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  23       <div class="title"><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/July_13th__Debian_Ubuntu_BSP_and_Skolelinux_Debian_Edu_developer_gathering_in_Oslo.html">July 13th: Debian/Ubuntu BSP and Skolelinux/Debian Edu developer gathering in Oslo</a></div>
  24       <div class="date"> 9th July 2013</div>
  25       <div class="body"><p>The upcoming Saturday, 2013-07-13, we are organising a combined
  26 Debian Edu developer gathering and Debian and Ubuntu bug squashing
  27 party in Oslo.  It is organised by <a href="http://www.nuug.no/">the
  28 member assosiation NUUG</a> and
  29 <a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">the Debian Edu / Skolelinux
  30 project</a> together with <a href="http://bitraf.no/">the hack space
  31 Bitraf</a>.</p>
  32
  33 <p>It starts 10:00 and continue until late evening.  Everyone is
  34 welcome, and there is no fee to participate.  There is on the other
  35 hand limited space, and only room for 30 people.  Please put your name
  36 on <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/BSP/2013/07/13/no/Oslo">the even
  37 wiki page</a> if you plan to join us.</p>
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  42         Tags: <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/debian">debian</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/debian edu">debian edu</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/english">english</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/nuug">nuug</a>.
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  50       <div class="title"><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/The_Thinkpad_is_dead__long_live_the_Thinkpad_X230_.html">The Thinkpad is dead, long live the Thinkpad X230?</a></div>
  51       <div class="date"> 5th July 2013</div>
  52       <div class="body"><p>Half a year ago, I reported that I had to find a
  53 <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Thank_you_Thinkpad_X41__for_your_long_and_trustworthy_service.html">replacement
  54 for my trusty old Thinkpad X41</a>.  Unfortunately I did not have much
  55 time to spend on it, and it took a while to find a model I believe
  56 will do the job, but two days ago the replacement finally arrived.  I
  57 ended up picking a
  58 <a href="http://www.linlap.com/lenovo_thinkpad_x230">Thinkpad X230</a>
  59 with SSD disk (NZDAJMN).  I first test installed Debian Edu Wheezy as
  60 a roaming workstation, and it seemed to work flawlessly.  But my
  61 second installation with encrypted disk was not as successful.  More
  62 on that below.</p>
  63
  64 <p>I had a hard time trying to track down a good laptop, as my most
  65 important requirements (robust and with a good keyboard) are never
  66 listed in the feature list.  But I did get good help from the search
  67 feature at <a href="http://www.prisjakt.no/">Prisjakt</a>, which
  68 allowed me to limit the list of interesting laptops based on my other
  69 requirements.  A bit surprising that SSD disk are not disks according
  70 to that search interface, so I had to drop specifying the number of
  71 disks from my search parameters.  I also asked around among friends to
  72 get their impression on keyboards and robustness.</p>
  73
  74 <p>So the new laptop arrived, and it is quite a lot wider than the
  75 X41.  I am not quite convinced about the keyboard, as it is
  76 significantly wider than my old keyboard, and I have to stretch my
  77 hand a lot more to reach the edges.  But the key response is fairly
  78 good and the individual key shape is fairly easy to handle, so I hope
  79 I will get used to it.  My old X40 was starting to fail, and I really
  80 needed a new laptop now. :)</p>
  81
  82 <p>Turning off the touch pad was simple.  All it took was a quick
  83 visit to the BIOS during boot it disable it.</p>
  84
  85 <p>But there is a fatal problem with the laptop.  The 180 GB SSD disk
  86 lock up during load.  And this happen when installing Debian Wheezy
  87 with encrypted disk, while the disk is being filled with random data.
  88 I also tested to install Ubuntu Raring, and it happen there too if I
  89 reenable the code to fill the disk with random data (it is disabled by
  90 default in Ubuntu).  And the bug with is already known.  It was
  91 reported to Debian as <a href="http://bugs.debian.org/691427">BTS
  92 report #691427 2012-10-25</a> (journal commit I/O error on brand-new
  93 Thinkpad T430s ext4 on lvm on SSD).  It is also reported to the Linux
  94 kernel developers as
  95 <a href="https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51861">Kernel bugzilla
  96 report #51861 2012-12-20</a> (Intel SSD 520 stops working under load
  97 (SSDSC2BW180A3L in Lenovo ThinkPad T430s)). It is also reported on the
  98 Lenovo forums, both for
  99 <a href="http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/T400-T500-and-newer-T-series/T430s-Intel-SSD-520-180GB-issue/m-p/1070549">T430
 100 2012-11-10</a> and for
 101 <a href="http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/x230-SATA-errors-with-180GB-Intel-520-SSD-under-heavy-write-load/m-p/1068147">X230
 102 03-20-2013</a>.  The problem do not only affect installation.  The
 103 reports state that the disk lock up during use if many writes are done
 104 on the disk, so it is much no use to work around the installation
 105 problem and end up with a computer that can lock up at any moment.
 106 There is even a
 107 <a href="https://git.efficios.com/?p=test-ssd.git">small C program
 108 available</a> that will lock up the hard drive after running a few
 109 minutes by writing to a file.</p>
 110
 111 <p>I've contacted my supplier and asked how to handle this, and after
 112 contacting PCHELP Norway (request 01D1FDP) which handle support
 113 requests for Lenovo, his first suggestion was to upgrade the disk
 114 firmware.  Unfortunately there is no newer firmware available from
 115 Lenovo, as my disk already have the most recent one (version LF1i).  I
 116 hope to hear more from him today and hope the problem can be
 117 fixed. :)</p>
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 120
 121
 122         Tags: <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/debian">debian</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/english">english</a>.
