[Server-devel] introduction...

[Martin Langhoff]

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 <dvanassche at gmail.com>:
>      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
>
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