Re: Is Debian Edu losing momentum?

Mike Gabriel <[email protected]> Mon, 10 Nov 2025 12:42:09 +0000

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.devel.education
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Hi Frans,

thanks for your mail!

On  Do 06 Nov 2025 20:51:50 CET, Frans Spiesschaert wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm feeling a bit sad about the slowness of Debian Edu development
> lately.

Yes, I can sense that. Quite the same here. But differently, as well.  
As one of the potential developers I recently have not much spare time  
to look into Debian Edu nor haven't I had project funding to work on  
it recently.

However, we will be able to contribute a little on project budget to  
Debian Edu: My plan is to add a tablet installation profile using  
Lomiri to the Debian Edu Installer.

Also, I know people in the Netherlands looking more deeply into Debian  
Edu. They want to propose it as an alternative solution to the widely  
spread Google Chromebooks that Dutch schools use nowadays.

> For example, almost two months after artwork for Debian Edu 13 was
> added to debian-edu-artwork, the installation medium debian-edu-13.1.0-
> amd64-netinst.iso still contains artwork for Debian 12. Therefore, I
> still can't upgrade the screenshot images in
> https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Trixie to Debian Edu
> Trixie.

Sorry for that. The Debian Edu artwork for trixie is fully in place  
(or at least should be). @Phil: Do you have an idea  
Debian-Installer-wise why artwork from debian-edu-artwork-ceratopsian  
is not used by the Debian (Edu) 13  Installer?

> I'd really like to help speed things up a bit. My skills and my time
> are limited, so I wil never be able to contribute substantially, but I
> might be able to help in solving some very simple problems or in
> performing simple tasks. However, I don't want and intend to do this
> uncoordinated, so as not to interfere with the core developers' plans
> and schedules.

Frans, I dearly appreciate the offer. I'll try to be more responsive  
and active on Debian Edu again.

Thanks for addressing your worries!!!

Mike

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