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4 <title>Petter Reinholdtsen
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10 <title>Debian Edu interview: Cédric Boutillier
</title>
11 <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__C_dric_Boutillier.html
</link>
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13 <pubDate>Tue,
4 Jun
2013 10:
30:
00 +
0200</pubDate>
14 <description><p
>It has been a while since my last English
15 <a href=
"http://www.skolelinux.org/
">Debian Edu and Skolelinux
</a
>
16 interview last November. But the developers and translators are still
17 pulling along to get the Wheezy based release out the door, and this
18 time I managed to get an interview from one of the French translators
19 in the project, Cédric Boutillier.
</p
>
21 <p
><strong
>Who are you, and how do you spend your days?
</strong
></p
>
23 <p
>I am
34 year old. I live near Paris, France. I am an assistant
24 professor in probability theory. I spend my daytime teaching
25 mathematics at the university and doing fundamental research in
26 probability in connexion with combinatorics and statistical physics.
</p
>
28 <p
>I have been involved in the Debian project for a couple of years
29 and became Debian Developer a few months ago. I am working on Ruby
30 packaging, publicity and translation.
</p
>
32 <p
><strong
>How did you get in contact with the Skolelinux / Debian Edu
33 project?
</strong
></p
>
35 <p
>I came to the Debian Edu project after a call for translation of
36 <a href=
"http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Manuals
">the
37 Debian Edu manual
</a
> for the release of Debian Edu Squeeze. Since
38 then, I have been working on updating the French translation of the
41 <p
>I had the opportunity to make an installation of Debian Edu in a
42 virtual machine when I was preparing localised version of some screen
43 shots for the manual. I was amazed to see it worked out of the box and
44 how comprehensive the list of software installed by default was.
</p
>
46 <p
>What amazed me was the complete network infrastructure directly
47 ready to use, which can and the nice administration interface provided
48 by
<a href=
"https://oss.gonicus.de/labs/gosa/
">GOsa²
</a
>. What pleased
49 me also was the fact that among the software installed by default,
50 there were many
"traditional
" educative software to learn languages,
51 to count, to program... but also software to develop creativity and
52 artistic skills with music (
<a href=
"http://ardour.org/
">Ardour
</a
>,
53 <a href=
"http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
">Audacity
</a
>) and
54 movies/animation (I was especially thinking of
55 <a href=
"http://linuxstopmotion.sourceforge.net/
">Stopmotion
</a
>).
</p
>
57 <p
>I am following the development of Debian Edu and am hanging out on
58 <a href=
"irc://irc.debian.org/%
23debian-edu
">#debian-edu
</a
>.
59 Unfortunately, I don
't much time to get more involved in this
60 beautiful project.
</p
>
62 <p
><strong
>What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux / Debian
63 Edu?
</strong
></p
>
65 <p
>For me, the main advantages of Skolelinux/Debian Edu are its
66 community of experts and its precise documentation, as well as the
67 fact that it provides a solution ready to use.
</p
>
69 <p
>I would add also the fact that it is based on the rock solid Debian
70 distribution, which ensures stability and provides a huge collection
71 of educational free software.
</p
>
73 <p
><strong
>What do you see as the disadvantages of Skolelinux / Debian
74 Edu?
</strong
></p
>
76 <p
>Maybe the lack of manpower to do lobbying on the
77 project. Sometimes, people who need to take decisions concerning IT do
78 not have all the elements to evaluate properly free software
79 solutions. The fact that support by a company may be difficult to find
80 is probably a problem if the school does not have IT personnel.
</p
>
82 <p
>One can find support from a company by looking at
83 <a href=
"http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Help/ProfessionalHelp
">the
84 wiki dokumentation
</a
>, where some countries already have a number of
85 companies providing support for Debian Edu, like Germany or
86 Norway. This list is easy to find readily from the manual. However,
87 for other countries, like France, the list is empty. I guess that
88 consultants proposing support for Debian would be able to provide some
89 support for Debian Edu as well.
</p
>
91 <p
><strong
>Which free software do you use daily?
</strong
></p
>
93 <p
>I am using the KDE Plasma Desktop. But the pieces of software I use
94 most runs in a terminal: Mutt and OfflineIMAP for emails, latex for
95 scientific documents, mpd for music. VIM is my editor of choice. I am
96 also using the mathematical software
97 <a href=
"http://www.scilab.org/en/scilab/about
">Scilab
</a
> and
98 <a href=
"http://www.sagemath.org/index.html
">Sage
</a
> (built from
99 source as not completely packaged for Debian, yet).
101 <p
><strong
>Do you have any suggestions for teachers interested in
102 using the free software in Debian to teach mathematics and
103 statistics?
</strong
></p
>
105 <p
>I do not have any
"nice
" recommendations for statistics. At our
106 university, we use both
<a href=
"http://www.r-project.org/
">R
</a
> and
107 Scilab to teach statistics and probabilistic simulations. For
108 geometry, there are nice programs:
</p
>
112 <li
><a href=
"http://www.drgeo.eu/
">drgeo
</a
> and
113 <a href=
"http://edu.kde.org/applications/all/kig
">kig
</a
> to do
114 constructions in planar geometry
116 <li
><a href=
"http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/software/download/kali.html
">kali
</a
>
117 to discover symmetry groups (the so-called wallpapers and frieze
118 groups), although the interface looks a bit old.
</li
>
123 <a href=
"http://edu.kde.org/applications/all/cantor
">cantor
</a
>, which
124 provides a uniform interface to SciLab, Sage,
125 <a href=
"http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Octave
">Octave
</a
>, etc...
