img src='http://screenshots.debian.net/thumbnail/$p' alt='$p'>"; if dpkg -s $p > /dev/null 2>&1; then echo "<a href='http://packages.qa.debian.org/$p'>$img</a>"; fi; done; ) | LANG=C sort; echo "</p>"; done --> - -<p><strong>field::arts</strong></p> -<p> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=audacity'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/audacity.png' alt='audacity'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=childsplay'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/childsplay.png' alt='childsplay'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=denemo'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/denemo.png' alt='denemo'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=freebirth'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/freebirth.png' alt='freebirth'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=gcompris'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/gcompris.png' alt='gcompris'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=gimp'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/gimp.png' alt='gimp'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=hydrogen'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/hydrogen.png' alt='hydrogen'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=lilypond'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/lilypond.png' alt='lilypond'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=lmms'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/lmms.png' alt='lmms'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=rosegarden'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/rosegarden.png' alt='rosegarden'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=scribus'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/scribus.png' alt='scribus'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=solfege'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/solfege.png' alt='solfege'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=stopmotion'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/stopmotion.png' alt='stopmotion'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=tuxpaint'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/tuxpaint.png' alt='tuxpaint'></a> -</p> - -<p><strong>field::astronomy</strong></p> -<p> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=celestia-gnome'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/celestia-gnome.png' alt='celestia-gnome'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=gpredict'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/gpredict.png' alt='gpredict'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=kstars'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/kstars.png' alt='kstars'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=planets'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/planets.png' alt='planets'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=stellarium'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/stellarium.png' alt='stellarium'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=xplanet'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/xplanet.png' alt='xplanet'></a> -</p> - -<p><strong>field::biology:structural</strong></p> -<p> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=pymol'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/pymol.png' alt='pymol'></a> -</p> - -<p><strong>field::chemistry</strong></p> -<p> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=atomix'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/atomix.png' alt='atomix'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=chemtool'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/chemtool.png' alt='chemtool'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=easychem'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/easychem.png' alt='easychem'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=gchempaint'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/gchempaint.png' alt='gchempaint'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=gdis'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/gdis.png' alt='gdis'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=ghemical'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/ghemical.png' alt='ghemical'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=gperiodic'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/gperiodic.png' alt='gperiodic'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=kalzium'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/kalzium.png' alt='kalzium'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=pymol'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/pymol.png' alt='pymol'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=viewmol'>[viewmol]</a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=xdrawchem'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/xdrawchem.png' alt='xdrawchem'></a> -</p> - -<p><strong>field::electronics</strong></p> -<p> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=gcompris'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/gcompris.png' alt='gcompris'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=gpsim'>[gpsim]</a> -</p> - -<p><strong>field::geography</strong></p> -<p> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=kgeography'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/kgeography.png' alt='kgeography'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=marble'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/marble.png' alt='marble'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=xplanet'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/xplanet.png' alt='xplanet'></a> -</p> - -<p><strong>field::linguistics</strong></p> -<p> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=gcompris'