[Server-devel] [UKids] Enthusiasm for a Centos School Server is wonderful

[Adam Holt]

On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 12:13 PM, Jerry Vonau <jvonau3 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Opps... make that:
> http://www.xsce.org/downloads/Server/images/XSCEF20L.iso
> thanks, Anish.
>
> Jerry
>
> On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 11:02 AM, Jerry Vonau <jvonau3 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> There is a beta LiveDVD.iso image based on F20[1], boots in a vm,
>> suitable for dd'img to usb, or burning to DVD. Log in with root and no
>> password, and launch the install by typing "liveinst". The stock Fedora
>> installer is launched, just go through the screens, when rebooted you
>> should have the same install as ./install-console provides. Note, this
>> version needs internet access to complete, and will be addressed in the
>> next version.
>>
>

> On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 8:52 AM, Danishka Navin <danishka at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I am working on Fedora remix which ship both gnome and sugar desktop
>>> (along with all sugar activities packaged to fedora).
>>> I never used  a school server before and I don't have exact count on how
>>> many people use Sugar desktop in this remix.
>>>
>>> I will have a look on your CentOS based school server,
>>> I can do the same on Fedora if it useful for someone.
>>>
>>> Keep it up your good work!
>>>
>>
Dramatic Progress, on both fronts: Fedora 20 and CentOS

If we pull it off (if volunteers help Jerry & George test) then some of the
most neglected schools/libraries worldwide will benefit powerfully until
June 30 2024: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CentOS#End-of-support_schedule



>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Danishka
>>>
>>> On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 1:40 PM, George Hunt <georgejhunt at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Although I must admit, when I started playing with Centos, it was more
>>>> to try to find more alignment with Tony Anderson's work on content, than to
>>>> impact the focus of the XSCE development effort. He's been very clear that
>>>> Centos was the only option for him.
>>>>
>>>> But the idea seems to have legs. Jerry Vonau, who had not been active
>>>> in XSCE for a while, started contributing again, and within a week or two,
>>>> had made the changes to our code base, so it cleanly installs on stock
>>>> Centos 7. (Whether all of the services function as required, particularly
>>>> those that we had to compile ourselves, is still to be discovered).
>>>>
>>>> So now it's time for our XSCE, our School Server Community Edition, to
>>>> start living up to its name. I don't think the three of us, Tim, Jerry, and
>>>> myself, have enough bandwidth to take on another distribution platform. Or
>>>> speaking for myself, I'm retired, and as Tim said to me recently, I'm
>>>> working harder than I did before I retired.
>>>>
>>>> But if there are volunteers who are willing to test, and maybe even
>>>> help diagnose problems, I need to put my fear aside. It may change the
>>>> nature of the task for me, because to include others, documentation becomes
>>>> essential. And it's not my strong suit.
>>>>
>>>> The offline install process using a USB stick is newly developed, and
>>>> needs testers. There are Centos,  x86_64 and i686 images at unleashkids.
>>>> The Centos one is 2GB at
>>>> http://download.unleashkids.org/xsce/downloads/installer/
>>>> centos_150326_all.img
>>>> <http://download.unleashkids.org/xsce/downloads/installer/centos_150326_all.img>
>>>> which can be dd'ed onto a 4GB USB stick. This stick loads tiny core
>>>> linux, which in turn formats, and loads a hard disk (blank, or disposable,
>>>> of 500-1000GB).
>>>>
>>>> Documentation for this process is started at
>>>> https://github.com/georgejhunt/installer.
>>>>
>>>> How important is Centos? I'm not sure. I have a lot more personal
>>>> experience with small deployments, low power, where bureaucratic risk
>>>> reduction logic is not much of a factor. But I can see "enterprise
>>>> strength" and long support cycles factoring into some people's decisions.
>>>>
>>>> In the long run, I think we should be a big tent, and satisfy as many
>>>> requirements as we can. Sometime I loose faith in my capability.
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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