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 129     <div class="entry">
 130       <div class="title"><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/The_Thinkpad_is_dead__long_live_the_Thinkpad_X230.html">The Thinkpad is dead, long live the Thinkpad X230</a></div>
 131       <div class="date"> 4th July 2013</div>
 132       <div class="body"><p>Half a year ago, I reported that I had to find a replacement for my
 133 trusty old Thinkpad X41.  Unfortunately I did not have much time to
 134 spend on it, but today the replacement finally arrived.  I ended up
 135 picking a <a href="http://www.linlap.com/lenovo_thinkpad_x230">Thinkpad
 136 X230</a> with SSD disk (NZDAJMN).  I first test installed Debian Edu
 137 Wheezy as a roaming workstation, and it worked flawlessly.  As I write
 138 this, it is installing what I hope will be a more final installation,
 139 with a encrypted hard drive to ensure any dope head stealing it end up
 140 with an expencive door stop.</p>
 141
 142 <p>I had a hard time trying to track down a good laptop, as my most
 143 important requirements (robust and with a good keyboard) are never
 144 listed in the feature list.  But I did get good help from the search
 145 feature at <ahref="http://www.prisjakt.no/">Prisjakt</a>, which
 146 allowed me to limit the list of interesting laptops based on my other
 147 requirements.  A bit surprising that SSD disk are not disks, so I had
 148 to drop number of disks from my search parameters.</p>
 149
 150 <p>I am not quite convinced about the keyboard, as it is significantly
 151 wider than my old keyboard, and I have to stretch my hand a lot more
 152 to reach the edges.  But the key response is fairly good and the
 153 individual key shape is fairly easy to handle, so I hope I will get
 154 used to it.  My old X40 was starting to fail, and I really needed a
 155 new laptop now. :)</p>
 156
 157 <p>I look forward to figuring out how to turn off the touch pad.</p>
 158 </div>
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 162         Tags: <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/debian">debian</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/english">english</a>.
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 170       <div class="title"><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Fourth_alpha_release_of_Debian_Edu_Skolelinux_based_on_Debian_Wheezy.html">Fourth alpha release of Debian Edu/Skolelinux based on Debian Wheezy</a></div>
 171       <div class="date"> 3rd July 2013</div>
 172       <div class="body"><p>The fourth wheezy based alpha release of Debian Edu was wrapped up
 173 today.  This is the release announcement:</p>
 174
 175 <p><strong>New features for Debian Edu 7.1+edu0~alpha3 released
 176 2013-07-03</strong></p>
 177
 178 <p>These are the release notes for for Debian Edu / Skolelinux
 179 7.1+edu0~alpha3, based on Debian with codename "Wheezy".</p>
 180
 181 <p><strong>About Debian Edu and Skolelinux</strong></p>
 182
 183 <p><a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu, also known as
 184 Skolelinux</a>, is a Linux distribution based on Debian providing an
 185 out-of-the box environment of a completely configured school
 186 network. Immediately after installation a school server running all
 187 services needed for a school network is set up just waiting for users
 188 and machines being added via GOsa², a comfortable Web-UI. A netbooting
 189 environment is prepared using PXE, so after initial installation of
 190 the main server from CD, DVD or USB stick all other machines can be
 191 installed via the network. The provided school server provides LDAP
 192 database and Kerberos authentication service, centralized home
 193 directories, DHCP server, web proxy and many other services. The
 194 desktop contains
 195 <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Educational_applications_included_in_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux__the_screenshot_collection____.html">more
 196 than 60 educational software packages</a> and more are available from
 197 the Debian archive, and schools can choose between KDE, Gnome, LXDE
 198 and Xfce desktop environment.</p>
 199
 200 <p>This is the fourth test release based on Debian Wheezy. Basically
 201 this is an updated and slightly improved version compared to the
 202 Squeeze release.</p>
 203
 204 <p><strong>Software updates</strong></p>
 205 <ul>
 206   <li>Dropped ispell dictionaries from our default installation.</li>
 207   <li>Dropped menu-xdg from the KDE desktop option, to drop the Debian
 208     submenu.  It was not included with Gnome, LXDE or Xfce, so this
 209     brings KDE in line with the others.</li>
 210   <li>Dropped xdrawchem, xjig and xsok from our default installation as
 211     they don't have a desktop menu entry and thus won't show up in the
 212     menu now that menu-xdg was removed.</li>
 213   <li>Removed the killer system to kill left behind processes on
 214     multi-user machines, as it was no longer able to understand when a
 215     X display was in use and killed the processes of the active users
 216     too.</li>
 217   <li>Dropped the golearn (from goplay) package as the debtags in wheezy
 218     are too few to make the package useful.</li>
 219 </ul>
 220 <p><strong>Other changes</strong></p>
 221 <ul>
 222   <li>Updated artwork matching http://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/Joy
 223   <li>Multi-arch i386/amd64 USB stick ISO available.</li>
 224   <li>Got rid of ispell/wordlist related debconf questions that showed
 225     up for some language options.</li>
 226   <li>Switched to using http.debian.net as APT source by default.</li>
 227   <li>Fixed proxy configuration on Main Server installations.</li>
 228   <li>Changed LTSP setup to ask dpkg to use force-unsafe-io the same way
 229     d-i is doing it.</li>
 230   <li>Made sure root and user passwords were not left behind in the
 231     debconf database after installation on Main Server installations.</li>
 232   <li>Made Roaming Workstation dynamic setup more robust and added draft
 233     script setup-ad-client to hook a Roaming Workstation up to a
 234     Active Directory server instead of a Debian Edu Main Server.</li>
 235   <li>Update system to install needed firmware packages during
 236     installation, to work properly in Wheezy.</li>
 237   <li>Update system to handle hardware quirks (debian-edu-hwsetup).</li>
 238   <li>Corrected PXE installation setup to properly pass selected desktop
 239     and keymap settings to PXE installation clients.</li>
 240   <li>LTSP diskless workstations use sshfs by default, allowing them to
 241     work without adding them to DNS and NIS netgroups for NFS access.</li>
 242 </ul>
 243 <p><strong>Known issues</strong></p>
 244 <ul>
 245   <li>No mass import of user account data in GOsa (ldif or csv)
 246     available yet (698840).</li>
 247   <li>Artwork not enabled for all desktops.</li>
 248 </ul>
 249 <p><strong>Where to get it</strong></p>
 250
 251 <p>To download the multiarch netinstall CD release you can use</p>
 252 <ul>
 253   <li><a href="ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~a3-CD.iso">ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~a3-CD.iso</a></li>
 254   <li><a href="http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~a3-CD.iso">http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~a3-CD.iso</a></li>
 255   <li>rsync -avzP ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~a3-CD.iso .</li>
 256 </ul>
 257
 258 <p>The MD5SUM of this image is: 2b161a99d2a848c376d8d04e3854e30c
 259 <br>The SHA1SUM of this image is: 498922e9c508c0a7ee9dbe1dfe5bf830d779c3c8</p>
 260
 261 <p>To download the multiarch USB stick ISO release you can use</p>
 262 <ul>
 263   <li><a href="ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~a3-USB.iso">ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~a3-USB.iso</a></li>
 264   <li><a href="http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~a3-USB.iso">http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~a3-USB.iso</a></li>
 265   <li>rsync -avzP ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~a3-USB.iso .</li>
 266 </ul>
 267
 268 <p>The MD5SUM of this image is: 25e808e403a4c15dbef1d13c37d572ac
 269 <br>The SHA1SUM of this image is: 15ecfc93eb6b4f453b7eb0bc04b6a279262d9721</p>
 270
 271 <p><strong>How to report bugs</strong></p>
 272
 273 <p><a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs">http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs</a></p>
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 278         Tags: <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/debian edu">debian edu</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/english">english</a>.
