I am happy to announce that finally we managed today to wrap up and
-publish the third beta version of
-Debian Edu / Skolelinux based
-on Squeeze. If you want to test a LDAP backed Kerberos server with
-out of the box PXE configuration for running diskless machines and
-installing new machines, check it out. If you need a software
-solution for your school, check it out too. The full announcement is
-available
-on the project announcement list.
-
-
I am very happy to report these changes and improvements since
-beta2 (there are more, see announcement for full list):
-
-
-
-- It is now possible to change the pre-configured IP subnet from
- 10.0.0.0/8 to something else by using the subnet-change tool after
- the installation.
-
-- Too full partitions are now automatically extended on the Main
- Server, based on the rules specified in /etc/fsautoresizetab.
-
-- The CUPS queues are now automatically flushed every night, and all
- disabled queues are restarted every hour. This should cut down on
- the amount of manual administration needed for printers.
-
-- The set of initial users have been changed. Now a personal user
- for the local system administrator is created during installation
- instead of the previously created localadmin and super-admin users,
- and this user is granted administrative privileges using group
- membership. This reduces the number of passwords one need to keep
- up to date on the system.
-
-
-
-
The new main server seem to work so well that I am testing it as my
-private DNS/LDAP/Kerberos/PXE/LTSP server at home. I will use it look
-for issues we could fix to polish Debian Edu even further before the
-final Squeeze release is published.
-
-
Next weekend the project organise a
-developer
-gathering in Oslo. We will continue the work on the Squeeze
-version, and start initial planning for the Wheezy version. Perhaps I
-will see you there?
-