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+ First alpha release of Debian Edu / Skolelinux based on Debian Wheezy +
+
+ 26th April 2013 +
+
+

The Debian Edu / Skolelinux project is still going strong and made +its first Wheezy based release today. This is the release +announcement:

+ +

New features for Debian Edu ~7.0.0 alpha0 released +2013-04-26

+ +

This is the release notes for for Debian Edu / Skolelinux ~7.0.0 +edu alpha0, based on Debian with codename "Wheezy".

+ +

About Debian Edu and Skolelinux

+ +

Debian Edu, also known as +Skolelinux, is a Linux distribution based on Debian providing an +out-of-the box environment of a completely configured school +network. Immediatly after installation a school server running all +services needed for a school network is set up just waiting for users +and machines being added via GOsa², a comfortable Web-UI. A netbooting +environment is prepared using PXE, so after initial installation of +the main server from CD, DVD or USB stick all other machines can be +installed via the network.

+ +

This is the first test release based on Wheezy (which currently is +not released yet). Basically this is an updated and slightly improved +version compared to the Squeeze release.

+ +

Software updates

+ + + +

Documentation

+ + +

LDAP related changes

+ + +

Other changes

+ + +

Regressions

+ + +

No updated artwork

+ + + +

Where to get it

+ +To download the multiarch netinstall CD release you can use + + +

The MD5SUM of this image is: c5e773ddafdaa4f48c409c682f598b6c

+ +

The SHA1SUM of this image is: 25934fabb9b7d20235499a0a51f08ce6c54215f2

+ +

How to report bugs

+ +

http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs

+ +
+
+ + + Tags: debian edu, english. + + +
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+ +
+
+ First Debian Edu / Skolelinux developer gathering in 2013 take place in Trondheim +
+
+ 16th April 2013 +
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+

This years first Skolelinux / +Debian Edu developer gathering take place the coming weekend in Trondheim. +Details about the gathering can be found +on +the FRiSK wiki. The dates are 19-21th of April 2013, and online +participation for those unable to make it in person is very welcome, +and I plan to participate online myself as I could not leave Oslo this +weekend.

+ +

The focus of the gathering is to work on the web pages and project +infrastructure, and to continue the work on the Wheezy based Debian +Edu release.

+ +

See you on IRC, #debian-edu on irc.debian.org, then?

+ +
+
+ + + Tags: debian edu, english. + + +
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+ +
+
+ Isenkram 0.2 finally in the Debian archive +
+
+ 3rd April 2013 +
+
+

Today the Isenkram +package finally made it into the archive, after lingering in NEW +for many months. I uploaded it to the Debian experimental suite +2013-01-27, and today it was accepted into the archive.

+ +

Isenkram is a system for suggesting to users what packages to +install to work with a pluggable hardware device. The suggestion pop +up when the device is plugged in. For example if a Lego Mindstorm NXT +is inserted, it will suggest to install the program needed to program +the NXT controller. Give it a go, and report bugs and suggestions to +BTS. :)

+ +
+
+ + + Tags: debian, english, isenkram. + + +
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+
+ Change the font, save the world (and save some money in the process) +
+
+ 26th March 2013 +
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+

Would you like to help the environment and save money at the same +time, without much sacrifice? A small step could be to change the +font you use when printing.

+ +

Three years ago, +Ars +Technica reported how the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay +changed their default front from +Arial to +Century +Gothic to save money. The Century Gothic font uses 30% less toner +than Arial to print the same text. In other word, you could cut your +toner costs by 30% (or actually, increase your toner supply life time +by more than 30%), by simply changing the default font used in your +prints.

+ +

But it is not quite obvious how much one will save by switching. +The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay said it used $100,000 per year +on ink and toner cartridges, according to +a report from +TwinCities.com, and expected to save between $5,000 and $10,000 +per year by asking staff and students to use a different font. Not +all PDFs and documents are created internally, and those from external +sources will most likely still use a different font. Also, the +Century Gothic font is slightly wider than Arial, and thus might use +more sheets of paper to print the same text, so the total saving +depend on the documents printed.

+ +

But it is definitely something to consider, if you want to reduce +the amount of trash, decrease the amount of toner used in the world, +and save some money in the process.

+ +

Update 2013-04-10: If you want to know how much ink/toner could be +saved when switching between fonts, Inkfarm got a +service to calculate the +difference between font pairs. They also +recommend +which fonts to use to save ink. Check it out. :) While updating +this blog post, I also came across a blog post from InkCloners, +listing +the fonts they recommend, with Centory Gothic at the top.

