X-Git-Url: http://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/dd8b9592f02673ef0c1922f3f279574bfbd47e84..6de2416d4a9b7a56fb1c04dec08cdff3a6aa8fb6:/blog/index.rss?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/blog/index.rss b/blog/index.rss index 6be9ad528a..b623b75925 100644 --- a/blog/index.rss +++ b/blog/index.rss @@ -7,760 +7,877 @@ - 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> + Freedombox on Dreamplug, Raspberry Pi and virtual x86 machine + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Freedombox_on_Dreamplug__Raspberry_Pi_and_virtual_x86_machine.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Freedombox_on_Dreamplug__Raspberry_Pi_and_virtual_x86_machine.html + Fri, 14 Mar 2014 11:00:00 +0100 + <p>The <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox">Freedombox +project</a> is working on providing the software and hardware for +making it easy for non-technical people to host their data and +communication at home, and being able to communicate with their +friends and family encrypted and away from prying eyes. It has been +going on for a while, and is slowly progressing towards a new test +release (0.2).</p> + +<p>And what day could be better than the Pi day to announce that the +new version will provide "hard drive" / SD card / USB stick images for +Dreamplug, Raspberry Pi and VirtualBox (or any other virtualization +system), and can also be installed using a Debian installer preseed +file. The Debian based Freedombox is now based on Debian Jessie, +where most of the needed packages used are already present. Only one, +the freedombox-setup package, is missing. To try to build your own +boot image to test the current status, fetch the freedom-maker scripts +and build using +<a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/vmdebootstrap">vmdebootstrap</a> +with a user with sudo access to become root: + +<pre> +git clone http://anonscm.debian.org/git/freedombox/freedom-maker.git \ + freedom-maker +sudo apt-get install git vmdebootstrap mercurial python-docutils \ + mktorrent extlinux virtualbox qemu-user-static binfmt-support \ + u-boot-tools +make -C freedom-maker dreamplug-image raspberry-image virtualbox-image +</pre> + +<p>Root access is needed to run debootstrap and mount loopback +devices. See the README for more details on the build. If you do not +want all three images, trim the make line. But note that thanks to <a +href="https://bugs.debian.org/741407">a race condition in +vmdebootstrap</a>, the build might fail without the patch to the +kpartx call.</p> + +<p>If you instead want to install using a Debian CD and the preseed +method, boot a Debian Wheezy ISO and use this boot argument to load +the preseed values:</p> + +<pre> +url=<a href="http://www.reinholdtsen.name/freedombox/preseed-jessie.dat">http://www.reinholdtsen.name/freedombox/preseed-jessie.dat</a> +</pre> + +<p>But note that due to <a href="https://bugs.debian.org/740673">a +recently introduced bug in apt in Jessie</a>, the installer will +currently hang while setting up APT sources. Killing the +'<tt>apt-cdrom ident</tt>' process when it hang a few times during the +installation will get the installation going. This affect all +installations in Jessie, and I expect it will be fixed soon.</p> + +Give it a go and let us know how it goes on the mailing list, and help +us get the new release published. :) Please 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> - How to transform a Debian based system to a Debian Edu installation - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_transform_a_Debian_based_system_to_a_Debian_Edu_installation.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_transform_a_Debian_based_system_to_a_Debian_Edu_installation.html - Fri, 17 May 2013 11:50:00 +0200 - <p><a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu / Skolelinux</a> is -an operating system based on Debian intended for use in schools. It -contain a turn-key solution for the computer network provided to -pupils in the primary schools. It provide both the central server, -network boot servers and desktop environments with heaps of -educational software. The project was founded almost 12 years ago, -2001-07-02. If you want to support the project, which is in need for -cash to fund developer gatherings and other project related activity, -<a href="http://www.linuxiskolen.no/slxdebianlabs/donations.html">please -donate some money</a>. - -<p>A topic that come up again and again on the Debian Edu mailing -lists and elsewhere, is the question on how to transform a Debian or -Ubuntu installation into a Debian Edu installation. It isn't very -hard, and last week I wrote a script to replicate the steps done by -the Debian Edu installer.</p> - -<p>The script, -<a href="http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/debian-edu/branches/wheezy/debian-edu-config/share/debian-edu-config/tools/debian-edu-bless?view=markup">debian-edu-bless<a/> -in the debian-edu-config package, will go through these six steps and -transform an existing Debian Wheezy or Ubuntu (untested) installation -into a Debian Edu Workstation:</p> - -<ol> - -<li>Add skolelinux related APT sources.</li> -<li>Create /etc/debian-edu/config with the wanted configuration.</li> -<li>Install debian-edu-install to load preseeding values and pull in - our configuration.</li> -<li>Preseed debconf database with profile setup in - /etc/debian-edu/config, and run tasksel to install packages - according to the profile specified in the config above, - overriding some of the Debian automation machinery.</li> -<li>Run debian-edu-cfengine-D installation to configure everything - that could not be done using preseeding.</li> -<li>Ask for a reboot to enable all the configuration changes.</li> - -</ol> - -<p>There are some steps in the Debian Edu installation that can not be -replicated like this. Disk partitioning and LVM setup, for example. -So this script just assume there is enough disk space to install all -the needed packages.</p> - -<p>The script was created to help a Debian Edu student working on -setting up <a href="http://www.raspberrypi.org">Raspberry Pi</a> as a -Debian Edu client, and using it he can take the existing -<a href="http://www.raspbian.org/FrontPage‎">Raspbian</a> installation and -transform it into a fully functioning Debian Edu Workstation (or -Roaming Workstation, or whatever :).</p> - -<p>The default setting in the script is to create a KDE Workstation. -If a LXDE based Roaming workstation is wanted instead, modify the -PROFILE and DESKTOP values at the top to look like this instead:</p> - -<p><pre> -PROFILE="Roaming-Workstation" -DESKTOP="lxde" -</pre></p> - -<p>The script could even become useful to set up Debian Edu servers in -the cloud, by starting with a virtual Debian installation at some -virtual hosting service and setting up all the services on first -boot.</p> + How to add extra storage servers in Debian Edu / Skolelinux + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_add_extra_storage_servers_in_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_add_extra_storage_servers_in_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux.html + Wed, 12 Mar 2014 12:50:00 +0100 + <p>On larger sites, it is useful to use a dedicated storage server for +storing user home directories and data. The design for handling this +in <a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu / Skolelinux</a>, is +to update the automount rules in LDAP and let the automount daemon on +the clients take care of the rest. I was reminded about the need to +document this better when one of the customers of +<a href="http://www.slxdrift.no/">Skolelinux Drift AS</a>, where I am +on the board of directors, asked about how to do this. The steps to +get this working are the following:</p> + +<p><ol> + +<li>Add new storage server in DNS. I use nas-server.intern as the +example host here.</li> + +<li>Add automoun LDAP information about this server in LDAP, to allow +all clients to automatically mount it on reqeust.</li> + +<li>Add the relevant entries in tjener.intern:/etc/fstab, because +tjener.intern do not use automount to avoid mounting loops.</li> + +</ol></p> + +<p>DNS entries are added in GOsa², and not described here. Follow the +<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Wheezy/GettingStarted">instructions +in the manual</a> (Machine Management with GOsa² in section Getting +started).</p> + +<p>Ensure that the NFS export points on the server are exported to the +relevant subnets or machines:</p> + +<p><blockquote><pre> +root@tjener:~# showmount -e nas-server +Export list for nas-server: +/storage 10.0.0.0/8 +root@tjener:~# +</pre></blockquote></p> + +<p>Here everything on the backbone network is granted access to the +/storage export. With NFSv3 it is slightly better to limit it to +netgroup membership or single IP addresses to have some limits on the +NFS access.</p> + +<p>The next step is to update LDAP. This can not be done using GOsa², +because it lack a module for automount. Instead, use ldapvi and add +the required LDAP objects using an editor.