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[opensuse-announce] openSUSE Weekly News, Issue 48
by Jan-Simon Möller 30 Nov '08

30 Nov '08

We are pleased to announce: Issue 48 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * Development Release: openSUSE 11.1 RC 1 Now Available * Joe Brockmeier: YaST Mascot Winner Chosen! Say Hello to Yastie! * Ben Martin: Debug your shell scripts with bashdb * Lluis Sanchez: MonoDevelop 2.0 alpha 2 is out * Susegeek.com: Linux Kernel Magic SysRq keys in openSUSE for crash recovery The openSUSE Weekly News is also available in: German [1], Russian [2], Japanese [3], Spanish [4] (delay), Portuguese [5], Indonesian [6] and Polish [7] (NEW!). [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/48 [1] http://de.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE-Wochenschau/48 [2] http://ru.opensuse.org/Еженедельные_новости_openSUSE/48 [3] http://ja.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/48 [4] http://es.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/48 [5] http://pt.opensuse.org/Notícias_da_semana_no_openSUSE/48 [6] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/48/indonesian [7] http://pl.opensuse.org/Tygodnik_openSUSE/48 Have a lot of fun! -- Jan-Simon Möller -- 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] Development Release: openSUSE 11.1 RC 1 Now Available
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

The openSUSE Project is happy to announce that openSUSE 11.1 RC 1 is now available. If all goes well, this will be the last testing release before the final 11.1 public release on December 18th. This release includes a number of bugfixes and changes since 11.1 beta 5, as well as a new license. Call for Testing ================ We all want openSUSE 11.1 to be the best release yet, and we need your help to get there. This release is ready for widespread testing, and we're encouraging everyone to download and work with the testing releases to find any critical bugs before release. Please run the release through your usual routine, and let us know about any bugs or other issues that you find. Remember that this is a release candidate, and is not suitable for use on production systems, however. Though many openSUSE users can and do use the Factory distribution and/or testing releases for day-to-day work we want to stress that it's entirely possible that you will encounter serious bugs. See openSUSE.org/Testing[1] for more information on Testing. To follow the testing and development process, we suggest that you subscribe to the openSUSE-Factory mailing list, and join the #openSUSE-Factory channel on Freenode to discuss openSUSE development. What's changed since beta 5? ============================ Major changes in this release include: * A new[2], shorter distro license[3] * Linux kernel 2.6.27.7 * glibc 2.9 * Additional translations[4] * Amarok 2.0 RC 1 * Zypper 1.0.1 See the Factory News[5] page for changes in the Factory distribution between release announcements. DistroWatch[6] also carries an expanded list of packages being shipped in the Factory distribution. Media and Download ================== 11.1 RC 1 can be found at software.opensuse.org/developer[7]. See en.opensuse.org/Mirror_Selection for a full list of mirrors. Note that you don't need to choose a mirror yourself, but you can use the mirror list if you want or need to select a mirror manually. Most Annoying Bugs ================== While many bugs have been eliminated since the last beta, we still have a few remaining (and new) bugs that testers should be aware of: Bug 448270[8]: the license has no translations yet Bug 449711[9]: no OpenOffice for ppc Bug 449422[10]: Amarok2 on KDE4 does not stop Bug 449513[11]: Novell vpn doesn't work at novell-ipsec-tools 0.7.1. Future Release Announcements ============================ Note to openSUSE contributors: If you have any changes or features to call out for future release announcements, please send an email to Zonker[12] with any information that should be in that announcement. (Preferably at least two days before the scheduled release.) [1]: http://openSUSE.org/Testing [2]: http://preview.tinyurl.com/6nermv [3]: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_EULA [4]: http://i18n.opensuse.org/stats/trunk/toplist.php [5]: http://en.opensuse.org/Factory/News [6]: http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=suse [7]: http://software.opensuse.org/developer [8]: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=448270 [9]: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449711 [10]: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449422 [11]: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449513 [12]: mailto:zonker@opensuse.org -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier openSUSE Community Manager jzb(a)zonker.net http://zonker.opensuse.org/ http://blogs.zdnet.com/community/ -- 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 KDE Team Meeting - November 26th, 17:00 UTC
by Dirk Müller 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

The next openSUSE KDE Team meeting is today, November 26th at 17:00 UTC. The current list of scheduled topics is: * old action items * general status report * calls for 11.1RC1 testing * Q&A Further items are welcome; please add them http://en.opensuse.org/KDE/Meetings Please use http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=11&day=26&year=2… 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] openSUSE Weekly News, Issue 47
by Jan-Simon Möller 23 Nov '08

23 Nov '08

We are pleased to announce: Issue 47 of openSUSE Weekly News is now out! [0] In this week’s issue: * openSUSE 11.1 Beta 5.1 for PowerPC Released * Fresh Factory Live-CDs * People of openSUSE: Vincent Untz * ARM Support for openSUSE Buildservice and openSUSE * First SUSE Studio Production The openSUSE Weekly News is also available in: German [1], Russian [2], Japanese [3], Spanish [4], Portuguese [5] and Indonesian [6]. [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/47 [1] http://de.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE-Wochenschau/47 [2] http://ru.opensuse.org/Еженедельные_новости_openSUSE/47 [3] http://ja.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/47 [4] http://es.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/47 [5] http://pt.opensuse.org/Notícias_da_semana_no_openSUSE/47 [6] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/47/indonesian The openSUSE Weekly Newsletter Team always welcomes the participators. We need especially: - Editors for parts of the main weekly newsletter - Translators - People from different sections of the openSUSE project to post news from the subprojects If you want to join the team, please visit the "OpenSUSE Weekly News/Team" page on the Wiki or contact to dl9pf/at/opensuse.org. Have a lot of fun! -- Jan-Simon Möller -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-announce+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-announce+help(a)opensuse.org -- 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 Marketing Meeting 2008-11-25 17:00 UTC
by Martin Lasarsch 21 Nov '08

