+ Petter Reinholdtsen + +

Debian Edu interview: John Ingleby

@@ -693,17 +790,17 @@ package.

diff --git a/blog/draft/2012-03-skolelinux-john-ingleby.txt b/blog/data/2012-03-19-skolelinux-john-ingleby.txt similarity index 91% rename from blog/draft/2012-03-skolelinux-john-ingleby.txt rename to blog/data/2012-03-19-skolelinux-john-ingleby.txt index f0406f6a4d..d3e19113b2 100644 --- a/blog/draft/2012-03-skolelinux-john-ingleby.txt +++ b/blog/data/2012-03-19-skolelinux-john-ingleby.txt @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ Title: Debian Edu interview: John Ingleby Tags: english, debian edu, intervju -Date: 2012-03-15 11:30 +Date: 2012-03-19 21:15 -

Debian Edu anb -Skolelinux - -John Ingleby +

Debian Edu / Skolelinux +users are spread all across the globe. The second inteview after +the +Squeeze release was publised is with John Ingleby, a teacher and +long time Linux user in United Kingdom.

Who are you, and how do you spend your days?

diff --git a/blog/draft/2012-03-skolelinux-pctetthet.txt b/blog/draft/2012-03-skolelinux-pctetthet.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..52eb3ce56b --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/draft/2012-03-skolelinux-pctetthet.txt @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +Title: StÃ¸rre PC-tetthet i skolen med Skolelinux? +Tags: norsk, debian edu, +Date: 2012-02-07 14:50 + +

+http://www.digi.no/891660/bekymret-for-it-i-skolen + + +Flora +Harstad +kommune +Kongsvinger +Narvik +Nittedal +Nord-Odal +Randaberg +Sunndal + +2.3 elever pr. PC pÃ¥ 63 Linux-skoler +3.1 er snittet i Norge. + +34% hÃ¸yere PC-tetthet pÃ¥ Linux-skoler enn landsgjennomsnittet. + +Den med hÃ¸yest tettet blant de jeg har notert som Linux-skole er Flora +ungdomsskule i Flora med 0.82 elev pr. PC (482 elever, 588 +elevdatamaskiner). + +Skolelinux gir datamaskiner lengre levetid, og en kan dermed overta +brukt datautstyr + +FeilfÃ¸ringer? +423 elever og 9 elevmaskiner? + + 0.00 Mo ungdomsskole i Rana (Ukjent - 346 elever, 0 elevmaskiner) + +

diff --git a/blog/index.html b/blog/index.html index 6b35803c31..fae92246c2 100644 --- a/blog/index.html +++ b/blog/index.html @@ -19,6 +19,97 @@ +

19th March 2012

+ +

Who are you, and how do you spend your days?

+ +

I teach ICT part time at the Rudolf Steiner School in Kings +Langley, near London, UK. Previously I worked as a technical +author/trainer while my children attended the school, and I also +contributed to the Schoolforge UK community with the aim of +encouraging UK schools to adopt free/open source software. Five or six +years ago we had about 50 schools interested in some way, but we +weren't able to convert many of them into sustainable +installations.

+ +

How did you get in contact with the Skolelinux/Debian Edu +project?

+ +

Skolelinux had two representatives at an early Edubuntu meeting in +London which I attended. However at that time our school network had +just been installed using CentOS, LTSP 4 and GNOME. When LTSP 5 came +along we switched to Edubuntu thin client servers so now we have a +mixed environment which includes Windows PCs and student laptops, as +well as their MacBooks and iPads. However, the proprietary systems +have always been rather problematic, and we never built a GUI for the +LDAP server, so when I discovered Skolelinux is configured for all +these things we decided to try it.

+ +

What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux/Debian +Edu?

+ +

By far the biggest advantage is the Debian Edu community. Apart +from that I have always believed in the same "sustainable computing" +goals that Skolelinux is built on: installing Linux on computers which +would otherwise be thrown away, to provide a reliable, secure and +low-cost IT environment for schools. From my own experience I know +that a part-time person can teach and manage a network of about 25 +Linux computers, but it would take much more of my time if we had +proprietary software everywhere.

+ +

What do you see as the disadvantages of Skolelinux/Debian +Edu?

+ +

As a newcomer I'm just finding out who's who in the community and +how you're organised, and what your procedures are for dealing with +various things such as editing manual pages and so-on. The only +English language mailing list seems to be for developers as well as +users, so my inbox needs heavy pruning each day!

+ +

Which free software do you use daily?

+ +

Besides the software already mentioned at school we use Samba, +OpenLDAP, CUPS, Nagios and Dansguardian for the network, and on the +desktops we have LibreOffice, Firefox, GIMP and Inkscape. At home I +use Ubuntu and an Android 4 eePad Transformer (but I'm not sure if +that counts...)

+ +

Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to +get schools to use free software?

+ +

That's a tough question! For very many years UK schools installed +and taught only proprietary software, so that at the highest levels +the notion of "computer" means simply "proprietary office +applications". However, schools today are experiencing budget +constraints, and many are having to think hard about upgrading Windows +XP. At the same time, we have students showing teachers how to use +iPads, MacBooks and Android, so the choice of operating system is no +longer quite so automatic. What is more, our government at last +realised that we need people with programming skills, so they're +putting coding back in the curriculum! And it's encouraging that the +first 10,000 Raspberry Pi units sold out in 2 hours.