</p> + +<p><blockquote><pre> +ldapvi --ldap-conf -ZD '(cn=admin)' -b ou=automount,dc=skole,dc=skolelinux,dc=no +</pre></blockquote></p> + +<p>When the editor show up, add the following LDAP objects at the +bottom of the document. The "/&" part in the last LDAP object is a +wild card matching everything the nas-server exports, removing the +need to list individual mount points in LDAP.</p> + +<p><blockquote><pre> +add cn=nas-server,ou=auto.skole,ou=automount,dc=skole,dc=skolelinux,dc=no +objectClass: automount +cn: nas-server +automountInformation: -fstype=autofs --timeout=60 ldap:ou=auto.nas-server,ou=automount,dc=skole,dc=skolelinux,dc=no + +add ou=auto.nas-server,ou=automount,dc=skole,dc=skolelinux,dc=no +objectClass: top +objectClass: automountMap +ou: auto.nas-server + +add cn=/,ou=auto.nas-server,ou=automount,dc=skole,dc=skolelinux,dc=no +objectClass: automount +cn: / +automountInformation: -fstype=nfs,tcp,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,rw,intr,hard,nodev,nosuid,noatime nas-server.intern:/& +</pre></blockquote></p> + +<p>The last step to remember is to mount the relevant mount points in +tjener.intern by adding them to /etc/fstab, creating the mount +directories using mkdir and running "mount -a" to mount them.</p> + +<p>When this is done, your users should be able to access the files on +the storage server directly by just visiting the +/tjener/nas-server/storage/ directory using any application on any +workstation, LTSP client or LTSP server.</p> - Second alpha release of Debian Edu / Skolelinux based on Debian Wheezy - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Second_alpha_release_of_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_based_on_Debian_Wheezy.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Second_alpha_release_of_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_based_on_Debian_Wheezy.html - Tue, 14 May 2013 23:30:00 +0200 - <p>The <a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu / Skolelinux -project</a> is making great progress and made its second Wheezy based -release today. This is the release announcement:</p> - -<p><strong>New features for Debian Edu 7.0.0 alpha1 released -2013-05-14</strong></p> - -<p>This is the release notes for for Debian Edu / Skolelinux 7.0.0 edu -alpha1, based on <ahref="http://www.debian.org">Debian</a> with -codename "Wheezy".</p> + Hvordan bør RFC 822-formattert epost lagres i en NOARK5-database? + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Hvordan_b_r_RFC_822_formattert_epost_lagres_i_en_NOARK5_database_.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Hvordan_b_r_RFC_822_formattert_epost_lagres_i_en_NOARK5_database_.html + Fri, 7 Mar 2014 15:20:00 +0100 + <p>For noen uker siden ble NXCs fri programvarelisenserte +NOARK5-løsning +<a href="http://www.nuug.no/aktiviteter/20140211-noark/">presentert hos +NUUG</a> (video +<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCb_dNS3MHQ">på youtube +foreløbig</a>), og det fikk meg til å titte litt mer på NOARK5, +standarden for arkivhåndtering i det offentlige Norge. Jeg lurer på +om denne kjernen kan være nyttig i et par av mine prosjekter, og for ett +av dem er det mest aktuelt å lagre epost. Jeg klarte ikke finne noen +anbefaling om hvordan RFC 822-formattert epost (aka Internett-epost) +burde lagres i NOARK5, selv om jeg vet at noen arkiver tar +PDF-utskrift av eposten med sitt epostprogram og så arkiverer PDF-en +(eller enda værre, tar papirutskrift og lagrer bildet av eposten som +PDF i arkivet).</p> + +<p>Det er ikke så mange formater som er akseptert av riksarkivet til +langtidsoppbevaring av offentlige arkiver, og PDF og XML er de mest +aktuelle i så måte. Det slo meg at det måtte da finnes en eller annen +egnet XML-representasjon og at det kanskje var enighet om hvilken som +burde brukes, så jeg tok mot til meg og spurte +<a href="http://samdok.com/">SAMDOK</a>, en gruppe tilknyttet +arkivverket som ser ut til å jobbe med NOARK-samhandling, om de hadde +noen anbefalinger: -<p><strong>About Debian Edu and Skolelinux</strong></p> - -<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. Immediatly after installation a school -server running all services needed for a school network is set up just -waiting for users and machines being added via GOsa², a comfortable -Web-UI. A netbooting environment is prepared using PXE, so after -initial installation of the main server from CD, DVD or USB stick all -other machines can be installed via the network.</p> - -<p>This is the first test release based on Wheezy (which currently is -not released yet). Basically this is an updated and slightly improved -version compared to the Squeeze release.</p> +<p><blockquote> +<p>Hei.</p> + +<p>Usikker på om dette er riktig forum å ta opp mitt spørsmål, men jeg +lurer på om det er definert en anbefaling om hvordan RFC +822-formatterte epost (aka vanlig Internet-epost) bør lages håndteres +i NOARK5, slik at en bevarer all informasjon i eposten +(f.eks. Received-linjer). Finnes det en anbefalt XML-mapping ala den +som beskrives på +&lt;URL: <a href="https://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=32074">https://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=32074</a> &gt;? Mitt +mål er at det skal være mulig å lagre eposten i en NOARK5-kjerne og +kunne få ut en identisk formattert kopi av opprinnelig epost ved +behov.</p> +</blockquote></p> -<p><strong>Software updates</strong></p> -<ul> - <li>Install freemind (0.9.0) by default, and stop installing vym by - default.</li> - <li>Install chromium (26.0.1410.43) by default.</li> - <li>Install goplay (0.5-1.1) to make golearn available by default.</li> - <li>Updated support for Japanese input methods, now based on - ibus-anthy.</li> -</ul> +<p>Postmottaker hos SAMDOK mente spørsmålet heller burde stilles +direkte til riksarkivet, og jeg fikk i dag svar derfra formulert av +seniorrådgiver Geir Ivar Tungesvik:</p> -<p><strong>Other changes</strong></p> -<ul> +<p><blockquote> +<p>Riksarkivet har ingen anbefalinger når det gjelder konvertering fra +e-post til XML. Det står arkivskaper fritt å eventuelt definere/bruke +eget format. Inklusive da - som det spørres om - et format der det er +mulig å re-etablere e-post format ut fra XML-en. XML (e-post) +dokumenter må være referert i arkivstrukturen, og det må vedlegges et +gyldig XML skjema (.xsd) for XML-filene. Arkivskaper står altså fritt +til å gjøre hva de vil, bare det dokumenteres og det kan dannes et +utrekk ved avlevering til depot.</p> + +<p>De obligatoriske kravene i Noark 5 standarden må altså oppfylles - +etter dialog med Riksarkivet i forbindelse med godkjenning. For +offentlige arkiv er det særlig viktig med filene loependeJournal.xml +og offentligJournal.xml. Private arkiv som vil forholde seg til Noark +5 standarden er selvsagt frie til å bruke det som er relevant for dem +av obligatoriske krav.</p> +</blockquote></p> - <li>Switched default file system from ext3 to ext4 for speed and - reliability improvements.</li> - <li>Got rid of unwanted winbind daemon and PAM setup activated because - of <a href="http://bugs.debian.org/706434">706434</a>.</li> - <li>Extended and improved the testsuite tests to detect more possible - problems.</li> - <li>Corrected proxy handling to not set http_proxy to a bogus - direct:// URL.</li> - <li>Corrected proxy setup for diskless workstations.</li> - <li>Corrected PXE setup to use our updated udebs during installation.</li> - <li>Made installation handling of low entropy level more robust.</li> - <li>Create larger partitions for Roaming workstations and Thin client - servers, to make room for all the software installed.</li> - <li>Fix bug in Roaming workstation PAM setup, making it impossible to - log in (<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/706753">706753</a>).</li> -</ul> +<p>Det ser dermed ut for meg som om det er et lite behov for å +standardisere XML-lagring av RFC-822-formatterte meldinger. Noen som +vet om god spesifikasjon i så måte? I tillegg til den omtalt over, +har jeg kommet over flere aktuelle beskrivelser (søk på "rfc 822 +xml", så finner du aktuelle alternativer).</p> -<p><strong>Known issues</strong></p> <ul> - <li>IP resolution for the local hostname give useless IPv6 address - (<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/705900">705900</a>). Only install - libnss-myhostname on roaming workstations until it is fixed.</li> - <li>DVD images are not yet ready.</li> - <li>No mass import of user account data in GOsa (ldif or csv) - available yet (<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/698840">698840</a>).</li> - <li>Missing artwork for the KDE desktop (and probably a few others).</li> - <li>KDE Debian submenu lacks icons.</li> - <li>LXDE menu lacks entry for changing GOsa password - (website). Installing gosa-desktop will be an option.</li> - <li>Backup configuration via web interface is impossible due to - password submission problem - (<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/700257">700257</a>).</li> - -</ul> - -<p><strong>Where to get it</strong></p> +<li><a href="http://www.openhealth.org/xmtp/">XML MIME Transformation +protocol (XMTP)</a> fra OpenHealth, sist oppdatert 2001.</li> -<p>To download the multiarch netinstall CD release you can use</p> -<ul> +<li><a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-klyne-message-rfc822-xml-03">An +XML format for mail and other messages</a> utkast fra IETF datert +2001.