X-Git-Url: http://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/d8e4e40e6e0fe0bdfc6437821c35d992a5c2e282..16563ef78a7196d5517e11900a47b4280a5b07df:/blog/archive/2013/06/06.rss diff --git a/blog/archive/2013/06/06.rss b/blog/archive/2013/06/06.rss index 6d3ba55f40..87beccf580 100644 --- a/blog/archive/2013/06/06.rss +++ b/blog/archive/2013/06/06.rss @@ -6,6 +6,126 @@ http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + 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> + +<p><strong>New features for Debian Edu 7.0.0 alpha2 released +2013-06-10</strong></p> + +<p>This is the release notes for for Debian Edu / Skolelinux 7.0.0 edu +alpha2, 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, 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> + +<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> + +<p><strong>Software updates</strong></p> + +<ul> + +<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. + +</ul> + +<p><strong>Other changes</strong></p> + +<ul> + +<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. + +<li>Update thin client and diskless workstation setup to work with +LTSP in Wheezy.</li> + +<li>Diskless workstations now run out of the box -- no need to set +them up with GOsa².</li> + +<li>Update IMAP server setup. </li> + +<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> + +</ul> + +<p><strong>Known issues</strong></p> + +<ul> + +<li>DVD binary and source images are not yet ready.</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> + +<li>Missing artwork for the KDE desktop (and probably a few others). </li> + +<li>KDE Debian submenu lacks icons (Closed: #502192: menu-xdg: invents +own icon names instead of using existing). This will remain +unfixed.</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-7.0+edu0~a2-CD.iso">ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.0+edu0~a2-CD.iso</a></li> + +<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> + +<li>rsync -avzP ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.0+edu0~a2-CD.iso .</li> + +</ul> + +<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><a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs">http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs</a> + + + 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