+ +

I don't really know what strategy is going to get UK schools to use +free software, but building an active community of Skolelinux/Debian +Edu users in this country has to be part of it.

+ + + Tags: debian edu, english, intervju. + + +

Writing and translating documentation in Debian Edu

16th March 2012

@@ -56,7 +147,7 @@ create PDF and HTML version of the original and translated documents.

If you want to have a look at our setup, it is all there in the @@ -462,39 +553,6 @@ Check it out. :)

Er billettautomatene til kollektivtrafikken i Oslo uten sikkerhetsoppdateringer?

2nd March 2012

PÃ¥ tur mot jobb i dag fikk jeg se en av Ruters billettautomater i -Nydalen som var brutt sammen. Tok bilde av det hele, og lot meg -overraske over at den sÃ¥ ut til Ã¥ kjÃ¸re -Windows 2000 -Professional.

- -

Jeg ble overrasket da den versjonen av operativsystemene til -Microsoft sÃ¥ vidt jeg vet ikke lenger mottar sikkerhetsoppdateringer. -I fÃ¸lge Wikipedia og -Microsoft -har den ikke hatt stÃ¸tte fra Microsoft siden 2010-07-13. Det er en -ganske stor sikkerhetsrisiko Ã¥ bruke operativsystemer i et og et halvt -Ã¥r etter at de ikke lenger blir tatt vare pÃ¥ sikkerhetsmessig.

- -

Bildet er tilgjengelig for bruk med bruksvilkÃ¥rene til -Creative -Commons Navngivelse 3.0 Norge (CC BY 3.0).

- - - Tags: norsk, ruter. - - -

@@ -510,7 +568,7 @@ Commons Navngivelse 3.0 Norge (CC BY 3.0).

@@ -631,17 +689,17 @@ Commons Navngivelse 3.0 Norge (CC BY 3.0).

diff --git a/blog/index.rss b/blog/index.rss index 15472840bb..039da76f9c 100644 --- a/blog/index.rss +++ b/blog/index.rss @@ -6,6 +6,91 @@ http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + Debian Edu interview: John Ingleby + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__John_Ingleby.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__John_Ingleby.html + Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:15:00 +0100 + <a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu / Skolelinux</a> +users are spread all across the globe. The second inteview after +<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-edu-announce/2012/03/msg00001.html">the +Squeeze release</a> was publised is with John Ingleby, a teacher and +long time Linux user in United Kingdom. + +Who are you, and how do you spend your days? + +I teach ICT part time at the Rudolf Steiner School in Kings +Langley, near London, UK. Previously I worked as a technical +author/trainer while my children attended the school, and I also +contributed to the Schoolforge UK community with the aim of +encouraging UK schools to adopt free/open source software. Five or six +years ago we had about 50 schools interested in some way, but we +weren't able to convert many of them into sustainable +installations. + +How did you get in contact with the Skolelinux/Debian Edu +project? + +Skolelinux had two representatives at an early Edubuntu meeting in +London which I attended. However at that time our school network had +just been installed using CentOS, LTSP 4 and GNOME. When LTSP 5 came +along we switched to Edubuntu thin client servers so now we have a +mixed environment which includes Windows PCs and student laptops, as +well as their MacBooks and iPads. However, the proprietary systems +have always been rather problematic, and we never built a GUI for the +LDAP server, so when I discovered Skolelinux is configured for all +these things we decided to try it. + +What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux/Debian +Edu? + +By far the biggest advantage is the Debian Edu community. Apart +from that I have always believed in the same "sustainable computing" +goals that Skolelinux is built on: installing Linux on computers which +would otherwise be thrown away, to provide a reliable, secure and +low-cost IT environment for schools. From my own experience I know +that a part-time person can teach and manage a network of about 25 +Linux computers, but it would take much more of my time if we had +proprietary software everywhere. + +What do you see as the disadvantages of Skolelinux/Debian +Edu? + +As a newcomer I'm just finding out who's who in the community and +how you're organised, and what your procedures are for dealing with +various things such as editing manual pages and so-on. The only +English language mailing list seems to be for developers as well as +users, so my inbox needs heavy pruning each day! + +Which free software do you use daily? + +Besides the software already mentioned at school we use Samba, +OpenLDAP, CUPS, Nagios and Dansguardian for the network, and on the +desktops we have LibreOffice, Firefox, GIMP and Inkscape. At home I +use Ubuntu and an Android 4 eePad Transformer (but I'm not sure if +that counts...) + +Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to +get schools to use free software? + +That's a tough question! For very many years UK schools installed +and taught only proprietary software, so that at the highest levels +the notion of "computer" means simply "proprietary office +applications". However, schools today are experiencing budget +constraints, and many are having to think hard about upgrading Windows +XP. At the same time, we have students showing teachers how to use +iPads, MacBooks and Android, so the choice of operating system is no +longer quite so automatic. What is more, our government at last +realised that we need people with programming skills, so they're +putting coding back in the curriculum! And it's encouraging that the +first 10,000 Raspberry Pi units sold out in 2 hours. + +I don't really know what strategy is going to get UK schools to use +free software, but building an active community of Skolelinux/Debian +Edu users in this country has to be part of it. + + + Writing and translating documentation in Debian Edu http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Writing_and_translating_documentation_in_Debian_Edu.html @@ -45,7 +130,7 @@ create PDF and HTML version of the original and translated documents.</li> This setup work very well, but have a few issues. The biggest issue is that <a href="http://moinmo.in/DocBook">the docbook support we use in moinmoin</a> is not actively maintained. The docbook -support is also buggy, and our build system contain of workarounds to +support is also buggy, and our build system contain workarounds to make sure the generated docbook is usable despite these bugs. If you want to have a look at our setup, it is all there in the @@ -395,32 +480,5 @@ Check it out. :) - - Er billettautomatene til kollektivtrafikken i Oslo uten sikkerhetsoppdateringer? - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Er_billettautomatene_til_kollektivtrafikken_i_Oslo_uten_sikkerhetsoppdateringer_.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Er_billettautomatene_til_kollektivtrafikken_i_Oslo_uten_sikkerhetsoppdateringer_.html - Fri, 2 Mar 2012 10:00:00 +0100 - PÃ¥ tur mot jobb i dag fikk jeg se en av Ruters billettautomater i -Nydalen som var brutt sammen. Tok bilde av det hele, og lot meg -overraske over at den sÃ¥ ut til Ã¥ kjÃ¸re -<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_2000">Windows 2000 -Professional</a>. - -<a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-03-02-ruter-win2000pro.jpeg"><img width="40%" src="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-03-02-ruter-win2000pro.jpeg" alt="[foto av billettautomat]"></a> - -Jeg ble overrasket da den versjonen av operativsystemene til -Microsoft sÃ¥ vidt jeg vet ikke lenger mottar sikkerhetsoppdateringer. -I fÃ¸lge Wikipedia og -<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/search/?sort=PN&alpha=Windows+2000&Filter=FilterNO">Microsoft</a> -har den ikke hatt stÃ¸tte fra Microsoft siden 2010-07-13. Det er en -ganske stor sikkerhetsrisiko Ã¥ bruke operativsystemer i et og et halvt -Ã¥r etter at de ikke lenger blir tatt vare pÃ¥ sikkerhetsmessig. - -Bildet er tilgjengelig for bruk med bruksvilkÃ¥rene til -<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/no/">Creative -Commons Navngivelse 3.0 Norge (CC BY 3.0)</a>. - - - diff --git a/blog/jXplorer__a_very_nice_LDAP_GUI.html b/blog/jXplorer__a_very_nice_LDAP_GUI.html index 181dbe5dbc..9768b2a4aa 100644 --- a/blog/jXplorer__a_very_nice_LDAP_GUI.html +++ b/blog/jXplorer__a_very_nice_LDAP_GUI.html @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ and remove the failing query. Nothing big, but very annoying.

