January 2007 - openSUSE Project - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-project] Site going down at release
by Francis Giannaros 08 Jan '07

08 Jan '07

Hi, Are there any extra measures in place to prevent opensuse.org going down before the official 10.2 announcement, because of the hype? Regards, apokryphos. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Unnanswered questions regarcing Novell-Microsoft agreements
by Ray David Whitmer 07 Jan '07

07 Jan '07

1. How does one support Suse as a customer while avoiding and opposing the per-seat false patent tax collected by Novell in behalf of Microsoft? 2. Can/will Novell still use its patents to protect open projects by threatening to sue Microsoft to keep projects free as was pledged in the past. 3. Not even Microsoft and Novell can contest the fact that they did their best to circumvent the intent of the GPL. Does this set the tone for the future, especially with respect to the likely adoption of GPL v3 terms to close the holes exploited by Microsoft through Novell in this case? How do we know whether Novell will continue down this course they have set and work against the interests of the community? If Microsoft starts threatening more actively, which this license from Novell seems to encourage them to do, which side is Novell on? Will Novell campaign against the best interests of the community in the fighting patenting of Free technologies? Ray Whitmer ray(a)jhax.net --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] NIC
by Jay Smith 06 Jan '07

06 Jan '07

So, I figure you guys developing Opensuse may know what's going on. I am running an MSI computer with Microstar International motherboard, Intel 915 chipset, etc. The driver is Realtek for my wired NIC and when I installed 10.1, during the hardware scan, it found it. After install, it couldn't recognize it as wired NIC so I can't get wired internet. When I look at Hardware details, it is listed. I am using the SMP version of the kernel. Can you tell me how to get my wired NIC working? My wireless is working (ipw3945ABG) minus the fact that it has a 5 ft range. It is listed as eth1 and requires that I push a button to turn on the wireless NIC. Any ideas? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] "Meetings" using email to overcome time zone limitations.
by Rajko M. 01 Jan '07

01 Jan '07

The IRC as realtime has it's limitations for worldwide usage. It has to be split in regional branches in order to be useful for people that are at work, sleep etc. Second, the people that don't type fast can be only observers. I don't see why email is not good for topics that are discussed on meetings. There is seldom something urgent that has to be solved in real time like it is with installation and configuration issues, where IRC is in obvious advantage. The only problem is that people should be aware that some thread is dedicated to discuss issues that deserve broad presence, and it is not meant for chatter, but serious dicussion. Is there anything else that makes IRC better medium for such topics. -- Regards, Rajko. http://en.opensuse.org/MiniSUSE http://en.opensuse.org/Portal --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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