blog/data/2015-04-26-skolelinux-jessie-beta1.txt

   1 Title: First Jessie based Debian Edu beta release
   2 Tags: english, debian edu
   3 Date: 2015-04-26 14:10
   4
   5 <p>I am happy to report that the Debian Edu team sent out
   6 <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-edu-announce/2015/04/msg00000.html">this
   7 announcement today</a>:</p>
   8
   9 <pre>
  10 the Debian Edu / Skolelinux project is pleased to announce the first
  11 *beta* release of Debian Edu "Jessie" 8.0+edu0~b1, which for the first
  12 time is composed entirely of packages from the current Debian stable
  13 release, Debian 8 "Jessie".
  14
  15 (As most reading this will know, Debian "Jessie" hasn't actually been
  16 released by now. The release is still in progress but should finish
  17 later today ;)
  18
  19 We expect to make a final release of Debian Edu "Jessie" in the coming
  20 weeks, timed with the first point release of Debian Jessie. Upgrades
  21 from this beta release of Debian Edu Jessie to the final release will
  22 be possible and encouraged!
  23
  24 Please report feedback to debian-edu@lists.debian.org and/or submit
  25 bugs: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs
  26
  27 Debian Edu - sometimes also known as "Skolelinux" - is a complete
  28 operating system for schools, universities and other
  29 organisations. Through its pre- prepared installation profiles
  30 administrators can install servers, workstations and laptops which
  31 will work in harmony on the school network.  With Debian Edu, the
  32 teachers themselves or their technical support staff can roll out a
  33 complete multi-user, multi-machine study environment within hours or
  34 days.
  35
  36 Debian Edu is already in use at several hundred schools all over the
  37 world, particularly in Germany, Spain and Norway. Installations come
  38 with hundreds of applications pre-installed, plus the whole Debian
  39 archive of thousands of compatible packages within easy reach.
  40
  41 For those who want to give Debian Edu Jessie a try, download and
  42 installation instructions are available, including detailed
  43 instructions in the manual explaining the first steps, such as setting
  44 up a network or adding users.  Please note that the password for the
  45 user your prompted for during installation must have a length of at
  46 least 5 characters!
  47
  48 == Where to download ==
  49
  50 A multi-architecture CD / usbstick image (649 MiB) for network booting
  51 can be downloaded at the following locations:
  52
  53     http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/debian-edu-8.0+edu0~b1-CD.iso
  54     rsync -avzP ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-cd/debian-edu-8.0+edu0~b1-CD.iso .
  55
  56 The SHA1SUM of this image is: 54a524d16246cddd8d2cfd6ea52f2dd78c47ee0a
  57
  58 Alternatively an extended DVD / usbstick image (4.9 GiB) is also
  59 available, with more software included (saving additional download
  60 time):
  61
  62     http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/debian-edu-8.0+edu0~b1-USB.iso
  63     rsync -avzP ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-cd/debian-edu-8.0+edu0~b1-USB.iso
  64
  65 The SHA1SUM of this image is: fb1f1504a490c077a48653898f9d6a461cb3c636
  66
  67 Sources are available from the Debian archive, see
  68 http://ftp.debian.org/debian-cd/8.0.0/source/ for some download
  69 options.
  70
  71 == Debian Edu Jessie manual in seven languages ==
  72
  73 Please see https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Jessie/ for
  74 the English version of the Debian Edu jessie manual.
  75
  76 This manual has been fully translated to German, French, Italian,
  77 Danish, Dutch and Norwegian Bokmål. A partly translated version exists
  78 for Spanish.  See http://maintainer.skolelinux.org/debian-edu-doc/ for
  79 online version of the translated manual.
  80
  81 More information about Debian 8 "Jessie" itself is provided in the
  82 release notes and the installation manual:
  83 - http://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/releasenotes
  84 - http://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/installmanual
  85
  86
  87 == Errata / known problems ==
  88
  89     It takes up to 15 minutes for a changed hostname to be updated via
  90     DHCP (#780461).
  91
  92     The hostname script fails to update LTSP server hostname (#783087).
  93
  94 Workaround: run update-hostname-from-ip on the client to update the
  95 hostname immediately.
