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[opensuse-announce] Hack Week IV Approaches
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 09 Jul '09

09 Jul '09

Novell is once again sponsoring a Hack Week, from July 20 through July 24th. This is an opportunity for Novell's Open Platform Solutions developers to use their Innovation Time Off and hunker down and work on the projects that catch their fancy. Hack Week projects can be new features, new applications, or improvements to existing services and applications. Previous Hack Weeks have generated projects like Tasque, Giver, Debian package support in the openSUSE Build Service, and many others. Hack Week is also a chance for Novell employees to work with the openSUSE Community contributors if they wish on projects that help improve openSUSE. You don't have to be a Novell employee to participate! If you'd like to hack on something cool and useful, you're welcome to join in! We'll be collecting ideas in openFATE for Hack Week, so if you'd like to contribute an idea, just go to openFATE[1] and log in with your openSUSE account. Then select "Create" and add your feature, as well as any test or use cases. If you'd like to help implement one of the ideas, check out the features that are already in openFATE for Hack Week IV. Go to "Browse" and select Hack Week IV as the Product, and you'll see all of the proposed features for Hack Week. Have questions about Hack Week? Email Olaf Kirch[2] or ask in #opensuse-project on Freenode. [1]: http://features.opensuse.org/ [2]: mailto:okir@suse.de -- 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 KDE Team Meeting - Thursday July 9, 16:00 UTC
by Martin Schlander 08 Jul '09

08 Jul '09

The next openSUSE KDE Team meeting will be held tomorrow, Thursday July 9, at 16:00 UTC. The current list of scheduled topics is: * 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=9&month=7&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] verify the root filesystem of an Opensuse installation
by Elmar Stellnberger 02 Jul '09

02 Jul '09

Here is the first beta version of a brand new security tool: 'checkroot' is the first tool to retrieve fingerprint/gpg-pubkey updates online and therefore allows a trusted verification of your root file system roughly based on rpm --verify. Not even debsums can do that. download: http://wwwu.edu.uni-klu.ac.at/estellnb/checkroot/ It can serve as a pre-replacement for feature #306508: https://features.opensuse.org/306508. Besides this it may be a good example for the usage of private/public gpg keys (edu-purposes). Feedback welcome. Further testing required. Elmar Stellnberger Michael Schroeder -- 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 #78 is out
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 30 Jun '09

30 Jun '09

We are pleased to announce: Issue 78 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * openSUSE Forums hits 30,000 Users * Google Summer of Code Status Reports * Jigish Gohil : Stop ssh brute force attack using SuSEfirewall * metaverse: More Free and Open Source Tools for Writers * openSUSE Forums: How to Read a .docx file in SUSE? For a list of available translations see this page: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/78/Translations [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/78 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] iFolder Packages Available for 11.1
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 30 Jun '09

30 Jun '09

Good news, everybody! iFolder client packages[1] are now available for openSUSE 11.1 from the openSUSE update repositories. This means you can install iFolder client on openSUSE 11.1 using YaST or zypper, without any modifications to your installed system. Like openSUSE, iFolder is an open source project sponsored by Novell. iFolder is a simple and secure storage solution that can make syncing and sharing files easy. You can back up, access, and manage your personal files from anywhere, at any time. Once you have installed iFolder, you simply save your files locally and iFolder automatically updates the files on a network server and delivers them to the other machines you use. To install iFolder, just fire up YaST's Software Manager and search for "ifolder3", or open a terminal and type the following: sudo zypper ref sudo zypper in ifolder3** The iFolder server is available in the openSUSE Build Service. Just search for "ifolder3-server" at software.opensuse.org/search[2]. For more information on iFolder, see the iFolder site. Want to run an iFolder server without having to set up a server from scratch? Stephen Shaw, Mario Carrión[3], and Andrés G. Aragoneses[4] created[5] a openSUSE- based server appliance[6] using SUSE Studio. Just download the VMware image and fire it up in VMware or VirtualBox. To get involved with iFolder, see the how to contribute[7] doc and join real-time discussions in the #ifolder channel on Freenode[8]. [1]: http://ifolder.com/ifolder [2]: http://software.opensuse.org/search [3]: http://blog.carrion.ws/ [4]: http://www.blogger.com/profile/00267496347097861887 [5]: http://knocte.blogspot.com/2009/06/its-all-about-synchronization.html [6]: http://www.decriptor.com/2009/05/22/ifolder-on-opensuse-11-1/ [7]: http://is.gd/1jopr [8]: irc://irc.freenode.net/ifolder -- 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 Wednesday July 1 at 16:00 UTC
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 30 Jun '09

