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[opensuse-announce] openSUSE Project at LinuxExpo in Prague
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

The openSUSE Project is bringing the green to Prague in April! The openSUSE Project will have a booth, demos, and several presentations at the LinuxExpo in Prague, April 15 and 16th at the Hotel Olympik Artemis. LinuxExpo is billed as the largest exhibition and conference for Linux and FOSS in Central Europe. VIP entry to the Expo is CZK 1,300, or CZK 1,200 if you register on the Web site. Other prices apply to one day entry, or for passes that don't come with materials and lunch. Presentations ============= In addition to openSUSE demos at the booth, openSUSE contributors will be giving two presentations as part of the LinuxExpo Programme. * Network Installation Fast and Simple: Katarína Machálková and Michal Žugec will be demonstrating using the network installation, installing to network disks (iSCSI), and remote installation over SSH. The presentation will also cover automatic installations with AutoYaST. * Making a Custom openSUSE Distro: Michal Hrušecký and Marek Stopka will cover use of the openSUSE Build Service, creating your own packages, cooperation with packaging team members, and creation of custom distros using SUSE Studio. openSUSE Discs and Giveaways ============================ We'll have openSUSE 11.1 DVDs available at the booth, as well as openSUSE t-shirts, stickers, and more. Interested in Helping? ====================== Want to help with the booth at LinuxExpo? Contact Katerina Olsakova [kolsakova(a)suse.cz] to make arrangements to get an openSUSE shirt and set up a schedule to meet and greet at the openSUSE booth. More info on the LinuxExpo can be found in English [1] and in Czech [2] on the LinuxExpo Web site. [1] http://www.linuxexpo.cz/?lang=1 [2] http://www.linuxexpo.cz/?lang=0 -- 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] openSUSE Weekly News, Issue #66 is out
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

We are pleased to announce: Issue 65 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * Update on iFolder * openSUSE Weekly News @ RadioTux.de * People of openSUSE is back * OpenSource meet Business * My GIMP Tutorial and Resource The openSUSE Weekly News is also available in: German [1], Indonesian [2], Japanese [3], Polish [4] (delay), Portuguese [5], Russian [6] (delay), Spanish [7]. Hungarian [8] "Light", Italian [9] (delay), Chinese [10], French [11], Svedish [12] (delay). [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/65 [1] http://de.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE-Wochenschau/65 [2] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/65/indonesian [3] http://ja.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/65 [4] http://pl.opensuse.org/Tygodnik_openSUSE/65 [5] http://pt.opensuse.org/Notícias_da_semana_no_openSUSE/65 [6] http://ru.opensuse.org/Еженедельные_новости_openSUSE/65 [7] http://es.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/65 [8] http://hu.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Heti_H%C3%ADrmond%C3%B3/65 [9] http://it.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Newsletter_Settimanale/65 [10] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/65/chinese [11] http://fr.opensuse.org/Lettre_d%27information_openSUSE/65 [12] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/65/swedish Have a lot of fun! -- Sincereley yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Marketing Team openSUSE Build Service openSUSE Features Screening Team Web: http://saschamanns.gulli.to Project-Blog: http://lizards.opensuse.org/author/saigkill Private-Blog: http://saschasbacktrace.blogspot.com -- 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 2nd April, 16:00 UTC
by Lubos Lunak 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

The next openSUSE KDE Team meeting will be held tomorrow, Thursday 2nd April, at 16:00 UTC. IMPORTANT: Note that the meetings have been moved to Thursday. The current list of scheduled topics is: * Packages for taglib-extras and QtScript Generator [1], both needed for amarok 2.1. * Disable nepomuk/strigi for KDE Live CDs * Disable nepomuk/strigi by default * Default backend for nepomuk * Howto/better integration for kde-apps.org/GHNS and buildservice * 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=2&month=4&year=200… 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 GNOME Team Meeting at 19:00 UTC
by Bryen 26 Mar '09

26 Mar '09

Hello all... Sorry for the late send out. Today, the openSUSE GNOME Team will have its regular weekly meeting at its newly set up regular weekly time (did I just say a mouthful?). Meeting time: 19:00 UTC Meeting place: #opensuse-gnome on Freenode IRC network Dress Code: Business Casual Today, we'll be discussing ideas to recommend for the openSUSE COmmunity Week in April, plus status of moving the new GNOME 2.26 setup from GNOME:FACTORY to GNOME:STABLE. See you all there. -- Bryen Yunashko openSUSE Board Member openSUSE-GNOME Team Member GNOME-A11y Team 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] WeeklyNews@TuxRadio.de
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 24 Mar '09

24 Mar '09

I'm happy to announce, that in this Week at Thursday between 18:00 and 19:30 CET on http://blog.radiotux de the openSUSE Weekly News 64 are sended in German Language. The Livestreams can be founded on the Page.The Weekly News are an fix Part of the RadioTux@HoRadS . We are working about the regularly sending of the Weekly News. -- Sincereley yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Marketing Team openSUSE Build Service openSUSE Features Screening Team Web: http://saschamanns.gulli.to Project-Blog: http://lizards.opensuse.org/author/saigkill Private-Blog: http://saschasbacktrace.blogspot.com -- 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 Tomorrow (March 25)
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 24 Mar '09

24 Mar '09

The next openSUSE Project meeting will take place tomorrow, Wednesday March 25th at 12:00 UTC (13:00 CET) 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_2009-03-25 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-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://tinyurl.com/c7yfpq [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] openSUSE Weekly News, Issue #64 is out
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 24 Mar '09