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+ + + Tags: english. + + +
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+
+ Typesetting a short story using docbook for PDF, HTML and EPUB +
+
+ 24th March 2013 +
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+

A few days ago, during a discussion in +EFN about interesting books to read +about copyright and the data retention directive, a suggestion to read +the 1968 short story Kodémus by +Tore Åge Bringsværd +came up. The text was only available in old paper books, and thus not +easily available for current and future generations. Some of the +people participating in the discussion contacted the author, and +reported back 2013-03-19 that the author was OK with releasing the +short story using a Creative +Commons license. The text was quickly scanned and OCR-ed, and we +were ready to start on the editing and typesetting.

+ +

As I already had some experience formatting text in my project to +provide a Norwegian version of the Free Culture book by Lawrence +Lessig, I chipped in and set up a +DocBook processing framework to +generate PDF, HTML and EPUB version of the short story. The tools to +transform DocBook to different formats are already in my Linux +distribution of choice, Debian, so +all I had to do was to use the +dblatex, +dbtoepub +and xmlto tools to do the +conversion. After a few days, we decided to replace dblatex with +xsltproc/fop (aka +docbook-xsl), +to get the copyright information to show up in the PDF and to get a +nicer <variablelist> typesetting, but that is just a minor +technical detail.

+ +

There were a few challenges, of course. We want to typeset the +short story to look like the original, and that require fairly good +control over the layout. The original short story have three +parts/scenes separated by a single horizontally centred star (*), and +the paragraphs do not contain only flowing text, but dialogs and text +that started on a new line in the middle of the paragraph.

+ +

I initially solved the first challenge by using a paragraph with a +single star in it, ie <para>*</para>, but it made sure a +placeholder indicated where the scene shifted. This did not look too +good without the centring. The next approach was to create a new +preprocessor directive <?newscene?>, mapping to "<hr/>" +for HTML and "<fo:block text-align="center"><fo:leader +leader-pattern="rule" rule-thickness="0.5pt"/></fo:block>" +for FO/PDF output (did not try to implement this in dblatex, as we had +switched at this time). The HTML XSL file looked like this:

+ +

+<?xml version='1.0'?> 
+<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version='1.0'>
+  <xsl:template match="processing-instruction('newscene')">
+    <hr/>
+  </xsl:template>
+</xsl:stylesheet> 
+

+ +

And the FO/PDF XSL file looked like this:

+ +

+<?xml version='1.0'?> 
+<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version='1.0'>
+  <xsl:template match="processing-instruction('newscene')">
+    <fo:block text-align="center">
+      <fo:leader leader-pattern="rule" rule-thickness="0.5pt"/>
+    </fo:block>
+  </xsl:template>
+</xsl:stylesheet> 
+

+ +

Finally, I came across the <bridgehead> tag, which seem to be +a good fit for the task at hand, and I replaced <?newscene?> +with <bridgehead>*</bridgehead>. It isn't centred, but we +can fix it with some XSL rule if the current visual layout isn't +enough.

+ +

I did not find a good DocBook compliant way to solve the +linebreak/paragraph challenge, so I ended up creating a new processor +directive <?linebreak?>, mapping to <br/> in HTML, and +<fo:block/> in FO/PDF. I suspect there are better ways to do +this, and welcome ideas and patches on github. The HTML XSL file now +look like this:

+ +

+<?xml version='1.0'?> 
+<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version='1.0'>
+  <xsl:template match="processing-instruction('linebreak)">
+    <br/>
+  </xsl:template>
+</xsl:stylesheet> 
+

+ +

And the FO/PDF XSL file looked like this:

+ +

+<?xml version='1.0'?> 
+<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version='1.0'
+  xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
+  <xsl:template match="processing-instruction('linebreak)">
+    <fo:block/>
+  </xsl:template>
+</xsl:stylesheet> 
+

+ +

One unsolved challenge is our wish to expose different ISBN numbers +per publication format, while keeping all of them in some conditional +structure in the DocBook source. No idea how to do this, so we ended +up listing all the ISBN numbers next to their format in the colophon +page.

+ +

If you want to check out the finished result, check out the +source repository at +github +(future/new/official +repository). We expect it to be ready and announced in a few +days.

