ext3 vs ext4

2013-04-25 Thread Giorgio Pioda
Hi, is there any special reason to still use ext3 instead of the standard (for wheezy) ext4 in the automatic partitioning of the Tjener? Regards Giorgio -- Giorgio Pioda - Sysadmin SPSE-Tenero Cell +41 79 629 20 63 Uff. +41 91 735 62 48 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-edu-requ...@lists.d

Re: ext3 vs ext4

2013-04-25 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Giorgio Pioda] > Hi, > > is there any special reason to still use ext3 instead of the > standard (for wheezy) ext4 in the automatic partitioning of the > Tjener? No. It is done because we still use the old recipes initially created for Lenny. Please provide a patch for debian-edu-install to ch

More new packages for Debian Edu (Was: Install scratch by default on Debian Edu Desktops in Wheezy?)

2013-04-25 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Nigel Barker] >> bluefish > teaching html and css in middle and high school Right. We should at least put it on our watch list (aka Ignore or Suggests in our tasks). Added as recommends to the development task. The development task is not currently installed by default. > > chromium > a)so

Re: More new packages for Debian Edu (Was: Install scratch by default on Debian Edu Desktops in Wheezy?)

2013-04-25 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Donnerstag, 25. April 2013, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > I see the advantages, but worry that Konqueror, Iceweasel and Chromium > are too many browsers to include. we should install+include chromium. we should drop this idea of having a combined amd64+i386install medium, it bites us all

Re: More new packages for Debian Edu

2013-04-25 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Holger Levsen] > Hi, > > On Donnerstag, 25. April 2013, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > > I see the advantages, but worry that Konqueror, Iceweasel and Chromium > > are too many browsers to include. > > we should install+include chromium. I am not against installing chromium as such, but I fear th

Re: More new packages for Debian Edu

2013-04-25 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Petter, On Donnerstag, 25. April 2013, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > I am not against installing chromium as such, but I fear the cognitive > strain we continue to increase on the pupils and teachers. I do follow the cognitive strain argument, except for when its not valid ;-) Users are usual

Re: More new packages for Debian Edu (Was: Install scratch by default on Debian Edu Desktops in Wheezy?)

2013-04-25 Thread nigel barker
On 25 April 2013 16:54, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > I see the advantages, but worry that Konqueror, Iceweasel and Chromium > are too many browsers to include. I don't have konqueror, because I'm using lxde. Will lxde be an option in debian edu wheezy? > >> > ibus-anthy >> type Japanese > > W

Re: More new packages for Debian Edu

2013-04-25 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Nigel Barker] > I don't have konqueror, because I'm using lxde. Will lxde be an option > in debian edu wheezy? I believe lxde already was an option in Squeezy. But a little tested one, so I do not know if it is or was working. I believe the task file was using the packages you recommended. Jus

Re: More new packages for Debian Edu

2013-04-25 Thread nigel barker
On 25 April 2013 18:09, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > > Right. Please have a look at > http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/debian-edu/branches/wheezy/debian-edu/tasks/lang-ja-desktop?view=markup > > > and let us know if other plackages should be replaced too. All of the scim packages can go. Thi

Re: More new packages for Debian Edu

2013-04-25 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Nigel Barker] > All of the scim packages can go. This is what I have (ibus-anthy > brings them all in): Thank you. Done. Will be in alpha1. -- Happy hacking Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-edu-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: More new packages for Debian Edu (Was: Install scratch by default on Debian Edu Desktops in Wheezy?)