@@ -179,17 +179,17 @@ and remove the failing query. Nothing big, but very annoying.

diff --git a/blog/sitemap.xml b/blog/sitemap.xml index 34a99525d9..8aeab5788d 100644 --- a/blog/sitemap.xml +++ b/blog/sitemap.xml @@ -200,6 +200,11 @@ 0.50 weekly + + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__John_Ingleby.html + 0.50 + weekly + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__Nigel_Barker.html 0.50 diff --git a/blog/systemd__an_interesting_alternative_to_upstart.html b/blog/systemd__an_interesting_alternative_to_upstart.html index 14736992b3..8175bb1512 100644 --- a/blog/systemd__an_interesting_alternative_to_upstart.html +++ b/blog/systemd__an_interesting_alternative_to_upstart.html @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ with parallel booting enabled by default.

@@ -197,17 +197,17 @@ with parallel booting enabled by default.

diff --git a/blog/tags/3d-printer/index.html b/blog/tags/3d-printer/index.html index d1e1b07962..4a14b1e362 100644 --- a/blog/tags/3d-printer/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/3d-printer/index.html @@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ very cool 3D scanner.

@@ -731,17 +731,17 @@ very cool 3D scanner.

diff --git a/blog/tags/amiga/index.html b/blog/tags/amiga/index.html index fb0d69331d..566b388416 100644 --- a/blog/tags/amiga/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/amiga/index.html @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ pakke. Kanskje Aros kunne vÃ¦rt interessant for et NUUG-foredrag?

@@ -185,17 +185,17 @@ pakke. Kanskje Aros kunne vÃ¦rt interessant for et NUUG-foredrag?

diff --git a/blog/tags/aros/index.html b/blog/tags/aros/index.html index e453aadad9..2a438a8067 100644 --- a/blog/tags/aros/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/aros/index.html @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ pakke. Kanskje Aros kunne vÃ¦rt interessant for et NUUG-foredrag?

@@ -185,17 +185,17 @@ pakke. Kanskje Aros kunne vÃ¦rt interessant for et NUUG-foredrag?

diff --git a/blog/tags/bitcoin/index.html b/blog/tags/bitcoin/index.html index a8639f087d..7bc68e651a 100644 --- a/blog/tags/bitcoin/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/bitcoin/index.html @@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ equally valid for gold, which was used as a currency for many years.

