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+               <title>90 percent done with the Norwegian draft translation of Free Culture</title>
+               <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/90_percent_done_with_the_Norwegian_draft_translation_of_Free_Culture.html</link>
+               <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/90_percent_done_with_the_Norwegian_draft_translation_of_Free_Culture.html</guid>
+                <pubDate>Fri, 2 Aug 2013 10:40:00 +0200</pubDate>
+               <description>&lt;p&gt;It has been a while since my last update.  Since last summer, I
+have worked on a Norwegian
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.docbook.org/&quot;&gt;docbook&lt;/a&gt; version of the 2004 book
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://free-culture.cc/&quot;&gt;Free Culture&lt;/a&gt; by Lawrence Lessig,
+to get a Norwegian text explaining the problems with the copyright
+law.  Yesterday, I finally broken the 90% mark, when counting the
+number of strings to translate.  Due to real life constraints, I have
+not had time to work on it since March, but when the summer broke out,
+I found time to work on it again.  Still lots of work left, but the
+first draft is nearing completion.  I created a graph to show the
+progress of the translation:&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;80%&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; src=&quot;https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/free-culture-lessig/raw/master/progress.png&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;When the first draft is done, the translated text need to be
+proof read, and the remaining formatting problems with images and SVG
+drawings need to be fixed.  There are probably also some index entries
+missing that need to be added.  This can be done by comparing the
+index entries listed in the SiSU version of the book, or comparing the
+English docbook version with the paper version.  Last, the colophon
+page with ISBN numbers etc need to be wrapped up before the release is
+done.  I should also figure out how to get correct Norwegian sorting
+of the index pages.  All docbook tools I have tried so far (xmlto,
+docbook-xsl, dblatex) get the order of symbols and the special
+Norwegian letters ÆØÅ wrong.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;There is still need for translators and people with docbook
+knowledge, to be able to get a good looking book (I still struggle
+with dblatex, xmlto and docbook-xsl) as well as to do the draft
+translation and proof reading.  And I would like the figures to be
+redrawn as SVGs to make it easy to translate them.  Any SVG master
+around?  There are also some legal terms that are unfamiliar to me.
+If you want to help, please get in touch with me, and check out the
+project files currently available from
+&lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/free-culture-lessig&quot;&gt;github&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;If you are curious what the translated book currently look like,
+the updated
+&lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/free-culture-lessig/blob/master/archive/freeculture.nb.pdf?raw=true&quot;&gt;PDF&lt;/a&gt;
+and
+&lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/free-culture-lessig/blob/master/archive/freeculture.nb.epub?raw=true&quot;&gt;EPUB&lt;/a&gt;
+are published on github.  The HTML version is published as well, but
+github hand it out with MIME type text/plain, confusing browsers, so I
+saw no point in linking to that version.&lt;/p&gt;
+</description>
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                <title>First beta release of Debian Edu/Skolelinux based on Debian Wheezy</title>
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                <title>First beta release of Debian Edu/Skolelinux based on Debian Wheezy</title>
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-               <title>Debian Edu interview: Victor Nițu</title>
-               <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__Victor_Ni_u.html</link>
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-                <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
-               <description>&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skolelinux.org/&quot;&gt;Debian Edu and
-Skolelinux&lt;/a&gt; distribution have users and contributors all around the
-globe.  And a while back, an enterprising young man showed up on
-&lt;a href=&quot;irc://irc.debian.org/%23debian-edu&quot;&gt;our IRC channel
-#debian-edu&lt;/a&gt; and started asking questions about how Debian Edu
-worked.  We answered as good as we could, and even convinced him to
-help us with translations.  And today I managed to get an interview
-with him, to learn more about him.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who are you, and how do you spend your days?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;I&#39;m a 25 year old free software enthusiast, living in Romania,
-which is also my country of origin. Back in 2009, at a New Year&#39;s Eve
-party, I had a very nice &lt;strike&gt;beer&lt;/strike&gt; discussion with a
-friend, when we realized we have no organised Debian community in our
-country. A few days later, we put together the infrastructure for such
-community and even gathered a nice Debian-ish crowd. Since then, I
-began my quest as a free software hacker and activist and I am
-constantly trying to cover as much ground as possible on that
-field.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;A few years ago I founded a small web development company, which
-provided me the flexible schedule I needed so much for my
-activities. For the last 13 months, I have been the Technical Director
-of &lt;a href=&quot;http://ceata.org/&quot;&gt;Fundația Ceata&lt;/a&gt;, which is a free