</li> - <li><a href="ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu~7.0+edu0~a1-CD.iso">ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu~7.0+edu0~a1-CD.iso</a></li> - <li><a href="http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu~7.0+edu0~a1-CD.iso">http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu~7.0+edu0~a1-CD.iso</a></li> - <li>rsync -avzP ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu~7.0+edu0~a1-CD.iso debian-edu~7.0+edu0~a1-CD.iso</li> +<li><a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=32074">xMail: +E-mail as XML</a> en artikkel fra 2003 som beskriver python-modulen +rfc822 som gir ut XML-representasjon av en RFC 822-formattert epost.</li> </ul> -<p>The MD5SUM of this image is: 685ed76c1aa8e44b12d3fde21faf450b</p> - -<p>The SHA1SUM of this image is: 6c874de157024da13e115bab29c068080a11ec4c</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></p> +<p>Finnes det andre og bedre spesifikasjoner for slik lagring? Send +meg en epost hvis du har innspill.</p> - Debian, the Linux distribution of choice for LEGO designers? - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian__the_Linux_distribution_of_choice_for_LEGO_designers_.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian__the_Linux_distribution_of_choice_for_LEGO_designers_.html - Sat, 11 May 2013 20:30:00 +0200 - <P>In January, -<a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/New_IRC_channel_for_LEGO_designers_using_Debian.html">I -announced a</a> new <a href="irc://irc.debian.org/%23debian-lego">IRC -channel #debian-lego</a>, for those of us in the Debian and Linux -community interested in <a href="http://www.lego.com/">LEGO</a>, the -marvellous construction system from Denmark. We also created -<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/LegoDesigners">a wiki page</a> to have -a place to take notes and write down our plans and hopes. And several -people showed up to help. I was very happy to see the effect of my -call. Since the small start, we have a debtags tag -<a href="http://debtags.debian.net/search/bytag?wl=hardware::hobby:lego">hardware::hobby:lego</a> -tag for LEGO related packages, and now count 10 packages related to -LEGO and <a href="http://mindstorms.lego.com/">Mindstorms</a>:</p> - -<p><table> -<tr><td><a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/brickos">brickos</a></td><td>alternative OS for LEGO Mindstorms RCX. Supports development in C/C++</td></tr> -<tr><td><a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/leocad">leocad</a></td><td>virtual brick CAD software</td></tr> -<tr><td><a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/libnxt">libnxt</a></td><td>utility library for talking to the LEGO Mindstorms NX</td></tr> -<tr><td><a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/lnpd">lnpd</a></td><td>daemon for LNP communication with BrickOS</td></tr> -<tr><td><a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/nbc">nbc</a></td><td>compiler for LEGO Mindstorms NXT bricks</td></tr> -<tr><td><a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/nqc">nqc</a></td><td>Not Quite C compiler for LEGO Mindstorms RCX</td></tr> -<tr><td><a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/python-nxt">python-nxt</a></td><td>python driver/interface/wrapper for the Lego Mindstorms NXT robot</td></tr> -<tr><td><a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/python-nxt-filer">python-nxt-filer</a></td><td>simple GUI to manage files on a LEGO Mindstorms NXT</td></tr> -<tr><td><a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/scratch">scratch</a></td><td>easy to use programming environment for ages 8 and up</td></tr> -<tr><td><a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/t2n">t2n</a></td><td>simple command-line tool for Lego NXT</td></tr> -</table></p> - -<p>Some of these are available in Wheezy, and all but one are -currently available in Jessie/testing. leocad is so far only -available in experimental.</p> - -<p>If you care about LEGO in Debian, please join us on IRC and help -adding the rest of the great free software tools available on Linux -for LEGO designers.</p> - - - - - Narvik sparer minst 9 millioner på å bruke Skolelinux - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Narvik_sparer_minst_9_millioner_p____bruke_Skolelinux.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Narvik_sparer_minst_9_millioner_p____bruke_Skolelinux.html - Fri, 10 May 2013 18:30:00 +0200 - <p>I fjor sommer ble jeg -<a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Gladoppslag_om_Skolelinux_i_avisen_Fremover.html">gledelig -overrasket</a> over et oppslag i avisen Fremover om Narvik kommunes -bruk av <a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Skolelinux</a>. Oppslaget -var basert på et notat som besvarte spørsmål fra ordfører Tor Nysæter -og rådgiver for skolesektoren, Petter Falkbu, om bruken av Skolelinux -i Narvikskolene og konstnaden ved å gå over til Windows. For litt -over en uke siden siden fikk jeg endelig bedt kommunen om å få innsyn -i dette notatet, og det ble oversendt på epost tirsdag. Jeg fikk -<a href="http://www.nuug.no/pub/offentliginnsyn/from-Narvik-kommune/2013-04-29-09:12-skolelinux-notat/PetterFalkbuogwindowsfornarvikskolen%20(L)351310.pdf">lagt -ut notatet</a> samme dag, og fikk i dag sjekket postlista til Narvik, -der jeg fant notatet som -<a href="https://www.narvik.kommune.no/innsyn.aspx?response=arkivsak_detaljer&arkivsakid=2013001023&scripturi=/innsyn.aspx&skin=infolink&Mid1=301&">sak -2013/1023</a>.</p> - -<p>Notatet forteller at Narvik ville måtte betalt minst 9 millioner -for å gå over til Windows på skolene. I tillegg dokumenterer notatet -at læreplanens krav oppfylles uten problemer ved bruk av Skolelinux. -Jeg anbefaler alle å lese de 10 sidene med gode argumenter for å kutte -unødige utgifter på IT i skoleverket. :)</p> - - - - - Debian Wheezy is out - and Debian Edu / Skolelinux should soon follow! #newinwheezy - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Wheezy_is_out___and_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_should_soon_follow___newinwheezy.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Wheezy_is_out___and_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_should_soon_follow___newinwheezy.html - Sun, 5 May 2013 07:40:00 +0200 - <p>When I woke up this morning, I was very happy to see that the -<a href="http://www.debian.org/News/2013/20130504">release announcement -for Debian Wheezy</a> was waiting in my mail box. This is a great -Debian release, and I expect to move my machines at home over to it fairly -soon.</p> - -<p>The new debian release contain heaps of new stuff, and one program -in particular make me very happy to see included. The -<a href="http://scratch.mit.edu/">Scratch</a> program, made famous by -the <a href="http://www.code.org/">Teach kids code</a> movement, is -included for the first time. Alongside similar programs like -<a href="http://edu.kde.org/kturtle/">kturtle</a> and -<a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities/Turtle_Art">turtleart</a>, -it allow for visual programming where syntax errors can not happen, -and a friendly programming environment for learning to control the -computer. Scratch will also be included in the next release of Debian -Edu.</a> - -<p>And now that Wheezy is wrapped up, we can wrap up the next Debian -Edu/Skolelinux release too. The -<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-edu/2013/04/msg00132.html">first -alpha release</a> went out last week, and the next should soon -follow.<p> - - - - - Vårt konkurransebidrag til #apps4norge bruker @opnedata - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/V_rt_konkurransebidrag_til__apps4norge_bruker__opnedata.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/V_rt_konkurransebidrag_til__apps4norge_bruker__opnedata.html - Wed, 1 May 2013 23:45:00 +0200 - <p>For noen uker siden, innen fristen 2013-04-15, leverte jeg og -Morten Kjelkenes vårt bidrag til -<a href="http://www.apps4norge.no/">DIFIs apps4norge-konkurranse</a> -under lagnavnet <a href="http://www.nuug.no/">NUUG</a>s tannlegeteam. -Vi leverte følgende i idé-kategorien:</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p><strong>Tittel: Stikk innom tannlegen</strong><p> - -<p><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-05-01-tannlegeportal.jpeg"><img width="70%" src="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-05-01-tannlegeportal.jpeg"></a></p> - -<p><strong>Beskrivelse:</strong><p> - -<p><em>Idéen</em> - -<p>Gjøre det enklere å finne en tannlege som er praktisk for deg, der -pris og reisetid med kollektivt, til fots eller med bil er tatt med i -beregningen, ved å oppgi hvor en bor og jobber, og få forslag til -tannleger både i nærheten og på veien mellom disse stedene.