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[opensuse-announce] openSUSE KDE Team Meeting - Thursday 13th May, 16:00 UTC
by Lubos Lunak 12 May '10

12 May '10

The next openSUSE KDE Team meeting will be held tomorrow, Thursday 13th April, at 16:00 UTC. The current list of scheduled topics is: * old action items * status report * calls for testing * Q&A, misc Further items are welcome; please add them http://en.opensuse.org/KDE/Meetings Please use http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=13&month=5&year=20… to get the time of the meeting in your time zone. The meeting will happen in #opensuse-kde IRC channel on irc.freenode.net You are welcome to join and participate! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-announce+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-announce+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-announce] Special OBS Meeting for Marketing Team
by Bryen M. Yunashko 10 May '10

10 May '10

Folks, We will have a special meeting tomorrow at 15:30 UTC in the IRC #opensuse-marketing channel. http://bit.ly/dp0g4X Purpose: I will work with Sascha (who is leading the OBS Marketing plan) and finalize the goals his OBS document page today and we will finalize the team and assign tasks to everyone who volunteers. Who should come?: Even if you are not in marketing team, if you are part of OBS we encourage you to come to the meeting. Your feedback is very important to us. I will post later today the updated OBS Marketing plan page that Sascha has created. Thanks all! Bryen M Yunashko openSUSE Board openSUSE Marketing Team Lead GNOME-A11y Outreach -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-announce+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-announce+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-announce] Maintenance reboot for our build service 2010-05-14
by Lars Vogdt 10 May '10

10 May '10

Hi openSUSE Users There is some maintenance to be done in the following areas of our openSUSE infrastructure: * build.opensuse.org (Buildservice) As result, there will be a brief outage of all services provided by this machine. Friday, 2010-05-14, 09:00 German time (CET) The downtime is expected to be 30-120 minutes. Apologies for inconveniencies this may cause. Please contact admin(a)opensuse.org with any queries. Your openSUSE Admins -- http://en.opensuse.org/Downtime/2010-05-14 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-announce+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-announce+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-announce] openSUSE Weekly News 122 is out!
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 08 May '10

