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[opensuse-announce] Next Helping Hands Event: OpenOffice - July 11th.
by Bryen 09 Jul '08

09 Jul '08

Our initial Helping Hands event on July 27th was a great success. And we're continuing that trend with our next scheduled event this coming July 11th. This week's topic will cover OpenOffice. We'll start off with a discussion about SVG Imports and Impression 3D Transitions. Very cooool stuff. And then we'll open up the floor so you can ask all kinds of questions about OpenOffice from the Go-OO Team. This event will be held in the #opensuse-gnome channel on the Freenode IRC Network on Friday, July 11th at 14:30 UTC. Next week, on July 18th, we'll have the Evolution Team come out and talk about 10 things you didn't know about the Evolution Client. See you all this Friday! 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 KDE Community Meeting - July 9th, 18:00 UTC
by Dirk Mueller 08 Jul '08

08 Jul '08

Hi, There's an openSUSE KDE Community meeting is coming up tomorrow, Wednesday, July 9th. We're back to or original schedule, the meeting starts at 18:00 UTC. Topics can be proposed also in advance on http://en.opensuse.org/KDE/Meetings The current list of topics: * old action items * Review http://en.opensuse.org/KDE/Ideas for openSUSE 11.1 Please join us if you're interested. We'll meet at #opensuse-kde on irc.freenode.net at 18:00 UTC. Please use http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=7&day=9&year=200… to figure out when this is in your time zone. :-) Greetings, Dirk -- 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] Upcoming #opensuse-gnome Meeting 2008/07/10 skipped due to GUADEC
by Casual J. Programmer 08 Jul '08

08 Jul '08

Hi all GNOME addicts, The next openSUSE-GNOME project meeting will not take place as scheduled ( 2008/07/10 ) due to GUADEC Have a lot of fun .. Casual J. Programmer (on behalf of the openSUSE-GNOME team)

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[opensuse-announce] OpenOffice_org 3.0-alpha available
by Petr Mladek 04 Jul '08

04 Jul '08

Hi, I’m happy to announce that the first OpenOffice.org 3.0 alpha packages are available in the Build Service OpenOffice.org:UNSTABLE project. Unfortunately, the build has succeeded only on openSUSE 10.3, 11.0 and Factory-i586. You might expect the build for openSUSE-10.2, SLED10 and Factory-x86_64 with the next alpha (within 2-3 weeks). The package version is 2.99.21. It is based on the upstream dev300-m21 milestone. IMPORTANT: It is an alpha version and might include even serious bugs. It is intended for enthusiasts and beta testers. We will be happy if you could try it and report bugs. See below for the known bugs. The packages with localizations are renamed from OpenOffice_org-<lang> to OpenOffice_org-l10n-<lang>. Also the localized help content is split into the optional OpenOffice_org-help-<lang> packages. Finally, the American localization is split into extra packages. Where to get it: The list of installation repositories can be found at http://en.opensuse.org/Additional_YaST_Package_Repositories#OpenOffice.org_… Installation problems: There are some problems with the version update on older distributions. You might need to select the right version by hand, see http://en.opensuse.org/OpenOffice#Dependencies_During_Update Bug reports: Please report the bugs into https://bugzilla.novell.com/ for the product "OpenOffice_org 2.0". Do not forget to mention enough information about the problem, see http://en.opensuse.org/Bugs:OOo. Known bugs: + dictionaries are not found + help content is in found + the openSUSE branding is not available + mono extensions does not work Changes in this version: The GO-OO project changes are listed at http://svn.gnome.org/svn/ooo-build/tags/OOO_BUILD_2_99_21/NEWS General information about the build: The build is based on the GO-OO project. It includes lots bug fixes, features and optimizations in compare with the regular OpenOffice.org build: * better startup performance * improved VBA interoperability * improved import filters (OOXML, WordPerfect) * additional import filters (SVG, WordPerfect Graphics, Microsoft Works, ...) * native KDE Open/Save dialog * WebDAV locking * new 3D slide transitions * multimedia in Impress via GStreamer * multiple formula syntax (Calc A1, Excel A1 and Excel R1C1) * ... , see also http://go-oo.org/discover/ -- Best Regards, Petr Mladek software developer --------------------------------------------------------------------- SUSE LINUX, s. r. o. e-mail: pmladek(a)suse.cz Lihovarská 1060/12 tel: +420 284 028 952 190 00 Prague 9 fax: +420 284 028 951 Czech Republic http://www.suse.cz/ -- 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 29
by Jan-Simon Möller 03 Jul '08