@@ -314,17 +314,17 @@ equally valid for gold, which was used as a currency for many years.

diff --git a/blog/tags/bootsystem/index.html b/blog/tags/bootsystem/index.html index 412bda96bf..9edd0e37eb 100644 --- a/blog/tags/bootsystem/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/bootsystem/index.html @@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ from when sysvinit was introduced into Debian, a long time ago.

@@ -892,17 +892,17 @@ from when sysvinit was introduced into Debian, a long time ago.

diff --git a/blog/tags/bsa/index.html b/blog/tags/bsa/index.html index 37e4f6c68d..6672711449 100644 --- a/blog/tags/bsa/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/bsa/index.html @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ fÃ¸re til at flere tar i bruk fri programvare.

@@ -273,17 +273,17 @@ fÃ¸re til at flere tar i bruk fri programvare.

diff --git a/blog/tags/debian edu/debian edu.rss b/blog/tags/debian edu/debian edu.rss index 6cd8e22a8e..b7f2d0bae1 100644 --- a/blog/tags/debian edu/debian edu.rss +++ b/blog/tags/debian edu/debian edu.rss @@ -6500,7 +6500,7 @@ create PDF and HTML version of the original and translated documents.</li> This setup work very well, but have a few issues. The biggest issue is that <a href="http://moinmo.in/DocBook">the docbook support we use in moinmoin</a> is not actively maintained. The docbook -support is also buggy, and our build system contain of workarounds to +support is also buggy, and our build system contain workarounds to make sure the generated docbook is usable despite these bugs. If you want to have a look at our setup, it is all there in the @@ -6509,5 +6509,90 @@ package</a>. + + Debian Edu interview: John Ingleby + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__John_Ingleby.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__John_Ingleby.html + Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:15:00 +0100 + <a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu / Skolelinux</a> +users are spread all across the globe. The second inteview after +<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-edu-announce/2012/03/msg00001.html">the +Squeeze release</a> was publised is with John Ingleby, a teacher and +long time Linux user in United Kingdom. + +Who are you, and how do you spend your days? + +I teach ICT part time at the Rudolf Steiner School in Kings +Langley, near London, UK. Previously I worked as a technical +author/trainer while my children attended the school, and I also +contributed to the Schoolforge UK community with the aim of +encouraging UK schools to adopt free/open source software. Five or six +years ago we had about 50 schools interested in some way, but we +weren't able to convert many of them into sustainable +installations. + +How did you get in contact with the Skolelinux/Debian Edu +project? + +Skolelinux had two representatives at an early Edubuntu meeting in +London which I attended. However at that time our school network had +just been installed using CentOS, LTSP 4 and GNOME. When LTSP 5 came +along we switched to Edubuntu thin client servers so now we have a +mixed environment which includes Windows PCs and student laptops, as +well as their MacBooks and iPads. However, the proprietary systems +have always been rather problematic, and we never built a GUI for the +LDAP server, so when I discovered Skolelinux is configured for all +these things we decided to try it. + +What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux/Debian +Edu? + +By far the biggest advantage is the Debian Edu community. Apart +from that I have always believed in the same "sustainable computing" +goals that Skolelinux is built on: installing Linux on computers which +would otherwise be thrown away, to provide a reliable, secure and +low-cost IT environment for schools. From my own experience I know +that a part-time person can teach and manage a network of about 25 +Linux computers, but it would take much more of my time if we had +proprietary software everywhere. + +What do you see as the disadvantages of Skolelinux/Debian +Edu? + +As a newcomer I'm just finding out who's who in the community and +how you're organised, and what your procedures are for dealing with +various things such as editing manual pages and so-on. The only +English language mailing list seems to be for developers as well as +users, so my inbox needs heavy pruning each day! + +Which free software do you use daily? + +Besides the software already mentioned at school we use Samba, +OpenLDAP, CUPS, Nagios and Dansguardian for the network, and on the +desktops we have LibreOffice, Firefox, GIMP and Inkscape. At home I +use Ubuntu and an Android 4 eePad Transformer (but I'm not sure if +that counts...) + +Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to +get schools to use free software? + +That's a tough question! For very many years UK schools installed +and taught only proprietary software, so that at the highest levels +the notion of "computer" means simply "proprietary office +applications". However, schools today are experiencing budget +constraints, and many are having to think hard about upgrading Windows +XP. At the same time, we have students showing teachers how to use +iPads, MacBooks and Android, so the choice of operating system is no +longer quite so automatic. What is more, our government at last +realised that we need people with programming skills, so they're +putting coding back in the curriculum! And it's encouraging that the +first 10,000 Raspberry Pi units sold out in 2 hours. + +I don't really know what strategy is going to get UK schools to use +free software, but building an active community of Skolelinux/Debian +Edu users in this country has to be part of it. + + + diff --git a/blog/tags/debian edu/index.html b/blog/tags/debian edu/index.html index 803e5fa94f..81b8bd3df6 100644 --- a/blog/tags/debian edu/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/debian edu/index.html @@ -7561,7 +7561,7 @@ create PDF and HTML version of the original and translated documents.

