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[opensuse-announce] SSL cert update for opensuse.org hosts in Nuremberg
by Marcus Rueckert 27 Jan '12

27 Jan '12

hi Thursday 2012-02-02 we will update the certificates for all openSUSE hosts located Nuremberg (see detailed list below). The fingerprint of the new certificate is: [[[ Signed with security(a)suse.de key: pub 2048R/3D25D3D9 1999-03-06 uid SuSE -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 SHA1 Fingerprint=F0:76:9C:42:D3:F1:C0:ED:C6:F6:15:C0:F8:D5:C7:29:60:EB:53:46 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBTyAnZXey5gA9JdPZAQI7yQf/d4OqlBnV4WT80cqI3DVGGcEacTSES8Ux dK0z9aW/UQWFTHGoQmDk8xcgHED/mHVAlywIPgccbleWNi3NND3+1EAvsxnR5M1m mdVsNYOEsGDrk/3qvPVzyTjkBgINOnetH/0Hd77NhxaDVkU0f1Tl0wbO5NdhKy6m 0dmGwJgUESi3IQjubaibmGZHCZPfEEO0ReW00tRDjFpV4MnU923/BZWT30WuvfMo ClSedk0r6PBt3FGr5yqIFyjM1i3CX/dioW1nJ3qOP1GKMDGLSL20YEY6ZE/F8nL4 bycPLfTjDxKodWXeAmeBlXNTNVYxjphowtjYMQqFe7hXyUkSHBCLLQ== =UhMT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ]]] The following hosts will be affected: * static.opensuse.org * api.opensuse.org * build.opensuse.org * connect.opensuse.org * features.opensuse.org * hermes.opensuse.org * login.opensuse.org * notify.opensuse.org * svn.opensuse.org * ci.opensuse.org We do not expect any service interruptions, but some users run with strict certificate checks. With kind regard Your openSUSE admin team -- openSUSE - SUSE Linux is my linux openSUSE is good for you www.opensuse.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-announce+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-announce+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-announce] openSUSE 11.3 has reached end of SUSE support
by Benjamin Brunner 20 Jan '12

20 Jan '12

Hi, With the release of release-notes-openSUSE on Friday 20th of January SUSE has released the last update for openSUSE 11.3. openSUSE 11.3 is now officially discontinued and out of support by SUSE. Here are some security statistics: openSUSE 11.3 was released on July 15th 2010, making it 18 months of security and bugfix support. Some statistics on the released patches (compared to 11.2): Total updates: 581 (+92) Security: 358 (+41) Recommended: 221 (+49) Optional: 2 (+2) CVE Entries: 1212 (+78) Top issues (compared to 11.2 for issues down to 5), (not lifetime adjusted): 14 seamonkey (+3) 12 MozillaFirefox (-6) 12 flash-player (+2) 11 MozillaThunderbird (+3) 10 opera (-3) 9 kernel (+4) 7 mozilla-xulrunner191 (+1) 7 libopenssl-devel (+2) 7 java-1_6_0-openjdk (+2) 6 krb5 (-3) 6 bind (+3) 6 acroread (-2) 5 wireshark (+1) 5 tomcat6 (0) 5 exim (+2) 5 dhcp (+4) 5 clamav (0) 5 apache2-mod_php5 (0) And top issues sorted by CVE (Common Vulnerability Enumeration) count down to 5) (compared to 11.2 for the top, not adjusted to lifetime): 214 libwebkit (+34) 138 seamonkey (+18) 123 kernel (+17) 113 MozillaFirefox (-6) 111 MozillaThunderbird (-16) 96 mozilla-xulrunner191 (+12) 90 java-1_6_0-sun (-4) 86 acroread (-27) 82 flash-player (-1) 54 opera (+27) 51 java-1_6_0-openjdk (-43) 49 apache2-mod_php5 (+4) 32 wireshark (+6) 16 icedtea-web 13 libfreetype6 13 krb5 (-2) 12 OpenOffice_org (0) 12 libopenssl-devel (+6) 11 tomcat6 (0) 10 apache2 (+8) 10 quagga 9 libmariadbclient16 8 freetype2 (-10) 8 rubygem-actionmailer 8 gimp (+2) 8 libmysqlclient-devel (-15) 8 perl (-1) 8 dhcp (+6) 8 libmysqlclusterclient16 8 clamav (-2) 8 bind (+2) 8 libmodplug (+7) 7 libtiff-devel (+2) 7 exim (+2) 7 libsvn_auth_gnome_keyring-1-0 (+4) 7 libvirt (+1) 7 finch (-5) 7 NetworkManager (+5) 6 ecryptfs-utils 6 libpng14 6 puppet (+5) 6 sysconfig (+2) 6 xorg-x11-Xvnc (+4) 6 sudo (0) 6 libpng12 6 python-feedparser (+1) 6 kvm (+5) 5 compat-openssl097g (+4) 5 otrs (+3) 5 glibc (-1) 5 libmoon-devel 5 radvd 5 evince (0) 5 libxml2 (+3) 5 Kernel 5 libpcsclite1 (0) 5 cyrus-imapd # security updates by count # grep -l type..secur updateinfo-*|sed -e 's/^updateinfo-//;s/-[0-9]*.xml$//;'|sort|uniq -c|sort -n +0 -r|less # grep CVE- update* |perl -e '%cves=();while (<>) { while (/(CVE-2...-....)/) { $cve{$1}++; s/CVE-2...-....//;} } print join("\n",sort keys %cve)."\n";' | wc -l # for i in updateinfo-* ; do echo -n "$i " ; grep CVE- $i|perl -e '%cves=();while (<>) { while (/(CVE-2...-....)/) { $cve{$1}++; s/CVE-2...-....//;} } print join("\n",sort keys %cve)."\n";' | wc -l ; done |perl -e 'while (<>) { /^updateinfo-(\S*)-\d*.xml (\d*)$/; $cnt{$1}+=$2; } ; foreach (sort { $cnt{$b} <=> $cnt{$a} } keys %cnt) { print "$cnt{$_}\t\t$_\n";} ' -- Benjamin Brunner , SUSE LINUX, Maintenance SUSE LINUX GmbH, GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg) -- 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] Why openSUSE.org goes on strike tomorrow
by Henne Vogelsang 17 Jan '12

