Bringing "FUSS" Debian GNU/Linux to schools outside South Tyrol

Description of the project: FUSS is a Debian based system (https://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives/Census/FUSS) that is being used in around 80 schools in Italy:

• https://www.sfscon.it/talks/fuss-16-years-of-digital-sustainability-at-school-and-still-counting/

• https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/FUSS

• https://fuss-tech-guide.readthedocs.io/it/latest/quick-install.html

The goal of this project is to bring FUSS and therefore Debian and Free Software in one or more school/educational institutions or centers outside South Tyrol. The candidate(s) will receive full support from the mentors and from the FUSS Team to succeed in this endavour. One subtask of the project is to help translating in English language the FUSS documentation available here:

• FUSS User Guide: https://fuss-user-guide.readthedocs.io/

• FUSS Tech Guide: https://fuss-tech-guide.readthedocs.io/

• FUSS Dev Guide: https://fuss-dev-guide.readthedocs.io/

• Confirmed Mentor: Paolo Dongilli

• How to contact the mentor: dongilli@fuss.bz.it

• Confirmed co-mentors: TBD

• Project size: 350 hours

• Deliverables of the project:

  • Translation in English language of the above manuals
  • Migraton of one or more schools to "FUSS" Debian according to a migration plan presented by the candidate.

• Desirable skills: Knowledge of the Debian OS and in general of GNU/Linux. Good knowlege of GNU bash and principal GNU/Linux commands. For the translation task a fair technical competence/understanding is needed.

• Application tasks:

  • For the translation task, send an English translation excerpt of the above guides.

  • For the installation project you have to try to install a FUSS server and a FUSS client following the English guide available here http://dashohoxha.fs.al/docs/testing-fuss-with-lxd.html (by means of LXD virtualization) or the official FUSS Tech Guide linked above (either using Proxmox as virtualization or simply installing a FUSS server and client on physical machines as the candidate prefers). At the end send a few screenshots of both the server and the clients installed.

• Related projects: FUSS is member of the Italian initiative called "Repubblica Digitale" (https://repubblicadigitale.innovazione.gov.it/) which on turn is member of the European Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition (https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/national-coalitions).