KeeWeb is a password manager that is compatible with KeePass and is available for many platforms. I’ve been using it privately and professionally for several years. Today I’d like to introduce an brilliant feature that I’ve only recently discovered: Auto-Type. Read more…
pfSense is one of the most widely used open source firewall solutions. We have been using it in our school for several years now and are very satisfied with it because it simply offers many features for which you have Read more…
At our school we have an open wireless network with a captive portal as well as another WLAN (WPA Enterprise, 802.1X) which is only intended for teachers. For both networks we use a RADIUS server for authentication. Freeradius is the Read more…
Looking for a new desktop for our school computers, I want to take a look at different desktop environments. The selection is wide and choices are almost unlimited. I like to start with Xubuntu today. Xubuntu is a derivative of Read more…
Last week I was approached by a colleague who wanted to have some customizations for his computer in his classroom. They were all things that you could adjust quite quickly in the system settings, but if you have to do Read more…
In our school we have some computers, to which a projector is permanently connected. The projector is connected to an HDMI switch, so that you can switch easily between different inputs, e.g. your own laptop or document camera. Ubuntu extends Read more…
In our school we have a few interactive whiteboards, which we would like to use under Ubuntu as well. As software we use OpenBoard. For me OpenBoard is another must-have software for use in schools. OpenBoard can also be used Read more…
I’ve been using Joplin for several months now and I’m very happy with it. For anyone looking for an alternative to Evernote or any other note-taking program, this open source solution is probably a good choice in most cases. In Read more…
We use OMD/Check_MK to monitor our IT infrastructure. It is easy to use and we always know the status of our network components, servers, printers, etc. Until now we used the “old-stable” version (1.2.8), but the CPU usage increased significantly, Read more…
Currently we are using Ubuntu 16.04 with Unity in our school and are mostly satisfied with it. Next year we want to update the Linux client (in connection with the upgrade to linuxmuster.net v7). Since Unity is no longer part Read more…
