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[opensuse-announce] Education-Meeting: 2008-11-18, 17:00 UTC
by Lars Vogdt 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

Hi @ll I like to invite everybody to our next Education Meeting on Tuesday, 2008/11/18, 17:00 UTC (that means: * 18:00 German local time * 18:00 Italy local time * 20:00 Russia/St.Petersburg local time * 09:00 USA/California local time * 12:00 USA/New York local time others please use: http://www.worldtimeserver.com/convert_time_in_UTC.aspx?y=2008&mo=11&d=18&h… ) We've an interesting agenda open on http://en.opensuse.org/Education/Meetings/Education_Meeting_2008-11-18 Feel free to add your own topics, questions - it's a wiki, you know? ;-) With kind regards, Lars -- 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 Beta 5 Now Available
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

Greetings, openSUSE fans! We have another development release ready for your testing pleasure. openSUSE 11.1 beta 5 is now available for immediate download and testing. You may have noticed that we were scheduled to release RC 1 today. However, as Stephan Kulow mentioned on openSUSE-Factory list [1] on Tuesday, we have several blocker bugs and 11 P1 bugs still present. While we're ready to do another release today, we decided that it wasn't ready to be called a release candidate. This shouldn't push back the final release, but it will mean that we will only plan to have one release candidate. With just a little more than a month [2] before the public release on December 18th, there's still plenty to do. So, roll up your sleeves and start downloading! 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 test the beta releases. 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 beta release, and is not suitable for use on production systems. Though many openSUSE users can and do use the Factory distribution and/or beta release for day-to-day work we want to stress that it's entirely possible that you will encounter serious bugs. See openSUSE.org/Testing 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 4? ============================ Major changes in this release include: * More 11.1 branding is now in place. * Upgrade to PackageKit 0.3.9. * KDE4: NetworkManager and power management Plasmoids now available * Integration of Smolt finished * More translations! [3] * Linux kernel updated to 2.6.27.5 * KDE 4.1.3 * Xfce 4.4.3 * Many updated packages, including: Amarok, Banshee, Blender, Digikam, Bazaar, Frozen Bubble, The GIMP, LyX, and Wine. See the Factory News page for changes in the Factory distribution between release announcements. [4] DistroWatch also carries an expanded list of packages being shipped in the Factory distribution. [5] OpenOffice.org 3.0 is shaping up nicely for 11.1. Petr Mladek has sent in the following new and remaining bugs for OpenOffice.org: + OOo does not start in KDE when OpenOffice_org-gnome is installed (bnc#442678) + Pyuno components are still not registered + Mono integration is not correctly installed + Localized strings are not updated from extra sources + The user configuration includes symlinks to /usr/share/ooo3 instead of real files. This may be a feature, but it might also cause problems in the future + Missing OOo-sdk compat stuff (bnc#428403) + Suse-puzzler.xls works only partly; e.h. "Sneaky Peak" or "About" works but the "Shuffle" does nothing. Also, you can't move the puzzle pieces with a mouse. These bugs are being worked on for RC1. Media and Download ================== 11.1 beta 5 can be found at http://software.opensuse.org/developer. You can find mirrors that have beta 5 images here: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.1-Beta5/iso/ This release does include PPC media, so users with PowerPC machines have the opportunity to test beta 5 on those as well. 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: Selecting KDE 3.5 also installs KDE4 workspace and defaults to KDE4. Workaround: Choose KDE3 desktop at login manager. Installation via network on Pegasos2 and Efika is not possible since the initial image does not contain the network drivers (they are available after installation) Bug #439126: Hibernation does not work with 32-bit PAE kernels. Bug #432980: On some Intel chipsets (945GM) display can't wake from sleep. Bug #444127: kupdateapplet shows error when license is requested Bug #437735: printers are not installed Bug #444519: the i586 DVD does not contain any i686 glibc 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 (zonker(a)opensuse.org) with any information that should be in that announcement. (Preferably at least two days before the scheduled release. [1] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-factory/2008-11/msg00402.html [2] http://en.opensuse.org/Roadmap [3] http://i18n.opensuse.org/stats/trunk/toplist.php [4] http://en.opensuse.org/Factory/News [5] http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=suse Have a lot of fun! -- 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 12th, 17:00 UTC
by Stephan Binner 11 Nov '08

11 Nov '08

The next openSUSE KDE Team meeting is tomorrow, November 12th at 17:00 UTC. The current list of scheduled topics is: * old action items * general status report * "Introduction to KDE4" start page * calls for testing * Amarok 2 * NetworkManager-kde4 * 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=12&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 45
by Jan-Simon Möller 08 Nov '08

08 Nov '08

We are pleased to announce: Issue 45 of openSUSE Weekly News is now out! [0] In this week’s issue: * Lukas Ocilka: YaST-Mascot Contest-How to submit your ideas * openSUSE News: OpenOffice.org Fix for openSUSE 11.1 Beta 4 * The openSUSE Board * Jan Weber: Announcing Easy-KIWI-GUI * Stephan Binner: openSUSE 11.1-Plasma-Desktop-Toolbox The openSUSE Weekly News is also available in: German [1], Russian (delayed) [2], Japanese [3], Spanish [4], Portuguese (delayed) [5] and Indonesian [6]. [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/45 [1] http://de.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE-Wochenschau/45 [2] http://ru.opensuse.org/Еженедельные_новости_openSUSE/45 [3] http://ja.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/45 [4] http://es.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/45 [5] http://pt.opensuse.org/Notícias_da_semana_no_openSUSE/45 [6] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/45/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] Call for feature testing 11.1
by Martin Lasarsch 04 Nov '08