08 May '10

We are pleased to announce: Issue 122 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] [0] http://news.opensuse.org/2010/05/08/opensuse-weekly-news-122-is-out/ In this week's issue: * 1 Editors Note * 2 Announcements o 2.1 openSUSE 11.3 Milestone 6: The Dust Begins to Settle o 2.2 openSUSE News: Updates Go Twitter o 2.3 openSUSE News: openSUSE@LinuxTag 2010 * 3 Status Updates o 3.1 Distribution + 3.1.1 Thomas Biege: SELinux and openSUSE 11.3 Milestone 6 + 3.1.2 Bugzilla * 4 Team Reports o 4.1 Boosters Team + 4.1.1 What are the Boosters up to? + 4.1.2 Changes in Staff o 4.2 Build Service Team + 4.2.1 Build Team Meeting + 4.2.2 OBS 1.7.4 .... your weekend present ;) + 4.2.3 Build Service Statistics o 4.3 Mono Team + 4.3.1 Miguel de Icaza: MonoDevelop's New Search Bar o 4.4 openFATE Team + 4.4.1 Andreas Jaeger: Preparation for Mounting /var/run as tmpfs + 4.4.2 Clean temporary data in SUSE + 4.4.3 Rename chromium + 4.4.4 improve system administration from commandline + 4.4.5 Clean temporary data in SUSE + 4.4.6 osc multiple package submit request + 4.4.7 Statistics o 4.5 Translation Team + 4.5.1 Localization o 4.6 Wiki-Team + 4.6.1 Rajko Matovic: Wiki: Background + 4.6.2 Rajko Matovic: Expanding use of portal page concept * 5 In the Community o 5.1 Shayon Mukherjee: Part 1 : Marketing – the other way or the highway o 5.2 Events o 5.3 openSUSE for your ears o 5.4 From Ambassadors + 5.4.1 Agustin Chavarria: FLISOL Nicaragua 2010 + 5.4.2 Alex Barrios: Second round of pictures from the FLISOL Venezuela + 5.4.3 Roger Whittaker: Oggcamp event -- Liverpool + 5.4.4 Vincent Untz: Marketing Hackfest: Day 1 o 5.5 openSUSE in $COUNTRY o 5.6 Communication o 5.7 Contributors * 6 New/Updated Applications @ openSUSE o 6.1 xmms2 0.7-999.pm.57.3 (openSUSE 11.2/x86_64) o 6.2 Dominique Leuenberger: VLC 1.0.6 Packages for openSUSE o 6.3 Kohei Yoshida: mdds 0.3.0 released! o 6.4 Gabriel Burt: Banshee 1.7.0 * 7 Security Updates o 7.1 SUSE Security Announcement: Linux kernel (SUSE-SA:2010:023) * 8 Kernel Review o 8.1 h-online/Thorsten Leemhuis: Kernel Log: Coming in 2.6.34 (Part 3) - Graphics o 8.2 LinuxUSER&Developer/Jon Masters: The kernel column #86 o 8.3 Rares Aioanai: Kernel Review with openSUSE Flavor (Week18) * 9 Tips and Tricks o 9.1 For Desktop Users + 9.1.1 MakeUseOf/Ryan Dube: 3 Audacity Tips To Enhance Any Recorded Interview o 9.2 For Developers and Programmers + 9.2.1 HowtoForge/Falko Timme: How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On OpenSUSE 11.2 * 10 Planet SUSE o 10.1 Holger Hetterich: SMB Traffic Analyzer v2 and the new clients o 10.2 Holger Hetterich: SMB Traffic Analyzer v2 on SambaXP 2010 o 10.3 Pascal Bleser: openSUSE repository URL shortening o 10.4 Cornelius Schumacher: The quest for the perfect permalink o 10.5 Andrew Wafaa: Getting openSUSE from A to Y o 10.6 Klaas Freitag: A Blog on Sourceforge o 10.7 Andrew Wafaa: openSUSE and the ways of a11y * 11 openSUSE Forums o 11.1 64 or 32 bit on core2duo? o 11.2 openSUSE 11.2 Graphics problem o 11.3 Help re-sizing or expanding SUSE partition o 11.4 openSUSE 11.3 M6 on 5 different PC's * 12 On the Web o 12.1 Announcements + 12.1.1 KDE Software Compilation 4.4.3 Released: Codename "cuality" + 12.1.2 Jason McDonald (Qt Development Frameworks): Qt 4.7.0 Beta1 o 12.2 Reports + 12.2.1 Phoronix/Michael Larabel: OpenSUSE Says Farewell To RadeonHD Driver + 12.2.2 Linux Journal/Justin Ryan: Linux Foundation Announces LinuxCon Keynotes o 12.3 Reviews and Essays + 12.3.1 OStatic/Joe Brockmeier: Too Many Forges, Too Little Time + 12.3.2 Computerworld/Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Linux needs to do more for programmers * 13 Feedback / Communicate / Get Involved * 14 Credits * 15 Translations For a list of available translations see this page: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/122/Translations -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Community & Support Agent openSUSE Marketing Team Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.com Web: http://www.open-slx.de (openSUSE Box Support German) Web: http://www.open-slx.com (openSUSE Box Support English) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-announce+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-announce+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-announce] Correction Reminder: openSUSE Project Meeting Tomorrow, Wednesday the 5th of May at 16:00 UTC
by Henne Vogelsang 04 May '10