17 Jan '12

Members, contributors, friends, people. End of January the US Congress will vote to pass two laws, the “PROTECT IP Act” (PIPA) and the “Stop Online Piracy Act” (SOPA). If these laws pass they would enable copyright holders to get court orders against websites accused of doing or facilitating copyright infringement. So far so good, the openSUSE Project is against copyright violations. We are a community that provides free and easy access to Free and Open Source Software. We innovate, integrate, polish, document, distribute, maintain and support one of the world’s best Linux distributions. We are working together in an open, transparent and friendly manner as part of the worldwide Free and Open Source community. And in this community there is no room for copyright abuses. This however does not mean that the end justifies the means. We at openSUSE are opposed to the proposals because we depend on our users to not only be able to freely and openly contribute their code but also their opinion and other information. Why that is threatened by these proposals, you can read over at the EFF[1], or watch this video from Fight for the Future[2] We hope the decision to blackout openSUSE.org will educate people around the world about this issue that threatens the basics of the internet, will make some US based contributors, friends and users contact their representatives in congress and inspire others to join the strike. The openSUSE Board [1] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/01/how-pipa-and-sopa-violate-white-house… [2] http://vimeo.com/31100268 -- 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 205 is out!
by Sascha Manns 10 Dec '11

10 Dec '11

We are pleased to announce: Issue 205 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this Issue: openSUSE Board Election 2011 openSUSE Launchparty in Prague Cooking with Docbook and many more … For a list of available translations see the Translations Section in the actual Weekly News. [0] http://bit.ly/tK2w3o (in PDF) [0] http://bit.ly/vPnJTX (in HTML with Bento Theme) [0] http://bit.ly/uu9FcY (in HTML with Susebooks Theme)) -- Sincerly yours Sascha Manns Community &Support Agent open-slx GmbH http://www.open-slx.de This mail is written with Balsam Professional 12.1

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[opensuse-announce] Advance discontinuation notice for openSUSE 11.3
by Marcus Meissner 01 Dec '11

