Welcome David! please use the XS images we are working on now, which are based on Fedora. We are exploring a Debian move, and your experience will be welcome there, but at the moment using Debian for the base of the XS will mean that you will have to package independently
- the kernel with custom drivers/patches - ejabberd - idmgr - a lot of configuration settings We will package all of those in .debs soon, but it is a ton of complex work for you if you want to do it on your own. Try build 161 or 162, cope a bit with Fedora, and be part of the wider project here... cheers, martin 2008/4/11 David Van Assche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, I have recently applied for a volunteer position at OLE in Nepal, > and it was suggested I introduce myself here. So here goes. I have been > involved in the Linux community for a while, but my experience lies very > much in the Debian/Ubuntu field, which I feel is far friendlier and more > logical than the other distros. I have run my own IT company for 5 years, > where we built bespoke programs, but mostly web solutions and administering > accounts. Since then I administered a medium sized school, building the > entire system based on LTSP (an amazing system) which really allows for the > administration side to be a non-headache. I also taught IT for a year at > this school. I've been following the list a little and I've taken a look at > sugar which is very intriguing, though obviously very young still. I've been > talking to Bryan Berry from OLENepal, and suggested installing a prototype > XS server based on ebox with ubuntu or debian under the hood. The main > reason is my knowledge in this area and the fact that I'll need to teach > this to other sysadmins/teachers in Nepal. I know you guys have some ideas > already, and you've already started on something, and I wouldn't want to > just branch without synchronizing with the XS devel team. There are many > aspects of the mesh networking aspect that I'm not to clear about, as I've > never worked with this, though it seems pretty clear. I have always worked > with webmin with my ltsp system without any problems, though I know how > developers feel about its security and its internal workings, but lets be > clear here, we're working with schools, not banks.... so I don't see the > fuss. Anyway, I do think ebox is a good full solution that would do a better > job than webmin in terms of security, and would be easily understood by most > admins... With your blessign, I'd like to go ahead and build a prototype > based on debian or Ubuntu for Nepal... with whatever help is needed from > the XS devel team. > > Kind Regards, > David Van Assche > > > _______________________________________________ > Server-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff _______________________________________________ Server-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