04 May '10

The next openSUSE Project meeting will take place tomorrow the 5th of May at 16:00 UTC. See all time zones on the Fixed Time World Clock http://bit.ly/c71Ib0 As always, the meeting will be held in IRC on the #opensuse-project channel on Freenode. The current topics for this meeting are: 1. Old Action Items 2. Status Questions 1. Board 2. Distribution 3. Communication / Events 4. Build Service 3. LinuxTag 2010 4. Questions & Answers 1. From Wiki 2. From Channel If you have more simply add them to the agenda now. You find it in the openSUSE wiki at http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/Project If you have questions for the meeting, but can't attend (we know that the meeting times can't work for everyone) please add them to the agenda as well. We also take live questions, of course. For more on IRC meetings, see: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/About. As always, we meet in #opensuse-project on Freenode. Fire up your favorite IRC client and head over to #opensuse-project. Not familiar with IRC? A good overview can be found at irchelp.org. For more information on Freenode, see http://freenode.net/. Wondering (like im apparently do) when meetings are? Check the openSUSE Calendar at http://news.opensuse.org/category/events/event-calendar/ All project meetings and team meetings are listed there. It's also available as iCal. Henne -- Henne Vogelsang, openSUSE. Everybody has a plan, until they get hit. - Mike Tyson -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-announce+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-announce+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-announce] Reminder: openSUSE Project Meeting Wednesday Today 16:00 UTC
by Henne Vogelsang 04 May '10

04 May '10

The next openSUSE Project meeting will take place today at 16:00 UTC. This is in approximately 30 minutes. See all time zones on the Fixed Time World Clock - http://bit.ly/dilLtc. As always, the meeting will be held in IRC on the #opensuse-project channel on Freenode. The current topics for this meeting are: 1. Old Action Items 2. Status Questions 1. Board 2. Distribution 3. Communication / Events 4. Build Service 3. LinuxTag 2010 4. Questions & Answers 1. From Wiki 2. From Channel If you have more simply add them to the meeting page now. http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/Project Also, if you have questions for the meeting, but can't attend (we know that the meeting times can't work for everyone) please add them to the agenda as well. We also take live questions, of course. For more on IRC meetings, see: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/About. As always, we meet in #opensuse-project on Freenode. Fire up your favorite IRC client and head over to #opensuse-project. Not familiar with IRC? A good overview can be found at irchelp.org. For more information on Freenode, see http://freenode.net/. Wondering when meetings are? Check the openSUSE Calendar at http://news.opensuse.org/category/events/event-calendar/ All project meetings and team meetings are listed there. It's also available as iCal. See you in 30 minutes! Henne -- Henne Vogelsang, openSUSE. Everybody has a plan, until they get hit. - Mike Tyson -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-announce+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-announce+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-announce] openSUSE 11.3 Milestone 6: The Dust Begins to Settle
by Andreas Jaeger 03 May '10