</p
>
127 <p
><strong
>Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to
128 get schools to use free software?
</strong
></p
>
130 <p
>My suggestions would be to
</p
>
134 <li
>advertise the reduction of costs when free software is used.
</li
>
136 <li
>communicate about the quality of free software projects, using
137 well known examples like Firefox, ThunderBird and
138 OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice.
</li
>
140 <li
>advertise the living and strong community around the project.
</li
>
142 <li
>show that it is not more difficult to use than any other
150 <title>Åpent møte på onsdag om bruken av Microsoft Exchange ved Universitetet i Oslo
</title>
151 <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/_pent_m_te_p__onsdag_om_bruken_av_Microsoft_Exchange_ved_Universitetet_i_Oslo.html
</link>
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</guid>
153 <pubDate>Mon,
3 Jun
2013 14:
00:
00 +
0200</pubDate>
154 <description><p
>Jeg jobber til daglig ved
<a href=
"http://www.uio.no/
">Universitetet
155 i Oslo
</a
>, en institusjon som lenge har vektlagt verdien av åpne
156 standarder og fri programvare. Men noe har endret seg, og for en
157 liten stund tilbake annonserte USIT at dagens fungerende e-postsystemet
158 basert på fri programvare skulle byttes ut med Microsoft Exchange og
159 at Microsoft Outlook skulle bli den best fungerende men antagelig ikke
160 eneste støttede e-postklienten. Annonseringen har ført til flere
161 protester og
<a href=
"http://folk.uio.no/dssantos/nooutlookatuio/
">en
162 underskriftskampanje
</a
>, initiert av Diana Santos, der så langt
253
163 personer har signert. Prosjektet
164 <a href=
"http://www.usit.uio.no/prosjekter/nike/
">NIKE (Ny integrert
165 kalender/e-post)
</a
> ble initiert for å se på mulige løsninger med
166 utgangspunkt i at en kombinert epost/kalenderløsning var påkrevd, og
168 <a href=
"http://www.usit.uio.no/prosjekter/nike-implementasjon/
">NIKE-implementasjon
</a
>
169 er igang med å rulle ut MS Exchange ved Universitetet i Oslo.
</p
>
171 <p
>For kun kort tid siden ble det annonsert at det blir et åpent møte
172 med ledelsen hos universitetet i Oslo med disse planene som tema:
</p
>
174 <p
>Tid:
<strong
>Onsdag
2013-
06-
05 kl.
10:
00</strong
>
175 <br
>Sted:
<strong
>9. etasje i Lucy Smiths hus (admin-bygget)
</strong
></p
>
177 <p
> Det kan være en god plass å stille opp hvis en som meg ikke tror
178 valget av Microsoft Exchange som sentral epostinfrastruktur er et
179 heldig valg for Norges ledende forskningsuniversitet, men at en er mer
181 <a href=
"http://nuug.no/dokumenter/kronikk-friprog-itsikkerhet.shtml
">beholde
182 kontrollen over egen infrastruktur
</a
>.
</p
>
184 <p
>Saken har ført til endel presseoppslag så langt. Her er de jeg har
185 fått med meg:
</p
>
190 <a href=
"http://universitas.no/nyhet/
58462/forsvarer-nytt-it-system
">Forsvarer
191 nytt IT-system
</a
> - Universitas
</li
>
194 <a href=
"http://www.uniforum.uio.no/nyheter/
2013/
05/uio-innforer-nytt-epost-og-kalendersystem.html
">UiO
195 innfører nytt epost- og kalenderverktøy
</a
> - Uniforum
</li
>
199 <a href=
"http://universitas.no/nyhet/
58424/protestgruppe-vil-stanse-it-system
">Protestgruppe
200 vil stanse IT-system
</a
> - Universitas
</li
>
204 <a href=
"http://www.uniforum.uio.no/leserbrev/
2013/uio-ma-ha-kontroll-over-sitt-eget-epostsystem.html
">UiO
205 må ha kontroll over sitt eget epostsystem
</a
> - Uniforum
</li
>
214 <title>Educational applications included in Debian Edu / Skolelinux (the screenshot collection :-)
</title>
215 <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Educational_applications_included_in_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux__the_screenshot_collection____.html
</link>
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217 <pubDate>Sat,
1 Jun
2013 23:
50:
00 +
0200</pubDate>
218 <description><p
>Included in
<a href=
"http://www.skolelinux.org/
">Debian Edu /
219 Skolelinux
</a
>, there are quite a lot of educational software.
