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Lenny->Squeeze upgrades of the Gnome and KDE desktop, now with apt-get autoremove
-
2010-11-22 14:15
+
165 norske overvåkningskamera registert så langt i OpenStreetmap.org
+
2010-12-24 11:20
-

Michael Biebl suggested to me on IRC, that I changed my automated -upgrade testing of the -Lenny -Gnome and KDE Desktop to do apt-get autoremove when using apt-get. -This seem like a very good idea, so I adjusted by test scripts and -can now present the updated result from today:

- -

This is for Gnome:

- -

Installed using apt-get, missing with aptitude

- -

- apache2.2-bin - aptdaemon - baobab - binfmt-support - browser-plugin-gnash - cheese-common - cli-common - cups-pk-helper - dmz-cursor-theme - empathy - empathy-common - freedesktop-sound-theme - freeglut3 - gconf-defaults-service - gdm-themes - gedit-plugins - geoclue - geoclue-hostip - geoclue-localnet - geoclue-manual - geoclue-yahoo - gnash - gnash-common - gnome - gnome-backgrounds - gnome-cards-data - gnome-codec-install - gnome-core - gnome-desktop-environment - gnome-disk-utility - gnome-screenshot - gnome-search-tool - gnome-session-canberra - gnome-system-log - gnome-themes-extras - gnome-themes-more - gnome-user-share - gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3 - gstreamer0.10-tools - gtk2-engines - gtk2-engines-pixbuf - gtk2-engines-smooth - hamster-applet - libapache2-mod-dnssd - libapr1 - libaprutil1 - libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 - libaprutil1-ldap - libart2.0-cil - libboost-date-time1.42.0 - libboost-python1.42.0 - libboost-thread1.42.0 - libchamplain-0.4-0 - libchamplain-gtk-0.4-0 - libcheese-gtk18 - libclutter-gtk-0.10-0 - libcryptui0 - libdiscid0 - libelf1 - libepc-1.0-2 - libepc-common - libepc-ui-1.0-2 - libfreerdp-plugins-standard - libfreerdp0 - libgconf2.0-cil - libgdata-common - libgdata7 - libgdu-gtk0 - libgee2 - libgeoclue0 - libgexiv2-0 - libgif4 - libglade2.0-cil - libglib2.0-cil - libgmime2.4-cil - libgnome-vfs2.0-cil - libgnome2.24-cil - libgnomepanel2.24-cil - libgpod-common - libgpod4 - libgtk2.0-cil - libgtkglext1 - libgtksourceview2.0-common - libmono-addins-gui0.2-cil - libmono-addins0.2-cil - libmono-cairo2.0-cil - libmono-corlib2.0-cil - libmono-i18n-west2.0-cil - libmono-posix2.0-cil - libmono-security2.0-cil - libmono-sharpzip2.84-cil - libmono-system2.0-cil - libmtp8 - libmusicbrainz3-6 - libndesk-dbus-glib1.0-cil - libndesk-dbus1.0-cil - libopal3.6.8 - libpolkit-gtk-1-0 - libpt2.6.7 - libpython2.6 - librpm1 - librpmio1 - libsdl1.2debian - libsrtp0 - libssh-4 - libtelepathy-farsight0 - libtelepathy-glib0 - libtidy-0.99-0 - media-player-info - mesa-utils - mono-2.0-gac - mono-gac - mono-runtime - nautilus-sendto - nautilus-sendto-empathy - p7zip-full - pkg-config - python-aptdaemon - python-aptdaemon-gtk - python-axiom - python-beautifulsoup - python-bugbuddy - python-clientform - python-coherence - python-configobj - python-crypto - python-cupshelpers - python-elementtree - python-epsilon - python-evolution - python-feedparser - python-gdata - python-gdbm - python-gst0.10 - python-gtkglext1 - python-gtksourceview2 - python-httplib2 - python-louie - python-mako - python-markupsafe - python-mechanize - python-nevow - python-notify - python-opengl - python-openssl - python-pam - python-pkg-resources - python-pyasn1 - python-pysqlite2 - python-rdflib - python-serial - python-tagpy - python-twisted-bin - python-twisted-conch - python-twisted-core - python-twisted-web - python-utidylib - python-webkit - python-xdg - python-zope.interface - remmina - remmina-plugin-data - remmina-plugin-rdp - remmina-plugin-vnc - rhythmbox-plugin-cdrecorder - rhythmbox-plugins - rpm-common - rpm2cpio - seahorse-plugins - shotwell - software-center - system-config-printer-udev - telepathy-gabble - telepathy-mission-control-5 - telepathy-salut - tomboy - totem - totem-coherence - totem-mozilla - totem-plugins - transmission-common - xdg-user-dirs - xdg-user-dirs-gtk - xserver-xephyr -

- -

Installed using apt-get, removed with aptitude

- -

- cheese - ekiga - eog - epiphany-extensions - evolution-exchange - fast-user-switch-applet - file-roller - gcalctool - gconf-editor - gdm - gedit - gedit-common - gnome-games - gnome-games-data - gnome-nettool - gnome-system-tools - gnome-themes - gnuchess - gucharmap - guile-1.8-libs - libavahi-ui0 - libdmx1 - libgalago3 - libgtk-vnc-1.0-0 - libgtksourceview2.0-0 - liblircclient0 - libsdl1.2debian-alsa - libspeexdsp1 - libsvga1 - rhythmbox - seahorse - sound-juicer - system-config-printer - totem-common - transmission-gtk - vinagre - vino -

- -

Installed using aptitude, missing with apt-get

- -

- gstreamer0.10-gnomevfs -

- -

Installed using aptitude, removed with apt-get

- -

-[nothing] -

- -

This is for KDE:

- -

Installed using apt-get, missing with aptitude

- -

- ksmserver -

- -

Installed using apt-get, removed with aptitude

- -

- kwin - network-manager-kde -

- -

Installed using aptitude, missing with apt-get

- -

- arts - dolphin - freespacenotifier - google-gadgets-gst - google-gadgets-xul - kappfinder - kcalc - kcharselect - kde-core - kde-plasma-desktop - kde-standard - kde-window-manager - kdeartwork - kdeartwork-emoticons - kdeartwork-style - kdeartwork-theme-icon - kdebase - kdebase-apps - kdebase-workspace - kdebase-workspace-bin - kdebase-workspace-data - kdeeject - kdelibs - kdeplasma-addons - kdeutils - kdewallpapers - kdf - kfloppy - kgpg - khelpcenter4 - kinfocenter - konq-plugins-l10n - konqueror-nsplugins - kscreensaver - kscreensaver-xsavers - ktimer - kwrite - libgle3 - libkde4-ruby1.8 - libkonq5 - libkonq5-templates - libnetpbm10 - libplasma-ruby - libplasma-ruby1.8 - libqt4-ruby1.8 - marble-data - marble-plugins - netpbm - nuvola-icon-theme - plasma-dataengines-workspace - plasma-desktop - plasma-desktopthemes-artwork - plasma-runners-addons - plasma-scriptengine-googlegadgets - plasma-scriptengine-python - plasma-scriptengine-qedje - plasma-scriptengine-ruby - plasma-scriptengine-webkit - plasma-scriptengines - plasma-wallpapers-addons - plasma-widget-folderview - plasma-widget-networkmanagement - ruby - sweeper - update-notifier-kde - xscreensaver-data-extra - xscreensaver-gl - xscreensaver-gl-extra - xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod -

