August 2005 - openSUSE Edu - openSUSE Mailing Lists

xfce4 ?put Suse menu onto toolbar
by M.Blackmore 30 Aug '05

30 Aug '05

I'm configuring a set of low end machines - and XFCE4 seems to work nicely with them. Quick loading, uses less memory, looks good compared to fvwm... <ducks to avoid flamethrowers> However, I want to put an icon on the toolbar to open Suse's program menu. What is that called so I can "call it"? I don't have a clue ... and no KDE to play with (won't run). Thanks

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Skubuntu
by M.Blackmore 23 Aug '05

23 Aug '05

Picked this off another list. Never heard of this project, so if others are interested (tho' y'all probably know all about it!). Now ... if suse has open sourced its distie (www.opensuse.com or www.opensuse.org, don' remember which) ... if you take my drift. One could do a cut down version to fit onto a CD but utilising the cuddly interface and yast of suse ... until the open source yast is transferred to debian... ______________ Hi all Has anyone taken a look at Skubuntu? http://www.skubuntu.org.za Basically it is being developed for the the Tuxlab (Linux labs in schools) project. The reason being that the K12-LTSP (Linux Terminal Server Project) which is used in the labs is built around Fedora Core and this changes rather too rapidly for schools. I think this is a clear example of the trend in OSS to act like a serious player in the software market. E.g. being adequately resourced to support active development and offer a stable and mature product with a reasonable release time table. Of course it still maintains its flexibility by allowing you the option of downloading the latest bleeding edge builds and using / adapting it to your needs. Basically it means more choice for the end user as they can go with either a more leisurely release schedule or the rapid OSS style release cycle. Choice is good thing. Obviously Linux in schools is great. <g>

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Where does Evolution keep its local files?
by M.Blackmore 15 Aug '05

15 Aug '05

I give up, I've been looking for ages (nor can find any documentation on novell's site to help. Anyway that keeps on timing out on me in searching). For some reason Thunderbird simply won't work with our IMAP server, but Evolution will. Keeping a shared data folder with Mozilla is relatively easy, as one can specify where a local folder is held, as is tracking down the mail files on the system under .mozzilla. But where on heck does Evolution keep them? And can one specify to put them onto a network drive? It's driving me nuts!

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Hardware required for a squid proxy/ squid guard install
by Rob Keeling 15 Aug '05

15 Aug '05

What sort of spec would people use to proxy students from a currently 2Mb due to be 10Mb internet connection? I currently use squid on our intranet server, but that is about to be moved to windows (Don`t ask!) Therefore I need to install something which will take over as proxy. I have a rather memory short 600Mb 256Mb scsi server, or the more usual desktops which I could add plenty of memory to. Any advice? Thanks Rob Keeling

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NFS 9.3 fails to "find proposal"
by M.Blackmore 06 Aug '05

06 Aug '05

I've downloaded the suse 9.3 directories (shorn of 64bit and ISO's) from the ftp.gwdg.de mirror site (it was quicker than suse.com and how) which is one of the update mirrors for YOU. The boot cd finds the nfs directory via a manual installation routine (for some reason fails on the graphic one on first attempt and then finds it when drops back into manual for a retry) and then when it starts up the pretty pictures install, the analysing system won't find an installation list of software. Somewhere it should have asked for what kind of installation - upgrade, new, repair, shouldn't it? Always did with 9.2. Annoying thing is that I had a working copy of 9.3 but it had somehow doubled in size on the disk - that had been an early grab off a server and I think they changed a lot of names when it was released finally on 22 march. So deleted the 40gb that seemed to take up and reloaded it from the current. Anyway, the message I get is: No source found at nfs://malcolm:PASSWORD@10.0.0.200/pub/suse/suse9.3 ERROR: no proposal Anyone throw any light on this? Or why it isn't giving me an install choice .. and how I can force it to do a manual install right from the initial bootup of the boot cd...? Many thanks