</p> - -<p>Brukeren oppgir hjemmeadresse og jobbadresse, og kanskje også -barnehage. Så kan en også oppgi egen timelønn (for å beregne taps -arbeidsfortjeneste) og om en reiser med kollektivt, til fots eller -kjører bil. Så trykker en søk, og får opp en todelt side med kart og -tekstliste. I kartdelen vises aktuelle tannleger (for eksempel maks -7), og i tekstdelen er de samme tannlegene listet opp, med pris og -reisetid for kollektivtransport, og pris pluss reisekostnad hvis en -reiser med bil. En kan endre sorteringsrekkefølge for listen ved å -trykke på aktuell kolonne, og velge om en skal sortere på pris, -reisetid eller totalkostnad. Kun tannleger som tar imot nye kunder tas -i utganspunktet med i listen. Når brukeren trykker med musa en -tannlegemarkør på kartet kommer det en popup med detaljer om -tannlegen, den samme informasjonen som finnes i listen under kartet, -og lenke til mer informasjon om tannlegen.</p> - -<p>For hvert enkelt tannlegekontor er det tilgjengelig en -informasjonsside med adresse, hjemmesideurl, telefonnummer, lenke til -side for å finne reisebeskrivelse, åpningstider, etc.</p> - -<p><em>Nytteverdi for brukeren</em></p> + Lenker for 2014-02-28 + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Lenker_for_2014_02_28.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Lenker_for_2014_02_28.html + Fri, 28 Feb 2014 13:30:00 +0100 + <p>Her er noen lenker til tekster jeg har satt pris på å lese de siste +månedene. Det er mye om varsleren Edward Snowden, som burde få all +hjelp, støtte og beskyttelse Norge kan stille opp med for å ha satt +totalitær overvåkning på sakskartet, men også endel annet +tankevekkende og interessant.</p> <ul> -<li>sparer tid på tannlegebesøk</li> -<li>kan utnytte normal reisevei mellom hjem/jobb/barnehage</li> -<li>kan finne aktuell tannlege basert på flere kriterier</li> -<li>sile bort tannleger som ikke tar imot flere kunder</li> -<li>får kart som viser tannleger i nærheten, på tvers av kommunegrenser</li> -</ul> - -<p><em>Grad av innovasjon, nytenkning og kreativitet</em></p> -<p>Enkel tjeneste som fokuserer på det vi selv mener er relevant ved valg -av tannlege.</p> +<li>2013-12-21 +<a href="http://www.dagbladet.no/2013/12/21/nyheter/thomas_drake/nsa/overvakning/snowden/30925886/">- +NSA tenker som Stasi</a> - Dagbladet.no</li> -<p>Tjenestekonseptet kan også brukes til andre næringer, f.eks. lege, -butikk, leiebiler, hvis en har aktuell datakilde å koble med.</p> +<li>2013-12-19 <a href="http://www.dagensit.no/article2732734.ece">- +Staten har ikke rett til å vite alt om deg</a> - DN.no</li> -<p>Skulle gjerne hatt med vurdering av tannlegene tilgjengelig, slik -at en kunne finne "flinke" tannleger basert på et eller annet -kriterium.</p> +<li>2013-12-21 +<a href="http://www.dagbladet.no/2013/12/21/nyheter/krig_og_konflikter/politikk/utenriks/30961126/">Nye +mål for NSAs spionasje avslørt</a> - Dagbladet.no</li> -<p><em>Markedspotensiale - potensiale for å slå gjennom hos mange -brukere</em></p> +<li>2013-12-19 +<a href="http://www.dagbladet.no/2013/12/19/nyheter/nsa/usa/politikk/barack_obama/30918684/">«NSA +bør fjernes fra sin makt til å samle inn metadata fra amerikanske +telefonsamtaler»</a> - Dagbladet.no</li> -<ul> -<li>Alle som ønsker eller vurderer å skaffe seg ny tannlege, f.eks. nyinnflyttede og studenter</li> -<li>Familier med en travel hverdag</li> -</ul> +<li>2013-12-18 +<a href="http://www.dagbladet.no/2013/12/18/kultur/meninger/hovedkronikk/debatt/snowden/30901089/">Etterretning, +overvåking, frihet og sikkerhet</a> - Dagbladet.no</li> -<p>Felles er at den gjør tannlegen lettere tilgjengelig for de som vil spare tid eller penger.</p> +<li>2013-12-17 +<a href="http://www.nrk.no/verden/snowden-vil-ha-asyl-i-brasil-1.11423444">Snowden +angriper USA i åpent brev</a> - nrk.no</li> -<p><em>Samfunnsøkonomisk nytte - bidrar til å løse -samfunnsutfordringer</em></p> +<li>2013-12-17 +<a href="http://www.digi.no/925820/rettslig-nederlag-for-etterretning">Rettslig +nederlag for etterretning</a> - digi.no</li> -<p>Kutter tid brukt på tannlegebesøk, og penger frigjøres som kan brukes på andre områder. Oppfordrer til bedre bruk av kollektivtransport ved å gi tips om tannleger i nærheten av allerede brukt reisevei mellom hjemme og jobb når en reiser kollektivt.</p> +<li>2013-12-21 +<a href="http://www.dagbladet.no/2013/12/21/kultur/meninger/hovedkommentar/kommentar/etterretning/30963284/">Truende +nedkjøling</a> - dagbladet.no</li> -<p><em>X-faktor - “Det lille ekstra...”</em></p> +<li>2013-12-20 +<a href="http://www.aftenposten.no/viten/Matematikk-og-forstaelse-7411849.html">Matematikk +og forståelse</a> - aftenposten.no</li> -<p>Denne tjenesten gir det lille ekstra ved at den ikke slår opp -avstand til tannlege fra et enkelt punkt men avstand fra en reisevei, -slik at en får flere tannleger å velge imellom og kanskje kan spare -enda mer tid og penger enn en ville gjort ved å sjekke kun de nærmest -hjemme eller jobb.</p> +<li>2013-10-20 +<a href="http://www.nrk.no/viten/ny-studie_sovn-reinser-hjernen-var-1.11306106">Vi +søv for å reinse hjernen vår, ifølgje ny studie</a> - nrk.no</li> -<p>Tjenesten gir informasjonen både som kart og som tekstlig oversikt, for å sikre at blinde og svaksynte kan få tilgang til informasjonen selv om de ikke får brukt kartvisningen.</p> +<li>2013-12-11 +<a href="http://www.nrk.no/buskerud/julebaksten-i-vasken-1.11410033">Rotterace +i kloakken</a> - nrk.no</li> -<p><em>Datasett brukt</em></p> +<li>2013-12-30 +<a href="http://www.aftenposten.no/viten/Apne-brev-og-frie-tanker-7413734.html">Åpne +brev og frie tanker</a> - aftenposten.no</li> -<ul> +<li>2014-01-12 +<a href="http://www.aftenposten.no/viten/Stopp-kunnskapsapartheidet-7428229.html">Stopp dagens kunnskapsapartheid!</a> - aftenposten.no</li> -<li><a href="http://www.hvakostertannlegen.no/">http://www.hvakostertannlegen.no/</a> -(Ikke-publisert JSON-API), se f.eks. JSON-output fra -<a href="http://www.hvakostertannlegen.no/services/klinikker/oslo/undersokelse-med-2-rontgenbilder">http://www.hvakostertannlegen.no/services/klinikker/oslo/undersokelse-med-2-rontgenbilder</a></li> +<li>2014-01-09 +<a href="http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/uriks/EU-rapport-Britisk-og-amerikansk-overvaking-ser-ut-til-a-vare-ulovlig-7428933.html">EU-rapport: +Britisk og amerikansk overvåking ser ut til å være ulovlig</a> - +aftenposten.no</li> -<li>Kartdata, -<a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/">http://www.openstreetmap.org/</a> -<a href="http://mapit.nuug.no/">http://mapit.nuug.no/</a> (nabokommuner, postnummer)</li> +<li>2013-10-23 Professor Jan Arild Audestad +<a href="http://www.digi.no/924008/advarer-mot-konspirasjonsteori">Advarer +mot konspirasjonsteori</a> i digi.no og sier han ikke tror NSA kan +avlytte mobiltelefoner, mens han noen måneder senere forteller:</li> -<li><a href="http://labs.trafikanten.no/how-to-use-the-api.aspx">http://labs.trafikanten.no/how-to-use-the-api.aspx</a> -(reisetid med kollektivtrafikk på Østlandet), -<a href="http://data.norge.no/data/ruter-kollektivtrafikkdata">http://data.norge.no/data/ruter-kollektivtrafikkdata</a></li> +<li>2014-01-09 +<a href="http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/--Vi-ble-presset-til-a-svekke-mobilsikkerheten-pa-80-tallet-7410467.html">- +Vi ble presset til å svekke mobilsikkerheten på 80-tallet</a> - +aftenposten.no</li> -<li><a href="http://reiseregningen.no">http://reiseregningen.no</a> -(data om statens satser for biltransport)</li> +<li>2014-02-12 +<a href="http://tv.nrk.no/program/koid20005814/et-moete-med-edward-snowden">Et +møte med Edward Snowden</a> - intervju sendt av nrk, tilgjengelig til +2015-01-31</li> -<li>Kollektivtrafikkkart, -<a href="http://öpnvkarte.de/?zoom=17&lat=59.91056&lon=10.75641&layers=BT">http://öpnvkarte.de/?zoom=17&lat=59.91056&lon=10.75641&layers=BT</a></li> +<li>2014-02-17 +<a href="http://politiken.dk/debat/profiler/jessteinpedersen/ECE2210356/litteraturredaktoeren-helle-thornings-tavshed-om-snowden-er-en-skandale/">Litteraturredaktøren: +Helle Thornings tavshed om Snowden er en skandale</a> - +politiken.dk</li> -<li>Routing med OpenStreetmap-data, -<a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Routing/OnlineRouters">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Routing/OnlineRouters</a></li> +<li>2014-02-21 +<a href="http://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kronikker/Bra-a-ha-en-Storebror-7476734.html">Bra å ha en «Storebror»</a> - aftenposten.no</li> -<li>Bilveiruting med OpenStreetmap-data, <a href="http://map.project-osrm.org/">http://map.project-osrm.org/</a></li> -<li>Kollektivtrafikkruting for Norge med uviss datakilde, <a href="http://dit.no/">http://dit.no/</a></li> -</ul> +<li>2014-02-28 +<a href="http://johnchristianelden.blogg.no/1393536806_narkotikasiktet_stort.html">"Narkotikasiktet +Stortingsmann" - Spillet bak kulissene</a> - John Christian Eldens +blogg</li> -<p><strong>Åpne offentlige datasett brukt i applikasjonen:</strong></p> +<li>2014-02-28 +<a href="http://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/Heksejakt-pa-hasjbrukere-7486283.html">Heksejakt +på hasjbrukere</a> - aftenposten.no</li> -<ul> -<li>Reisetid med kollektivtrafikk på Østlandet</li> -</ul> - -<p><strong>Øvrige datasett brukt i appen/tjenesten:</strong></p> -<ul> -<li>Fakta om tannleger, priser etc (upublisert JSON-API)</li> -<li>Data om statens satser for biltransport</li> -<li>Kartbilder, kartdata</li> -<li>Kommunegrenser, nabokommuner, postnummer</li> -<li>Bilveiruting med OpenStreetmap-data</li> -<li>Kollektivtrafikkkart</li> -<li>Routing med OpenStreetmap-data</li> -<li>Kollektivtrafikkruting for Norge med uviss dataopphav</li> -</ul> - -<p><strong>Kategori: </strong></p> -<ul> -<li>Arbeid og velferd</li> -<li>Forbruker</li> -<li>Økonomi</li> </ul> + + + + + New home and release 1.0 for netgroup and innetgr (aka ng-utils) + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/New_home_and_release_1_0_for_netgroup_and_innetgr__aka_ng_utils_.