- -

Installed using aptitude, removed with apt-get

- -

- ark - google-gadgets-common - google-gadgets-qt - htdig - kate - kdebase-bin - kdebase-data - kdepasswd - kfind - klipper - konq-plugins - konqueror - ksysguard - ksysguardd - libarchive1 - libcln6 - libeet1 - libeina-svn-06 - libggadget-1.0-0b - libggadget-qt-1.0-0b - libgps19 - libkdecorations4 - libkephal4 - libkonq4 - libkonqsidebarplugin4a - libkscreensaver5 - libksgrd4 - libksignalplotter4 - libkunitconversion4 - libkwineffects1a - libmarblewidget4 - libntrack-qt4-1 - libntrack0 - libplasma-geolocation-interface4 - libplasmaclock4a - libplasmagenericshell4 - libprocesscore4a - libprocessui4a - libqalculate5 - libqedje0a - libqtruby4shared2 - libqzion0a - libruby1.8 - libscim8c2a - libsmokekdecore4-3 - libsmokekdeui4-3 - libsmokekfile3 - libsmokekhtml3 - libsmokekio3 - libsmokeknewstuff2-3 - libsmokeknewstuff3-3 - libsmokekparts3 - libsmokektexteditor3 - libsmokekutils3 - libsmokenepomuk3 - libsmokephonon3 - libsmokeplasma3 - libsmokeqtcore4-3 - libsmokeqtdbus4-3 - libsmokeqtgui4-3 - libsmokeqtnetwork4-3 - libsmokeqtopengl4-3 - libsmokeqtscript4-3 - libsmokeqtsql4-3 - libsmokeqtsvg4-3 - libsmokeqttest4-3 - libsmokeqtuitools4-3 - libsmokeqtwebkit4-3 - libsmokeqtxml4-3 - libsmokesolid3 - libsmokesoprano3 - libtaskmanager4a - libtidy-0.99-0 - libweather-ion4a - libxklavier16 - libxxf86misc1 - okteta - oxygencursors - plasma-dataengines-addons - plasma-scriptengine-superkaramba - plasma-widget-lancelot - plasma-widgets-addons - plasma-widgets-workspace - polkit-kde-1 - ruby1.8 - systemsettings - update-notifier-common -

- -

Running apt-get autoremove made the results using apt-get and -aptitude a bit more similar, but there are still quite a lott of -differences. I have no idea what packages should be installed after -the upgrade, but hope those that do can have a look.

+

Jeg flikket litt på OpenStreetmap.org i går, og oppdaget ved en +tilfeldighet at det er en rekke noder som representerer +overvåkningskamera som ikke blir med på kartet med overvåkningskamera +i Norge som +jeg +laget for snart to år siden. Fra før tok jeg med noder merket med +man_made=surveillance, mens det er en rekke noder som kun er merket +med highway=speed_camera. Endret på koden som henter ut kameralisten +fra OSM, og vips er antall kamera økt til 165.

+ +Kartet +er fortsatt ikke komplett, så hvis du ser noen kamera som mangler, +legg inn ved å følge instruksene fra +prosjektsiden. +Hvis du vet om noen flere måter å merke overvåkningskamera i OSM, ta +kontakt slik at jeg kan få med også disse.

- Tags: debian, debian edu, english. + Tags: norsk, personvern.
-
Migrating Xen virtual machines using LVM to KVM using disk images
-
2010-11-22 11:20
+
How to test if a laptop is working with Linux
+
2010-12-22 14:55
-

Most of the computers in use by the -Debian Edu/Skolelinux project -are virtual machines. And they have been Xen machines running on a -fairly old IBM eserver xseries 345 machine, and we wanted to migrate -them to KVM on a newer Dell PowerEdge 2950 host machine. This was a -bit harder that it could have been, because we set up the Xen virtual -machines to get the virtual partitions from LVM, which as far as I -know is not supported by KVM. So to migrate, we had to convert -several LVM logical volumes to partitions on a virtual disk file.

- -

I found -a -nice recipe to do this, and wrote the following script to do the -migration. It uses qemu-img from the qemu package to make the disk -image, parted to partition it, losetup and kpartx to present the disk -image partions as devices, and dd to copy the data. I NFS mounted the -new servers storage area on the old server to do the migration.

- -
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# Based on
-# http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com.au/articles/35011-Six-steps-for-migrating-Xen-virtual-machines-to-KVM
-
-set -e
-set -x
-
-if [ -z "$1" ] ; then
-    echo "Usage: $0 <hostname>"
-    exit 1
-else
-    host="$1"
-fi
-
-if [ ! -e /dev/vg_data/$host-disk ] ; then
-    echo "error: unable to find LVM volume for $host"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# Partitions need to be a bit bigger than the LVM LVs.  not sure why.
-disksize=$( lvs --units m | grep $host-disk | awk '{sum = sum + $4} END { print int(sum * 1.05) }')
-swapsize=$( lvs --units m | grep $host-swap | awk '{sum = sum + $4} END { print int(sum * 1.05) }')
-totalsize=$(( ( $disksize + $swapsize ) ))
-
-img=$host.img
-#dd if=/dev/zero of=$img bs=1M count=$(( $disksize + $swapsize ))
-qemu-img create $img ${totalsize}MMaking room on the Debian Edu/Sqeeze DVD
-
-parted $img mklabel msdos
-parted $img mkpart primary linux-swap 0 $disksize
-parted $img mkpart primary ext2 $disksize $totalsize
-parted $img set 1 boot on
-
-modprobe dm-mod
-losetup /dev/loop0 $img
-kpartx -a /dev/loop0
-
-dd if=/dev/vg_data/$host-disk of=/dev/mapper/loop0p1 bs=1M
-fsck.ext3 -f /dev/mapper/loop0p1 || true
-mkswap /dev/mapper/loop0p2
-
-kpartx -d /dev/loop0
-losetup -d /dev/loop0
-
- -

The script is perhaps so simple that it is not copyrightable, but -if it is, it is licenced using GPL v2 or later at your discretion.

- -

After doing this, I booted a Debian CD in rescue mode in KVM with -the new disk image attached, installed grub-pc and linux-image-686 and -set up grub to boot from the disk image. After this, the KVM machines -seem to work just fine.