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NFS Install won't find software list - Suse9.3 on hard disk nfs export
by M.Blackmore 06 Aug '05

06 Aug '05

I've downloaded the suse 9.3 directories (shorn of 64bit and ISO's) from the ftp.gwdg.de mirror site (it was quicker than suse.com and how) which is one of the update mirrors for YOU. The boot cd finds the nfs directory via a manual installation routine (for some reason fails on the graphic one on first attempt and then finds it when drops back into manual for a retry) and then when it starts up the pretty pictures install, the analysing system won't find an installation list of software. Somewhere it should have asked for what kind of installation - upgrade, new, repair, shouldn't it? Always did with 9.2. Annoying thing is that I had a working copy of 9.3 but it had somehow doubled in size on the disk - that had been an early grab off a server and I think they changed a lot of names when it was released finally on 22 march. So deleted the 40gb that seemed to take up and reloaded it from the current. Anyway, the message I get is: No source found at nfs://malcolm:PASSWORD@10.0.0.200/pub/suse/suse9.3 Anyone throw any light on this? Or why it isn't giving me an install choice .. and how I can force it to do a manual install right from the initial bootup of the boot cd...? Many thanks

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Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Software Freedom Day - 10th September
by John Ingleby 05 Aug '05

05 Aug '05

On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 22:20 +0100, Kyle Williamson wrote: > John Ingleby wrote: > > > >[1] http://softwarefreedomday.org/ > >[2] > >http://www.theopencd.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=68&Itemi… > >[3] http://maitri.ubuntu.com/softwarefreedomday/wiki/index.php/Team_Pages > >> > September 10th!, not11th! :P Doh !!! Sorry. Please make a note of the 10th September! John ****

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Software Freedom Day - 11th September
by John Ingleby 04 Aug '05

04 Aug '05

Apologies for cross-posting, but please spread the word! Best regards, John Ingleby ************ -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: Henrik Nilsen Omma <henrik(a)canonical.com> Subject: Ubuntu and Software Freedom Day Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 13:54:52 +0100 Hello LoCo Teams and other Ubuntu fans, September 10th is international Software Freedom Day [1], which is a global celebration of free and open source software (FOSS). Ubuntu already plays a central role in the event in that the official CD distributed by teams around the world (TheOpenCD v3) contains a Live CD based on Hoary [2]. Canonical has sponsored the SFD server and production of the CDs. Various Ubuntu team members are also directly involved in the event. Mako and I are on the governing board of SFD and Jeff is involved in organising Australian teams. Community support is vital in developing a superb OS (testing, documentation, MOTUs, etc.), but development is only half the job. To encourage people to use free OSes such as Ubuntu and its derivatives, we must also engage in promotion. In theory it should be an easy sell: we have a great system that we are giving away for free! However, the marketing resources spent on promoting proprietary systems are vast and will only increase with the pre-hype around Vista. We have the opportunity of using a distributed marketing model though, and directly engaging people. I'm sure all of you are already spreading the word amongst friends, but it is also possible to reach larger groups of local people through organised events. SFD is a nice opportunity for LoCo teams to join with other FOSS advocates and create some real momentum on a specific day. It is conceived of as a broad initiative of free and open source software advocates, reaching across distributions, projects, operating systems and continents! We have teams registered in places like Nepal, Burundi, Peru and Bangladesh, in addition to the more traditionally high tech regions of Europe and North America. Many teams already have plans well under way, so if there is one in your area, you might want to hook up with them to see how you can help. If not, you can easily start a team in your area any time. Check the SFD forum and wiki for existing teams [3]. We've had over 200 team registrations so far and we are sure that at least 100 of these will stage outreach events on the day. I'm sure many of you will have ordered and received official Ubuntu CDs already. If you still have some left on Sept. 10th you might want to meet up with a local team and hand them out :) - Henrik [1] http://softwarefreedomday.org/ [2] http://www.theopencd.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=68&Itemi… [3] http://maitri.ubuntu.com/softwarefreedomday/wiki/index.php/Team_Pages

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