30 Jun '09

The next openSUSE Project meeting will take place Wednesday July 1 at 16:00 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_2009-07-01 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[5]. All project meetings and team meetings should be listed there. [1]: http://is.gd/1jldZ [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 11.2 Milestone 3 Available
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

The openSUSE Project is pleased to announce the release of openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 3. Images are ready for download[1] and testing. This release includes the 2.6.30 Linux kernel, KDE 4.3 beta 2, GNOME 2.27.2, OpenOffice.org 3.1.1 Alpha, and more! This is a **Milestone Release**, one of several leading up to the 11.2 release[2] in November. It may not be suitable for production systems, but should be stable enough for testing. Screenshots of the milestone releases and factory development can be found (or added) on the wiki[3]. Changes Since openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 2 ======================================== A lot has changed since the M2 release, and many packages have been updated for 11.2 M3. Some of the major changes in this release include: * Linux kernel 2.6.30 * GNOME 2.27.2 * KDE 4.3 beta 2 * PulseAudio 0.9.15 * Konversation 1.2 Alpha 3 * VirtualBox 2.2.4 * Wine 1.1.23 * OpenOffice.org 3.1.1 Alpha See the openSUSE Wiki for additional changes[4] in 11.2 Milestone 3. You can see the latest packages in Factory on DistroWatch[5], which tracks 203 major packages in openSUSE. Getting Milestone 3 =================== The latest development versions are available from software.opensuse.org/developer Choose from x86 or x86-64 install DVDs or the KDE and GNOME Live CDs. Testing ======= Help us make openSUSE 11.2 the best release yet! Please run the release through your usual routine, and let us know about any bugs or other issues that you find. Remember that this is a milestone release, and is not suitable for use on production systems. Though many openSUSE users can and do use the Factory distribution and/or testing releases for day-to-day work we want to stress that it’s entirely possible that you will encounter serious bugs. See openSUSE.org/Testing for more information on Testing. To follow the testing and development process, we suggest that you subscribe to the openSUSE-Factory mailing list, and join the #openSUSE-Factory channel on Freenode to discuss openSUSE development. [1]: http://software.opensuse.org/developer [2]: http://en.opensuse.org/Roadmap [3]: http://en.opensuse.org/Screenshots/11.2_Milestones [4]: http://en.opensuse.org/Factory/News [5]: http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=suse -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier <jzb(a)zonker.net> openSUSE Community Manager: http://zonker.opensuse.org Blogs: http://blogs.zdnet.com/community | http://www.dissociatedpress.net Twitter: jzb | Identica: jzb http://identi.ca/group/opensuse/members -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-announce+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-announce+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-announce] [Weekly News] Dashboard
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 27 Jun '09

27 Jun '09

Hello Mates, i'm pleased to announce that we have created an Weekly News Dashboard. If you find an interesting Article or Post, you can leave us a Note with the URL in the Dashboard. The Dashboard-URL is: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/Dashboard Try it out -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Ambassador openSUSE Marketing Team openSUSE Build Service 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] openSUSE KDE Team Meeting - Thursday 25th June, 16:00 UTC
by Lubos Lunak 24 Jun '09

24 Jun '09

The next openSUSE KDE Team meeting will be held tomorrow, Thursday 25th June, at 16:00 UTC. The current list of scheduled topics is: * Factory opening, package requests [https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512631] * Suggestion: add the [https://addons.mozilla.org/en/firefox/addon/12196 Plasma Notify Firefox Add-on] to the default KDE/openSUSE 11.2 install. * Suggestion: "Show space information" enabled by default on Dolphin/openSUSE 11.2. * Akademy plans/preparations * Cross-distribution packaging of KDE applications * Please add other topics here as they come up * 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=25&month=6&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 You are welcome to join and participate! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-announce+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-announce+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-announce] openSUSE Weekly News, Issue #77 is out
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 23 Jun '09

23 Jun '09

We are pleased to announce: Issue 77 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * openSUSE Factory is now open * GSoC Status Reports * Lubos Lunak: OpenOffice.Org KDE4 Integration * openSUSE 11.2 Launch Planning * Linux.com/Rocky: The Plasma desktop shell of KDE 4 For a list of available translations see this page: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/77/Translations [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/77 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] Linuxtag is starting tomorrow in Berlin - some tickets available
by Andreas Jaeger 23 Jun '09