03 May '10

I'd like to share James Mason's announcement: http://news.opensuse.org/2010/05/03/opensuse-11-3-milestone-6-the-dust-begi… ----- Milestone 6 (of 7), a snapshot of the Factory “work in progress” build, leading up to openSUSE 11.3 release in July, is now available for download. M6 is the first release during the “Stablizing Freeze”: focus has transitioned away from the inclusion of new features and applications toward increasing stability and usability. To that end, 162 bugs were resolved during the M5 – M6 timeframe! Updates General & Hardware-related * radeon video driver has superseded radeonhd, providing KMS/DRI support. (Bug #574749, Bug #590248, Bug #595653, Bug #598123) * using the radeon video driver on an Atom-based system no longer causes graphical corruption. (Bug #589022, kernel commit message) * Added xorg.conf.d snippets so you can easily override defaults if your monitor has not been detected via DDC. (Bug #598125) * cups 1.4.2 now works properly on 64-bit systems. (Bug #575544) * Suspend works again.(Bug #586953, Bug #587779) * a buffer overflow issue in lockdev has been resolved. (Bug #588325) * a kernel-bootsplash bug issue causing corrupted terminal editing has been resolved. (Bug #594209) * a dependency issue with yum and createrepo has been resolved, allowing Live images to be built from Factory again. (Bug #588628) * libsane had some dependency issues resolved. (Bug #592143) * sane-backends, cups-backends, and yast-scanner no longer depend on hal (deprecated). (Bug #590707, Bug #593946). * libvdpau, the vendor-neutral component of vdpau is now packaged separately from the Nvidia vdpau component. (Bug #596481) * Thinkpad scroll wheel emulation has been repaired. (Bug #597214) Installation * X11 server properly handles language preference specified in grub. (Bug #591048) * nm-applet.conf was moved to the NetworkManager package, instead of being in each NetworkManager frontend package. (Bug #476502) * NTP can now be configured during setup. (Bug #537859) * “Boot From Hard Disk” option on the DVD boot menu has been repaired. (Bug #597167) * perl-bootloader hdd detection has been altered to match the behavior of libstorage, resolving issues with incorrect grub configuration when installing to a drive other than the first detected (hd0,1). (Bug #597774) * sax2-tools has been added back to the LiveCD images resolving a YaST dependency issue in installation stage 2. (Bug #585432) * open-vm-tools are installed on LiveCDs to enable VMWare drivers. (Bug #591085) * Typos in start-ttys.conf (from upstart) were fixed. (Bug #591705) * LanguageTool is now included in patterns-openSUSE-office_opt, therefore installed by default. (Bug #592752) * YaST sw_single will now switch to the installation summary when resolving a conflict. (Bug #596519) * mkinitrd was patched to resolve an issue with SELinux. (Bug #598075) Security & Administration * SSH login with a key is now prevented by pam_nologin when /etc/nologin is present. (Bug #530885) * SELinux packages are available and working, although there is currently no config for openSUSE. (Bug #581505) * serviceRefresh in yast2-pkg-bindings reloads the repos list and refreshes cache after a service change. (Bug #581766) * upgrade to syslog-ng 3.1.1. (Bug #590348) * upgrade to openSSL 1.0.0. (Bug #592955) * yast2-printer now checks if a CUPS server is accessible. (Bug #595612) Development * A gcc segfault condition was identified and reported upstream. (Bug #593923, gcc bug report) Gnome Desktop * reverted back to at-spi due to issues with at-spi2 preventing a usable accesibility stack. (Bug #595197) * gnome-desktop-sharp2 has been updated to reference Gnome 2.30 on openSUSE 11.3; this resolves an issue with gnome-do not reading .desktop files. ([Bug #584612, commit message) * a dbus issue with couchdb was resolved; this was causing gwibber to crash. (Bug #592720) * pulseaudio had some dependency issues resolved. (Bug #592155) KDE Desktop * A crasher in System Monitor triggered by killing a process has been reported upstream. (Bug #597156) * xrdb configuration was changed to resolve some application crashes due to undefined color names. (Bug #598020) * powerdevil/kidletime no longer consumes excessive CPU cycles on idle. (Bug #584919) * KSystemLog now has proper paths to logs by default. (Bug #567615) * Sysinfo Display shows version information about the proprietary Nvidia video driver, if installed. (Bug #570200) * Smb4K starts properly. (Bug #593664) * Amarok informs users when they attempt to playback an unsupported format, and suggests a codec download. (Bug #537875) * Amarok can fetch cover art (again). (Bug #539978) LXDE Desktop * vte was patched to resolve a segfault in lxterm when using a transparent background. (Bug #594590) * Files and folders can be selected in PCManFM. (Bug #593094) * xdg-open has been patched to successfully find a browser in more cases. (Bug #591714) Multimedia * rpmlint no longer treats rosegarden files as scripts. (Bug #574650) Party (Planning) Time Now is a great time to start organizing 11.3 release parties; there’s no better way to enjoy the new release than with your fellow openSUSE users! If you, your LUG or openSUSE User Group are hosting one, go ahead and add it to this list at http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_11.3_Launch_Party_Locations Testing! Testing! Testing! As this is a milestone and not a final release, 11.3 M6 does contain bugs both known and unknown, but should not stand between courageous contributors and release testing. The following annoyances have already been reported: * gconf2-branding-openSUSE isn’t installed by default, which causes no default settings (e.g. Sonar theme isn’t used by default, two panels instead one-panel arrangement, etc…). Workaround: install gconf2-branding-openSUSE package. * nouveau video driver for Nvidia hardware has some issues detecting monitors via DDC. Bug #596740 – workaround: use nomodeset and configure monitor manually. * KDE System Monitor crashes when killing a process Bug #597156 * A number of issues have been encountered using KMS with Intel/nouveau/radeon drivers and specific hardware configurations. Workaround: use nomodeset boot flag to disable KMS. Please see http://en.opensuse.org/Bugs:Most_Annoying_Bugs_11.3_dev#openSUSE_11.3_Miles… for the current list. What are you waiting for? Grab the milestone release from http://software.opensuse.org/developer today! -- Andreas Jaeger, Program Manager openSUSE, aj(a){novell.com,opensuse.org} Twitter: jaegerandi | Identica: jaegerandi SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