01 Dec '11

Hi, Dear opensuse-announce subscribers and openSUSE users, SUSE Security announces that the SUSE Security Team and the SUSE sponsored openSUSE maintenance team will stop releasing updates for openSUSE 11.3 soon. Having provided security-relevant and bug fixes for the last two releases and two months, we will stop releasing updates after Jan 16th 2012. A community driven extension of the maintenance like Evergreen for openSUSE 11.1 and 11.2 is possible and will be announced when happening. As a consequence, the openSUSE 11.3 distribution directory on our server download.opensuse.org will be removed from /distribution/11.3/ to free space on our mirror sites. The 11.3 directory in the update tree /update/11.3 will follow, some time after all updates have been published. Also the openSUSE buildservice repositories containing openSUSE 11.3 will be moved to DISCONTINUED:openSUSE:11.3 and building against openSUSE 11.3 will be disabled in all buildservice projects. The discontinuation of openSUSE 11.3 enables us to focus on the openSUSE distributions of a newer release dates to ensure that our users can continuously take advantage of the quality that they are used to with openSUSE products. This announcement holds true for openSUSE 11.3 only. As usual, the openSUSE project will continue to provide update packages for the following products: openSUSE 11.4 (supported until approximately Sep 15th 2012) openSUSE 12.1 (supported until approximately May 15th 2012) openSUSE 12.2 (currently in development, to be released in July 2011) for the next two openSUSE releases plus a two months overlap period. Please note that the maintenance cycles of SUSE Linux Enterprise products and products based on the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating system are not affected by this announcement and have longer life cycles. Our openSUSE lifetimes are tracked on http://en.opensuse.org/Lifetime . To learn more about SUSE Linux Enterprise products, please visit http://www.novell.com/linux/suse/ . For a detailed list of the life cycles of our Enterprise Products please visit http://support.novell.com/lifecycle/ and http://support.novell.com/lifecycle/lcSearchResults.jsp?sl=suse If you have any questions regarding this announcement, please do not hesitate to contact SUSE Security at <security(a)suse.de>. -- 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 203 is out!
by Sascha Manns 26 Nov '11

26 Nov '11

We are pleased to announce: Issue 203 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this Issue: openSUSE 12.1: All green Board Election Kernel Log: real-time kernel goes Linux 3.0 and many more … For a list of available translations see the Translations Section in the actual Weekly News. [0] http://bit.ly/tS50UR (in PDF) [0] http://bit.ly/tmKG35 (in HTML with Bento Theme) [0] http://bit.ly/sw44kE (in HTML with Susebooks Theme)) -- Sincerly yours Sascha Manns Community &Support Agent open-slx GmbH http://www.open-slx.de This mail is written with Balsam Professional 12.1

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[opensuse-announce] openSUSE Weekly News Issue 202 is out!
by Sascha Manns 19 Nov '11

19 Nov '11

We are pleased to announce: Issue 202 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this Issue: openSUSE 12.1 - All in green Plasma Activities in Balsam Professional Open Source WYSIWYG Visual Editor for UI Mockups and many more … For a list of available translations see the Translations Section in the actual Weekly News. [0] http://bit.ly/tT1Srr (in PDF) [0] http://bit.ly/vw9Klw (in HTML with Bento Theme) [0] http://bit.ly/sfgLn3 (in HTML with Susebooks Theme)) -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns Community & Support Agent open-slx GmbH Web: http://community.open-slx.de

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[opensuse-announce] openSUSE Project Releases openSUSE 12.1
by Jos Poortvliet 16 Nov '11

