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[opensuse-announce] OpenSUSE weekly News #93 out!
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 17 Oct '09

17 Oct '09

We are pleased to announce: Issue 93 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * openSUSE 11.2 on its way to become final – Release candidate available! * Pavol Rusnak: RPM Summit at the openSUSE Conference 2009 * linuxgravity.com: Manipulating, converting and editing audio and video * Cornelius Schumacher: 4,273,291 lines of code * LinuxSecurity.com/Bill Keys: Security Features of Firefox 3.0 For a list of available translations see this page: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/93/Translations [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/93 Have a lot of fun! -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Member openSUSE Ambassador openSUSE Marketing Team openSUSE Build Service Web: http://saschamanns.gulli.to Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.com ClaimID: http://claimid.com/saigkill -- 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: Weekly News Team Meeting
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 16 Oct '09

16 Oct '09

Hello, The next openSUSE Weekly News meeting will take place tomorrow (Saturday October 16) at 14:30 UTC. As always, the meeting will be held in IRC on the #opensuse-newsletter channel on Freenode. Please add your topics to the meeting wiki page at: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/Meetings/Topics_current We using for our Meeting the Meetbot. Please check http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot for the commands. Please add topics as soon as possible. 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. For more on IRC meetings, see: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/About. As always, we meet in #opensuse-newsletter on Freenode. Fire up your favorite IRC client and head over to #opensuse-newsletter. Not familiar with IRC? A good overview can be found at irchelp.org. This site is not affiliated with openSUSE. For more information on Freenode, see http://freenode.net/. Wondering what meeting times are? Check the openSUSE Meetings page. All project meetings and team meetings should be listed there. on IRC meetings, see: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/About. As always, we meet in #opensuse-newsletter on Freenode. Fire up your favorite IRC client and head over to #opensuse-newsletter. Not familiar with IRC? A good overview can be found at irchelp.org. This site is not affiliated with openSUSE. For more information on Freenode, see http://freenode.net/. Wondering what meeting times are? Check the openSUSE Meetings page. All project meetings and team meetings should be listed there. -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Member openSUSE Ambassador openSUSE Marketing Team openSUSE Build Service Web: http://saschamanns.gulli.to Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.com ClaimID: http://claimid.com/saigkill -- 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 11.2 on its way to become final - Release candidate 1 available
by Michael Loeffler 15 Oct '09

