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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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[opensuse-announce] openSUSE Build Service 1.5 Announced
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 19 Mar '09

19 Mar '09

The openSUSE Project is proud to announce the 1.5 release of the openSUSE Build Service[1]. This release takes developers beyond just building packages. You can now build your own distribution using the openSUSE Build Service! The 1.5 release makes it possible to build entire releases within the build service. and export ISO images and FTP trees. All users can create images locally using "osc build," and permission can be granted to build images using the hosted build service as well. The openSUSE 11.1 release was built entirely in the openSUSE Build Service, and it's now possible for other projects to be created in the openSUSE Build Service as well. Whether you're creating a derivative distribution or product like the openSUSE Education CDs, the openSUSE Build Service now has you covered. Building Appliances and Live CD Images ================================= OBS 1.5 includes the ability to automatically calculate dependencies and create installable images, such as the live CDs[2] and network deployment images[3] for the openSUSE:Tools build hosts. In addition to ISO images, OBS 1.5 can create images for installable USB sticks, Xen images, and VMware images. Another benefit to the 1.5 release is the ability to create product add-ons, such as the openSUSE nonfree add-ons for 11.1. Experimental Features ================== OBS 1.5 also includes several experimental features added by the openSUSE Community, including: * Support for cross-architecture build support, added by Martin Mohring of 5e Datasoft as part of the work towards supporting the ARM architecture with openSUSE. * Package download on demand support thanks to Marcus Hüwe. * Filtering of build results via the Web monitor. This means that OBS users can view only relevant results - like failed builds or only builds targeted at specific distributions. These features are not considered production ready, but are available for developers looking to have early access to these features The OBS team is always looking for additional feedback and contributors to improve the openSUSE Build Service. To discuss Build Service development, subscribe to the opensuse-buildservice list [4], and see the #opensuse-buildservice channel on Freenode. [1]: http://en.opensuse.org/Build_Service [2]: https://build.opensuse.org/project/show?project=KDE:Medias [3]: http://is.gd/o3Zu [4]: opensuse-buildservice+subscribe(a)opensuse.org -- 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-GNOME Team meeting: NEW TIME!
by Bryen 18 Mar '09

18 Mar '09

Well, we've been experimenting with best times for our weekly meetings for the openSUSE-GNOME Team, and *hopefully* we've found our sweet spot. This week's meeting will be held at the new time of 19:00 UTC on Thursday, March 19th, 2009 in the #opensuse-gnome channel on the Freenode network. This will be the permanent time for us (i.e., no more timeshifted meetings) This week, we'll be continuing JPR's proposal for core team maintainers. It should be a good discussion. Also, GNOME 2.26 has been released and is about to be in GNOME:Factory. We'll be discussing plans for the next step (2.27) going into Factory. Special kudos goes to Magnus (captain_magnus) and Luis (metalgod) for their hard work getting this done. You know, we were supposed to have a packaging day organized for this week, but those guys actually finished most the work ahead of time! And of course, we'll have the great policy review session from Vuntz. He's always bringing up interesting topics for us to think about. So see you all at the meeting. New time and hopefully permanent time! -- 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] openSUSE KDE Team Meeting - Wednesday 18th March, 17:00 UTC
by Will Stephenson 18 Mar '09

18 Mar '09

The next openSUSE KDE Team meeting will be held today (TODAY, in 2 hours!), Wednesday 18th March, at 17:00 UTC. The current agenda is: * old action items * status report * volunteers for meeting admin needed * Core Team proposal * another Bug Day on April 5th? * Packaging Workshop interest? * Akademy/GCDS * KDE Reference image * 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=18&month=3&year=20… to get the time of the meeting in your time zone. The meeting will happen in #opensuse-kde IRC channel on irc.freenode.net Be there or be a consumer ;) Will -- 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 Team Meeting
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 17 Mar '09

17 Mar '09

Hello, we are pleased to invite you (Editors/Translators) to the Weekly-News Team Meeting. The Topics from our Meeting are placed in: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/Meetings/Topics_current New Topics can included until Sat, 10h UTC ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Date: next Saturday {insert Date} Time: 14:30h UTC Channel: #opensuse-newsletter @ irc.freenode.net ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Collaborative editing can be done with gobby. A small howto is at: http://lizards.opensuse.org/2008/12/28/saschas-backtrace-gobby- collaborative-editor/ The Settings for our gobby Session can be requested via IRC or Mail (dl9pf(a)gmx.net) or by me. @k0da: Please think about your GNOME-Apps Part. :-) @all: Please read our Topics -- 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 Weekly News, Issue #63 is out
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 17 Mar '09

