"What technical documentation exists?" is a critically important #18 within http://schoolserver.org/FAQ
How best to revise XSCE 6.0 and other infra explanations/backgrounders showing their age here: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Community_Edition/FAQ#What_technical_documentation_exists.3F (Thursday's 10:30AM EST call can hopefully help capture for us & all, those technical docs/links/insights most essential to elevate & circulate in 2017 !) On Feb 15, 2017 10:11 AM, "Adam Holt" <h...@laptop.org> wrote: > On Feb 15, 2017 8:54 AM, "Tim Moody" <t...@timmoody.com> wrote: > > Are we now at the point of changing the default hostname to box? > > > Prob the right move yes, retaining legacy support for http://schoolserver > and http://schoolserver.lan of course. All 3 aliases should work > {box.lan, schoolserver.lan, hogwarts.lan} when tinkerers change their > training to http://hogwarts.lan > > My #1 goal is to dramatically simplify training materials (http://box and > http://box/usb etc) so legit global adoption can now move forward more > organically, purposefully & increasingly. > > Even better if a reasonably good set of Captive Portal compromises emerges > in 2017 as well (so less-literate-but-just-as-bright learners don't have > to type in URL's at all, upon connecting to Wi-Fi, even if many keyboard > elites don't grasp this need ;) > > > What I name the server and the alias I give for the browser to find it > are not the same thing. > > > > The host name should be set with either in the admin console or via > local vars as the FAQ says, but the rest deals with aliases. > > Yes. My approach was to address Teachers/Hospital volunteers #1, as they > are in dire need of 1 single concise URL-as-name they can communicate to > their peers and depend on, e.g. http://box.lan or ideally http://box > suffices on the vast majority if their site's client devices. > > So I'm trying to push the FAQ to "teacher-centric" Survival Needs first > and foremost. Then further below these user-centric lead ideas & > on-ramping essentials, linking to tech details where nec. > > With background/implementer material linking to https://github.com/XSCE/ > xsce/wiki and other illustrative architecture vitals I'm surely missing > for those diving in to Tweak and Customize (if not trick out) their > Internet-in-a-Box system — *as a model for their entire community.* > > This teacher/implementer balancing act must be readjusted constantly en > route whenever we find a better way (teachers are lost without implementers > hearing out their real needs, and then iterating). > > I intentionally avoided talking about aliases (equiv to Host Name) > entirely to avoid sewing confusion. But perhaps there is a better way. > > Thanks all for beating on *(and fixing) *http://schoolserver.org/FAQ so > innocent newbie misunderstandings Keep Clearing Up! > > > On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 10:35 PM, Adam Holt <h...@laptop.org> wrote: > >> As our documentation is coming together, this is only a Draft! As I'm >> sure Jerry Vonau and other networking wizards like can improve on this >> response :) >> >> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Community_Edition/FAQ#Can_I_nam >> e_my_server_something_other_than_http:.2F.2FBOX.LAN_.3F >> >> PS this is #11 within the 21 Frequently Asked Questions at >> http://schoolserver.org/FAQ >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Server-devel mailing list > Server-devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel > > >
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