23 Jun '09

Linuxtag 2009 in Berlin, Germany is starting tomorrow (see www.linuxtag.org) and openSUSE is having a booth and the openSUSE day at saturday there. We have a few free day tickets left, please contact Henne <hvogel(a)suse.de> if you want one. Looking forward meeting you in Berlin! Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, Director Platform / openSUSE, aj(a)suse.de SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

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[opensuse-announce] openSUSE Factory is Now Open
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 18 Jun '09

18 Jun '09

openSUSE development is now even _more_ open than before. Factory development is changing, and we're making it easier for contributors to take responsibility for packages and to contribute directly to openSUSE. This means contributors will be able to be directly responsible for packages, without having to go through a Novell employee to make changes. Factory development is being split into devel projects organized by topic areas, such as KDE, GNOME, Education, Java, and so on. Devel projects are responsible for sets of packages and will be able to organize themselves rather than following a top-down model of management. The idea is to allow teams to be self-organizing and for all contributors to have equal footing in terms of being able to contribute to openSUSE Factory. To get started, the current Novell and openSUSE package maintainers will be working with each other to define responsibility within the devel projects and how the team will work together. As time goes on, they will integrate new maintainers into the teams and commit privileges will be based on merit and not whether a person is employed by Novell. How to Get Started ================== If you're new to working with Factory and the openSUSE Build Service, you can start with the Factory Packaging page on the openSUSE Wiki[1]. This explains the Factory workflow, how to check out packages and submit changes, how to create new devel projects, and so on. Have questions or need help getting started? There are plenty of openSUSE Factory contributors who'd be happy to answer questions and help you get started. To learn more, join the opensuse-factory mailing list[2], or get real-time help in the #opensuse-factory IRC channel on Freenode. The policy changes that have been made with Factory are another step in making openSUSE a more independent project, and allowing all contributors to take equal responsibility. As Factory development and devel teams evolve, we hope to see more contributors taking a lead role in leading openSUSE development and shaping the openSUSE distro. Factory is open! [1]: http://en.opensuse.org/Factory/Packaging [2]: http://en.opensuse.org/Mailing_Lists -- 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 Wednesday June 17th at 12:00 UTC
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 16 Jun '09

16 Jun '09

The next openSUSE Project meeting will take place Wednesday June 17th at 12:00 UTC. See all time zones on the Fixed Time World Clock[1]. As always, the meeting will be held in IRC on the #opensuse-project channel on Freenode. Please add your topics to the meeting wiki page at: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/Project_Meeting_2009-06-17 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://is.gd/13MLI [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 #76 is out
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 16 Jun '09

16 Jun '09

We are pleased to announce: Issue 76 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * OpenSUSE at the Southeast Linuxfest * Status Reports from Google Summer of Code * susegeek : openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 2 step by step install procedure * OpenSUSE-EDU * Chris von Eitzen/h-online.com: Linux Kernel 2.6.30 released For a list of available translations see this page: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/76/Translations [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/76 -- 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] Maintenance of download.opensuse.org tomorrow 11:00 UTC
by Peter Poeml 15 Jun '09

15 Jun '09

To perform a hardware upgrade of the download.opensuse.org server, we will need to take it offline for approximately 30 minutes. The work will commence tomorrow at about 11:00 UTC. Berlin - 12:00PM, Tuesday New York - 6:00AM, Tuesday London - 11:00AM, Tuesday Salt Lake City - 4:00AM, Tuesday Beijing - 6:00PM, Tuesday Apologies for any inconveniency this may cause. Peter -- Contact: admin(a)opensuse.org (a.k.a. ftpadmin(a)suse.com) #opensuse-mirrors on freenode.net Info: http://en.opensuse.org/Mirror_Infrastructure SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Research & Development

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[opensuse-announce] [Weekly News] Reminder: Team Meeting
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 11 Jun '09

11 Jun '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 {11.06.09} Time: 14:30h UTC Channel: #opensuse-newsletter @ irc.freenode.net ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -- 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 KDE Team Meeting - Thursday 11th June, 16:00 UTC
by Lubos Lunak 10 Jun '09