17 Mar '09

We are pleased to announce: Issue 63 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * Geeko wants you! * Update on openSUSE Infrastructure Services (download.opensuse.org) * KDE 4.2.1 released * OpenSUSE vs. openSUSE * Easgs: How to setup a software RAID-5 distribution in openSUSE (video) The openSUSE Weekly News is also available in: German [1], Indonesian [2], Japanese [3], Polish [4], Portuguese [5] (delay), Russian [6] (delay), Spanish [7], Hungarian [8], Italian [9] (delay), Chinese [10] (delay), French [11], Swedish [12] [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/62 [1] http://de.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE-Wochenschau/62 [2] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/62/indonesian [3] http://ja.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/62 [4] http://pl.opensuse.org/Tygodnik_openSUSE/62 [5] http://pt.opensuse.org/Notícias_da_semana_no_openSUSE/62 [6] http://ru.opensuse.org/Еженедельные_новости_openSUSE/62 [7] http://es.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/62 [8] http://hu.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Heti_H%C3%ADrmond%C3%B3/62 [9] http://it.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Newsletter_Settimanale/62 [10] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/62/chinese [11] http://fr.opensuse.org/Lettre_d%27information_openSUSE/62 [12] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/62/swedish Have a lot of fun! -- Sincereley yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Marketing Team (Weekly News) 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] Reminder: openSUSE Marketing Team Meeting Tuesday 17 March 2009
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 16 Mar '09

16 Mar '09

The openSUSE Marketing Team will have a meeting tomorrow (17 March 2009) at 17:00 UTC[1] (18:00CET, 13:00 EST). The meeting will take place in the #opensuse-project channel on Freenode. The agenda is on the openSUSE Wiki[2], feel free to add questions or agenda items if you have something for the Marketing Team that's not on the agenda already. And if you can't make it to the meeting, feel free to post to the wiki or bring up your topic on the opensuse-marketing list at any time. Thanks! [1]: http://is.gd/nyz3 [2]: http://is.gd/nz1v -- 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] openSIS goes MySQL
by James Tremblay aka SLEducator 14 Mar '09

14 Mar '09

On Friday March 13, 2009 openSIS is proud to announce another milestone towards that future of the Education_ERP. We have released an ALPHA of openSIS on MySQL . Try it, Debug it, Talk About it, Help develop it. PLEASE https://eduforge.org/projects/opensismysql/ -- James Tremblay openSIS Product Specialist http://www.os4ed.com e-mail james "at" os4ed.com e-mail sleducator "at" opensuse.org CNE 3,4,5 MCSE w2k CLE in training Registered Linux user #440182 http://en.opensuse.org/education

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[opensuse-announce] Update: download.opensuse.org Restored
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 12 Mar '09

12 Mar '09

Good news, everybody! The download.opensuse.org and stage.opensuse.org systems are now fully restored, and all services should now be available. DNS has been changed to point to the new system from widehat, which is standing by in the event that the new system were to go down. We also have a second system that will be configured to back up download.opensuse.org and stage.opensuse.org in the near future. We apologize for any inconvenience. The openSUSE infrastructure is one of our top priorities. As mentioned previously, we will continue improving the openSUSE Project infrastructure and working to ensure that we have as little downtime as possible. Thanks much to Peter Poeml for his work over the last two days to resolve this situation, as well as Christian Schneemann, Nat Friedman and his team, and everyone else who jumped to get this fixed as quickly as possible. We appreciate the patience and words of encouragement to the openSUSE team while this was being fixed. Best, Zonker -- 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-GNOME Team meeting minutes from 05-March-2009
by Luis Medinas 12 Mar '09

12 Mar '09

Hi These are the meeting minutes from the openSUSE-GNOME Team on 05-March-2009: * 11.2 planning: -The Team agreed with shipping GNOME 2.28 for this release still we need to have some hard work to get everything in time because we have to break feature freeze for 11.2. * Random Bugs: - We stated that we should remove ggreeter from GNOME and write a new application called "About openSUSE" or "About My Computer" in order to give the same information without spamming the user at the first boot. - Discussed Pulseaudio problems, sreeves is doing his best to fix as much bugs as possible by providing packages with and without Glitch Free. * GNOME:Factory Status: - The current GNOME:Factory repository contains the latest GNOME 2.25.92 (release candidate). There's just a few minor issues but it's ready to be used (it was already migrated for oS:F and build for 11.1). - The Team also agreed that some package specs needs to be cleaned. - Also there are some packages that needs to be removed from G:F such as eel, ncb and probably a few others. * Mailing List Threads: - Nautilus-cd-burner removal: There are patches in upstream for f-spot and recently Rhythmbox start using Brasero (replacement for n-c-b). Luis -- 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] Update on openSUSE Infrastructure Services (download.opensuse.org)
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 11 Mar '09

