Title: Debian Edu interview: Victor Nițu
Tags: english, debian edu, intervju
-Date: 2013-06-04 10:30
+Date: 2013-06-17 10:30
-<p>
-<a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu and Skolelinux</a></p>
+<p>The <a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu and
+Skolelinux</a> distribution have users and contributors all around the
+globe. And a while back, an enterprising young man showed up on
+<a href="irc://irc.debian.org/%23debian-edu">our IRC channel
+#debian-edu</a> and started asking questions about how Debian Edu
+worked. We answered as good as we could, and even convinced him to
+help us with translations. And today I managed to get an interview
+with him, to learn more about him.</p>
<p><strong>Who are you, and how do you spend your days?</strong></p>
-I'm a 25 year old free software enthusiast, living in Romania, which
-is also my country of origin. Back in 2009, at a New Year's Eve party,
-I had a very nice beer^Wdiscussion with a friend, when we realized we
-have no organised Debian community in our country. A few days after,
-we put together the infrastructure for it and even gathered a nice
-Debian-ish crowd. Since then, I began my quest as a free software
-hacker and activist and I am constantly trying to cover as much ground
-as possible on that field.
+<p>I'm a 25 year old free software enthusiast, living in Romania,
+which is also my country of origin. Back in 2009, at a New Year's Eve
+party, I had a very nice <strike>beer</strike>discussion with a
+friend, when we realized we have no organised Debian community in our
+country. A few days after, we put together the infrastructure for it
+and even gathered a nice Debian-ish crowd. Since then, I began my
+quest as a free software hacker and activist and I am constantly
+trying to cover as much ground as possible on that field.</p>
-A few years ago I founded a small web development company, which
+<p>A few years ago I founded a small web development company, which
provided me the flexible schedule I needed so much for my
activities. For the last 13 months, I have been the Technical Director
-of Funda??ia Ceata, which is a free software activist organisation
-endorsed by the FSF and the FSFE, and the only one we have in our
-country.
-
+of <a href="http://ceata.org/">Fundația Ceata</a>, which is a free
+software activist organisation endorsed by the FSF and the FSFE, and
+the only one we have in our country.</p>
<p><strong>How did you get in contact with the Skolelinux / Debian Edu
project?</strong></p>
<p><strong>What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux/Debian
Edu?</strong></p>
-Not a long time ago, I was in the position of configuring and
+<p>Not a long time ago, I was in the position of configuring and
maintaining a LDAP server on some Debian derivative, and I must say it
took me a while. A long time ago, I was maintaining a bigger
Samba-powered infrastructure, and I must say I spent quite a lot of
time on it. I have similar stories about many of the services included
with Skolelinux, and the main advantage I see about it is the
out-of-the box availability of them, making it quite competitive when
-it comes to managing a school's network, for example.
-
-Of course, there is more to say about Skolelinux than the availability
-of the software included, its flexibility in various scenarios is
-something I can't wait to experiment "into the wild" (I only played
-with VMs so far). And I am sure there is a lot more I haven't
-discovered yet about it, being so new within the project.
+it comes to managing a school's network, for example.</p>
+<p>Of course, there is more to say about Skolelinux than the
+availability of the software included, its flexibility in various
+scenarios is something I can't wait to experiment "into the wild" (I
+only played with virtual machines so far). And I am sure there is a
+lot more I haven't discovered yet about it, being so new within the
+project.</p>
<p><strong>What do you see as the disadvantages of Skolelinux / Debian
Edu?</strong></p>
-As usual, when it comes to Debian Blends, I see as the biggest
+<p>As usual, when it comes to Debian Blends, I see as the biggest
disadvantage the lack of a numerous team dedicated to the
project. Every day I see the same names in the changelogs, and I have
a constantly fear of the bus factor in this story. I'd like to see
ecosystem, especially amongst newcomers and students. IMHO there are a
lot low-hanging fruits in terms of bug squashing, and enough
opportunities to get the feeling of the Debian Project's dynamics. Not
-to mention it's a very fun blend to work on!
+to mention it's a very fun blend to work on!</p>
-Derived from the previous statement, is the delay in catching up with
-the main Debian release and documentation. This is common though to
-all blends and derivatives, but it's an issue we can all work on.
+<p>Derived from the previous statement, is the delay in catching up
+with the main Debian release and documentation. This is common though
+to all blends and derivatives, but it's an issue we can all work
+on.</p>
<p><strong>Which free software do you use daily?</strong></p>
-I can hardly imagine myself spending a day without Vim, since my daily
-routine covers writing code and hacking configuration files. I am a
-fan of the Awesome window manager (but I also like the Enlightenment
-project a lot!), Claws Mail due to its ease of use and very
-configurable behaviour. Recently I fell in love with Redshift, which
-helps me get through the night without headaches. Of course, there is
-much more stuff in this bag, but I'll need a blog on my own for doing
-this!
-
+<p>I can hardly imagine myself spending a day without Vim, since my
+daily routine covers writing code and hacking configuration files. I
+am a fan of the Awesome window manager (but I also like the
+Enlightenment project a lot!),
+<a href="http://www.claws-mail.org/">Claws Mail</a> due to its ease of
+use and very configurable behaviour. Recently I fell in love with
+<a href="https://launchpad.net/redshift">Redshift</a>, which helps me
+get through the night without headaches. Of course, there is much more
+stuff in this bag, but I'll need a blog on my own for doing this!</p>
<p><strong>Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to
get schools to use free software?</strong></p>
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