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/New_home_and_release_1_0_for_netgroup_and_innetgr__aka_ng_utils_.html + Sat, 22 Feb 2014 21:45:00 +0100 + <p>Many years ago, I wrote a GPL licensed version of the netgroup and +innetgr tools, because I needed them in +<a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Skolelinux</a>. I called the project +ng-utils, and it has served me well. I placed the project under the +<a href="http://www.hungry.com/">Hungry Programmer</a> umbrella, and it was maintained in our CVS +repository. But many years ago, the CVS repository was dropped (lost, +not migrated to new hardware, not sure), and the project have lacked a +proper home since then.</p> + +<p>Last summer, I had a look at the package and made a new release +fixing a irritating crash bug, but was unable to store the changes in +a proper source control system. I applied for a project on +<a href="https://alioth.debian.org/">Alioth</a>, but did not have time +to follow up on it. Until today. :)</p> + +<p>After many hours of cleaning and migration, the ng-utils project +now have a new home, and a git repository with the highlight of the +history of the project. I published all release tarballs and imported +them into the git repository. As the project is really stable and not +expected to gain new features any time soon, I decided to make a new +release and call it 1.0. Visit the new project home on +<a href="https://alioth.debian.org/projects/ng-utils/">https://alioth.debian.org/projects/ng-utils/</a> +if you want to check it out. The new version is also uploaded into +<a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/n/ng-utils.html">Debian Unstable</a>.</p> + + + + + Testing sysvinit from experimental in Debian Hurd + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Testing_sysvinit_from_experimental_in_Debian_Hurd.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Testing_sysvinit_from_experimental_in_Debian_Hurd.html + Mon, 3 Feb 2014 13:40:00 +0100 + <p>A few days ago I decided to try to help the Hurd people to get +their changes into sysvinit, to allow them to use the normal sysvinit +boot system instead of their old one. This follow up on the +<a href="https://teythoon.cryptobitch.de//categories/gsoc.html">great +Google Summer of Code work</a> done last summer by Justus Winter to +get Debian on Hurd working more like Debian on Linux. To get started, +I downloaded a prebuilt hard disk image from +<a href="http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian-cd/hurd-i386/current/debian-hurd.img.tar.gz">http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian-cd/hurd-i386/current/debian-hurd.img.tar.gz</a>, +and started it using virt-manager.</p> + +<p>The first think I had to do after logging in (root without any +password) was to get the network operational. I followed +<a href="https://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-install">the +instructions on the Debian GNU/Hurd ports page</a> and ran these +commands as root to get the machine to accept a IP address from the +kvm internal DHCP server:</p> + +<p><blockquote><pre> +settrans -fgap /dev/netdde /hurd/netdde +kill $(ps -ef|awk '/[p]finet/ { print $2}') +kill $(ps -ef|awk '/[d]evnode/ { print $2}') +dhclient /dev/eth0 +</pre></blockquote></p> + +<p>After this, the machine had internet connectivity, and I could +upgrade it and install the sysvinit packages from experimental and +enable it as the default boot system in Hurd.</p> + +<p>But before I did that, I set a password on the root user, as ssh is +running on the machine it for ssh login to work a password need to be +set. Also, note that a bug somewhere in openssh on Hurd block +compression from working. Remember to turn that off on the client +side.</p> + +<p>Run these commands as root to upgrade and test the new sysvinit +stuff:</p> + +<p><blockquote><pre> +cat > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/experimental.list &lt;&lt;EOF +deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ experimental main +EOF +apt-get update +apt-get dist-upgrade +apt-get install -t experimental initscripts sysv-rc sysvinit \ + sysvinit-core sysvinit-utils +update-alternatives --config runsystem +</pre></blockquote></p> + +<p>To reboot after switching boot system, you have to use +<tt>reboot-hurd</tt> instead of just <tt>reboot</tt>, as there is not +yet a sysvinit process able to receive the signals from the normal +'reboot' command. After switching to sysvinit as the boot system, +upgrading every package and rebooting, the network come up with DHCP +after boot as it should, and the settrans/pkill hack mentioned at the +start is no longer needed. But for some strange reason, there are no +longer any login prompt in the virtual console, so I logged in using +ssh instead. + +<p>Note that there are some race conditions in Hurd making the boot +fail some times. No idea what the cause is, but hope the Hurd porters +figure it out. At least Justus said on IRC (#debian-hurd on +irc.debian.org) that they are aware of the problem. A way to reduce +the impact is to upgrade to the Hurd packages built by Justus by +adding this repository to the machine:</p> + +<p><blockquote><pre> +cat > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hurd-ci.list &lt;&lt;EOF +deb http://darnassus.sceen.net/~teythoon/hurd-ci/ sid main +EOF +</pre></blockquote></p> + +<p>At the moment the prebuilt virtual machine get some packages from +http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian, because some of the packages in +unstable do not yet include the required patches that are lingering in +BTS. This is the completely list of "unofficial" packages installed:</p> + +<p><blockquote><pre> +# aptitude search '?narrow(?version(CURRENT),?origin(Debian Ports))' +i emacs - GNU Emacs editor (metapackage) +i gdb - GNU Debugger +i hurd-recommended - Miscellaneous translators +i isc-dhcp-client - ISC DHCP client +i isc-dhcp-common - common files used by all the isc-dhcp* packages +i libc-bin - Embedded GNU C Library: Binaries +i libc-dev-bin - Embedded GNU C Library: Development binaries +i libc0.3 - Embedded GNU C Library: Shared libraries +i A libc0.3-dbg - Embedded GNU C Library: detached debugging symbols +i libc0.3-dev - Embedded GNU C Library: Development Libraries and Hea +i multiarch-support - Transitional package to ensure multiarch compatibilit +i A x11-common - X Window System (X.Org) infrastructure +i xorg - X.Org X Window System +i A xserver-xorg - X.Org X server +i A xserver-xorg-input-all - X.Org X server -- input driver metapackage +# +</pre></blockquote></p> + +<p>All in all, testing hurd has been an interesting experience. :) +X.org did not work out of the box and I never took the time to follow +the porters instructions to fix it. This time I was interested in the +command line stuff.<p> + + + + + A fist full of non-anonymous Bitcoins + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/A_fist_full_of_non_anonymous_Bitcoins.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/A_fist_full_of_non_anonymous_Bitcoins.html + Wed, 29 Jan 2014 14:10:00 +0100 + <p>Bitcoin is a incredible use of peer to peer communication and +encryption, allowing direct and immediate money transfer without any +central control. It is sometimes claimed to be ideal for illegal +activity, which I believe is quite a long way from the truth. At least +I would not conduct illegal money transfers using a system where the +details of every transaction are kept forever. This point is +investigated in +<a href="https://www.usenix.org/publications/login">USENIX ;login:</a> +from December 2013, in the article +"<a href="https://www.usenix.org/system/files/login/articles/03_meiklejohn-online.pdf">A +Fistful of Bitcoins - Characterizing Payments Among Men with No +Names</a>" by Sarah Meiklejohn, Marjori Pomarole,Grant Jordan, Kirill +Levchenko, Damon McCoy, Geoffrey M. Voelker, and Stefan Savage. They +analyse the transaction log in the Bitcoin system, using it to find +addresses belong to individuals and organisations and follow the flow +of money from both Bitcoin theft and trades on Silk Road to where the +money end up. This is how they wrap up their article:</p> -<p><strong>Geografi (dekningsområde for app): </strong></p> +<p><blockquote> +<p>"To demonstrate the usefulness of this type of analysis, we turned +our attention to criminal activity. In the Bitcoin economy, criminal +activity can appear in a number of forms, such as dealing drugs on +Silk Road or simply stealing someone else’s bitcoins. We followed the +flow of bitcoins out of Silk Road (in particular, from one notorious +address) and from a number of highly publicized thefts to see whether +we could track the bitcoins to known services. Although some of the +thieves attempted to use sophisticated mixing techniques (or possibly +mix services) to obscure the flow of bitcoins, for the most part +tracking the bitcoins was quite straightforward, and we ultimately saw +large quantities of bitcoins flow to a variety of exchanges directly +from the point of theft (or the withdrawal from Silk Road).