11 Mar '09

We've restored user services to download.opensuse.org and are working to restore all services and add redundancy to the system. The repository inconsistencies last night were caused by a missing configuration on the system, which caused it to redirect requests on metadata to mirrors, which are often outdated. That is now fixed. A few services have not been restored yet. Specifically, Publishing new Factory snapshots is disabled right now, and build server publishing is stopped. These services will be restored when the new system is fully integrated - which we expect to happen by tomorrow. We are copying content to the new system now, which will take about 12 hours. This will also add mirror stage serving to the services offered by download.opensuse.org. When the restore is complete, we will also add redundancy, so the problem of having a backup will be solved. In addition, we're re-examining the openSUSE.org infrastructure to ensure that we reduce the risk of overall and unscheduled downtime. This will be an ongoing process, and we will notify the community of progress here. Thanks for your patience while these issues are taken care of. Thanks to Peter Poeml, Christian Schneemann, Nat Friedman and his team, and everyone else who jumped to get this fixed as quickly as possible. Best, Zonker -- 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] Re: [suse-mirror] download.opensuse.org broken down
by Peter Poeml 11 Mar '09

11 Mar '09

Dear community, On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:16:51PM +0100, Peter Poeml wrote: > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 08:58:14PM +0100, Peter Poeml wrote: > > I'm sorry to say that download.opensuse.org will be unavailable for some > > time. > > > > Its storage array broke down once again, and we have no backup. > > (We are in need of hardware since ever; if anyone would be able to > > sponsor some, we would be very glad about it.) > > > > This affects stage.opensuse.org as well (same box). > > > > I can't give a timeline yet, but expect it to be offline for one to > > several days. > > download.opensuse.org has suffered severe, but constricted filesystem > damage. > > We are working on a replacement system and hope to have it in place as > soon as possible! > > Please refer to using a mirror in the meantime - see > http://mirrors.opensuse.org/. a temporary solution is in place now. It knows all mirrors, does full geographical redirection and is reachable at http://download.opensuse.org/ as usual. The broken disk array is being worked on while we speak. A time estimate is hard to give. We are confident that the replacement will be ready soon but the amount of time we need to get it finished depends on the amount of damage on the storage. Meanwhile, the workaround should be 98% functional -- so you should not have to worry. Thanks! Peter -- "WARNING: This bug is visible to non-employees. Please be respectful!" SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Research & Development

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[opensuse-announce] download.opensuse.org broken down
by Peter Poeml 10 Mar '09

10 Mar '09

I'm sorry to say that download.opensuse.org will be unavailable for some time. Its storage array broke down once again, and we have no backup. (We are in need of hardware since ever; if anyone would be able to sponsor some, we would be very glad about it.) This affects stage.opensuse.org as well (same box). I can't give a timeline yet, but expect it to be offline for one to several days. Thanks, Peter -- "WARNING: This bug is visible to non-employees. Please be respectful!" SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Research & Development

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[opensuse-announce] openSUSE Weekly News, Issue #62 is out
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 10 Mar '09

10 Mar '09

We are pleased to announce: Issue 62 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * openSUSE Project Meeting next Wednesday * openSUSE Trademark Guidelines Released * Ken Yap: How to clone a VirtualBox Linux VM to a real machine (v0.9) * 11.2 Roadmap and Fixed Release Cycle for openSUSE * Rupert Horstkötter: OSF Status Report #3 The openSUSE Weekly News is also available in: German [1], Indonesian [2], Japanese [3], Polish [4], Portuguese [5] (delay), Russian [6], Spanish [7] (delay), Hungarian [8] (Light), Italian [9] (delay), Chinese [10], French [11], NEW: Swedish [12] [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/62 [1] http://de.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE-Wochenschau/62 [2] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/62/indonesian [3] http://ja.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/62 [4] http://pl.opensuse.org/Tygodnik_openSUSE/62 [5] http://pt.opensuse.org/Notícias_da_semana_no_openSUSE/62 [6] http://ru.opensuse.org/Еженедельные_новости_openSUSE/62 [7] http://es.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/62 [8] http://hu.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Heti_H%C3%ADrmond%C3%B3/62 [9] http://it.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Newsletter_Settimanale/62 [10] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/62/chinese [11] http://fr.opensuse.org/Lettre_d%27information_openSUSE/62 [12] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/62/swedish Have a lot of fun! -- Sincereley yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Marketing Team (Weekly News) 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] Gearing Up for Google Summer of Code
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 07 Mar '09

