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Hi,

 

the Debian Edu / Skolelinux project is pleased to announce the first *beta*

release of Debian Edu "Jessie" 8.0+edu0~b1, which for the first time is

composed entirely of packages from the current Debian stable release, Debian 8

"Jessie".

 

(As most reading this will know, Debian "Jessie" hasn't actually been released

by now. The release is still in progress but should finish later today ;)

 

We expect to make a final release of Debian Edu "Jessie" in the coming weeks,

timed with the first point release of Debian Jessie. Upgrades from this beta

release of Debian Edu Jessie to the final release will be possible and

encouraged!

 

Please report feedback to debian-edu ( -at -) lists.debian.org and/or submit bugs:

http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs

 

Debian Edu - sometimes also known as "Skolelinux" - is a complete operating

system for schools, universities and other organisations. Through its pre-

prepared installation profiles administrators can install servers,

workstations and laptops which will work in harmony on the school network.

With Debian Edu, the teachers themselves or their technical support staff can

roll out a complete multi-user, multi-machine study environment within hours

or days.

 

Debian Edu is already in use at several hundred schools all over the world,

particularly in Germany, Spain and Norway. Installations come with hundreds of

applications pre-installed, plus the whole Debian archive of thousands of

compatible packages within easy reach.

 

For those who want to give Debian Edu Jessie a try, download and installation

instructions are available, including detailed instructions in the manual

explaining the first steps, such as setting up a network or adding users.

Please note that the password for the user your prompted for during

installation must have a length of at least 5 characters!

 

== Where to download ==

 

A multi-architecture CD / usbstick image (649 MiB) for network booting can be

downloaded at the following locations:

 

http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/debian-edu-8.0+edu0~b1-CD.iso

rsync -avzP ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-cd/debian-edu-8.0+edu0~b1-

CD.iso .

 

The SHA1SUM of this image is: 54a524d16246cddd8d2cfd6ea52f2dd78c47ee0a

 

Alternatively an extended DVD / usbstick image (4.9 GiB) is also available,

with more software included (saving additional download time):

 

http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/debian-edu-8.0+edu0~b1-USB.iso

rsync -avzP ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-cd/debian-edu-8.0+edu0~b1-

USB.iso

 

The SHA1SUM of this image is: fb1f1504a490c077a48653898f9d6a461cb3c636

 

Sources are available from the Debian archive, see

http://ftp.debian.org/debian-cd/8.0.0/source/ for some download options.

 

== Debian Edu Jessie manual in seven languages ==

 

Please see https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Jessie/ for the

English version of the Debian Edu jessie manual.

 

This manual has been fully translated to German, French, Italian, Danish,

Dutch and Norwegian Bokmål. A partly translated version exists for Spanish.

See http://maintainer.skolelinux.org/debian-edu-doc/ for online version of the

translated manual.

 

More information about Debian 8 "Jessie" itself is provided in the release

notes and the installation manual:

- http://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/releasenotes

- http://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/installmanual

 

 

== Errata / known problems ==

 

It takes up to 15 minutes for a changed hostname to be updated via DHCP

(#780461).

 

The hostname script fails to update LTSP server hostname (#783087).

Workaround: run update-hostname-from-ip on the client to update the hostname

immediately.

 

Check https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Status/Jessie for a possibly more

current and complete list.

 

== Some more details about Debian Edu 8.0+edu0~b1 Codename Jessie released

2015-04-25 ==

 

=== Software updates ===

 

Everything which is new in Debian 8 Jessie, e.g.:

 

* Linux kernel 3.16.7-ctk9; for the i386 architecture, support for i486

processors has been dropped; oldest supported ones: i586 (like Intel Pentium

and AMD K5).

* Desktop environments KDE Plasma Workspaces 4.11.13, GNOME 3.14, Xfce 4.12,

LXDE 0.5.6

* new optional desktop environment: MATE 1.8

* KDE Plasma Workspaces is installed by default; to choose one of the

others see the manual.

* the browsers Iceweasel 31 ESR and Chromium 41

* LibreOffice 4.3.3

* GOsa 2.7.4

* LTSP 5.5.4

* CUPS print system 1.7.5

* new boot framework: systemd

* Educational toolbox GCompris 14.12

* Music creator Rosegarden 14.02

* Image editor Gimp 2.8.14

* Virtual stargazer Stellarium 0.13.1

* golearn 0.9

* tuxpaint 0.9.22

* New version of debian-installer from Debian Jessie.

* Debian Jessie includes about 43000 packages available for installation.

* More information about Debian 8 Jessie is provided in its release notes and

the installation manual, see the link above.

 

=== Installation changes ===

 

Installations done via PXE now also install firmware automatically for the

hardware present.

 

=== Fixed bugs ===

 

A number of bugs have been fixed in this release; the most noticeable from a

user perspective:

 

* Inserting incorrect DNS information in Gosa will no longer break DNS

completely, but instead stop DNS updates until the incorrect information is

corrected (710362)

 

* shutdown-at-night now shuts the system down if gdm3 is used (775608).

 

=== Sugar desktop removed ===

 

As the Sugar desktop was removed from Debian Jessie, it is also not available

in Debian Edu jessie.

 

 

== About Debian Edu / Skolelinux ==

 

Debian Edu, also known as Skolelinux, is a Linux distribution based on Debian

providing an out-of-the box environment of a completely configured school

network. Directly after installation a school server running all services

needed for a school network is set up just waiting for users and machines

being added via GOsa², a comfortable Web-UI. A netbooting environment is

prepared using PXE, so after initial installation of the main server from CD

or USB stick all other machines can be installed via the network. The provided

school server provides LDAP database and Kerberos authentication service,

centralized home directories, DHCP server, web proxy and many other services.

The desktop contains more than 60 educational software packages and more are

available from the Debian archive, and schools can choose between KDE, GNOME,

LXDE, Xfce and MATE desktop environment.

 

== About Debian ==

 

The Debian Project was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock to be a truly free

community project. Since then the project has grown to be one of the largest

and most influential open source projects. Thousands of volunteers from all

over the world work together to create and maintain Debian software. Available

in 70 languages, and supporting a huge range of computer types, Debian calls

itself the universal operating system.

 

== Thanks ==

 

Thanks to everyone making Debian and Debian Edu / Skolelinux happen! You rock.

 

 

cheers,

Holger

 

 

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