220 Created to help teachers teach, and pupils learn. We have tried to
221 tag them all using debtags use::learning and role::program, and using
222 the debtags I was happy to be able to create a collage of the
223 educational software packages installed by default, sorted by the
224 debtag field. Here it is. Click on a image to learn more about the
227 <!-- for f in $(debtags tagcat|grep field::|awk
'{print $
2}
'); do echo; echo
"<p
><strong
>$f
</strong
></p
>"; echo
"<p
>"; ( for p in $(debtags search --names
"use::learning
&& interface::x11
&& role::program
&& $f
"); do img=
"<img src=
'http://screenshots.debian.net/thumbnail/$p
' alt=
'$p
'>"; if dpkg -s $p
> /dev/null
2>&1; then echo
"<a href=
'http://packages.qa.debian.org/$p
'>$img
</a
>"; fi; done; ) | LANG=C sort; echo
"</p
>"; done --
>
229 <p
><strong
>field::arts
</strong
></p
>
231 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=audacity
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/audacity.png
' alt=
'audacity
'></a
>
232 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=childsplay
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/childsplay.png
' alt=
'childsplay
'></a
>
233 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=denemo
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/denemo.png
' alt=
'denemo
'></a
>
234 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=freebirth
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/freebirth.png
' alt=
'freebirth
'></a
>
235 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=gcompris
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/gcompris.png
' alt=
'gcompris
'></a
>
236 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=gimp
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/gimp.png
' alt=
'gimp
'></a
>
237 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=hydrogen
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/hydrogen.png
' alt=
'hydrogen
'></a
>
238 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=lilypond
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/lilypond.png
' alt=
'lilypond
'></a
>
239 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=lmms
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/lmms.png
' alt=
'lmms
'></a
>
240 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=rosegarden
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/rosegarden.png
' alt=
'rosegarden
'></a
>
241 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=scribus
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/scribus.png
' alt=
'scribus
'></a
>
242 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=solfege
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/solfege.png
' alt=
'solfege
'></a
>
243 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=stopmotion
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/stopmotion.png
' alt=
'stopmotion
'></a
>
244 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=tuxpaint
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/tuxpaint.png
' alt=
'tuxpaint
'></a
>
247 <p
><strong
>field::astronomy
</strong
></p
>
249 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=celestia-gnome
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/celestia-gnome.png
' alt=
'celestia-gnome
'></a
>
250 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=gpredict
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/gpredict.png
' alt=
'gpredict
'></a
>
251 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=kstars
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/kstars.png
' alt=
'kstars
'></a
>
252 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=planets
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/planets.png
' alt=
'planets
'></a
>
253 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=stellarium
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/stellarium.png
' alt=
'stellarium
'></a
>
254 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=xplanet
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/xplanet.png
' alt=
'xplanet
'></a
>
257 <p
><strong
>field::biology:structural
</strong
></p
>
259 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=pymol
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/pymol.png
' alt=
'pymol
'></a
>
262 <p
><strong
>field::chemistry
</strong
></p
>
264 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=atomix
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/atomix.png
' alt=
'atomix
'></a
>
265 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=chemtool
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/chemtool.png
' alt=
'chemtool
'></a
>
266 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=easychem
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/easychem.png
' alt=
'easychem
'></a
>
267 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=gchempaint
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/gchempaint.png
' alt=
'gchempaint
'></a
>
268 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=gdis
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/gdis.png
' alt=
'gdis
'></a
>
269 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=ghemical
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/ghemical.png
' alt=
'ghemical
'></a
>
270 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=gperiodic
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/gperiodic.png
' alt=
'gperiodic
'></a
>
271 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=kalzium
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/kalzium.png
' alt=
'kalzium
'></a
>
272 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=pymol
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/pymol.png
' alt=
'pymol
'></a
>
273 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=viewmol
'>[viewmol]
</a
>
274 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=xdrawchem
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/xdrawchem.png
' alt=
'xdrawchem
'></a
>
277 <p
><strong
>field::electronics
</strong
></p
>
279 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=gcompris
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/gcompris.png
' alt=
'gcompris
'></a
>
280 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=gpsim
'>[gpsim]
</a
>
283 <p
><strong
>field::geography
</strong
></p
>
285 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=kgeography
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/kgeography.png
' alt=
'kgeography
'></a
>
286 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=marble
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/marble.png
' alt=
'marble
'></a
>
287 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=xplanet
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/xplanet.png
' alt=
'xplanet
'></a
>
290 <p
><strong
>field::linguistics
</strong
></p
>
292 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=gcompris
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/gcompris.png
' alt=
'gcompris
'></a
>
293 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=kanagram
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/kanagram.png
' alt=
'kanagram
'></a
>
294 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=khangman
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/khangman.png
' alt=
'khangman
'></a
>
295 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=klettres
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/klettres.png
' alt=
'klettres
'></a
>
296 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=parley
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/parley.png
' alt=
'parley
'></a
>
299 <p
><strong
>field::mathematics
</strong
></p
>
301 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=childsplay
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/childsplay.png
' alt=
'childsplay
'></a
>
302 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=drgeo
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/drgeo.png
' alt=
'drgeo
'></a
>
303 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=gcompris
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/gcompris.png
' alt=
'gcompris
'></a
>
304 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=geogebra
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/geogebra.png
' alt=
'geogebra
'></a
>
305 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=geomview
'>[geomview]
</a
>
306 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=grace
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/grace.png
' alt=
'grace
'></a
>
307 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=graphmonkey
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/graphmonkey.png
' alt=
'graphmonkey
'></a
>
308 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=graphthing
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/graphthing.png
' alt=
'graphthing
'></a
>
309 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=kalgebra
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/kalgebra.png
' alt=
'kalgebra
'></a
>
310 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=kbruch
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/kbruch.png
' alt=
'kbruch
'></a
>
311 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=kig
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/kig.png
' alt=
'kig
'></a
>
312 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=kmplot
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/kmplot.png
' alt=
'kmplot
'></a
>
313 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=mathwar
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/mathwar.png
' alt=
'mathwar
'></a
>
314 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=rocs
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/rocs.png
' alt=
'rocs
'></a
>
315 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=scratch
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/scratch.png
' alt=
'scratch
'></a
>
316 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=tuxmath
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/tuxmath.png
' alt=
'tuxmath
'></a
>
317 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=xabacus
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/xabacus.png
' alt=
'xabacus
'></a
>
320 <p
><strong
>field::physics
</strong
></p
>
322 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=gcompris
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/gcompris.png
' alt=
'gcompris
'></a
>
323 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=step
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/step.png
' alt=
'step
'></a
>
326 <p
><strong
>field::TODO
</strong
></p
>
328 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=blinken
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/blinken.png
' alt=
'blinken
'></a
>
329 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=cgoban
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/cgoban.png
' alt=
'cgoban
'></a
>
330 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=childsplay
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/childsplay.png
' alt=
'childsplay
'></a
>
331 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=gcompris
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/gcompris.png
' alt=
'gcompris
'></a
>
332 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=gnuchess
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/gnuchess.png
' alt=
'gnuchess
'></a
>
333 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=gnugo
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/gnugo.png
' alt=
'gnugo
'></a
>
334 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=gtans
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/gtans.png
' alt=
'gtans
'></a
>
335 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=ktouch
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/ktouch.png
' alt=
'ktouch
'></a
>
336 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=librecad
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/librecad.png
' alt=
'librecad
'></a
>
337 <a href=
'http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names
&exact=
1&suite=all
&section=all
&keywords=scratch
'><img src=
'http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/
2013-
06-
01-debian-edu-apps/scratch.png
' alt=
'scratch
'></a
>
340 <p
>In total,
61 applications.