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 286       <div class="title"><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Automatically_locate_and_install_required_firmware_packages_on_Debian__Isenkram_0_4_.html">Automatically locate and install required firmware packages on Debian (Isenkram 0.4)</a></div>
 287       <div class="date">25th June 2013</div>
 288       <div class="body"><p>It annoys me when the computer fail to do automatically what it is
 289 perfectly capable of, and I have to do it manually to get things
 290 working.  One such task is to find out what firmware packages are
 291 needed to get the hardware on my computer working.  Most often this
 292 affect the wifi card, but some times it even affect the RAID
 293 controller or the ethernet card.  Today I pushed version 0.4 of the
 294 <a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/isenkram">Isenkram package</a>
 295 including a new script isenkram-autoinstall-firmware handling the
 296 process of asking all the loaded kernel modules what firmware files
 297 they want, find debian packages providing these files and install the
 298 debian packages.  Here is a test run on my laptop:</p>
 299
 300 <p><pre>
 301 # isenkram-autoinstall-firmware
 302 info: kernel drivers requested extra firmware: ipw2200-bss.fw ipw2200-ibss.fw ipw2200-sniffer.fw
 303 info: fetching http://http.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze/Contents-i386.gz
 304 info: locating packages with the requested firmware files
 305 info: Updating APT sources after adding non-free APT source
 306 info: trying to install firmware-ipw2x00
 307 firmware-ipw2x00
 308 firmware-ipw2x00
 309 Preconfiguring packages ...
 310 Selecting previously deselected package firmware-ipw2x00.
 311 (Reading database ... 259727 files and directories currently installed.)
 312 Unpacking firmware-ipw2x00 (from .../firmware-ipw2x00_0.28+squeeze1_all.deb) ...
 313 Setting up firmware-ipw2x00 (0.28+squeeze1) ...
 314 #
 315 </pre></p>
 316
 317 <p>When all the requested firmware is present, a simple message is
 318 printed instead:</p>
 319
 320 <p><pre>
 321 # isenkram-autoinstall-firmware
 322 info: did not find any firmware files requested by loaded kernel modules.  exiting
 323 #
 324 </pre></p>
 325
 326 <p>It could use some polish, but it is already working well and saving
 327 me some time when setting up new machines. :)</p>
 328
 329 <p>So, how does it work?  It look at the set of currently loaded
 330 kernel modules, and look up each one of them using modinfo, to find
 331 the firmware files listed in the module meta-information.  Next, it
 332 download the Contents file from a nearby APT mirror, and search for
 333 the firmware files in this file to locate the package with the
 334 requested firmware file.  If the package is in the non-free section, a
 335 non-free APT source is added and the package is installed using
 336 <tt>apt-get install</tt>.  The end result is a slightly better working
 337 machine.</p>
 338
 339 <p>I hope someone find time to implement a more polished version of
 340 this script as part of the hw-detect debian-installer module, to
 341 finally fix <a href="http://bugs.debian.org/655507">BTS report
 342 #655507</a>.  There really is no need to insert USB sticks with
 343 firmware during a PXE install when the packages already are available
 344 from the nearby Debian mirror.</p>
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 349         Tags: <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/debian">debian</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/english">english</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/isenkram">isenkram</a>.
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 357       <div class="title"><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/The_value_of_a_good_distro_wide_test_suite___.html">The value of a good distro wide test suite...</a></div>
 358       <div class="date">22nd June 2013</div>
 359       <div class="body"><p>In the <a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu /
 360 Skolelinux</a> project, we include a post-installation test suite,
 361 which check that services are running, working, and return the
 362 expected results.  It runs automatically just after the first boot on
 363 test installations (using test ISOs), but not on production
 364 installations (using non-test ISOs).  It test that the LDAP service is
 365 operating, Kerberos is responding, DNS is replying, file systems are
 366 online resizable, etc, etc.  And it check that the PXE service is
 367 configured, which is the topic of this post.</p>
 368
 369 <p>The last week I've fixed the DVD and USB stick ISOs for our Debian
 370 Edu Wheezy release.  These ISOs are supposed to be able to install a
 371 complete system without any Internet connection, but for that to
 372 happen all the needed packages need to be on them.  Thanks to our test
 373 suite, I discovered that we had forgotten to adjust our PXE setup to
 374 cope with the new names and paths used by the netboot d-i packages.
 375 When Internet connectivity was available, the installer fall back to
 376 using wget to fetch d-i boot images, but when offline it require
 377 working packages to get it working.  And ad the packages changed name
 378 from debian-installer-6.0-netboot-$arch to
 379 debian-installer-7.0-netboot-$arch, we no longer pulled in the
 380 packages during installation.  Without our test suite, I suspect we
 381 would never have discovered this before release.  Now it is fixed
 382 right after we got the ISOs operational.</p>
 383
 384 <p>Another by-product of the test suite is that we can ask system
 385 administrators with problems getting Debian Edu to work, to run the
 386 test suite using <tt>/usr/sbin/debian-edu-test-install</tt> and see if
 387 any errors are detected.  This usually pinpoint the subsystem causing
 388 the problem.</p>
 389
 390 <p>If you want to help us help kids learn how to share and create,
 391 please join us on
 392 <a href="irc://irc.debian.org/%23debian-edu">#debian-edu on
 393 irc.debian.org</a> and the
 394 <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-edu/">debian-edu@</a> mailing
 395 list.</p>
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 400         Tags: <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/debian edu">debian edu</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/english">english</a>.
