Re: Who is using Debian-Edu

2024-05-15 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 7:50 AM Mike Gabriel wrote: > > >> If you have time, I would appreciate chatting with your (or anyone > >> else who is involved in Debian-Edu), about Linux adoption, etc. While > >> I know a few people who use Linux either personally or professionally, > >> I don't know an

Re: User Docs for DebianEdu

2024-03-04 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 12:56 PM Dashamir Hoxha wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, Mar 31, 2023 at 11:09 PM Dashamir Hoxha > wrote: > > I'd like to inform you that recently we (me, Mike and Holger) submitted > a project proposal to Google Season of Docs: > > > https://

Re: Debian Edu 12 - Call for Testing

2024-03-04 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
Hi Mike, On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 8:11 AM Mike Gabriel wrote: > > ### Quick Start HowTo > > For testing Debian Edu 12, set up e.g. LXD or libVirt and install (at > least) three virtual machines. In your virtualization software prepare > an internal network where the VMs can reach one another with

Workshop about FUSS

2023-09-15 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
Hi, A couple of weeks ago we did a workshop about FUSS. FUSS is a distribution based on the Debian GNU/Linux. It includes all the software that is needed to create a computer lab: server, client and standalone machines, with centralized user authentication and home directories. Similar to DebianE

Re: Goodbye Wolfgang!!!

2023-06-09 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Fri, Jun 9, 2023 at 9:36 PM Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > > Thank you very much for including the instructions. The only package I > failed to find from the Debian archive is glab, and as far as I can tell > this is just a fancy way to clone a git repository, as gource seem to > work well with

Re: Goodbye Wolfgang!!!

2023-06-09 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Fri, Jun 9, 2023 at 2:46 PM Holger Levsen wrote: > > wow, nice, also that you documented step by step instructions how to do it. > I'm tempted to redo it and from https://salsa.debian.org/debian-edu > skip the git repos located in the "funding", "historic" and "upstream" > repositories. this s

Re: Goodbye Wolfgang!!!

2023-06-09 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Thu, Jun 8, 2023 at 7:20 PM Mike Gabriel < mike.gabr...@das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote: > Dear Wolfgang, > > today I saw with sadness that you removed yourself from the Uploaders: > fields of all the Debian Edu packages. > > I need to say: THANKS A LOT FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE FOR Debian Edu > We

Fwd: [Lugbz-list] Workshop: PUAVO and FUSS - Tuesday June 13th 2023 - 17:00 - 19:00

2023-06-04 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
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Re: CfEngine vs bash scripts

2023-05-14 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Sun, May 14, 2023 at 9:18 AM Mike Gabriel < mike.gabr...@das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote: > > Also, in debian-edu-fai I run cfEngine and use debian-edu-config's > cfEngine ruleset to finalize the system setup. > It makes sense to use cfEngine in a FAI context, because you have all the scripts in a

Re: CfEngine vs bash scripts

2023-05-13 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Sat, May 13, 2023 at 9:07 AM Dominik George wrote: > > That said, both Mike and me are making efforts to introduce FAI to parts > of Debian Edu, but not for everything. > This seems interesting. I hope there will be some instructions on how to use it. Dashamir

Re: CfEngine vs bash scripts

2023-05-12 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 1:34 PM Holger Levsen wrote: > > not telling you what to do, but IMNSHO someone with time should look > into > https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Status/Bookworm#Known_problems_that_need_to_be_fixed > else we don't have Debian Edu / Skolelinux in bookworm. > You are certai

Re: User Docs for DebianEdu

2023-05-12 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 1:11 PM Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > > While it is unclear to me if it is a good idea to leave the Debian wiki > when writing documentation, I leave that to others to figure out. > I leave that to others too. I just wanted to point out that when selecting source format f

CfEngine vs bash scripts

2023-05-12 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
Hi, I don't understand the benefits of using cfengine instead of bash scripts in debian-edu-config. I believe that all the needed configurations can be done with bash scripts. I am not familiar with cfengine, but I assume that it is similar to ansible, which I am familiar with a little bit. They