3 of them lacked screen shots on
341 <a href=
"http://screenshot.debian.net
">screenshot.debian.net
</a
>. If
342 you know of some packages we should install by default, please let us
343 know on
<a href=
"irc://irc.debian.org/%
23debian-edu
">IRC, #debian-edu
344 on irc.debian.org
</a
>, or our
345 <a href=
"http://lists.debian.org/debian-edu/
">mailing list
346 debian-edu@
</a
>.
</p
>
351 <title>How to install Linux on a Packard Bell Easynote LV preinstalled with Windows
8</title>
352 <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_install_Linux_on_a_Packard_Bell_Easynote_LV_preinstalled_with_Windows_8.html
</link>
353 <guid isPermaLink=
"true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_install_Linux_on_a_Packard_Bell_Easynote_LV_preinstalled_with_Windows_8.html
</guid>
354 <pubDate>Mon,
27 May
2013 15:
20:
00 +
0200</pubDate>
355 <description><p
>Two days ago, I asked
356 <a href=
"http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_can_I_install_Linux_on_a_Packard_Bell_Easynote_LV_preinstalled_with_Windows_8_.html
">how
357 I could install Linux on a Packard Bell EasyNote LV computer
358 preinstalled with Windows
8</a
>. I found a solution, but am horrified
359 with the obstacles put in the way of Linux users on a laptop with UEFI
360 and Windows
8.
</p
>
362 <p
>I never found out if the cause of my problems were the use of UEFI
363 secure booting or fast boot. I suspect fast boot was the problem,
364 causing the firmware to boot directly from HD without considering any
365 key presses and alternative devices, but do not know UEFI settings
366 enough to tell.
</p
>
368 <p
>There is no way to install Linux on the machine in question without
369 opening the box and disconnecting the hard drive! This is as far as I
370 can tell, the only way to get access to the firmware setup menu
371 without accepting the Windows
8 license agreement. I am told (and
372 found description on how to) that it is possible to configure the
373 firmware setup once booted into Windows
8. But as I believe the terms
374 of that agreement are completely unacceptable, accepting the license
375 was never an alternative. I do not enter agreements I do not intend
378 <p
>I feared I had to return the laptops and ask for a refund, and
379 waste many hours on this, but luckily there was a way to get it to
380 work. But I would not recommend it to anyone planning to run Linux on
381 it, and I have become sceptical to Windows
8 certified laptops. Is
382 this the way Linux will be forced out of the market place, by making
383 it close to impossible for
"normal
" users to install Linux without
384 accepting the Microsoft Windows license terms? Or at least not
385 without risking to loose the warranty?
</p
>
387 <p
>I
've updated the
388 <a href=
"http://www.linlap.com/packard_bell_easynote_lv
">Linux Laptop
389 wiki page for Packard Bell EasyNote LV
</a
>, to ensure the next person
390 do not have to struggle as much as I did to get Linux into the
393 <p
>Thanks to Bob Rosbag, Florian Weimer, Philipp Kern, Ben Hutching,
394 Michael Tokarev and others for feedback and ideas.
</p
>
399 <title>How can I install Linux on a Packard Bell Easynote LV preinstalled with Windows
8?
</title>
400 <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_can_I_install_Linux_on_a_Packard_Bell_Easynote_LV_preinstalled_with_Windows_8_.html
</link>
401 <guid isPermaLink=
"true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_can_I_install_Linux_on_a_Packard_Bell_Easynote_LV_preinstalled_with_Windows_8_.html
</guid>
402 <pubDate>Sat,
25 May
2013 18:
20:
00 +
0200</pubDate>
403 <description><p
>I
've run into quite a problem the last few days. I bought three
404 new laptops for my parents and a few others. I bought Packard Bell
405 Easynote LV to run Kubuntu on and use as their home computer. But I
406 am completely unable to figure out how to install Linux on it. The
407 computer is preinstalled with Windows
8, and I suspect it uses UEFI
408 instead of a BIOS to boot.
</p
>
410 <p
>The problem is that I am unable to get it to PXE boot, and unable
411 to get it to boot the Linux installer from my USB stick. I have yet
412 to try the DVD install, and still hope it will work. when I turn on
413 the computer, there is no information on what buttons to press to get
414 the normal boot menu. I expect to get some boot menu to select PXE or
415 USB stick booting. When booting, it first ask for the language to
416 use, then for some regional settings, and finally if I will accept the
417 Windows
8 terms of use. As these terms are completely unacceptable to
418 me, I have no other choice but to turn off the computer and try again
419 to get it to boot the Linux installer.