15 Oct '09

We're well on the way to openSUSE 11.2! Today we're happy to announce the first release candidate for openSUSE 11.2. This release includes quite a few bugfixes and several updates, including GNOME 2.28 final, Linux 2.6.31.3, and many others. What's new in openSUSE 11.2? The new version includes latest versions of all kind of software and delivers: * Live version upgrade. No need to stop working while upgrading from openSUSE 11.1 to openSUSE 11.2 * Support for several social networks like Facebook, Twitter and identi.ca * Running openSUSE from an USB stick (especially for that we ask you for testing) * For more new stuff check this wiki page [1] As the first release candidate for openSUSE 11.2, it should be almost ready for final release. However, there still are a few remaining known issues and the purpose of the release candidate is to discover any major issues _before_ 11.2 final. It may not be suitable for production systems, but is ready for contributors who want to help with testing and development for 11.2. **Changes Since openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 8** Release Candidate 1 includes a few new packages, and several of the "most annoying bugs" in milestone 8 have been fixed for this release. New packages include: * Linux kernel 2.6.31.3 * GNOME 2.28 * PulseAudio 0.9.19 * Evolution 2.28 * Qt 4.5.3 * SeaMonkey 2.0 RC 1 A more complete list can be found on the wiki[2] and an updated list of Factory packages can be found on DistroWatch[3]. 11.2 is looking fantastic. Want screenshots? We've got 'em! Check out the shots here[4], and/or add your own. **Most Annoying Bugs** As this is a release candidate, 11.2 RC1 does contain a few bugs that we know about, but should not stand between courageous contributors and release testing. The most annoying known bugs in 11.2 RC 1 are: * Bug 545753[5]: GNOME icon is only partially visible during Desktop selection on DVD installer. * Bug 544079[6]: sonar: gdm panel contains GtkComboBox that is unreadable. * Bug 546359[7]: Messages "not a regular file or has tail and normal blocks" on console during boot caused by preload bug. * Bug 546838[8]: "soft" lockup on shutdown in qemu * Bug 540482[9]: Restart fails to restart computer * Bug 543468[10]: all repos are lost on update You can track the Most Annoying Bugs on the wiki[11] along with 11.2 development. **Testing! Testing! Testing!** As you can see, 11.2 RC1 does have a few bugs that we know about -- but there may be more lurking somewhere in the release that haven't been found yet. If you want to make sure 11.2 final is free of Most Annoying Bugs, we'll need your help finding, reporting, and fixing those hidden bugs. To learn more about testing openSUSE, visit the Testing[12] pages on the openSUSE wiki. 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. **Get Release Candidate 1 Today!** What are you waiting for? Grab the milestone release today! Downloads are available at software.opensuse.org/developer/ now. Note, if you need to try the live CD on a machine with no CD-ROM drive, you can copy it to a USB key with the following command: dd if=image.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4M Replace "image.iso" with the name of the ISO image that you have downloaded, and replace "sdX" with the actual device name of your USB drive. Be careful! This will erase the target device, so make sure you have the correct device name and have any vital data backed up! The next and final release candidate is scheduled to be released on October 29, 2009. See the detailed roadmap on the on the wiki[13]. [1]: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_11.2 [2]: http://en.opensuse.org/Factory/News [3]: http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=suse [4]: http://en.opensuse.org/Screenshots/11.2_Milestones [5]: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=545753 [6]: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=544079 [7]: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=546359 [8]: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=546838 [9]: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=540482 [10] https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=543468 [11]: http://en.opensuse.org/Bugs:Most_Annoying_Bugs_11.2_dev [12]: http://en.opensuse.org/Testing/ [13]: http://en.opensuse.org/Roadmap/11.2 -- Michael Löffler, Product Management SUSE LINUX Products GmbH - Nürnberg - AG Nürnberg - HRB 16746 - GF: Markus Rex -- 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 - Thursday 15th October, 16:00 UTC
by Lubos Lunak 14 Oct '09

14 Oct '09

The next openSUSE KDE Team meeting will be held tomorrow, Thursday 15th October, at 16:00 UTC. The current list of scheduled topics is: * Merging science repo into the education repo/ Enhancing the number and relevance of scientific packages on offer. * old action items * status report * 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=15&month=10&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 #92 out!
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 10 Oct '09

10 Oct '09

We are pleased to announce: Issue 92 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * openSUSE News: Introducing the ‘openSUSE Boosters’ Team * The Geek Stuff/Ramesh Natarajan: Unix Sed Tutorial: How To Write to a File Using Sed * Martin Vidner: WebYaST Beta 1 * openSUSE Forums: openSUSE 11.2 will support live updates. * KDE 4.3.2 Stabilizes Free Desktop For a list of available translations see this page: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/92/Translations [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/92 Have a lot of fun! -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Member openSUSE Ambassador openSUSE Marketing Team openSUSE Build Service Web: http://saschamanns.gulli.to Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.com ClaimID: http://claimid.com/saigkill -- 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 October 10, 2009 at 12:00 UTC
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 06 Oct '09

06 Oct '09

The next openSUSE Project meeting will take place tomorrow (Wednesday October 10th) at 12:00 UTC. See all time zones on the Fixed Time World Clock[1]. As always, the meeting will be held in IRC on the #opensuse-project channel on Freenode. Please add your topics to the meeting wiki page at: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/Project_Meeting_2009-10-07 Please add topics as soon as possible. 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. This site is not affiliated with openSUSE. For more information on Freenode, see http://freenode.net/. Wondering what meeting times are? Check the openSUSE Meetings page[2]. All project meetings and team meetings should be listed there. [1]: http://is.gd/40ttO [2]: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier <jzb(a)zonker.net> openSUSE Community Manager: http://zonker.opensuse.org Blogs: http://blogs.zdnet.com/community | http://www.dissociatedpress.net Twitter: jzb | Identica: jzb http://identi.ca/group/opensuse/members -- 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] [Weekly News] Reminder: Team Meeting
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 02 Oct '09