-software activist organisation endorsed by the FSF and the FSFE, and
-the only one we have in our country.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How did you get in contact with the Skolelinux / Debian Edu
-project?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;The idea of participating in the Debian Edu project was a surprise
-even to me, since I never used it before I began getting involved in
-it. This year I had a great opportunity to deliver a talk on
-educational software, and I knew immediately where to look. It was a
-love at first sight, since I was previously involved with some of the
-technologies the project incorporates, and I rapidly found a lot of
-ways to contribute.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;My first contributions consisted in translating the installer and
-configuration dialogs, then I found some bugs to squash (I still
-haven&#39;t fixed them yet though), and I even got my eyes on some other
-areas where I can prove myself helpful. Since the appetite for free
-software in my country is pretty low, I&#39;ll be happy to be the first
-one around here advocating for the project&#39;s adoption in educational
-environments, and maybe even get my hands dirty in creating a flavour
-for our own needs. I am not used to make very advanced plannings, so
-from now on, time will tell what I&#39;ll be doing next, but I think I
-have a pretty consistent starting point.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux/Debian
-Edu?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;Not a long time ago, I was in the position of configuring and
-maintaining a LDAP server on some Debian derivative, and I must say it
-took me a while. A long time ago, I was maintaining a bigger
-Samba-powered infrastructure, and I must say I spent quite a lot of
-time on it. I have similar stories about many of the services included
-with Skolelinux, and the main advantage I see about it is the
-out-of-the box availability of them, making it quite competitive when
-it comes to managing a school&#39;s network, for example.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;Of course, there is more to say about Skolelinux than the
-availability of the software included, its flexibility in various
-scenarios is something I can&#39;t wait to experiment &quot;into the wild&quot; (I
-only played with virtual machines so far). And I am sure there is a
-lot more I haven&#39;t discovered yet about it, being so new within the
-project.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What do you see as the disadvantages of Skolelinux / Debian
-Edu?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;As usual, when it comes to Debian Blends, I see as the biggest
-disadvantage the lack of a numerous team dedicated to the
-project. Every day I see the same names in the changelogs, and I have
-a constantly fear of the bus factor in this story.  I&#39;d like to see
-Debian Edu advertised more as an entry point into the Debian
-ecosystem, especially amongst newcomers and students. IMHO there are a
-lot low-hanging fruits in terms of bug squashing, and enough
-opportunities to get the feeling of the Debian Project&#39;s dynamics. Not
-to mention it&#39;s a very fun blend to work on!&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;Derived from the previous statement, is the delay in catching up
-with the main Debian release and documentation. This is common though
-to all blends and derivatives, but it&#39;s an issue we can all work
-on.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Which free software do you use daily?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;I can hardly imagine myself spending a day without Vim, since my
-daily routine covers writing code and hacking configuration files. I
-am a fan of the Awesome window manager (but I also like the
-Enlightenment project a lot!),
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.claws-mail.org/‎&quot;&gt;Claws Mail&lt;/a&gt; due to its ease of
-use and very configurable behaviour. Recently I fell in love with
-&lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/redshift&quot;&gt;Redshift&lt;/a&gt;, which helps me
-get through the night without headaches. Of course, there is much more
-stuff in this bag, but I&#39;ll need a blog on my own for doing this!&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to
-get schools to use free software?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;Well, on this field, I cannot do much more than experiment right
-now. So, being far from having a recipe for success, I can only assume
-that:&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;ul&gt;
-
-&lt;li&gt;schools would like to get rid of proprietary software&lt;/li&gt;
-
-&lt;li&gt;students will love the openness of the system, and will want to
-    experiment with it - maybe we need to harvest the native curiosity
-    of teenagers more?&lt;/li&gt;
-
-&lt;li&gt;there is no &quot;right one&quot; when it comes to strategies, but it would
-    be useful to have some success stories published somewhere, so
-    other can get some inspiration from them (I know I&#39;d promote
-    them!)&lt;/li&gt;
-
-&lt;li&gt;more active promotion - talks, conferences, even small school
-    lectures can do magical things if they encounter at least one
-    person interested. Who knows who that person might be? ;-)&lt;/li&gt;
-
-&lt;/ul&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;I also see some problems in getting Skolelinux into schools; for
-example, in our country we have a great deal of corruption issues, so
-it might be hard(er) to fight against proprietary solutions. Also,
-people who relied on commercial software for all their lives, would be
-very hard to convert against their will.&lt;/p&gt;
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