If you want to have a look at our setup, it is all there in the @@ -7579,6 +7579,103 @@ package.

+ Debian Edu interview: John Ingleby +

+ 19th March 2012 +

+ +

Who are you, and how do you spend your days?

+ +

How did you get in contact with the Skolelinux/Debian Edu +project?

+ +

What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux/Debian +Edu?

+ +

What do you see as the disadvantages of Skolelinux/Debian +Edu?

+ +

Which free software do you use daily?

+ +

Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to +get schools to use free software?

+ +

I don't really know what strategy is going to get UK schools to use +free software, but building an active community of Skolelinux/Debian +Edu users in this country has to be part of it.

+ +

+ + + Tags: debian edu, english, intervju. + + +

@@ -7594,7 +7691,7 @@ package.

@@ -7715,17 +7812,17 @@ package.

diff --git a/blog/tags/debian/index.html b/blog/tags/debian/index.html index 2b35a1ef12..fee9ca7493 100644 --- a/blog/tags/debian/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/debian/index.html @@ -4312,7 +4312,7 @@ outdated.

@@ -4433,17 +4433,17 @@ outdated.

diff --git a/blog/tags/digistan/index.html b/blog/tags/digistan/index.html index 6805d3490a..a2ac4441be 100644 --- a/blog/tags/digistan/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/digistan/index.html @@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ scared by the sketchy form of the current pages. :)

@@ -1116,17 +1116,17 @@ scared by the sketchy form of the current pages. :)

diff --git a/blog/tags/english/english.rss b/blog/tags/english/english.rss index ea273d1676..6c76dcb595 100644 --- a/blog/tags/english/english.rss +++ b/blog/tags/english/english.rss @@ -7388,7 +7388,7 @@ create PDF and HTML version of the original and translated documents.</li> This setup work very well, but have a few issues. The biggest issue is that <a href="http://moinmo.in/DocBook">the docbook support we use in moinmoin</a> is not actively maintained. The docbook -support is also buggy, and our build system contain of workarounds to +support is also buggy, and our build system contain workarounds to make sure the generated docbook is usable despite these bugs. If you want to have a look at our setup, it is all there in the @@ -7397,5 +7397,90 @@ package</a>. + + Debian Edu interview: John Ingleby + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__John_Ingleby.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__John_Ingleby.html + Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:15:00 +0100 + <a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu / Skolelinux</a> +users are spread all across the globe. The second inteview after +<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-edu-announce/2012/03/msg00001.html">the +Squeeze release</a> was publised is with John Ingleby, a teacher and +long time Linux user in United Kingdom. + +Who are you, and how do you spend your days? + +I teach ICT part time at the Rudolf Steiner School in Kings +Langley, near London, UK. Previously I worked as a technical +author/trainer while my children attended the school, and I also +contributed to the Schoolforge UK community with the aim of +encouraging UK schools to adopt free/open source software. Five or six +years ago we had about 50 schools interested in some way, but we +weren't able to convert many of them into sustainable +installations. + +How did you get in contact with the Skolelinux/Debian Edu +project? + +Skolelinux had two representatives at an early Edubuntu meeting in +London which I attended. However at that time our school network had +just been installed using CentOS, LTSP 4 and GNOME. When LTSP 5 came +along we switched to Edubuntu thin client servers so now we have a +mixed environment which includes Windows PCs and student laptops, as +well as their MacBooks and iPads. However, the proprietary systems +have always been rather problematic, and we never built a GUI for the +LDAP server, so when I discovered Skolelinux is configured for all +these things we decided to try it. + +What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux/Debian +Edu? + +By far the biggest advantage is the Debian Edu community. Apart +from that I have always believed in the same "sustainable computing" +goals that Skolelinux is built on: installing Linux on computers which +would otherwise be thrown away, to provide a reliable, secure and +low-cost IT environment for schools. From my own experience I know +that a part-time person can teach and manage a network of about 25 +Linux computers, but it would take much more of my time if we had +proprietary software everywhere. + +What do you see as the disadvantages of Skolelinux/Debian +Edu? + +As a newcomer I'm just finding out who's who in the community and +how you're organised, and what your procedures are for dealing with +various things such as editing manual pages and so-on. The only +English language mailing list seems to be for developers as well as +users, so my inbox needs heavy pruning each day! + +Which free software do you use daily? + +Besides the software already mentioned at school we use Samba, +OpenLDAP, CUPS, Nagios and Dansguardian for the network, and on the +desktops we have LibreOffice, Firefox, GIMP and Inkscape. At home I +use Ubuntu and an Android 4 eePad Transformer (but I'm not sure if +that counts...) + +Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to +get schools to use free software? + +That's a tough question! For very many years UK schools installed +and taught only proprietary software, so that at the highest levels +the notion of "computer" means simply "proprietary office +applications". However, schools today are experiencing budget +constraints, and many are having to think hard about upgrading Windows +XP. At the same time, we have students showing teachers how to use +iPads, MacBooks and Android, so the choice of operating system is no +longer quite so automatic. What is more, our government at last +realised that we need people with programming skills, so they're +putting coding back in the curriculum! And it's encouraging that the +first 10,000 Raspberry Pi units sold out in 2 hours. + +I don't really know what strategy is going to get UK schools to use +free software, but building an active community of Skolelinux/Debian +Edu users in this country has to be part of it. + + + diff --git a/blog/tags/english/index.html b/blog/tags/english/index.html index 8029195d70..99ca1c6a2b 100644 --- a/blog/tags/english/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/english/index.html @@ -8773,7 +8773,7 @@ create PDF and HTML version of the original and translated documents.