+ +
+
+ + + Tags: docbook, english, freeculture, opphavsrett. + + +
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+
+ Skolelinux 6 got a video review from Pcwizz +
+
+ 17th March 2013 +
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+

Via +twitter +I just discovered that Pcwizz have +done a video +review on Youtube of Skolelinux +/ Debian Edu version 6. He installed the standalone profile and +the video show a walk-through of of the menu content, demonstration of +a few programs and his view of our distribution.

+ +

There is also some really nice quotes (transcribed by me, might +have heard wrong). While looking thought the Graphics menu:

+ +
+"Basically everything you ever need in a school environment." +
+ +

And as a general evaluation of the entire distribution:

+ +
+"So, yeah, a bit bloated. It kept all the Debian stuff in there, just +to keep it nice and GNU. So, I do not want to go on about it, but +lets give it 7 out of 10. I am not going to use it. That is because +I am not deploying a school network. There may be some mythical +feature to help you deploy Skolelinux on a school network." +
+ +

To bad he did not test the server profile, and discovered the PXE +installation option. It make it possible to install only the main +server from CD, and the rest of the machines via the net, and might be +considered the mythical feature he talk about. :)

+ +

While looking through the menus, there is also this funny comment +about the part of the K menu generated from the Debian menu subsystem: + +

+"[The K menu] have a special Debian section for software that no-one +is going to look at, because it contain lots of junky stuff that you +actually don't need in the education distribution, but have just been +included because it isn't stripped out for some reason." +
+ +

I guess it is yet another argument for merging the Debian menu and +Gnome/KDE desktop menu entries into +one +consistent menu system instead of two incomplete and partly +inconsistent menu systems.

+ +

The entire video is available below for those accepting iframe +embedding:

+ + + +
+
+ + + Tags: debian edu, english, video. + + +
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+
+ First Skolelinux / Debian Edu Squeeze update released +
+
+ 8th March 2013 +
+
+

Last Sunday, 2013-03-03,, Holger Levsen announced the first update +of Skolelinux / Debian Edu +based on Debian Squeeze. This is the first update since +the +initial release 2012-03-11. This is the +release +announcement email from Holger:

+ +

Hi,

+ +

it's my pleasure to announce the immediate availability of Debian +Edu 6.0.7+r1 ("Debian Edu Squeeze").

+ +

Debian Edu 6.0.7+r1 is an incremental update to Debian Edu +6.0.4+r0, containing all the changes between Debian 6.0.4 and 6.0.7 as +well Debian Edu specific bugfixes and enhancements. See below (in this +mail) for the full list of (edu) changes. Please see +http://www.debian.org/News/2012/20120311 +for more information on "Debian Edu Squeeze".

+ +

Images are available for download at +http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/

+ +

md5sums: +
1fe79eb4f0f9ae1c58fc318e26cc1e2e debian-edu-6.0.7+r1-CD.iso +
a6ddd924a8bd9a1b5ca122e8fe1c34ec debian-edu-6.0.7+r1-DVD.iso +
ac6c72cd7925ccec51bfbf58e2a7c69c debian-edu-6.0.7+r1-source-DVD.iso

+ +

sha1sums: +
a4b58233b672a99c7df8dc24fb6de3327654a5c3 debian-edu-6.0.7+r1-CD.iso +
9b524915e0ff2aa793f13d93123e5bd2bab2dbaa debian-edu-6.0.7+r1-DVD.iso +
43997614893fc5e9e59ad6ce066b05d07fd836fa debian-edu-6.0.7+r1-source-DVD.iso

+ +

These images are suitable for amd64+i386.

+ +

Changes for Debian Edu 6.0.7+r1 Codename "Squeeze", released +2013-03-03:

+ +
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  • sitesummary was updated from 0.1.3 to 0.1.8 +
      +
    • Make Nagios configuration more robust and efficient
      • +
    • Comply with 3.X kernel
      • +
    • +
  • debian-edu-doc from 1.4~20120310~6.0.4+r0 to 1.4~20130228~6.0.7+r1 +
      +
    • Minor updates from the wiki
      • +
    • Danish translation now complete
      • +
    • +
  • debian-edu-config from 1.453 to 1.455 +
      +
    • Fix /etc/hosts for LTSP diskless workstations. Closes: #699880
      • +
    • Make ltsp_local_mount script work for multiple devices.
      • +
    • Correct Kerberos user policy: don't expire password after 2 days. + Closes: #664596
      • +
    • Handle '#' characters in the root or first users password. + Closes: #664976
      • +
    • Fixes for gosa-sync: +
        +
      • Don't fail if password contains "
        • +
      • Don't disclose new password string in syslog
        • +
      • +
    • Fixes for gosa-create: +
        +
      • Invalidate libnss cache before applying changes
        • +
      • Multiple failures during mass user import into GOsa²
        • +
      • gosa-netgroups plugin: don't erase entries of attribute type + "memberNisNetgroup". Closes: #687256
        • +
      • First user now uses the same Kerberos policy as all other users
        • +
      • +
    • Add Danish web page
      • +
    +
  • debian-edu-install from 1.528 to 1.530 +
      +
    • Improve preseeding support and documentation
      • +
    • +
+ +