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/gcompris.png' alt='gcompris'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=kanagram'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/kanagram.png' alt='kanagram'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=khangman'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/khangman.png' alt='khangman'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=klettres'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/klettres.png' alt='klettres'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=parley'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/parley.png' alt='parley'></a> -</p> - -<p><strong>field::mathematics</strong></p> -<p> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=childsplay'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/childsplay.png' alt='childsplay'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=drgeo'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/drgeo.png' alt='drgeo'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=gcompris'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/gcompris.png' alt='gcompris'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=geogebra'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/geogebra.png' alt='geogebra'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=geomview'>[geomview]</a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=grace'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/grace.png' alt='grace'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=graphmonkey'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/graphmonkey.png' alt='graphmonkey'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=graphthing'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/graphthing.png' alt='graphthing'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=kalgebra'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/kalgebra.png' alt='kalgebra'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=kbruch'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/kbruch.png' alt='kbruch'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=kig'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/kig.png' alt='kig'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=kmplot'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/kmplot.png' alt='kmplot'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=mathwar'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/mathwar.png' alt='mathwar'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=rocs'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/rocs.png' alt='rocs'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=scratch'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/scratch.png' alt='scratch'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=tuxmath'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/tuxmath.png' alt='tuxmath'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=xabacus'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/xabacus.png' alt='xabacus'></a> -</p> - -<p><strong>field::physics</strong></p> -<p> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=gcompris'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/gcompris.png' alt='gcompris'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=step'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/step.png' alt='step'></a> -</p> - -<p><strong>field::TODO</strong></p> -<p> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=blinken'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/blinken.png' alt='blinken'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=cgoban'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/cgoban.png' alt='cgoban'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=childsplay'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/childsplay.png' alt='childsplay'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=gcompris'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/gcompris.png' alt='gcompris'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=gnuchess'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/gnuchess.png' alt='gnuchess'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=gnugo'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/gnugo.png' alt='gnugo'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=gtans'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/gtans.png' alt='gtans'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=ktouch'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/ktouch.png' alt='ktouch'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=librecad'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/librecad.png' alt='librecad'></a> -<a href='http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all&keywords=scratch'><img src='http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/scratch.png' alt='scratch'></a> -</p> - -<p>In total, 61 applications. 3 of them lacked screen shots on -<a href="http://screenshot.debian.net">screenshot.debian.net</a>. If -you know of some packages we should install by default, please let us -know on <a href="irc://irc.debian.org/%23debian-edu">IRC, #debian-edu -on irc.debian.org</a>, or our -<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-edu/">mailing list -debian-edu@</a>.</p> - - - - - How to install Linux on a Packard Bell Easynote LV preinstalled with Windows 8 - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_install_Linux_on_a_Packard_Bell_Easynote_LV_preinstalled_with_Windows_8.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_install_Linux_on_a_Packard_Bell_Easynote_LV_preinstalled_with_Windows_8.html - Mon, 27 May 2013 15:20:00 +0200 - <p>Two days ago, I asked -<a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_can_I_install_Linux_on_a_Packard_Bell_Easynote_LV_preinstalled_with_Windows_8_.html">how -I could install Linux on a Packard Bell EasyNote LV computer -preinstalled with Windows 8</a>. I found a solution, but am horrified -with the obstacles put in the way of Linux users on a laptop with UEFI -and Windows 8.