16 Nov '11

openSUSE Project Releases openSUSE 12.1 Latest distribution includes platform innovations and tools enabling users to run cutting edge Linux-based operating systems in physical, virtual and cloud environments World-Wide, Web, November 16, 2011 -- The openSUSE Project, a global open source community, announced today the general availability of openSUSE 12.1. The stable, complete and easy-to-use multipurpose operating system distribution helps users and developers leverage free and open source software in physical, virtual and cloud environments. “openSUSE 12.1 represents more than eight months of worldwide effort to create one of the industry's best Linux distributions,” said Jos Poortvliet, openSUSE community manager for SUSE. “The openSUSE distribution and its thousands of open source applications are the result of contributions from individual testers, writers, translators, usability experts, artists, ambassadors, packagers and developers having a lot of fun working together to create a uniquely powerful set of tools and capabilities.” The openSUSE Project's commitment to providing a stable, complete and easy-to- use multipurpose distribution is demonstrated by the latest community community-led features openSUSE 12.1. Notable innovations include: Cloud Innovation Designed with integration in mind, the latest openSUSE release ships with the latest Linux kernel 3.1, making it even more versatile and extensible for supporting mixed IT environments including public and private clouds. By leveraging SUSE Studio users can build and deploy unique versions of openSUSE 12.1, with custom package selections, artwork, scripts, etc. that can be deployed directly to Amazon EC2 or onto a variety of other cloud platforms. openSUSE is the first Linux distribution to support ownCloud with its own unique Mirall desktop integration. Additionally, the openSUSE Virtualization and Cloud repository offers the latest versions of Eucalyptus, OpenNebula and OpenStack for openSUSE 12.1. The latest virtualization technologies including Xen 4.1, KVM and VirtualBox can be managed with the latest virt-manager and open-vm-tools. Distribution Innovation openSUSE 12.1 includes Snapper, a new and unique tool that employs the snapshot functionality in btrfs to allow users to view older versions of files and revert changes. The integration of Snapper into the zypper package manager allows users to roll back system updates and configuration changes. openSUSE is also the first major distribution to ship the Go programming language, Google's new open development language. Go is a fast, easy-to-use language that helps programmers handle multi-core, networked machines with the convenience of garbage collection and run-time reflection. OpenSUSE 12.1 also includes an option to enable Tumbleweed, a version of openSUSE with rolling updates that contain the latest stable versions of all software. The project was conceived by Greg Kroah-Hartman, a SUSE kernel engineer. Tumbleweed lessens the significance and change impact of major releases by updating systems continuously. Desktop enhancements With Gnome Shell 3.2 the openSUSE interface focuses on deeper integration of collaboration tools such as calendar notifications, chat and a centralized online accounts configuration. The UI elements and workflows are touch-screen friendly, equipped to handle smaller screens, multi-screen setups and automatic rotation for touch screen devices. openSUSE is the first major Linux distribution to ship both GNOME and KDE with color management. Other features in KDE include the introduction of the Apper software manager, simplifying software installation. openSUSE also include the innovative Plasma Active tablet interface in the Open Build Service. “While the big updates include Snapper, systemd and ownCloud, there are also many smaller enhancements like the improvements to YaST or the work on zypper. And that is only what our own community did,” said Bryen Yunahsko, member of the openSUSE Board and marketing lead. “We’re standing on the shoulders of the gigantic open source community. I would not be surprised if openSUSE's latest update has over 300,000 improvements that resulted from efforts in the open source community.” For more details about the latest innovations in openSUSE 12.1 visit opensuse.org/12.1 Downloads can be found at software.opensuse.org/121 ### About openSUSE The openSUSE project is a worldwide effort that promotes the use of Linux everywhere. openSUSE creates one of the world's best Linux distributions, working together in an open, transparent and friendly manner as part of the worldwide Free and Open Source Software community. For more information, visit www.opensuse.org. About SUSE SUSE is a leading provider of enterprise Linux solutions that increase agility, reduce cost and manage complexity in dynamic environments. With a portfolio centered on SUSE Linux Enterprise, the most interoperable platform for mission-critical computing, SUSE enables organizations to confidently deliver computing services across physical, virtual and cloud environments. With our award-winning products and ecosystem of partnerships, SUSE solutions empower thousands of organizations around the world. For more information, visit www.suse.com. Press Contacts Jos Poortvliet openSUSE Community Manager, SUSE jos(a)opensuse.org Amie Johnson PR Manager, SUSE amie(a)suse.com

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[opensuse-announce] openSUSE Weekly News Issue 201 is out!
by Sascha Manns 12 Nov '11

12 Nov '11

We are pleased to announce: Issue 201 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this Issue: Geekos on G+ openSUSE medical Project has new Leader 12.1 coming soon and many more … For a list of available translations see the Translations Section in the actual Weekly News. [0] http://bit.ly/vvuVq1 (in PDF) [0] http://bit.ly/s76wJx (in HTML with Bento Theme) [0] http://bit.ly/s6MmYc (in HTML with Susebooks Theme)) -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns Community & Support Agent open-slx GmbH Web: http://community.open-slx.de