End-user documentation in English is available at +http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Squeeze/ +- translations to French, Italian, Danish and German are available in +the debian-edu-doc package. (Other languages could use your help!)

+ +

If you want to contribute to Debian Edu, please join our +mailinglist +debian-edu@lists.debian.org! +

+ +

I am very happy to see the fruits of a year of hard work. :)

+ +
+
+ + + Tags: debian edu, english. + + +
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+
+ Frikanalen - Complete TV station organised using the web +
+
+ 3rd March 2013 +
+
+

Do you want to set up your own TV station, schedule videos and +broadcast them on the air? Using free software? With video on demand +support using +free and +open standards? Included a web based video stream as well? And +administrate it all in your web browser from anywhere in the world? A +few years now the Norwegian public access TV-channel +Frikanalen have been building a +system to do just this. The source code for the solution is licensed +using the GNU LGPL, and +available from github.

+ +

The idea is simple. You upload a video file over the web, and +attach meta information to the file. You select a time slot in the +program schedule, and when the time come it is played on the air and +in the web stream. It is also made available in a video on demand +solution for anyone to see it also outside its scheduled time. All +you need to run a TV station - using your web browser.

+ +

There are several parts to this web based solution. I'll mention +the three most important ones. The first part is the database of +videos and the schedule. This is written in Django and include a REST +API. The current database is SQLite, but the plan is to migrate it to +PostgreSQL. At the moment this system can be tested on +beta.frikanalen.tv. The +second part is the video playout, taking the schedule information from +the database and providing a video stream to broadcast. This is done +using CasparCG from SVT and +Media Lovin' Toolkit. Video +signal distribution is handled using +Open Broadcast Encoder. The +third part is the converter, handling the transformation of uploaded +video files to a format useful for broadcasting, streaming and video +on demand. It is still very much work in progress, so it is not yet +decided what it will end up using. Note that the source of the latter +two parts are not yet pushed to github. The lead author want to clean +them up a bit more first.

+ +

The development is coordinated on the +#frikanalen IRC +channel (irc.freenode.net), and discussed on +the +frikanalen mailing list. The lead developer is Benjamin Bruheim +(phed on IRC). Anyone is welcome to participate in the +development.

+ +
+
+ + + Tags: english, frikanalen, nuug, video. + + +
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+
+ Dr. Richard Stallman, founder of Free Software Foundation, give a talk in Oslo March 1st 2013 +
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+ 27th February 2013 +
+
+

Dr. Richard Stallman, +founder of Free Software Foundation, +is giving a +talk in Oslo March 1st 2013 17:00 to 19:00. The event is public +and organised by Norwegian Unix Users Group (NUUG) +(where I am the chair of the board) and +The Norwegian Open Source Competence +Center. The title of the talk is «The Free Software Movement and +GNU», with this description: + +

+The Free Software Movement campaigns for computer users' freedom to +cooperate and control their own computing. The Free Software Movement +developed the GNU operating system, typically used together with the +kernel Linux, specifically to make these freedoms possible. +

+ +

The meeting is open for everyone. Due to space limitations, the +doors opens for NUUG members at 16:15, and everyone else at 16:45. I +am really curious how many will show up. See +the event +page for the location details.

+ +
+
+ + + Tags: english, opphavsrett, personvern, sikkerhet, surveillance. + + +
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+ +
+
+ Frikart - Free Garmin maps for European countries based on OpenStreetmap +
+
+ 15th February 2013 +
+
+

If you, like me, want an updated a map for your Garmin GPS, there is +now a great source of free maps available from +Frikart. To +download a map, just click on the country you are interested in, and +download the map type you want. There are 8 different maps available, +using different colours and data selection. Pick one of Roadmap, Topo +Summer, Topo Winter, Roadmap II, Topo Summer II, Topo Winter II, +"Trails - overlay map" and "Cross country - overlay map" (see the web +page for descriptions).

