From: Petter Reinholdtsen Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2013 13:00:19 +0000 (+0000) Subject: More formatting. X-Git-Url: http://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/commitdiff_plain/105f9e180ef3a74846475820bfcd7a63a4061808 More formatting. --- diff --git a/blog/draft/2013-skolelinux-klaus-knopper.txt b/blog/draft/2013-skolelinux-klaus-knopper.txt index 45e470e5cb..a5824a20b3 100644 --- a/blog/draft/2013-skolelinux-klaus-knopper.txt +++ b/blog/draft/2013-skolelinux-klaus-knopper.txt @@ -2,19 +2,19 @@ Title: Debian Edu interview: Klaus Knopper Tags: english, debian edu, intervju Date: 2013-11-12 09:50 -

There is a certain cross-over between the +

+ Debian Edu / Skolelinux -project and the Edubuntu -project, and for example the LTSP packages in Debian are a joint -effort between the projects. One person with a foot in both camps is -Jonathan Carter, which I am now happy to present to you.

+project + +

Who are you, and how do you spend your days?

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Klaus Knopper, master degree in electrical engineering, professor -for information management at the university of applied sciences -Kaiserslautern/Germany and freelance Open Source software developer -and consultant.

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I am Klaus Knopper. I have a master degree in electrical +engineering, and is currently professor for information management at +the university of applied sciences Kaiserslautern / Germany and +freelance Open Source software developer and consultant.

All of this is pretty much of the work I spend my days with. Apart from teaching, I'm also conducting some more or less experimental @@ -34,80 +34,79 @@ introduced us to Skolelinux for this purpose.

What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux / Debian Edu?

- - Quick installation, - - works (almost) out of the box, - - contains many useful software packages for teaching and learning, - - is a purely community-based distro and not controlled by a single - company, - - has a large number of supporters and teachers who share their experience - and problem solutions. +

What do you see as the disadvantages of Skolelinux / Debian Edu?

- - Skolelinux is - as we had to learn - not easily upgradable to the next + + +

For these reasons and experience from our project, I would now +rather consider using plain Debian for schools next time, until +Skolelinux is more closely integrated into Debian and becomes +upgradeable without reinstallation.

Which free software do you use daily?

- GNU/Linux with LXDE desktop, bash for interactive dialog and - programming, texlive for documentation and correspondence, occasionally - LibreOffice for document format conversion. Various programming - languages for teaching. +

GNU/Linux with LXDE desktop, bash for interactive dialog and +programming, texlive for documentation and correspondence, +occasionally LibreOffice for document format conversion. Various +programming languages for teaching.

Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to get schools to use free software?

- Strong arguments are - - knowledge is free, and so should be methods and tools for teaching and - learning. - - students can learn with and use the same software at school, at home, and - at their - working place without running into license or conversion problems. - - closed source or proprietary software hides knowledge rather than exposing - it, and - proprietary software vendors try to bind customers to certain products. - But - teachers need to teach science, not products. - - If you have everything you for daily work as open source, what would you - need - proprietary software for? - - > > * Who should be interviewed with this questions in the future? - - An interesting problem is perspective of the industry vs. perspective of - educational institutions. A common problem seems to me that schools claim - to "HAVE to use proprietary software", because employers and industry - would "require this". The industry on the other hand claims to "HAVE to use - proprietary software" because that's "what students learn at school". - - Interesting interview partners could be those companies who will hire - students after their graduation, in order to show that there is an - actual demand of skilled GNU/Linux users and experts in the industry. +

Strong arguments are + +

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  • knowledge is free, and so should be methods and tools for + teaching and learning.
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  • students can learn with and use the same software at school, at + home, and at their working place without running into license or + conversion problems.
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  • closed source or proprietary software hides knowledge rather + than exposing it, and proprietary software vendors try to bind + customers to certain products. But teachers need to teach + science, not products.
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  • If you have everything you for daily work as open source, what + would you need proprietary software for?
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