When will the Edubuntu Website return?

[mfilacchione]

Hello All,

I notice that EduUbuntu Website is down and has been for some time. After a quick google search I found the fallowing link that addresses most likely why it is down.

http://askubuntu.com/questions/545219/what-happened-to-the-edubuntu-website

I am little bothered that some long-term users and admin on the site voted the thread closed, due to it being related to another OS? (Not for sure where they were going with that, another Flavour maybe not another OS 0_o)

I was wondering if any one has heard if their is a ETA on when the site will relaunch or if it ever will?

[coffeecat]

Support questions for Edubuntu, and all the official Ubuntu flavours, may be asked in General Help on this forum, but this isn't a technical support question, so...

Thread moved to The Cafe.

[mfilacchione]

Support questions for Edubuntu, and all the official Ubuntu flavours, may be asked in General Help on this forum, but this isn't a technical support question, so...

Thread moved to The Cafe.

Thanks I am still learning where things go on the forums! :)

[ibjsb4]

Is it down or forbidden.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/edubuntu-website/+bug/1393063

[mfilacchione]

Is it down or forbidden.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/edubuntu-website/+bug/1393063

Yeah it appears to be, something about a security vulnerability is what I discovered at the original link I posted.
My question is if any one has a heard of an official date or estimate (from the EduUbuntu team) on when they may relaunch the site or put something new in it's place?

[grahammechanical]

I also saw that AskUbuntu page when I was trying to find out why I could not access the Edubuntu site. It just goes to show that some people who think that they are clever actually do not know what they are talking about. Or perhaps they like to exercise the little authority that they have been given.

Edubuntu is Ubuntu. It is not another Linux distribution. Actually the question was answered. As far as I can make out, it was not a fault with the Edubuntu site but the underlying software that the site was running on. In a matter like this the Edubuntu developers are in the hands of the IT experts. And it is only right that they do a good job.

There is an Edubuntu irc channel but I do not think that the people on that channel will know any more that you do about the date the web site will be back up.

https://wiki.edubuntu.org/IRC/ChannelList

Regards.

[user1397]

seems to be back up now

[mfilacchione]

I also saw that AskUbuntu page when I was trying to find out why I could not access the Edubuntu site. It just goes to show that some people who think that they are clever actually do not know what they are talking about. Or perhaps they like to exercise the little authority that they have been given.

Edubuntu is Ubuntu. It is not another Linux distribution. Actually the question was answered. As far as I can make out, it was not a fault with the Edubuntu site but the underlying software that the site was running on. In a matter like this the Edubuntu developers are in the hands of the IT experts. And it is only right that they do a good job.

There is an Edubuntu irc channel but I do not think that the people on that channel will know any more that you do about the date the web site will be back up.

https://wiki.edubuntu.org/IRC/ChannelList

Regards.

I did not know they had an IRC Channel, Thanks so much. I hate to say it but I agree with your AskUbuntu statement in regards to how that thread was treated. When I saw it I felt the same way and felt kind of bad for the person who posted it. After seeing why it was down I was trying to get a ETA on it cause I was teaching a public Education class and the site was part of my presentation. Any ways, I check the site last night and it appears to back up after I read ubuntuman001 (http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=76290) comment.

I am not for sure if it something I can do but this thread can be closed. :) Thanks for every ones help!

[QIII]

The question was not about a flavor of Ubuntu, but the state of a website. I'm not at all surprised it was closed on a Stack Exchange format.

[mfilacchione]

The question was not about a flavor of Ubuntu, but the state of a website. I'm not at all surprised it was closed on a Stack Exchange format.

closed as off-topic by Thomas W. (http://askubuntu.com/users/10616/thomas-w), Braiam (http://askubuntu.com/users/169736/braiam), Eric Carvalho (http://askubuntu.com/users/65926/eric-carvalho), KasiyA (http://askubuntu.com/users/283843/kasiya), blade19899 (http://askubuntu.com/users/36315/blade19899) Nov 4 at 8:08

This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:


"This is not about Ubuntu. Questions about other Linux distributions can be asked on Unix & Linux (http://unix.stackexchange.com), those about Windows on Super User (http://superuser.com), those about Apple products on Ask Different (http://apple.stackexchange.com/) and generic programming questions on Stack Overflow (http://stackoverflow.com)." – Thomas W., Eric Carvalho, KasiyA, blade19899

If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center (http://askubuntu.com/help/closed-questions), please edit the question (http://askubuntu.com/posts/545219/edit).

I do not think it was closed because of what state the website was in ^ if it was so some one did a poor choice of leaving the closing explanation ^ Plus it was closed so quick to where no fallow up could be done. I also believe the response that was left suggested the site was down do to vulnerability and did not actually confirm it was.

But who cares at this point it is back :) :) :)

[mfilacchione]

Any ways how can I close this thread? I notice I have the option to close other peoples thread but not my own. Kinda of unusual lol.. Am I missing something here? I am still sort of new on this forum.

[QIII]

It's a standard "canned" response. It's off topic as it's not about Ubuntu or a flavor of same, but about the state of a website. That is how Stack Exchange type forums work. There was no malice involved in the closure.

You may mark your own threads "solved" by using the "Thread Tools", but only staff can close a thread on UF.

[mfilacchione]

It's a standard "canned" response. It's off topic as it's not about Ubuntu or a flavor of same, but about the state of a website. That is how Stack Exchange type forums work. There was no malice involved in the closure.

You may mark your own threads "solved" by using the "Thread Tools", but only staff can close a thread on UF.

Sounds like a grey area to me but makes since. and Thread tools you said ok.. Yeah for some reason on other threads I seen a close thread button but may I am loosing my mind. lol

[deadflowr]

Yeah for some reason on other threads I seen a close thread button but may I am loosing my mind. lol

When we close threads the Reply to Thread orange button turns into a Closed Thread button.