-basis for contributing it to the Skolelinux project ;)!
-
-> * What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux/Debian Edu?
-
-The most important advantage seems to be that it "just works". After
-overcoming some minor (but still very annoying) glitches in the
-installer, I got a fully functional, working school network, without the
-month-long hassle I experienced when setting all that up from scratch in
-earlier years. And above that, it rocked - I didn't have any real
-hardware at hand, because the school was just founded and has no money
-whatsoever, so I installed a combined server (main server, terminal
-services and workstation) in a VM on my personal notebook, bridging the
-LTSP network interface to the ethernet port, and then PXE-booted the
-Windows notebooks that were lying around from it. I could use 8 clients
-without any performance issues, by using a tiny little VM on a tiny
-little notebook. I think that's enough to say that it rocks!
-
-Secondly, there are marketing reasons. Life's bad, and so no politician
-will ever permit a setup described as "Debain, an universal operating
-system, with some really cool educational tools" while they will be jsut
-fine with "Skolelinux, a single-purpose solution for your school
-network", even if both turn out to be the very same thing (yes, this is
-unfair towards the Skolelinux project, and must not be taken too
-seriously - you get the idea, anyway).
-
-> * What do you see as the disadvantages of Skolelinux/Debian Edu?
-
-I have not been involved with Skolelinux long enough to really answer
-this question in a fair way. Thus, please allow me to put it in other
-words: "What do you expect from Skolelinux to keep liking it?" I can
-list a few points about that:
-
- - always strive to get all things integrated into Debian upstream
- - be open to discussion about changes and the like, even with newcomers
- - be helpful at being helpful ;)
-
-I'm really sorry I cannot say much more about that :(!
-
-> * Which free software do you use daily?
-
-First of all, all software I use is free and open. I have abandoned all
-non-free software (except for firmware on my darned phone) this year.
-
-I run Debian GNU/Linux on all PC systems I use. On that, I mostly run
-text tools. I use mksh[2] as shell, jupp[3] as very advanced text editor
-(I even got the developer to help me write a script/macro based
-full-featured student management software with the two), mcabber[4] for
-XMPP and irssi[5] for IRC. For that overly coloured world called the
-WWW, I use iceweasel (Firefox)[6]. Oh, and mutt[7] for e-mail.
-
-However, while I am personally aware of the fact that text tools are
-more efficient and powerful than anything else, I also use (or at least
-operate) some tools that are suitable to bring open source to kids. One
-of these things is Jappix[8], which I already introduced to some kids
-even before they got aware of Facebook, making them see for theirselves
-that they do not need Facebook now ;).
-
-> * Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to get schools
-> to use free software?
-
-Well, that's a two-sided thing. One side is what I believe, and one side
-is what I have experienced.
-
-I believe that the right strategy is showing them the benefits. But that
-won't work out as long as the acceptance of free alternatives grows
-globally. What I mean is that if all the kids are almost forced to use
-Windows, facebook, Skype, you name it at home, they will not see why
-they would want to use alternatives at school. I have seen students take
-seat in front of a fully-functional, modern Debian desktop that could do
-anything their Windows at home could do, and they jsut refused to use it
-because "Linux sucks". It is something that makes the council of our
-city spend around 600000 € to buy software - not including hardware,
-mind you - for operating school networks, and for installing a system
-that, as has been proved, does not work. For those of you readers who
-are good at maths, have you already found out how many lives could have
-been saved with that money if we had instead used it to bring education
-to parts of the world that need it? I have, and found it to be nothing
-less dramatic than plain criminal.
-
-That said, the only feasable way appears to be the bottom up method. We
-have to bring free software to kids and parents. I have founded an
-association named Teckids here in Germany[9] that does just that. We
-organise several events for kids and adolescents in the area of free and
-open source software, for example the FrogLabs[10], which share staff
-with Teckids and are the youth programme of the Free and Open Source
-Software Conference (FrOSCon)[11]. We do a lot more than most other
-conferences - this year, we first offered the FrogLabs as a holiday camp
-for kids aged 10 to 16. It was a huge success, with approx. 30 kids
-taking part and learning with and about free software through a whole
-weekend. All of us had a lot of fun, and the results were really
-exciting.
