After having published this post, some changes happened: Thanks to Rex' work, this bug is now closed and we've a kdeedu-math package in rawhide! Currently, we're preparing a kickstart file, which is roughly based on this proposal here for Fedora 9. We've also talked about the possibility of releasing an early preview (e.g. based on KDE 4.1 Beta 2) before the final version is out. But we've run into some space problems and we're figuring this out right now. So stay tuned - I'll keep you posted on further news.
June 2008 Archives
I think it's time now for an status update on the Fedora Education project - what has happened so far and what needs to be done?
Well, first of all, I've set up roadmap giving you a general overview. There are further topics related to it and I want to you point you to some of them.
There are some news on the F9 spin: This bug is still open, since the KDE SIG still discusses, how to proceed with the different kdeedu sub-packages. In my talks to Rex we agreed on postponing the spin's release, since we're going to wait for KDE 4.1, which is going to include major improvements for the users. KDE 4.1 is scheduled for the end of July, so I'd expect a F9 Edu Spin release in the late August, since KDE 4.1 also needs to be included in Fedora, which should take some time.
The next point on the roadmap are two spins for F10. While we thought about using the OLPC's Sugar interface for a spin, there are currently only few activities in F9. But the OLPC guys are working on improving the situation - recently, Michael posted on FDL. So if you're able to, please help them to package the software.
For all those spins, we need kickstart files. I've already created a few some time ago (you might have a look at some ideas here), but the new ones aren't yet completely ready, while I'm still continuing to bake those images. I'm going to post them soon!
But let's move on: I've also created a request for our art team here. I think we should at least talk or think about having a special wallpaper or so for our education spins. Same here as with the OLPC stuff: If you're able to know, please speak up!
The last thing I'd like to mention is the possibility of creating a special portal on fedoraproject.org or fedorahosted.org containing educational content (e.g. concerning various applications). What do you think?
If you've any questions or just want to express your ideas and opinions, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Fedora & Education... so what do we have here?
There are currently various efforts in Fedora concerning education - just think of the OLPC project or Warren Togami and other working on the LTSP stuff.
Some time ago, we announced the foundation of an education SIG. Since then, quite a lot of things changed and Fedora 9 was released...
I have recently created and announced a roadmap using some ideas on our mailing list. The topics are ordered chronologically, so that our main goal would be at the moment to get more people involved in the SIG and to release finally a first spin. Some opinions concerning the roadmap would be definitely appreciated...
Now, this seems to be the right place to invite everybody, who is interested in education to join us: Just add your name to the wiki and we would be more than happy to welcome you on the mailing list. On the other hand, even if you just have a question concerning education and Fedora, please don't hesitate to post on the list or contact me directly.