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[opensuse-announce] openSUSE 12.1 RC2 unleashed!
by Jos Poortvliet 03 Nov '11

03 Nov '11

We're delighted to let you know that the second and final release candidate of the openSUSE 12.1 release, scheduled to become available on November 16 2011, is now ready for testing. All of development is now frozen except for the most urgent bugfixes. If you find any new, grave problems, please report it as soon as possible! You can find a list of currently reported bugs for openSUSE 12.1 here [1] and our list of most urgent problems here [2]. Please refer to the testing wiki page here [3] when you report problems and if you are willing to help us out fixing them, see [4]. Aside from packaging and development work, we'd appreciate help promoting this release [5]. You can download openSUSE 12.1 RC2 from our website, which will automatically re-direct you to one of our mirrors: http://software.opensuse.org/developer/ New features The next release of openSUSE is expected to bring a large number of improvements and changes. Many of these are the ‘usual’ updates any Linux distribution offers. These include the latest Firefox, GNOME 3.2 and KDE’s Plasma Workspace 4.7. Under the hood, we have Linux kernel 3.1 and we expect to be the first to ship Google’s new programming language Go. We also overhauled our boot procedure introducing systemd and Grub2 (testing!) and of course we’ll ship the latest developer tools and libraries as well as all the sysadmin goodies openSUSE is known for! But we also have some really unique treats. The coolest among those is Snapper, a btrfs-based tool which allows you to view the differences between current and previous versions of files on your system and lets you roll back the changes, bringing back lost files or undoing damaging overwrites. Find screenshots of openSUSE 12.1 on the following site: http://en.opensuse.org/Screenshots_12.1 Greetings, The openSUSE Community [1] http://s.opensu.se/betabugs/ [2] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Most_annoying_bugs_12.1_dev [3] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Testing [4] http://news.opensuse.org/2011/09/27/get-your-package-in-factory- for-12-1/ [5] http://news.opensuse.org/2011/11/01/help-us-spread-the-word-on- opensuse-12-1/

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[opensuse-announce] openSUSE Weekly News Issue 199 is out!
by Sascha Manns 29 Oct '11

29 Oct '11

We are pleased to announce: Issue 199 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this Issue: Board Election 2011 Loop mount iso files without being root The Qt-Project is alive and many more … For a list of available translations see the Translations Section in the actual Weekly News. [0] http://bit.ly/v8hjHE (in PDF) [0] http://bit.ly/rXewOH (in HTML with Bento Theme) [0] http://bit.ly/tYm4gW (in HTML with Susebooks Theme)) -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns Community & Support Agent open-slx GmbH Web: http://community.open-slx.de -- 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 12.1 RC1 available!
by Jos Poortvliet 24 Oct '11

24 Oct '11

A few weeks after our last milestone was released as beta 1, the first Release Candidate of openSUSE 12.1 is now floating over the web! What's new The next release of openSUSE is expected to bring a large number of improvements and changes. Many of these are the 'usual' updates any Linux distribution offers. These include the latest Firefox, GNOME 3.2 and KDE's Plasma Workspace 4.7. Under the hood, we have Linux kernel 3.1 and we expect to be the first to ship Google's new programming language Go. We also overhauled our boot procedure introducing systemd and Grub2 (still in testing) and of course we'll ship the latest developer tools and libraries as well as all the sysadmin goodies openSUSE is known for! But we also have some really *unique* treats. The coolest among those is Snapper, a btrfs-based tool which allows you to view the differences between current and previous versions of files on your system and lets you roll back the changes, bringing back lost files or undoing damaging overwrites. Testing The changes in underlying boot technology, the new tools like Snapper as well as the rest of the operating system need a good workout for the release! So now we need YOUR help! Go to the download page and grab your copy of openSUSE 12.1 RC1 and test it on your desktop, in a VM or on a laptop! You can find information on testing on the openSUSE Testing wiki http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Testing You can find the current list of most annoying 12.1 bugs here: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Most_annoying_bugs_12.1_dev Help us shorten that list by re-testing the problematic areas or by fixing the bugs; or help us find new pressing issues! Get openSUSE 12.1 RC1 from http://software.opensuse.org/developer/. More information and contributing The openSUSE 12.1 Portal page has been set up but still needs quite some work. There are screenshots to be taken, release notes to be written and Documentation to be composed. We also welcome help with translating! Find the information portal for openSUSE 12.1 here: http://en.opensuse.org/Portal:12.1 Screenshots of 12.1: http://en.opensuse.org/Screenshots_12.1 Documentation: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Documentation_Contribute Translating: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Localization_guide Feel free to add our release counter to your website. Pick a size, then link to the image with the usual tags: http://counter.opensuse.org/small.png http://counter.opensuse.org/medium.png http://counter.opensuse.org/large.png Example tags: <img class="alignright" title="release counter" src="http://counter.opensuse.org/small.png" alt="release counter"/>

