From: Petter Reinholdtsen Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2012 14:16:37 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Prepare for release. X-Git-Url: https://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/commitdiff_plain/946fbbf576d3706263d48dc86b78ce67bdc9e805 Prepare for release. --- diff --git a/blog/draft/2012-06-skolelinux-george-bredberg.txt b/blog/draft/2012-06-skolelinux-george-bredberg.txt index 32cb08e9ba..0764b621b3 100644 --- a/blog/draft/2012-06-skolelinux-george-bredberg.txt +++ b/blog/draft/2012-06-skolelinux-george-bredberg.txt @@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ Skolelinux project have users all over the globe, but until recently we have not known about any users in Norway's neighbour Sweden. This changed when George Bredberg showed up in March this year on the mailing list, asking interesting questions about how to -adjust and scale the setup to his liking. He granted me an interview, -and I am happy to share his answers with you here.

+adjust and scale the just released +Debian Edu +Wheezy setup to his liking. He granted me an interview, and I am +happy to share his answers with you here.

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

@@ -76,10 +78,48 @@ real problem. Running windows applications within the Skolelinux environment needs to be better supported. That is, running them seamlessly via RDP, and support for single-sign on. That will make the transition to free software easier, because you can keep the -applications you really need. No support will make it impossible if -you work in a school were some applications cant be open source. As -for us we really need to run InDesign in our journalist classes.

+applications you really need. No support will make it impossible if +you work in a school were some applications can't be open source. As +for us we really need to run Adobe InDesign in our journalist classes. +We run a journalist education, and is one of the very few non +university ones that is ok:d by Svenska journalistförbundet (Swedish +journalist association). Our education gives the pupils the right of +membership there, once they are done. This is important if you want +to get a job.

+ +

Adobe InDesign is the program most commonly used in newspapers and +magazines. We used Quark Express before, but they seem to loose there +market to Adobe. The only "equivalent" to InDesign in the opensource +world is Scribus, and its not advanced enough. At least not according +to the teacher. I think it would be possible to use it, because they +are not supposed to learn a program, they are supposed to learn how to +edit and compile a newspaper. But politically at our school we are not +there yet. And Scribus lacks a lot of things you find i InDesign.

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We used even a windows program for sound editing when it comes to +the radio-journalist part. The year to come we are going to try +Audacity. That software has the same kind of limitations compared to +Adobe Audition, but that teacher is a bit more openminded. We have +tried Ardour also, but that instead is more like a music studio +program, not intended for the kind of editing taking place in a radio +studio. Its way to complex and the gui is to scattered when you only +want to cut, make passovers, add extra channels and normalize. Thoose +things you can do in Audacity, but its not as easy as in Audition. You +have to do more things manually with envelopes, and that is a bit old +fashion and timewasting. Its also harder to cut and move sound from +one channel to another, which is a thing that you do frequentlly +because you often find yourself needing to rearrange parts of the +sound file.

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So, I am not sure we will succed in replacing even Audition, but we +will try. Problem is the students have certain expectations when they +start an education towards a profession. So the programs has to look +and feel professional. Good thing with radio, there are many programs +out there, that radio studios use, so its not as standardised as +Newspaper editing. That means, it does not really matter what program +they learn, because once they start working they still have to learn +the program the studio uses, so instead focus has to be to learn the +editing part without to much focus on a specific software.

Which free software do you use daily?

@@ -111,42 +151,4 @@ educations, from high-school to journalist-school.

> Is this Adobe InDesign?  What is it doing that the free software > alternatives can not offer? -We run a journalist education. One of the very few non university -ones that is ok:d by Svenska journalistförbundet, and that gives the -pupils the right of membership there, once they are done. (Important -if you want to get a job.) - -InDesign is the program most commonly used in newspapers and -magazines. We used Quark Express before, but they seem to loose there -market to Adobe. The only "equivalent" to InDesign in the opensource -world is Scribus, and its not advanced enough. At least not according -to the teacher. I think it would be possible to use it, because they -are not supposed to learn a program, they are supposed to learn how to -edit and compile a newspaper. But politically at our school we are not -there yet. And Scribus lacks a lot of things you find i InDesign. - -We used even a windows program for sound editing when it comes to the -radio-journalist part. The year to come we are going to try -Audacity. That software has the same kind of limitations compared to -Adobe Audition, but that teacher is a bit more openminded. We have -tried Ardour also, but that instead is more like a music studio -program, not intended for the kind of editing taking place in a radio -studio. Its way to complex and the gui is to scattered when you only -want to cut, make passovers, add extra channels and normalize. Thoose -things you can do in Audacity, but its not as easy as in Audition. You -have to do more things manually with envelopes, and that is a bit old -fashion and timewasting. Its also harder to cut and move sound from -one channel to another, which is a thing that you do frequentlly -because you often find yourself needing to rearrange parts of the -sound file. - -So, I am not sure we will succed in replacing even Audition, but we -will try. Problem is the students have certain expectations when they -start an education towards a profession. So the programs has to look -and feel professional. Good thing with radio, there are many programs -out there, that radio studios use, so its not as standardised as -Newspaper editing. That means, it does not really matter what program -they learn, because once they start working they still have to learn -the program the studio uses, so instead focus has to be to learn the -editing part without to much focus on a specific software.