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Økt overvåkning applauderes igjen av Arbeiderpartiet, Høyre og Fremskrittspartiet
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4th February 2013
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Jeg ser med gru at Arbeiderpartiet, Høyre og Fremskrittspartiet +applauderer +tollvesenets forslag om å øke overvåkningen i Norge nok et hakk. +Det er ikke så rart, da de som uttaler seg jo også har støttet +innføringen av datalagringsdirektivet eller i hvert fall ikke veldig +aktivt har motarbeidet det. Innføringen av datalagringsdirektivet er +en lovendring som innebærer brev og besøkskontroll for hele +befolkningen.

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Datalagringsdirektivet +har vært oppe til votering i stortinget tre ganger så langt. Det ble +vedtatt første gang 2011-04-04 +og +andre +gang 2011-04-11 (lovendringer voteres to ganger), og forslag om å +stoppe loven ble +nedstemt +2012-12-06 (se også +oversikt fra Holder De +Ord).

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Jan Bøhler i Arbeiderpartiet stemte for å innføre +datalagringsdirektivet i lovverket i første votering, var ikke +tilstede i andre votering og støttet loven i tredje votering. André +Oktay Dahl i Høyre var ikke til stede i første og andre votering men +støttet loven i tredje votering. Ulf Leirstein i Fremskrittspartiet +stemte mot loven i første votering men var ikke til stede i andre og +tredje votering.

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Hvis du lurer på hva som er problemet med datalagringsdirektivet, +anbefaler jeg å lese artiklene +fra Jon Wessel-Aas om temaet, samt informasjon fra foreningen +Digitalt +Personvern.

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+ + + Tags: norsk, personvern, surveillance. + + +
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Bitcoin GUI now available from Debian/unstable (and Ubuntu/raring)
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2nd February 2013
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My +last +bitcoin related blog post mentioned that the new +bitcoin package for +Debian was waiting in NEW. It was accepted by the Debian ftp-masters +2013-01-19, and have been available in unstable since then. It was +automatically copied to Ubuntu, and is available in their Raring +version too.

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But there is a strange problem with the build that block this new +version from being available on the i386 and kfreebsd-i386 +architectures. For some strange reason, the autobuilders in Debian +for these architectures fail to run the test suite on these +architectures (BTS #672524). +We are so far unable to reproduce it when building it manually, and +no-one have been able to propose a fix. If you got an idea what is +failing, please let us know via the BTS.

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One feature that is annoying me with of the bitcoin client, because +I often run low on disk space, is the fact that the client will exit +if it run short on space (BTS +#696715). So make sure you have enough disk space when you run +it. :)

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As usual, if you use bitcoin and want to show your support of my +activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address +15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b.

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+ + + Tags: bitcoin, debian, english. + + +
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Welcome to the world, Isenkram!
22nd January 2013
@@ -38,7 +127,7 @@ repository in Debian. The new name? It is Isenkram. To fetch and build the latest version of the source, use

-git clone git://anonscm.debian.org/collab-maint/isenkram.git
+git clone http://anonscm.debian.org/git/collab-maint/isenkram.git
 cd isenkram && git-buildpackage -us -uc
@@ -56,6 +145,9 @@ word.

Update 2013-01-26: Added -us -us to build instructions, to avoid confusing people with an error from the signing process.

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Update 2013-01-27: Switch to HTTP URL for the git +clone argument to avoid the need for authentication.

@@ -824,133 +916,6 @@ git://anonscm.debian.org/collab-maint/pymissile.git".

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Lets make hardware dongles easier to use in Debian
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9th January 2013
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One thing that annoys me with Debian and Linux distributions in -general, is that there is a great package management system with the -ability to automatically install software packages by downloading them -from the distribution mirrors, but no way to get it to automatically -install the packages I need to use the hardware I plug into my -machine. Even if the package to use it is easily available from the -Linux distribution. When I plug in a LEGO Mindstorms NXT, it could -suggest to automatically install the python-nxt, nbc and t2n packages -I need to talk to it. When I plug in a Yubikey, it could propose the -yubikey-personalization package. The information required to do this -is available, but no-one have pulled all the pieces together.

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Some years ago, I proposed to -use -the discover subsystem to implement this. The idea is fairly -simple: - -

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I am not sure what the best way to implement this is, but my -initial idea was to use dbus events to discover new hardware, the -discover database to find packages and -PackageKit to install -packages.

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Yesterday, I found time to try to implement this idea, and the -draft package is now checked into -the -Debian Edu subversion repository. In the process, I updated the -discover-data -package to map the USB ids of LEGO Mindstorms and Yubikey devices to -the relevant packages in Debian, and uploaded a new version -2.2013.01.09 to unstable. I also discovered that the current -discover -package in Debian no longer discovered any USB devices, because -/proc/bus/usb/devices is no longer present. I ported it to use -libusb as a fall back option to get it working. The fixed package -version 2.1.2-6 is now in experimental (didn't upload it to unstable -because of the freeze).

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With this prototype in place, I can insert my Yubikey, and get this -desktop notification to show up (only once, the first time it is -inserted):

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For this prototype to be really useful, some way to automatically -install the proposed packages by pressing the "Please install -program(s)" button should to be implemented.

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If this idea seem useful to you, and you want to help make it -happen, please help me update the discover-data database with mappings -from hardware to Debian packages. Check if 'discover-pkginstall -l' -list the package you would like to have installed when a given -hardware device is inserted into your computer, and report bugs using -reportbug if it isn't. Or, if you know of a better way to provide -such mapping, please let me know.

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This prototype need more work, and there are several questions that -should be considered before it is ready for production use. Is dbus -the correct way to detect new hardware? At the moment I look for HAL -dbus events on the system bus, because that is the events I could see -on my Debian Squeeze KDE desktop. Are there better events to use? -How should the user be notified? Is the desktop notification -mechanism the best option, or should the background daemon raise a -popup instead? How should packages be installed? When should they -not be installed?

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If you want to help getting such feature implemented in Debian, -please send me an email. :)

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New IRC channel for LEGO designers using Debian
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2nd January 2013
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During Christmas, I have worked a bit on the Debian support for -LEGO Mindstorm -NXT. My son and I have played a bit with my NXT set, and I -discovered I had to build all the tools myself because none were -already in Debian Squeeze. If Debian support for LEGO is something -you care about, please join me on the IRC channel -#debian-lego (server -irc.debian.org). There is a lot that could be done to improve the -Debian support for LEGO designers. For example both CAD software -and Mindstorm compilers are missing. :)

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Update 2012-01-03: A -project page -including links to Lego related packages is now available.

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- - - Tags: debian, english, robot. - - -
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