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[opensuse-announce] openSUSE Weekly News Issue 198 is out!
by Sascha Manns 22 Oct '11

22 Oct '11

We are pleased to announce: Issue 198 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this Issue: Create Slideshows with digiKam Almost too much is going on GNOME 3.2.1 and many more … For a list of available translations see the Translations Section in the actual Weekly News. [0] http://bit.ly/oVtGtW (in PDF) [0] http://bit.ly/qfbgvl (in HTML with Bento Theme) [0] http://bit.ly/pY35HP (in HTML with Susebooks Theme)) -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns Community & Support Agent open-slx GmbH Web: http://community.open-slx.de -- 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 announces first public release of openQA
by Jos Poortvliet 11 Oct '11

11 Oct '11

OpenSUSE Announces First Public Release of openQA The openSUSE Project announces the 1.0 release of the unique cross- distribution-capable, fully automated testing framework openQA. openQA is the only comprehensive testing tool which can run tests on every level of the OS, from core functionality like the bootloader and booting the kernel up to testing applications like Firefox and LibreOffice. It shows the results in a convenient web interface and allows testers to see screenshots and even videos of the issues found. openQA is used to run nightly tests of the 'Factory' development repository for the upcoming openSUSE 12.1 release. openQA is available under the GPL version 2 or later. Software Testing is Hard Testing complex software is a crucial part of development. However, in- depth, frequent testing is difficult, time-consuming and boring. To ensure that software is tested regularly and predictably, automation is crucial. Many in-house tools which can test specific applications have been developed but there was no comprehensive testing tool for a full operating system until openQA. openQA does its work entirely hands-off and offers a convenient web interface with an overview of the results. With openQA developers can catch and fix issues in the development process much faster and thus ensure a more reliable product. openQA Makes it Easy openQA can test any operating system which is able to run in a virtual machine. By taking screenshots of the process and comparing these to reference images it determines if tests are passed or not. The OS- autoinst tool, part of openQA, controls the testing process by sending virtual keyboard and mouse events to the operating system being installed and run. It is able to respond to what is shown on the screen so it can handle a variety of issues while not having to stop the test. openQA determines if the installation of the operating system worked correctly and whether a number of applications started properly. At the end of the test, all images are encoded into a video for consultation by a human tester in case this is needed. A status overview of the tests can be shown in a web interface, currently available for the openSUSE Factory development repository on openqa.opensuse.org. Coolo, openSUSE release manager noted: "I'm thrilled to see the 1.0 release of openQA. openQA's automated testing has been very beneficial to the stability of openSUSE Factory and I'm confident it can do the same for other Linux distributions" openQA is Cross-platform Capable openQA is developed as two software pieces: OS-autoinst and the web interface. OS-autoinst right now supports Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian, FreeBSD and even OpenIndiana. It can be used to test even MS DOS and Windows systems. A number of videos on how openQA works can be found at http://video.os-autoinst.zq1.de/opensuse/video/ The openQA web interface is openSUSE specific right now. It gives an overview of the status of all tests and allows the tester to look at specific screenshots of issues as well as video's of the entire testing process. openQA is Free openQA has been published under the General Public License version 2 or later. Installation instructions can be found on the wiki and the team is eager to hear feedback on openQA and use cases. About openSUSE The openSUSE project is a worldwide effort that promotes the use of Linux everywhere. openSUSE creates one of the world's best Linux distributions, working together in an open, transparent and friendly manner as part of the worldwide Free and Open Source Software community. The project is controlled by its community and relies on the contributions of individuals, working as testers, writers, translators, usability experts, artists and ambassadors or developers. The project embraces a wide variety of technology, people with different levels of expertise, speaking different languages and having different cultural backgrounds. Important links openQA installation & web interface on opensuse.org: http://openqa.opensuse.org OS-autoinst tool: http://www.os-autoinst.org/ openSUSE 12.1 Portal: http://en.opensuse.org/Portal:12.1