+

The last few days I have spent at work here at the University of oslo testing if the new +batch of computers will work with Linux. Every year for the last few +years the university have organized shared bid of a few thousand +computers, and this year HP won the bid. Two different desktops and +five different laptops are on the list this year. We in the UNIX +group want to know which one of these computers work well with RHEL +and Ubuntu, the two Linux distributions we currently handle at the +university.

+ +

My test method is simple, and I share it here to get feedback and +perhaps inspire others to test hardware as well. To test, I PXE +install the OS version of choice, and log in as my normal user and run +a few applications and plug in selected pieces of hardware. When +something fail, I make a note about this in the test matrix and move +on. If I have some spare time I try to report the bug to the OS +vendor, but as I only have the machines for a short time, I rarely +have the time to do this for all the problems I find.

+ +

Anyway, to get to the point of this post. Here is the simple tests +I perform on a new model.

+ + + +

By now I suspect you are really curious what the test results are +for the HP machines I am testing. I'm not done yet, so I will report +the test results later. For now I can report that HP 8100 Elite work +fine, and hibernation fail with HP EliteBook 8440p on Ubuntu Lucid, +and audio fail on RHEL6. Ubuntu Maverik worked with 8440p. As you +can see, I have most machines left to test. One interesting +observation is that Ubuntu Lucid has almost twice the framerate than +RHEL6 with glxgears. No idea why.

@@ -559,625 +151,414 @@ seem to work just fine.

-
Lenny->Squeeze upgrades, apt vs aptitude with the Gnome and KDE desktop
-
2010-11-20 22:50
+
Some thoughts on BitCoins
+
2010-12-11 15:10
-

I'm still running upgrade testing of the -Lenny -Gnome and KDE Desktop, but have not had time to spend on reporting the -status. Here is a short update based on a test I ran 20101118.

- -

I still do not know what a correct migration should look like, so I -report any differences between apt and aptitude and hope someone else -can see if anything should be changed.

- -

This is for Gnome:

- -

Installed using apt-get, missing with aptitude

- -

- apache2.2-bin aptdaemon at-spi baobab binfmt-support - browser-plugin-gnash cheese-common cli-common cpp-4.3 cups-pk-helper - dmz-cursor-theme empathy empathy-common finger - freedesktop-sound-theme freeglut3 gconf-defaults-service gdm-themes - gedit-plugins geoclue geoclue-hostip geoclue-localnet geoclue-manual - geoclue-yahoo gnash gnash-common gnome gnome-backgrounds - gnome-cards-data gnome-codec-install gnome-core - gnome-desktop-environment gnome-disk-utility gnome-screenshot - gnome-search-tool gnome-session-canberra gnome-spell - gnome-system-log gnome-themes-extras gnome-themes-more - gnome-user-share gs-common gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3 - gstreamer0.10-tools gtk2-engines gtk2-engines-pixbuf - gtk2-engines-smooth hal-info hamster-applet libapache2-mod-dnssd - libapr1 libaprutil1 libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 libaprutil1-ldap - libart2.0-cil libatspi1.0-0 libboost-date-time1.42.0 - libboost-python1.42.0 libboost-thread1.42.0 libchamplain-0.4-0 - libchamplain-gtk-0.4-0 libcheese-gtk18 libclutter-gtk-0.10-0 - libcryptui0 libcupsys2 libdiscid0 libeel2-data libelf1 libepc-1.0-2 - libepc-common libepc-ui-1.0-2 libfreerdp-plugins-standard - libfreerdp0 libgail-common libgconf2.0-cil libgdata-common libgdata7 - libgdl-1-common libgdu-gtk0 libgee2 libgeoclue0 libgexiv2-0 libgif4 - libglade2.0-cil libglib2.0-cil libgmime2.4-cil libgnome-vfs2.0-cil - libgnome2.24-cil libgnomepanel2.24-cil libgnomeprint2.2-data - libgnomeprintui2.2-common libgnomevfs2-bin libgpod-common libgpod4 - libgtk2.0-cil libgtkglext1 libgtksourceview-common - libgtksourceview2.0-common libmono-addins-gui0.2-cil - libmono-addins0.2-cil libmono-cairo2.0-cil libmono-corlib2.0-cil - libmono-i18n-west2.0-cil libmono-posix2.0-cil - libmono-security2.0-cil libmono-sharpzip2.84-cil - libmono-system2.0-cil libmtp8 libmusicbrainz3-6 - libndesk-dbus-glib1.0-cil libndesk-dbus1.0-cil libopal3.6.8 - libpolkit-gtk-1-0 libpt-1.10.10-plugins-alsa - libpt-1.10.10-plugins-v4l libpt2.6.7 libpython2.6 librpm1 librpmio1 - libsdl1.2debian libservlet2.4-java libsrtp0 libssh-4 - libtelepathy-farsight0 libtelepathy-glib0 libtidy-0.99-0 - libxalan2-java libxerces2-java media-player-info mesa-utils - mono-2.0-gac mono-gac mono-runtime nautilus-sendto - nautilus-sendto-empathy openoffice.org-writer2latex - openssl-blacklist p7zip p7zip-full pkg-config python-4suite-xml - python-aptdaemon python-aptdaemon-gtk python-axiom - python-beautifulsoup python-bugbuddy python-clientform - python-coherence python-configobj python-crypto python-cupshelpers - python-cupsutils python-eggtrayicon python-elementtree - python-epsilon python-evolution python-feedparser python-gdata - python-gdbm python-gst0.10 python-gtkglext1 python-gtkmozembed - python-gtksourceview2 python-httplib2 python-louie python-mako - python-markupsafe python-mechanize python-nevow python-notify - python-opengl python-openssl python-pam python-pkg-resources - python-pyasn1 python-pysqlite2 python-rdflib python-serial - python-tagpy python-twisted-bin python-twisted-conch - python-twisted-core python-twisted-web python-utidylib python-webkit - python-xdg python-zope.interface remmina remmina-plugin-data - remmina-plugin-rdp remmina-plugin-vnc rhythmbox-plugin-cdrecorder - rhythmbox-plugins rpm-common rpm2cpio seahorse-plugins shotwell - software-center svgalibg1 system-config-printer-udev - telepathy-gabble telepathy-mission-control-5 telepathy-salut tomboy - totem totem-coherence totem-mozilla totem-plugins - transmission-common xdg-user-dirs xdg-user-dirs-gtk xserver-xephyr - zip -

