Debian-Edu: New Development Ideas
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A Debian system for schools, university workgroups and small enterprises
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Thoughts and Ideas
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* The system/network part of the Debian-Edu system is in no way special.  Is it possible to split off that part making it available for comparable system environments (research groups, small enterprises, associations, ....?
=> use synergies within a broader user- and developer-base
=> modularization helps with focusing on one part of the system, part time developers do not need to know all stuff
=> modularization helps with testing/using only single components

* Can FAI (Fully Automatic Installation) help?
=> Provide FAI-classes for the profiles you want to install and explain how to modify these profiles. Users can adapt these profiles for their needs and make them available for others.


Sketch of the Proposed System
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Sketch of the proposed system:
=> Start with a standard Debian installation. Then, run a script (?) which does all the stuff currently done by debian-edu-config. You end up with:  

=> Main server: LDAP, Kerberos KDC, home directories, web server, ...
   In addition: FAI packages and corresponding classes to choose from for all other machines in the network. 
-> neither customized installer nor CD/DVD necessary 
-> modifications are more transparent to users and developers 
But: does not work out of the box!

=> All other machines: Installed over the network with FAI.  In a first step,  we should try to get rid of all config file modifications for these machines.

-> clear split between main server and other machines makes testing/prototyping individual machines simpler
-> upgrade/reinstallation of (non main server) machines is easy