User Docs for DebianEdu

2023-05-12 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
Hi, On Fri, Mar 31, 2023 at 11:09 PM Dashamir Hoxha wrote: > I'd like to inform you that recently we (me, Mike and Holger) submitted a project proposal to Google Season of Docs: > https://salsa.debian.org/debian-edu/funding/gsod/-/blob/main/2023/project-proposal.md As a follow up, al

Re: About AlekSIS

2023-05-08 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 12:22 PM Dominik George wrote: > > AlekSIS can now sync in both directions... > > ...and thus could replace GOSa at some point. > This is good news. I am looking forward to testing AlekSIS in DebianEdu. Personally, I am working on replacing GOSa, and even LDAP in its enti

About AlekSIS

2023-05-08 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
Hi, I had a quick look at the features of AlekSIS. It seems like it can make a one-way synchronization with an LDAP directory, which means that it can read all the data from the LDAP, but it does not save back to it all the modifications, except maybe for a modified password. My impression is tha

Application to GSoD

2023-03-31 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
Hi, I'd like to inform you that recently we (me, Mike and Holger) submitted a project proposal to Google Season of Docs: https://salsa.debian.org/debian-edu/funding/gsod/-/blob/main/2023/project-proposal.md The selection results have been announced already ( https://developers.google.com/season-of

Re: guest account and kerberos

2023-03-19 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Sun, Mar 19, 2023 at 10:16 AM Lorenzo Ceriani wrote: > > I was afraid that an account made in that way could create conflicts with > the administration of the users created centrally with Gosa2 > I think that local accounts and central Gosa2 accounts don't create any conflicts with each-other

Re: no login on diskless-workstations

2023-03-18 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 3:32 PM Frank Weißer wrote: > > Saved /etc/network/interfaces during installation, since it gets > replaced with a not working eth1 ip v6 address instead of 192.168.0.254/24 > . > Restored /etc/network/interfaces before rebooting. > This looks suspicious to me. Why does i

Re: guest account and kerberos

2023-03-18 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 5:41 PM Lorenzo Ceriani wrote: > Hi, > I am very happy of our new Debian-edu computer lab, everything is running > smooth even if the machine are old enough. > I have just some help requests: > 1. I need a passwordless guest account on every client which erase all > data o

The name of the project

2023-03-11 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
Hi, Often I see the name of the project written like this: Debian Edu/Skolelinux In my opinion this is not good because it means "Debian Edu or Debian Skolelinux", which doesn't make sense. In the introduction page on the wiki I find this explanation: "Some say that Debian Edu is the name of

Re: GSoD project proposal

2023-02-28 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Sat, Feb 18, 2023 at 12:34 PM Dashamir Hoxha wrote: > On Sat, Feb 18, 2023 at 11:48 AM Mike Gabriel < > mike.gabr...@das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote: > >> >> Let's schedule a video call to work on this together for 1h or so. The >> coming week should be

Re: GSoD project proposal

2023-02-18 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Sat, Feb 18, 2023 at 11:48 AM Mike Gabriel < mike.gabr...@das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote: > > Let's schedule a video call to work on this together for 1h or so. The > coming week should be good for that (second half of the week). > Sure. Let me know a suitable time for you. Most probably it should

Re: GSoD project proposal

2023-02-18 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Sat, Feb 18, 2023 at 9:07 AM Mike Gabriel < mike.gabr...@das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote: > > The goal of this GSoD participation would be a modern "Debian Edu User > Manual", right? > Yes. I created a very basic project proposal page, however I just realized that I sent the wrong URL on the previo

GSoD project proposal

2023-02-11 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
Hi, It seems that GSoD, different from GSoC, supports only one project per organization. So, if we want to apply, we must do it on our own (cannot rely on Debian as an umbrella organization). The process starts with creating a project proposal page ( https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/d

Re: Transfer storage from home to var

2023-02-03 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Fri, Feb 3, 2023 at 9:43 AM wrote: > > sudo lvextend -L+5G /dev/vg_system/var > Insufficient free space: 1280 extents needed, but only 138 available > If you don't mind, can you share the output of the commands: sudo vgdisplay sudo lvdisplay If you just say "it doesn't work", without prov