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[opensuse-announce] openSUSE Weekly News Issue 196 is out!
by Sascha Manns 09 Oct '11

09 Oct '11

We are pleased to announce: Issue 196 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this Issue: 12.1 Beta 1 is out Board Election Commitee formed openSUSE @ ARM and many more … For a list of available translations see the Translations Section in the actual Weekly News. [0] http://bit.ly/qDtpI8 (in PDF) [0] http://bit.ly/nnBbXg (in HTML with Bento Theme) [0] http://bit.ly/piC5Tj (in HTML with Susebooks Theme)) -- Sincereley yours Sascha Manns open-slx GmbH Community & Support Agent openSUSE Marketing Team http://community.open-slx.de -- 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 12.1 Beta Arrives
by Bryen M. Yunashko 02 Oct '11

02 Oct '11

Folks, Good news, the openSUSE Beta of our upcoming 12.1 is now published and available for you to download. We encourage you to download the beta and test test test! We also encourage you to spread the word and get more people to download and test test test! :-) For more information, visit http://news.opensuse.org/2011/10/01/opensuse-12-1-beta-arrives/ which also includes links for downloading the latest Beta. Thanks, Bryen M Yunashko -- 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 195 is out!
by Sascha Manns 01 Oct '11

01 Oct '11

We are pleased to announce: Issue 195 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this Issue: Get your package in 12.1 Hackweek 7 Getting your Article in news.o.o and many more … For a list of available translations see the Translations Section in the actual Weekly News. [0] http://bit.ly/oYByzH (in PDF) [0] http://bit.ly/ncROJu (in HTML with Bento Theme) [0] http://bit.ly/plcySw (in HTML with Susebooks Theme)) -- Sincereley yours Sascha Manns open-slx GmbH Community & Support Agent openSUSE Marketing Team http://community.open-slx.de -- 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 194 is out!
by Sascha Manns 24 Sep '11

24 Sep '11

We are pleased to announce: Issue 194 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this Issue: Hackweek 7 "Happy Pony" openSUSE? Women in openSUSE Wunderlist ToDo Manager and many more … For a list of available translations see the Translations Section in the actual Weekly News. [0] http://bit.ly/rtqthY (in PDF) [0] http://bit.ly/oVgwZT (in HTML with Bento Theme) [0] http://bit.ly/qciFg8 (in HTML with Susebooks Theme)) -- Sincereley yours Sascha Manns open-slx GmbH Community & Support Agent openSUSE Marketing Team http://saigkill.homelinux.net -- 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 kicks off Hackweek 7 Next Week
by Bryen M. Yunashko 23 Sep '11

23 Sep '11

The good folks of SUSE will take a break from their regular duties next week to spend time on Hackweek. During this time, they can choose to work on any FOSS-related project and you can follow the details at http://hackweek.opensuse.org as well as the list of items at http://features.opensuse.org/hackweek. Already there's some excitement buzzing about the hackweek and there's ways you can participate as well. We invite you to read the full article published yesterday at http://news.opensuse.org/2011/09/22/suse-hackweek-7-next-week/.. Stay tuned as we follow more on Hackweek via our Planet and a summary article when Hackweek is over. Sincerely, The openSUSE News Team -- 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 193 is out!
by Sascha Manns 17 Sep '11

17 Sep '11

We are pleased to announce: Issue 193 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this Issue: openSUSE Conference 2011 Libre Office 3.4 next Nepomuk and many more … For a list of available translations see the Translations Section in the actual Weekly News. [0] http://bit.ly/obn1AM (in PDF) [0] http://bit.ly/r5lPZJ (in HTML with Bento Theme) [0] http://bit.ly/qWL97d (in HTML with Susebooks Theme)) -- Sincereley yours Sascha Manns - Community & Support Agent - http://saigkill.homelinux.net -- 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 192 is out!
by Sascha Manns 10 Sep '11