-
-Apart from that, we are preparing a campaign that is supposed to bring
+basis for contributing it to the Skolelinux project ;)!</p>
+
+<p><strong>What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux / Debian
+Edu?</strong></p>
+
+<p>The most important advantage seems to be that it "just
+works". After overcoming some minor (but still very annoying) glitches
+in the installer, I got a fully functional, working school network,
+without the month-long hassle I experienced when setting all that up
+from scratch in earlier years. And above that, it rocked - I didn't
+have any real hardware at hand, because the school was just founded
+and has no money whatsoever, so I installed a combined server (main
+server, terminal services and workstation) in a VM on my personal
+notebook, bridging the LTSP network interface to the ethernet port,
+and then PXE-booted the Windows notebooks that were lying around from
+it. I could use 8 clients without any performance issues, by using a
+tiny little VM on a tiny little notebook. I think that's enough to say
+that it rocks!</p>
+
+<p>Secondly, there are marketing reasons. Life's bad, and so no
+politician will ever permit a setup described as "Debain, an universal
+operating system, with some really cool educational tools" while they
+will be jsut fine with "Skolelinux, a single-purpose solution for your
+school network", even if both turn out to be the very same thing (yes,
+this is unfair towards the Skolelinux project, and must not be taken
+too seriously - you get the idea, anyway).</p>
+
+<p><strong>What do you see as the disadvantages of Skolelinux / Debian
+Edu?</strong></p>
+
+<p>I have not been involved with Skolelinux long enough to really
+answer this question in a fair way. Thus, please allow me to put it in
+other words: "What do you expect from Skolelinux to keep liking it?" I
+can list a few points about that:</p>
+
+<ul>
+
+ <li>always strive to get all things integrated into Debian upstream
+ <li>be open to discussion about changes and the like, even with newcomers
+ <li>be helpful at being helpful ;)
+
+</ul>
+
+<p>I'm really sorry I cannot say much more about that :(!</p>
+
+<p><strong>Which free software do you use daily?</strong></p>
+
+<p>First of all, all software I use is free and open. I have abandoned
+all non-free software (except for firmware on my darned phone) this
+year.</p>
+
+<p>I run Debian GNU/Linux on all PC systems I use. On that, I mostly
+run text tools. I use
+<ahref="https://www.mirbsd.org/mksh.htm">mksh</a> as shell,
+<ahref="https://www.mirbsd.org/jupp.htm">jupp</a> as very advanced
+text editor (I even got the developer to help me write a script/macro
+based full-featured student management software with the two),
+<ahref="http://mcabber.com/">mcabber</a> for XMPP and
+<ahref="http://www.irssi.org/">irssi</a> for IRC. For that overly
+coloured world called the WWW, I use
+<ahref="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/">iceweasel
+(Firefox)</a>. Oh, and <ahref="http://www.mutt.org/">mutt</a> for
+e-mail.</p>
+
+<p>However, while I am personally aware of the fact that text tools
+are more efficient and powerful than anything else, I also use (or at
+least operate) some tools that are suitable to bring open source to
+kids. One of these things is <ahref="http://jappix.org/">Jappix</a>,
+which I already introduced to some kids even before they got aware of
+Facebook, making them see for theirselves that they do not need
+Facebook now ;).</p>
+
+<p><strong>Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to
+get schools to use free software?</strong></p>
+
+<p>Well, that's a two-sided thing. One side is what I believe, and one
+side is what I have experienced.</p>
+
+<p>I believe that the right strategy is showing them the benefits. But
+that won't work out as long as the acceptance of free alternatives
+grows globally. What I mean is that if all the kids are almost forced
+to use Windows, facebook, Skype, you name it at home, they will not
+see why they would want to use alternatives at school. I have seen
+students take seat in front of a fully-functional, modern Debian
+desktop that could do anything their Windows at home could do, and
+they jsut refused to use it because "Linux sucks". It is something
+that makes the council of our city spend around 600000 € to buy
+software - not including hardware, mind you - for operating school
+networks, and for installing a system that, as has been proved, does
+not work. For those of you readers who are good at maths, have you
+already found out how many lives could have been saved with that money
+if we had instead used it to bring education to parts of the world
+that need it? I have, and found it to be nothing less dramatic than
+plain criminal.</p>
+
+<p>That said, the only feasable way appears to be the bottom up
+method. We have to bring free software to kids and parents. I have
+founded an association named
+<ahref="https://www.teckids.org">Teckids</a> here in Germany that does
+just that. We organise several events for kids and adolescents in the
+area of free and open source software, for example the
+<ahref="http://kids.froscon.org">FrogLabs</a>, which share staff with
+Teckids and are the youth programme of
+<ahref="http://www.froscon.org">the Free and Open Source Software
+Conference (FrOSCon)</a>. We do a lot more than most other conferences
+- this year, we first offered the FrogLabs as a holiday camp for kids
+aged 10 to 16. It was a huge success, with approx. 30 kids taking part
+and learning with and about free software through a whole weekend. All
+of us had a lot of fun, and the results were really exciting.</p>
+
+<p>Apart from that, we are preparing a campaign that is supposed to bring