</p> + +<p>As acknowledged above, following stolen bitcoins to the point at +which they are deposited into an exchange does not in itself identify +the thief; however, it does enable further de-anonymization in the +case in which certain agencies can determine (through, for example, +subpoena power) the real-world owner of the account into which the +stolen bitcoins were deposited. Because such exchanges seem to serve +as chokepoints into and out of the Bitcoin economy (i.e., there are +few alternative ways to cash out), we conclude that using Bitcoin for +money laundering or other illicit purposes does not (at least at +present) seem to be particularly attractive."</p> +</blockquote><p> + +<p>These researches are not the first to analyse the Bitcoin +transaction log. The 2011 paper +"<a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/1107.4524">An Analysis of Anonymity in +the Bitcoin System</A>" by Fergal Reid and Martin Harrigan is +summarized like this:</p> -<p>Hele landet</p> +<p><blockquote> +"Anonymity in Bitcoin, a peer-to-peer electronic currency system, is a +complicated issue. Within the system, users are identified by +public-keys only. An attacker wishing to de-anonymize its users will +attempt to construct the one-to-many mapping between users and +public-keys and associate information external to the system with the +users. Bitcoin tries to prevent this attack by storing the mapping of +a user to his or her public-keys on that user's node only and by +allowing each user to generate as many public-keys as required. In +this chapter we consider the topological structure of two networks +derived from Bitcoin's public transaction history. We show that the +two networks have a non-trivial topological structure, provide +complementary views of the Bitcoin system and have implications for +anonymity. We combine these structures with external information and +techniques such as context discovery and flow analysis to investigate +an alleged theft of Bitcoins, which, at the time of the theft, had a +market value of approximately half a million U.S. dollars." +</blockquote></p> -</blockquote> +<p>I hope these references can help kill the urban myth that Bitcoin +is anonymous. It isn't really a good fit for illegal activites. Use +cash if you need to stay anonymous, at least until regular DNA +sampling of notes and coins become the norm. :)</p> -<p>Vinneren annonseres 2013-05-08 ved -<a href="http://www.apps4norge.no/arrangement/2013-05-08-invitasjon-til-prisutdeling-apps4norge-8mai-2013">prisutdelingen -hos DIFI 09:00 til 12:00</a>. Konkurransen blir hard. Det meldes at -38 apper og 50 ideer er registrert som kandidater. Jeg frykter at jeg -ikke rekker innom selv, på grunn av jobb og forpliktelser på -hjemmebanen.</p> +<p>As usual, if you use Bitcoin and want to show your support of my +activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address +<b><a href="bitcoin:15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b&label=PetterReinholdtsenBlog">15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b</a></b>.</p> - First alpha release of Debian Edu / Skolelinux based on Debian Wheezy - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/First_alpha_release_of_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_based_on_Debian_Wheezy.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/First_alpha_release_of_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_based_on_Debian_Wheezy.html - Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:30:00 +0200 - <p>The Debian Edu / Skolelinux project is still going strong and made -its first Wheezy based release today. This is the release -announcement:</p> - -<p><strong>New features for Debian Edu ~7.0.0 alpha0 released -2013-04-26</strong></p> - -<p>This is the release notes for for Debian Edu / Skolelinux ~7.0.0 -edu alpha0, 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. Immediatly after installation a school server running all -services needed for a school network is set up just waiting for users -and machines being added via GOsa², a comfortable Web-UI. A netbooting -environment is prepared using PXE, so after initial installation of -the main server from CD, DVD or USB stick all other machines can be -installed via the network.</p> - -<p>This is the first test release based on Wheezy (which currently is -not released yet). Basically this is an updated and slightly improved -version compared to the Squeeze release.</p> - -<p><strong>Software updates</strong></p> + New chrpath release 0.16 + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/New_chrpath_release_0_16.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/New_chrpath_release_0_16.html + Tue, 14 Jan 2014 11:00:00 +0100 + <p><a href="http://www.coverity.com/">Coverity</a> is a nice tool to +find problems in C, C++ and Java code using static source code +analysis. It can detect a lot of different problems, and is very +useful to find memory and locking bugs in the error handling part of +the source. The company behind it provide +<a href="https://scan.coverity.com/">check of free software projects as +a community service</a>, and many hundred free software projects are +already checked. A few days ago I decided to have a closer look at +the Coverity system, and discovered that the +<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/">gnash</a> and +<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/ipmitool/">ipmitool</a> +projects I am involved with was already registered. But these are +fairly big, and I would also like to have a small and easy project to +check, and decided to <a href="http://scan.coverity.com/projects/1179">request +checking of the chrpath project</a>. It was +added to the checker and discovered seven potential defects. Six of +these were real, mostly resource "leak" when the program detected an +error. Nothing serious, as the resources would be released a fraction +of a second later when the program exited because of the error, but it +is nice to do it right in case the source of the program some time in +the future end up in a library. Having fixed all defects and added +<a href="https://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/chrpath-devel">a +mailing list for the chrpath developers</a>, I decided it was time to +publish a new release. These are the release notes:</p> + +<p>New in 0.16 released 2014-01-14:</p> <ul> -<li>Everything which is new in Debian Wheezy, eg: - <ul> - <li>Linux kernel 3.2.x</li> - <li>Desktop environments KDE "Plasma" 4.8.4, GNOME 3.4, and LXDE 4 - (KDE is installed by default; to choose GNOME or LXDE: see - manual.)</li> - <li>Web browser Iceweasel 10 ESR</li> - <li>LibreOffice 3.5.4</li> - <li>LTSP 5.4.2</li> - <li>GOsa 2.7.4</li> - <li>CUPS print system 1.5.3</li> - <li>Educational toolbox GCompris 12.01</li> - <li>Music creator Rosegarden 12.04</li> - <li>Image editor Gimp 2.8.2</li> - <li>Virtual universe Celestia 1.6.1</li> - <li>Virtual stargazer Stellarium 0.11.3</li> - <li>Scratch visual programming environment 1.4.0.6</li> - <li>New version of debian-installer from Debian Wheezy, see - <a href="http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/installmanual">installation - manual</a> for more details.</li> - <li>Debian Wheezy includes about 37000 packages available for - installation.</li> - <li>More information about Debian Wheezy 7.0 is provided in the - <a href="http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/releasenotes">release notes</a> and the <a href="http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/installmanual">installation manual</a>.</li> - </ul></li> -</ul> -<p><strong>Documentation</strong></p> -<ul> -<li>The (<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Wheezy">English</a>) Debian Edu Wheezy Manual is fully translated to - German, French, Italian and Danish. Partly translated versions exist - for Norwegian Bokmal and Spanish.</li> -</ul> - -<p><Strong>LDAP related changes</strong></p> -<ul> -<li>Slight changes to some objects and acls to have more types to - choose from when adding systems in GOsa. Now systems can be of type - server, workstation, printer, terminal or netdevice.</li> -</ul> - -<p><strong>Other changes</strong></p> -<ul> -<li>LTSP clients start as diskless workstation / thin client can be - configured via command line argument -- or individually adding an - entry in lts.conf or LDAP.<li> -<li>GOsa gui: Now some options that seemed to be available, but are non - functional, are greyed out (or are not clickable). Some tabs are - completely hidden to the end user, others even to the GOsa admin.</li> -</ul> - -<p><strong>Regressions</strong></p> -<ul> -<li>No mass import of user account data in GOsa (ldif or csv) available - yet.</li> -</ul> - -<p><strong>No updated artwork</strong></p> + <li>Fixed all minor bugs discovered by Coverity.</li> + <li>Updated config.sub and config.guess from the GNU project.</li> + <li>Mention new project mailing list in the documentation.