10 Jun '09

The next openSUSE KDE Team meeting will be held tomorrow, Thursday 11th June, at 16:00 UTC. The current list of scheduled topics is: * Dropping/moving of old KDE3 applications (KDE/Community/kde3_eval) * Upstream KDE Branding: openFate entry Aaron Seigos blog entry * 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=11&month=6&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 You are welcome to join and participate! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-announce+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-announce+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-announce] openSUSE Weekly News, Issue #75 is out
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 09 Jun '09

09 Jun '09

We are pleased to announce: Issue 75 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * KDE 4.2.4 released * OSC 0.118 beta 1 released * Dirk Mueller: KDE:KDE4:UNSTABLE:Desktop / KDE:KDE4:Factory:Desktop: publishing disabled * Forums: Why do Newcomers Give Up on Linux? * h-online.com: Kernel Log - What's coming in 2.6.30 - Architecture and infrastructure For a list of available translations see this page: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/75/Translations [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/75 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] Meeting:Education Team
by James Tremblay aka SLEducator 02 Jun '09

02 Jun '09

Reminder, The EDU team is meeting today at 1700 utc at #opensuse-edu on freenode - James A. Tremblay openSIS Product Specialist http://www.os4ed.com http://www.opensis.com e-mail james "at" os4ed.com Phone (678)392-4031 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 #74 is out
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 02 Jun '09

02 Jun '09

We are pleased to announce: Issue 74 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * Announcing the openSUSE Ambassadors Program * openSUSE Education * Gnome 2.26.2 for openSUSE 11.1 * Ben Kevan : How to find out how long a process has been running * Duncan Mac-Vicar: Facebook on Kopete, take II For a list of available translations see this page: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/74/Translations [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/74 -- 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 June 3rd at 16:00 UTC
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 29 May '09

29 May '09

The next openSUSE Project meeting will take place Wednesday June 3rd at 16:00 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_2009-06-03 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://is.gd/Jd0Z [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 11.2 Milestone 2 Released
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 28 May '09

28 May '09

The openSUSE Project is happy to announce the second milestone release for openSUSE 11.2 is ready for download[1]. This release includes Firefox 3.5 beta 4, KDE 4.3 beta 1, GNOME 2.26, and hundreds of other updates from Milestone 1[2]. This is a **Milestone Release**, which means that it may not be suitable for production systems. This is one in a series[3] of releases leading to the official openSUSE 11.2 release, scheduled for November 2009. Changes Since openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 1 ======================================= A lot has changed since the 11.1 M1 release, with many packages being updated for 11.2. Some of the major changes in this release include: * The distribution is built with GCC 4.4 * M2 uses the 2.6.30rc6 kernel * Live CDs include The GIMP * Default filesystem is Ext4 * Firefox 3.5 beta 4 * GNOME 2.26 packages and some preview packages from GNOME 2.27.1 * KDE 4.3 beta 1 * OpenOffice.org 3.1 * VirtualBox 2.2.2 See the openSUSE Wiki for additional changes[4] in 11.2 Milestone 2. You can see the latest packages in Factory on DistroWatch[5], which tracks 203 major packages. Getting Milestone 2 =================== The latest development versions are available from [http://software.opensuse.org/developer/][6] Choose from x86 or x86-64 install DVDs or the KDE and GNOME Live CDs. Testing ======= Help us make openSUSE 11.2 the best release yet! Please run the release through your usual routine, and let us know about any bugs or other issues that you find. Remember that this is a milestone release, and is not suitable for use on production systems. Though many openSUSE users can and do use the Factory distribution and/or testing releases for day-to-day work we want to stress that it’s entirely possible that you will encounter serious bugs. See [openSUSE.org/Testing][7] for more information on Testing. To follow the testing and development process, we suggest that you subscribe to the openSUSE-Factory mailing list, and join the #openSUSE-Factory channel on Freenode to discuss openSUSE development. [1]: http://software.opensuse.org/developer [2]: http://news.opensuse.org/2009/04/24/opensuse-112-milestone-1-released/ [3]: http://en.opensuse.org/Roadmap [4]: http://en.opensuse.org/Factory/News#Changes_between_openSUSE_11.2_Milestone… [5]: http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=suse [6]: http://software.opensuse.org/developer/ [7]: http://en.opensuse.org/Testing -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier <jzb(a)zonker.net> openSUSE Community Manager: http://zonker.opensuse.org Blogs: http://blogs.zdnet.com/community | http://www.dissociatedpress.net Twitter: jzb | Identica: jzb http://identi.ca/group/opensuse/members -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-announce+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-announce+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-announce] [Weekly News] Reminder: Team Meeting
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 28 May '09