Re: Transfer storage from home to var

2023-02-02 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 9:30 PM wrote: > > As mentioned in my email, I was able to reduce the size of > /skole/jener/home0. I therefore logged in als root and unmounted > /skole/jener/home0. > This is usually done in two steps: first you resize (shrink) the filesystem, then you resize (shrink) th

Re: [Season of Docs - Announcements] Announcing Google Season of Docs 2023

2023-01-19 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 10:44 PM Mike Gabriel < mike.gabr...@das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote: > On Mi 18 Jan 2023 22:26:48 CET, Dashamir Hoxha wrote: > > Rather than migrating the admin docs (as that's what Debian Edu Doc is > mainly about: system administration of a D

Re: Fwd: [Season of Docs - Announcements] Announcing Google Season of Docs 2023

2023-01-19 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 1:44 AM Holger Levsen wrote: > we spent a lot of time and effort to be able to maintain > src:debian-edu-doc as wiki, including translations, > Probably you did it a long time ago, and maybe there were no better options for documentation at that time. Why not check out th

Fwd: [Season of Docs - Announcements] Announcing Google Season of Docs 2023

2023-01-18 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
Hi, Google Season of Docs is starting soon. It is similar to GSoC, but the aim is improving the docs of open source projects. There are also some differences. For example, experienced technical writers are expected, instead of students. Do you think we (DebianEdu, with the help of Debian Outreach

Re: Google Summer of Code

2023-01-18 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 10:05 PM Dominik George wrote: > > If it is so simple, then I'd like to know how it is done. > > Simply remove the NFS entry from the client fstab, and LTSP > will immediately start using SSHFS. > Ok, this seems to be very simple indeed. But maybe there are some other pro

Re: Google Summer of Code

2023-01-18 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 9:41 PM Dominik George wrote: > > > Can we propose a project? For example: > > "Replacing NFS by SSHFS or Coda File System". > > I don't think changing one line in a config file makes a > reasonable GSoC project that would be accepted. > If it is so simple, then I'd like

Google Summer of Code

2023-01-18 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
Hi DebianEdu, GSoC applications are starting in less than a week: https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline and I am sure that Debian will participate this year, as usual. Can we propose a project? For example: "Replacing NFS by SSHFS or Coda File System". This is a project that see

What are your wishes for DebianEdu?

2022-12-17 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
Hi, If you could change or improve something on DebianEdu (assuming that you had enough skills, or time, or resources), what would that be? I am starting with my wish list: - I would decommission the custom debian installer, reorganizing installation scripts so that everything is installed on top

Re: 15.3. Use a dedicated storage server

2022-11-02 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 2:11 PM Dashamir Hoxha wrote: > > We are meeting next Wednesday, November 2⋅10:00 – 11:00am, at > https://bbb.fs.al/b/das-ozt-lfk-nkr > Here is the record of the meeting: - https://bbb.fs.al/playback/presentation/2.3/a349341b18540c29be864602864a6fe3e417a2db-1

Re: 15.3. Use a dedicated storage server

2022-11-02 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Wed, Nov 2, 2022 at 9:15 AM Mike Gabriel < mike.gabr...@das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote: > > I will not be available before 10:30 for this session. So, we need to > start 30min later than planned. > > Hope that works for everyone! > It is fine for me. Dashamir

Re: debian-edu-ltsp-install problem

2022-10-28 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 8:55 PM Mike Gabriel < mike.gabr...@das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote: > Hi Dashamir, > > On Mi 26 Okt 2022 23:12:28 CEST, Mike Gabriel wrote: > > > Packages: debian-edu-config > > Version: 2.12.24 > > I just realized my typo in above lines. It must read "Package: > debian-edu-co

Re: 15.3. Use a dedicated storage server

2022-10-28 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 9:18 AM Mike Gabriel < mike.gabr...@das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote: > > @list: I have sent possible dates to Dashamir, so we can meet > online/live next week. > We are meeting next Wednesday, November 2⋅10:00 – 11:00am, at https://bbb.fs.al/b/das-ozt-lfk-nkr https://calendar.

