Jörg Berkel

Twitter Profile link: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lernstick

Fediverse Profile link: https://bildung.social/@jobe

Other Social: https://www.bfh.ch/de/joerg-berkel

Working in the education field, mostly at Bern University of Applied Sciences.
Maintaining Lernstick Linuxdistribution based on debian-live and building kernels: nowadays it's often used on students devices for controlled exam scenarios.
Interested in tinkering, demo scene and free software.

Accepted Talks:

Lernstick Linux: a portable distro for education and e-assessments

Over 15 years ago Lernstick (Wikipedia german) was created as a school-centric distribution based on debian-live.

We aim for broad hardware support and a computer-independent use on portable flashdrives. Lernstick is often used as a tool to conduct secured exams allowing additional programs or websites on student’s devices.

In this 30-40min talk I want to…

show educational use cases, give insights into its main features and our customisations and share hints
demonstrate how you can build your own, smaller ISO-file using the main repository
preview our roadmap, ideas and where you could contribute
listen to your needs and questions in the discussion

My recorded talk in german at FrOScon 2025 can give you a first, detailed glimpse into Lernstick from the user’s side