From f61b2a727a3388ba07b7338f514e6eb88c6ec367 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Petter Reinholdtsen Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 20:53:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update with more text. --- .../2012-03-skolelinux-wolfgang-schweer.txt | 40 ++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/blog/draft/2012-03-skolelinux-wolfgang-schweer.txt b/blog/draft/2012-03-skolelinux-wolfgang-schweer.txt index 4a4701cb50..4654f858df 100644 --- a/blog/draft/2012-03-skolelinux-wolfgang-schweer.txt +++ b/blog/draft/2012-03-skolelinux-wolfgang-schweer.txt @@ -2,21 +2,28 @@ Title: Debian Edu interview: Wolfgang Schweer Tags: english, debian edu, intervju Date: 2012-03-15 11:30 -

Debian Edu and Skolelinux - - Wolfgang Schweer +

Germany is a core area for the +Debian Edu and Skolelinux +Skolelinux user community, and this time managed to get hold of +Wolfgang Schweer, a valuable contributor to the project from Germany.

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

I've studied Mathematics at the university 'Ruhr-Universität' in Bochum, Germany. Since 1981 I'm working as a teacher at the school -'Westfalen-Kolleg Dortmund', a school of second chance. Besides -teaching I was involved in developing online courses for a project -called 'abitur-online.nrw' and in some other information technology -related projects. For about ten years I've been teacher and -coordinator for the 'abitur-online' project at my school. Being now in -my early sixties, I've decided to leave school at the end of April -this year.

+"Westfalen-Kolleg +Dortmund", a second chance school. Here, young adults is given +the opportunity to get further education in order to do the school +examination 'Abitur', which will allow to study at a university. This +second chance is of value for those who want a better job perspective +or failed to get a higher school examination being teens.

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Besides teaching I was involved in developing online courses for a +blended learning project called 'abitur-online.nrw' and in some other +information technology related projects. For about ten years I've been +teacher and coordinator for the 'abitur-online' project at my +school. Being now in my early sixties, I've decided to leave school at +the end of April this year.

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

@@ -33,6 +40,13 @@ two years ago I proposed to replace the (somehow undocumented and only known to me) system at school by a well known Debian based system: Skolelinux.

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Students and teachers appreciated the new system because of a +better look and feel and an enhanced access to local media on thin +clients. The possibility to alter and/or reset passwords using a GUI +was welcomed, too. Being able to do administrative tasks using a GUI +and to easily set up workstations using PXE was of very high value for +the admin teachers.

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

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Debian base. It integrates LTSP out-of-the-box. And it is documented! So it was a perfect choice.

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Being open source, there are no license problems and so it's +possible to point teachers and students to programs like +OpenOffice.org, ViewYourMind (mind mapping) and The Gimp. It's of +high value to be able to adapt parts of the system to special needs of +a school and to choose where to get support for this.

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

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