</p
>
421 <p
>I have gathered my findings so far on a Linlap page about the
422 <a href=
"http://www.linlap.com/packard_bell_easynote_lv
">Packard Bell
423 EasyNote LV
</a
> model. If you have any idea how to get Linux
424 installed on this machine, please get in touch or update that wiki
425 page. If I can
't find a way to install Linux, I will have to return
426 the laptop to the seller and find another machine for my parents.
</p
>
428 <p
>I wonder, is this the way Linux will be forced out of the market
429 using UEFI and
"secure boot
" by making it impossible to install Linux
430 on new Laptops?
</p
>
435 <title>Skolelinux-intervju: Nirosan Thiyagalingam
</title>
436 <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Skolelinux_intervju__Nirosan_Thiyagalingam.html
</link>
437 <guid isPermaLink=
"true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Skolelinux_intervju__Nirosan_Thiyagalingam.html
</guid>
438 <pubDate>Fri,
24 May
2013 21:
40:
00 +
0200</pubDate>
439 <description><p
>En ting
440 <a href=
"http://www.skolelinux.org/
">Skolelinux-prosjektet
</a
> har
441 hatt mye glede av er studentprosjekter. F.eks. er
442 <a href=
"http://linuxstopmotion.org/
">stillbildeanimasjonssystemet
443 Stopmotion
</a
> resultat av et studentprosjekt i Skolelinux. De siste
444 månedene har en ivrig student veiledet av Marius Kotsbak i
445 <a href=
"http://www.friprogramvareiskolen.no/
">FRiSK
</a
> testet hva en
446 kan få til med en datamaskin til NOK
400,- (antagelig
1700,- med
447 skjerm, tastatur og mus) når det brukes i Skolelinux. Jeg spurte han
448 om et intervju.
</p
>
450 <p
><strong
>Hvem er du, og hva driver du med til daglig?
</strong
></p
>
452 <p
>Jeg heter Nirosan Thiyagalingam. Jeg er
24 år og studerer
453 dataingeniør studiet ved Høgskolen i Sør Trøndelag. Interessen for
454 data har siden ung alder vært tilstede og jeg har i tillegg alltid
455 vært glad i å lære nye ting. Med teknologi som endres svært hurtig er
456 det alltid noe nytt å lære. Noe som igjen har gjort det svært
457 interessant å følge med på utviklingen. Jeg valgte dataingeniør
458 studiet grunnet ønske om å lære enda mer om programmering og utvikling
459 av store systemer.
</p
>
461 <p
><strong
>Hvordan kom du i kontakt med Skolelinux-prosjektet?
</strong
></p
>
463 <p
>Skolelinux prosjektet hørte jeg først om i media. Men det var først
464 når jeg skulle velge bacheloroppgave at jeg fattet mer interesse for
465 prosjektet. Et enkelt søk på nettet førte meg til skolelinux sine
466 hjemmesider. Informasjonen jeg fant der gjorde meg enda nysgjerrig og
467 jeg valgte derfor en oppgave som gikk ut på å få en
468 <a href=
"http://www.raspberrypi.org
">Raspberry PI
</a
>. Altså en
469 ultra-billig datamaskin til å kjøre Debian Edu på lik linje med
470 vanlige datamaskiner. I løpet av prosjektet ble det gjort mye
471 forskning på nettet. Det var mye jeg måtte forstå rundt hvordan
472 operativsystemet Linux fungerte før jeg kunne angripe
473 problemet. Prøvde først å finne ut hvordan man kunne transformere en
474 vanlig installasjon av Skolelinux til Raspberry PI, men dette var
475 altfor vanskelig å jeg endte opp med mer spørsmål enn svar. Det ble
476 videre opprettet kontakt med Skolelinux utviklere på IRC der jeg fikk
477 diskutert hvilken retning jeg burde gå for å få til en fullverdig
478 løsning. Det ble bestemt at jeg skulle gå for å først installere
479 <a href=
"http://www.raspbian.org/
">Raspian
</a
>. Dette er et
480 operativsystem basert på Debian spesiallaget for Raspberry Pi sin
481 maskinvare. Nå som Debian var installert på datamaskinen gjenstod det
482 å installere de nødvendige Skolelinux pakkene for å få til et
483 fullverdig system. Disse pakkene ble installert manuelt i første
484 omgang, men ble senere installert automatisk via et script som Petter
485 Reinholdtsen laget. Dette scriptet er så enkel å bruke at man er i
486 gang med installasjonen i løpet av bare
5 minutter. Ikke nok med det,
487 alt skjer helt automatisk. Alt i alt er jeg veldig fornøyd med
488 resultatet av installasjonsprosessen. Raspberry Pi er en veldig svak
489 maskin og det merkes godt når man har installert Skolelinux på
490 den. Video og
3D-rendering fungerer utrolig dårlig, men nettsurfing og
491 kontorprogrammer fungerer godt. Det kan derfor konkluderes med at
492 datamaskinen er egnet for enkle oppgaver.
494 <p
>Jeg syns det er viktig påpeke at dette kun er startfasen av en slik
495 løsning. På markedet finnes det nå maskiner som har bedre hardware enn
496 Raspberry Pi. Det er store muligheter for at man kan klare å
497 installere Skolelinux på disse også, og da forsvinner nok mest
498 sannsynlig ytelsesproblemene med Video og
3D rendering også.