- -Installed using apt-get, removed with aptitude - -

- arj bluez-utils cheese dhcdbd djvulibre-desktop ekiga eog - epiphany-extensions epiphany-gecko evolution-exchange - fast-user-switch-applet file-roller gcalctool gconf-editor gdm gedit - gedit-common gnome-app-install gnome-games gnome-games-data - gnome-nettool gnome-system-tools gnome-themes gnome-utils - gnome-vfs-obexftp gnome-volume-manager gnuchess gucharmap - guile-1.8-libs hal libavahi-compat-libdnssd1 libavahi-core5 - libavahi-ui0 libbind9-50 libbluetooth2 libcamel1.2-11 libcdio7 - libcucul0 libcurl3 libdirectfb-1.0-0 libdmx1 libdvdread3 - libedata-cal1.2-6 libedataserver1.2-9 libeel2-2.20 libepc-1.0-1 - libepc-ui-1.0-1 libexchange-storage1.2-3 libfaad0 libgadu3 - libgalago3 libgd2-noxpm libgda3-3 libgda3-common libggz2 libggzcore9 - libggzmod4 libgksu1.2-0 libgksuui1.0-1 libgmyth0 libgnome-desktop-2 - libgnome-pilot2 libgnomecups1.0-1 libgnomeprint2.2-0 - libgnomeprintui2.2-0 libgpod3 libgraphviz4 libgtk-vnc-1.0-0 - libgtkhtml2-0 libgtksourceview1.0-0 libgtksourceview2.0-0 - libgucharmap6 libhesiod0 libicu38 libisccc50 libisccfg50 libiw29 - libjaxp1.3-java-gcj libkpathsea4 liblircclient0 libltdl3 liblwres50 - libmagick++10 libmagick10 libmalaga7 libmozjs1d libmpfr1ldbl libmtp7 - libmysqlclient15off libnautilus-burn4 libneon27 libnm-glib0 - libnm-util0 libopal-2.2 libosp5 libparted1.8-10 libpisock9 - libpisync1 libpoppler-glib3 libpoppler3 libpt-1.10.10 libraw1394-8 - libsdl1.2debian-alsa libsensors3 libsexy2 libsmbios2 libsoup2.2-8 - libspeexdsp1 libssh2-1 libsuitesparse-3.1.0 libsvga1 - libswfdec-0.6-90 libtalloc1 libtotem-plparser10 libtrackerclient0 - libvoikko1 libxalan2-java-gcj libxerces2-java-gcj libxklavier12 - libxtrap6 libxxf86misc1 libzephyr3 mysql-common rhythmbox seahorse - sound-juicer swfdec-gnome system-config-printer totem-common - totem-gstreamer transmission-gtk vinagre vino w3c-dtd-xhtml wodim -

- -

Installed using aptitude, missing with apt-get

- -

- gstreamer0.10-gnomevfs -

- -

Installed using aptitude, removed with apt-get

- -

-[nothing] -

- -

This is for KDE:

- -

Installed using apt-get, missing with aptitude

- -

- autopoint bomber bovo cantor cantor-backend-kalgebra cpp-4.3 dcoprss - edict espeak espeak-data eyesapplet fifteenapplet finger gettext - ghostscript-x git gnome-audio gnugo granatier gs-common - gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio indi kaddressbook-plugins kalgebra - kalzium-data kanjidic kapman kate-plugins kblocks kbreakout kbstate - kde-icons-mono kdeaccessibility kdeaddons-kfile-plugins - kdeadmin-kfile-plugins kdeartwork-misc kdeartwork-theme-window - kdeedu kdeedu-data kdeedu-kvtml-data kdegames kdegames-card-data - kdegames-mahjongg-data kdegraphics-kfile-plugins kdelirc - kdemultimedia-kfile-plugins kdenetwork-kfile-plugins - kdepim-kfile-plugins kdepim-kio-plugins kdessh kdetoys kdewebdev - kdiamond kdnssd kfilereplace kfourinline kgeography-data kigo - killbots kiriki klettres-data kmoon kmrml knewsticker-scripts - kollision kpf krosspython ksirk ksmserver ksquares kstars-data - ksudoku kubrick kweather libasound2-plugins libboost-python1.42.0 - libcfitsio3 libconvert-binhex-perl libcrypt-ssleay-perl libdb4.6++ - libdjvulibre-text libdotconf1.0 liberror-perl libespeak1 - libfinance-quote-perl libgail-common libgsl0ldbl libhtml-parser-perl - libhtml-tableextract-perl libhtml-tagset-perl libhtml-tree-perl - libio-stringy-perl libkdeedu4 libkdegames5 libkiten4 libkpathsea5 - libkrossui4 libmailtools-perl libmime-tools-perl - libnews-nntpclient-perl libopenbabel3 libportaudio2 libpulse-browse0 - libservlet2.4-java libspeechd2 libtiff-tools libtimedate-perl - libunistring0 liburi-perl libwww-perl libxalan2-java libxerces2-java - lirc luatex marble networkstatus noatun-plugins - openoffice.org-writer2latex palapeli palapeli-data parley - parley-data poster psutils pulseaudio pulseaudio-esound-compat - pulseaudio-module-x11 pulseaudio-utils quanta-data rocs rsync - speech-dispatcher step svgalibg1 texlive-binaries texlive-luatex - ttf-sazanami-gothic -

- -

Installed using apt-get, removed with aptitude

- -

- amor artsbuilder atlantik atlantikdesigner blinken bluez-utils cvs - dhcdbd djvulibre-desktop imlib-base imlib11 kalzium kanagram kandy - kasteroids katomic kbackgammon kbattleship kblackbox kbounce kbruch - kcron kdat kdemultimedia-kappfinder-data kdeprint kdict kdvi kedit - keduca kenolaba kfax kfaxview kfouleggs kgeography kghostview - kgoldrunner khangman khexedit kiconedit kig kimagemapeditor - kitchensync kiten kjumpingcube klatin klettres klickety klines - klinkstatus kmag kmahjongg kmailcvt kmenuedit kmid kmilo kmines - kmousetool kmouth kmplot knetwalk kodo kolf kommander konquest kooka - kpager kpat kpdf kpercentage kpilot kpoker kpovmodeler krec - kregexpeditor kreversi ksame ksayit kshisen ksig ksim ksirc ksirtet - ksmiletris ksnake ksokoban kspaceduel kstars ksvg ksysv kteatime - ktip ktnef ktouch ktron kttsd ktuberling kturtle ktux kuickshow - kverbos kview kviewshell kvoctrain kwifimanager kwin kwin4 kwordquiz - kworldclock kxsldbg libakode2 libarts1-akode libarts1-audiofile - libarts1-mpeglib libarts1-xine libavahi-compat-libdnssd1 - libavahi-core5 libavc1394-0 libbind9-50 libbluetooth2 - libboost-python1.34.1 libcucul0 libcurl3 libcvsservice0 - libdirectfb-1.0-0 libdjvulibre21 libdvdread3 libfaad0 libfreebob0 - libgd2-noxpm libgraphviz4 libgsmme1c2a libgtkhtml2-0 libicu38 - libiec61883-0 libindex0 libisccc50 libisccfg50 libiw29 - libjaxp1.3-java-gcj libk3b3 libkcal2b libkcddb1 libkdeedu3 - libkdegames1 libkdepim1a libkgantt0 libkleopatra1 libkmime2 - libkpathsea4 libkpimexchange1 libkpimidentities1 libkscan1 - libksieve0 libktnef1 liblockdev1 libltdl3 liblwres50 libmagick10 - libmimelib1c2a libmodplug0c2 libmozjs1d libmpcdec3 libmpfr1ldbl - libneon27 libnm-util0 libopensync0 libpisock9 libpoppler-glib3 - libpoppler-qt2 libpoppler3 libraw1394-8 librss1 libsensors3 - libsmbios2 libssh2-1 libsuitesparse-3.1.0 libswfdec-0.6-90 - libtalloc1 libxalan2-java-gcj libxerces2-java-gcj libxtrap6 lskat - mpeglib network-manager-kde noatun pmount tex-common texlive-base - texlive-common texlive-doc-base texlive-fonts-recommended tidy - ttf-dustin ttf-kochi-gothic ttf-sjfonts -

