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Hi Tim, and welcome to the Koha community.<br>
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In a slightly different order than your questions below:<br>
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1. Yes, I would recommend Koha 3.4, and it's completely appropriate
for a small school library. Version 3.2 is still supported, but 3.4
is much improved and it's pointless to start with an older version,
do the work to configure it, then decide, probably quite quickly, to
upgrade to 3.4. <br>
<br>
2. Z39.50 commonly uses port 210, TCP, but apparently UDP is part of
the spec. Here's a quick link I found:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.speedguide.net/port.php?port=210">http://www.speedguide.net/port.php?port=210</a><br>
It's actually interesting to watch Wireshark while the computer is
doing a Z39.50 search--you'll see the TCP connections.<br>
<br>
3. Koha vs "Liblime" Koha (Harley) . That's a political decision,
but clearly the Koha community promotes what we see as the "real"
Koha, the best source of information for which is: <br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://koha-community.org">http://koha-community.org</a><br>
<br>
Only a couple of people on the IRC chat or the Koha mailing list
will be able to help you much with the Liblime version; we are
enthusiastic supporters of "community" Koha. I think it's relatively
safe to say that Koha is under much more active development by a
wider group of people than Liblime's ILS. Don't be misled by the
version numbers for each; they are not comparative.<br>
<br>
4. I don't know much about using Active Directory with Koha, but
someone else might respond to that. If not, wait a while and ask
again; I know some work has been done with LDAP as recently as v3.2
to address some issues.<br>
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5. Your questions are welcome!<br>
<br>
If you don't mind, would you care to share the name of your school
and/or your location in the UK? We all like to know where Koha is
being used. :)<br>
<br>
Greg<br>
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On 06/07/2011 09:30 AM, Tim Bateson wrote:
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cite="mid:BANLkTinj2nyOG8wN2epWcP5LYZNtR4zTOQ@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Hi All,
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I am a new Koha user, looking to get Koha 3.4 installed and
integrated with Active Directory for client access for a UK
secondary school.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I have got Koha 3.4 installed and running on a Debian squeeze
server. Is version 3.4 the best version to use for a new install
in a relatively small school library?</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>We are behind a managed firewall so asked for relevant z39.50
ports to be opened. Can anyone confirm if z39.50 uses udp or tcp
(or both)?</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I am also a little confused by whether I should have used the
Koha community or Liblime versions. I chose the community
version as I am trying to promote the use of open source in our
school. Can anyone point me to what the differences are between
the community and Liblime versions?</div>
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</div>
<div>In relation to LDAP integration for Active Directory is there
any documentation for how this can be done for version 3.4 I
have found some threads on the mailing list, but not found
a definitive source for how to do this.</div>
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</div>
<div>Sorry for all the questions :)</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Tim</div>
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