</li> -<ul> -<li>Updated artwork which is visible during installation, in the login - screen and as desktop wallpaper is still missing or the same as we - had for our Squeeze based release.</li> </ul> - -<p><strong>Where to get it</strong></p> -To download the multiarch netinstall CD release you can use -<ul> -<li><a href="ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/">ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/</a></li> -<li><a href="http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/">http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/</a></li> -<li>rsync -avzP ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-cd/wheezy/</li> -</ul> - -<p>The MD5SUM of this image is: c5e773ddafdaa4f48c409c682f598b6c</p> - -<p>The SHA1SUM of this image is: 25934fabb9b7d20235499a0a51f08ce6c54215f2</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></p> +<p>You can +<a href="https://alioth.debian.org/frs/?group_id=31052">download the +new version 0.16 from alioth</a>. Please let us know via the Alioth +project if something is wrong with the new release. The test suite +did not discover any old errors, so if you find a new one, please also +include a test suite check.</p> - Bitcoin er ikke anonymt - føres Stortinget bak lyset av finansministeren? - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Bitcoin_er_ikke_anonymt___f_res_Stortinget_bak_lyset_av_finansministeren_.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Bitcoin_er_ikke_anonymt___f_res_Stortinget_bak_lyset_av_finansministeren_.html - Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:30:00 +0200 - <p><a href="http://bitcoin.org/">Bitcoin</a> er mye i mediene for -tiden. Jeg følger med via Mylder for å finne -<a href="http://mylder.no/?drill=bitcoin">artikler som omtaler -temaet</a>, og takket være dette oppdaget jeg at stortingsrepresentant -Ketil Solvik-Olsen fra FrP nylig har spurt finansminister Sigbjørn -Johnsen om hans syn på Bitcoin, og -<a href="http://www.stortinget.no/no/Saker-og-publikasjoner/Sporsmal/Skriftlige-sporsmal-og-svar/Skriftlig-sporsmal/?qid=57052">fått -svar for noen dager siden</a>. Jeg bet meg spesielt merke til -følgende formulering fra finansministeren:</p> + Debian Edu interview: Dominik George + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__Dominik_George.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__Dominik_George.html + Wed, 25 Dec 2013 13:40:00 +0100 + <p>The <a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu / Skolelinux +project</a> consist of both newcomers and old timers, and this time I +was able to get an interview with a newcomer in the project who showed +up on the IRC channel a few weeks ago to let us know about his +successful installation of Debian Edu Wheezy in his School. Say hello +to <a href="https://www.ohloh.net/accounts/Natureshadow">Dominik +George</a>.</p> + +<!-- http://www.dominik-george.de/images/foto.jpg --> + +<p><strong>Who are you, and how do you spend your days?</strong></p> + +<p>I am a 23 year-old student from Germany who has spent half of his +life with open source. In "real life", I am, as already mentioned, a +student in the fields of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, +Information Technologies and Anglistics. Due to my (only partially +voluntary) huge engagement in the open source world, these things are +a bit vacant right now however.</p> + +<p>I also have been working as a project teacher at a Gymasnium +(public school) for various years now. I took up that work some time +around 2005 when still attending that school myself and have continued +it until today. I also had been running the (kind of very advanced) +network of that school together with a team of very interested and +talented students in the age of 11 to 15 years, who took the chance to +learn a lot about open source and networking before I left the school +to help building another school's informational education concept from +scratch.</p> + +<p>That said, one might see me as a kind of "glue" between school kids +and the elderly of teachers as well as between the open source +ecosystem and the (even more complex) educational ecosystem.</p> + +<p>When I am not busy with open source or education, I like Geocaching +and cycling.</p> + +<p><strong>How did you get in contact with the Skolelinux / Debian Edu +project?</strong></p> + +<p>I think that happened some time around 2009 when I first attended +<a href="http://www.froscon.org">FrOSCon</a> and visited the project +booth. I think I wasn't too interested back then because I used to +have an attitude of disliking software that does too much stuff on its +own. Maybe I was too inexperienced to realise the upsides of an +"out-of-the-box" solution ;).</p> + +<p>The first time I actively talked to Skolelinux people was at +<a href="http://www.openrheinruhr.de">OpenRheinRuhr</a> 2011 when the +BiscuIT project, a home-grewn software used by my school for various +really cool things from timetables and class contact lists to lunch +ordering, student ID card printing and project elections first got to +a stage where it could have been published. I asked the Skolelinux +guys running the booth if the project were interested in it and gave a +small demonstration, but there wasn't any real feedback and the guys +seemed rather uninterested.</p> + +<p>After I left the school where I developed the software, it got +mostly lost, but I am now reimplementing it for my new school. I have +reusability and compatibility in mind, and I hop there will be a new +basis for contributing it to the Skolelinux project ;)!</p> + +<p><strong>What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux / Debian +Edu?</strong></p> + +<p>The most important advantage seems to be that it "just +works". After overcoming some minor (but still very annoying) glitches +in the installer, I got a fully functional, working school network, +without the month-long hassle I experienced when setting all that up +from scratch in earlier years. And above that, it rocked - I didn't +have any real hardware at hand, because the school was just founded +and has no money whatsoever, so I installed a combined server (main +server, terminal services and workstation) in a VM on my personal +notebook, bridging the LTSP network interface to the ethernet port, +and then PXE-booted the Windows notebooks that were lying around from +it. I could use 8 clients without any performance issues, by using a +tiny little VM on a tiny little notebook. I think that's enough to say +that it rocks!</p> + +<p>Secondly, there are marketing reasons. Life's bad, and so no +politician will ever permit a setup described as "Debian, an universal +operating system, with some really cool educational tools" while they +will be jsut fine with "Skolelinux, a single-purpose solution for your +school network", even if both turn out to be the very same thing (yes, +this is unfair towards the Skolelinux project, and must not be taken +too seriously - you get the idea, anyway).</p> + +<p><strong>What do you see as the disadvantages of Skolelinux / Debian +Edu?</strong></p> + +<p>I have not been involved with Skolelinux long enough to really +answer this question in a fair way. Thus, please allow me to put it in +other words: "What do you expect from Skolelinux to keep liking it?" I +can list a few points about that:</p> -<p><blockquote> -«Det er også utfordringer ved at handel med Bitcoins er uregulert og -at transaksjonene er anonyme.» -</blockquote></p> +<ul> -<p>At Bitcoin er anonymt er en myte som spres av både journalister og -andre, så det er ikke veldig overraskende at også finansministeren har -gått på limpinnen. Det er dog litt rart, da jeg håper at -finansdepartementet ikke baserer seg på rykter og myter når de -besvarer Stortinget. Men du trenger ikke bare tro på meg som kilde -til påstanden om at Bitcoin ikke er anonymt. Sondre Rønjom har -<a href="http://blogg.nsm.stat.no/archives/3241">via Sikkerhetsbloggen -hos Nasjonal Sikkerhetsmyndighet</a> uttalt følgende:</p> + <li>always strive to get all things integrated into Debian upstream + <li>be open to discussion about changes and the like, even with newcomers + <li>be helpful at being helpful ;) -<p><blockquote> -«At [bitcoin] i utgangspunktet -<a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/1107.4524"><em>ikke</em> er anonymt</a>, -kommer kanskje som en overraskelse på mange.» -</blockquote></p> +</ul> -<p>Enhver bevegelse av Bitcoin er offentlig tilgjengelig for alle på -Internet, og en må legge svært mye innsats inn hvis en skal hindre at -nettverksanalyse av transaksjonsloggene kan brukes til å identifisere -brukerne. F.eks. kan en enkelt se hva jeg har mottatt til min -offentliggjorte mottaksadresse ved å besøke blockexplorer og slå opp -adressen -<a href="http://blockexplorer.com/address/15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b">15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b</a>. -Det virker dermed på meg ganske klart at å påstå at -Bitcoin-transaksjoner er anonyme strengt tatt er å føre Stortinget bak -lyset.