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Installed using aptitude, missing with apt-get

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- dolphin kde-core kde-plasma-desktop kde-standard kde-window-manager - kdeartwork kdebase kdebase-apps kdebase-workspace - kdebase-workspace-bin kdebase-workspace-data kdeutils kscreensaver - kscreensaver-xsavers libgle3 libkonq5 libkonq5-templates libnetpbm10 - netpbm plasma-widget-folderview plasma-widget-networkmanagement - xscreensaver-data-extra xscreensaver-gl xscreensaver-gl-extra - xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod -

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Installed using aptitude, removed with apt-get

- -

- kdebase-bin konq-plugins konqueror -

+

As I continue to explore +BitCoin, I've starting to wonder +what properties the system have, and how it will be affected by laws +and regulations here in Norway. Here are some random notes.

+ +

One interesting thing to note is that since the transactions are +verified using a peer to peer network, all details about a transaction +is known to everyone. This means that if a BitCoin address has been +published like I did with mine in my initial post about BitCoin, it is +possible for everyone to see how many BitCoins have been transfered to +that address. There is even a web service to look at the details for +all transactions. There I can see that my address +15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b +have received 16.06 Bitcoin, the +1LfdGnGuWkpSJgbQySxxCWhv8MHqvwst3 +address of Simon Phipps have received 181.97 BitCoin and the address +1MCwBbhNGp5hRm5rC1Aims2YFRe2SXPYKt +of EFF have received 2447.38 BitCoins so far. Thank you to each and +every one of you that donated bitcoins to support my activity. The +fact that anyone can see how much money was transfered to a given +address make it more obvious why the BitCoin community recommend to +generate and hand out a new address for each transaction. I'm told +there is no way to track which addresses belong to a given person or +organisation without the person or organisation revealing it +themselves, as Simon, EFF and I have done.

+ +

In Norway, and in most other countries, there are laws and +regulations limiting how much money one can transfer across the border +without declaring it. There are money laundering, tax and accounting +laws and regulations I would expect to apply to the use of BitCoin. +If the Skolelinux foundation +(SLX +Debian Labs) were to accept donations in BitCoin in addition to +normal bank transfers like EFF is doing, how should this be accounted? +Given that it is impossible to know if money can across the border or +not, should everything or nothing be declared? What exchange rate +should be used when calculating taxes? Would receivers have to pay +income tax if the foundation were to pay Skolelinux contributors in +BitCoin? I have no idea, but it would be interesting to know.

+ +

For a currency to be useful and successful, it must be trusted and +accepted by a lot of users. It must be possible to get easy access to +the currency (as a wage or using currency exchanges), and it must be +easy to spend it. At the moment BitCoin seem fairly easy to get +access to, but there are very few places to spend it. I am not really +a regular user of any of the vendor types currently accepting BitCoin, +so I wonder when my kind of shop would start accepting BitCoins. I +would like to buy electronics, travels and subway tickets, not herbs +and books. :) The currency is young, and this will improve over time +if it become popular, but I suspect regular banks will start to lobby +to get BitCoin declared illegal if it become popular. I'm sure they +will claim it is helping fund terrorism and money laundering (which +probably would be true, as is any currency in existence), but I +believe the problems should be solved elsewhere and not by blaming +currencies.

+ +

The process of creating new BitCoins is called mining, and it is +CPU intensive process that depend on a bit of luck as well (as one is +competing against all the other miners currently spending CPU cycles +to see which one get the next lump of cash). The "winner" get 50 +BitCoin when this happen. Yesterday I came across the obvious way to +join forces to increase ones changes of getting at least some coins, +by coordinating the work on mining BitCoins across several machines +and people, and sharing the result if one is lucky and get the 50 +BitCoins. Check out +BitCoin Pool +if this sounds interesting. I have not had time to try to set up a +machine to participate there yet, but have seen that running on ones +own for a few days have not yield any BitCoins througth mining +yet.

+ +

Update 2010-12-15: Found an interesting +criticism of bitcoin. Not quite sure how valid it is, but thought +it was interesting to read. The arguments presented seem to be +equally valid for gold, which was used as a currency for many years.

- Tags: debian, debian edu, english. + Tags: bitcoin, debian, english, personvern, sikkerhet.
-
Gnash buildbot slave and Debian kfreebsd
-
2010-11-20 07:20
+
Pornoskannerne på flyplassene bedrer visst ikke sikkerheten
+
2010-12-11 10:45
-

Answering -the -call from the Gnash project for -buildbot slaves to test the -current source, I have set up a virtual KVM machine on the Debian -Edu/Skolelinux virtualization host to test the git source on -Debian/Squeeze. I hope this can help the developers in getting new -releases out more often.

- -

As the developers want less main-stream build platforms tested to, -I have considered setting up a Debian/kfreebsd -machine as well. I have also considered using the kfreebsd -architecture in Debian as a file server in NUUG to get access to the 5 -TB zfs volume we currently use to store DV video. Because of this, I -finally got around to do a test installation of Debian/Squeeze with -kfreebsd. Installation went fairly smooth, thought I noticed some -visual glitches in the cdebconf dialogs (black cursor left on the -screen at random locations). Have not gotten very far with the -testing. Noticed cfdisk did not work, but fdisk did so it was not a -fatal problem. Have to spend some more time on it to see if it is -useful as a file server for NUUG. Will try to find time to set up a -gnash buildbot slave on the Debian Edu/Skolelinux this weekend.