If you want to have a look at our setup, it is all there in the @@ -8791,6 +8791,103 @@ package.

+ Debian Edu interview: John Ingleby +

+ 19th March 2012 +

+ +

Who are you, and how do you spend your days?

+ +

How did you get in contact with the Skolelinux/Debian Edu +project?

+ +

What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux/Debian +Edu?

+ +

What do you see as the disadvantages of Skolelinux/Debian +Edu?

+ +

Which free software do you use daily?

+ +

Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to +get schools to use free software?

+ +

I don't really know what strategy is going to get UK schools to use +free software, but building an active community of Skolelinux/Debian +Edu users in this country has to be part of it.

+ +

+ + + Tags: debian edu, english, intervju. + + +

@@ -8806,7 +8903,7 @@ package.

@@ -8927,17 +9024,17 @@ package.

diff --git a/blog/tags/fiksgatami/index.html b/blog/tags/fiksgatami/index.html index 84aee0e250..2166edafd4 100644 --- a/blog/tags/fiksgatami/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/fiksgatami/index.html @@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ tjeneste. MÃ¥tte de fÃ¥ fÃ¸lge av resten av landets kommuner snart. :)

@@ -1053,17 +1053,17 @@ tjeneste. MÃ¥tte de fÃ¥ fÃ¸lge av resten av landets kommuner snart. :)

diff --git a/blog/tags/fildeling/index.html b/blog/tags/fildeling/index.html index 26787c4c8a..5bb6fe4c17 100644 --- a/blog/tags/fildeling/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/fildeling/index.html @@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ fÃ¸re til at flere tar i bruk fri programvare.

@@ -758,17 +758,17 @@ fÃ¸re til at flere tar i bruk fri programvare.

diff --git a/blog/tags/intervju/index.html b/blog/tags/intervju/index.html index b95f2448c0..32726853f1 100644 --- a/blog/tags/intervju/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/intervju/index.html @@ -1946,6 +1946,103 @@ nettbrett (blant annet fri programvare-alternativet

+ Debian Edu interview: John Ingleby +

+ 19th March 2012 +

+ +

Who are you, and how do you spend your days?

+ +

How did you get in contact with the Skolelinux/Debian Edu +project?

+ +

What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux/Debian +Edu?

+ +

What do you see as the disadvantages of Skolelinux/Debian +Edu?

+ +

Which free software do you use daily?

+ +

Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to +get schools to use free software?

+ +

I don't really know what strategy is going to get UK schools to use +free software, but building an active community of Skolelinux/Debian +Edu users in this country has to be part of it.