</p
>
500 <p
>Det ble også prøvd med en løsning som gjorde at Raspberry Pi
501 fungerte som en tynnklient. Denne løsningen hadde langt bedre ytelse
502 med tanke på hastighet og brukeropplevelse. Men også her var video og
503 3D rendering dårlig. Det ble brukt en liten Linux distribusjon kalt
504 <a href=
"http://www.berryterminal.com/
">BerryTerminal
</a
> for å få til
507 <p
><strong
>Hva er fordelene med Skolelinux slik du ser det?
</strong
></p
>
509 <p
>Fordelen med Skolelinux er mange. At det er gratis er en stor
510 fordel, men at det er så mange som er med på å utvikle det og
511 vedlikeholde det er en enda større fordel. Allerede før jeg startet
512 med prosjektet så jeg mange fordeler, og når jeg nærmet meg sluttfasen
513 så jeg langt flere. At prosjektet skulle inneha en så høy kvalitet
514 hadde jeg aldri trodd. En vanlig Skolelinux installasjon har de
515 nødvendige programmene og funksjonen som både små og store skoler i
516 tillegg til organisasjoner kan klare seg med. At prosjektet tilbyr en
517 så komplett løsning er en kjempefordel. Installasjonen er knirkefri
518 og det er svært enkelt å installere og komme i gang.
</p
>
520 <p
><strong
>Hva er ulempene med Skolelinux slik du ser det?
</strong
></p
>
522 <p
>Ulempene jeg ser med prosjektet er ryddigheten av websidene. Selv
523 om websidene er enkle og konsise er det allikevel ikke appellerende i
524 like stor grad som for eksempel
525 <a href=
"http://www.ubuntu.com
">Ubuntu
</a
> sine sider. Deres side
526 tilbyr, i tillegg til godt design og presentasjon, en nettbasert
527 emulator av deres operativsystem. Dette er en stor fordel slik jeg ser
528 det. Bortsett fra dette ser jeg absolutt ingen ulemper med
529 Skolelinux-prosjektet.
</p
>
531 <p
><strong
>Hvilken fri programvare bruker du til daglig?
</strong
></p
>
533 <p
>Til daglig er jeg en flittig bruker av det åpne media
534 sentersystemet
<a href=
"http://xbmc.org/
">XBMC
</a
>. Det enorme
535 samfunnet rundt dette prosjektet har gjort dette til et program som
536 dekker alles behov. Man kan tilpasse det akkurat slik man vil både med
537 tanke på utseende og funksjoner ved installere plug-ins eller
540 <p
><strong
>Hvilken strategi tror du er den rette å bruke for å få
541 skoler til å ta i bruk fri programvare?
</strong
></p
>
543 <p
>Strategien som burde brukes sett fra mine øyne er
544 markedsføring. Jeg er sikker på at om flere skoler fikk et lite innsyn
545 i hvor bra Skolelinux er så ville de ikke nølt med å gå over fra noe
546 annet som koster de store summer. At skolelinux til de grader tilbyr
547 en så komplett løsning bure komme frem. Enten via reklamekampanjer
548 eller ved å sende ut folk til skoler for så å la skolenettverk
549 ansvarlige få teste ut hvordan Skolelinux fungerer i praksis. Om det
550 i tillegg ble utviklet gode websider og en emulator for å la brukere
551 prøve operativsystemet ville nok dette ha styrket inntrykket
552 betraktelig.
</p
>
557 <title>How to transform a Debian based system to a Debian Edu installation
</title>
558 <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_transform_a_Debian_based_system_to_a_Debian_Edu_installation.html
</link>
559 <guid isPermaLink=
"true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_transform_a_Debian_based_system_to_a_Debian_Edu_installation.html
</guid>
560 <pubDate>Fri,
17 May
2013 11:
50:
00 +
0200</pubDate>
561 <description><p
><a href=
"http://www.skolelinux.org/
">Debian Edu / Skolelinux
</a
> is
562 an operating system based on Debian intended for use in schools. It
563 contain a turn-key solution for the computer network provided to
564 pupils in the primary schools. It provide both the central server,
565 network boot servers and desktop environments with heaps of
566 educational software. The project was founded almost
12 years ago,
567 2001-
07-
02. If you want to support the project, which is in need for
568 cash to fund developer gatherings and other project related activity,
569 <a href=
"http://www.linuxiskolen.no/slxdebianlabs/donations.html
">please
570 donate some money
</a
>.
572 <p
>A topic that come up again and again on the Debian Edu mailing
573 lists and elsewhere, is the question on how to transform a Debian or
574 Ubuntu installation into a Debian Edu installation. It isn
't very
575 hard, and last week I wrote a script to replicate the steps done by
576 the Debian Edu installer.
</p
>
579 <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/
>
580 in the debian-edu-config package, will go through these six steps and
581 transform an existing Debian Wheezy or Ubuntu (untested) installation
582 into a Debian Edu Workstation:
</p
>
586 <li
>Add skolelinux related APT sources.
</li
>
587 <li
>Create /etc/debian-edu/config with the wanted configuration.
</li
>
588 <li
>Install debian-edu-install to load preseeding values and pull in
589 our configuration.
</li
>
590 <li
>Preseed debconf database with profile setup in
591 /etc/debian-edu/config, and run tasksel to install packages
592 according to the profile specified in the config above,
593 overriding some of the Debian automation machinery.
</li
>
594 <li
>Run debian-edu-cfengine-D installation to configure everything
595 that could not be done using preseeding.
