June 2009 - openSUSE Edu - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-edu] LI-F-E DVD feedback
by Doug Glenn 27 Jun '09

27 Jun '09

Greetings, I just finished loading my new replacement server with the latest build. The following are "issues" if you want to regard them as such, that I think still need to be addressed. I didn't see them documented, but I know this is not a 'final' also. 1. Suse Education Add-On repository is missing. The Update repository is ok. The base EDU patterns are missing from Yasts Software Management even though it appears to be install. It isn't functional :) 2. After correcting this, and the Education Patterns installed, the Kids Desktop Software and Youth Education Software Patterns were selected, but none of the others. 3. I had to select LTSP Server Apps (TFTP installed, but not configurable and Xinetd service disabled which made it non-functional) 4. Prior to selecting the Add on, DNS and DHCP installed, but none of the configuration tools installed. These became selected after I selected the remaining options. All in all, great job! The Live DVD works great. The installation portion still has some things missing, but I couldn't locate the bugzilla or build docs to figure what might have been left out or remaining. Hence this additional information. Forgive me if this is already known :) I'm not complaining (honest!) I am documenting the current installation and configuration details as they are being done here: http://wiki.freelinuxpc.org/index.php?title=Sterling_Community_Center This is somewhat buried in the site, and I am interested in any and all feedback regarding it. Once I finish this documentation, it is going to have to undergo a serious 'dumbing down' in order to meet the goal of a non-technical person being able to follow the directions to build a 'Community Technological Center'. With regard to the http://www.linux-for-education.org/ site, I am still working on uploads, but got sick for a few days, then had to spend a few more days playing catchup with my schoolwork, and now my summer 'break' is on, finishing the buildup of a new server and 4 more terminals for the Sterling Community Center where I am the system admin (non-paid volunteer like this :)) So don't give up on me there. I should be back and finish uploading the Study Skills and Technology sections from the source site with in the week. Just a matter of getting this system online and doing three term papers over the next week :) Oh, and keeping my wife happy :) That is number 1. -- Doug Glenn FORUM Information Systems, LLC http://foruminfosystems.com -- 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] Live CD from SELF
by Doug Glenn 25 Jun '09

25 Jun '09

James, Just a FYI, the Live CD I got from you does not install the EDU packages :( It would be great if it could be configured to do that in addition to running everything live :) -- Doug Glenn FORUM Information Systems, LLC http://foruminfosystems.com -- 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] meeting dates
by James Tremblay aka SLEducator 23 Jun '09

23 Jun '09

Does anyone have an issue with meeting on these dates Tuesday, 2009-07-07. Tuesday 2009-06-23 Please let me know, I am once again going to try and get our schedule publish in the openSUSE new calendar. I need your votes to decide. -- James A. Tremblay openSIS Product Specialist http://www.os4ed.com http://www.opensis.com e-mail james "at" os4ed.com Phone (678)392-4031 Registered Linux user #440182 openSUSE-Education founder http://en.opensuse.org/education e-mail sleducator "at" opensuse.org -- 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] Xmind and building from sources
by Andrea Florio 23 Jun '09

23 Jun '09

Hi folks, i just found this project: http://www.xmind.net/ looks to be a good project. i check on how build it from source, but looks impossible to do it from command line (and then using spec file) http://code.google.com/p/xmind3/wiki/How_to_build_XMind_from_source any idea on how do it? precompiled binaries are provided, but if possible i would like to NOT use them Andrea -- ------------------------------------------ Andrea Florio QSI International School of Brindisi Sys Admin openSUSE-Education Administrator openSUSE Official Member (anubisg1) Email: andrea(a)opensuse.org Packman Packaging Team Email: andrea(a)links2linux.de Web: http://packman.links2linux.org/ Cell: +39-328-7365667 ------------------------------------------

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[opensuse-edu] Re: [Novell educ list] opensuse for education
by James Tremblay aka SLEducator 22 Jun '09

22 Jun '09

Travis, We have been deeply involved with the development of 5 for some time now. The team has integrated and even led much of the development of not only v5 put the exploration not only into local app and sound support but also clustering. if you are interested in more details or help join us at #opensuse-edu at irc.freenode.net or post questions to our mailing list by first subscribing. opensuse-edu+subscribe(a)opensuse.org Travis Smith wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:15 PM, James Tremblay aka SLEducator > <fxrsliberty(a)opensuse.us <mailto:fxrsliberty@opensuse.us>> wrote: > > Hello everyone, > As the founder of the openSUSE-EDU project , I am beaming like a new > farther over our "li-f-e" live disks. > http://en.opensuse.org/Education/live Please, if you have any > interest > in open source software in the classroom or > simply want to try the best implementation of LTSP available, then > download a copy our "stable" and give it a try. > This disk is bootable and makes no changes to your hardware, in fact, > given a lab that uses a single isolated switch. > This disk can transform that room into a modern Linux lab in seconds. > Simply boot the disk to reach the Gnome desktop, > double click the easy LTSP icon (hit the enter key when the password > prompt is presented) and that PC is now an LTSP server. > next make sure your other machines boot from PXE as the first > device and > boot up to 5 client machines using an average PC with 512 mb of Ram as > the server. http://en.opensuse.org/Education/live#KIWI-LTSP > Please feel free to contact me for more information. > > p.s. as the project manager for openSIS I invite you to visit > http://lizards.opensuse.org/2009/06/17/need-investors-and-developers/ > Please help if you can. > > -- > James A. Tremblay > openSIS Product Specialist > > > Great work James, out of curiosity is the LTSP being used 4 still or > have they made the jump to 5? Also, any discussion being held > regarding local apps support? > > Thanks, we all appreciate the extra time you put into these projects. > > -Travis > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > novelleduc mailing list > novelleduc(a)lists.novttp.org > http://www.novttp.org/mailman/listinfo/novelleduc > -- James A. Tremblay openSIS Product Specialist http://www.os4ed.com http://www.opensis.com e-mail james "at" os4ed.com Phone (678)392-4031 Registered Linux user #440182 openSUSE-Education founder http://en.opensuse.org/education e-mail sleducator "at" opensuse.org -- 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 update
by Jeff Shantz 19 Jun '09