04 Nov '08

Hi Beta4 is released, and we would like to have an in deep feature testing of it. You can find on overview of the features that should work on the wiki: http://en.opensuse.org/Testing:Features_11.1 general information: http://en.opensuse.org/Testing This is also a great overview of new features for openSUSE 11.1 If you want you can of course start right now, but we also offer support for that on the irc on Thursday 05.11 between 11:00 and 19:00 CET. Sorry, we can't cover all timezones. Some items in the featurelist are quite obvious, some not. We try to help figure it out in the irc, so ask if you are not sure what to do exactly. We will meet in the channel #opensuse-testing. We are aware that the wiki is not the best tool for it, but due the lack of something else which is also accessible externally we have to use it. Short workflow: - look at the topic of the channel, all ongoing tests are there ... - look on the wiki for a feature that's not tested: Status: ready to test Test Result: idle - announce the number on the irc so everbody knows that somebody is working on it - the number will be in the topic - announce if the test are failed or worked, number will be removed from topic - the SUSE/Novell staff will enter it in the wiki and our internal feature database -- 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] Reminder: openSUSE project meeting - 2008/11/05 - 17:00 GMT
by Martin Lasarsch 04 Nov '08

04 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: 2008/11/05 17:00 GMT For an overview what time this is in different timezones, use: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=05&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_2008-11-05 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] Short downtime of master download server
by Peter Poeml 04 Nov '08

04 Nov '08

There will be a brief outage of download.opensuse.org and stage.opensuse.org in about half an hour (2008-11-04 12:00 UTC). The duration is expected to be a few 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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[opensuse-announce] Development Release: openSUSE 11.1 Beta 4 Now Available
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

Hot on the heels of openSUSE 11.1 beta 3, the openSUSE Project is happy to announce the availability of openSUSE 11.1 beta 4. This release includes a number of important bugfixes since the last beta, as well as a few new bugs that need to be squashed before the final release. Read on for details about this release and how to get involved with testing. Screenshots ========= If you're curious about what openSUSE 11.1 will look like, have a look at the rest of the screenshots on the openSUSE wiki. Thanks to Kevin Dupuy and Martin Schlander for taking the time to put up the screenshots! The screenshots can be found here: http://en.opensuse.org/Screenshots/openSUSE_11.1_Beta4 Important: 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 test the beta 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 beta release, and is not suitable for use on production systems, however. We have a page of new features specific to openSUSE 11.1 here: http://en.opensuse.org/Testing:Features_11.1 This is a definitive list of new features added into 11.1 that need testing. Please use this page to identify and test new features -- and then mark them complete when you've finished testing. See openSUSE.org/Testing 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 3? ============================ Major changes in this release include: Inclusion of Nomad, a set of components that provide an unmatchable remote desktop experience to openSUSE. See more at: http://en.opensuse.org/Nomad Timo Hoenig reports that fingerprint reader support is now feature complete, and he's accepting bugs. The most common fingerprint readers on the market should "just work," and users can register their fingerprint using the YaST module. Once registered, users can log in using their fingerprint. Console, GDM, 'su - $USER', gnome-screensaver, and gnomsu should all work with fingerprint support. KDE status is unknown. * Linux 2.6.27.4 kernel * Mono 2.0.1 * GNOME 2.24.1 * VirtualBox 2.0.4 * Evolution 2.24.1 * Banshee 1.3.3 See DistroWatch [http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=suse] for an expanded list of packages being shipped in the Factory distribution. Webcam Support Re-enabled ========================= Some Webcam and framegrabber drivers had been removed from the kernel, but are now re-enabled in beta 4. The list of supported drivers includes: Mediavision Pro Movie Studio Quickcam BW QuickCam Colour W9966CF Webcam (FlyCam Supra and others) CPiA CPiA2 Stradis 4:2:2 MPEG-2 Zoran ZR36057/36067 Sony Vaio Picturebook Motion Eye Siemens-Nixdorf 'Multimedia eXtension Board' Conexant cx23416/cx23415 MPEG encoder/decoder (aka ivtv) USB 3com HomeConnect (aka vicam) USB IBM (Xirlink) C-it Camera USB Konica Webcam USB Logitech Quickcam Messenger OmniVision Camera Chip USB W996[87]CF JPEG Dual Mode Camera USB OV511 Camera USB SE401 Camera USB STV680 (Pencam) Camera USB Philips Cameras ForteMedia FM801 + TEA5757 tuner Thanks to Jean Delvare for the report. Media and Download ================== 11.1 beta 4 is just one of the releases that will lead to the final 11.1 release. You can find the entire roadmap on the openSUSE wiki: http://en.opensuse.org/Roadmap. Downloads are available here: http://software.opensuse.org/developer See http://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 ================== * Bug #440816: OpenOffice.org 3.0 cannot be started * GNOME branding is broken with DVD installs, looks correct on live cds * GNOME updater will ask for registration, this is broken. Just ignore the question * KDE updater will not ask for smolt integration (which the GNOME updater should ask for too). 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 (zonker(a)opensuse.org) with any information that should be in that announcement. (Preferably at least two days before the scheduled release. Thanks, and have a lot of fun! -- 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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