</li
>
596 <li
>Ask for a reboot to enable all the configuration changes.
</li
>
600 <p
>There are some steps in the Debian Edu installation that can not be
601 replicated like this. Disk partitioning and LVM setup, for example.
602 So this script just assume there is enough disk space to install all
603 the needed packages.
</p
>
605 <p
>The script was created to help a Debian Edu student working on
606 setting up
<a href=
"http://www.raspberrypi.org
">Raspberry Pi
</a
> as a
607 Debian Edu client, and using it he can take the existing
608 <a href=
"http://www.raspbian.org/FrontPage
">Raspbian
</a
> installation and
609 transform it into a fully functioning Debian Edu Workstation (or
610 Roaming Workstation, or whatever :).
</p
>
612 <p
>The default setting in the script is to create a KDE Workstation.
613 If a LXDE based Roaming workstation is wanted instead, modify the
614 PROFILE and DESKTOP values at the top to look like this instead:
</p
>
617 PROFILE=
"Roaming-Workstation
"
618 DESKTOP=
"lxde
"
619 </pre
></p
>
621 <p
>The script could even become useful to set up Debian Edu servers in
622 the cloud, by starting with a virtual Debian installation at some
623 virtual hosting service and setting up all the services on first
629 <title>Second alpha release of Debian Edu / Skolelinux based on Debian Wheezy
</title>
630 <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Second_alpha_release_of_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_based_on_Debian_Wheezy.html
</link>
631 <guid isPermaLink=
"true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Second_alpha_release_of_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_based_on_Debian_Wheezy.html
</guid>
632 <pubDate>Tue,
14 May
2013 23:
30:
00 +
0200</pubDate>
633 <description><p
>The
<a href=
"http://www.skolelinux.org/
">Debian Edu / Skolelinux
634 project
</a
> is making great progress and made its second Wheezy based
635 release today. This is the release announcement:
</p
>
637 <p
><strong
>New features for Debian Edu
7.0.0 alpha1 released
638 2013-
05-
14</strong
></p
>
640 <p
>This is the release notes for for Debian Edu / Skolelinux
7.0.0 edu
641 alpha1, based on
<ahref=
"http://www.debian.org
">Debian
</a
> with
642 codename
"Wheezy
".
</p
>
644 <p
><strong
>About Debian Edu and Skolelinux
</strong
></p
>
646 <p
>Debian Edu, also known as Skolelinux, is a Linux distribution based
647 on Debian providing an out-of-the box environment of a completely
648 configured school network. Immediatly after installation a school
649 server running all services needed for a school network is set up just
650 waiting for users and machines being added via GOsa², a comfortable
651 Web-UI. A netbooting environment is prepared using PXE, so after
652 initial installation of the main server from CD, DVD or USB stick all
653 other machines can be installed via the network.
</p
>
655 <p
>This is the first test release based on Wheezy (which currently is
656 not released yet). Basically this is an updated and slightly improved
657 version compared to the Squeeze release.
</p
>
659 <p
><strong
>Software updates
</strong
></p
>
661 <li
>Install freemind (
0.9.0) by default, and stop installing vym by
663 <li
>Install chromium (
26.0.1410.43) by default.
</li
>
664 <li
>Install goplay (
0.5-
1.1) to make golearn available by default.
</li
>
665 <li
>Updated support for Japanese input methods, now based on
666 ibus-anthy.
</li
>
669 <p
><strong
>Other changes
</strong
></p
>
672 <li
>Switched default file system from ext3 to ext4 for speed and
673 reliability improvements.
</li
>
674 <li
>Got rid of unwanted winbind daemon and PAM setup activated because
675 of
<a href=
"http://bugs.debian.org/
706434">706434</a
>.
</li
>
676 <li
>Extended and improved the testsuite tests to detect more possible
678 <li
>Corrected proxy handling to not set http_proxy to a bogus
679 direct:// URL.
</li
>
680 <li
>Corrected proxy setup for diskless workstations.
</li
>
681 <li
>Corrected PXE setup to use our updated udebs during installation.
</li
>
682 <li
>Made installation handling of low entropy level more robust.
</li
>
683 <li
>Create larger partitions for Roaming workstations and Thin client
684 servers, to make room for all the software installed.
</li
>
685 <li
>Fix bug in Roaming workstation PAM setup, making it impossible to
686 log in (
<a href=
"http://bugs.debian.org/
706753">706753</a
>).
</li
>
689 <p
><strong
>Known issues
</strong
></p
>
692 <li
>IP resolution for the local hostname give useless IPv6 address
693 (
<a href=
"http://bugs.debian.org/
705900">705900</a
>). Only install
694 libnss-myhostname on roaming workstations until it is fixed.
</li
>
695 <li
>DVD images are not yet ready.
</li
>
696 <li
>No mass import of user account data in GOsa (ldif or csv)
697 available yet (
<a href=
"http://bugs.debian.org/
698840">698840</a
>).
</li
>
698 <li
>Missing artwork for the KDE desktop (and probably a few others).
</li
>
699 <li
>KDE Debian submenu lacks icons.
</li
>
700 <li
>LXDE menu lacks entry for changing GOsa password
701 (website). Installing gosa-desktop will be an option.
</li
>
702 <li
>Backup configuration via web interface is impossible due to
703 password submission problem
704 (
<a href=
"http://bugs.debian.org/
700257">700257</a
>).