  96
  97 Check https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Status/Jessie for a possibly
  98 more current and complete list.
  99
 100 == Some more details about Debian Edu 8.0+edu0~b1 Codename Jessie released 2015-04-25 ==
 101
 102 === Software updates ===
 103
 104 Everything which is new in Debian 8 Jessie, e.g.:
 105
 106  * Linux kernel 3.16.7-ctk9; for the i386 architecture, support for
 107    i486 processors has been dropped; oldest supported ones: i586 (like
 108    Intel Pentium and AMD K5).
 109
 110  * Desktop environments KDE Plasma Workspaces 4.11.13, GNOME 3.14,
 111    Xfce 4.12, LXDE 0.5.6
 112    * new optional desktop environment: MATE 1.8
 113    * KDE Plasma Workspaces is installed by default; to choose one of
 114      the others see the manual.
 115  * the browsers Iceweasel 31 ESR and Chromium 41
 116  * LibreOffice 4.3.3
 117  * GOsa 2.7.4
 118  * LTSP 5.5.4
 119  * CUPS print system 1.7.5
 120  * new boot framework: systemd
 121  * Educational toolbox GCompris 14.12
 122  * Music creator Rosegarden 14.02
 123  * Image editor Gimp 2.8.14
 124  * Virtual stargazer Stellarium 0.13.1
 125  * golearn 0.9
 126  * tuxpaint 0.9.22
 127  * New version of debian-installer from Debian Jessie.
 128  * Debian Jessie includes about 43000 packages available for installation.
 129  * More information about Debian 8 Jessie is provided in its release
 130    notes and the installation manual, see the link above.
 131
 132 === Installation changes ===
 133
 134     Installations done via PXE now also install firmware automatically
 135     for the hardware present.
 136
 137 === Fixed bugs ===
 138
 139 A number of bugs have been fixed in this release; the most noticeable
 140 from a user perspective:
 141
 142  * Inserting incorrect DNS information in Gosa will no longer break
 143    DNS completely, but instead stop DNS updates until the incorrect
 144    information is corrected (710362)
 145
 146  * shutdown-at-night now shuts the system down if gdm3 is used (775608).
 147
 148 === Sugar desktop removed ===
 149
 150 As the Sugar desktop was removed from Debian Jessie, it is also not
 151 available in Debian Edu jessie.
 152
 153
 154 == About Debian Edu / Skolelinux ==
 155
 156 Debian Edu, also known as Skolelinux, is a Linux distribution based on
 157 Debian providing an out-of-the box environment of a completely
 158 configured school network. Directly after installation a school server
 159 running all services needed for a school network is set up just
 160 waiting for users and machines being added via GOsa², a comfortable
 161 Web-UI. A netbooting environment is prepared using PXE, so after
 162 initial installation of the main server from CD or USB stick all other
 163 machines can be installed via the network. The provided school server
 164 provides LDAP database and Kerberos authentication service,
 165 centralized home directories, DHCP server, web proxy and many other
 166 services.  The desktop contains more than 60 educational software
 167 packages and more are available from the Debian archive, and schools
 168 can choose between KDE, GNOME, LXDE, Xfce and MATE desktop
 169 environment.
 170
 171 == About Debian ==
 172
 173 The Debian Project was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock to be a truly
 174 free community project. Since then the project has grown to be one of
 175 the largest and most influential open source projects. Thousands of
 176 volunteers from all over the world work together to create and
 177 maintain Debian software. Available in 70 languages, and supporting a
 178 huge range of computer types, Debian calls itself the universal
 179 operating system.
 180
 181 == Thanks ==
 182
 183 Thanks to everyone making Debian and Debian Edu / Skolelinux happen!
 184 You rock.
 185 </pre>