2006-03-15
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Meeting March 15, 2006
01:01 JaneW hello
01:01 JaneW Edubuntu Meeting goes check-in now
01:01 JaneW s/goes/goers/
=== jelkner is Jeffrey Elkner
01:02 spacey hi
01:02 JaneW hi ogra, kjcole, jelkner, pips1_away, highvoltage, Yagisan, spacey
01:02 ogra hi
01:02 JaneW is flint joining us today?
=== Yagisan waves hello
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01:03 JaneW ok let's hit it
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01:03 JaneW jelkner: you here for long?
01:03 jelkner 30 minutes
01:03 JaneW can we start with tech, or do we need to start with docs?
01:04 jelkner then students come
01:04 ogra tech update: made flight 5 :) thats all
01:04 JaneW ok docs first
01:04 kjcole hi all
01:04 JaneW ogra: you not getting off that lightly! :P
01:04 ogra my ubuntu tasks are taking all my time currently ...
01:04 jelkner things are moving forward with the cookbook
01:04 JaneW jelkner: \o/
01:04 ogra JaneW, i didnt do more :)
01:04 jelkner and now we have an extra 6 weeks, yes?
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01:04 JaneW is the 6 weeks decided yet?
01:05 JaneW I don't think so
01:05 ogra jelkner, we're discussing a 6 week delay, if and only if we would do that, the doc
deadline would move
01:05 JaneW but I missed the TB last night
01:05 ogra TB had nothing to decide
01:05 jelkner i thought that was discussed yesterday
01:05 JaneW there hasn;t been a definite call either way yet AFAIK
01:05 JaneW jelkner: it was discussed
01:05 ogra we made the proposal for a new schedule *if* we postpone
01:05 JaneW at length
01:05 JaneW the decision is still pending though
01:06 ogra (we == TB in that case)
01:06 jelkner for edubuntu that would be *great*
01:06 ogra nope
01:06 ogra not really
01:06 flint JaneW, I will find out.
01:06 JaneW it's a fairly strong possibility though
01:06 jelkner yes, really
01:06 JaneW we can not change our goals
01:06 ogra edubuntu is ready and on track for releasing april 20th
01:06 jelkner a june yearly release is what we need
01:06 JaneW no new features will be accepted
01:06 ogra there is nothing i can do anyway ...
01:06 jelkner i understand
01:06 jelkner but the june release date would be better for the future
01:06 JaneW only exceptions for thing that were meant to be in anyway, like espresso and l10n
01:07 ogra the freezes will stay (apart from ui freeze for polish) so there is not much
edubuntu gains
01:07 JaneW jelkner: it's a once of change
01:07 JaneW s/of/off
01:07 JaneW it would be back to April next year
01:07 ogra and it will only this one release that will change it
01:07 jelkner why?
01:07 ogra the dapper+1 release will be back on schedule for oct
01:07 flint this will give use time to make "dapper docs" :^)
01:07 JaneW flint: yes it would
01:07 ogra so in fact its very bad, since we wont likely get localdevices in oct either
01:08 jelkner why april?
01:08 ogra (time for dapper+1 is to short for big changes)
01:08 jelkner for edubuntu, a june release is *much* better
01:08 JaneW ok we can't argue whether it should or shouldn't happen - here. The town halls were
held, and the TB and CC will weigh in and a decision will be made
01:08 ogra jelkner, yes. but its ontly a one tier
01:08 JaneW we will have to deal with it either way
01:08 ogra and cripples the next release
01:08 ogra *timer
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01:09 Yagisan jelkner: edubuntu is married to the ubuntu release. It can't get divorced.
01:09 spacey can we get back to the cookbook stuff? :p
01:09 jelkner i understand
01:09 JaneW ogra: unless you have time to start on it pre Dapper release? But I guess not,
since you get sucked into ubuntu work?
01:09 ogra from a ubuntu perspective its fine, from an edubuntu perspective i'm very unhappy
01:09 jelkner so i was hoping this june thing would become permanent
01:09 ogra JaneW, yep
01:09 JaneW jelkner: well it won't - sorry
01:09 ogra see my tech update above :)
01:09 JaneW ok so back to the cookbook
01:09 JaneW we MAY havenmore time
01:09 ogra screensaver will draw my time the next weeks ..
