Meeting September 13, 2006

Technical

• ogra - lots of bugs in knot3, but the installer works

  • ogra - will create a known issues page, to document things that clearly don't work

• cbx33 - SCP is now in main

• LaserJock - dynamic menus in universe

• rodarvus - to save space kernel building tools will be dropped

Documentation

• sbalneav - volunteered to help with the LTSP section in the Edubuntu handbook

• cbx33 - will write some docs for SCP and pessulus

• highvoltage - asked cbx33 to get the SCP/pess docs on the website

• RichEd - asked if it was worth creating a seperate book for internet cafes, the concensus was to create a case studies section

• cbx33 - asked if it was worth using project management software, it was agreed to trial it on some projects, ESA for example

• RichEd - to look into creating #ubuntu-education

• LaserJock - brought up the subject of DVDs

  • cbx33 - asked if we could do meta packages for the addons

  • LaserJock - said a CD with meta packages on would be a good idea

• RichEd - suggested the idea of edubuntu being as add-on CD, so people would install ubuntu and then use the edubuntu cd to install the extras

Artwork

• cbx33 - announced new artwork in knot3, definitely usplash, and promised to get it up on the net somewhere soon for the impatient

Community

• rodarvus - told cbx33 not to miss the next TB, and to apply for ubuntu-devel

• RichEd - new structure to canonical website with solution spaces, eg, www.ubuntu.com/solutions/education

• RichEd - expressed a goal of getting teachers and users of edubuntu to talk with each other

• cbx33 - asked if a LiveHelp system like craftysyntax.com would be of use from a support point of view

  • LaserJock - mentioned the difficulty of getting quality people

• cbx33 - has been approached by the ICT Schools Technical Panel in southampton to stand as chair