Re: General question on Debian-Edu
El dom, 24-07-2011 a las 20:34 +0200, Andreas B. Mundt escribió: > Hi Thomas, > > On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 08:10:47PM +0200, Thomas Koch wrote: > > > the Debian-Edu talk tomorrow on debconf will overlap with the ZSH Skills- > > Exchange session... :-( > > Luckily not tomorrow, but on thursday ... :-) > > > So I read the documentation and throw out some questions here: > > > > * Could the base of Debian-Edu also be usable by small companies? At my > > former > > company for example we had Debian thin-clients for call support staff and > > even > > for some junior developers/students. > > No, it's highly specialized for schools. But I propose to work in a > direction that allows for a broader user and developer base. > And the hardcoded network setup is a problem if you need to use it in flexible environments. It will make you work manually in some places. > > > > * Which IMAP server is used? > > > Dovecot > > > * Could Debian-Edu be made replicated with automated fail-over of services? > > Use case: The network administrator is on holiday, the main server fails, > > but > > everything should continue to just work. > Nothing in that direction has been done yet, as far as I know ... > > > > > * Is there a roadmap to update do cfengine3? > > > Unfortunatelly, I fear there is no roadmap at all :( I'd prefer to update to puppet. In fact, in Extremadura we're using puppet instead cfengine with Debian Edu since three years ago. > > > * Is there any integration with school administration, so that > > administrative > > changes are automatically reflected in LDAP (addition of pupils, classes, > > leaving of pupils, assignements of pupils to classes) > No. However, the design of the LDAP tree is flexible, so pupils > associated with classes can have their own department (ou) in LDAP. > > > * Is there a calendaring solution used with Debian-Edu? Kolab, Horde? > No. I know that there is a Kolab plugin for GOsa, but never tested that. > > > * Are there any schools that also have mailing lists for parents? > I don't know of any. > That's something that can be done but it's tightly dependent on the application you use for school administration, and such kind of applications depend on the laws of your envirnoment, so I'm afraid an universal solution is impossible. As Andreas told you , it's not hard make a glue application with the ldap service. In Extremadura we've done it and it works perfectly with our own system administration school (http://rayuela.educarex.es), so we have all the things you said (including mailing lists with parents with the teachers of every group or the principal of the schools). But, as I said before, I don't think an universal solution is possible (as an example, our school administration application is not compatible with the laws of the regions around Extremadura because of different rules) Regards. > > * Are there any schools actively using encrypted mails? > Same here, I don't know of any. > > Thomas, let's meet in Banja Luka for a chat. I'll arrive some time on > wednesday. > > Best regards, > > Andi > > signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: General question on Debian-Edu
[Thomas Koch] > * Could the base of Debian-Edu also be usable by small companies? At > my former company for example we had Debian thin-clients for call > support staff and even for some junior developers/students. I believe it could be made to work. The school specific stuff is mostly the desktop application selection, so by providing a different education-desktop metapackage and tasksel tasks, it would be possible to install more office focused desktops. On the server, there is not really much school specific. It is the generic network services useful in any network. Happy hacking, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-edu-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110724193757.ga30...@login1.uio.no
General question on Debian-Edu
Hi, the Debian-Edu talk tomorrow on debconf will overlap with the ZSH Skills- Exchange session... :-( So I read the documentation and throw out some questions here: * Could the base of Debian-Edu also be usable by small companies? At my former company for example we had Debian thin-clients for call support staff and even for some junior developers/students. * Which IMAP server is used? * Could Debian-Edu be made replicated with automated fail-over of services? Use case: The network administrator is on holiday, the main server fails, but everything should continue to just work. * Is there a roadmap to update do cfengine3? * Is there any integration with school administration, so that administrative changes are automatically reflected in LDAP (addition of pupils, classes, leaving of pupils, assignements of pupils to classes) * Is there a calendaring solution used with Debian-Edu? Kolab, Horde? * Are there any schools that also have mailing lists for parents? * Are there any schools actively using encrypted mails? Thank you, Thomas Koch, http://www.koch.ro -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-edu-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201107242010.47791.tho...@koch.ro
Re: General question on Debian-Edu
Hi Thomas, On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 08:10:47PM +0200, Thomas Koch wrote: > the Debian-Edu talk tomorrow on debconf will overlap with the ZSH Skills- > Exchange session... :-( Luckily not tomorrow, but on thursday ... :-) > So I read the documentation and throw out some questions here: > > * Could the base of Debian-Edu also be usable by small companies? At my > former > company for example we had Debian thin-clients for call support staff and > even > for some junior developers/students. No, it's highly specialized for schools. But I propose to work in a direction that allows for a broader user and developer base. > > * Which IMAP server is used? > Dovecot > * Could Debian-Edu be made replicated with automated fail-over of services? > Use case: The network administrator is on holiday, the main server fails, but > everything should continue to just work. Nothing in that direction has been done yet, as far as I know ... > > * Is there a roadmap to update do cfengine3? > Unfortunatelly, I fear there is no roadmap at all :( > * Is there any integration with school administration, so that administrative > changes are automatically reflected in LDAP (addition of pupils, classes, > leaving of pupils, assignements of pupils to classes) No. However, the design of the LDAP tree is flexible, so pupils associated with classes can have their own department (ou) in LDAP. > * Is there a calendaring solution used with Debian-Edu? Kolab, Horde? No. I know that there is a Kolab plugin for GOsa, but never tested that. > * Are there any schools that also have mailing lists for parents? I don't know of any. > * Are there any schools actively using encrypted mails? Same here, I don't know of any. Thomas, let's meet in Banja Luka for a chat. I'll arrive some time on wednesday. Best regards, Andi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-edu-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110724183424.GA4099@flashgordon
