X-Git-Url: https://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/a213da9e0b22e05cac6a3aabb01cefdb72f9d9b2..c5116f906972236309db44c898524b7c6aeaea21:/blog/index.rss diff --git a/blog/index.rss b/blog/index.rss index 3773b479e5..edfff0758a 100644 --- a/blog/index.rss +++ b/blog/index.rss @@ -6,6 +6,18 @@ http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + Gratulerer med 19-årsdagen, Debian! + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Gratulerer_med_19__rsdagen__Debian_.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Gratulerer_med_19__rsdagen__Debian_.html + Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:20:00 +0200 + <p>I dag fyller +<a href="http://www.debian.org/News/2012/20120813">Debian-prosjektet 19 +år</a>. Jeg har fulgt det de siste 12 årene, og er veldig glad for å kunne +si gratulerer med dagen, Debian!.</p> + + + Gladoppslag om Skolelinux i avisen Fremover http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Gladoppslag_om_Skolelinux_i_avisen_Fremover.html @@ -435,166 +447,5 @@ slik at du kan oppdatere direkte.</p> - - Debian Edu interview: George Bredberg - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__George_Bredberg.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__George_Bredberg.html - Mon, 9 Jul 2012 00:30:00 +0200 - <p>The <a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu / -Skolelinux</a> project have users all over the globe, but until -recently we have not known about any users in Norway's neighbour -country Sweden. This changed when George Bredberg showed up in March -this year on the mailing list, asking interesting questions about how -to adjust and scale the just released -<a href="http://www.debian.org/News/2012/20120311.html">Debian Edu -Wheezy</a> setup to his liking. He granted me an interview, and I am -happy to share his answers with you here.</p> - -<p><strong>Who are you, and how do you spend your days?</strong></p> - -<p>I'm a 44 year old country guy that have been working 12 years at -the same school as 50% IT-manager and 50% Teacher. My educational -background is fil.kand in history and religious beliefs, an exam as a -"folkhighschool" teacher, that is, for teaching grownups. In -Norwegian I believe it's called "Vuxenupplaring". I also have a master -in "Technology and social change". So I'm not really a tech guy, I -just like to study how humans and technology interact and that is my -perspective when working with IT.</p> - -<p><strong>How did you get in contact with the Skolelinux/Debian Edu -project?</strong></p> - -I have followed the Skolelinux project for quite some time by -now. Earlier I tested out the K12-LTSP project, which we used for some -time, but I really like the idea of having a distribution aimed to be -a complete solution for schools with necessary tools integrated. When -K12-LTSP abandoned that idea some years ago, I started to look more -seriously into Skolelinux instead. - -<p><strong>What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux/Debian -Edu?</strong></p> - -The big point of Skolelinux to me is that it is a complete -distribution, ready to install. It has LDAP-support, MS Windows -integration tools and so forth already configured, saving an -administrator a lot of time and headache. We were using another Linux -based thin-client system called Thinlinc, that has served us very -well. But that Skolelinux is based on VNC and LTSP, to me, is better -when it comes to the kind of multimedia used in schools. That is -showing videos from Youtube or educational TV. It is also easier to -mix thin clients with workstations, since the user settings will be the -same. In our VNC-based solution you had to "beat around the bush" by -setting up a second, hidden, home-directory for user settings for the -workstations, because they will be different from the ones used on the -thin clients. Skolelinux support for diskless workstations are very -convenient since a school today often need to use a class room -projector showing videos in full screen. That is easily done with a -small integrated media computer running as a diskless workstation. You -have only two installs to update and configure. One for the thin -clients and one for the workstations. Also saving a lot of time. Our -old system was also based on Redhat and CentOS. They are both very -nice distributions, but they are sometimes painfully slow when it -comes to updating multimedia support and multimedia programs (even -such as Gimp), leaving us with a bit "oldish" applications. Debian is -quicker to update. - -<p><strong>What do you see as the disadvantages of Skolelinux/Debian -Edu?</strong></p> - -<p>Debian is a bit too quick when it comes to updating. As an example -we use old HP terminals as thinclients, and two times already this -year (2012) the updates you get from the repositories has stopped -sound from working with them. It's a kernel/ALSA issue. So you have -to be more careful properly testing the updates before you run them in -a production environment. This has never happened with CentOS.