X-Git-Url: https://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/676faacaf884cb14d5fb29f3e1ccb54559ca4808..f3fd9ba77396f15e7e6f707f0cd1ed02b927ef74:/blog/index.rss diff --git a/blog/index.rss b/blog/index.rss index e8160fe6c3..41e05ee0e8 100644 --- a/blog/index.rss +++ b/blog/index.rss @@ -6,6 +6,27 @@ http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + July 13th: Debian/Ubuntu BSP and Skolelinux/Debian Edu developer gathering in Oslo + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/July_13th__Debian_Ubuntu_BSP_and_Skolelinux_Debian_Edu_developer_gathering_in_Oslo.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/July_13th__Debian_Ubuntu_BSP_and_Skolelinux_Debian_Edu_developer_gathering_in_Oslo.html + Tue, 9 Jul 2013 10:40:00 +0200 + <p>The upcoming Saturday, 2013-07-13, we are organising a combined +Debian Edu developer gathering and Debian and Ubuntu bug squashing +party in Oslo. It is organised by <a href="http://www.nuug.no/">the +member assosiation NUUG</a> and +<a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">the Debian Edu / Skolelinux +project</a> together with <a href="http://bitraf.no/">the hack space +Bitraf</a>.</p> + +<p>It starts 10:00 and continue until late evening. Everyone is +welcome, and there is no fee to participate. There is on the other +hand limited space, and only room for 30 people. Please put your name +on <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/BSP/2013/07/13/no/Oslo">the even +wiki page</a> if you plan to join us.</p> + + + The Thinkpad is dead, long live the Thinkpad X230? http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/The_Thinkpad_is_dead__long_live_the_Thinkpad_X230_.html @@ -80,6 +101,40 @@ fixed. :)</p> + + The Thinkpad is dead, long live the Thinkpad X230 + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/The_Thinkpad_is_dead__long_live_the_Thinkpad_X230.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/The_Thinkpad_is_dead__long_live_the_Thinkpad_X230.html + Thu, 4 Jul 2013 09:20:00 +0200 + <p>Half a year ago, I reported that I had to find a replacement for my +trusty old Thinkpad X41. Unfortunately I did not have much time to +spend on it, but today the replacement finally arrived. I ended up +picking a <a href="http://www.linlap.com/lenovo_thinkpad_x230">Thinkpad +X230</a> with SSD disk (NZDAJMN). I first test installed Debian Edu +Wheezy as a roaming workstation, and it worked flawlessly. As I write +this, it is installing what I hope will be a more final installation, +with a encrypted hard drive to ensure any dope head stealing it end up +with an expencive door stop.</p> + +<p>I had a hard time trying to track down a good laptop, as my most +important requirements (robust and with a good keyboard) are never +listed in the feature list. But I did get good help from the search +feature at <ahref="http://www.prisjakt.no/">Prisjakt</a>, which +allowed me to limit the list of interesting laptops based on my other +requirements. A bit surprising that SSD disk are not disks, so I had +to drop number of disks from my search parameters.</p> + +<p>I am not quite convinced about the keyboard, as it is significantly +wider than my old keyboard, and I have to stretch my hand a lot more +to reach the edges. But the key response is fairly good and the +individual key shape is fairly easy to handle, so I hope I will get +used to it. My old X40 was starting to fail, and I really needed a +new laptop now. :)</p> + +<p>I look forward to figuring out how to turn off the touch pad.</p> + + + Fourth alpha release of Debian Edu/Skolelinux based on Debian Wheezy http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Fourth_alpha_release_of_Debian_Edu_Skolelinux_based_on_Debian_Wheezy.html @@ -787,178 +842,5 @@ unfixed.</li> - - Is there a PHP expert in the building? Debian Edu need help! - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Is_there_a_PHP_expert_in_the_building___Debian_Edu_need_help_.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Is_there_a_PHP_expert_in_the_building___Debian_Edu_need_help_.html - Wed, 5 Jun 2013 17:50:00 +0200 - <p>Here is a call for help from the Debian Edu / Skolelinux project. -We have two problems blocking the release of the Wheezy version we -hope to get released soon. The two problems require some with PHP -skills, and we seem to lack anyone with both time and PHP skills in -the project: - -<ol> - -<li>It is impossible to log into the slbackup web interface - (slbackup-php) using the root user and password. This is - <a href="http://bugs.debian.org/700257">BTS report #700257</a>. - This used to work, but stopped working some time since Squeeze. - Perhaps some obsolete PHP feature was used?</li> - -<li>It is not possible to "mass import" user lists in Gosa, neither - using ldif nor using CSV files. The feature was disabled after a - major rewrite of Gosa, and need to be ported to the new system. - This is <a href="http://bugs.debian.org/698840">BTS report - #698840</a>.</li> - -</ol> - -<p>If you can help us, please join us on IRC -(<a href="irc://irc.debian.org/%23debian-edu">#debian-edu on -irc.debian.org</a>) and provide patches via the BTS.</p> - - - - - Debian Edu interview: Cédric Boutillier - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__C_dric_Boutillier.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__C_dric_Boutillier.html - Tue, 4 Jun 2013 10:30:00 +0200 - <p>It has been a while since my last English -<a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu and Skolelinux</a> -interview last November. But the developers and translators are still -pulling along to get the Wheezy based release out the door, and this -time I managed to get an interview from one of the French translators -in the project, Cédric Boutillier.