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+ <title>First Debian Edu test release (alpha0) based on Squeeze is released</title>
+ <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/First_Debian_Edu_test_release__alpha0__based_on_Squeeze_is_released.html</link>
+ <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/First_Debian_Edu_test_release__alpha0__based_on_Squeeze_is_released.html</guid>
+ <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
+ <description>
+<p>I just posted this announcement culminating several months of work
+with the next Debian Edu release. Not nearly done, but one major step
+completed.</p>
+
+<blockquote>
+<p>This is the first test release based on Squeeze. The focus of this
+release is to test the user application selection. To have a look,
+install the standalone profile and let the developers know if the set
+of installed packages i.e. applications should be modified. If some
+user application is missing, or if there are some applications that no
+longer make sense to be included in Debian Edu, please let us know.
+Also, if a useful application is missing the translation for your
+language of choice, please let us know too.</p>
+
+<p>In addition, feedback and help to polish the desktop (menus,
+artwork, starters, etc.) is appreciated. We would like to ship a nice
+and handy KDE4 desktop targeted for schools out of the box.</p>
+
+<p>The other profiles should be installable, but there is a lot more
+work left to be done before they are ready, so do not expect to
+much.</p>
+
+<p>Changes compared to the lenny based version</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>Everything from Debian Squeeze
+<ul>
+ <li>Desktop environment KDE 4.4 => the new KDE desktop in
+ combination with some new artwork
+ <li>Web browser Iceweasel 3.5
+ <li>OpenOffice.org 3.2
+ <li>Educational toolbox GCompris 9.3
+ <li>Music creator Rosegarden 10.04.2
+ <li>Image editor Gimp 2.6.10
+ <li>Virtual universe Celestia 1.6.0
+ <li>Virtual stargazer Stellarium 0.10.4
+ <li>3D modeler Blender 2.49.2 (new application)
+ <li>Video editor Kdenlive 0.7.7 (new application)
+</ul></li>
+<li>Now using Kerberos for password checking (migration not finished).
+ Enabled for:
+<ul>
+ <li>PAM
+ <li>LDAP
+ <li>IMAP
+ <li>SMTP (sender verification)
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li>New experimental roaming workstation profile for laptops.</li>
+<li>Show welcome page to users when they first log in. The URL is
+ fetched from LDAP.</li>
+<li>New LXDE desktop option, in addition to KDE (default) and Gnome.</li>
+<li>General cleanup (not finished)</li>
+</ul>
+<p>The following features are not working as they should</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>No web based administration tool for creating users and groups. The
+ scripts ldap-createuser-krb and ldap-add-user-to-group can be used
+ for testing.</li>
+<li>DVD installs are missing debian-installer images for the PXE boot,
+ and do not set up the PXE menu on eth0 because of this. LTSP
+ clients should still boot from eth1 on thin client servers.</li>
+<li>The restructured KDE menu is not implemented.</li>
+<li>The LDAP server setup need to be reviewed for security.</li>
+<li>The LDAP directory structure need to be reworked.</li>
+<li>Different sets of packages are installed when using the DVD and the
+ netinst CD. More packages are installed using the netinst CD.</li>
+<li>The jackd package fail to install. This is believed to be caused by
+ some ongoing transition, and hopefully should be solved soon. The
+ jackd1 package can be installed manually for those that need it.</li>
+<li>Some packages lack translations. See
+ http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Status/Squeeze for updated status,
+ and help out with translations.</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>To download this multiarch netinstall release you can use</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li><a href="ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/squeeze-alpha/debian-edu-6.0.0+edua0-CD.iso">ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/squeeze-alpha/debian-edu-6.0.0+edua0-CD.iso</a></li>
+<li><a href="http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/squeeze-alpha/debian-edu-6.0.0+edua0-CD.iso">http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/squeeze-alpha/debian-edu-6.0.0+edua0-CD.iso</a></li>
+<li>rsync -avzP ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-cd/squeeze-alpha/debian-edu-6.0.0+edua0-CD.iso</li>
+</ul>
+<p>To download this multiarch dvd release you can use</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li><a href="ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/squeeze-alpha/debian-edu-6.0.0+edua0-DVD.iso">ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/squeeze-alpha/debian-edu-6.0.0+edua0-DVD.iso</a></li>
+<li><a href="http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/squeeze-alpha/debian-edu-6.0.0+edua0-DVD.iso">http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/squeeze-alpha/debian-edu-6.0.0+edua0-DVD.iso</a></li>
+<li>rsync -avzP ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-cd/squeeze-alpha/debian-edu-6.0.0+edua0-DVD.iso</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>There is no source DVD available yet. It will be prepared when we
+get closer to the final release.</p>
+
+<p>The MD5SUM of these images are</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>3dbf45d59f42a53518b6e3c9ec3b5eb6 debian-edu-6.0.0+edua0-CD.iso</li>
+<li>22f2cbfce281d1c6e478be452638675d debian-edu-6.0.0+edua0-DVD.iso</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>The SHA1SUM of these images are</p>
+<ul>
+<li>c53d1b69b40cf37cd27aefaf33f6f6a3821bedf0 debian-edu-6.0.0+edua0-CD.iso</li>
+<li>2ec29d7db676d59d32197b05c277ffe16348376c debian-edu-6.0.0+edua0-DVD.iso</li>
+</ul>
+<p>How to report bugs:
+http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugsInBugzilla</p>
+
+<p>Please direct replies to debian-edu@lists.debian.org</p>
+</blockquote>
+</description>
+ </item>
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