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[opensuse-announce] openSUSE Weekly News 121 is out!
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 01 May '10

01 May '10

We are pleased to announce: Issue 121 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! Read here: http://bit.ly/cu4rHN For a list of available translations see this page: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/121/Translations In this week's issue: Contents * 1 Editors Note * 2 Status Updates o 2.1 Distribution + 2.1.1 Bugzilla * 3 Team Reports o 3.1 Build Service Team + 3.1.1 Build Team Meeting + 3.1.2 Build Service Statistics o 3.2 KDE Team + 3.2.1 Klaas Freitag: KDE Finance Apps Group Spring Sprint + 3.2.2 Guillaume DE BURE (gdebure): KDE Finance Sprint, take 2 o 3.3 Mono Team + 3.3.1 Miguel de Icaza: Mono's C# Compiler as a Service on Windows + 3.3.2 Miguel de Icaza: MonoTouch and Apple's Section 3.3.1: Two Theories o 3.4 openFATE Team + 3.4.1 Support C project on KDevelop4 + 3.4.2 add primary user to floppy and cdrom + 3.4.3 Handle variables in repo files similar to yum + 3.4.4 Make "unpublish" files and removing files from :full tree easy + 3.4.5 zypper in $REPO:$PACKAGE should initiate vendor change + 3.4.6 Statistics o 3.5 Testing Team + 3.5.1 Larry Finger: Weekly Minutes from the Testing Team o 3.6 Translation Team + 3.6.1 Localization o 3.7 Wiki-Team + 3.7.1 Rajko Matovic: Amusing when you realize * 4 In the Community o 4.1 Andrew Wafaa: Another outlet for openSUSE TV o 4.2 openSUSE TV: openSUSE Conference 2009 - openSUSE and ARM: GSoC and Beyond o 4.3 openSUSE TV: openSUSE Conference 2009 - Build Your Own Linux Distribution During Your Lunch Break o 4.4 openSUSE TV: Create your own Linux Distribution o 4.5 openSUSE TV: openSUSE Conference 2009 - OBS and Cross Platform Packaging o 4.6 Joe Brockmeier: Counting down to Pengicon o 4.7 openSUSE TV: openSUSE Conference 2009 - Visualizing Package Dependencies o 4.8 openSUSE TV: openSUSE Conference 2009 - Making Banshee Scream Cross-Platform o 4.9 openSUSE TV: openSUSE Conference 2009 - Experiences with Linux kernel development in openSUSE o 4.10 openSUSE TV: openSUSE Conference 2009 - Samba and openSUSE o 4.11 openSUSE TV: openSUSE Conference 2009 - Closing Keynote: Open Development in the trenches. A decade at the Apache Software Foundation o 4.12 openSUSE TV: openSUSE Conference 2009 - Legal Aspects of Distribution Development o 4.13 Events o 4.14 openSUSE for your ears o 4.15 From Ambassadors + 4.15.1 Alex Barrios: First round of pictures from the FLISOL Venezuela + 4.15.2 Michal Hrusecky: LinuxExpo 2010 + 4.15.3 Jigish Gohil: Trophy from IBM Develothon 2010 + 4.15.4 Raul Libório: FLISOL - Salvador/Bahia - Brazil o 4.16 openSUSE in $COUNTRY o 4.17 Communication