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 408       <div class="title"><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__Victor_Ni_u.html">Debian Edu interview: Victor Nițu</a></div>
 409       <div class="date">17th June 2013</div>
 410       <div class="body"><p>The <a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu and
 411 Skolelinux</a> distribution have users and contributors all around the
 412 globe.  And a while back, an enterprising young man showed up on
 413 <a href="irc://irc.debian.org/%23debian-edu">our IRC channel
 414 #debian-edu</a> and started asking questions about how Debian Edu
 415 worked.  We answered as good as we could, and even convinced him to
 416 help us with translations.  And today I managed to get an interview
 417 with him, to learn more about him.</p>
 418
 419 <p><strong>Who are you, and how do you spend your days?</strong></p>
 420
 421 <p>I'm a 25 year old free software enthusiast, living in Romania,
 422 which is also my country of origin. Back in 2009, at a New Year's Eve
 423 party, I had a very nice <strike>beer</strike> discussion with a
 424 friend, when we realized we have no organised Debian community in our
 425 country. A few days later, we put together the infrastructure for such
 426 community and even gathered a nice Debian-ish crowd. Since then, I
 427 began my quest as a free software hacker and activist and I am
 428 constantly trying to cover as much ground as possible on that
 429 field.</p>
 430
 431 <p>A few years ago I founded a small web development company, which
 432 provided me the flexible schedule I needed so much for my
 433 activities. For the last 13 months, I have been the Technical Director
 434 of <a href="http://ceata.org/">Fundația Ceata</a>, which is a free
 435 software activist organisation endorsed by the FSF and the FSFE, and
 436 the only one we have in our country.</p>
 437
 438 <p><strong>How did you get in contact with the Skolelinux / Debian Edu
 439 project?</strong></p>
 440
 441 <p>The idea of participating in the Debian Edu project was a surprise
 442 even to me, since I never used it before I began getting involved in
 443 it. This year I had a great opportunity to deliver a talk on
 444 educational software, and I knew immediately where to look. It was a
 445 love at first sight, since I was previously involved with some of the
 446 technologies the project incorporates, and I rapidly found a lot of
 447 ways to contribute.</p>
 448
 449 <p>My first contributions consisted in translating the installer and
 450 configuration dialogs, then I found some bugs to squash (I still
 451 haven't fixed them yet though), and I even got my eyes on some other
 452 areas where I can prove myself helpful. Since the appetite for free
 453 software in my country is pretty low, I'll be happy to be the first
 454 one around here advocating for the project's adoption in educational
 455 environments, and maybe even get my hands dirty in creating a flavour
 456 for our own needs. I am not used to make very advanced plannings, so
 457 from now on, time will tell what I'll be doing next, but I think I
 458 have a pretty consistent starting point.</p>
 459
 460 <p><strong>What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux/Debian
 461 Edu?</strong></p>
 462
 463 <p>Not a long time ago, I was in the position of configuring and
 464 maintaining a LDAP server on some Debian derivative, and I must say it
 465 took me a while. A long time ago, I was maintaining a bigger
 466 Samba-powered infrastructure, and I must say I spent quite a lot of
 467 time on it. I have similar stories about many of the services included
 468 with Skolelinux, and the main advantage I see about it is the
 469 out-of-the box availability of them, making it quite competitive when
 470 it comes to managing a school's network, for example.</p>
 471
 472 <p>Of course, there is more to say about Skolelinux than the
 473 availability of the software included, its flexibility in various
 474 scenarios is something I can't wait to experiment "into the wild" (I
 475 only played with virtual machines so far). And I am sure there is a
 476 lot more I haven't discovered yet about it, being so new within the
 477 project.</p>
 478
 479 <p><strong>What do you see as the disadvantages of Skolelinux / Debian
 480 Edu?</strong></p>
 481
 482 <p>As usual, when it comes to Debian Blends, I see as the biggest
 483 disadvantage the lack of a numerous team dedicated to the
 484 project. Every day I see the same names in the changelogs, and I have
 485 a constantly fear of the bus factor in this story.  I'd like to see
 486 Debian Edu advertised more as an entry point into the Debian
 487 ecosystem, especially amongst newcomers and students. IMHO there are a
 488 lot low-hanging fruits in terms of bug squashing, and enough
 489 opportunities to get the feeling of the Debian Project's dynamics. Not
 490 to mention it's a very fun blend to work on!</p>
 491
 492 <p>Derived from the previous statement, is the delay in catching up
 493 with the main Debian release and documentation. This is common though
 494 to all blends and derivatives, but it's an issue we can all work
 495 on.</p>
 496
 497 <p><strong>Which free software do you use daily?</strong></p>
 498
 499 <p>I can hardly imagine myself spending a day without Vim, since my
 500 daily routine covers writing code and hacking configuration files. I
 501 am a fan of the Awesome window manager (but I also like the
 502 Enlightenment project a lot!),
 503 <a href="http://www.claws-mail.org/‎">Claws Mail</a> due to its ease of
 504 use and very configurable behaviour. Recently I fell in love with
 505 <a href="https://launchpad.net/redshift">Redshift</a>, which helps me
 506 get through the night without headaches. Of course, there is much more
 507 stuff in this bag, but I'll need a blog on my own for doing this!</p>
 508
 509 <p><strong>Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to
 510 get schools to use free software?</strong></p>
 511
 512 <p>Well, on this field, I cannot do much more than experiment right
 513 now. So, being far from having a recipe for success, I can only assume
 514 that:</p>
 515
 516 <ul>
 517
 518 <li>schools would like to get rid of proprietary software</li>
 519
 520 <li>students will love the openness of the system, and will want to
 521     experiment with it - maybe we need to harvest the native curiosity
 522     of teenagers more?</li>
 523
 524 <li>there is no "right one" when it comes to strategies, but it would
 525     be useful to have some success stories published somewhere, so
 526     other can get some inspiration from them (I know I'd promote
 527     them!)</li>
 528
 529 <li>more active promotion - talks, conferences, even small school
 530     lectures can do magical things if they encounter at least one
 531     person interested. Who knows who that person might be? ;-)</li>
 532
 533 </ul>
 534
 535 <p>I also see some problems in getting Skolelinux into schools; for
 536 example, in our country we have a great deal of corruption issues, so
 537 it might be hard(er) to fight against proprietary solutions. Also,
 538 people who relied on commercial software for all their lives, would be
 539 very hard to convert against their will.</p>
 540 </div>
 541       <div class="tags">
 542
 543
 544         Tags: <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/debian edu">debian edu</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/english">english</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/intervju">intervju</a>.
