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More in the annoucement, drop USB and source ISO for now.

- See also http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Status/Jessie for the more detailed status.
+ See also http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Status/Jessie for the more
+ detailed status.
  
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  '''French -- To:''' debian-edu-french (at) lists.debian.org
  
- == IN PREPARATION!!! Subject: Jessie based Debian Edu alpha version released ==
+ == IN PREPARATION!!! Subject: First Jessie based Debian Edu version released ==
  
- The Debian Edu Team is pleased to announce the release of Debian Edu Jessie 8.0~alpha+edu0
+ The Debian Edu Team is pleased to announce the release of Debian Edu
+ Jessie 8.0+edu0~alpha0
  
- Debian Edu is a complete operating system for schools. Through its various installation profiles you can install servers, workstations and laptops which will work together on the school network. With Debian Edu, the teachers themselves or their technical support can roll out a complete multi-user multi-machine study environment within hours or a few days. Debian Edu comes with hundreds of applications pre-installed, but you can always add more packages from Debian.
+ Debian Edu is a complete operating system for schools. Through its
+ various installation profiles you can install servers, workstations
+ and laptops which will work together on the school network. With
+ Debian Edu, the teachers themselves or their technical support can
+ roll out a complete multi-user multi-machine study environment within
+ hours or a few days. Debian Edu comes with hundreds of applications
+ pre-installed, but you can always add more packages from Debian.
  
- For those who want to give Debian Edu Jessie a try, download and installation instructions are available, including detailed instructions in the [[https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Jessie|manual]] explaining the first steps, such as setting up a network or adding users. Please note that the password for the user your prompted for during installation must have a length of at least 5 characters!
+ For those who want to give Debian Edu Jessie a try, download and
+ installation instructions are available, including detailed
+ instructions in the
+ [[https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Jessie|manual]]
+ explaining the first steps, such as setting up a network or adding
+ users. Please note that the password for the user your prompted for
+ during installation must have a length of at least 5 characters!
  
- Would you like to give your school's computer a longer life? Are you tired of sneaker administration, running from computer to computer reinstalling the operating system? Would you like to administrate all the computers in your school using only a couple of hours every week? Check out Debian Edu Jessie!
+ Would you like to give your school's computer a longer life? Are you
+ tired of sneaker administration, running from computer to computer
+ reinstalling the operating system? Would you like to administrate all
+ the computers in your school using only a couple of hours every week?
+ Check out Debian Edu Jessie!
  
- Skolelinux is used by at least two hundred schools all over the world, mostly in Germany and Norway.
+ Skolelinux is used by at least two hundred schools all over the world,
+ mostly in Germany and Norway.
  
  == About Debian Edu and Skolelinux ==
  
- [[http://www.skolelinux.org/|Debian Edu, also known as Skolelinux]], is a Linux distribution based on Debian providing an out-of-the box environment of a completely configured school network. Immediately after installation a school server running all services needed for a school network is set up just waiting for users and machines being added via GOsa², a comfortable Web-UI. A netbooting environment is prepared using PXE, so after initial installation of the main server from CD or USB stick all other machines can be installed via the network.  The provided school server provides LDAP database and Kerberos authentication service, centralized home directories, DHCP server, web proxy and many other services.  The desktop contains [[http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Educational_applications_included_in_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux__the_screenshot_collection____.html|more than 60 educational software packages]] and more are available from the Debian archive, and schools can choose between KDE, Gnome, LXDE, Xfce and MATE desktop environment. 
+ [[http://www.skolelinux.org/|Debian Edu, also known as Skolelinux]],
+ is a Linux distribution based on Debian providing an out-of-the box
+ environment of a completely configured school network. Immediately
+ after installation a school server running all services needed for a
+ school network is set up just waiting for users and machines being
+ added via GOsa², a comfortable Web-UI. A netbooting environment is
+ prepared using PXE, so after initial installation of the main server
+ from CD or USB stick all other machines can be installed via the
+ network.  The provided school server provides LDAP database and
+ Kerberos authentication service, centralized home directories, DHCP
+ server, web proxy and many other services.  The desktop contains
+ [[http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Educational_applications_included_in_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux__the_screenshot_collection____.html|more than 60 educational software packages]] and more are available from
+ the Debian archive, and schools can choose between KDE, Gnome, LXDE,
+ Xfce and MATE desktop environment.
  
  == Full release notes and manual ==
  
- Below the download URLs there is a list of some of the new features and bugfixes of Debian Edu 8.0~alpha+edu0 Codename Jessie. The full list is part of the manual. (See [[https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Jessie/Features]] for the English version.)
+ Below the download URLs there is a list of some of the new features
+ and bugfixes of Debian Edu 8.0+edu0~alpha0 Codename Jessie. The full
+ list is part of the manual. (See
+ [[https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Jessie/Features|the feature list in the manual]]
+ for the English version.)
  