01:10 JaneW which will assist with completeing the cookbook
01:10 spacey i think we need another call for more writers.
01:10 spacey jelkner: that cookbook worksheet still has emty status columns.
01:10 JaneW we can;t count on it until the decision is made though...
01:10 spacey quite hard to determine what has to be done
01:10 JaneW jelkner: you said it is going well...?
01:10 ogra if we postpone, i might have spare time after april 20th ...
01:10 jelkner yes, we have recipes on backup
01:10 flint edubuntu may be married to ubuntu, but ubuntu is staying out late... we do not
know it may become permanent.
01:11 ogra flint, it wont
01:11 ogra we know
01:11 JaneW jelkner: cookbook update please...
01:11 jelkner and another one coming on content filtering
01:11 ogra flint, instead dapper+1 will only have 4.5 months for development
01:11 jelkner and one more on multimedia stuff in the works
01:11 ogra and we'll have to cut down features a lot
01:11 spacey jelkner: what software do you offer in the content filtering?
01:12 JaneW jelkner: another what on content filtering? I don't follow?
01:12 jelkner squid guard and dan's guardian
01:12 spacey JaneW: cookbook part
01:12 JaneW jelkner: oh recipes
01:12 jelkner yes, recipes
01:12 JaneW great, sounds good :)
01:12 spacey but the basic ingredients are still not there
01:12 jelkner spacey ?
01:12 JaneW jelkner: is the end in sight yet? or is the task still monumental?
01:12 spacey the basic stuff
01:12 spacey of the cookbook
01:12 ogra what is the backup one using ?
01:12 spacey is missing
01:13 flint spacey, yes, but the concept is there!
=== ogra hopes not mondo/mindi
01:13 jelkner JaneW: the "end" of a cookbook is *never* reached ;-)
01:13 spacey its really fancy you write up stuff like content filtering but if you dont cover
proper installation i think you miss your point
01:13 jelkner we just keep collecting recipes as we go
01:13 JaneW jelkner: that's encouraging ;)
01:13 JaneW jelkner: sounds like a Harry Potter book :P
01:13 flint ogra, i agree that mondo/mindi is a bit rough... but what are the alternatives?
01:13 jelkner lol
01:13 JaneW jelkner: but we get to a 'can be published' point at some stage I hope?
01:14 spacey https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EdubuntuDocumentation/EdubuntuCookbook/Worksheet <-- still
empty
01:14 JaneW spacey: good point
01:14 flint JaneW, you knew I would get my HP licks into this eh?
01:14 jelkner JaneW: me, too, but let's cross that bridge when we come to it
01:14 ogra flint, jelkner, sivang is developing a backup tool that should hit universe these
days and will be the official backup solution for dapper+1
01:14 ogra please talk to him
01:14 JaneW jelkner: I was just wondering if we know how far away that bridge is...?
01:14 JaneW ogra: if mdz allows it in. It's a bit late.
01:14 ogra JaneW, universe
01:15 JaneW ogra: yup
01:15 flint ogra, that is worth knowing, thanks. got any info or a url beyond this?
01:15 ogra mondo/mindi is nothing i like to have in the cookbook
01:15 jelkner JaneW: as you can see from what ogra just said, we are writing a desciption of a
moving target
01:15 ogra it requires to compile kernel stuff and uses incompatible kernels
01:15 jelkner i'm not so sure publication off the web is such a good idea
01:15 jelkner things change too fast
01:15 ogra nothing we should do to teachers
01:15 spacey dapper doesn't change
01:15 jelkner an on the web cookbook is more useful because it is easier to keep up to date
01:16 flint ogra, one of the most unsettling things abou the cookbook, it that it is there for
the users, and many parts will not please developers.
01:16 ogra jelkner, moving target ? the backup spec was developed in motreal ...
01:16 spacey flint: what part will not please developers?
01:16 jelkner ogra: is that ready to go now?