+ +

+ + + Tags: debian edu, english, intervju. + + +

@@ -1961,7 +2058,7 @@ nettbrett (blant annet fri programvare-alternativet

@@ -2082,17 +2179,17 @@ nettbrett (blant annet fri programvare-alternativet

diff --git a/blog/tags/intervju/intervju.rss b/blog/tags/intervju/intervju.rss index a6f35533c6..c452bab614 100644 --- a/blog/tags/intervju/intervju.rss +++ b/blog/tags/intervju/intervju.rss @@ -1716,5 +1716,90 @@ nettbrett (blant annet fri programvare-alternativet + + Debian Edu interview: John Ingleby + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__John_Ingleby.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__John_Ingleby.html + Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:15:00 +0100 + <a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu / Skolelinux</a> +users are spread all across the globe. The second inteview after +<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-edu-announce/2012/03/msg00001.html">the +Squeeze release</a> was publised is with John Ingleby, a teacher and +long time Linux user in United Kingdom. + +Who are you, and how do you spend your days? + +I teach ICT part time at the Rudolf Steiner School in Kings +Langley, near London, UK. Previously I worked as a technical +author/trainer while my children attended the school, and I also +contributed to the Schoolforge UK community with the aim of +encouraging UK schools to adopt free/open source software. Five or six +years ago we had about 50 schools interested in some way, but we +weren't able to convert many of them into sustainable +installations. + +How did you get in contact with the Skolelinux/Debian Edu +project? + +Skolelinux had two representatives at an early Edubuntu meeting in +London which I attended. However at that time our school network had +just been installed using CentOS, LTSP 4 and GNOME. When LTSP 5 came +along we switched to Edubuntu thin client servers so now we have a +mixed environment which includes Windows PCs and student laptops, as +well as their MacBooks and iPads. However, the proprietary systems +have always been rather problematic, and we never built a GUI for the +LDAP server, so when I discovered Skolelinux is configured for all +these things we decided to try it. + +What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux/Debian +Edu? + +By far the biggest advantage is the Debian Edu community. Apart +from that I have always believed in the same "sustainable computing" +goals that Skolelinux is built on: installing Linux on computers which +would otherwise be thrown away, to provide a reliable, secure and +low-cost IT environment for schools. From my own experience I know +that a part-time person can teach and manage a network of about 25 +Linux computers, but it would take much more of my time if we had +proprietary software everywhere. + +What do you see as the disadvantages of Skolelinux/Debian +Edu? + +As a newcomer I'm just finding out who's who in the community and +how you're organised, and what your procedures are for dealing with +various things such as editing manual pages and so-on. The only +English language mailing list seems to be for developers as well as +users, so my inbox needs heavy pruning each day! + +Which free software do you use daily? + +Besides the software already mentioned at school we use Samba, +OpenLDAP, CUPS, Nagios and Dansguardian for the network, and on the +desktops we have LibreOffice, Firefox, GIMP and Inkscape. At home I +use Ubuntu and an Android 4 eePad Transformer (but I'm not sure if +that counts...) + +Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to +get schools to use free software? + +That's a tough question! For very many years UK schools installed +and taught only proprietary software, so that at the highest levels +the notion of "computer" means simply "proprietary office +applications". However, schools today are experiencing budget +constraints, and many are having to think hard about upgrading Windows +XP. At the same time, we have students showing teachers how to use +iPads, MacBooks and Android, so the choice of operating system is no +longer quite so automatic. What is more, our government at last +realised that we need people with programming skills, so they're +putting coding back in the curriculum! And it's encouraging that the +first 10,000 Raspberry Pi units sold out in 2 hours. + +I don't really know what strategy is going to get UK schools to use +free software, but building an active community of Skolelinux/Debian +Edu users in this country has to be part of it. + + + diff --git a/blog/tags/kart/index.html b/blog/tags/kart/index.html index 537074d054..7b23368b4c 100644 --- a/blog/tags/kart/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/kart/index.html @@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ Finnmarksvidda) ikke fungerer. Vet ikke hva det kommer av.

@@ -1130,17 +1130,17 @@ Finnmarksvidda) ikke fungerer. Vet ikke hva det kommer av.

diff --git a/blog/tags/ldap/index.html b/blog/tags/ldap/index.html index 437d020333..0cdaf097cf 100644 --- a/blog/tags/ldap/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/ldap/index.html @@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ auxiliary object class.

@@ -1074,17 +1074,17 @@ auxiliary object class.

diff --git a/blog/tags/lenker/index.html b/blog/tags/lenker/index.html index 3a7b63a97e..00579bab65 100644 --- a/blog/tags/lenker/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/lenker/index.html @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ forslag for et rent og sikkert Internet.

@@ -309,17 +309,17 @@ forslag for et rent og sikkert Internet.

diff --git a/blog/tags/ltsp/index.html b/blog/tags/ltsp/index.html index 42b2bbbb6f..74cdc62795 100644 --- a/blog/tags/ltsp/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/ltsp/index.html @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ of these cards.

@@ -190,17 +190,17 @@ of these cards.

diff --git a/blog/tags/multimedia/index.html b/blog/tags/multimedia/index.html index a3d88a9c9c..c16bcf2cd0 100644 --- a/blog/tags/multimedia/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/multimedia/index.html @@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ meningslÃ¸s.

@@ -1001,17 +1001,17 @@ meningslÃ¸s.

diff --git a/blog/tags/norsk/index.html b/blog/tags/norsk/index.html index 564fdea112..5b6d7ce6fd 100644 --- a/blog/tags/norsk/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/norsk/index.html @@ -9431,7 +9431,7 @@ likevel.

@@ -9552,17 +9552,17 @@ likevel.

diff --git a/blog/tags/nuug/index.html b/blog/tags/nuug/index.html index 82d1f98937..1c0c000111 100644 --- a/blog/tags/nuug/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/nuug/index.html @@ -7236,7 +7236,7 @@ likevel.

@@ -7357,17 +7357,17 @@ likevel.

diff --git a/blog/tags/open311/index.html b/blog/tags/open311/index.html index 8daafac3b4..fc3613d20d 100644 --- a/blog/tags/open311/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/open311/index.html @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ to have a look. Please send feedback to the

@@ -285,17 +285,17 @@ to have a look. Please send feedback to the

diff --git a/blog/tags/opphavsrett/index.html b/blog/tags/opphavsrett/index.html index 40b62a3e09..ba40ddb01a 100644 --- a/blog/tags/opphavsrett/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/opphavsrett/index.html @@ -1506,7 +1506,7 @@ libraries. :)

@@ -1627,17 +1627,17 @@ libraries. :)

diff --git a/blog/tags/personvern/index.html b/blog/tags/personvern/index.html index 952506e3b6..d5ee5c2043 100644 --- a/blog/tags/personvern/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/personvern/index.html @@ -2721,7 +2721,7 @@ til aktuelle artikler og innlegg om temaet.

@@ -2842,17 +2842,17 @@ til aktuelle artikler og innlegg om temaet.

diff --git a/blog/tags/raid/index.html b/blog/tags/raid/index.html index 68f16d08d2..0509b834ea 100644 --- a/blog/tags/raid/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/raid/index.html @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ disk(s) is failing when the RAID is running short on disks.