  === Where to get it ===
  
  To download the multiarch netinstall CD release (FIXME: XXX MiB) you can use
  
-  * ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/debian-edu-8.0~alpha+edu0-CD.iso
+  * ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/debian-edu-8.0+edu0~alpha0-CD.iso
-  * http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/debian-edu-8.0~alpha+edu0-CD.iso
+  * http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/debian-edu-8.0+edu0~alpha0-CD.iso
-  * rsync -avzP ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-cd/debian-edu-8.0~alpha+edu0-CD.iso .
+  * rsync -avzP ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-cd/debian-edu-8.0+edu0~alpha0-CD.iso .
  
  The SHA1SUM of this image is: FIXME: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  
- To download the multiarch USB stick ISO release (FIXME: X.X GiB) you can use
- 
-  * ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/debian-edu-8.0~alpha+edu0-USB.iso
-  * http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/debian-edu-8.0~alpha+edu0-USB.iso
-  * rsync -avzP ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-cd/debian-edu-8.0~alpha+edu0-USB.iso .
- 
- The SHA1SUM of this image is: FIXME: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
- 
- == New features for Debian Edu 8.0~alpha+edu0 Codename Jessie released 2015-XX-XX ==
+ == New features for Debian Edu 8.0+edu0~alpha0 Codename Jessie released 2014-10-XX ==
  
  
  === Installation changes ===
  
+  * PXE installation now install firmware automatically for the hardware present.
+ 
  === Software updates ===
  
+ Everything which is new in Debian Jessie 8.0, eg:
  
- Everything which is new in Debian Jessie 8.0, eg:
   * Linux kernel 3.16.x
-  * FIXME: some of the following version numbers still need updates:
   * Desktop environments KDE "Plasma" 4.11.12, GNOME 3.14, Xfce 4.10, LXDE 0.5.6 and MATE 1.8 (KDE "Plasma" is installed by default; to choose one of the others see manual.)
   * the browsers Iceweasel 31 ESR and Chromium 38 
   * !LibreOffice 4.3.2
+  * GOsa 2.7.4
+  * LTSP 5.5.3
+  * CUPS print system 1.7.5
+  * new boot framework: systemd
   * Educational toolbox GCompris 14.07 
   * Music creator Rosegarden 14.02
-  * GOsa 2.7.4
-  * LTSP 5.5.3
-  * new boot framework: systemd
+  * Image editor Gimp 2.8.14
+  * Virtual stargazer Stellarium 0.13.0
+  * golearn 0.9
+  * tuxpain 0.9.22
+  * New version of debian-installer from Debian Jessie.
   * Debian Jessie includes about 42000 packages available for installation.
+  * More information about Debian Jessie 8.0 is provided in the [[http://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/releasenotes|release notes]] and the [[http://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/installmanual|installation manual]].
+ 
  
  === Fixed bugs ===
  
-  * 
+  * Inserting incorrect DNS information in Gosa will no longer break DNS completely, but instead stop DNS updates until the incorrect information is corrected (DebianBug:710362)
  
  === Documentation and translation updates ===
   
@@ -94, +131 @@

  
  http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs
  
- === Where to get the sources ===
- 
- The source of the packages on the CD and USB stick ISO is available as a USB stick ISO (7.6G iB).  To download it you can use
- 
-  * ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/debian-edu-8.0~alpha+edu0-source-USB.iso
-  * http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/debian-edu-8.0~alpha+edu0-source-USB.iso
-  * rsync -avzP ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-cd/debian-edu-8.0~alpha+edu0-source-USB.iso .
- 
- The SHA1SUM of this image is: FIXME: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
- 
  == About Debian ==
  
- The Debian Project was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock to be a truly free community project. Since then the project has grown to be one of
- the largest and most influential open source projects. Thousands of volunteers from all over the world work together to create and
- maintain Debian software. Available in 70 languages, and supporting a huge range of computer types, Debian calls itself the
+ The Debian Project was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock to be a truly
+ free community project. Since then the project has grown to be one of
+ the largest and most influential open source projects. Thousands of
+ volunteers from all over the world work together to create and
+ maintain Debian software. Available in 70 languages, and supporting a
+ huge range of computer types, Debian calls itself the universal
- universal operating system.
+ operating system.
  
  Contact Information
- For further information, please visit the Debian web pages at http://www.debian.org/ or send mail to press at debian.org.
+ For further information, please visit the Debian web pages at
+ http://www.debian.org/ or send mail to press at debian.org.