01:16 JaneW flint: I don't see that as a problem
01:16 ogra flint, mondo/mindi is a high level administrator tool ... nothing for teachers/user
01:16 JaneW I think the book is more for the users
01:16 jelkner we can only write "recipes" for what works
01:16 ogra jelkner, please talk to sivang
01:17 JaneW devs know how to find and ask for info
01:17 JaneW users don;t, so an compiled book for them to read is best for them
01:17 flint ogra, I am on sivang, how do I dig him up?
01:17 jelkner ogra: what is sivang's email?
01:17 ogra flint, he is on IL time, usually in #ubuntu-devel
01:17 spacey jelkner: i don't see any moving targets or stuff that doesn't work at all in the
cookbookworksheet. but its still almost empty
01:17 kjcole should we be writing the cookboook to specs? was the backup spec in montreal
targeted at dapper or dapper+1?
01:18 jelkner spacey: than pick a recipe and write it! ;-)
01:18 spacey jelkner: i did
01:18 jelkner good
01:18 ogra jelkner, flint, sivan@piware.de
01:18 jelkner thanks!
01:18 spacey but i can't write all
01:18 flint excellent
01:18 jelkner that's how the cookbook will get filled in
01:18 jelkner spacey: indeed
01:18 jelkner you can only do what you have time for
01:18 jelkner this is a volunteer effort
01:19 JaneW jelkner: agreed
01:19 jelkner so we can only take what comes
01:19 spacey kjcole, jelkner i remember last week you wanted to fill in the status column of the
worksheet so we have a better understanding of the status and the work to be done
01:19 ogra even if the tool isnt ready, please dont promote mondo/mindi as a default (its good
to have it in a *very advanced* section thjough)
01:19 jelkner spacey: yes, we couldn't meet last sunday
01:19 JaneW jelkner: it would help to have the status column populated, can you do that?
01:19 flint ogra, the nice thing abou this user cookbook framework is that ther is a
plug-ability to it. unplug one reciepe and plug in another...
01:19 spacey jelkner: when that status stuff is there its easier to ask other people to
contribute since its more clean what still needs to be done
01:20 jelkner ogra: we feel some solution is better than none, even if it is not ideal
01:20 JaneW jelkner: it would help for volunteers wanting to help to see where input is needed
01:20 jelkner the cookbook is aimed at end users
01:20 kjcole That's why the worksheet is there.
01:20 JaneW jelkner: yes I agree
01:20 flint when sivan has a receipe that works we put it in the cookbook.
01:20 jelkner it could provide solutions that are not really ready for prime time, but which are
essential to solviing folks problems in the present
01:21 JaneW jelkner: can you and kjcole fill in the status? or send it to me in a mail and I
can do it on the wiki...
01:21 jelkner so it will change as better solutions come available
jelkner, flint, the default reciepe should be a good explanation to set up
01:21 ogra tar/cronjobs/cdrecord and some scripts ... please dont provide users with rocket
science if they only need a bycicle
01:21 jelkner kjcole: can we agree to do that this weekend?
01:21 ogra i agree that mondo/mindi is a good thing for people who are unix admins since some
years
01:22 jelkner ogra: you don't need to fear that
01:22 ogra great :)
01:22 kjcole jelkner, sounds good
01:22 jelkner one big advantage i have is that i'm not nearly smart enough for rocket science
01:22 JaneW I would say the point of the cookbook is to 1) Help USERS to understand Edubuntu,
and how it is set up and works and
01:22 jelkner if i can understand, chances are most other people can too
01:22 JaneW 2) to reduce the support requirements, but fullfilling point #1
01:22 ogra JaneW, but since some of our users need to be the admins as well, it gets a bit
blurry
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01:23 pips1 hi
01:23 JaneW ogra: true, but admins may not need it
01:23 ogra so we should provide the easiest ways to achieve the tasks ...
01:23 JaneW ogra: someone who KNOWS can always find the info elsewhere, so if the info is a bit
beneither them it's ok
01:23 JaneW we can't cater for everyone
01:23 ogra yep
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01:24 JaneW ok, so with all that said, is it going ok jelkner and kjcole ?
01:24 jelkner yes
01:24 jelkner i think it is
01:24 JaneW excellent! Thank-you :)
01:25 JaneW I have faith that it's going to ROCK
01:25 jelkner cya next week then, same time, same channel...