+ +

The maps are updated weekly, so if you find something wrong in the +map you can just edit the +OpenStreetmap map source +(anyone can contribute) and fetch a fixed map a week later. :)

+ +
+
+ + + Tags: english, kart. + + +
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+ "Electronic" paper invoices - using vCard in a QR code +
+
+ 12th February 2013 +
+
+

Here in Norway, electronic invoices are spreading, and the +solution promoted +by the Norwegian government require that invoices are sent through +one of the approved facilitators, and it is not possible to send +electronic invoices without an agreement with one of these +facilitators. This seem like a needless limitation to be able to +transfer invoice information between buyers and sellers. My preferred +solution would be to just transfer the invoice information directly +between seller and buyer, for example using SMTP, or some HTTP based +protocol like REST or SOAP. But this might also be overkill, as the +"electronic" information can be transferred using paper invoices too, +using a simple bar code. My bar code encoding of choice would be QR +codes, as this encoding can be read by any smart phone out there. The +content of the code could be anything, but I would go with +the vCard format, as +it too is supported by a lot of computer equipment these days.

+ +

The vCard format support extentions, and the invoice specific +information can be included using such extentions. For example an +invoice from SLX Debian Labs (picked because we +ask +for donations to the Debian Edu project and thus have bank account +information publicly available) for NOK 1000.00 could have these extra +fields:

+ +

+X-INVOICE-NUMBER:1
+X-INVOICE-AMOUNT:NOK1000.00
+X-INVOICE-KID:123412341234
+X-INVOICE-MSG:Donation to Debian Edu
+X-BANK-ACCOUNT-NUMBER:16040884339
+X-BANK-IBAN-NUMBER:NO8516040884339
+X-BANK-SWIFT-NUMBER:DNBANOKKXXX
+

+ +

The X-BANK-ACCOUNT-NUMBER field was proposed in a stackoverflow +answer regarding +how +to put bank account information into a vCard. For payments in +Norway, either X-INVOICE-KID (payment ID) or X-INVOICE-MSG could be +used to pass on information to the seller when paying the invoice.

+ +

The complete vCard could look like this:

+ +

+BEGIN:VCARD
+VERSION:2.1
+ORG:SLX Debian Labs Foundation
+ADR;WORK:;;Gunnar Schjelderups vei 29D;OSLO;;0485;Norway
+URL;WORK:http://www.linuxiskolen.no/slxdebianlabs/
+EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:sdl-styret@rt.nuug.no
+REV:20130212T095000Z
+X-INVOICE-NUMBER:1
+X-INVOICE-AMOUNT:NOK1000.00
+X-INVOICE-MSG:Donation to Debian Edu
+X-BANK-ACCOUNT-NUMBER:16040884339
+X-BANK-IBAN-NUMBER:NO8516040884339
+X-BANK-SWIFT-NUMBER:DNBANOKKXXX
+END:VCARD
+

+ +

The resulting QR code created using +qrencode would look +like this, and should be readable (and thus checkable) by any smart +phone, or for example the zbar +bar code reader and feed right into the approval and accounting +system.

+ +

+ +

The extension fields will most likely not show up in any normal +vCard reader, so those parts would have to go directly into a system +handling invoices. I am a bit unsure how vCards without name parts +are handled, but a simple test indicate that this work just fine.

+ +

Update 2013-02-12 11:30: Added KID to the proposal +based on feedback from Sturle Sunde.

+ +
+
+ + + Tags: english, standard. + + +
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+
+ Sleep until morning - home automation for the kids +
+
+ 10th February 2013 +
+
+

+ +

With kids in the house, one challenge is getting them to sleep +during the night and wake up when it is morning. I mean, when I +believe it is morning, and not two hours earlier. In our household we +have decided that 07:00 is the turning point, but getting the kids to +sleep until 07:00 is a small challenge every day. They have adapted +quite well, and rarely wake up at 05:00 any more, but some times wake +up at times like 05:50, 06:15, 06:30 or 06:45, and it is hard to put +the awake one to bed again without disturbing and waking the rest. +And I understand perfectly well that they fail to sleep until 07:00 +some times, as there is no way for them to know if it is before or +after the magic moment without coming and asking us parents.