</li
>
708 <p
><strong
>Where to get it
</strong
></p
>
710 <p
>To download the multiarch netinstall CD release you can use
</p
>
713 <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
>
714 <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
>
715 <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
>
719 <p
>The MD5SUM of this image is:
685ed76c1aa8e44b12d3fde21faf450b
</p
>
721 <p
>The SHA1SUM of this image is:
6c874de157024da13e115bab29c068080a11ec4c
</p
>
723 <p
><strong
>How to report bugs
</strong
></p
>
725 <p
><a href=
"http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs
">http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs
</a
></p
>
730 <title>Debian, the Linux distribution of choice for LEGO designers?
</title>
731 <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian__the_Linux_distribution_of_choice_for_LEGO_designers_.html
</link>
732 <guid isPermaLink=
"true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian__the_Linux_distribution_of_choice_for_LEGO_designers_.html
</guid>
733 <pubDate>Sat,
11 May
2013 20:
30:
00 +
0200</pubDate>
734 <description><P
>In January,
735 <a href=
"http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/New_IRC_channel_for_LEGO_designers_using_Debian.html
">I
736 announced a
</a
> new
<a href=
"irc://irc.debian.org/%
23debian-lego
">IRC
737 channel #debian-lego
</a
>, for those of us in the Debian and Linux
738 community interested in
<a href=
"http://www.lego.com/
">LEGO
</a
>, the
739 marvellous construction system from Denmark. We also created
740 <a href=
"http://wiki.debian.org/LegoDesigners
">a wiki page
</a
> to have
741 a place to take notes and write down our plans and hopes. And several
742 people showed up to help. I was very happy to see the effect of my
743 call. Since the small start, we have a debtags tag
744 <a href=
"http://debtags.debian.net/search/bytag?wl=hardware::hobby:lego
">hardware::hobby:lego
</a
>
745 tag for LEGO related packages, and now count
10 packages related to
746 LEGO and
<a href=
"http://mindstorms.lego.com/
">Mindstorms
</a
>:
</p
>
748 <p
><table
>
749 <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
>
750 <tr
><td
><a href=
"http://packages.qa.debian.org/leocad
">leocad
</a
></td
><td
>virtual brick CAD software
</td
></tr
>
751 <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
>
752 <tr
><td
><a href=
"http://packages.qa.debian.org/lnpd
">lnpd
</a
></td
><td
>daemon for LNP communication with BrickOS
</td
></tr
>
753 <tr
><td
><a href=
"http://packages.qa.debian.org/nbc
">nbc
</a
></td
><td
>compiler for LEGO Mindstorms NXT bricks
</td
></tr
>
754 <tr
><td
><a href=
"http://packages.qa.debian.org/nqc
">nqc
</a
></td
><td
>Not Quite C compiler for LEGO Mindstorms RCX
</td
></tr
>
755 <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
>
756 <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
>
757 <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
>
758 <tr
><td
><a href=
"http://packages.qa.debian.org/t2n
">t2n
</a
></td
><td
>simple command-line tool for Lego NXT
</td
></tr
>
759 </table
></p
>
761 <p
>Some of these are available in Wheezy, and all but one are
762 currently available in Jessie/testing. leocad is so far only
763 available in experimental.
</p
>
765 <p
>If you care about LEGO in Debian, please join us on IRC and help
766 adding the rest of the great free software tools available on Linux
767 for LEGO designers.
</p
>
772 <title>Narvik sparer minst
9 millioner på å bruke Skolelinux
</title>
773 <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Narvik_sparer_minst_9_millioner_p____bruke_Skolelinux.html
</link>
774 <guid isPermaLink=
"true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Narvik_sparer_minst_9_millioner_p____bruke_Skolelinux.html
</guid>
775 <pubDate>Fri,
10 May
2013 18:
30:
00 +
0200</pubDate>
776 <description><p
>I fjor sommer ble jeg
777 <a href=
"http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Gladoppslag_om_Skolelinux_i_avisen_Fremover.html
">gledelig
778 overrasket
</a
> over et oppslag i avisen Fremover om Narvik kommunes
779 bruk av
<a href=
"http://www.skolelinux.org/
">Skolelinux
</a
>. Oppslaget
780 var basert på et notat som besvarte spørsmål fra ordfører Tor Nysæter
781 og rådgiver for skolesektoren, Petter Falkbu, om bruken av Skolelinux
782 i Narvikskolene og konstnaden ved å gå over til Windows. For litt
783 over en uke siden siden fikk jeg endelig bedt kommunen om å få innsyn
784 i dette notatet, og det ble oversendt på epost tirsdag. Jeg fikk
785 <a href=
"http://www.nuug.no/pub/offentliginnsyn/from-Narvik-kommune/
2013-
04-
29-
09:
12-skolelinux-notat/PetterFalkbuogwindowsfornarvikskolen%
20(L)
351310.pdf
">lagt
786 ut notatet
</a
> samme dag, og fikk i dag sjekket postlista til Narvik,
787 der jeg fant notatet som
788 <a href=
"https://www.narvik.kommune.no/innsyn.aspx?response=arkivsak_detaljer
&arkivsakid=
2013001023&scripturi=/innsyn.aspx
&skin=infolink
&Mid1=
301&">sak
789 2013/
1023</a
>.
</p
>
791 <p
>Notatet forteller at Narvik ville måtte betalt minst
9 millioner
792 for å gå over til Windows på skolene. I tillegg dokumenterer notatet
793 at læreplanens krav oppfylles uten problemer ved bruk av Skolelinux.
794 Jeg anbefaler alle å lese de
10 sidene med gode argumenter for å kutte
795 unødige utgifter på IT i skoleverket. :)
</p
>