o 4.18 Contributors * 5 New/Updated Applications @ openSUSE o 5.1 OBS/Petr Mladek: OpenOffice_org 3.2.1 beta3 available for openSUSE o 5.2 Packman: ogre 1.7.1-0.pm.1.1 o 5.3 Packman: aMuleAdu-CVS 3.14b3-20.pm.20.5 o 5.4 Packman: Miro 3.0.1-1.pm.1.3 * 6 Security Updates o 6.1 SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:010 * 7 Kernel Review o 7.1 h-online/Thorsten Leemhuis: Kernel Log: Coming in 2.6.34 (Part 2) - File Systems * 8 Tips and Tricks o 8.1 For Desktop Users + 8.1.1 Make Tech Easier/Tavis J. Hampton: How to Use KDE’s Clipboard and Klipper App o 8.2 For Commandline/Script Newbies + 8.2.1 ITworld/Sandra Henry-Stocker: How-To: Grep Tricks for Linux Users o 8.3 For Developers and Programmers + 8.3.1 Stefan Seyfried: Rebuilding a single kernel module o 8.4 For System Administrators + 8.4.1 Petr Baudis: Fixing NTP Refusing to Sync + 8.4.2 Dedoimedo.com: Collecting and analyzing Linux kernel crashes - crash * 9 Planet SUSE o 9.1 Jakub Steiner: Symbolic Moment o 9.2 Shayon Mukherjee: Part 1 – openSUSE team categorization o 9.3 Michael Andres: libzyppp-7.4: Cleanup when deleting packages o 9.4 Klaus Kämpf: Satsolver bindings documentation available * 10 openSUSE Forums o 10.1 Partitioner gone Haywire o 10.2 Kaffeine not working. o 10.3 Updater hangs, Can't Update. o 10.4 A Success Story * 11 On the Web o 11.1 Announcement + 11.1.1 KDE.news/Andreas Pakulat: KDevelop 4.0 Stable Released into the Wild o 11.2 Reports + 11.2.1 ars technica/Ryan Paul: MeeGo mobile Linux will also do laptops and desktops + 11.2.2 LinuxPlanet/Joe Brockmeier: NetworkManager a Solid Tool with New Features + 11.2.3 IBM developerWorks/Roderick W. Smith: Linux on 4KB-sector disks: Practical advice + 11.2.4 Siliconrepublic/John Kennedy: Novell claims to have hit 5,000 Linux app jackpot + 11.2.5 Ostatic/Joe Brockmeier: Interview with Mercurial's Matt Mackall o 11.3 Reviews and Essays + 11.3.1 Journal of an Open Sourcesee/OgMaciel: GNOME: Week in Review: April 18th – 23rd, 2010 + 11.3.2 h-online: The H Week - Microsoft's Android patents, HP gets Palm, Symantec gets PGP and Ubuntu 10.04 arrives o 11.4 Warning! + 11.4.1 US-CERT Cyber Security Alert SA10-103C -- Adobe Reader and Acrobat Vulnerabilities * 12 Feedback / Communicate / Get Involved * 13 Credits * 14 Translations -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Community & Support Agent openSUSE Marketing Team Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.com Web: http://www.open-slx.de (openSUSE Box Support German) Web: http://www.open-slx.com (openSUSE Box Support English) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-announce+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-announce+help(a)opensuse.org

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