+

Via en +blogpost fra Simon Phipps i går, fant jeg en referanse til +en +artikkel i Washington Times som igjen refererer til en artikkel i +det fagfellevurderte tidsskriftet Journal of Transportation Security +med tittelen +"An +evaluation of airport x-ray backscatter units based on image +characteristics" som enkelt konstaterer at +pornoscannerne +som kler av reisende på flyplasser ikke er i stand til å avsløre det +produsenten og amerikanske myndigheter sier de skal avsløre. Kort +sagt, de bedrer ikke sikkerheten. Reisende må altså la ansatte på +flyplasser se dem +nakne eller la seg beføle i skrittet uten grunn. Jeg vil +fortsette å nekte å bruke disse pornoskannerne, unngå flyplasser der +de er tatt i bruk, og reise med andre transportmidler enn fly hvis jeg +kan.

- Tags: debian, debian edu, english, nuug. + Tags: norsk, personvern, sikkerhet.
-
Nå er 74 norske overvåkningskamera registert i OpenStreetmap.org
-
2010-11-18 11:25
+
Now accepting bitcoins - anonymous and distributed p2p crypto-money
+
2010-12-10 08:20
-

Jeg oppdaterte nettopp kartet med overvåkningskamera som -jeg -startet for ca. et og et halvt år siden, og nå er det 74 kamera på -plass. I prosessen med å oppdatere kartet oppdaget jeg ved en -tilfeldighet at webreferansen til registermeldingen hos Datatilsynet -nå ikke lenger er gyldig (se -tidligere -melding). Antar Datatilsynet fjerner utdaterte meldinger fra -databasen. Konsekvensen blir at kameraoversikten i OSM må ha med -søkekriteriene som ble brukt for å finne registermeldingen -(dvs. virksomhetsnavn og organisasjonsnummer), slik at eventuelt nye -meldinger for samme kamera kan finnes igjen.

- -

Det er dukket opp kamera på -kartet -i Bergensområdet, Stavangerområdet, Osloområdet, Gjøvikområdet og i -Troms. Mange områder og kamera mangler, og jeg er overbevist om at -bare en brøkdel av den enorme mengden kamera som nå finnes i det -offentlige rom er registrert så langt. Instrukser for å legge inn -kamera finnes på websiden for kartet hos -personvernforeningen.

+

With this weeks lawless +governmental +attacks on Wikileak and +free +speech, it has become obvious that PayPal, visa and mastercard can +not be trusted to handle money transactions. +A blog post from +Simon +Phipps on bitcoin reminded me about a project that a friend of +mine mentioned earlier. I decided to follow Simon's example, and get +involved with BitCoin. I got +some help from my friend to get it all running, and he even handed me +some bitcoins to get started. I even donated a few bitcoins to Simon +for helping me remember BitCoin.

+ +

So, what is bitcoins, you probably wonder? It is a digital +crypto-currency, decentralised and handled using peer-to-peer +networks. It allows anonymous transactions and prohibits central +control over the transactions, making it impossible for governments +and companies alike to block donations and other transactions. The +source is free software, and while the key dependency wxWidgets 2.9 +for the graphical user interface is missing in Debian, the command +line client builds just fine. Hopefully Jonas +will get the package into +Debian soon.

+ +

Bitcoins can be converted to other currencies, like USD and EUR. +There are companies accepting +bitcoins when selling services and goods, and there are even +currency "stock" markets where the exchange rate is decided. There +are not many users so far, but the concept seems promising. If you +want to get started and lack a friend with any bitcoins to spare, +you can even get +some for free (0.05 +bitcoin at the time of writing). Use +BitcoinWatch to keep an eye +on the current exchange rates.

+ +

As an experiment, I have decided to set up bitcoind on one of my +machines. If you want to support my activity, please send Bitcoin +donations to the address +15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b. Thank you!

- Tags: norsk, personvern. + Tags: bitcoin, debian, english, personvern, sikkerhet.
-
Gjendikte sangen "Copying Is Not Theft" på Norsk?
-
2010-11-10 14:40
+
Martin Bekkelund: En stille bønn om Datalagringsdirektivet
+
2010-12-09 21:25
-

En genial liten sang om kopiering og tyveri er -Copying Is -Not Theft av Nina Paley. Den vil jeg at -NUUG skal sende på -Frikanalen, men først må vi -fikse norske undertekster eller dubbing. Og i og med at det er en -sang, tror jeg den kanskje bør gjendiktes. +

Martin Bekkelund ved +friprog-senteret har skrevet +følgende +korte +oppsummering rundt datalagringsdirektivet, som jeg videreformidler +her.

+ +

Det pågår i disse dager en intens diskusjon om +innføring av Datalagringsdirektivet (DLD) i norsk rett. Kanskje +har du gjort deg opp en mening, kanskje er du usikker. I begge +tilfeller ber jeg deg lese videre.

+ +

Samtlige fagmiljøer, både i Norge og EU, har konkludert med at +DLD ikke bør +innføres på nåværende tidspunkt. Den tekniske kvaliteten på direktivet +er dårlig, det griper uforholdsmessig inn i personvernet, det har +store mangler og viktige spørsmål som hvem som skal ha tilgang og +hvordan data skal lagres er fortsatt uavklart.

-Selve teksten finner en på bloggen til -tekstforfatteren og den ser slik ut: - -

-

Copying is not theft. -
Stealing a thing leaves one less left -
Copying it makes one thing more; -
that's what copying's for.

- -

Copying is not theft. -
If I copy yours you have it too -
One for me and one for you -
That's what copies can do

- -

If I steal your bicycle -
you have to take the bus, -
but if I just copy it -
there's one for each of us!

- -

Making more of a thing, -
that is what we call "copying" -
Sharing ideas with everyone -
That's why copying -
is -
FUN!

-

- -

Her er et naivt forsøk på oversettelse, uten noe forsøk på -gjendiktning eller få det til å flyte sammen med melodien.

+ -

-

Kopiering er ikke tyveri. -
Stjeler du en ting er det en mindre igjen -
Kopier den og det er ting til. -
det er derfor vi har kopiering.

- -

Kopiering er ikke tyveri. -
Hvis jeg kopierer din så har du den fortsatt -
En for meg og en for deg. -
Det er det kopier gir oss

- -

Hvis jeg stjeler sykkelen din -
så må du ta bussen, -
men hvis jeg bare kopierer den, -
så får vi hver vår!

- -

Lage mer av en ting, -
det er det vi kaller "kopiering". -
Deler ideer med enhver -
Det er derfor kopiering -
er -
MORSOMT!

+

Jeg liker å tro at jeg er en hyggelig fyr. Jeg har et rent +rulleblad, og med unntak av to fartsbøter har jeg aldri vært en byrde +for samfunnet. Det akter jeg å fortsette med. Det er mange som meg, +lovlydige, pliktoppfyllende borgere som aldri vil utgjøre en trussel +mot noe som helst. Vi synes derfor det er trist og sårende at all vår +atferd skal overvåkes døgnkontinuerlig.

+ +

Understøttet av faglige vurderinger kan du trygt si nei til +DLD.

