The Debian Edu / Skolelinux +project is making great progress and made its second Wheezy based +release today. This is the release announcement:
+ +New features for Debian Edu 7.0.0 alpha1 released +2013-05-14
+ +This is the release notes for for Debian Edu / Skolelinux 7.0.0 edu +alpha1, based on Debian with codename "Wheezy".
+ +About Debian Edu and Skolelinux
+ +Debian Edu, also known as Skolelinux, is a Linux distribution based +on Debian providing an out-of-the box environment of a completely +configured school network. Immediatly after installation a school +server running all services needed for a school network is set up just +waiting for users and machines being added via GOsa², a comfortable +Web-UI. A netbooting environment is prepared using PXE, so after +initial installation of the main server from CD, DVD or USB stick all +other machines can be installed via the network.
+ +This is the first test release based on Wheezy (which currently is +not released yet). Basically this is an updated and slightly improved +version compared to the Squeeze release.
+ +Software updates
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- Install freemind (0.9.0) by default, and stop installing vym by + default. +
- Install chromium (26.0.1410.43) by default. +
- Install goplay (0.5-1.1) to make golearn available by default. +
- Updated support for Japanese input methods, now based on + ibus-anthy. +
Other changes
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- Switched default file system from ext3 to ext4 for speed and + reliability improvements. +
- Got rid of unwanted winbind daemon and PAM setup activated because + of 706434. +
- Extended and improved the testsuite tests to detect more possible + problems. +
- Corrected proxy handling to not set http_proxy to a bogus + direct:// URL. +
- Corrected proxy setup for diskless workstations. +
- Corrected PXE setup to use our updated udebs during installation. +
- Made installation handling of low entropy level more robust. +
- Create larger partitions for Roaming workstations and Thin client + servers, to make room for all the software installed. +
- Fix bug in Roaming workstation PAM setup, making it impossible to + log in (706753). +
Known issues
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- IP resolution for the local hostname give useless IPv6 address + (705900). Only install + libnss-myhostname on roaming workstations until it is fixed. +
- DVD images are not yet ready. +
- No mass import of user account data in GOsa (ldif or csv) + available yet (698840). +
- Missing artwork for the KDE desktop (and probably a few others). +
- KDE Debian submenu lacks icons. +
- LXDE menu lacks entry for changing GOsa password + (website). Installing gosa-desktop will be an option. +
- Backup configuration via web interface is impossible due to + password submission problem + (700257). + +
Where to get it
+ +To download the multiarch netinstall CD release you can use
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- ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu~7.0+edu0~a1-CD.iso +
- http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu~7.0+edu0~a1-CD.iso +
- rsync -avzP ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu~7.0+edu0~a1-CD.iso debian-edu~7.0+edu0~a1-CD.iso + +
The MD5SUM of this image is: 685ed76c1aa8e44b12d3fde21faf450b
+ +The SHA1SUM of this image is: 6c874de157024da13e115bab29c068080a11ec4c
+ +How to report bugs
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