Ideas and support for a new Edubuntu based Portal Server

[Jörg Sawatzki]

Hey Veli-Matti,

that all looks very promising. Has Avoin koulu a true Single Sign On
system? Most people who talk about SSO mean a system where you can
authenticate with the same credentials to every app - but what I mean
is: One single login form that gives you access to all the apps without
asking for a password everytime.

My second point: How do you use Zimba for storing and sharing files?

Is there a demo username/pasword, so that I can login and have a look
around? 

Thanks,

Jörg

Am Sonntag, den 24.01.2010, 22:50 +0200 schrieb Veli-Matti Lintu:
> su, 2010-01-24 kello 16:30 +0100, Jörg Sawatzki kirjoitti:
> > Hey folks,
> > 
> > after talking to some people in #edubuntu on freenode, I thought it
> > might be a good idea to share my thoughts and ideas with you on this
> > mailinglist as well.
> > 
> > First of all, my name is Jörg and I am freelancing as a software
> > developer here in the Northwest of Germany. I mostly work for the
> > regional media centre and the state's government to develop new ways to
> > use the internet and new technologies in schools. A lot of schools here
> > are running some proprietary portal server which is not only quite
> > expensive but lacks a lot features and simply isn't "state of the art"
> > anymore (check out www.iserv.eu if you speak German).
> > 
> > I have written a short blueprint for a new open source project that I'd
> > like to start and would like to ask you to review it and give me your
> > thoughts, ideas and feedback:
> > 
> > https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/edubuntu-portal-server
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Here in Finland there's a project called "Avoin koulu" (Open School)
> that deals with some of the issues here. The goal is to provide a set of
> ten features needed in schools. At first stage the features are provided
> using existing open source tools packaged together. The project is done
> in collaboration with COSS (The Finnish Centre for Open Source
> Solutions) and three companies.
> 
> Unfortunately the project pages are available only in Finnish:
> * Demo site: http://avoinkoulu.tuote.fi/
> * Documentation site: http://avoinkoulu.coss.fi/
> * COSS: http://www.coss.fi/en
> 
> The features are described here:
> http://avoinkoulu.coss.fi/index.php/Tekniikka
> 
> The list translated is:
> 
> 1. Authentication server OpenLDAP / Fedora Directory Server
> 2. Email (Zimbra)
> 3. Calendar (Zimbra)
> 4. Personal home directories + file sharing (Zimbra)
> 5. Remote teaching + remote collaboration (Openmeetings)
> 6. IM: Openfire with Jabber protocol
> 7. Collaboration tool Elgg
> 8. Backups
> 9. Home page tool: Elgg/Moodle
> 10. Print management: CUPS + Pykota
> 
> The installation documents might be useful without mastering the finnish
> language ;) 
> 
> http://avoinkoulu.coss.fi/index.php/Peruskympin_testipalvelimen_asennusdokumentit
> 
> 
> I have not been involved in the project personally, but I can try to
> help with the stuff. I'm currently working on some separate user
> management issues that should make running also these tools easier:
> 
> http://www.opinsys.fi/en/user-management-rethought
> 
> 
> Veli-Matti
> 
>