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[opensuse-announce] OpenSUSE Weekly News contribute to Community Week
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 10 May '09

10 May '09

Hello Mates, the OpenSUSE Weekly News Team plans to contribute to the Community Week. Our Meetingpoint is #opensuse-newsletter @ irc.freenode.net . Schedule: Wed 13/05/09 12:00 UTC - 20:00 UTC Workshop "How to make a Newsletter": we plan to make a Special Edition on that Day. Thu 14/05/09 12:00 UTC - 14:00 UTC Workshop "How to do an translation from EN to $LANG" Sat 16 05 09 14:30 UTC - 15:30 UTC Weekly News Team Meeting in #opensuse-newsletter. Visitors welcome. Our Community Week Website: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/Community_Week . @Translators: Please translate this Email to your Language and send this to opensuse-$LANG(a)opensuse.org -- 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

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[opensuse-announce] Get Ready for openSUSE Community Week!
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 07 May '09

07 May '09

The first openSUSE Community Week[1] is just around the corner. May 11 through May 17 we'll be hosting live sessions in IRC to help grow the openSUSE Community. Community week is all about helping new contributors get started with openSUSE and getting existing contributors together to mentor new contributors, and working together on major projects. We'll be hosting a week of IRC tutorials, Q&A's, and jam sessions on a number of topics. Learn to work with the testing/QA team, create packages, work with the openSUSE Build Service, help work on the wiki, or get involved with the GNOME and KDE teams. There's something for everybody[2]. Schedule and Topics =================== The Community Week schedule is posted on the openSUSE Wiki[3]. Each topic has its own schedule, and new sessions are still being added -- so be sure to check the schedule throughout the week for new and exciting sessions. If you have general project questions or aren't sure where to go during Community Week, talk to us in #opensuse-project on Freenode[4]. And, as always, questions about contributing to openSUSE are always welcome on the openSUSE Project mailing list[5]. Help with Community Week ======================== Even if you're not leading any sessions, you can still pitch in and help with Community Week. We need contributors to "staff" IRC channels to mentor new contributors, and to spread the word about openSUSE Community Week. If you'd like to lead a session, there's still time. Contact Zonker[6] with a topic, abstract, and times you can hold sessions. To mentor and answer questions, just show up! The more the merrier, so if you have some free time during the week, pop into IRC and lend a hand. Spread the Word! ================ You can also help make Community Week a success by spreading the word. Blog about it, talk about it on Facebook, tell your friends and coworkers, get the word out however you can. You can also post a counter on your Web site[7] or just link to the Community Week[1] page. If you're on Twitter or Identi.ca, you can follow @opensuse and help spread the word by RT'ing our Community Week updates, and forward this announcement to anyone who might be interested in contributing. Every little bit helps! Not feeling very creative? Just post the following on your blog: Join me for openSUSE Community Week The openSUSE Project is running a Community Week from May 11 through May 17. Learn how to get involved with the openSUSE Project and become a contributor to openSUSE. You can help promote the use of Linux everywhere and help make openSUSE the best Linux distro for new and experienced Linux users. You don't have to be a developer to participate. We're looking for all kinds of contributors: writers, translators, artists, teachers, and (of course) developers to help shape the openSUSE Linux distribution. Learn more about openSUSE and Community Week at: http://http://en.opensuse.org/Community_Week Spread the word and get ready to have a lot of fun at Community Week starting Monday, May 11th in IRC! [1]: http://en.opensuse.org/Community_Week [2]: http://en.opensuse.org/Community_Week#Topics [3]: http://en.opensuse.org/Community_Week#Schedule [4]: irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-project [5]: http://lists.opensuse.org/ [6]: mailto:zonker@opensuse.org [7]: http://dev-loki.blogspot.com/2009/04/opensuse-community-week-countdown.html -- 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 -EDU's Next Meeting: 2009-05-14
by James Tremblay aka SLEducator 06 May '09