@@ -226,17 +226,17 @@ disk(s) is failing when the RAID is running short on disks.

diff --git a/blog/tags/reprap/index.html b/blog/tags/reprap/index.html index 15bed1e9b4..55d3c316cb 100644 --- a/blog/tags/reprap/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/reprap/index.html @@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ very cool 3D scanner.

@@ -652,17 +652,17 @@ very cool 3D scanner.

diff --git a/blog/tags/rfid/index.html b/blog/tags/rfid/index.html index 8be0ccacd3..abcaab7aa2 100644 --- a/blog/tags/rfid/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/rfid/index.html @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ i 2007. Det er i dag mulig Ã¥ klone slike kort.

@@ -275,17 +275,17 @@ i 2007. Det er i dag mulig Ã¥ klone slike kort.

diff --git a/blog/tags/robot/index.html b/blog/tags/robot/index.html index f190e8b2d9..d27fe29abf 100644 --- a/blog/tags/robot/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/robot/index.html @@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ please let me know.

@@ -373,17 +373,17 @@ please let me know.

diff --git a/blog/tags/rss/index.html b/blog/tags/rss/index.html index a55c539029..1293fd8658 100644 --- a/blog/tags/rss/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/rss/index.html @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ forsÃ¸k.

@@ -179,17 +179,17 @@ forsÃ¸k.

diff --git a/blog/tags/ruter/index.html b/blog/tags/ruter/index.html index 7176cafc9c..c8f16f9431 100644 --- a/blog/tags/ruter/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/ruter/index.html @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ Commons Navngivelse 3.0 Norge (CC BY 3.0).

@@ -333,17 +333,17 @@ Commons Navngivelse 3.0 Norge (CC BY 3.0).

diff --git a/blog/tags/sikkerhet/index.html b/blog/tags/sikkerhet/index.html index 0c1c8b1c74..60742f1e55 100644 --- a/blog/tags/sikkerhet/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/sikkerhet/index.html @@ -1487,7 +1487,7 @@ for their packages.

@@ -1608,17 +1608,17 @@ for their packages.

diff --git a/blog/tags/sitesummary/index.html b/blog/tags/sitesummary/index.html index ce35732272..bf7ed6f465 100644 --- a/blog/tags/sitesummary/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/sitesummary/index.html @@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ original text, and have added it to the text now.

@@ -384,17 +384,17 @@ original text, and have added it to the text now.

diff --git a/blog/tags/standard/index.html b/blog/tags/standard/index.html index ab913cf203..35ce9d0797 100644 --- a/blog/tags/standard/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/standard/index.html @@ -1913,7 +1913,7 @@ provided by external plugins like the Flash plugins.

@@ -2034,17 +2034,17 @@ provided by external plugins like the Flash plugins.

diff --git a/blog/tags/stavekontroll/index.html b/blog/tags/stavekontroll/index.html index 43bb9f51ec..fef79cf059 100644 --- a/blog/tags/stavekontroll/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/stavekontroll/index.html @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ stavekontrollen.

@@ -199,17 +199,17 @@ stavekontrollen.

diff --git a/blog/tags/stortinget/index.html b/blog/tags/stortinget/index.html index d07f536f38..459adea4ba 100644 --- a/blog/tags/stortinget/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/stortinget/index.html @@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ utviklingstimer for Ã¥ en norsk portal pÃ¥ plass.

@@ -374,17 +374,17 @@ utviklingstimer for Ã¥ en norsk portal pÃ¥ plass.

diff --git a/blog/tags/surveillance/index.html b/blog/tags/surveillance/index.html index 2ff35be25f..b4fffc9c75 100644 --- a/blog/tags/surveillance/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/surveillance/index.html @@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ jeg tror bidrar til Ã¥ holde ekstreme holdninger i sjakk.

@@ -640,17 +640,17 @@ jeg tror bidrar til Ã¥ holde ekstreme holdninger i sjakk.

diff --git a/blog/tags/valg/index.html b/blog/tags/valg/index.html index 3c217ccf66..3e6926f13d 100644 --- a/blog/tags/valg/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/valg/index.html @@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ valgsystemet.

@@ -470,17 +470,17 @@ valgsystemet.

diff --git a/blog/tags/video/index.html b/blog/tags/video/index.html index c55c321a92..c1c616446c 100644 --- a/blog/tags/video/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/video/index.html @@ -1467,7 +1467,7 @@ Check it out. :)

@@ -1588,17 +1588,17 @@ Check it out. :)

diff --git a/blog/tags/vitenskap/index.html b/blog/tags/vitenskap/index.html index 0ede84b69e..87c51860cf 100644 --- a/blog/tags/vitenskap/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/vitenskap/index.html @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ skyskrapere. Takke meg til en tur til mÃ¥nen.

@@ -244,17 +244,17 @@ skyskrapere. Takke meg til en tur til mÃ¥nen.

diff --git a/blog/tags/web/index.html b/blog/tags/web/index.html index 1798fa15c9..ad273fe1f0 100644 --- a/blog/tags/web/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/web/index.html @@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@ from within Iceweasel instead.