28 May '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 {2009-05-30} Time: 14:30h UTC Channel: #opensuse-newsletter @ irc.freenode.net ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -- 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 #73 is out
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 27 May '09

27 May '09

We are pleased to announce: Issue 73 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * Moblin v2.0 Beta on openSUSE * Andrew Wafaa: New openSUSE Netbook Images * Dominique Leuenberger : RPM packaging for beginners * Stephen Shaw: iFolder on openSUSE 11.1 * eweekeurope: OpenOffice.org 3.1 - Better Performance For a list of available translations see this page: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/73/Translations [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/73 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] Meeting:Education Team
by James Tremblay aka SLEducator 27 May '09

27 May '09

In an effort to get our meetings back on the right schedule , The Education Team should meet on Tuesday June 2 2009 at 1700 GMT. http://en.opensuse.org/Education/Meetings/Current I hope that the community will help edit this and is willing to get us back on schedule. - James A. Tremblay openSIS Product Specialist http://www.os4ed.com http://www.opensis.com e-mail james "at" os4ed.com Phone (678)392-4031 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 KDE Team Meeting - Thursday 28th May, 16:00 UTC
by Lubos Lunak 27 May '09

27 May '09

The next openSUSE KDE Team meeting will be held tomorrow, Thursday 28th May, at 16:00 UTC. The current list of scheduled topics is: * We started discussing Desktop defaults, please continue to develop these * 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=28&month=5&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 You are welcome to join and participate! PS: Since Will is away this week, at least one community volunteer for a task from http://en.opensuse.org/KDE/Meetings/Managing would be very helpful. -- 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] Announcing the openSUSE Ambassadors Program
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 27 May '09

27 May '09

Want to help spread the word about the openSUSE Project and encourage more people to become part of the openSUSE Community? Are you ready to roll up your sleeves and spread the word about the openSUSE Project? Do you want to teach new users about Linux, speak about openSUSE at local events, help distribute openSUSE media, and mentor new contributors to the openSUSE Project? Then you're ready to become an openSUSE Ambassador! What do Ambassadors Do? ======================= Since this is a new program for openSUSE, the Ambassadors will help define the role over time. But the general scope is clear: openSUSE Ambassadors help introduce openSUSE (the distribution and the project) to new users and contributors. Ambassadors act as evangelists for the openSUSE Project and free and open source software. They help to mentor new users and contributors by answering questions on the mailing lists and in forums, by assisting users at installfests, or by helping new contributors get started with the openSUSE project. openSUSE Ambassadors help to spread openSUSE DVDs at events, to local Linux User Groups, schools, universities, and businesses that might benefit from using openSUSE. Ambassadors staff booths at Linux events and answer questions about openSUSE, and explain the benefits of the project and how to get started with openSUSE. Ambassadors promote the project and spread openSUSE by speaking at events, LUG meetings, computer user groups, or any group that might be interested in learning about the openSUSE Linux distribution and openSUSE Project. Ambassadors help bring new contributors to the project and help them become productive within the project. In general, openSUSE Ambassadors are friendly openSUSE enthusiasts who help introduce openSUSE to new users and contributors. Ambassadors make "first contact" with new Linux users and help them get started and excited about openSUSE and Linux. They spread excitement about the project and (of course) have a lot of fun. Signing Up ========== If you'd like to sign up for the openSUSE Ambassador Program, see the "How do I Join?" section on the openSUSE wiki[1]. If you have questions about the Ambassador's program not answered on the wiki[2], feel free to bring them up on the openSUSE Marketing mailing list[3]. You don't need approval to get started. Just follow the steps on the openSUSE wiki and have a lot of fun! [1]: http://en.opensuse.org/Ambassador#How_do_I_join.3F [2]: http://en.opensuse.org/Ambassador#openSUSE_Ambassador_FAQ [3]: http://en.opensuse.org/Mailing_Lists -- 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] Extended Deadline: openSUSE Conference 2009 Call for Papers
by Jan Blunck 25 May '09

25 May '09

This is to inform you that the deadline for participation in the openSUSE Conference 2009 has been extended until the June 5, 2009. Please find the updated Call for Papers attached or online at http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Conf_2009/Call_for_Papers. Regards, Jan (on behalf of the Programm Committee)

