Re: Skolelinux / Debian Edu application of the week?

[nigel barker <tech@hiroshima-is.ac.jp>]

I like this idea, but it reminds me that the skolelinux website is not 
very vibrant (I know, don't complain if you aren't prepared to help).

I was wondering if we should have a forum and/or wiki and/or blogs (or 
planet?), where people could not only write about their favourite apps, 
but also how they use debian edu, solve problems, teach, etc. More of a 
discussion and article type thing, rather than the documentation wiki.

These are just ideas. Of course I don't know what I'm talking about, 
being far away from heartland of skolelinux I don't have a good feeling 
for what type of schools and teachers use it. And I realise that 
languages are a problem. Also it would look bad if no-one used it.

I wrote a deb-a-day on view your mind a while ago, but it was rejected 
(!) and I haven't had time to improve it. Do you want it?

I am willing to translate things from Spanish to English, if that would 
help at all.

cheers

nigel

Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> One idea to make more people aware of the large amount of user space
> applications available in Skolelinux / Debian Edu, is to publish a
> news letter with "Application of the week", with information about a
> new application including screen shots and simple usage information.
> It could be something like "Debian Package of the Day", but with focus
> on applications for schools.
>
> See <URL:http://debaday.debian.net/> for Debian Package of the Day.
> Some candidates would be
>
>  - KOrganizer
>  - FireFox / Icewasel
>  - OpenOffice.org
>  - Stopmotion
>  - Rosegarden
>  - GCompris
>  - gtablix
>  - Tuxpaint
>  - KTuberling
>  - KSnapshot
>  - KMail
>  - KTouch
>  - Kalzium
>  - Stellarium
>
> It is probably a good idea to use the ranking on
> <URL:http://popcon.skolelinux.org/> to see what kind of applications
> have many users.
>
> I would very much like to see such newsletter translated to our most
> used languages (Norwegian, German, Spanish, French?) to make sure the
> teachers can gain access to the information without having to use
> English.
>
> Any volunteers to write this?  It should be published on the web and
> probably also sent to journalists and others interested that should
> learn about the nice user applications included in Skolelinux / Debian
> Edu.  Perhaps we should use
> <URL:http://lists.debian.org/debian-edu-announce/> for this?
>
> I suspect the wiki might be a good location to publish the content.
> The content probably also could be merged into the Linux signpost
> (Spisekartet), ref
> <URL:https://init.linpro.no/pipermail/skolelinux.no/linuxiskolen/2008-January/017862.html>.
>
> Happy hacking,
>