 545
 546
 547       </div>
 548     </div>
 549     <div class="padding"></div>
 550
 551     <div class="entry">
 552       <div class="title"><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__Jonathan_Carter.html">Debian Edu interview: Jonathan Carter</a></div>
 553       <div class="date">12th June 2013</div>
 554       <div class="body"><p>There is a certain cross-over between the
 555 <a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu / Skolelinux
 556 project</a> and <a href="http://www.edubuntu.org/">the Edubuntu
 557 project</a>, and for example the LTSP packages in Debian are a joint
 558 effort between the projects.  One person with a foot in both camps is
 559 Jonathan Carter, which I am now happy to present to you.</p>
 560
 561 <p><strong>Who are you, and how do you spend your days?</strong></p>
 562
 563 <p>I'm a South-African free software geek who lives in Cape Town. My
 564 days vary quite a bit since I'm involved in too many things. As I'm
 565 getting older I'm learning how to focus a bit more :)</p>
 566
 567 <p>I'm also an Edubuntu contributor and I love when there are
 568 opportunities for the Edubuntu and Debian Edu projects to benefit from
 569 each other.</p>
 570
 571 <p><strong>How did you get in contact with the Skolelinux / Debian Edu
 572 project?</strong></p>
 573
 574 <p>I've been somewhat familiar with the project before, but I think my
 575 first direct exposure to the project was when I met Petter
 576 [Reinholdtsen] and Knut [Yrvin] at the Edubuntu summit in 2005 in
 577 London. They provided great feedback that helped the bootstrapping of
 578 Edubuntu. Back then Edubuntu (and even Ubuntu) was still very new and
 579 it was great getting input from people who have been around longer. I
 580 was also still very excitable and said yes to everything and to this
 581 day I have a big todo list backlog that I'm catching up with. I think
 582 over the years the relationship between Edubuntu and Debian-Edu has
 583 been gradually improving, although I think there's a lot that we could
 584 still improve on in terms of working together on packages. I'm sure
 585 we'll get there one day.</p>
 586
 587 <p><strong>What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux / Debian
 588 Edu?</strong></p>
 589
 590 <p>Debian itself already has so many advantages. I could go on about
 591 it for pages, but in essence I love that it's a very honest project
 592 that puts its users first with no hidden agendas and also produces
 593 very high quality work.</p>
 594
 595 <p>I think the advantage of Debian Edu is that it makes many common
 596 set-up tasks simpler so that administrators can get up and running
 597 with a lot less effort and frustration. At the same time I think it
 598 helps to standardise installations in schools so that it's easier for
 599 community members and commercial suppliers to support.</p>
 600
 601 <p><strong>What do you see as the disadvantages of Skolelinux / Debian
 602 Edu?</strong></p>
 603
 604 <p>I had to re-type this one a few times because I'm trying to
 605 separate "disadvantages" from "areas that need improvement" (which is
 606 what I originally rambled on about)</p>
 607
 608 <p>The biggest disadvantage I can think of is lack of manpower. The
 609 project could do so much more if there were more good contributors. I
 610 think some of the problems are external too. Free software and free
 611 content in education is a no-brainer but it takes some time to catch
 612 on. When you've been working with the same proprietary eco-system for
 613 years and have gotten used to it, it can be hard to adjust to some
 614 concepts in the free software world. It would be nice if there were
 615 more Debian Edu consultants across the world. I'd love to be one
 616 myself but I'm already so over-committed that it's just not possible
 617 currently.</p>
 618
 619 <p>I think the best short-term solution to that large-scale problem is
 620 for schools to be pro-active and share their experiences and grow
 621 their skills in-house. I'm often saddened to see how much money
 622 educational institutions spend on 3rd party solutions that they don't
 623 have access to after the service has ended and they could've gotten so
 624 much more value otherwise by being more self-sustainable and
 625 autonomous.</p>
 626
 627 <p><strong>Which free software do you use daily?</strong></p>
 628
 629 <p>My main laptop dual-boots between Debian and Windows 7. I was
 630 Windows free for years but started dual-booting again last year for
 631 some games which help me focus and relax (Starcraft II in
 632 particular). Gaming support on Linux is improving in leaps and bounds
 633 so I suppose I'll soon be able to regain that disk space :)</p>
 634
 635 <p>Besides that I rely on Icedove, Chromium, Terminator, Byobu, irssi,
 636 git, Tomboy, KVM, VLC and LibreOffice. Recently I've been torn on
 637 which desktop environment I like and I'm taking some refuge in Xfce
 638 while I figure that out. I like tools that keep things simple. I enjoy
 639 Python and shell scripting. I went to an Arduino workshop recently and
 640 it was awesome seeing how easy and simple the IDE software was to get
 641 up and running in Debian compared to the users running Windows and OS
 642 X.</p>
 643
 644 <p>I also use mc which some people frown upon slightly. I got used to
 645 using Norton Commander in the early 90's and it stuck (I think the
 646 people who sneer at it is just jealous that they don't know how to use
 647 it :p)
 648
 649 <p><strong>Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to
 650 get schools to use free software?</strong></p>
 651
 652 <p>I think trying to force it is unproductive. I also think that in
 653 many cases it's appropriate for schools to use non-free systems and I
 654 don't think that there's any particular moral or ethical problem with
 655 that.</p>
 656
 657 <p>I do think though that free software can already solve so so many
 658 problems in educational institutions and it's just a shame not taking
 659 advantage of that.</p>
 660
 661 <p>I also think that some curricula need serious review. For example,
 662 some areas of the world rely heavily on very specific versions of MS
 663 Office, teaching students to parrot menu items instead of learning the
 664 general concepts. I think that's very unproductive because firstly, MS
 665 Office's interface changes drastically every few years and on top of
 666 that it also locks in a generation to a product that might not be the
 667 best solution for them.</p>
 668
 669 <p>To answer your question, I believe that the right strategy is to
 670 educate and inform, giving someone the information they require to
 671 make a decision that would work for them.</p>
 672 </div>
 673       <div class="tags">
 674
 675
 676         Tags: <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/debian edu">debian edu</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/english">english</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/intervju">intervju</a>.
