[debian-edu-commits] [Debian Wiki] Update of "DebianEdu/ReleaseNotes/Jessie" by JonathanWiltshire

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- 
  == Beta 1 announcement draft ==
  
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@@ -24, +23 @@

  == Subject: First Jessie based Debian Edu beta release ==
  
  The Debian Edu /Skolelinux project is pleased to announce the first
- beta release of Debian Edu Jessie 8.0+edu0~b1, which for the first
+ beta release of Debian Edu "Jessie" 8.0+edu0~b1, which for the first
+ time is composed entirely of packages from the current Debian stable
+ release. Debian 8 "Jessie" was released on April 25th 2015.
- time is 100% part of Debian Jessie. Or to phrase this differently:
- Debian Edu Jessie is, for the first time, *only* made out of packages
- from the current stable Debian release, Jessie, also released on 
- April 25th 2015.
  
- We expect to do a final release of Debian Edu Jessie in the coming 
+ We expect to make a final release of Debian Edu "Jessie" in the coming 
- weeks, hopefully with the first point release of Debian Jessie.
+ weeks, timed with the first point release of Debian Jessie.
  Upgrades from this beta release of Debian Edu Jessie to the final
  release will be possible and encouraged!
  
  Please report feedback to debian-edu at lists.debian.org and/or submit
  bugs: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs
  
+ Debian Edu - sometimes also known as "Skolelinux" - is a complete operating system for schools,
+ universities and other organisations. Through its pre-prepared installation profiles
+ administrators can install servers, workstations and laptops which will work
+ in harmony on the school network. With Debian Edu, the teachers 
+ themselves or their technical support staff can roll out a complete
+ multi-user, multi-machine study environment within hours or
+ days.
  
+ Debian Edu is already in use at several hundred schools all
+ over the world, particularly in Germany, Spain and Norway. Installations come with
+ hundreds of applications pre-installed, plus the whole Debian archive
+ of thousands of compatible packages within easy reach.
- Debian Edu / Skolelinux is a complete operating system for schools,
- universities and other organisations. 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, 
- plus it's easy to add more packages from Debian.
  
  For those who want to give Debian Edu Jessie a try, download and
  installation instructions are available, including detailed
@@ -56, +56 @@

  users. Please note that the password for the user your prompted for
  during installation must have a length of at least 5 characters!
  
- Debian Edu / Skolelinux is used by in several hundred schools all
- over the world, mostly in Germany, Spain and Norway.
- 
  === Where to get it ===
  
- To download the multiarch netinstall CD release (649 MiB) you can use
+ A multi-architecture CD image (649 MiB) for network booting can be downloaded
+ at the following locations:
  
   * ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/debian-edu-8.0+edu0~b1-CD.iso
   * http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/debian-edu-8.0+edu0~b1-CD.iso
@@ -69, +67 @@

  
  The SHA1SUM of this image is: 54a524d16246cddd8d2cfd6ea52f2dd78c47ee0a
  
- To download the multiarch USB stick ISO release (4.9 GiB) you can use
+ Alternatively an extended DVD image (4.9 GiB) is also available, with more software
+ included (saving additional download time):
  
   * ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/debian-edu-8.0+edu0~b1-USB.iso
   * http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/debian-edu-8.0+edu0~b1-USB.iso
@@ -80, +79 @@

  Sources are available from the Debian archive, see 
  http://ftp.debian.org/debian-cd/8.0.0/source/ for some download options.
  
- == Debian Edu Jessie manual available in seven languages ==
+ == Debian Edu Jessie manual in seven languages ==
  
- See https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Jessie/
+ Please see https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Jessie/
  for the English version of the Debian Edu jessie manual.
  
  This manual has been fully translated to German, French, Italian, Danish, 
@@ -90, +89 @@

  See http://maintainer.skolelinux.org/debian-edu-doc/ for online version of
  the translated manual.
  
- More information about Debian 8 Jessie itself is provided in the [[http://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/releasenotes|release notes]] and the [[http://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/installmanual|installation manual]].
+ More information about Debian 8 "Jessie" itself is provided in the [[http://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/releasenotes|release notes]] and the [[http://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/installmanual|installation manual]].
  
  
- == News about Debian Edu 8.0+edu0~b1 Codename Jessie released 2015-04-25 ==
+ == Errata ==
  
  === Known problems ===
  
@@ -104, +103 @@

  
  === Software updates ===
  
- Everything which is new in Debian 8 Jessie, eg:
+ Everything which is new in Debian 8 Jessie, e.g.:
   * Linux kernel 3.16.7-ctk9; for the i386 architecture, support for i486 processors has been dropped; oldest supported ones: i586 (like Intel Pentium and AMD K5).
   * Desktop environments KDE Plasma Workspaces 4.11.13, GNOME 3.14, Xfce 4.12, LXDE 0.5.6
       * new optional desktop environment: MATE 1.8
@@ -131, +130 @@

  
  === Fixed bugs ===
  
+ A number of bugs have been fixed in this release; the most noticeable from a user perspective:
+ 
   * 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)
   * shutdown-at-night now shuts the system down if gdm3 is used (DebianBug:775608). 
-  * and many others.
  
- === Other changes ===
+ === Notable changes ===
  
  ==== Squid ====
  
@@ -143, +143 @@

  
  ==== SSH ====
  
-  * The root user is no longer allowed to login via SSH with password. The default {{{PermitRootLogin yes}}} has been replaced with {{{PermitRootLogin without-password}}}, so ssh-keys will work.
+  * The root user is no longer allowed to login via SSH with password. The default {{{PermitRootLogin yes}}} has been replaced with {{{PermitRootLogin without-password}}}, so SSH key-based access will succeed.
  
  ==== Backup (slbackup-php) ====