Re: 15.3. Use a dedicated storage server

2022-10-27 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 12:33 AM Mike Gabriel < mike.gabr...@das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote: > > Please start from the minimal profile and then mimick the NFS setup > (and Samba, if you need that) as found on TJENER. > Which part of the configuration scripts does this? Maybe we can just follow the st

Bug#1008602: Thic client (X2Go) workaround

2022-10-27 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 5:54 PM Mike Gabriel < mike.gabr...@das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote: > > > Is there no way for the NX-based X2Go to handle compositing properly? > > I think this should be the real fix. > > Nope. That is a won't fix. Compositing decreases performance by many > (milli)seconds (la

Bug#1008602: Thic client (X2Go) workaround

2022-10-27 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 2:41 PM Mike Gabriel < mike.gabr...@das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote: > > But the real fix would be: XFCE4 recognizes that it is running in an > NX-based X2Go session and disables compositing automatically. > Is there no way for the NX-based X2Go to handle compositing properly?

Re: Thic client (X2Go) workaround

2022-10-27 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 11:29 PM Juri Grabowski wrote: > > To turn off globally (can be overridden by user), I created: > /etc/xdg/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfwm4.xml with this added: > > > > > > > > > I tested this and it works for me. But only for the users that make the

debian-edu-ltsp-install problem

2022-10-26 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
Hi, When I try to create the image for a mini-desktop thin client, with the command: `debian-edu-ltsp-install --thin_type desktop` I get this error message: "E: Unable to locate package firefox-esr-l10n-en" I fixed this error by modifying `/usr/sbin/debian-edu-ltsp-install` like this: ---

Thic client (X2Go) workaround

2022-10-26 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
Hi, The docs describe a workaround for X2Go display artefacts: "Since Thin clients use X2Go, users should disable compositing to avoid display artefacts. In the default case (Xfce desktop environment): Settings -> Window Manager Tweaks -> Compositor." This needs to be done by each user on his de

Re: Testing DebianEdu

2022-10-26 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 7:35 AM Mike Gabriel < mike.gabr...@das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote: > We still need to schedule a meeting for an > online session. What's your timezone? (mine is CE(S)T, UTC+2/UTC+1 > starting from end of Oct). > My timezone is the same as yours. > You can try to containerize

Re: 15.2.2. Easy access to USB drives and CD-ROMs/DVDs

2022-10-25 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Sat, Oct 15, 2022 at 7:08 PM Wolfgang Schweer wrote: > > (1) Create the file /etc/ltsp/autofs/auto.cdrom on the LTSP server with > this single line as content: > /cdrom -fstype=iso9660,ro,nosuid,nodev :/dev/cdrom > > (2) Add this line to /etc/ltsp/autofs/extra.autofs: > /- /etc/aut

Re: Testing DebianEdu

2022-10-25 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 9:16 AM Mike Gabriel < mike.gabr...@das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote: > Locking yourself out by personal attitude is not helpful here. Please > reconsider your position. > > Saying it once more, 90% of developer coordination is done on > #debian-edu IRC (OFTC). > You promised to

Re: Getting started with DebianEdu

2022-10-24 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 12:43 AM Holger Levsen wrote: > > these are quite some many questions ;) I can definitly answer the first one > for me, 1:22h is too long ;-D > > And then, for the next questions, I guess I'm not the right audience. > (Though honestly, the length made me stop it after a mi

Re: Testing DebianEdu

2022-10-24 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 12:24 AM Holger Levsen wrote: > I should ask you, whether you know about > IRC and the #debian-edu channel on irc.debian.org? > I know about IRC, but I am against using it, in principle. It never worked for me in the past anyway. Maybe you want to tell me something which

Getting started with DebianEdu

2022-10-23 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
Hi, I have published a screen recording that shows how to get started with DebianEdu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbHrmBl7d20 Please let me know your objections. Is it too long? Is it boring? Is it low quality of recording? Is the explanation not clear and confusing? Is it useless? Regards, D