01:25 JaneW thanks
01:25 JaneW bye
01:25 Yagisan kjcole: jelkner: need some docs on securing edubuntu ?
01:25 jelkner Yagisan: how do you mean?
01:26 kjcole Yagisan, if written with teachers in mind, sure. Why not? (Just keep the intended
audience in mind. Many who may be a bit timid about Linux.)
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01:26 Yagisan jelkner: securing against malicious users etc. I can't find server security in your
cookbook draft
01:26 ogra jelkner, Yagisan is security cionsultant
01:26 spacey Yagisan: i don't think the Edubuntu cookbook can go much further then setting
proper limits.conf
01:27 JaneW Yagisan: thanks for offer to help, can you and jelkner discuss in #e or the mailing
list?
01:27 Yagisan I can assist with basic documentation in that area
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01:27 Yagisan I'll be in #edubuntu If you'd like it
01:27 JaneW Yagisan: any doc help would be greatfully accepted
01:27 flint Yagisan, my deepest condolences on your profession of being a security
consultant. I have don this.
01:27 JaneW gratefully too
01:27 jelkner great, now i need to get ready for the arrival of the munchgins...
01:28 JaneW ok, so flight 5 is out
01:28 JaneW how's it looking?
01:28 flint ogra, what is the url for flight 5? I would like to test it.
01:29 pips1 flint, https://wiki.edubuntu.org/Testing/CurrentEdubuntu
01:29 JaneW ogra: did the announcement page get updated?
01:29 ogra flint, the latest link to a dev release is always in the #edubuntu channel topic
01:30 ogra JaneW, there were not enough noticeable changes imho, and Mithrandir already
covered edubuntu in his announcement
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01:30 flint pips1, thanks, I just did not have it handy, Olli, I had a feeling you had it in
the same place...
01:30 ogra flint, if i release a flight i update the topic immediately
01:30 ogra so safest is to look there
01:30 JaneW ogra: I saw Mithrandir's announcement linked to edubuntu too
01:30 ogra yep
01:31 flint ogra, gotcha, and now i see it.
01:31 JaneW ok
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01:31 JaneW ogra: so there aren't many changes
01:31 kjcole flint also http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/dapper/flight-5/
01:31 JaneW bug fixes?
01:31 pips1 ogra, re flight5, did you mainly fix that manual update ssh keys step, or where
there other changes too?
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01:32 ogra JaneW, only small ones and the one that required you to run ltsp-update-sshkeys
after install ....
01:32 ogra so currently it should work as breezy did ...
01:32 ogra wrt install
01:32 JaneW ok
01:32 flint ogra, do you think that will fix the login bug?
01:32 ogra it does
01:33 JaneW what else need to be done?
01:33 flint ogra, excellent!!!
01:33 ogra artwork
01:33 JaneW are you more or less done with the dev now?
01:33 ogra i need some days time to jump on the artwork
01:33 JaneW you mentioned colours not working well...?
01:33 ogra yes, only bugfixing ...
01:33 JaneW ogra: cool, well done
01:33 ogra they are still adjusted in ubuntu, lets see what comes out
01:34 pips1 ogra, are the bugfixes mainly stuff that can be seen in launchpad, or do you have a
list of bugs of your own?
01:34 ogra i get ltsp fixes from debian, our ltsp package was added to debian testing
yesterday
01:34 ogra thats very helpful ...
01:34 JaneW ogra: ok, just keep an eye on it, cos breezy edubuntu looked good (even if a small
minority doesn't think so), so we need to make sure we are distinctive
01:35 ogra pips1, usually i encounter the bugs locally and fix them immediately :)
01:35 pips1 ic
01:35 ogra pips1, there are only 2 or 3 user reported bugs in LP
01:35 ogra (for ltsp)
01:35 JaneW ogra: not sure if that is efficient or lazy ;)
01:35 JaneW *joking*
01:36 pips1 JaneW, give that man a break!
01:36 ogra JaneW, very efficient, but it misses out user bugs ... but unless i get reports i
have nothing to fix
01:36 pips1 ah!
