Title: Third beta version of Debian Edu / Skolelinux based on Squeeze
Tags: english, debian edu
Date: 2012-02-04 13:25

<p>I am happy to announce that finally we managed today to wrap up and
publish the third beta version of
<a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu / Skolelinux</a> based
on Squeeze.  If you want to test a LDAP backed Kerberos server with
out of the box PXE configuration for running diskless machines and
installing new machines, check it out.  If you need a software
solution for your school, check it out too.  The full announcement is
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-edu-announce/2012/02/msg00000.html">available</a>
on the project announcement list.</p>

<p>I am very happy to report these changes and improvements since
beta2 (there are more, see announcement for full list):</p>

<ul>

<li>It is now possible to change the pre-configured IP subnet from
  10.0.0.0/8 to something else by using the subnet-change tool after
  the installation.</li>

<li>Too full partitions are now automatically extended on the Main
  Server, based on the rules specified in /etc/fsautoresizetab.</li>

<li>The CUPS queues are now automatically flushed every night, and all
  disabled queues are restarted every hour.  This should cut down on
  the amount of manual administration needed for printers.</li>

<li>The set of initial users have been changed.  Now a personal user
  for the local system administrator is created during installation
  instead of the previously created localadmin and super-admin users,
  and this user is granted administrative privileges using group
  membership.  This reduces the number of passwords one need to keep
  up to date on the system.</li>

</ul>

<p>The new main server seem to work so well that I am testing it as my
private DNS/LDAP/Kerberos/PXE/LTSP server at home.  I will use it look
for issues we could fix to polish Debian Edu even further before the
final Squeeze release is published.</p>

<p>Next weekend the project organise a
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-edu-announce/2012/01/msg00001.html">developer
gathering</a> in Oslo.  We will continue the work on the Squeeze
version, and start initial planning for the Wheezy version.  Perhaps I
will see you there?</p>