Sharing home directories

2022-10-21 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
Hi, There are hints in the LTSP docs that it is using SSHFS by default (instead of NFS) for sharing user accounts with the clients: - https://ltsp.org/ - https://ltsp.org/man/ltsp-nfs/ This makes sense because it is more secure than NFS, and maybe has other nice features as well. However I think

Re: Using Veyon

2022-10-21 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 8:22 PM Mike Gabriel < mike.gabr...@das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote: > Yes, I have used that on Debian Edu. Works as expected. Esp. the LDAP > access for obtaining classrooms (ipHost objects) is a nice feature. > Maybe you can show me how to set it up properly, when we meet. I

Using Veyon

2022-10-21 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
Hi, Has anyone tried to use Veyon on a DebianEdu network? https://docs.veyon.io/en/latest/ It has support for LDAP and command line configuration, so it seems like it should be possible to integrate very well with DebianEdu. However I am not able to figure out how to do it properly. Regards, Das

Re: 15.3. Use a dedicated storage server

2022-10-17 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 12:33 AM Mike Gabriel < mike.gabr...@das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote: > After my vacation we could do a live hacking session and I'll try to > do a setup, you record the session and turn it into documentation. > This would be great. Please let me know when you have time for it.

Re: 15.2.2. Easy access to USB drives and CD-ROMs/DVDs

2022-10-15 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Sat, Oct 15, 2022 at 7:08 PM Wolfgang Schweer wrote: > [ Dashamir Hoxha, 2022-10-15 ] > > On Sat, Oct 15, 2022 at 12:11 PM Wolfgang Schweer > wrote: > > > > > [ Dashamir Hoxha, 2022-10-14 ] > > > > It still doesn't work for me. I am testing

Squid_LDAP_Authentication

2022-10-15 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
Hi, I was curious about testing squid authentication with LDAP: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/Squid_LDAP_Authentication This piece of docs is more than 17 years old, so you can't expect it to work today. I tried to fix a couple of obvious problems (the names of squid tools have changed)

Re: 15.2.2. Easy access to USB drives and CD-ROMs/DVDs

2022-10-15 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Sat, Oct 15, 2022 at 12:11 PM Wolfgang Schweer wrote: > [ Dashamir Hoxha, 2022-10-14 ] > > On Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 7:00 PM Wolfgang Schweer > wrote: > > > > > [ Dashamir Hoxha, 2022-10-14 ] > > > > - Attaching a removable media on a thin client (X2Go)

15.3. Use a dedicated storage server

2022-10-14 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
Hi, I am trying to build a simple dedicated storage server (NAS), just for testing the setup that is explained on this section: https://jenkins.debian.net/userContent/debian-edu-doc/debian-edu-doc-en/debian-edu-bullseye-manual.html#idm1834 I guess that one way might be to start by installing the

Re: 15.2.2. Easy access to USB drives and CD-ROMs/DVDs

2022-10-14 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 7:00 PM Wolfgang Schweer wrote: > [ Dashamir Hoxha, 2022-10-14 ] > > - Attaching a removable media on a thin client (X2Go), does not make it > > accessible from the thin client. > > Well, it does. Just doubleclick the network-disk icon on the Xfce

15.2.2. Easy access to USB drives and CD-ROMs/DVDs

2022-10-14 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
Hi, The manual section about removable media seems to be a bit confusing (or maybe outdated). What I experience in my tests is this: - Attaching a removable media on the main server makes it accessible both from the main server and from the thin clients (X2Go), but not from the diskless clients.

DebianEdu Training: First meeting

2022-10-14 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
Hi, The first meeting is today. If the time is suitable for you, I'd invite you to participate, even if you know everything about DebianEdu. At least you can learn how to test DebianEdu with LXD, participate in discussions, help me in explaining things properly and correctly, etc. When: Friday, 1

Backup Management

2022-10-11 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
Hi, The backup management seems a bit outdated to me: https://jenkins.debian.net/userContent/debian-edu-doc/debian-edu-doc-en/debian-edu-bullseye-manual.html#idm1268 Not only the docs, but also the tools. For example, in order to be able to login at the web interface: https://www/slbackup-php, yo

