I also suggest considering the LTS release for server installation.<br><br>--HH.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 10:37 PM, Sameer Verma <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sverma@sfsu.edu">sverma@sfsu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 5:38 PM, Stefan Unterhauser<<a href="mailto:dogi@laptop.org">dogi@laptop.org</a>> wrote:<br>
</div><div class="im">> Yes me ...<br>
> I m setting up a new ubuntu 9.04 VM for the purpose of <a href="http://testwiki.laptop.org" target="_blank">testwiki.laptop.org</a><br>
> so tomorrow can give that to the public (FGrose, olpc-team and vig)<br>
> during the weekly #olpc-admin meeting we will discuss the next steps ...<br>
> Ok FGrose?<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>I wasn't in the decision making part for the VM, so apologies from<br>
jumping in, but I am curious about Ubuntu 9.04 as opposed to 8.04<br>
which is LTS and supported with updates for 5 years. I usually run my<br>
servers on 6.06 or 8.04, so I thought I'd ask.<br>
<br>
cheers,<br>
Sameer<br>
<font color="#888888">--<br>
Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.<br>
Associate Professor of Information Systems<br>
San Francisco State University<br>
San Francisco CA 94132 USA<br>
<a href="http://verma.sfsu.edu/" target="_blank">http://verma.sfsu.edu/</a><br>
<a href="http://opensource.sfsu.edu/" target="_blank">http://opensource.sfsu.edu/</a><br>
</font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
<br>
> can everybody who wants to have access send an sshkey<br>
><br>
> by the way since the wiki of <a href="http://vig.laptop.org" target="_blank">vig.laptop.org</a> will be the first testcase<br>
> for testwiki<br>
> (cloning the vig database) who wants to have wikiadmin rights there<br>
> please send to <a href="mailto:dogi@laptop.org">dogi@laptop.org</a> your username ... :P<br>
><br>
> cu<br>
> dogi<br>
><br>
> On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Tiago Marques <<a href="mailto:tiagomnm@gmail.com">tiagomnm@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Hi all,<br>
>><br>
>> Are you still looking for someone to fix the wiki?<br>
>><br>
>> Best regards,<br>
>><br>
>> Tiago Marques<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 5:59 PM, Seth Woodworth<<a href="mailto:seth@laptop.org">seth@laptop.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> This is one of my concerns about the vig wiki: Creating another<br>
>>> registration wall for users to jump through is a "Bad Idea" (tm).<br>
>>><br>
>>> I can understand if the VIG team wants to document servers and systems in a<br>
>>> way that shouldn't be public. But there is no reason to move *all* sever<br>
>>> documentation to this new wiki, nor to make everyone who wants to<br>
>>> participate in the wiki migration to signup and be approved on a new wiki.<br>
>>> Wiki.l.o allows participation without registration for a reason.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Please migrate the page back to wiki.l.o if you would like to use it for<br>
>>> planning.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Frederick Grose <<a href="mailto:fgrose@gmail.com">fgrose@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> I've posted this letter at<br>
>>>> <a href="http://vig.laptop.org/wiki/index.php/Wiki_upgrade" target="_blank">http://vig.laptop.org/wiki/index.php/Wiki_upgrade</a> to initiate a<br>
>>>> collaboration page for the effort.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Please note that editing on the <a href="http://vig.laptop.org" target="_blank">vig.laptop.org</a> test/development wiki<br>
>>>> requires an email-confirmed account.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> --Fred<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 6:16 AM, Seth Woodworth <<a href="mailto:seth@laptop.org">seth@laptop.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Hi everyone,<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> I want to brief you about a project I want to work on in the next 10 days<br>
>>>>> or so involving OLPC's wiki.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Background:<br>
>>>>> OLPC's wiki is a resource for deployment countries, OLPC volunteers,<br>
>>>>> programmers, and educators, it contains support information, essays about<br>
>>>>> education, obscure technical documentation, and public health. It's a<br>
>>>>> fairly large wiki at about 8k articles, ~20k unique visitors a day from over<br>
>>>>> a hundred countries, and at various times in it's lifecycle been on the<br>
>>>>> first page of results on google for the term "wiki". (it's now on page 2)<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Standing issues:<br>
>>>>> <a href="http://Wiki.laptop.org" target="_blank">Wiki.laptop.org</a> is messy. In many ways <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org" target="_blank">wiki.laptop.org</a> has never really<br>
>>>>> had a lot of time and effort dedicated by anyone to coordinate what goes on<br>
>>>>> there. It is an untended garden, but it still grows great vegetables. The<br>
>>>>> server that hosts wiki.l.o (pedal) also hosts a lot of mission-critical<br>
>>>>> services (email, etc), and contains some private information. This makes it<br>
>>>>> really hard for volunteers to get access to the server to help us fix<br>
>>>>> things.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Ideal situation:<br>
>>>>> Ideally, <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org" target="_blank">wiki.laptop.org</a> should be easier for the community to get<br>
>>>>> involved. It should be on it's own server. It should have more admin's.<br>
>>>>> It should have a skin and visual apearance other than that of default<br>
>>>>> mediawiki. It should also be a lot more resistant to spam and vandalism.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Plan of attack:<br>
>>>>> We need to set up a test wiki on it's own virtual server. This new wiki<br>
>>>>> should be the latest stable install of MediaWiki, with all of the plugins<br>
>>>>> that OLPC uses on the current wiki (or maybe not, we should evaluate what<br>
>>>>> we're using). And ideally we would have a designer skin this new wiki<br>
>>>>> graphically. Once we have this test wiki up and running, we can migrate the<br>
>>>>> wiki.l.o database to this new server. Lastly we will move the<br>
>>>>> <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org" target="_blank">wiki.laptop.org</a> domain to point to this new server.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> This process needs to start with some information gathering and some<br>
>>>>> innitial coordination. I will reach out to several lists early this week<br>
>>>>> and start this process. This email is going to a few low-member # lists<br>
>>>>> (and individuals) who I think will have an interest and innitial feedback.<br>
>>>>> When the conversation really kicks off, we should use the Volunteer<br>
>>>>> Infrastructure Group list to coordinate our efforts.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> For those of you who aren't yet members:<br>
>>>>> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-sysadmin" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-sysadmin</a><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Thank you,<br>
>>>>> Seth Woodworth<br>
>>>>><br>
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