02 Oct '09

Hello, The next openSUSE Weekly News meeting will take place Saturday Oktober 03 at 14:30 UTC. See all time zones on the Fixed Time World Clock. As always, the meeting will be held in IRC on the #opensuse-newsletter channel on Freenode. All Translators, Editors and other People are invited. Please add your topics to the meeting wiki page at: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/Meetings/Topics_current Please add topics as soon as possible. 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. For more on IRC meetings, see: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/About. As always, we meet in #opensuse-newsletter on Freenode. Fire up your favorite IRC client and head over to #opensuse-newsletter. Not familiar with IRC? A good overview can be found at irchelp.org. This site is not affiliated with openSUSE. For more information on Freenode, see http://freenode.net/. Wondering what meeting times are? Check the openSUSE Meetings page. All project meetings and team meetings should be listed there. -- Sincereley yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Marketing Team openSUSE Build Service Web: http://saschamanns.gulli.to Blog: http://lizards.opensuse.org/author/saigkill -- 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 11.2 Milestone 8 Released
by Andreas Jaeger 01 Oct '09

01 Oct '09

The openSUSE Project is happy to announce that the last openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 8 (M8) is available for download. Test now and give feedback via our bugzilla since this is the last milestone before the first release candidate. Changes Since openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 7 Milestone 8 includes the final version of the openSUSE 11.2 branding, fixes the most annoying bugs of Milestone 7. And, of course, it includes many updated packages: * Linux kernel 2.6.31 * GNOME 2.28 RC * OpenOffice.org 3.1.1 * openSUSE 11.2 theming is in place * PulseAudio 0.9.17 * Samba 3.4.1 * postgresql 8.4.1 A more complete list can be found on the wiki and an updated list of Factory packages can be found on DistroWatch. 11.2 is looking fantastic. Want screenshots? We’ve got ‘em! Check out the shots here, and/or add your own. Most Annoying Bugs As this is a milestone release, 11.2 M8 does contain a few bugs that we know about, but should not stand between courageous contributors and release testing. The big bugs in 11.2 M8 are: * Bug 542819 – gpk-update-viewer: Not able to update packages * Bug 482749 – yast2 modules do not work with Qt 4.5.0 * Bug 539616 – Grub Error 17 after installation on RAID1 * Bug 542792 – Update repo is named silly * Bug 505670 – Unable to boot – LVM/mapper does not create devices * Bugs 536581, 535888 – OpenOffice.org with KDE4 integration is not usable * Bug 533989 – splashy still use 11.1 artwork * Bug 537112 – Intel 4965 wireless is completely broken * Bug 537343 – GNOME Live system asks for root password to mount file system after installation, work-around: just “Cancel” You can track the Most Annoying Bugs on the wiki along with 11.2 development. Testing! Testing! Testing! As you can see, 11.2 M8 does have a few bugs that we know about and therefore may not be suitable for production systems — but there may be more lurking somewhere in the release that haven’t been found yet. If you want to make sure 11.2 final is free of Most Annoying Bugs, we’ll need your help finding, reporting, and fixing those hidden bugs. To learn more about testing openSUSE, visit the Testing pages on the openSUSE wiki. 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. Get Milestone 8 Today! What are you waiting for? Grab the milestone release today! Downloads are available at software.opensuse.org/developer/ now. Note, if you need to try the live CD on a machine with no CD-ROM drive, you can copy it to a USB key with the following command: dd if=image.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4M Replace “image.iso” with the name of the ISO image that you have downloaded, and replace “sdX” with the actual device name of your USB drive. Be careful! This will erase the target device, so make sure you have the correct device name and have any vital data backed up! Outlook The next release is scheduled for October 15, 2009. It will be the first of two release candidates (RC) with the final release on November 12, 2009. See the detailed roadmap on the on the wiki. -- 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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