Re: Separate LTSP server issues

2022-10-08 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Sat, Oct 8, 2022 at 7:12 PM Wolfgang Schweer wrote: > > > Maybe those error messages make some sense to you. > > They do. It seems that the LXQt desktop environment is used. The > preferred LXQt network manager tool ConnMan tries to bring up the > network interfaces, but doesn't succeed. > > C

Re: Bug#1021414: debian-edu-config: Wrong DHCP configuration on separate LTSP server

2022-10-07 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Sat, Oct 8, 2022 at 12:33 AM Wolfgang Schweer wrote: > Source: debian-edu-config > Version: 2.11.56+deb11u4 > Severity: normal > > On a separate LTSP server the DHCP service fails to start after stopping > it. This is caused by a wrong Requires statement in the systemd unit > file. Instead of

DebianEdu Training

2022-10-07 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
Hi, The online course is starting next week: https://events.fs.al/event/5/ Register and share it with your friends, if you find it interesting. Regards, Dashamir

Separate LTSP server

2022-10-06 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
Hi, I am trying to test a separate LTSP server: http://dashohoxha.fs.al/docs/testing-debian-edu-with-lxd.html#_separate_ltsp_server I install it the same way as a Workstation is installed, except that I select the "LTSP Server" profile during installation. Then I register it in GOsa the same way

Re: Online training about DebianEdu

2022-10-06 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Thu, Oct 6, 2022 at 1:43 PM Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > > 4. Forth meeting > > > >- Some topics related to the development of DebianEdu. > > - > > Perhaps cover where to track known bugs, how to reach the developers, > how to report bugs, where to find the source, and how to ask goo

Re: Online training about DebianEdu

2022-10-04 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Wed, Oct 5, 2022 at 7:57 AM Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > [Dashamir Hoxha] > > Hi, > > > > I am going to start soon an online training about DebianEdu, most > probably > > on Oct 15: > > - Course description: https://ocw.fs.al/mod/page/view.php?id=1198 >

Online training about DebianEdu

2022-10-04 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
Hi, I am going to start soon an online training about DebianEdu, most probably on Oct 15: - Course description: https://ocw.fs.al/mod/page/view.php?id=1198 - Course outline: https://ocw.fs.al/mod/page/view.php?id=1199 The last lesson is about some development topics. Can someone help with this pa

Editing boot options

2022-10-03 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
Hi, The manual says that we should press TAB in order to edit a boot menu entry (for example to change the default desktop): https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Bullseye/Installation#Installation_types_and_options However this doesn't work with GRUB. I have to press "e" in order to do

Re: Testing DebianEdu

2022-09-30 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Fri, Sep 30, 2022 at 6:33 PM Holger Levsen wrote: > Hi Dashamir, > > On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 09:12:49AM +0200, Dashamir Hoxha wrote: > > To discuss these (possible testing scenarios), we are planning another > > meeting, next Tuesday (Sep 20), at 13:30 UTC (1

Re: Thin client desktop

2022-09-29 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 9:57 AM Wolfgang Schweer wrote: > [ Dashamir Hoxha, 2022-09-27 ] > > >From the tests that I have done with thin clients (X2Go), I get some > > problems on the display, like those shown on the attached screenshot. I > > don't see this prob

Testing debian-edu with lxd (2)

2022-09-28 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
Testing DebianEdu in a virtual environment built with LXC/LXD: https://peertube.debian.social/w/vphdeVRcfSfDGfBFMPHxDJ In this session we test installing a workstation and connecting it to the main server. Then we also try bulk user account creation by uploading a CSV file in GOsa. We test as wel

Re: Home directory of roaming workstations

2022-09-27 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 9:01 PM Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > [Dashamir Hoxha] > > Is it supposed to work like this? > > Yes. It ensure a home directory always is available, even if the > machine is offline. > Thanks Peter. It seems like a local account, so I don'

Re: Thin client desktop

2022-09-27 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 3:33 PM Dashamir Hoxha wrote: > Hi, > > From the tests that I have done with thin clients (X2Go), I get some > problems on the display, like those shown on the attached screenshot. I > don't see this problem with diskless clients etc. > This prob