+ +

Ta kontakt med meg +hvis du har spørsmål om DLD, uansett hva det måtte +gjelde.

+ +

Denne teksten er å anse som Public +Domain. Spre den videre til alle som kan ha nytte av +den!

-

Hvis du har forslag til bedre oversettelse eller lyst til å bidra -til å få denne sangen over i norsk språkdrakt, ta kontakt med video -(at) nuug.no.

+

Siste melding +fra Nettavisen er at regjeringen planlegger å fremme sitt forslag +til implementering av datalagringsdirektivet i morgen, i ly av +fredprisutdelingen for å få minst mulig pressedekning om saken. Vi +får snart se om det stemmer.

- Tags: fildeling, norsk, nuug, opphavsrett, personvern. + Tags: norsk, personvern.
-
Debian in 3D
-
2010-11-09 16:10
+
Student group continue the work on my Reprap 3D printer
+
2010-12-09 19:30
-

- -

3D printing is just great. I just came across this Debian logo in -3D linked in from -the -thingiverse blog.

+

A few days ago, I was introduces to some students in the robot +student assosiation Robotica +Osloensis at the University of Oslo where I work, who planned to +get their own 3D printer. They wanted to learn from me based on my +work in the area. After having a short lunch meeting with them, I +offered them to borrow my reprap kit, as I never had time to complete +the build and this seem unlike to change any time soon. I look +forward to see how this goes. This monday their volunteer driver +picked up my kit and drove it to their lab, and tomorrow I am told the +last exam is over so they can start work on getting the 3D printer +operational.

+ +

The robotic group have already build several robots on their own, +and seem capable of getting the reprap operational. I really look +forward to being able to print all the cool 3D designs published on +Thingiverse. I even got +some 3D scans I got made during Dagen@IFI when one of the groups at +the computer science department at the university demonstrated their +very cool 3D scanner.

- Tags: 3d-printer, debian, english. + Tags: 3d-printer, english, reprap.
-
Datatilsynet mangler verktøyet som trengs for å kontrollere kameraovervåkning
-
2010-11-09 14:35
+
Debian Edu development gathering and General Assembly for FRiSK
+
2010-11-29 18:40
-

En stund tilbake ble jeg oppmerksom på at Datatilsynets verktøy for -å holde rede på overvåkningskamera i Norge ikke var egnet til annet -enn å lage statistikk, og ikke kunne brukes for å kontrollere om et -overvåkningskamera i det offentlige rom er lovlig satt opp og -registrert. For å teste hypotesen sendte jeg for noen dager siden -følgende spørsmål til datatilsynet. Det omtalte kameraet står litt -merkelig plassert i veigrøften ved gangstien langs Sandakerveien, og -jeg lurer oppriktig på om det er lovlig plassert og registrert.

- -

-

Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 16:08:20 +0100 -
From: Petter Reinholdtsen <pere (at) hungry.com> -
To: postkasse (at) datatilsynet.no -
Subject: Er overvåkningskameraet korrekt registrert?

- -

Hei.

- -

I Nydalen i Oslo er det mange overvåkningskamera, og et av dem er -spesielt merkelig plassert like over et kumlokk. Jeg lurer på om -dette kameraet er korrekt registrert og i henhold til lovverket.

- -

Finner ingen eierinformasjon på kameraet, og dermed heller ingenting å -søke på i <URL: -http://hetti.datatilsynet.no/melding/report_search.pl >. -Kartreferanse for kameraet er tilgjengelig fra -<URL: -http://people.skolelinux.no/pere/surveillance-norway/?zoom=17&lat=59.94918&lon=10.76962&layers=B0T >. - -

Kan dere fortelle meg om dette kameraet er registrert hos -Datatilsynet som det skal være i henhold til lovverket?

- -

Det hadde forresten vært fint om rådata fra kameraregisteret var -tilgjengelig på web og regelmessig oppdatert, for å kunne søke på -andre ting enn organisasjonsnavn og -nummer ved å laste det ned og -gjøre egne søk.

- -

Vennlig hilsen, -
-- -
Petter Reinholdtsen -

- -

Her er svaret som kom dagen etter:

- -

-

Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 14:44:09 +0100 -
From: "juridisk" <juridisk (at) Datatilsynet.no> -
To: Petter Reinholdtsen -
Subject: VS: Er overvåkningskameraet korrekt registrert? - -

Viser til e-post av 2. november. - -

Datatilsynet er det forvaltningsorganet som skal kontrollere at -personopplysningsloven blir fulgt. Formålet med loven er å verne -enkeltpersoner mot krenking av personvernet gjennom behandling av -personopplysninger.

- -

Juridisk veiledningstjeneste hos Datatilsynet gir råd og veiledning -omkring personopplysningslovens regler på generelt grunnlag.

- -

Datatilsynet har dessverre ikke en fullstendig oversikt over alle -kameraer, den oversikten som finner er i vår meldingsdatabase som du -finner her: -http://www.datatilsynet.no/templates/article____211.aspx

- -

Denne databasen gir en oversikt over virksomheter som har meldt inn -kameraovervåkning. Dersom man ikek vet hvilken virksomhet som er -ansvarlig, er det heller ikke mulig for Datatilsynet å søke dette -opp.

- -

Webkameraer som har så dårlig oppløsning at man ikke kan gjenkjenne -enkeltpersoner er ikke meldepliktige, da dette ikke anses som -kameraovervåkning i personopplysningslovens forstand. Dersom kameraet -du sikter til er et slikt webkamera, vil det kanskje ikke finnes i -meldingsdatabasen på grunn av dette. Også dersom et kamera med god -oppløsning ikke filmer mennesker, faller det utenfor loven.

- -

Datatilsynet har laget en veileder som gjennomgår når det er lov å -overvåke med kamera, se lenke: -http://www.datatilsynet.no/templates/article____401.aspx

- -

Dersom det ikke er klart hvem som er ansvarlig for kameraet, er det -vanskelig for Datatilsynet å ta kontakt med den ansvarlige for å få -avklart om kameraet er satt opp i tråd med tilsynets regelverk. Dersom -du mener at kameraet ikke er lovlig ut fra informasjonen ovenfor, kan -kameraet anmeldes til politiet.

- -

Med vennlig hilsen

- -

Maria Bakke -
Juridisk veiledningstjeneste -
Datatilsynet

-

- -

Personlig synes jeg det bør være krav om å registrere hvert eneste -overvåkningskamera i det offentlige rom hos Datatilsynet, med -kartreferanse og begrunnelse om hvorfor det er satt opp, slik at -enhver borger enkelt kan hente ut kart over områder vi er interessert -i og sjekke om det er overvåkningskamera der som er satt opp uten å -være registert. Slike registreringer skal jo i dag fornyes -regelmessing, noe jeg mistenker ikke blir gjort. Dermed kan kamera -som en gang var korrekt registrert nå være ulovlig satt opp. Det -burde også være bøter for å ha kamera som ikke er korrekt registrert, -slik at en ikke kan ignorere registrering uten at det får -konsekvenser.