</p> - -<p>Finansministeren er ikke den eneste som har latt seg forlede av -medieomtalen. I spørsmålet fra Hr. Solvik-Olsen skriver han at «For -noen dager siden kom den første bitcoin-minibanken på Kypros», hvilket -så vidt jeg har klart å finne ut ikke er riktig. Det er annonsert -planer om en slik minibank (fra -<a href="http://www.bitcoinatm.com/">BitcoinATM</a>), men jeg finner -intet tegn til at en slik minibank er utplassert noe sted.</p> - -<p>Som vanlig, hvis du bruker Bitcoin og ønsker å vise din støtte til -mine aktiviteter, så setter jeg pris på Bitcoin-donasjoner til min -adresse -<b><a href="bitcoin:15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b&label=PetterReinholdtsenBlog">15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b</a></b>.</p> +<p>I'm really sorry I cannot say much more about that :(!</p> + +<p><strong>Which free software do you use daily?</strong></p> + +<p>First of all, all software I use is free and open. I have abandoned +all non-free software (except for firmware on my darned phone) this +year.</p> + +<p>I run Debian GNU/Linux on all PC systems I use. On that, I mostly +run text tools. I use +<a href="https://www.mirbsd.org/mksh.htm">mksh</a> as shell, +<a href="https://www.mirbsd.org/jupp.htm">jupp</a> as very advanced +text editor (I even got the developer to help me write a script/macro +based full-featured student management software with the two), +<a href="http://mcabber.com/">mcabber</a> for XMPP and +<a href="http://www.irssi.org/">irssi</a> for IRC. For that overly +coloured world called the WWW, I use +<a href="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/">Iceweasel +(Firefox)</a>. Oh, and <a href="http://www.mutt.org/">mutt</a> for +e-mail.</p> + +<p>However, while I am personally aware of the fact that text tools +are more efficient and powerful than anything else, I also use (or at +least operate) some tools that are suitable to bring open source to +kids. One of these things is <a href="http://jappix.org/">Jappix</a>, +which I already introduced to some kids even before they got aware of +Facebook, making them see for themselves that they do not need +Facebook now ;).</p> + +<p><strong>Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to +get schools to use free software?</strong></p> + +<p>Well, that's a two-sided thing. One side is what I believe, and one +side is what I have experienced.</p> + +<p>I believe that the right strategy is showing them the benefits. But +that won't work out as long as the acceptance of free alternatives +grows globally. What I mean is that if all the kids are almost forced +to use Windows, Facebook, Skype, you name it at home, they will not +see why they would want to use alternatives at school. I have seen +students take seat in front of a fully-functional, modern Debian +desktop that could do anything their Windows at home could do, and +they jsut refused to use it because "Linux sucks". It is something +that makes the council of our city spend around 600000 € to buy +software - not including hardware, mind you - for operating school +networks, and for installing a system that, as has been proved, does +not work. For those of you readers who are good at maths, have you +already found out how many lives could have been saved with that money +if we had instead used it to bring education to parts of the world +that need it? I have, and found it to be nothing less dramatic than +plain criminal.</p> + +<p>That said, the only feasible way appears to be the bottom up +method. We have to bring free software to kids and parents. I have +founded an association named +<a href="https://www.teckids.org">Teckids</a> here in Germany that does +just that. We organise several events for kids and adolescents in the +area of free and open source software, for example the +<a href="http://kids.froscon.org">FrogLabs</a>, which share staff with +Teckids and are the youth programme of +<a href="http://www.froscon.org">the Free and Open Source Software +Conference (FrOSCon)</a>. We do a lot more than most other conferences +- this year, we first offered the FrogLabs as a holiday camp for kids +aged 10 to 16. It was a huge success, with approx. 30 kids taking part +and learning with and about free software through a whole weekend. All +of us had a lot of fun, and the results were really exciting.</p> + +<p>Apart from that, we are preparing a campaign that is supposed to bring +the message of free alternatives to stuff kids use every day to them and +their parents, e.g. the use of Jabber / Jappix instead of Facebook and +Skype. To make that possible, we are planning to get together a team of +clever kids who understand very well what their peers need and can bring +it across to them. So we will have a peer-driven network of adolescents +who teach each other and collect feedback from the community of minors. +We then take that feedback and our own experience to work closely with +open source projects, such as Skolelinux or Jappix, at improving their +software in a way that makes it more and more attractive for the target +group. At least I hope that we will have good cooperation with +Skolelinux in the future ;)!</p> + +<p>So in conclusion, what I believe is that, if it weren't for the world +being so bad, it should be very clear to the political decision makers +that the only way to go nowadays is free software for various reasons, +but I have learnt that the only way that seems to work is bottom up.</p> + +<!-- + +> * Who should be interviewed with this questions in the future? + +That's probably the hardest question of them all, as I do not know the +community. However, I would be willing to do the following: + + <li>Run an interview with a German headteacher who is very open to + free software, and also prefers it, but cannot really use it because + of the decision makers above; + <li>Run interviews with some kids, both with and without previous + knowledge about free software + +If that is wanted, just let me know ;). + +--> - First Debian Edu / Skolelinux developer gathering in 2013 take place in Trondheim - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/First_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_developer_gathering_in_2013_take_place_in_Trondheim.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/First_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_developer_gathering_in_2013_take_place_in_Trondheim.html - Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:00:00 +0200 - <p>This years first <a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Skolelinux / -Debian Edu</a> developer gathering take place the coming weekend in Trondheim. -Details about the gathering can be found -<a href="http://www.friprogramvareiskolen.no/Gathering/2013-04-19-21-Trondheim">on -the FRiSK wiki</a>. The dates are 19-21th of April 2013, and online -participation for those unable to make it in person is very welcome, -and I plan to participate online myself as I could not leave Oslo this -weekend.</p> - -<p>The focus of the gathering is to work on the web pages and project -infrastructure, and to continue the work on the Wheezy based Debian -Edu release.</p> - -<p>See you on <a href="irc://irc.debian.org/%23debian-edu">IRC, #debian-edu on irc.debian.org,</a> then?</p> + Dugnadsnett for alle stiller på Oslo Maker Faire i januar 2014 + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Dugnadsnett_for_alle_stiller_p__Oslo_Maker_Faire_i_januar_2014.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Dugnadsnett_for_alle_stiller_p__Oslo_Maker_Faire_i_januar_2014.html + Tue, 10 Dec 2013 19:20:00 +0100 + <p>Helga 18. og 19. januar 2014 arrangeres +<a href="http://makerfaireoslo.no/no/program/dugnadsnett">Oslo Maker +Faire</a>, og <a href="http://www.dugnadsnett.no/">Dugnadsnett for +alle</a> har fått plass! Planen er å ha et bord med en plakat der vi +forteller om hva Dugnadsnett for alle er for noe, og et lite verksted +der vi hjelper folk som er interessert i å få opp sin egen mesh-node. +Jeg gleder meg til å se hvordan prosjektet blir mottatt der.</p> + +<p>Målet med dugnadsnett for alle i Oslo er å få på plass et datanett +for kommunikasjon ved hjelp av radio-repeaterstasjoner (kalt +mesh-noder) som gjør at en kan direkte kommunisere med slekt, venner +og bekjente i Oslo via andre som deltar i dugnadsnettet, samt gjøre +det mulig komme ut på internett via dugnadsnettet. Første delmål er å +kunne sende SMS-meldinger vha. IP-telefoni løsningen +<a href="http://www.servalproject.org/">Serval project</a> mellom +deltagerne i Dugnadsnett for alle i Oslo. Formålet er å ta tilbake +kontrollen over egen nett-infrastruktur og gjøre det dyrere å bedrive +massiv innsamling av informasjon om borgernes bruk av datanett.</p> + +<p>Høres dette interessant ut? Bli med på prosjektet, fortell oss +hvor du kunne tenke deg å sette opp en radio-repeater (slik at folk i +nærheten kan finne hverandre ved hjelp av +<a href="http://flynor.net/mesh/mesh.php">kartet over planlagte og +eksisterende radio-repeatere</A>), bli med på epostlisten +<a href="http://lists.nuug.no/mailman/listinfo/dugnadsnett">dugnadsnett +(at) nuug.no</a> og stikk innom +<a href="irc://irc.freenode.net/#dugnadsnett.no">IRC-kanalen +#dugnadsnett.no</a>. Så langt er det planlagt over 40 +radio-repeatere, med VPN-forbindelser via Internet for å la de delene +av nettet som ikke når hverandre via radio kunne snakke med hverandre +likevel.</p>