21 Nov '08

Hi The openSUSE Marketing team is having a meeting on Tuesday in the #opensuse-project channel on Freenode at 17:00 UTC, other times here: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=11&day=25&year=2… Please add topics to the agenda at: http://en.opensuse.org/Marketing_Team/Meetings/Marketing_Meeting_2008-11-25 For general info about our IRC meetings read: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/About For a general technical introduction to IRC (Internet Relay Chat) see http://www.irchelp.org/ ;(not affiliated with openSUSE) or enter "IRC help" into your preferred search engine. The network we use is freenode - for more information on this, including how to find a server, visit http://freenode.net/ ;(not affiliated with openSUSE either). -- with kind regards, Martin Lasarsch, Core Services SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5 90409 Nürnberg GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) martin.lasarsch(a)suse.de - http://www.opensuse.org -- 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] Next openSUSE-GNOME Team Meeting - 2008/11/20 17:00 UTC
by Bryen 19 Nov '08

19 Nov '08

The next openSUSE-GNOME Team Meeting will be held at 17:00 UTC in the #openSUSE-GNOME IRC channel. Time: 17:00 UTC Date: November 20, 2008 Where: Freenode Network IRC Channel #opensuse-gnome What to bring: Yourself and gifts for everyone in the channel. Later today, a new agenda for tomrrow's meeting will be posted. Please check the /topic in the IRC channel for the link and add to it as you see fit. Thanks! -- Bryen Yunashko openSUSE Board Member -- 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 - 2008/11/19 - 14:00 CET (13:00 GMT)
by Martin Lasarsch 18 Nov '08

18 Nov '08

Hi The next openSUSE project meeting will take place at the official #opensuse-project IRC channel on freenode (irc://irc.freenode.net/openSUSE-project) tomorrow: 2008/11/19 14:00 CET (13:00 GMT) For an overview what time this is in different timezones, use: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=19&month=11&year=2… This meeting is meant to discuss the latest developments in and around openSUSE. Please add your topics to the meeting wiki page at: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/Project_Meeting_2008-11-19 as soon as possible. Also, if you cannot attend the meeting, but have questions you want to see discussed, please add them to the meeting wiki page as well. For general info about our IRC meetings read: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/About For a general technical introduction to IRC (Internet Relay Chat) see http://www.irchelp.org/ ;(not affiliated with openSUSE) or enter "IRC help" into your preferred search engine. The network we use is freenode - for more information on this, including how to find a server, visit http://freenode.net/ ;(not affiliated with openSUSE either). -- with kind regards, Martin Lasarsch, Core Services SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5 90409 Nürnberg GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) martin.lasarsch(a)suse.de - http://www.opensuse.org -- 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, Issue 46
by Jan-Simon Möller 15 Nov '08

15 Nov '08

We are pleased to announce: Issue 46 of openSUSE Weekly News is now out! [0] In this week’s issue: * openSUSE 11.1 Beta 5 Released * Updated Build Service Roadmap * KDE’s Compositing in openSUSE 11.1 * SLES Now Easy for Users of RHEL and CentOS * YaST Preview The openSUSE Weekly News is also available in: German (delayed) [1], Russian [2], Japanese [3], Spanish [4], Portuguese (delayed) [5] and Indonesian (delayed) [6]. [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/46 [1] http://de.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE-Wochenschau/46 [2] http://ru.opensuse.org/Еженедельные_новости_openSUSE/46 [3] http://ja.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/46 [4] http://es.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/46 [5] http://pt.opensuse.org/Notícias_da_semana_no_openSUSE/46 [6] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/46/indonesian Have a lot of fun! -- Jan-Simon Möller -- -- 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 11.1 Beta5.1 for PowerPC
by Andreas Jaeger 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

The Beta5 DVD and NET ISO images for PowerPC have just been replaced by Beta5.1 ISO images. The only change is the way the ISOs are created - now they are bootable media. The new images are on their way to the mirrors now. There is also a Delta-ISO from Beta5 DVD to Beta5.1 available in case you have already downloaded Beta5. The media are available at the same place Beta5 is available: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.1-Beta5 Additionally new initrd and linuxrc for PowerPC have been uploaded in the PPC-HotFix directory (http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.1-Beta5/PPC-HotFix). These files are for Pegasos and Efika PowerPC systems if you want to do a network installation. Use these files and boot with the insecure=1 kernel parameter. If you have further questions, please ask on the openSUSE PPC mailinglist, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, Director Platform / openSUSE, aj(a)suse.de 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] Short downtime of master download server
by Peter Poeml 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

There will be a brief outage of download.opensuse.org stage.opensuse.org powerpc.opensuse.org community.opensuse.org later today at 2008-11-14 14:00 UTC / 15:00 MEZ. This is for power supply works and maintenance of core components, and the duration is expected to be 5-10 minutes. Apologies for any inconveniency this may cause. Peter -- Contact: admin(a)opensuse.org (a.k.a. ftpadmin(a)suse.com) #opensuse-mirrors on freenode.net Info: http://en.opensuse.org/Mirror_Infrastructure SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Research & Development

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