- -

En ide fra England som jeg har sans (lite annet jeg har sans for -når det gjelder overvåkningskamera i England) for er at enhver borger -kan be om å få kopi av det som er tatt opp med et overvåkningskamera i -det offentlige rom, noe som gjør at det kan komme løpende utgifter ved -å sette overvåkningskamera. Jeg tror alt som gjør det mindre -attraktivt å ha overvåkningskamera i det offentlige rom er en god -ting, så et slikt lovverk i Norge tror jeg hadde vært nyttig.

+

On friday, the first Debian Edu / Skolelinux +development +gathering in a long time take place here in Oslo, Norway. I +really look forward to seeing all the good people working on the +Squeeze release. The gathering is open for everyone interested in +learning more about Debian Edu / Skolelinux.

+ +

On Saturday, the Norwegian member organization taking care of +organizing these development gatherings, Fri Programvare i Skolen, +will hold its +General Assembly +for 2010. Membership is open for all, and currently there are 388 +people registered as members. Last year 32 members cast their vote in +the memberdb based election system. I hope more people find time to +vote this year.

- Tags: norsk, personvern, sikkerhet. + Tags: debian edu, english, nuug.
-
Making room on the Debian Edu/Sqeeze DVD
-
2010-11-07 11:45
+
Why isn't Debian Edu using VLC?
+
2010-11-27 11:30
-

Prioritising packages for the Debian Edu / -Skolelinux DVD, which is -supposed provide a school with all the services and user applications -needed on the pupils computer network has always been hard. Even -schools without Internet connections should be able to get Debian Edu -working using this DVD.

- -

The job became a lot harder when apt and aptitude started -installing recommended packages by default. We want the same set of -packages to be installed when using the DVD and the netinst CD, and -that means all recommended packages need to be on the DVD. I created -a patch for debian-cd in BTS -report #601203 to do this, and since this change was applied to -the Debian Edu DVD build, we have been seriously short on space.

- -

A few days ago we decided to drop blender, wxmaxima and kicad from -the default installation to save space on the DVD, believing that -those needing these applications are few and can get them from the -Debian archive.

- -

Yesterday, I had a look what source packages to see which packages -were using most space. A few large packages are well know; -openoffice.org, openclipart and fluid-soundfont. But I also -discovered that lilypond used 106 MiB and fglrx-driver used 53 MiB. -The lilypond package is pulled in as a dependency for rosegarden, and -when looking a bit closer I discovered that 99 MiB of the 106 MiB were -the documentation package, which is recommended by the binary package. -I decided to drop this documentation package from our DVD, as most of -our users will use the GUI front-ends and do not need the lilypond -documentation. Similarly, I dropped the non-free fglrx-driver package -which might be installed by d-i when its hardware is detected, as the -free X driver should work.

- -

With this change, we finally got space for the LXDE and Gnome -desktop packages as well as the language specific packages making the -DVD more useful again.

+

In the latest issue of Linux Journal, the readers choices were +presented, and the winner among the multimedia player were VLC. +Personally, I like VLC, and it is my player of choice when I first try +to play a video file or stream. Only if VLC fail will I drag out +gmplayer to see if it can do better. The reason is mostly the failure +model and trust. When VLC fail, it normally pop up a error message +reporting the problem. When mplayer fail, it normally segfault or +just hangs. The latter failure mode drain my trust in the program.

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But even if VLC is my player of choice, we have choosen to use +mplayer in Debian +Edu/Skolelinux. The reason is simple. We need a good browser +plugin to play web videos seamlessly, and the VLC browser plugin is +not very good. For example, it lack in-line control buttons, so there +is no way for the user to pause the video. Also, when I +last +tested the browser plugins available in Debian, the VLC plugin +failed on several video pages where mplayer based plugins worked. If +the browser plugin for VLC was as good as the gecko-mediaplayer +package (which uses mplayer), we would switch.

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While VLC is a good player, its user interface is slightly +annoying. The most annoying feature is its inconsistent use of +keyboard shortcuts. When the player is in full screen mode, its +shortcuts are different from when it is playing the video in a window. +For example, space only work as pause when in full screen mode. I +wish it had consisten shortcuts and that space also would work when in +window mode. Another nice shortcut in gmplayer is [enter] to restart +the current video. It is very nice when playing short videos from the +web and want to restart it when new people arrive to have a look at +what is going on.

- Tags: debian edu, english, nuug. + Tags: debian, debian edu, english, multimedia, video, web.
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Norgeskartet på mange vis - via OpenStreetmap.org
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2010-11-01 11:15
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DND hedrer overvåkning av barn med Rosingsprisen
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2010-11-23 14:15
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Har oppdaget at mange ikke er klar over at OpenStreetmap.org er -tilgjengelig i en rekke forskjellige formater. Her er en liste med -eksporter jeg kjenner til for Norge, for de som trenger et -fribrukskart til sine tjenester:

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Kartene oppdateres regelmessig, som oftest hver uke. Det skulle -dermed være noe for enhver smak.

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Jeg registrerer med vond smak i munnen at Den Norske Dataforening +hedrer +overvåkning av barn med Rosingsprisen for kreativitet i år. Jeg +er glad jeg nå er meldt ut av DND.

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Å elektronisk overvåke sine barn er ikke å gjøre dem en tjeneste, +men et overgrep mot individer i utvikling som bør læres opp til å ta +egne valg.

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For å sitere Datatilsynets nye leder, Bjørn Erik Thon, i +et intervju +med Computerworld Norge:

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+- For alle som har barn, meg selv inkludert, er førstetanken at det +hadde vært fint å vite hvor barnet sitt er til enhver tid. Men ungene +har ikke godt av det. De er små individer som skal søke rundt og finne +sine små gjemmesteder og utvide horisonten, uten at foreldrene ser dem +i kortene. Det kan være fristende, men jeg ville ikke gått inn i +dette. +

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Det er skremmende å se at DND mener en tjeneste som legger opp til +slike overgrep bør hedres. Å flytte oppveksten for barn inn i en +virtuell +Panopticon er et +grovt overgrep og vil gjøre skade på barnenes utvikling, og foreldre +burde tenke seg godt om før de gir etter for sine instinkter her.

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Blipper-tjenesten får meg til å tenke på bøkene til +John Twelve +Hawks, som forbilledlig beskriver hvordan et totalitært +overvåkningssamfunn bygges sakte men sikkert rundt oss, satt sammen av +gode intensjoner og manglende bevissthet om hvilke prinsipper et +liberalt demokrati er fundamentert på. Jeg har hatt stor glede av å +lese alle de tre bøkene.

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