 677
 678
 679       </div>
 680     </div>
 681     <div class="padding"></div>
 682
 683     <div class="entry">
 684       <div class="title"><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Fixing_the_Linux_black_screen_of_death_on_machines_with_Intel_HD_video.html">Fixing the Linux black screen of death on machines with Intel HD video</a></div>
 685       <div class="date">11th June 2013</div>
 686       <div class="body"><p>When installing RedHat, Fedora, Debian and Ubuntu on some machines,
 687 the screen just turn black when Linux boot, either during installation
 688 or on first boot from the hard disk.  I've seen it once in a while the
 689 last few years, but only recently understood the cause.  I've seen it
 690 on HP laptops, and on my latest acquaintance the Packard Bell laptop.
 691 The reason seem to be in the wiring of some laptops.  The system to
 692 control the screen background light is inverted, so when Linux try to
 693 turn the brightness fully on, it end up turning it off instead.  I do
 694 not know which Linux drivers are affected, but this post is about the
 695 i915 driver used by the
 696 <a href="http://www.linlap.com/packard_bell_easynote_lv">Packard Bell
 697 EasyNote LV</a>, Thinkpad X40 and many other laptops.</p>
 698
 699 <p>The problem can be worked around two ways.  Either by adding
 700 i915.invert_brightness=1 as a kernel option, or by adding a file in
 701 /etc/modprobe.d/ to tell modprobe to add the invert_brightness=1
 702 option when it load the i915 kernel module.  On Debian and Ubuntu, it
 703 can be done by running these commands as root:</p>
 704
 705 <pre>
 706 echo options i915 invert_brightness=1 | tee /etc/modprobe.d/i915.conf
 707 update-initramfs -u -k all
 708 </pre>
 709
 710 <p>Since March 2012 there is
 711 <a href="http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4dca20efb1a9c2efefc28ad2867e5d6c3f5e1955">a
 712 mechanism in the Linux kernel</a> to tell the i915 driver which
 713 hardware have this problem, and get the driver to invert the
 714 brightness setting automatically.  To use it, one need to add a row in
 715 <a href="http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c">the
 716 intel_quirks array</a> in the driver source
 717 <tt>drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c</tt> (look for "<tt>static
 718 struct intel_quirk intel_quirks</tt>"), specifying the PCI device
 719 number (vendor number 8086 is assumed) and subdevice vendor and device
 720 number.</p>
 721
 722 <p>My Packard Bell EasyNote LV got this output from <tt>lspci
 723 -vvnn</tt> for the video card in question:</p>
 724
 725 <p><pre>
 726 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation \
 727     3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0156] \
 728     (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
 729  Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0688]
 730  Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- \
 731     ParErr- Stepping- SE RR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
 732  Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- \
 733     <TAbort- <MAbort->SERR- <PERR- INTx-
 734  Latency: 0
 735  Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 42
 736  Region 0: Memory at c2000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M]
 737  Region 2: Memory at b0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
 738  Region 4: I/O ports at 4000 [size=64]
 739  Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
 740  Capabilities: <access denied>
 741  Kernel driver in use: i915
 742 </pre></p>
 743
 744 <p>The resulting intel_quirks entry would then look like this:</p>
 745
 746 <p><pre>
 747 struct intel_quirk intel_quirks[] = {
 748        ...
 749         /* Packard Bell EasyNote LV11HC needs invert brightness quirk */
 750         { 0x0156, 0x1025, 0x0688, quirk_invert_brightness },
 751        ...
 752 }
 753 </pre></p>
 754
 755 <p>According to the kernel module instructions (as seen using
 756 <tt>modinfo i915</tt>), information about hardware needing the
 757 invert_brightness flag should be sent to the
 758 <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel">dri-devel
 759 (at) lists.freedesktop.org</a> mailing list to reach the kernel
 760 developers.  But my email about the laptop sent 2013-06-03 have not
 761 yet shown up in
 762 <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2013-June/thread.html">the
 763 web archive for the mailing list</a>, so I suspect they do not accept
 764 emails from non-subscribers.  Because of this, I sent my patch also to
 765 the Debian bug tracking system instead as
 766 <a href="http://bugs.debian.org/710938">BTS report #710938</a>, to make
 767 sure the patch is not lost.</p>
 768
 769 <p>Unfortunately, it is not enough to fix the kernel to get Laptops
 770 with this problem working properly with Linux.  If you use Gnome, your
 771 worries should be over at this point.  But if you use KDE, there is
 772 something in KDE ignoring the invert_brightness setting and turning on
 773 the screen during login.  I've reported it to Debian as
 774 <a href="http://bugs.debian.org/711237">BTS report #711237</a>, and
 775 have no idea yet how to figure out exactly what subsystem is doing
 776 this.  Perhaps you can help?  Perhaps you know what the Gnome
 777 developers did to handle this, and this can give a clue to the KDE
 778 developers?  Or you know where in KDE the screen brightness is changed
 779 during login?  If so, please update the BTS report (or get in touch if
 780 you do not know how to update BTS).</p>
 781 </div>
 782       <div class="tags">
 783
 784
 785         Tags: <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/debian">debian</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/english">english</a>.