</p> - -<p>I never found out if the cause of my problems were the use of UEFI -secure booting or fast boot. I suspect fast boot was the problem, -causing the firmware to boot directly from HD without considering any -key presses and alternative devices, but do not know UEFI settings -enough to tell.</p> - -<p>There is no way to install Linux on the machine in question without -opening the box and disconnecting the hard drive! This is as far as I -can tell, the only way to get access to the firmware setup menu -without accepting the Windows 8 license agreement. I am told (and -found description on how to) that it is possible to configure the -firmware setup once booted into Windows 8. But as I believe the terms -of that agreement are completely unacceptable, accepting the license -was never an alternative. I do not enter agreements I do not intend -to follow.</p> - -<p>I feared I had to return the laptops and ask for a refund, and -waste many hours on this, but luckily there was a way to get it to -work. But I would not recommend it to anyone planning to run Linux on -it, and I have become sceptical to Windows 8 certified laptops. Is -this the way Linux will be forced out of the market place, by making -it close to impossible for "normal" users to install Linux without -accepting the Microsoft Windows license terms? Or at least not -without risking to loose the warranty?</p> - -<p>I've updated the -<a href="http://www.linlap.com/packard_bell_easynote_lv">Linux Laptop -wiki page for Packard Bell EasyNote LV</a>, to ensure the next person -do not have to struggle as much as I did to get Linux into the -machine.</p> - -<p>Thanks to Bob Rosbag, Florian Weimer, Philipp Kern, Ben Hutching, -Michael Tokarev and others for feedback and ideas.</p> - - - - - How can I install Linux on a Packard Bell Easynote LV preinstalled with Windows 8? - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_can_I_install_Linux_on_a_Packard_Bell_Easynote_LV_preinstalled_with_Windows_8_.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_can_I_install_Linux_on_a_Packard_Bell_Easynote_LV_preinstalled_with_Windows_8_.html - Sat, 25 May 2013 18:20:00 +0200 - <p>I've run into quite a problem the last few days. I bought three -new laptops for my parents and a few others. I bought Packard Bell -Easynote LV to run Kubuntu on and use as their home computer. But I -am completely unable to figure out how to install Linux on it. The -computer is preinstalled with Windows 8, and I suspect it uses UEFI -instead of a BIOS to boot.</p> - -<p>The problem is that I am unable to get it to PXE boot, and unable -to get it to boot the Linux installer from my USB stick. I have yet -to try the DVD install, and still hope it will work. when I turn on -the computer, there is no information on what buttons to press to get -the normal boot menu. I expect to get some boot menu to select PXE or -USB stick booting. When booting, it first ask for the language to -use, then for some regional settings, and finally if I will accept the -Windows 8 terms of use. As these terms are completely unacceptable to -me, I have no other choice but to turn off the computer and try again -to get it to boot the Linux installer.</p> - -<p>I have gathered my findings so far on a Linlap page about the -<a href="http://www.linlap.com/packard_bell_easynote_lv">Packard Bell -EasyNote LV</a> model. If you have any idea how to get Linux -installed on this machine, please get in touch or update that wiki -page. If I can't find a way to install Linux, I will have to return -the laptop to the seller and find another machine for my parents.</p> - -<p>I wonder, is this the way Linux will be forced out of the market -using UEFI and "secure boot" by making it impossible to install Linux -on new Laptops?</p> - - - - - Skolelinux-intervju: Nirosan Thiyagalingam - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Skolelinux_intervju__Nirosan_Thiyagalingam.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Skolelinux_intervju__Nirosan_Thiyagalingam.html - Fri, 24 May 2013 21:40:00 +0200 - <p>En ting -<a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Skolelinux-prosjektet</a> har -hatt mye glede av er studentprosjekter. F.eks. er -<a href="http://linuxstopmotion.org/">stillbildeanimasjonssystemet -Stopmotion</a> resultat av et studentprosjekt i Skolelinux. De siste -månedene har en ivrig student veiledet av Marius Kotsbak i -<a href="http://www.friprogramvareiskolen.no/">FRiSK</a> testet hva en -kan få til med en datamaskin til NOK 400,- (antagelig 1700,- med -skjerm, tastatur og mus) når det brukes i Skolelinux. Jeg spurte han -om et intervju.</p> - -<p><strong>Hvem er du, og hva driver du med til daglig?</strong></p> - -<p>Jeg heter Nirosan Thiyagalingam. Jeg er 24 år og studerer -dataingeniør studiet ved Høgskolen i Sør Trøndelag. Interessen for -data har siden ung alder vært tilstede og jeg har i tillegg alltid -vært glad i å lære nye ting. Med teknologi som endres svært hurtig er -det alltid noe nytt å lære. Noe som igjen har gjort det svært -interessant å følge med på utviklingen. Jeg valgte dataingeniør -studiet grunnet ønske om å lære enda mer om programmering og utvikling -av store systemer.</p> - -<p><strong>Hvordan kom du i kontakt med Skolelinux-prosjektet?