May 2009 - openSUSE Edu - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-edu] openSUSE Community Week
by Lars Vogdt 10 May '09

10 May '09

What about an openSUSE-Education topic/schedule? Any ideas? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-edu+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-edu+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-edu] Announcing KIWI-LTSP 0.7.7
by Jigish Gohil 08 May '09

08 May '09

I am happy to present you another round of update from the KIWI-LTSP team. Enhancements and bugfixes from the last announcement are as below: * Enabled compcache[1] by default now, so clients with low memory should see improved performance. Thanks to Takashi Iwai[2] for the packages[3]. * KIWI-LTSP[4] server should now work better if there is another DHCP server running in the network, thanks to KIWI’s[5] kiwiserver=serverIP feature. * Boot and system images are created with openSUSE 11.1 updates[6]. All of this and lot more will be in next openSUSE-Edu-KIWI-LTSP-Live DVD[7]. Happy thin computing… [1] http://code.google.com/p/compcache/ [2] http://www.alsa-project.org/~tiwai/index.html [3] http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/tiwai/openSUSE_11.1/ [4] http://en.opensuse.org/LTSP [5] http://kiwi.berlios.de/ [6] http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/ [7] http://en.opensuse.org/Education/Live -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-edu+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-edu+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-edu] Fwd: [opensuse-marketing] LinuxTag Booth Posters
by Lars Vogdt 07 May '09

07 May '09

Forwarding, as we probably can have our own openSUSE-Education counter, if we like.... Anyone who likes to create a "openSUSE-Education" poster for us? ----- Weitergeleitete Nachricht von hvogel(a)opensuse.org ----- Datum: Thu, 07 May 2009 14:39:03 +0200 Von: Henne Vogelsang <hvogel(a)opensuse.org> Antwort an: Henne Vogelsang <hvogel(a)opensuse.org> Betreff: [opensuse-marketing] LinuxTag Booth Posters An: opensuse-marketing(a)opensuse.org Hey peepz, for the upcomming linuxtag we need a couple of booth posters to show people whats up on the counters and stuff like that. We need din A3 posters that explain that on this counter you can see this topic. Topics would be susestudio buildservice opensuse 11.1 And some A5 ones that describe the content of the promo dvd and that you can take it away for free. I would love some retro typographic ones [1] for the counters and some simple ones for the promo dvd's. Anyone willing to design them? Be creative :) Henne [1] Something like... http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs18/i/2007/216/3/1/Retro_Artist_Poster_by_mrgra… http://media2.smashingmagazine.com/images/typo-posters/swed.jpg http://www.letman.com/project_items/letman_2_342_pingpongbeeld.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/gizo/1052243642/in/pool-63692150@N00 -- Henne Vogelsang, openSUSE. Everybody has a plan, until they get hit. - Mike Tyson -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org ----- Ende der weitergeleiteten Nachricht ----- -- Lars Vogdt <lrupp(a)suse.de> - Autobuild Team - SUSE Linux Products GmbH - GF: Markus Rex 90409 Nuernberg, Germany - HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-edu+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-edu+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-edu] YaST Education Module
by Jeff Shantz 07 May '09

07 May '09

Hi all, Just a quick note to introduce myself. My name is Jeff Shantz and I'm an M.Sc. candidate in Computer Science in Canada. I'll be working on the YaST Education module [1] this summer as part of the Google Summer of Code 2009, mentored by Marek Stopka. I have some experience with YaST module development, locking down systems, Internet filtering, and firewalling from my time working at IBM, so I'm looking forward to implementing this project and making it as easy as possible for parents/teachers to administer their systems. If anyone has any advice or suggestions on the direction for the project, I am more than happy to receive it. Thanks. Jeff [1] http://en.opensuse.org/YaST_Education -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-edu+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-edu+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-edu] YaST Education Module
by Jeff Shantz 07 May '09

07 May '09

Hi, On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 23:58 -0400, James Tremblay aka SLEducator wrote: > When we create these patterns we should be using the native desktop > "lock down" \ "kiosk" tools > for instance Sabayon for gnome. These utilities present a lot of > flexibility in what can and cannot be presented to the desktop user, > think M$ group policies, with this we can leave the chat ability there > but hide the tool. > > I would summaries that adding choices here just makes the work more > difficult for the end user and you, let them make choices about "use" > when they use it, an then they can modify the "groups" profiles in > Sabayon or the Kiosk Tool. Completely agreed. The mandate of the module is not to create/edit Sabayon/Kiosk tool templates, but instead to assign them to groups of students. What I'm saying here, though, is that if I'm a more knowledgeable parent/teacher/administrator, I should be able to create a custom Sabayon/Kiosk tool template and have the option in the Education module to associate that template with a custom group that I've created. Returning to my example, suppose we have an "elementary" school group and we've edited the Sabayon/Kiosk templates associated with that group to hide all chat programs. Our grade 6 class is corresponding with other students across the world, and we want to allow them to use chat programs without allowing these programs to all other students in the "elementary" group. I believe that I should be able to create a custom Sabayon/Kiosk template for these grade 6 students, and the Education module should allow me to create a new "Grade 6" group, assign my custom templates to this group, and add my grade 6 students to this group. This way, my class can undertake their penpal project without opening up chat programs to everyone in the "elementary" group. I think providing 3 or 4 pre-defined groups, as you mentioned, is absolutely necessary for administrators that lack the knowledge to create their own templates, but I think disallowing the creation of custom groups to be limiting. Simplicity and ease of use are ultimately the goals here, but the option should at least be there for users that have the knowledge/abilities to create their own templates. Thoughts? Thanks, Jeff -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-edu+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-edu+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-edu] Next Meeting: 2009-04-07
by Lars Vogdt 06 May '09

06 May '09

Hi all Just a follow-up to James last post - assuming meeting every two weeks, the next one will be on tuesday, 2009-04-07, 17:00 UTC/GMT on #opensuse-edu. Currently I've just two topics: 1) Status of openSUSE-Education 1.0 => see other mail 2) Branding status ...and, as always, the number of open action items: currently 6 ;-) http://en.opensuse.org/Education/Meetings/Current is up to date and waits for your ideas/topics... With kind regards, Lars -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-edu+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-edu+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-edu] Introduction
by Anthony Borrow 04 May '09

04 May '09

Greetings from Berkeley, CA. I serve as Moodle's CONTRIB Coordinator and have become involved with James Tremblay and the OpenSIS project. I am happy to help out how ever I can. One of the things that I noticed when James installed the OpensSuse Moodle package was that the moodle_include.conf file had the directory options set to none. However, some of the images like /pix/moodlelogo.gif use symbolic links. As a result, I had to FollowSymLinks manually. It would be good if the Moodle package added this option. Peace - Anthony -- Anthony R. Borrow, SJ Arrupe House 2536 Virginia Street Berkeley, CA 94709-1109 (510) 225-6127 http://www.arborrow.org/ Confidentiality Notice: This email message, including any and all attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any release, dissemination, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the author immediately by replying to this message and delete the original message. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-edu+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-edu+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-edu] Education news from my side
by Lars Vogdt 02 May '09

02 May '09

Hi @ll Sorry, not attending to the last meeting - thanks to Cyberorg for the transcript! Here are some news from me concerning Education over all (-: 1) HP and openSUSE-Education HP wants to build his next generation on openSUSE-Education -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-edu+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-edu+help(a)opensuse.org

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