Thin client desktop

2022-09-27 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
Hi, >From the tests that I have done with thin clients (X2Go), I get some problems on the display, like those shown on the attached screenshot. I don't see this problem with diskless clients etc. I am testing on a virtual environment, so the display of the VMs goes through SPICE, X2Go and Xpra, s

Home directory of roaming workstations

2022-09-27 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
Hi, I have been testing Roaming Workstations: http://dashohoxha.fs.al/docs/testing-debian-edu-with-lxd.html#_test_a_roaming_workstation The login works in a network that is different from the network of the school, but the home directory is a local one (on the workstation). So, if the same user l

Testing DebianEdu

2022-09-14 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
Hi, We had a meeting recently (me Claudio, Suman, and some other guys) where I showed how I test DebianEdu with LXD. I just published the recorded demo here: - https://peertube.debian.social/w/cqoaQGA7WwfHfrx7xJZeRc I show how to build the virtual networking, and then how to install the main-serv

How to Teach Online Courses

2022-09-07 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
Hi, I have joined the Debian Academy initiative, which is relatively new, and to help it get started, I am organizing a training program about how to teach online courses (since I do have some experience with such courses). For more details see: https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2022/09/msg0

Re: Starting a diskless workstation on the main LAN

2022-09-02 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Fri, Sep 2, 2022 at 8:48 PM Mike Gabriel < mike.gabr...@das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote: > > I run LTSP fat clienst on the 10/8 network and they work well. > However, I don't deploy a standard Debian Edu setup for diskless > workstations, so I am rather clueless what is going wrong here. > Maybe it

Re: Starting a diskless workstation on the main LAN

2022-09-02 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Fri, Sep 2, 2022 at 9:02 AM Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > [Dashamir Hoxha] > > Am I missing something? Or there is something wrong. > > Did you add the workstation to the netgroup with access to mounting home > directories? It might happen automaticaly over night base

Starting a diskless workstation on the main LAN

2022-09-01 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
Hi, According to the network architecture diagram, it seems like it is possible to start a diskless workstation that is connected to the main LAN: http://dashohoxha.fs.al/docs/_images/testing-debian-edu-with-lxd/mainserver.png I am calling "main LAN" the switch that is also connected to the gatewa

Re: Kvm isolated network

2022-08-28 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Sun, Aug 28, 2022 at 11:05 AM Claudio Carboncini < claudio.carbonc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Il giorno sab 27 ago 2022 alle ore 13:55 Dashamir Hoxha < > dashoho...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > >> By the way, why are you trying to do this virtual testing? >> >

Re: Kvm isolated network

2022-08-27 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Sat, Aug 27, 2022 at 10:33 AM Claudio Carboncini < claudio.carbonc...@gmail.com> wrote: > I tried to virtualize the Debian-edu network with virt-manager + Kvm > following https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/TestCDinstall with > debian-edu-11.3.0-amd64-BD-1.iso. > By the way, why are you tr

Re: Kvm isolated network

2022-08-27 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Sat, Aug 27, 2022 at 10:33 AM Claudio Carboncini < claudio.carbonc...@gmail.com> wrote: > I tried to virtualize the Debian-edu network with virt-manager + Kvm > following https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/TestCDinstall with > debian-edu-11.3.0-amd64-BD-1.iso. > Thanks for sharing this wi

Re: Installing Main-Server on a basic debian system

2022-08-18 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 8:39 PM Holger Levsen wrote: > On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 06:55:52PM +0200, Dashamir Hoxha wrote: > > I tried to install a main-server on a basic debian system using the > > `tools/debian-edu-bless` script: > > > https://salsa.debian.org/debian-edu/

Re: Installing Main-Server on a basic debian system

2022-08-18 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 7:42 PM Holger Levsen wrote: > On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 06:55:52PM +0200, Dashamir Hoxha wrote: > > I tried to install a main-server on a basic debian system using the > > `tools/debian-edu-bless` script: > > out of curiosity, why are you doi

Re: Installing Main-Server on a basic debian system

2022-08-18 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
In the bugreport there is also a screenshot: - https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=568836#22 - https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?att=1;bug=568836;filename=Screenshot+at+2022-08-16+12-46-33.png;msg=22 On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 6:55 PM Dashamir Hoxha wrote: > Hi, &g