+ +

But yesterday I came up with a method to solve this problem. It +involve home automation. A few years ago I bought a +Tellstick and RF +switches at the local Clas +Ohlson shop, allowing me to control lights and other electrical +gadgets using my Linux server. When I moved from the old flat to a +small house, I put away all this equipment as most of the lighting in +the house was not using wall sockets and thus not easy to connect to +the gadgets I had. But recently I bought a +Tellstick +Net to be able to read sensor input as well as control power +sockets. I want to control ovens in the basement to avoid the pipes +to freeze, and monitor the humidity to detect flooding. The default +setup for Tellstick Net is to be controlled by the vendor web service, +which to me is a security problem, but it is also possible to build +ones own +firmware +with local access instead of being controlled by a Swedish +company, thanks to the release of the GPL licensed firmware source +code. I plan to get that running before I let it control anything +important. But while working on this, one idea to make it easier for +the kids came to me yesterday. We can set up a night light controlled +by the computer, and turn it automatically on at 07:00. The kids can +then check the light in the morning to know if they are supposed to +get up or not. They joined me in setting everything up, and I +repeated the concept several times before bed times to make sure they +remembered to check the light before getting up in the morning.

+ +

We tested it this morning, and all the kids stayed in bed until +after 07:00, and every one of them commented on the fact that the +"morning light" was turned on and signalled that the morning had +arrived. So this look like a success, and I am excited to see how +this develops the next few days. :) I really hope this can allow us +all to sleep a bit longer in the morning.

+ +

A nice advantage of this setup is that we can remote control when +to tell the kids to get up. We do not have to wait until 07:00, and +can also delay it if we want to.

+ +
+
+ + + Tags: english. + + +
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+ +
+
+ Bitcoin GUI now available from Debian/unstable (and Ubuntu/raring) +
+
+ 2nd February 2013 +
+
+

My +last +bitcoin related blog post mentioned that the new +bitcoin package for +Debian was waiting in NEW. It was accepted by the Debian ftp-masters +2013-01-19, and have been available in unstable since then. It was +automatically copied to Ubuntu, and is available in their Raring +version too.

+ +

But there is a strange problem with the build that block this new +version from being available on the i386 and kfreebsd-i386 +architectures. For some strange reason, the autobuilders in Debian +for these architectures fail to run the test suite on these +architectures (BTS #672524). +We are so far unable to reproduce it when building it manually, and +no-one have been able to propose a fix. If you got an idea what is +failing, please let us know via the BTS.

+ +

One feature that is annoying me with of the bitcoin client, because +I often run low on disk space, is the fact that the client will exit +if it run short on space (BTS +#696715). So make sure you have enough disk space when you run +it. :)

+ +

As usual, if you use bitcoin and want to show your support of my +activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address +15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b.

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+ + + Tags: bitcoin, debian, english. + + +
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+ Welcome to the world, Isenkram! +
+
+ 22nd January 2013 +
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+

Yesterday, I +asked +for testers for my prototype for making Debian better at handling +pluggable hardware devices, which I +set +out to create earlier this month. Several valuable testers showed +up, and caused me to really want to to open up the development to more +people. But before I did this, I want to come up with a sensible name +for this project. Today I finally decided on a new name, and I have +renamed the project from hw-support-handler to this new name. In the +process, I moved the source to git and made it available as a +collab-maint +repository in Debian. The new name? It is Isenkram. +To fetch and build the latest version of the source, use

+ +
+git clone http://anonscm.debian.org/git/collab-maint/isenkram.git
+cd isenkram && git-buildpackage -us -uc
+
+ +

I have not yet adjusted all files to use the new name yet. If you +want to hack on the source or improve the package, please go ahead. +But please talk to me first on IRC or via email before you do major +changes, to make sure we do not step on each others toes. :)

+ +

If you wonder what 'isenkram' is, it is a Norwegian word for iron +stuff, typically meaning tools, nails, screws, etc. Typical hardware +stuff, in other words. I've been told it is the Norwegian variant of +the German word eisenkram, for those that are familiar with that +word.

+ +

Update 2013-01-26: Added -us -us to build +instructions, to avoid confusing people with an error from the signing +process.

+ +

Update 2013-01-27: Switch to HTTP URL for the git +clone argument to avoid the need for authentication.

+ +
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+ + + Tags: debian, english, isenkram. + + +
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+
First prototype ready making hardware easier to use in Debian @@ -94,11 +1080,17 @@ svn://svn.debian.org/debian-edu/trunk/src/hw-support-handler/; cd hw-support-handler; debuild'. If you lack debuild, install the devscripts package.

+

Update 2013-01-23 12:00: The project is now +renamed to Isenkram and the source moved from the Debian Edu +subversion repository to a Debian collab-maint git repository. See +build +instructions for details.

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