Hi all! The Skolelinux project, started in Norway but in the meanwile grown to be an international project, wants to integrate even better with Debian, and for that reason thankfully accepts Raphael Herzogs offer to continue its effords as the Debian-Edu subproject, taking it over. Why? * To avoid the Knoppix-effect. We are debian developers and users, and we would like Debian to be better and more widely recognized for its achivements. * To work more closely with other debian developers on packageing and development issues. * To make use of the debian infrastructure (see below). The goal of Skolelinux/Debian-Edu is to create a debian distribution especially geared towards easy and largescale deployment in schools. Development wise we have pushed the debian-installer for some time and worked on norwegian internationalisation a bit. For the future the Debian-Edu subproject has the follwing additional objectives: - push the norwegian openoffice translation further to the debian maintainer for inclusion upstream, - create courseware (lessons, homework, exams, solutions to exams) compatible with debian. - create/improve LSSAE (Large Scale System Administration) support in debian (e.g. ldap). - continue the debian-installer work - write a Debian-Edu system administration handbook Todays skolelinux infrastructure will partly be merged into the debian infrastructure: website and mailinglists should not be a big problem, the cvs which is used by many non-debian-developers will remain. Debian developers involved will sponsor the packages for inclusion into the debian archive. We hope that the use of the debian bts will help to get integration problems on the package level sorted out fast... Technically inclined persons might want to check out the http://developer.skolelinux.no/arkitektur/arkitektur.html.en to learn more how skolelinux works. NUUG-Foundation has agreed to sponsor an office in oslo called "nordic debian labs", together with IBM, HP and InOut Data. It will be used to accommodate test equipment. The plan is to let interested people (teachers...) come to this place and let them test-install the distribution and play with the system. Schoolings and courses could also be provided. new releases will be tested here by developers, too. The office will also be used by the different free software user groups for meetings, parties etc. We are looking forword towards all the debian developers doing our work now (yeah, sure) and close collaboration with all of you. Feel free to voice your opinons and ideas on debian-project@l.d.o
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