01:36 JaneW ogra: agreed
01:36 flint ogra, how is malone working out on your end?
01:36 JaneW pips1: I think he knows it was said in jest :)
01:36 ogra so either ltsp is perfectly bugfree or users are shy :)
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01:36 pips1 ok, sure :-)
01:36 ogra flint, great using it daily
01:36 flint ogra, or no one is testing...
01:37 flint ogra, that is what I thought... no more bugzilla at all.
=== JaneW was a little concerned about Burgrundavia's comments, but that's a bit OT
01:37 ogra since bugzilla is nonexistent it would be hard to use it :)
01:37 JaneW ogra: I think we must post more calls for testing on the mailing list
01:38 flint It is out there, just not for this.
01:38 JaneW speaking of which we need to discuss the mailing list name
01:38 ogra lets just call it edubuntu ...
01:38 pips1 ogra, +1
01:38 JaneW does everyone agree we should change the 'edubuntu-devel' list to 'edubuntu'
01:38 spacey yup
01:38 JaneW ok, so how does that happen?
01:39 JaneW as per that mail to the list?
01:39 ogra JaneW, jdub
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01:39 ogra he needs to create the new one ... then we need to subscribe everyone from -devl to
it
01:39 JaneW does everyone have to update their saved address only?
01:39 jdub change or add a new list?
01:39 ogra then we can delete -devel
01:39 ogra jdub, name channge
01:39 jdub would it be useful to keep devel for those discussions?
01:40 JaneW jdub: the proposal is to change 'edubuntu-devel' list to 'edubuntu'
01:40 ogra we want it to be edubuntu instead of edubuntu-devel
01:40 JaneW since ppl are scared to post on 'devel'
01:40 spacey and its not really a devel channel anyway :p
01:40 jdub the rough standard we currently have would suggest edubuntu-users - how's that?
01:40 ogra jdub, not really the terffic is low enough for both ...
01:40 JaneW and it's an all purpose list as our community is small still
01:40 kjcole +1 edubuntu-devel -> edubuntu
01:40 ogra jdub, it shall cover devel as well as users, so calling it -users might be
confudsing
01:41 JaneW jdub: we would splity into devel and users if the traffic grows enough to warrant
it.
01:41 JaneW ogra: you and I have the same speed-typing bug ;)
01:41 ogra heh
01:42 JaneW jdub: so what's the verdict?
01:42 pips1 I'd like to talk a bit about the website...
01:42 JaneW pips1: yes, that's on my list
ok, can i suggest we create an edubuntu-users list, subscribe everyone to it, and
01:43 jdub you guys can carry out most discussion there, until you need to start pushing stuff
over to -devel? i don't want to be doing things out of standard, particularly when
it's going to change again (hopefully soon)
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01:43 JaneW jdub: ok, I can live with that
01:43 JaneW ogra: ?^
01:43 ogra hmm
=== jdub tries very hard to keep consistency :-)
01:44 ogra does it really need to be -users ?
01:44 pips1 hmm too
01:44 ogra ok, then i'd opt for having -users and -devel rather
01:44 JaneW ++
01:44 ogra even if it doesnt make sense with the amount of traffic
01:45 JaneW ogra: we can push them to the same mail folder...
01:45 ogra sure
ogra: by not doing -users, it means we're inconsistent now, and when you decide to
01:45 jdub split, it's far less likely that people would want to rename, so we'd be
permanently inconsistent :)
01:45 spacey you gonna subscribe everyone on both lists?
01:45 spacey or move everyone to users
01:45 JaneW spacey: hrm...
01:45 spacey and let them subscribe to devel again?:P
01:45 JaneW yup, move everyone to users and let ppl sub to devel if they want to...
01:45 jdub (kubuntu had both lists to start too)
01:45 ogra spacey, everyone to both and leave it up to them to unsubscribe from one ?
01:46 jdub ogra: yeah, i think it's easier to do that
01:46 ogra yep
01:46 spacey yeah probably best
01:46 JaneW I prefer my way, else well get dozens of 'take me off this list' mails
01:46 ogra it will break mail filters though ..
01:46 spacey they subscribed to devel anyway
01:46 spacey :)
01:46 jdub JaneW: oh, later on when e-d starts being used?