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[opensuse-announce] Reminder: openSUSE Project Meeting Tomorrow
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 19 May '09

19 May '09

The next openSUSE Project meeting will take place Wednesday May 20th at 12:00 UTC. See all time zones on the Fixed Time World Clock[1]. As always, the meeting will be held in IRC on the #opensuse-project channel on Freenode. Please add your topics to the meeting wiki page at: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/Project_Meeting_2009-05-20[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://is.gd/Bsva [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 Weekly News, Issue #72 is out
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 19 May '09

19 May '09

We are pleased to announce: Issue 72 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * Community Week * Pascal Bleser : vnstat on openSUSE * SUSE Linux Enterprise in the Americas: KDE: Social Desktop Starts to Arrive * Forums: Why Are We Not Helping More in the Wiki? * compiz-fusion.org: Beryl back from the ashes For a list of available translations see this page: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/72/Translations [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/72 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] Community Week Summary
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 16 May '09

16 May '09

Hello Mates, now the Community Week goes to its end. I would like to remind, that it would be great, if every team gives an Summary from the whole Week: * Bug Days (How many Bugs was fixed), * Packaging Day (How many interests), * Marketing (what different Topics was, SocNet,...) * Weekly News (How many contributors, what is reached), * Features Team (how many interests,...) * Translation (how many contributors, what is reached) * Wiki -Team (What is reached) * Board (how many interests,. what was discussed) That would be great, if we can an big Summary. This are related for the Press, and i would like to make an Podcasts with the Summary. Have a nice weekend.... -- 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] Meeting:Education Team
by James Tremblay aka SLEducator 15 May '09

15 May '09

Hello all . It has come to my attention that the meetings would be better off on Tuesday, and Since I was unbelievably sick this Thursday, I would like to reschedule the meetings and start next week. Here , http://en.opensuse.org/Education/Meetings/Education_Meeting_2009-05-19 , is the link to the topics I missed on Thursday. Please feel free to modify the topics as needed. or E-mail me with the changes and I will post them. Thank you all for your dedication and patience. -- James A. Tremblay openSIS Product Specialist http://www.os4ed.com http://www.opensis.com e-mail james "at" os4ed.com Phone (678)392-4031 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, Special Edition is out
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 15 May '09

15 May '09

We are pleased to announce: The Community Week special edition of the openSUSE Weekly Newsletter is out ! [0] For a list of available translations see this page: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/CommunityWeek2009/Translations [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/CommunityWeek2009 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-GNOME BugDay: Community Effort
by Christopher M. Hobbs 14 May '09

14 May '09

Greetings! Please join us for the openSUSE-GNOME BugDay code named "Community Effort" tomorrow (Friday 14 MAY 2009) at 1100EDT/1500UTC. We'll be squashing blocker, critical, and major bugs in 11.1 related to GNOME. More information can be found on the wiki: http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/BugDays/20090514 A Gobby session will be announced at the beginning of the meeting to assign/close bugs. Should you have any questions, feel free to ask in #openSUSE-GNOME on Freenode, or email me directly. We hope to see you there! -- Christopher M. Hobbs [chobbs(a)siloamsprings.com] Network Administrator, City of Siloam Springs -- 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 14th May, 16:00 UTC
by Lubos Lunak 13 May '09

13 May '09

The next openSUSE KDE Team meeting will be held tomorrow, Thursday 14th May, at 16:00 UTC. The current list of scheduled topics is: * 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=14&month=5&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 You are welcome to join and participate! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-announce+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-announce+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-announce] openSUSE Weekly News, Issue #71 is out
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 13 May '09

13 May '09

We are pleased to announce: Issue 71 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * Get Ready for the openSUSE Community Week * Jan-Simon Möller: GSoC Introduction openSUSE @ ARM * Katarina Machalkova: Secret AutoYaST feature :) * Jigish Gohil: openSUSE in Education * Linux Magazine: KDE 4.3: First Widget for Social Desktop For a list of available translations see this page: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/71/Translations [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/71 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] Wednesday openSUSE Community Week Sessions
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 13 May '09