Installing Main-Server on a basic debian system

2022-08-18 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
Hi, I tried to install a main-server on a basic debian system using the `tools/debian-edu-bless` script: https://salsa.debian.org/debian-edu/debian-edu-config/-/blob/master/share/debian-edu-config/tools/debian-edu-bless The problem is that after making such an installation and trying to open htt

Re: google chromebooks and debian-edu

2022-07-29 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Sun, Jul 24, 2022 at 8:01 PM Dashamir Hoxha wrote: > > An option might be to install Debian on chromebooks. There was a talk > yesterday on DebConf22, about this: > > https://debconf22.debconf.org/talks/87-solving-how-can-i-run-debian-on-my-chromebook-for-good/ > I hope that

Re: Installing a DebianEdu server on Debian

2022-07-26 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Sun, Jul 17, 2022 at 7:47 PM Holger Levsen wrote: > On Sun, Jul 17, 2022 at 01:09:47PM +0200, Dashamir Hoxha wrote: > > Maybe this is not the right solution, but in any case, I guess there is > > something that should be fixed/corrected somewhere. > > I think you shoul

Re: google chromebooks and debian-edu

2022-07-26 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 10:02 AM Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > > It seem likely, as Google Chrome is spyware that calls home. It is > because of this Debian provides the chromium package where at least part > of the spyware features are disabled. > Google also provides ChromiumOS, which is compl

Re: google chromebooks and debian-edu

2022-07-26 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 9:56 AM Paolo Dongilli wrote: > > is also the use of Google Chrome generally banned regardless of the OS > used? > It seems that it is possible to install Firefox, if needed: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browsers/chromebook/ Dashamir

Re: google chromebooks and debian-edu

2022-07-24 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Sun, Jul 24, 2022 at 7:38 PM wrote: > hi > > We have in Denmark had the Danish Data Protection Authority say that due > to gdpr provisions, > helsingør municipality may not use googles chromebooks in school. > personal data is too likely to be disclosed to the US authorities. fisa > 702. > it

Re: Installing a DebianEdu server on Debian

2022-07-17 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Sat, Jul 16, 2022 at 4:37 PM Dashamir Hoxha wrote: > > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > + /usr/lib/education-tasks/edu-tasksel-setup teardown > + echo 'error: installing packages failed' > error: installing packages failed > + exit 1 >

Re: Installing a DebianEdu server on Debian

2022-07-16 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 10:24 PM Frans Spiesschaert < frans.spiesscha...@yucom.be> wrote: > Dashamir Hoxha schreef op do 03-03-2022 om 21:40 [+0100]: > > On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 8:56 PM Petter Reinholdtsen > wrote: > > > I suspect you can adjust the recipe available fro

Re: DebCamp22 (from July 10th to 16th)

2022-06-01 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Wed, Jun 1, 2022 at 12:35 PM Holger Levsen wrote: > > I plan to attend the second half of DebCamp. > Great. Looking forward to any possible collaborations.

Re: DebCamp22 (from July 10th to 16th)

2022-05-28 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Sat, May 28, 2022 at 6:51 PM Mike Gabriel < mike.gabr...@das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote: > Hi Dashamir, > > On Do 26 Mai 2022 18:09:59 CEST, Dashamir Hoxha wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I am thinking about participating in DebCamp22 (from July 10th to 16th): > &

DebCamp22 (from July 10th to 16th)

2022-05-26 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
Hi, I am thinking about participating in DebCamp22 (from July 10th to 16th): - https://debconf22.debconf.org/about/debcamp/ - https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/22/DebCamp My idea is to work on installing and testing DebianEdu in a virtual environment (similar to this: http://dashohoxha.fs.al/docs

Re: Testing Debian Edu specific ISO images -- 2022-03-26

2022-03-15 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 11:06 AM Wolfgang Schweer wrote: > Since the Debian 10 ("buster") release, also official Debian Edu > specific ISO images are provided. > > At release and point release days, all Debian ISO images are built and > tested, included the Edu ones; coordination happens on IRC (

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