07 Mar '09

The openSUSE Project is looking for a few good mentors for the Google Summer of Code[1] 2009! The openSUSE Project was a mentoring organization last year, and we're hoping to participate again in 2009. Organization signup starts next week[2], and prospective mentors can sign up next week as well. Signup starts March 9th[3] at 19:00 UTC/12:00 PST and ends March 13th at 19:00 UTC/12:00 PST. Accepted organizations will be announced on March 18th, and there's a week (March 18 through 23) for organizations and students to meet and discuss. The student application period begins March 23rd, and ends April 3rd. All of the dates are on the Google SoC FAQ and we'll be sending out announcements as each of the important dates approach. Right now, we're gathering ideas for the Summer of Code on the openSUSE wiki[4]. (Thanks to Lukas Ocilka, Stanislav Visnovsky, and Jiri Srain[5] for starting this!) Feel free to add your own ideas or help revise the existing ideas. Also, if you're interested in helping out, please add your name[6] to the openSUSE GSoC '09 page. In addition to mentors (and students...) we'll need help finding mentors, reviewing GSoC applications, facilitating communication during GSoC, and so forth. (Again, see the wiki!) If you have questions about openSUSE and GSoC, ask on the opensuse-project list. [1]: http://code.google.com/soc/ [2]: http://preview.tinyurl.com/cgha8l [3]: http://en.opensuse.org/Summer_of_Code_2009#Important_dates [4]: http://en.opensuse.org/Summer_of_Code_2009#Ideas [5]: http://preview.tinyurl.com/dx4qe9 [6]: http://en.opensuse.org/Summer_of_Code_2009#Organization -- 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] Reminder: openSUSE Project Meeting March 11, 2009 at 17:00 UTC
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 05 Mar '09

05 Mar '09

The next openSUSE Project meeting will be Wednesday, March 11th, at 17:00 UTC on Freenode. Again that's: 2009-03-11 17:00 UTC See all the timezones here: http://is.gd/lZgv. This is going to be a fairly substantial meeting, so if you can attend please do so! We'll be discussin the latest developments in and around openSUSE. Please add your topics to the meeting wiki page at: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/Project_Meeting_2009-03-11 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 http://www.irchelp.org/. This site is not affiliated with openSUSE. For more information on Freenode, see http://freenode.net/. Please spread the word! Best, Zonker -- 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] SuSE in LPAR on as400 featuring openSIS
by James Tremblay aka SLEducator 04 Mar '09

04 Mar '09

openSIS is proud to announce that we are beginning construction of a Linux server on an IBM iSeries computer using a SUSE LPAR. This is a joint venture proof of concept with one of IBM's premier hardware resellers, Mainline Information Systems. The goal of this effort is to demonstrate that openSIS and many of the other packages offered in the openSUSE for Education project will be viable solutions that run natively on the IBM iSeries. The proof of concept is designed to demonstrate the viability of openSIS and openSUSE on the iSeries platform, which runs an older green screen SIS (TERMs) for approximately half of Florida's school districts. If the proof of concept is successful, OS4Ed and Mainline will be positioned to offer Florida districts an alternative SIS that is free and modern and will run natively on the same hardware they use today. This will allow these school districts to migrate to a modern web-based SIS with no licensing costs, no proprietary software licensing costs and no hardware costs. Best of all, school IT personnel will not have to be retrained to support the hardware platform as it will remain the same. This is very important during a time where Pearson School Systems is ending SasiXP support in 2010 and state budget cuts in the billions are being made. Please stay tuned as we will post follow announcements and updates as we move forward with this exciting proof of concept. -- James Tremblay openSIS Product Specialist http://www.os4ed.com mail james "AT" os4ed.com CNE 3,4,5 MCSE w2k CLE in training Registered Linux user #440182 http://en.opensuse.org/education -- 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 - EDU Meeting
by James Tremblay aka SLEducator 04 Mar '09