01:46 JaneW whatever
01:46 ogra can we postpone the decision ?
01:47 JaneW jdub: we'll mail you :)
01:47 ogra and ask on the list for the preferred methiod ?
01:47 jdub heh, ok
01:47 JaneW jdub: thanks for the input
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01:47 pips1 ok
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01:47 pips1 highvoltage is on the ball the design/theme
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01:48 pips1 I am working on the content structure
01:48 pips1 the basic idea is that we want to be very inviting for non-geeks
01:49 pips1 I wrote up some ideas about the subject a while ago:
https://wiki.edubuntu.org/EdubuntuCommunityIntegration
01:49 JaneW pips1: I saw what highvoltage had done yesterday, looking nice
01:49 JaneW I agree with your idea
01:49 ogra JaneW, have you also checkeed pips1s example setup ?
01:50 ogra its very good
01:50 JaneW it needs to be encouraging and non-threatening and very intuitive
drupal is a very flexible tool... there are many things you can do... but I would
01:50 pips1 like to start it "small" and only grow as needed, instead of offering too much
functionality to confuse user unnecessarily
01:50 JaneW ogra: briefly yes :)
01:50 JaneW pips1: yes, agreed
01:50 pips1 one thing that's on my mind
01:50 pips1 newbies are very happy to use forums
01:50 JaneW yes
01:51 JaneW BUT
01:51 JaneW they need moderation
01:51 pips1 I remember someone mentioned that they will create a new forum for edubuntu over at
ubuntuforums
01:51 JaneW and we can;t expect ogra to provide support there as well...
01:51 pips1 JaneW, yes, that's what I am getting at
01:51 spacey hook it up to the mailinglist?
01:51 spacey like they did with others
01:51 JaneW ok, I'll back off ;)
01:52 ogra JaneW, you wont get me reading/using a forum :)
01:52 JaneW ogra: good :P
01:52 spacey didn't they hook up ubuntu-users with a forum?
01:53 ogra the prob is that people with only halfbrewed knowledge often give wrong help in
forums (at least i see that in the ubuntu forums)
so I wonder: we could have a forum on the new edubuntu site, but keep the
01:53 pips1 discussion on non-technical subjects, ie everything that has to do with the
operating system, desktop, blablabla will be in the ubuntuforums, BUT we could have
some "educational" topic on the edubuntu website forum, what do you think?
01:53 Yagisan ogra: so polite
01:53 ogra and that dves very seldom handg around in forums to fix that
01:53 spacey say again? :)
01:53 ogra Yagisan, yes, i'm biund to the CoC, you know :P
01:53 flint ogra, one of the great un-answered issues is the idea of developoer-support before
you can think about user-support...
01:53 ogra *bound
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01:54 ogra flint, thats what edubuntu-devel was thought for
01:54 pips1 ?
01:54 ogra on a sidenote and a bit OT, edubuntu was on german TV last week :)
http://80.237.148.5/cebit.avi
01:54 JaneW pips1: might be good for edu content discussions and curriculum stuff and
sharing...
=== pips1 thinks that his idea went past everyone's head
01:54 pips1 :-)
01:55 flint ogra, I understand, did it work? or do you have random people giving out bad
advice on the edubuntu channels?
01:55 ogra pips1, thats why we called it -devel first place
01:55 JaneW pips1: did you see my comment?
01:55 pips1 JaneW, that's what i was thinking... but there are already other site that are very
dedicated to educational topics too...
01:55 JaneW pips1: and ppl can discuss the latest edu app they found etc
01:55 ogra flint, i'm observing the ML and #edubuntu and #edubuntu-de very closely ... only if
one slips through so ...
01:55 JaneW pips1: yes but our users may not know them...
01:56 flint ogra, you are like hercules at the gate. but even you have to sleep.
01:56 flint ogra, that is no solution.
01:56 ogra sadly, yes
01:56 pips1 JaneW, yes, maybe that should be the focus on our "own" forum, what edu *apps* do
they want to see in edubuntu...