2013-04-25 Thread Marius Kotsbak
Den 25. april 2013 09:54, skrev Petter Reinholdtsen: > > flashplugin-nonfree >teachers get angry when gnash doesn't work If only there was a good free software alternative.:) The free alternative is HTML5 in web browsers. This is going to solve itself as the plugin is even removed from ne

Re: [debian-lan-devel] samba support

2013-04-25 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Andreas B. Mundt] > Hi all, > > we would like to implement something like 'roaming workstations' in > debian-lan. Can someone give us some hints on how to do that best? > Is there any experience available with roaming workstations, do they > work sucessfully, or are there known problems? I wou

Re: [debian-lan-devel] samba support

2013-04-25 Thread Mike Gabriel
Hi Petter, Hi Andreas, On Do 25 Apr 2013 16:48:43 CEST Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: [Andreas B. Mundt] Hi all, we would like to implement something like 'roaming workstations' in debian-lan. Can someone give us some hints on how to do that best? Is there any experience available with roaming

Re: [debian-lan-devel] samba support

2013-04-25 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Mike Gabriel] > Just for clarity: do you mean Windows workstation with roaming > profiles or do you mean the roaming workstation Debian Edu > installation profile? I talk about the Debian Edu roaming workstation. I have no idea about Windows workstation. So windows have roaming workstations too

Re: [debian-lan-devel] eduroaming on squeeze (was samba support)

2013-04-25 Thread Julien Lambot
Installation of latest deb from http://dati.spse.ch/~gfwp/eduroaming/ went without major issue (only dependencies). I will report on tests during next week (along with Debian-edu) Thanks for your suggestions! Best regards Julien On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 4:48 PM, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > >

Re: Ready for alpha 1, any volunteer to make it happen?

2013-04-25 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
I propose we put the first alpha release in ftp://ftp.skolelinux.no/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/ >, and call the ISO debian-edu~7.0+edu0~a0-CD.iso. Note, the ISO placed there now is not the final alpha0 image. The file name and ISO label is modelled after the Squeeze ISO file names and ISO label. The

Re: [debian-lan-devel] eduroaming on squeeze (was samba support)

2013-04-25 Thread Giorgio Pioda
I prepared also a educlient Ubuntu profile. It is unfortunately working only with several Ubuntu version. Sure 10.04. I don't remember if it is working well under 12.04 Cheers Giorgio On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 06:41:06PM +0200, Julien Lambot wrote: > Installation of latest deb from http://dati.sp

Re: Ready for alpha 1, any volunteer to make it happen?

2013-04-25 Thread Wolfgang Schweer
On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 09:33:13PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > I propose we put the first alpha release in > ftp://ftp.skolelinux.no/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/ >, and call the > ISO debian-edu~7.0+edu0~a0-CD.iso. Note, the ISO placed there now is > not the final alpha0 image. The file name an

Re: Ready for alpha 1, any volunteer to make it happen?

2013-04-25 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Wolfgang Schweer] > Should be done now. Anything missing still? Looks good, but yes. It need a short intro for those that do not know what Debian Edu / Skolelinux is all about. Several of the recevers will never have heard about us before. I guess we can cut-n-paste something from earlier anno

Re: Ready for alpha 1, any volunteer to make it happen?

2013-04-25 Thread Wolfgang Schweer
On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 11:33:22PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > [Wolfgang Schweer] > > Should be done now. Anything missing still? > > Looks good, but yes. It need a short intro for those that do not know > what Debian Edu / Skolelinux is all about. Several of the recevers > will never ha

First alpha release of Debian Edu/Skolelinux based on Debian Wheezy

2013-04-25 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
New features for Debian Edu ~7.0.0 alpha0 released 2013-04-26 = This is the release notes for for Debian Edu / Skolelinux ~7.0.0 edu alpha0, based on Debian with codename "Wheezy". About Debian Edu and Skolelinux ---

Re: Ready for alpha 1, any volunteer to make it happen?

2013-04-25 Thread Giorgio Pioda
Hi, What is the best prepared install medium? The wheezy testing, wheezy nolocal, or the DVD image? Regards Giorgio On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 08:20:50AM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > [Giorgio Pioda] > > Wheezy ? > > Yes. Sorry for not making it clear. > > > Ok, let's work on it (by myse