06 May '09

The next one will be on Thursday, 2009-05-14, 17:00 UTC/GMT on #opensuse-edu. Currently we have just two topics: 1) Status of openSUSE-Education 1.0 => see other mail 2) Branding status http://en.opensuse.org/Education/Meetings/Current is up to date and awaits your ideas/topics... -- James A. Tremblay openSIS Product Specialist http://www.os4ed.com e-mail james "at" os4ed.com Registered Linux user #440182 openSUSE-Education founder http://en.opensuse.org/education e-mail sleducator "at" 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] Next Meeting: 2009-05-14
by James Tremblay aka SLEducator 06 May '09

06 May '09

The next one will be on Thursday, 2009-05-14, 17:00 UTC/GMT on #opensuse-edu. Currently we have just two topics: 1) Status of openSUSE-Education 1.0 => see other mail 2) Branding status http://en.opensuse.org/Education/Meetings/Current is up to date and awaits your ideas/topics... -- James A. Tremblay openSIS Product Specialist http://www.os4ed.com e-mail james "at" os4ed.com Registered Linux user #440182 openSUSE-Education founder http://en.opensuse.org/education e-mail sleducator "at" 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] openSUSE Weekly News, Issue #70 is out
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 05 May '09

05 May '09

We are pleased to announce: Issue 70 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * KDE4 Reloaded * Google Summer of Code Introduction * OpenOffice.org 3.1beta6 * Lukas Ocilka: YaST Has New Icons / Mascot ... Finally :) * ARM support in openSUSE Buildservice - fixed For a list of available translations see this page: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/70/Translations [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/70 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: openSUSE Project Meeting Wednesday May 6th at 17:00 UTC
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 04 May '09

04 May '09

Reminder: openSUSE Project Meeting Wednesday May 6th at 17:00 UTC The next openSUSE Project meeting will take place Wednesday May 6th at 17:00 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_2009-05-06][2] 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][3]. 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][4]. 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][5]. All project meetings and team meetings should be listed there. [1]: http://bit.ly/C2SSV [2]: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/Project_Meeting_2009-05-06 [3]: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/About [4]: http://www.irchelp.org/ [5]: 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 11.1 KDE4 Reloaded: Includes KDE 4.2.2 and 11.1 updates
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 01 May '09

01 May '09

While 11.2 is still months away[1] there's still plenty of activity going on with openSUSE. In addition to last week's milestone release[2], you can also get your hands on openSUSE 11.1 Reloaded. This is a respin of openSUSE 11.1[3], including KDE 4.2.2 packages and updates to 11.1. This is an installable live CD that features the KDE 4.2.2 packages from the openSUSE Build Service repo. The live CD was created by Stephan 'Beineri' Binner, and is useful for people who want to test out KDE 4.2 and users who are doing new installs and want the most recent openSUSE updates straight out of the box. See the KDE 4.2.2 announcement[4] for more information on the improvements and new features in KDE 4.2.2. Some features in openSUSE's distribution of KDE differ slightly from a stock install of KDE. The "cashew" (Toolbox) is not enabled by default. It ships with the "Aya" theme and includes some bugfixes and enhancements over the stock 4.2.2 release. The Reloaded live CD also defaults to the KDE4 versions of Amarok (2.0.2) and Digikam (0.10). A Note of Caution ================= Please note that this is not an "official" openSUSE release, and has not undergone the same kind of testing that stable releases receive. Additional openSUSE KDE News ============================ As Will Stephenson points out, if you're following the KDE:KDE4:Factory:Desktop repository, you'll soon start getting KDE 4.3 packages. If you want to keep on with the KDE 4.2 packages, use the new KDE:42 repo[5]. The live CD is pre-configured to use this repository, so no need to worry about getting moved to 4.3 unless you change it. See Important news for openSUSE KDE4 users[6] for more information about KDE repos in the openSUSE Build Service and package naming changes. [1]: http://en.opensuse.org/Roadmap [2]: http://news.opensuse.org/2009/04/24/opensuse-112-milestone-1-released/ [3]: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Medias/images/iso/ [4]: http://kde.org/announcements/announce-4.2.2.php [5]: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/42/openSUSE_11.1/ [6]: http://mschlander.wordpress.com/2009/04/25/important-news-for-opensuse-kde4… -- 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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