[19:35] hi there, one question, does anyone how can i contact , @eickmeyer? [19:35] I'm right here. [19:35] hi man, sorry for bothering you, but i was trying to contact you for some months [19:36] No worries. Not a bother at all. What's going on? [19:36] since i saw the news that you wanted to take edubuntu back to life [19:36] i been a user and promoter from more than a decade using it [19:36] It's already a full-fledged Ubuntu flavor now. Beta was released yesterday, published news this morning. [19:37] im already testing it XD [19:37] but i have some ideas [19:37] for further taking back to the development [19:37] Ok, any changes will have to wait until next development cycle, FYI. Feature freeze was a month ago per the Ubuntu Development Cycle. [19:38] ok [19:38] how can i join to the development ? [19:38] Well, you're here, this is where we're going to do development discussions for the time being. [19:38] you see, im from mexico, and i been promoting open source for education since kindergarten to university [19:39] and low economic levels [19:39] Yes, I think I remember getting your email. [19:39] ohh great!!! [19:39] As I understand it you have a classroom full of raspberry pi's? [19:39] not only one [19:39] right now i been installed almost a 1000s [19:39] of pis [19:39] Oh wow. [19:40] for schools [19:40] plus maybe more than 3000s edubuntus installed [19:40] also im a fan of ubuntu studio [19:40] Well, for Raspberry Pi images, we're at the mercy of the Ubuntu Release Team, but that is definitely a goal since I received your email. [19:41] count on me for testing [19:41] i have since the first pi to the latest one [19:41] plus other SBCs [19:41] like orange, banana [19:41] Perfect. What I'd recommend is installing the Ubuntu Desktop 23.04 Beta Raspberry Pi image with the minimal installation option, then installing edubuntu-desktop and letting me know how it goes, because that's basically the same thing. [19:42] ok [19:42] will start to work on that [19:42] by the way [19:42] on the edubuntu [19:42] there was some tools [19:43] like making computers thin clients [19:43] and remote monitoring [19:43] right know i forgot the name [19:44] and i think they are lost [19:44] Right, that was the LTSP project which was spun-off into its own project. [19:44] It sounds to me like you didn't read the announcement: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/edubuntu-23-04-beta-released/34861 [19:44] ohh great thanks [19:45] yes i didnt saw it [19:45] It was tweeted out this morning. [19:45] https://twitter.com/edubuntuproject [19:45] We don't have our own website yet, we're still working with Canonical on hosting. [19:46] I need to update the topic in here... === Eickmeyer changed the topic of #edubuntu to: Edubuntu Development | No supported releases yet | 23.04 beta is out | 23.04 Final due 20 Apr [19:47] ok ready, im following you now, both my project and myself, havent see the twitter [19:48] is there a mastodon also? [19:48] Not yet. Again, still beginning stages. While there used to be an Edubuntu, think of this as a rebirth. [19:50] ok [19:50] I'm also working on acquiring the old mailing lists. [19:50] I also have to get the project leader (my wife) in here. [19:52] my wife also loved it [19:52] Excellent. [19:53] count on us [19:53] by the way [19:53] watever you need [19:53] im biologist and inventor [19:54] so im quite related to science, arts (mostly technological) and technology [19:55] Oh, awesome! Well, if you have any suggestions, let us know. Welcome! If you can set-up an IRC bouncer to stay connected, that's probably the best way to keep in touch for now. [19:56] and also we are both related with social activism, hacktivism, open knowledge [19:56] sure [19:56] do you recommend any bouncer? [20:00] A lot of people recommend ZNC, but if you like Quassel as an IRC client the Quassel client-core setup is pretty easy to use. [20:01] Either way, you'd have to have access to an always-on server. [20:03] If you'd like a web-accessible client that's always connected, TheLounge is a good option and there's even a self-hostable snap in the snap store. [20:04] ok [20:04] i have some droplets running on digital ocean [20:10] Oh, perfect! [20:18] im already installing revolution irc on my mobiles so i can be in touch there [20:22] Oh, excellent. I try not to pay too much attention when I'm not at my desk because that gets me in trouble. ;) [20:22] downloading isos and images [20:22] ok [20:22] great job, and thanks for bringing it back, you dont imagine how many people helped, and hope to continue [20:24] Hey, it started when my wife and I went to Prague for Ubuntu Summit and she, an educator herself, was sad to learn of both Edubuntu's existence and demise. So, I looked into what it would take to bring it back and saw that it was possible. With her guidance and my technical know-how, we did it. [20:58] we were trying for almost 5 years to contact the ubuntu team [20:58] to see what we could do to bring it back [20:58] but no response [20:59] since its beginning i was using edubuntu for rescuing old computers donated to kids in schools [20:59] plus being honest, i worked for m$, appl3, and g00gl3 and the things i saw there were disturbing [21:00] plus saw how many countries were coped by the lobbiers [21:00] so since almost a decade i went full foss [21:01] from science, to arts I encourage the use of open source [21:01] so i call myself a "open source yihaddhist" [21:04] Hehe, I like it. I've been leading Ubuntu Studio for 5 years, and am a MOTU, so it was a matter of getting all of the puzzle pieces in order, knowing where to look and who to contact. My wife works for a non-profit here in the Seattle area that helps refugee children from Somalia. She wants to use this in their classrooms. [21:07] i know!! you lead to a great distro, i was involved into the apo33 gnu/linux distro, also i was involved into a international festival, called piksel [21:07] it happens in norway and we made the international tour called transpiksel, is a opensource related arts+science festival [21:08] plus im also involved with a lot of hacktivists [21:08] That's great! [21:09] the only bad thing is that covid shutted down a lot of finances, plus our youngest kid born in the middle of pandemic [21:09] and because he is disabled, i had to step down from those projects [21:10] but those related with education [21:10] im still on them [21:11] and my wife she is entomologist and botannist, and she makes workshops for women [21:12] keeping seed banks, and ecology [21:13] traditional knowledges [21:13] and self sustaining [21:53] gonna go prepar food for family guys [21:53] see you later [23:53] /away