24 Mar '09

We are pleased to announce: Issue 64 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * openSUSE Build Service 1.5 Announced * Gabriel Stein: SuSE-Studio - Quick and Easier * Joe Brockmeier: openSUSE Project Accepted to Google Summer of Code 2009 * mendesdomnic: Package Management Quick Reference * Survey: Is openSUSE Developer Friendly? The openSUSE Weekly News is also available in: German [1], Indonesian [2], Japanese [3], Polish [4], Portuguese [5], Russian [6] (delay), Spanish [7]. Hungarian [8] "Light", Italian [9] (delay), Chinese [10] (delay), French [11] (delay), Svedish [12] (delay). [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/64 [1] http://de.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE-Wochenschau/64 [2] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/64/indonesian [3] http://ja.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/64 [4] http://pl.opensuse.org/Tygodnik_openSUSE/64 [5] http://pt.opensuse.org/Notícias_da_semana_no_openSUSE/64 [6] http://ru.opensuse.org/Еженедельные_новости_openSUSE/64 [7] http://es.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/64 [8] http://hu.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Heti_H%C3%ADrmond%C3%B3/64 [9] http://it.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Newsletter_Settimanale/64 [10] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/64/chinese [11] http://fr.opensuse.org/Lettre_d%27information_openSUSE/64 [12] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/64/swedish Have a lot of fun! -- Sincereley yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Marketing Team openSUSE Build Service openSUSE Features Screening Team Web: http://saschamanns.gulli.to Project-Blog: http://lizards.opensuse.org/author/saigkill Private-Blog: http://saschasbacktrace.blogspot.com -- 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: Student Application Period for GSoC Starts Today
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 23 Mar '09

23 Mar '09

Quick reminder: The student application period starts today for the Google Summer of Code 2009. (Note: please see the previous post on GSoC and openSUSE here: http://is.gd/o8Aa) If you'd like to work with openSUSE, be sure to sign up as soon as possible. The deadline is April 3rd. Quick details: * You must be **18 or older by April 20, 2009** to participate. * You must be a student, which Google defines as: an individual enrolled in or accepted into an accredited institution including (but not necessarily limited to) colleges, universities, masters programs, PhD programs and undergraduate programs. Basically, you need to be enrolled in an accredited educational institution of some kind. * You **do _not_ need to be a computer science student**. * You can be enrolled part-time. * You can take part if you're enrolled to start college as of April 20, 2009 - even if your term hasn't started yet. (So, if you're enrolled for the fall, you would be eligible.) * You **can participate again** if you participated in SoC previously. * Time: You should plan on spending a lot of time on your project. As Google says, "**you should expect your project to be your primary focus this summer.** If you have a great internship starting soon or you're planning a month long backpacking trip, you likely won't be a good candidate for the program." The rest is on the Google FAQ[1]: please do read it through! The deadline for student applications[2] is April 3rd. There's also a visual timeline[3] created by Christian Moore. Read all the FAQ and Google documentation, but still have questions? Ask on the opensuse-project list or drop me a note. [1]: http://is.gd/oyff [2]: http://is.gd/oyfO [3]: http://is.gd/oyaO -- 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] Planet SUSE Hint
by Stephan Binner 20 Mar '09

20 Mar '09

Hello, there seem to exist some problem with the DNS for planetsuse.org - the server behind is running fine though and can be reached via http://planet.opensu.se Bye, Steve -- 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 Project Accepted to Google Summer of Code 2009
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 19 Mar '09

19 Mar '09

Once again, the openSUSE Project will be participating in Google's Summer of Code program! openSUSE was one of the 150 mentoring organizations accepted this year, and we're excited to have the chance to work with students on projects to improve the openSUSE distribution and its tools[1]. Mentoring ======== Now it's time to start signing up Mentors for the openSUSE Project. Mentors review the student applications and score them, work with students during the Google Summer of Code, and evaluate students performance. We're looking for committed mentors who will work with students closely and provide guidance not only on the project they're working on, but also help them integrate with the overall project and teach them how to work within an open source project. If you're interested in mentoring with the openSUSE Project, sign up before March 23rd[2]. You'll need to create a site-wide user profile[3] and send a request to become a mentor (or send me a note[4] with your user ID). Students ======= Working with the Google Summer of Code is a great way to earn cash over the summer while doing something rewarding and interesting, and contributing to the open source community. Students who complete the Summer of Code will earn $4,500 if they complete the program in good standing. (See the Google FAQ for the payment schedule[5].) The student deadline for Google Summer of Code is Friday, April 3rd. See the FAQ[6] for the full scoop. We're looking for students who can work on existing ideas[1] or bring their own[7]. If you have a great idea that fits within the openSUSE Project, please apply! If your proposal is accepted, expect to do a great deal of work over the summer. The time commitment is substantial, and we're aiming for 100% completion of projects this year. Ideas ===== There's still time to submit ideas[1] on the openSUSE wiki. Preferably, these will be from students or mentors who will work on the ideas -- but that's not a requirement. If you have a great idea, feel free to put it up. If you have questions about participating in the Google Summer of Code in general, check out the #gsoc channel on Freenode. If you have questions specific to the openSUSE Project, email zonker(a)opensuse.org[4] or ask on the openSUSE Project (opensuse-project(a)opensuse.org) mailing list. [1]: http://en.opensuse.org/Summer_of_Code_2009#Ideas [2]: http://preview.tinyurl.com/cd2b8c [3]: http://preview.tinyurl.com/asnxj2 [4]: mailto:zonker@opensuse.org [5]: http://preview.tinyurl.com/d6f46e [6]: http://preview.tinyurl.com/be4dlj [7]: http://preview.tinyurl.com/clxccy -- 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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