</p> - -<p>I also would like to be able to set my own domain-settings at -install time. In Skolelinux they are kind of hard coded into the -distribution, when it comes to LDAP and at least samba integration. -That is more a cosmetic/translation issue, and not a real problem. -Running MS Windows applications within the Skolelinux environment needs -to be better supported. That is, running them seamlessly via RDP, and -support for single-sign on. That will make the transition to free -software easier, because you can keep the applications you really -need. No support will make it impossible if you work in a school where -some applications can't be open source. As for us we really need to -run Adobe InDesign in our journalist classes. We run a journalist -education, and is one of the very few non university ones that is ok:d -by Svenska journalistförbundet (Swedish journalist association). Our -education gives the pupils the right of membership there, once they -are done. This is important if you want to get a job.</p> - -<p>Adobe InDesign is the program most commonly used in newspapers and -magazines. We used Quark Express before, but they seem to loose there -market to Adobe. The only "equivalent" to InDesign in the opensource -world is Scribus, and its not advanced enough. At least not according -to the teacher. I think it would be possible to use it, because they -are not supposed to learn a program, they are supposed to learn how to -edit and compile a newspaper. But politically at our school we are not -there yet. And Scribus lacks a lot of things you find i InDesign.</p> - -<p>We used even a windows program for sound editing when it comes to -the radio-journalist part. The year to come we are going to try -Audacity. That software has the same kind of limitations compared to -Adobe Audition, but that teacher is a bit more open minded. We have -tried Ardour also, but that instead is more like a music studio -program, not intended for the kind of editing taking place in a radio -studio. Its way to complex and the GUI is to scattered when you only -want to cut, make pass-overs, add extra channels and normalise. Those -things you can do in Audacity, but its not as easy as in Audition. You -have to do more things manually with envelopes, and that is a bit old -fashion and timewasting. Its also harder to cut and move sound from -one channel to another, which is a thing that you do frequently -because you often find yourself needing to rearrange parts of the -sound file.</p> - -<p>So, I am not sure we will succeed in replacing even Audition, but we -will try. The problem is the students have certain expectations when -they start an education towards a profession. So the programs has to -look and feel professional. Good thing with radio, there are many -programs out there, that radio studios use, so its not as standardised -as Newspaper editing. That means, it does not really matter what -program they learn, because once they start working they still have to -learn the program the studio uses, so instead focus has to be to learn -the editing part without to much focus on a specific software.</p> - -<p><strong>Which free software do you use daily?</strong></p> - -<p>Myself I'm running Linux Mint, or Ubuntu these days. I use almost -only open source software, and preferably Linux based. When it comes -to most used applications its OpenOffice, and Firefox (of course ;) -)</p> - -<p><strong>Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to -get schools to use free software?</strong></p> - -<p>To get schools to use free software there has to be good open -source software that are windows based, to ease the transition. But -it's also very important that the multimedia support is working -flawlessly. The problems with Youtube, Twitter, Facebook and whatever -will create problems when it comes to both teachers and -students. Economy are also important for schools, so using thin -clients, as long as they have good multimedia support, is a very good -idea. It's also important that the open source software works even for -the administration. It's hard to convince the teachers to stick with -open source, if the principal has to run Windows. It also creates a -problem if some classes has to use Windows for there tasks, since that -will create a difference in "status" between classes, so a good -support for running windows applications via the thin client (Linux) -desktop is essential. At least at our school, where we have mixed -level of educations, from high-school to journalist-school.</p> - -<p>Update 2012-07-09 08:30: Paul Wise tipped me on IRC about three -useful sources related to Free Software for radio stations: the LWN -article <a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/481607/">Radio station -management with Airtime</a>, -<a href="http://www.sourcefabric.org/en/airtime/">Airtime</a> which -claim to be a Free open source radio automation software and -<a href="http://www.rivendellaudio.org/">Rivendell</a> which claim to -be complete radio broadcast automation solution. All of them seem -useful to the aspiring radio producer.</p> - - -