13 May '09

The openSUSE Community Week[1] is going strong! The fun kicks up a notch Wednesday with sessions with the openSUSE Board and a workshop with the openSUSE Weekly News team, in addition to sessions with the GNOME and KDE teams, testing and QA, and much more. Our community week is a chance to get people from around the world together at the same time to focus on specific topics, and to transfer knowledge about openSUSE to help grow our teams. The idea is to cover topics to improve our community by broadening our knowledge, and to enable new contributors to openSUSE and open source. openSUSE Community Week runs from through May 17. openSUSE Community Week is a chance to get people from around the world together at the same time to focus on specific topics, and to transfer knowledge about openSUSE to help grow our teams. The idea is to cover topics to empower ourselves as a community by broadening our knowledge, and to enable new contributors to openSUSE and open source. As a reminder -- all sessions are being held in IRC[2]. If you need help getting started with IRC, see the openSUSE wiki for more[2]. The entire week's schedule can be found on the wiki[3]. Here's an overview of Wednesday's events: * Meet with the openSUSE Board at 07:00, 17:00, and 20:00 UTC in #opensuse- project on Freenode. * GNOME Wiki day from 08:00 to 22:00 UTC, with intro sessions at 08:00 and 16:00 UTC in #opensuse-gnome on Freenode. * KDE: KDE PIM session with Kevin Krammer from KDE PIM at 16:00 UTC in #opensuse-kde on Freenode. * The openSUSE Weekly News Team will meet at 12:00 UTC to 20:00 UTC to hold a workshop on creating an edition of openSUSE Weekly News. Held in #opensuse- newsletter on Freenode. * Getting started with openFATE at 08:00 UTC in #opensuse-project on Freenode. * Packaging and openSUSE Build Service Q&A in #opensuse-buildservice on Freenode. * How to get started with Testing and QA in #opensuse-testing on Freenode at 06:00 UTC. Check the schedule on the wiki for all sessions[4]. As always, there will be plenty of openSUSE contributors in #opensuse-project for general questions about openSUSE and getting started as a contributor. Sign in on Wednesday and **have a lot of fun**! [1]: http://en.opensuse.org/Community_Week [2]: http://en.opensuse.org/Communicate/IRC [3]: http://en.opensuse.org/Community_Week#Schedule [4]: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=94430984151 -- 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] New Marketing Session added to Community Week
by Bryen 12 May '09

12 May '09

Folks, Tomorrow, 13-May-2009, at 19:30 UTC, the Marketing team has added a new session "Maximizing Social Networking for openSUSE." We'll be discussing our existing efforts with various services such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Digg, etc. and how we can improve our presence on those services. This should prove to be a very interesting session and I think something that we all can join the conversation on. See you all in #opensuse-marketing on the Freenode IRC Channel! -- Bryen Yunashko openSUSE Board Member openSUSE-GNOME Team Member GNOME-A11y Team Member www.bryen.com (Personal Blog) www.planet-a11y.net (Feed aggregator of the Accessibility Community) -- 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] Tuesday openSUSE Community Week Sessions
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 12 May '09