</p> - -<p><strong>Who are you, and how do you spend your days?</strong></p> - -<p>I am 34 year old. I live near Paris, France. I am an assistant -professor in probability theory. I spend my daytime teaching -mathematics at the university and doing fundamental research in -probability in connexion with combinatorics and statistical physics.</p> - -<p>I have been involved in the Debian project for a couple of years -and became Debian Developer a few months ago. I am working on Ruby -packaging, publicity and translation.</p> - -<p><strong>How did you get in contact with the Skolelinux / Debian Edu -project?</strong></p> - -<p>I came to the Debian Edu project after a call for translation of -<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Manuals">the -Debian Edu manual</a> for the release of Debian Edu Squeeze. Since -then, I have been working on updating the French translation of the -manual. - -<p>I had the opportunity to make an installation of Debian Edu in a -virtual machine when I was preparing localised version of some screen -shots for the manual. I was amazed to see it worked out of the box and -how comprehensive the list of software installed by default was.</p> - -<p>What amazed me was the complete network infrastructure directly -ready to use, which can and the nice administration interface provided -by <a href="https://oss.gonicus.de/labs/gosa/">GOsa²</a>. What pleased -me also was the fact that among the software installed by default, -there were many "traditional" educative software to learn languages, -to count, to program... but also software to develop creativity and -artistic skills with music (<a href="http://ardour.org/">Ardour</a>, -<a href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/">Audacity</a>) and -movies/animation (I was especially thinking of -<a href="http://linuxstopmotion.sourceforge.net/">Stopmotion</a>).</p> - -<p>I am following the development of Debian Edu and am hanging out on -<a href="irc://irc.debian.org/%23debian-edu">#debian-edu</a>. -Unfortunately, I don't much time to get more involved in this -beautiful project.</p> - -<p><strong>What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux / Debian -Edu?</strong></p> - -<p>For me, the main advantages of Skolelinux/Debian Edu are its -community of experts and its precise documentation, as well as the -fact that it provides a solution ready to use.</p> - -<p>I would add also the fact that it is based on the rock solid Debian -distribution, which ensures stability and provides a huge collection -of educational free software.</p> - -<p><strong>What do you see as the disadvantages of Skolelinux / Debian -Edu?</strong></p> - -<p>Maybe the lack of manpower to do lobbying on the -project. Sometimes, people who need to take decisions concerning IT do -not have all the elements to evaluate properly free software -solutions. The fact that support by a company may be difficult to find -is probably a problem if the school does not have IT personnel.</p> - -<p>One can find support from a company by looking at -<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Help/ProfessionalHelp">the -wiki dokumentation</a>, where some countries already have a number of -companies providing support for Debian Edu, like Germany or -Norway. This list is easy to find readily from the manual. However, -for other countries, like France, the list is empty. I guess that -consultants proposing support for Debian would be able to provide some -support for Debian Edu as well.</p> - -<p><strong>Which free software do you use daily?</strong></p> - -<p>I am using the KDE Plasma Desktop. But the pieces of software I use -most runs in a terminal: Mutt and OfflineIMAP for emails, latex for -scientific documents, mpd for music. VIM is my editor of choice. I am -also using the mathematical software -<a href="http://www.scilab.org/en/scilab/about‎">Scilab</a> and -<a href="http://www.sagemath.org/index.html‎">Sage</a> (built from -source as not completely packaged for Debian, yet). - -<p><strong>Do you have any suggestions for teachers interested in -using the free software in Debian to teach mathematics and -statistics?</strong></p> - -<p>I do not have any "nice" recommendations for statistics. At our -university, we use both <a href="http://www.r-project.org/‎">R</a> and -Scilab to teach statistics and probabilistic simulations. For -geometry, there are nice programs:</p> - -<ul> - -<li><a href="http://www.drgeo.eu/">drgeo</a> and -<a href="http://edu.kde.org/applications/all/kig‎">kig</a> to do -constructions in planar geometry - -<li><a href="http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/software/download/kali.html">kali</a> -to discover symmetry groups (the so-called wallpapers and frieze -groups), although the interface looks a bit old.</li> - -</ul> - -<p>I like also -<a href="http://edu.kde.org/applications/all/cantor">cantor</a>, which -provides a uniform interface to SciLab, Sage, -<a href="http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Octave‎">Octave</a>, etc...</p> - -<p><strong>Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to -get schools to use free software?</strong></p> - -<p>My suggestions would be to</p> - -<ul> - -<li>advertise the reduction of costs when free software is used.</li> - -<li>communicate about the quality of free software projects, using - well known examples like Firefox, ThunderBird and - OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice.</li> - -<li>advertise the living and strong community around the project.</li> - -<li>show that it is not more difficult to use than any other - system.</li> - -</ul> - - -