04 Mar '09

On Tuesday March 10th we will be having our next IRC meeting on Freenode.net in the #opensuse-edu channel. Please join us . For details read http://en.opensuse.org/Education/Meetings/Education_Meeting_2009-03-10 These are the current topics - perhaps someone has some additional ones? 1) Status of openSUSE-Education 1.0 2) Targets for openSUSE-Education 2.0 3) Google Summer of Code 2009 4) Old action items -- James Tremblay openSIS Product Specialist http://www.os4ed.com mail james "AT" os4ed.com CNE 3,4,5 MCSE w2k CLE in training Registered Linux user #440182 http://en.opensuse.org/education -- 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] openSUSE KDE Team Meeting - Wednesday 4th March 17:00 UTC
by Will Stephenson 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

The next openSUSE KDE Team meeting will be held tomorrow, Wednesday 4th March, at 17:00 UTC. The current list of scheduled topics is: * old action items * status report * calls for testing (get your 4.2.1 installed!) * bugzilla screening, upstreaming bugreports * the KDE team's input to Distribution Focus discussion * 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=4&month=3&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 in and participate! Will

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[opensuse-announce] openSUSE Weekly News, Issue #61 is out
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

We are pleased to announce: Issue 61 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * Joe Brockmeier: Addressing the layoffs * Andrew Wafaa: Open Support * Masim Sugianto: Apache Web Server & Virtual Host on openSUSE : Part 1 * pablo2525: opensuse 11.1 - kupdateapplet * {lizards,news,zonker}.opensuse.org updated to Wordpress 2.7.1 The openSUSE Weekly News is also available in: German [1], Indonesian [2], Japanese [3], Polish [4] (delay), Portuguese [5] (delay), Russian [6], Spanish [7] (delay). Hungarian [8] "Light" and Italian [9] (delay) NEW: Chinese [10], NEW: French [11]. [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/61 [1] http://de.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE-Wochenschau/61 [2] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/61/indonesian [3] http://ja.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/61 [4] http://pl.opensuse.org/Tygodnik_openSUSE/61 [5] http://pt.opensuse.org/Notícias_da_semana_no_openSUSE/61 [6] http://ru.opensuse.org/Еженедельные_новости_openSUSE/61 [7] http://es.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/61 [8] http://hu.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Heti_H%C3%ADrmond%C3%B3/61 [9] http://it.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Newsletter_Settimanale/61 [10] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/61/chinese [11] http://fr.opensuse.org/Lettre_d%27information_openSUSE/61 Have a lot of fun! -- Sincereley yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Marketing Team (Weekly News) 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 Trademark Guidelines Released
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

The openSUSE Project is pleased to announce the release of the openSUSE Trademark Guidelines[1] (PDF). With the guidelines, the openSUSE Project is looking to clarify the use of the openSUSE marks and make it easier to redistribute openSUSE-based projects. Since it's easier than ever to create customized versions of openSUSE, we've seen a lot of interest in the branding of derivative distros. When is it OK to call a distro "openSUSE," or "powered by openSUSE," and when does the branding need to be removed entirely? The guidelines are an attempt to answer as many of those questions as possible in one concise document. What Do the Guidelines Cover? ============================= The openSUSE Trademark Guidelines cover using the openSUSE marks for derivative distributions, merchandise, domain names, advocacy groups, events, publications, advertising materials, and much more. If you're doing anything that involves redistributing openSUSE or materials with the openSUSE marks, you should look over the trademark guidelines to ensure that your use is permitted. Seeking Special Permission ========================== If you want to use the official openSUSE marks, but fall outside the permitted uses_ _it is still possible to get permission. If you'd like to seek special permisison, send an email to permission(a)novell.com[2] with your contact information and an explanation of the situation. Have Questions? =============== For discussion of the guidelines and policies around the openSUSE marks, feel free to ask on the openSUSE-project mailing list. (opensuse- project(a)opensuse.org, subscribe using opensuse-project+subscribe(a)opensuse.org[3].) Discussion about openSUSE branding in general can be directed to the openSUSE marketing mailing list (opensuse-marketing(a)opensuse.org, subscribe using opensuse-marketing+subscribe(a)opensuse.org[4].) [1]: http://en.opensuse.org/Image:OpenSUSE_Trademark_Guidelines.pdf [2]: mailto:permission@novell.com [3]: mailto:project+subscribe@opensuse.org [4]: mailto:opensuse-marketing+subscribe@opensuse.org -- 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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