01:57 flint ogra, we need a command "apt-make ogra-clones"
=== ogra looks for his caffeine drip
01:57 JaneW ogra: that's ubuntu not edubuntu :P
01:57 Mez JaneW, surely it wouldnt be too hard to link to other forums regarding curriculum
etc etc?
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01:57 spacey nice video fragment :)
01:57 ogra :)
01:57 flint spacey, where?
01:57 spacey <ogra> on a sidenote and a bit OT, edubuntu was on german TV last week :)
http://80.237.148.5/cebit.avi
01:57 spacey german is so cute
01:58 ogra i like when they say "response from schools is appreciated and expected" :)
01:58 pips1 Mez, yes, we just provide links to dedicated sites, and keep the stuff on our site
relevant to Education + Edubuntu, that's what I was thinking
=== Riddell likes how that video has KDE logos in the background
01:58 ogra hehe
01:58 spacey pips1: yeah thats great
01:58 spacey pips1: no need to duplicate ubuntu stuff
01:58 ogra Riddell, so where are the Kedubuntu people ... i want to drop kdeedu :)
01:58 Mez Riddell, I was thinking that
01:59 Mez lol - kedubuntu sounds like a headache waiting to happen
01:59 pips1 so, do people think that an integrated forum on the new edubuntu site is something
we want?
01:59 spacey pips1: you can always do it later
01:59 Seveas Edkubuntu
01:59 ogra pips1, nope, but its something users will like :)
02:00 JaneW ah now that I have the WHOLE clip I see edubuntu ;)
02:00 ogra i think our audience is pretty different from the general ubuntu forum users
02:00 flint cebit is big time...
02:00 ogra so i think it makes sense to have our own forum
02:00 kjcole should be kid-ubuntu, and you could even have a superhero / cowboy 'Look! It's
Kid Ubuntu!'
02:00 kjcole ;-)
02:00 JaneW or id oubuntu
02:00 pips1 ogra, right
02:00 spacey ogra: which kind of end-users do you want to target it at. the endusers that deploy
edubuntu or the end-end users who actually use it.
02:01 JaneW kjcole: I like it!
02:01 ogra the teachers ... the students ...
02:01 Mez spacey - or the end-end-end users (the kids)
02:01 pips1 so ogra, would you mind checking in on our "own" forum then? against what you said
before in general regarding forums? ;-)
02:01 spacey ok thats great
02:01 spacey so really no technical stuff then
02:01 spacey besides some openoffice tips and tricks
02:01 ogra spacey, support ...
02:01 spacey and some tips for linux games
02:01 flint JaneW, you neve liked my Harry Potter/ magic thing, i think you are playing kevin
as your favorite...
02:01 spacey :P
02:01 ogra that will include tech stuff
02:02 spacey ogra: but end-end users don't do that stuff
02:02 flint spacey, I think they are receipes...
02:02 Mez pips1, see /query
02:02 ogra pips1, i'll have to fight me into it i guess
02:02 JaneW flint: it was your handicapped duck I didn't like!
02:02 ogra spacey, ?
02:02 spacey ogra: the end users who use edubuntu daily dont do techinal stuff
02:02 flint JaneW, that cut, very deep, my art rep is gone!
02:02 flint \:^)
02:03 JaneW ok our official time is up
02:03 spacey the guy or girl who administrators the edubuntu machine does
02:03 ogra spacey, but the teachers using it might have tech questions
02:03 pips1 sorry, guys, i need to run, I have a meeting!
02:03 flint thanks all.
02:03 pips1 good input though, thanks!
02:03 JaneW pips1: ok thanks, I think a small forum is good
02:03 ogra spacey, and the students might rather have app related ones
02:03 JaneW we still need to decide what to put in it though
02:03 flint Yagisan, we might want to talk security. email flint@flint.com
02:03 pips1 cu next wed
02:03 JaneW ty
02:03 Mez ogra: you have the people who set it up and admin it - the teachers and the
pupils/students
02:03 ogra ciao pips1 and thanks
02:03 spacey ogra: hmm yeah and i forget you can also do desktop installs
02:03 JaneW thanks everyoneEdubuntu/Meetings/Logs/2006-03-15 (last edited 2009-10-14 19:31:25 by 95)