X-Git-Url: https://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/b94cebd1444edbd7c9dd9474eaeaca9195a82253..f91b97c147cb0574fcbc81acfb4b380f040246d4:/blog/index.rss diff --git a/blog/index.rss b/blog/index.rss index ec920a941a..b1b070bf04 100644 --- a/blog/index.rss +++ b/blog/index.rss @@ -6,6 +6,34 @@ http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + Narvik sparer minst 9 millioner på å bruke Skolelinux + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Narvik_sparer_minst_9_millioner_p____bruke_Skolelinux.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Narvik_sparer_minst_9_millioner_p____bruke_Skolelinux.html + Fri, 10 May 2013 18:30:00 +0200 + <p>I fjor sommer ble jeg +<a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Gladoppslag_om_Skolelinux_i_avisen_Fremover.html">gledelig +overrasket</a> over et oppslag i avisen Fremover om Narvik kommunes +bruk av <a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Skolelinux</a>. Oppslaget +var basert på et notat som besvarte spørsmål fra ordfører Tor Nysæter +og rådgiver for skolesektoren, Petter Falkbu, om bruken av Skolelinux +i Narvikskolene og konstnaden ved å gå over til Windows. For litt +over en uke siden siden fikk jeg endelig bedt kommunen om å få innsyn +i dette notatet, og det ble oversendt på epost tirsdag. Jeg fikk +<a href="http://www.nuug.no/pub/offentliginnsyn/from-Narvik-kommune/2013-04-29-09:12-skolelinux-notat/PetterFalkbuogwindowsfornarvikskolen%20(L)351310.pdf">lagt +ut notatet</a> samme dag, og fikk i dag sjekket postlista til Narvik, +der jeg fant notatet som +<a href="https://www.narvik.kommune.no/innsyn.aspx?response=arkivsak_detaljer&arkivsakid=2013001023&scripturi=/innsyn.aspx&skin=infolink&Mid1=301&">sak +2013/1023</a>.</p> + +<p>Notatet forteller at Narvik ville måtte betalt minst 9 millioner +for å gå over til Windows på skolene. I tillegg dokumenterer notatet +at læreplanens krav oppfylles uten problemer ved bruk av Skolelinux. +Jeg anbefaler alle å lese de 10 sidene med gode argumenter for å kutte +unødige utgifter på IT i skoleverket. :)</p> + + + Debian Wheezy is out - and Debian Edu / Skolelinux should soon follow! #newinwheezy http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Wheezy_is_out___and_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_should_soon_follow___newinwheezy.html @@ -20,7 +48,7 @@ soon.</p> <p>The new debian release contain heaps of new stuff, and one program in particular make me very happy to see included. The <a href="http://scratch.mit.edu/">Scratch</a> program, made famous by -the <a href="http://www.code.org/">Teach kid code</a> movement, is +the <a href="http://www.code.org/">Teach kids code</a> movement, is included for the first time. Alongside similar programs like <a href="http://edu.kde.org/kturtle/">kturtle</a> and <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities/Turtle_Art">turtleart</a>, @@ -612,54 +640,5 @@ kommersiell bruk.</p> - - Change the font, save the world (and save some money in the process) - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Change_the_font__save_the_world__and_save_some_money_in_the_process_.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Change_the_font__save_the_world__and_save_some_money_in_the_process_.html - Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:10:00 +0100 - <p>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.</p> - -<p>Three years ago, -<a href="http://arstechnica.com/business/2010/04/last-year-printer-comparison-website/">Ars -Technica</a> reported how the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay -changed their default front from -<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arial">Arial</a> to -<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_Gothic">Century -Gothic</a> 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.</p> - -<p>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 href="http://www.twincities.com/ci_14833097">a report from -TwinCities.com</a>, 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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>Update 2013-04-10: If you want to know how much ink/toner could be -saved when switching between fonts, Inkfarm got a -<a href="http://www.inkfarm.com/What-the-Font">service to calculate the -difference between font pairs</a>. They also -<a href="http://www.inkfarm.com/Recommended-Ink-Saving-Fonts---">recommend -which fonts to use</a> to save ink. Check it out. :) While updating -this blog post, I also came across a blog post from InkCloners, -<a href="http://inkcloners.com/blog/ink-cartridges/change-fonts-to-save-ink-costs/">listing -the fonts they recommend</a>, with Centory Gothic at the top.</p> - - -