</strong></p> - -<p>Skolelinux prosjektet hørte jeg først om i media. Men det var først -når jeg skulle velge bacheloroppgave at jeg fattet mer interesse for -prosjektet. Et enkelt søk på nettet førte meg til skolelinux sine -hjemmesider. Informasjonen jeg fant der gjorde meg enda nysgjerrig og -jeg valgte derfor en oppgave som gikk ut på å få en -<a href="http://www.raspberrypi.org">Raspberry PI</a>. Altså en -ultra-billig datamaskin til å kjøre Debian Edu på lik linje med -vanlige datamaskiner. I løpet av prosjektet ble det gjort mye -forskning på nettet. Det var mye jeg måtte forstå rundt hvordan -operativsystemet Linux fungerte før jeg kunne angripe -problemet. Prøvde først å finne ut hvordan man kunne transformere en -vanlig installasjon av Skolelinux til Raspberry PI, men dette var -altfor vanskelig å jeg endte opp med mer spørsmål enn svar. Det ble -videre opprettet kontakt med Skolelinux utviklere på IRC der jeg fikk -diskutert hvilken retning jeg burde gå for å få til en fullverdig -løsning. Det ble bestemt at jeg skulle gå for å først installere -<a href="http://www.raspbian.org/">Raspian</a>. Dette er et -operativsystem basert på Debian spesiallaget for Raspberry Pi sin -maskinvare. Nå som Debian var installert på datamaskinen gjenstod det -å installere de nødvendige Skolelinux pakkene for å få til et -fullverdig system. Disse pakkene ble installert manuelt i første -omgang, men ble senere installert automatisk via et script som Petter -Reinholdtsen laget. Dette scriptet er så enkel å bruke at man er i -gang med installasjonen i løpet av bare 5 minutter. Ikke nok med det, -alt skjer helt automatisk. Alt i alt er jeg veldig fornøyd med -resultatet av installasjonsprosessen. Raspberry Pi er en veldig svak -maskin og det merkes godt når man har installert Skolelinux på -den. Video og 3D-rendering fungerer utrolig dårlig, men nettsurfing og -kontorprogrammer fungerer godt. Det kan derfor konkluderes med at -datamaskinen er egnet for enkle oppgaver. - -<p>Jeg syns det er viktig påpeke at dette kun er startfasen av en slik -løsning. På markedet finnes det nå maskiner som har bedre hardware enn -Raspberry Pi. Det er store muligheter for at man kan klare å -installere Skolelinux på disse også, og da forsvinner nok mest -sannsynlig ytelsesproblemene med Video og 3D rendering også.</p> - -<p>Det ble også prøvd med en løsning som gjorde at Raspberry Pi -fungerte som en tynnklient. Denne løsningen hadde langt bedre ytelse -med tanke på hastighet og brukeropplevelse. Men også her var video og -3D rendering dårlig. Det ble brukt en liten Linux distribusjon kalt -<a href="http://www.berryterminal.com/">BerryTerminal</a> for å få til -dette.</p> - -<p><strong>Hva er fordelene med Skolelinux slik du ser det?</strong></p> - -<p>Fordelen med Skolelinux er mange. At det er gratis er en stor -fordel, men at det er så mange som er med på å utvikle det og -vedlikeholde det er en enda større fordel. Allerede før jeg startet -med prosjektet så jeg mange fordeler, og når jeg nærmet meg sluttfasen -så jeg langt flere. At prosjektet skulle inneha en så høy kvalitet -hadde jeg aldri trodd. En vanlig Skolelinux installasjon har de -nødvendige programmene og funksjonen som både små og store skoler i -tillegg til organisasjoner kan klare seg med. At prosjektet tilbyr en -så komplett løsning er en kjempefordel. Installasjonen er knirkefri -og det er svært enkelt å installere og komme i gang.</p> - -<p><strong>Hva er ulempene med Skolelinux slik du ser det?</strong></p> - -<p>Ulempene jeg ser med prosjektet er ryddigheten av websidene. Selv -om websidene er enkle og konsise er det allikevel ikke appellerende i -like stor grad som for eksempel -<a href="http://www.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu</a> sine sider. Deres side -tilbyr, i tillegg til godt design og presentasjon, en nettbasert -emulator av deres operativsystem. Dette er en stor fordel slik jeg ser -det. Bortsett fra dette ser jeg absolutt ingen ulemper med -Skolelinux-prosjektet.</p> - -<p><strong>Hvilken fri programvare bruker du til daglig?</strong></p> - -<p>Til daglig er jeg en flittig bruker av det åpne media -sentersystemet <a href="http://xbmc.org/">XBMC</a>. Det enorme -samfunnet rundt dette prosjektet har gjort dette til et program som -dekker alles behov. Man kan tilpasse det akkurat slik man vil både med -tanke på utseende og funksjoner ved installere plug-ins eller -scripts.</p> - -<p><strong>Hvilken strategi tror du er den rette å bruke for å få -skoler til å ta i bruk fri programvare?</strong></p> - -<p>Strategien som burde brukes sett fra mine øyne er -markedsføring. Jeg er sikker på at om flere skoler fikk et lite innsyn -i hvor bra Skolelinux er så ville de ikke nølt med å gå over fra noe -annet som koster de store summer. At skolelinux til de grader tilbyr -en så komplett løsning bure komme frem. Enten via reklamekampanjer -eller ved å sende ut folk til skoler for så å la skolenettverk -ansvarlige få teste ut hvordan Skolelinux fungerer i praksis. Om det -i tillegg ble utviklet gode websider og en emulator for å la brukere -prøve operativsystemet ville nok dette ha styrket inntrykket -betraktelig.</p> + Intel 180 SSD disk with Lenovo firmware can not use Intel firmware + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Intel_180_SSD_disk_with_Lenovo_firmware_can_not_use_Intel_firmware.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Intel_180_SSD_disk_with_Lenovo_firmware_can_not_use_Intel_firmware.html + Sun, 18 Aug 2013 14:00:00 +0200 + <p>Earlier, I reported about +<a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_fix_a_Thinkpad_X230_with_a_broken_180_GB_SSD_disk.html">my +problems using an Intel SSD 520 Series 180 GB disk</a>. 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.</p> + +<p>I searched the Intel site for firmware, and found +<a href="https://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&ProdId=3472&DwnldID=18363&ProductFamily=Solid-State+Drives+and+Caching&ProductLine=Intel%c2%ae+High+Performance+Solid-State+Drive&ProductProduct=Intel%c2%ae+SSD+520+Series+(180GB%2c+2.5in+SATA+6Gb%2fs%2c+25nm%2c+MLC)&lang=eng">issdfut_2.0.4.iso</a> +(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.</p>