 786
 787
 788       </div>
 789     </div>
 790     <div class="padding"></div>
 791
 792     <div class="entry">
 793       <div class="title"><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Third_alpha_release_of_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_based_on_Debian_Wheezy.html">Third alpha release of Debian Edu / Skolelinux based on Debian Wheezy</a></div>
 794       <div class="date">10th June 2013</div>
 795       <div class="body"><p>The third wheezy based alpha release of Debian Edu was wrapped up
 796 today.  This is the release announcement:</p>
 797
 798 <p><strong>New features for Debian Edu 7.0.0 alpha2 released
 799 2013-06-10</strong></p>
 800
 801 <p>This is the release notes for for Debian Edu / Skolelinux 7.0.0 edu
 802 alpha2, based on Debian with codename "Wheezy".</p>
 803
 804 <p><strong>About Debian Edu and Skolelinux</strong></p>
 805
 806 <p><a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu, also known as
 807 Skolelinux</a>, is a Linux distribution based on Debian providing an
 808 out-of-the box environment of a completely configured school
 809 network. Immediately after installation a school server running all
 810 services needed for a school network is set up just waiting for users
 811 and machines being added via GOsa², a comfortable Web-UI. A netbooting
 812 environment is prepared using PXE, so after initial installation of
 813 the main server from CD, DVD or USB stick all other machines can be
 814 installed via the network. The provided school server provides LDAP
 815 database and Kerberos authentication service, centralized home
 816 directories, DHCP server, web proxy and many other services. The
 817 desktop contains
 818 <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Educational_applications_included_in_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux__the_screenshot_collection____.html">more
 819 than 60 educational software packages</a> and more are available from
 820 the Debian archive, and schools can choose between KDE, Gnome, LXDE
 821 and Xfce desktop environment.</p>
 822
 823 <p>This is the third test release based on Debian Wheezy. Basically
 824 this is an updated and slightly improved version compared to the
 825 Squeeze release.</p>
 826
 827 <p><strong>Software updates</strong></p>
 828
 829 <ul>
 830
 831 <li>Iceweasel was updated from 10 to 17. (DSA 2699-1)
 832 <li>Updated libxv (DSA-2674), libxvmc (DSA-2675), libxfixes (DSA-2676), libxrender (DSA-2677), mesa (DSA-2678), xserver-xorg-video-openchrome (DSA-2679), libxt (DSA-2680), libxcursor (DSA-2681), libxext (DSA-2682), libxi (DSA-2683), libxrandr (DSA-2684), libxp (DSA-2685), libxcb (DSA-2686), libfs (DSA-2687), libxres (DSA-2688), libxtst (DSA-2689), libxxf86dga (DSA-2690), libxinerama (DSA-2691), libxxf86vm (DSA-2692), libx11 (DSA-2693), chromium-browser (DSA-2695), gnutls26 (DSA-2697), wireshark (DSA-2700), krb5 (DSA-2701), telepathy-gabble (DSA-2702) and subversion (DSA-2703).
 833 <li>Switched xrdp on thin client servers to use tightvncserver instead of xvnc4.
 834 <li>Now install software oscilloscope xoscope by default.
 835 <li>Now install music tools gtick, lingot and pianobooster by default.
 836
 837 </ul>
 838
 839 <p><strong>Other changes</strong></p>
 840
 841 <ul>
 842
 843 <li>The subnet-change script is now able to change all files needing a change on the main-server when changing the IP network used.
 844 <li>Updated translation of the installation.
 845 <li>New Romanian translation.
 846 <li>Fix security problem causing root and first user password to no longer show up in /var/cache/debconf/templates.dat.
 847 <li>Fix roaming workstation setup (Closed in libpam-mklocaluser/0.8, libpam-mklocaluser/0.8~deb7u1: #706753: libpam-mklocaluser: Fail to create local user during first login).
 848 <li>Made roaming workstation setup more robust in non-Debian Edu environments.
 849 <li>New script debian-edu-bless to transform a Debian installation to a Debian Edu profile.
 850 <li>Adjust Iceweasel setup to improve performance when $HOME is on NFS.
 851 <li>More testsuite tests.
 852 <li>Make automatic proxy configuration more robust.
 853 <li>Adjust GOsa² GUI configuration.
 854
 855 <li>Update thin client and diskless workstation setup to work with
 856 LTSP in Wheezy.</li>
 857
 858 <li>Diskless workstations now run out of the box -- no need to set
 859 them up with GOsa².</li>
 860
 861 <li>Update IMAP server setup. </li>
 862
 863 <li>Fix login into Skolelinux Backup Tool (Closed in
 864 slbackup-php/0.4.4-1: #700257: slbackup-php: Fails to submit correctly
 865 entered password). </li>
 866
 867 </ul>
 868
 869 <p><strong>Known issues</strong></p>
 870
 871 <ul>
 872
 873 <li>DVD binary and source images are not yet ready.</li>
 874
 875 <li>No mass import of user account data in GOsa (ldif or csv)
 876 available yet (Open in gosa/2.7.4-4: #698840: gosa-plugin-ldapmanager:
 877 missing import feature).</li>
 878
 879 <li>Missing artwork for the KDE desktop (and probably a few others). </li>
 880
 881 <li>KDE Debian submenu lacks icons (Closed: #502192: menu-xdg: invents
 882 own icon names instead of using existing). This will remain
 883 unfixed.</li>
 884
 885 </ul>
 886
 887 <p><strong>Where to get it</strong></p>
 888
 889 <p>To download the multiarch netinstall CD release you can use</p>
 890
 891 <ul>
 892
 893 <li><a href="ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.0+edu0~a2-CD.iso">ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.0+edu0~a2-CD.iso</a></li>
 894
 895 <li><a href="http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.0+edu0~a2-CD.iso">http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.0+edu0~a2-CD.iso</a></li>
 896
 897 <li>rsync -avzP ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.0+edu0~a2-CD.iso .</li>
 898
 899 </ul>
 900
 901 <p>The MD5SUM of this image is: 27bbcace407743382f3c42c08dbe8178
 902 <br>The SHA1SUM of this image is: e35f7d7908566cd3075375b3721fa10ee420d419</p>
 903
 904 <p><strong>How to report bugs</strong></p>
 905
 906 <p><a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs">http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs</a>
 907 </div>
 908       <div class="tags">
 909
 910
 911         Tags: <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/debian edu">debian edu</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/english">english</a>.