19 Jun '09

Hi all, Apologies for the silence. For anyone interested in an update on the progress of the YaST Education module, I invite you to check out [1]. Of course, you can always just skip to the Flickr gallery [2] to view the screenshots. I won't be insulted -- I would do it. =) After fighting the YaST Python bindings for a bit, I am on track and am currently finishing up the GUI screens. I am hoping by mid next week to have all reading/writing of the module configuration itself done and all screens fully working and (hopefully) bug free, and then it comes time to actually configure components such as Dansguardian, etc. You'll notice I don't have any server screenshots in my photostream. I had mentioned this earlier, but to reiterate, I want to get the desktop stuff out of the way first since it accounts for the majority of the module. I will then go back once I have all the desktop stuff working and fill in the server stuff. Don't worry, James. I haven't forgotten about you. =) If anyone has any suggestions or comments, feel free to send them along. Note that a few of the screens are work in progress, so ignore the aesthetic issues you see in the last two screens (access time restrictions and firewall). Thanks. Jeff [1] - http://www.jeffshantz.com/?p=40 [2] - http://www.flickr.com/photos/39290324@N06/3612198902/in/set-721576194275477… -- 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] linux for education portal
by David Van Assche 19 Jun '09

19 Jun '09

Hi there, We've just launched a pretty decent start for a linux for education portal that should contain hundreds (we already have about 50) totally creative commons or similar free license courses that can be used online directly (guest access to all courses) or downloaded to export into one's own e-learning platform (backups are moodle based.) The site contains howtos, forums, wikipedias and chatrooms, as well as the traditional Moodle courses on a wide array of subjects across the board. It is totally free, and will remain that way both in terms of beer and ideology. We encourage people to take part in it. It is really not too hard to take an existing howto or wiki entry or something and turn it into an interactive course. There are plenty of examples, and there are also courses on Moodle itself and why one should use it. Currently it may seem quite opensuse-centric, but we are working hard to make it as generic to linux as possible as we have noticed that there isn't really such a comprehensive resource out there on this subject matter. We appreciate all help, so please drop us a line if you would like to get involved in any way at all. peace, David (nubae) Van Assche -- 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] Contents for Education
by Jigish Gohil 18 Jun '09

18 Jun '09

Hello Community openSUSE Education team has put together a portal for teachers, students and everyone involved in education here: http://www.opensuse-education.org/moodle/ Please check it out, we are looking for volunteer administrators to add more contents, the job is prestigious and easy to do. Drop in on IRC Freenode #opensuse-edu and ping nubae, he is the driving force behind this. Cheers -J -- 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] Cutting-edge LTSP
by Jigish Gohil 18 Jun '09

18 Jun '09

openSUSE 11.2 development[1] started a while back, now that we have passed Milestone2, development work on KIWI-LTSP[2] using openSUSE 11.2 base has started, with that we get a host of new features. The highlights of new packages: - Uses clicfs for NBD/AOE root image. Clicfs: Compressed Loop Image Container is a file system created by Stephan Kulow[3]. So we do not need squashfs and aufs anymore for LTSP images. Clicfs gives better compression, image size is about 10% smaller than same image created using squashfs. - Kernel 2.6.30 - New look[4] by Samyak Bhuta - New xorg, CONFIGURE_X in lts.conf no longer necessary The packages are available in server:ltsp[5] repository. Follow these instructions to test the development packages on already configured LTSP server: #Take backup so system can be restored as it is if something do go wrong mv /srv/kiwi-ltsp/i386.img /srv/kiwi-ltsp/i386-squashfs.img mv /srv/tftpboot/boot /srv/tftpboot/boot-old #remove current images rpm -e kiwi-ltsp-prebuilt kiwi-ltsp-bootimages --nodeps #add repository and install development packages zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/ltsp/openSUSE_11.1 server:ltsp zypper in kiwi-ltsp-bootimages-unstable kiwi-ltsp-prebuilt-unstable</code> Bugs, feature requests go on http://devzilla.novell.com/kiwi-ltsp/ . See http://en.opensuse.org/LTSP#Communicate for more ways to give feedback. Happy testing... [1] http://en.opensuse.org/Roadmap [2] http://en.opensuse.org/LTSP [3] http://lizards.opensuse.org/author/coolo/ [4] http://en.opensuse.org/Education/Live/Screenshots#openSUSE_thin_theme [5] http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/ltsp/ -- 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] Meeting: Education
by James Tremblay aka SLEducator 16 Jun '09

16 Jun '09

Please , I hope everyone is planning on attending the EDU meeting today at 1 pm EST \ 1700 GMT. -- James A. Tremblay openSIS Product Specialist http://www.os4ed.com http://www.opensis.com e-mail james "at" os4ed.com Phone (678)392-4031 Registered Linux user #440182 openSUSE-Education founder http://en.opensuse.org/education e-mail sleducator "at" opensuse.org -- 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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