12 May '09

The openSUSE Community Week[1] is going strong! Monday kicked off with a number of really informative and well-attended sessions on GNOME, KDE, testing, packaging, and more[2]. Tuesday is even more chock full of fun, with more sessions and plenty of openSUSE contributors on hand. If you want to get involved in openSUSE there's no time like the present! Be sure to spread the word -- write up Community Week on your blog, Tweet about it, Dent it, put it on your Facebook wall, or whatever it takes to get the word out about openSUSE Community Week! Our community week is a chance to get people from around the world together at the same time to focus on specific topics, and to transfer knowledge about openSUSE to help grow our teams. The idea is to cover topics to improve our community by broadening our knowledge, and to enable new contributors to openSUSE and open source. openSUSE Community Week runs from through May 17. openSUSE Community Week is a chance to get people from around the world together at the same time to focus on specific topics, and to transfer knowledge about openSUSE to help grow our teams. The idea is to cover topics to empower ourselves as a community by broadening our knowledge, and to enable new contributors to openSUSE and open source. As a reminder -- all sessions are being held in IRC[3]. If you need help getting started with IRC, see the openSUSE wiki for more[3]. The entire week's schedule can be found on the wiki[4]. Here's an overview of Tuesday's events: * GNOME Patch Tagging and Upstream Day from 08:00 to 22:00 UTC in #opensuse-gnome on Freenode[5]. * KDE Administration and Internals from 16:00 to 17:00 UTC in #opensuse-kde on Freenode[6], and general discussion in #opensuse-kde the rest of the day. * Marketing Team: Working on openSUSE 11.2 launch plan[7] in #opensuse-marketing on Freenode[8] from 13:00 UTC to 22:00 UTC. * Features: Getting started with openFate from 12:00 to 14:00 UTC in #opensuse-project on Freenode[9]. * Packaging: Creating a package step by step at 15:00 UTC. Hands on session! Don't miss it, in #opensuse-buildservice[10]. * How to get started with Testing and QA at 11:00 UTC to 13:00 UTC in #opensuse-testing on Freenode[11]. * openSUSE wiki "cleanup" from 13:00 UTC to 22:00 UTC in #opensuse-wiki[12] on Freenode. And there will be plenty of openSUSE contributors in #opensuse-project for general questions about openSUSE and getting started as a contributor. Also, the Education Project will have general discussion on Tuesday in #openSUSE- edu on Freenode[13] from 09:00 to 15:00 UTC. Join us Tuesday in IRC and **Have a Lot of Fun**! [1]: http://en.opensuse.org/Community_Week [2]: http://news.opensuse.org/2009/05/11/monday-community-week-sessions/ [3]: http://en.opensuse.org/Communicate/IRC [4]: http://en.opensuse.org/Community_Week#Schedule [5]: irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-gnome [6]: irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-kde [7]: http://en.opensuse.org/Marketing/Team/11_2_Launch [8]: irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-marketing [9]: irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-project [10]: irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-buildservice [11]: irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-testing [12]: irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-wiki [13]: irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-edu -- 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 Community Week: Monday Sessions
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 11 May '09

11 May '09

openSUSE Community Week[1] runs from May 11 through May 17. Our community week is a chance to get people from around the world together at the same time to focus on specific topics, and to transfer knowledge about openSUSE to help grow our teams. The idea is to cover topics to empower ourselves as a community by broadening our knowledge, and to enable new contributors to openSUSE and open source. The week is starting off with sessions in GNOME, KDE, packaging, and much more. As a reminder -- all sessions are being held in IRC. If you need help getting started with IRC, see the openSUSE wiki for more[2]. The entire week's schedule can be found on the wiki[3]. Here's a quick overview of scheduled sessions for Monday, May 11th. * GNOME Packaging Day starts at 08:00 UTC with introductory sessions at 08:00 and 17:00 UTC in the #opensuse-gnome channel on Freenode[4]. * KDE Desktop Shell (Plasma) session with Rob Scheepmaker and Marco Martin from the KDE Plasma team at 16:00 UTC in the #opensuse-kde channel on Freenode[5]. * Packaging: Creating a package step by step - hands on session in the #opensuse-buildservice channel on Freenode[6] at 09:00 UTC. * Testing: How to get started with Testing and QA in the #opensuse- testing[7] channel on Freenode at 15:00 UTC. And there will be plenty of openSUSE contributors in #opensuse-project[8] for general questions about openSUSE and getting started as a contributor. [1]: http://en.opensuse.org/Community_Week [2]: http://en.opensuse.org/Communicate/IRC [3]: http://en.opensuse.org/CommunityWeek#Schedule [4]: irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-gnome [5]: irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-kde [6]: irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-buildservice [7]: irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-testing [8]: irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-project -- 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 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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[opensuse-announce] [Weekly News] Reminder: Team Meeting
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 30 Apr '09

30 Apr '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 {2.5.09} Time: 14:30h UTC Channel: #opensuse-newsletter @ irc.freenode.net ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -- 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 #69 is out
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 29 Apr '09

29 Apr '09

We are pleased to announce: Issue 69 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 1 Released * People of openSUSE: Jan Engelhardt * Michal Vyskocil : How to track changes in packages: osc vc * Joe Brockmeier: The argument for free fonts * openSUSE Forums: Newbie KDE Questions For a list of available translations see this page: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/69/Translations [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/69 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 30th April, 16:00 UTC
by Lubos Lunak 29 Apr '09

29 Apr '09

The next openSUSE KDE Team meeting will be held tomorrow, Thursday 30th April, at 16:00 UTC. The current list of scheduled topics is: * Disable nepomuk/strigi by default * Default backend for nepomuk * KDE systemsettings' kdm settings are ignored (autologin etc.), which confuses users. * old action items * status report * calls for testing * 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=30&month=4&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 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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