Many people probably know Evernote or OneNote – two sophisticated note management applications with many great features. One advantage – especially from Evernote – is that it is available on many platforms. Even for Ubuntu there are some unofficial programs that you can use to synchronize and edit your Evernote Read more…
After installing Koha in the first part and setting up the bibliographic framework in the second part, today we have to make some basic settings in Koha. We want to create new categories for our users and items, as well as change some system parameters. This article is part of Read more…
In the first part of this series we have already installed Koha. Before we can record or loan a book, some settings have to be made. A major topic is the bibliographic framework. We already chose MARC21 at the installation. What that is, why it is important and how we Read more…
GRUB 2 has outsourced many functions into modules. This makes it possible to load only the required functions and thus smaller core images are possible. You can also use these modules to extend GRUB, e.g. to implement scheduling in GRUB. This makes it possible to start an particular operating system Read more…
Linbo is one of the best features of linuxmuster.net – a free school server solution. I have already described an overview of what is possible with Linbo in one of my last articles. There I mentioned a command line program which is simply super for the administration of the school Read more…
There are many things I like about linuxmuster.net, but one of the best features is Linbo. Linbo (Linux Network Boot) is a mini OS that we use to manage all our computers. With Linbo we register new computers in the network, create new images and distribute them to other computers Read more…
Anyone who has ever taught in a computer lab knows the situation. Restoring attention is especially difficult in a room with computers. The students are constantly busy with something on the screen. Or you want to explain something or show it on the projector and just make sure that no Read more…
We use Koha for our library, a very powerful and great open source software. On the project’s mailing list I had already read about the “Koha auto increment” problem and hoped it didn’t affect us. But a few weeks ago, one of our staff members from the school library came Read more…
Linuxcontainer and the Container-Hypervisor LXD are one of my favorite technologies since Ubuntu 16.04. We use Linuxcontainer in our school for our web applications or other services. There are some things I really like about LXD. So: Why LXD? 1. LXC Client and REST API In addition to LXD, there Read more…