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 939 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2013/06/">June (10)</a></li>
 940
 941 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2013/07/">July (4)</a></li>
 942
 943 </ul></li>
 944
 945 <li>2012
 946 <ul>
 947
 948 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2012/01/">January (7)</a></li>
 949
 950 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2012/02/">February (10)</a></li>
 951
 952 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2012/03/">March (17)</a></li>
 953
 954 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2012/04/">April (12)</a></li>
 955
 956 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2012/05/">May (12)</a></li>
 957
 958 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2012/06/">June (20)</a></li>
 959
 960 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2012/07/">July (17)</a></li>
 961
 962 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2012/08/">August (6)</a></li>
 963
 964 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2012/09/">September (9)</a></li>
 965
 966 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2012/10/">October (17)</a></li>
 967
 968 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2012/11/">November (10)</a></li>
 969
 970 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2012/12/">December (7)</a></li>
 971
 972 </ul></li>
 973
 974 <li>2011
 975 <ul>
 976
 977 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2011/01/">January (16)</a></li>
 978
 979 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2011/02/">February (6)</a></li>
 980
 981 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2011/03/">March (6)</a></li>
 982
 983 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2011/04/">April (7)</a></li>
 984
 985 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2011/05/">May (3)</a></li>
 986
 987 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2011/06/">June (2)</a></li>
 988
 989 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2011/07/">July (7)</a></li>
 990
 991 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2011/08/">August (6)</a></li>
 992
 993 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2011/09/">September (4)</a></li>
 994
 995 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2011/10/">October (2)</a></li>
 996
 997 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2011/11/">November (3)</a></li>
 998
 999 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2011/12/">December (1)</a></li>
1000
1001 </ul></li>
1002
1003 <li>2010
1004 <ul>
1005
1006 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2010/01/">January (2)</a></li>
1007
1008 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2010/02/">February (1)</a></li>
1009
1010 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2010/03/">March (3)</a></li>
1011
1012 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2010/04/">April (3)</a></li>
1013
1014 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2010/05/">May (9)</a></li>
1015
1016 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2010/06/">June (14)</a></li>
1017
1018 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2010/07/">July (12)</a></li>
1019
1020 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2010/08/">August (13)</a></li>
1021
1022 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2010/09/">September (7)</a></li>
1023
1024 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2010/10/">October (9)</a></li>
1025
1026 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2010/11/">November (13)</a></li>
1027
1028 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2010/12/">December (12)</a></li>
1029
1030 </ul></li>
1031
1032 <li>2009
1033 <ul>
1034
1035 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2009/01/">January (8)</a></li>
1036
1037 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2009/02/">February (8)</a></li>
1038
1039 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2009/03/">March (12)</a></li>
1040
1041 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2009/04/">April (10)</a></li>
1042
1043 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2009/05/">May (9)</a></li>
1044
1045 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2009/06/">June (3)</a></li>
1046
1047 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2009/07/">July (4)</a></li>
1048
1049 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2009/08/">August (3)</a></li>
1050
1051 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2009/09/">September (1)</a></li>
1052
1053 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2009/10/">October (2)</a></li>
1054
1055 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2009/11/">November (3)</a></li>
1056
1057 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2009/12/">December (3)</a></li>
1058
1059 </ul></li>
1060
1061 <li>2008
1062 <ul>
1063
1064 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2008/11/">November (5)</a></li>
1065
1066 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2008/12/">December (7)</a></li>
1067
1068 </ul></li>
1069
1070 </ul>
1071
1072
1073
1074 <h2>Tags</h2>
1075 <ul>
1076
1077  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/3d-printer">3d-printer (13)</a></li>
1078
1079  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/amiga">amiga (1)</a></li>
1080
1081  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/aros">aros (1)</a></li>
1082
1083  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/bankid">bankid (4)</a></li>
1084
1085  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/bitcoin">bitcoin (7)</a></li>
1086
1087  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/bootsystem">bootsystem (12)</a></li>
1088
1089  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/bsa">bsa (2)</a></li>
1090
1091  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/debian">debian (81)</a></li>
1092
1093  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/debian edu">debian edu (137)</a></li>
1094
1095  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/digistan">digistan (10)</a></li>
1096
1097  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/docbook">docbook (9)</a></li>
1098
1099  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/drivstoffpriser">drivstoffpriser (4)</a></li>
1100
1101  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/english">english (207)</a></li>
1102
1103  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/fiksgatami">fiksgatami (21)</a></li>
1104
1105  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/fildeling">fildeling (12)</a></li>
1106
1107  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/freeculture">freeculture (11)</a></li>
1108
1109  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/frikanalen">frikanalen (11)</a></li>
1110
1111  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/intervju">intervju (37)</a></li>
1112
1113  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/isenkram">isenkram (7)</a></li>
1114
1115  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/kart">kart (18)</a></li>
1116
1117  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/ldap">ldap (8)</a></li>
1118
1119  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/lenker">lenker (6)</a></li>
1120
1121  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/ltsp">ltsp (1)</a></li>
1122
1123  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/multimedia">multimedia (25)</a></li>
1124
1125  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/norsk">norsk (234)</a></li>
1126
1127  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/nuug">nuug (153)</a></li>
1128
1129  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/offentlig innsyn">offentlig innsyn (8)</a></li>
1130
1131  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/open311">open311 (2)</a></li>
1132
1133  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/opphavsrett">opphavsrett (44)</a></li>
1134
1135  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/personvern">personvern (65)</a></li>
1136
1137  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/raid">raid (1)</a></li>
1138
1139  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/reprap">reprap (11)</a></li>
1140
1141  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/rfid">rfid (2)</a></li>
1142
1143  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/robot">robot (7)</a></li>
1144
1145  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/rss">rss (1)</a></li>
1146
1147  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/ruter">ruter (4)</a></li>
1148
1149  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/scraperwiki">scraperwiki (2)</a></li>
1150
1151  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/sikkerhet">sikkerhet (29)</a></li>
1152
1153  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/sitesummary">sitesummary (4)</a></li>
1154
1155  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/skepsis">skepsis (4)</a></li>
1156
1157  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/standard">standard (43)</a></li>
1158
1159  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/stavekontroll">stavekontroll (3)</a></li>
1160
1161  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/stortinget">stortinget (7)</a></li>
1162
1163  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/surveillance">surveillance (15)</a></li>
1164
1165  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/sysadmin">sysadmin (1)</a></li>
1166
1167  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/valg">valg (7)</a></li>
1168
1169  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/video">video (38)</a></li>
1170
1171  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/vitenskap">vitenskap (4)</a></li>
1172
1173  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/web">web (26)</a></li>
1174
1175 </ul>
1176
1177
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