10 Sep '11

We are pleased to announce: Issue 192 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this Issue: openSUSE Conference 2011 Plasma Active Status Report Beta Pizza Party and many more … For a list of available translations see the Translations Section in the actual Weekly News. [0] http://bit.ly/qGkOwT (in PDF) [0] http://bit.ly/pPCSNZ (in HTML with Bento Theme) [0] http://bit.ly/nbQoor (in HTML with Susebooks Theme)) -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns open-slx.com openSUSE Community & Support Agent openSUSE Marketing Team Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.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 announces rename of openSUSE 12.1 milestone 6 to Beta
by Jos Poortvliet 07 Sep '11

07 Sep '11

The openSUSE community is happy to announce that the 6th Milestone of the upcoming release will be renamed openSUSE 12.1 Beta 1. This change in name reflects the state of this milestone, being ready for more extensive testing. After the beta, 2 release candidates will become available in quick succession before the final release. To celebrate the Beta release and give it a good workout, we call out on the community to organize BetaPizza parties around the world! <h2>Release Schedule</h2> As can be found in the detailed release schedule for 12.1</a> openSUSE has a 8 month development schedule. Starting about 6 weeks after the previous openSUSE release, 6 monthly milestones followed by two Release Candidates are published for testing the upcoming openSUSE version. From the 6th milestone onwards only major/critical/blocker bug fixes are allowed and localization testing commences. Most other projects refer to this stage as 'beta testing' and the release team of openSUSE has decided to follow this naming from now on upon request of the openSUSE QA team. Release team coordinator Stephan "Coolo" Kulow notes: "the 6th milestone has sometimes gotten less testing than it deserved. We want to ensure the quality and stability of openSUSE and give users the best experience as possible. We need help from the wider community to find and fix the bugs in this release and this beta is the perfect opportunity to help out!" The latest openSUSE testing release can always be found on the openSUSE download page. Find the openSUSE 12.1 portal page here: http://en.opensuse.org/Portal:12.1 Find the detailed openSUSE 12.1 release schedule here: http://www.suse.de/~coolo/opensuse_12.1/ Download the latest openSUSE 12.1 test image on: http://software.opensuse.org/developer

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[opensuse-announce] openSUSE Weekly News 191 is out!
by Sascha Manns 03 Sep '11

03 Sep '11

We are pleased to announce: Issue 191 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this Issue: Milestone 5 released Google Summer of Code Factory updated and many more … For a list of available translations see the Translations Section in the actual Weekly News. [0] http://bit.ly/pWnSg4 (in PDF) [0] http://bit.ly/qDR8FR (in HTML with Bento Theme) [0] http://bit.ly/ov09Ov (in HTML with Susebooks Theme)) -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns open-slx.com openSUSE Community & Support Agent openSUSE Marketing Team Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.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 Weekly News 190 is out!
by Sascha Manns 27 Aug '11

27 Aug '11

We are pleased to announce: Issue 190 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this Issue: openSUSE Conference 2011 Last posts from Google Summer of Code Linus Torvalds: Linux 3.1-rc3 and many more … For a list of available translations see the Translations Section in the actual Weekly News. [0] http://bit.ly/pqnwLW (in PDF) [0] http://bit.ly/oSygiT (in HTML with Bento Theme) [0] http://bit.ly/qNGdeu (in HTML with Susebooks Theme)) -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns open-slx.com openSUSE Community & Support Agent openSUSE Marketing Team Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.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] Fun, fun, fun at OSC11
by Henne Vogelsang 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

Lizards listen! The Zentrifuge, our conference location this year, is build in an old factory that was used for the production of washing machines (centrifuge, get it?). The bridging between technology and art is an important concern for them and thus our conference, as a technology conference, tries to cross that bridge too. Of course we also follow our motto "Have a lot of fun…" in this endeavor and throw a little party into the mix as well. Read on about our blend of social events like a exhibition of old calculus machines, lightning talks with a twist, the conference party or our 8bit music workshop at OSC11. http://news.opensuse.org/2011/08/22/osc11-fun/ And don't forget to register for OSC11 today! At http://conference.opensuse.org/ Henne on behalf of all party animals -- Henne Vogelsang http://www.opensuse.org Everybody has a plan, until they get hit. - Mike Tyson -- 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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