03 Jul '08

We are pleased to announce: Issue 29 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * openSUSE 11.1 Roadmap * Novell Client for Linux Public Beta for openSUSE 10.3 * People of openSUSE: Jan-Simon Möller * John Anderson: Find duplicate files by content not name * Lukas Ocilka: Package Search and One Click Install in YaST * Miguel de Icaza: Moonlight 0.7 is now Available [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/29 Last weeks issue: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/28 Have a lot of fun! -- Jan-Simon Möller -- 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] Deadline to submit 11.1 GNOME Ideas
by Bryen 02 Jul '08

02 Jul '08

http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/Ideas/11.1 The openSUSE-GNOME Team needs your ideas. In preparation for starting work on 11.1, the GNOME Team would like you to submit your ideas for what you would like to see in openSUSE 11.1. We have a deadline to accept ideas and assign them to appropriate team members by July 7th. Any ideas submitted after July 7th may or may not be included in 11.1 depending on available resources. Thanks and we look forward to your great ideas, Bryen -- 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 Roadmap
by Andreas Jaeger 02 Jul '08

02 Jul '08

With openSUSE 11.0 out the door, it's time to start thinking about openSUSE 11.1. The public release of openSUSE 11.1 is scheduled for December 18, 2008, six months after the release of openSUSE 11.0. The full schedule for the release cycle is as follows: Thu, Jul 24 openSUSE 11.1 Alpha1 Thu, Aug 21 openSUSE 11.1 Alpha2 Thu, Sep 18 openSUSE 11.1 Beta1 - snapshot release Thu, Oct 02 openSUSE 11.1 Beta2 - snapshot release Thu, Oct 16 openSUSE 11.1 Beta3 - snapshot release Thu, Oct 30 openSUSE 11.1 Beta4 - snapshot release Thu, Nov 13 openSUSE 11.1 RC1 - snapshot release Thu, Nov 27 openSUSE 11.1 RC2 - snapshot release Thu, Dec 4 openSUSE 11.1 GM - final release Thu, Dec 18 openSUSE 11.1 public release This is, of course, a tentative schedule. Any critical or show-stopping bugs may delay betas and release candidates. Note that all release dates are on Thursdays. Check-in deadlines for base/core packages, or those that have a long list of dependencies, are on Fridays at 15:00 CET. The check-in deadlines for "leaf" packages are on Mondays preceding the release at 17:00 CET. Major areas of interest in this release include: * KDE: KDE 4.1 (TBD: KDE 3.5.x) * Continued improvement in the software update stack * GNOME 2.24 * Linux kernel 2.6.27+ Want to get involved? The start of a release cycle is a great time to get involved in openSUSE development. See the How to Participate page on the openSUSE wiki [http://en.opensuse.org/How_to_Participate] for details. See the full 11.1 roadmap on the openSUSE wiki here: http://en.opensuse.org/Roadmap/11.1 Note that Coolo and Michl are on vacation until the end of next week, so let's start the discussion on features once they are back, 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] Reminder: openSUSE project meeting - 2008/07/02 - 14:00 CEST (12:00 GMT)
by Martin Lasarsch 01 Jul '08

01 Jul '08

Hi The next openSUSE project meeting will take place at the official #opensuse-project IRC channel on freenode (irc://irc.freenode.net/openSUSE-project) tomorrow: 2008/07/02 14:00 CEST (12:00 GMT) For an overview what time this is in different timezones, use: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=02&month=07&year=2… This meeting is meant to discuss the latest developments in and around openSUSE. Please add your topics to the meeting wiki page at: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/Project_Meeting_2008-07-02 as soon as possible. Also, if you cannot attend the meeting, but have questions you want to see discussed, please add them to the meeting wiki page as well. For general info about our IRC meetings read: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/About For a general technical introduction to IRC (Internet Relay Chat) see http://www.irchelp.org/ ;(not affiliated with openSUSE) or enter "IRC help" into your preferred search engine. The network we use is freenode - for more information on this, including how to find a server, visit http://freenode.net/ ;(not affiliated with openSUSE either). -- with kind regards, Martin Lasarsch, Core Services SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5 90409 Nürnberg GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) martin.lasarsch(a)suse.de - http://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] Upcoming #opensuse-gnome Meeting 2008/07/03 14:00 UTC ( please check times for your location thoroughly )
by Casual J. Programmer 01 Jul '08

01 Jul '08

Hi all GNOME addicts, The next openSUSE-GNOME project meeting will take place at the official #opensuse-gnome IRC channel on freenode (irc://irc.freenode.net/openSUSE-gnome) on upcoming Thursday: 2008/07/03 14:00 UTC (16:00 CEST) For an overview what time this is in different timezones, use: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=03&month=07&year=20 08&hour=14&min=0&sec=0&p1=0 This meeting is meant to discuss the latest developments in and around openSUSE-GNOME. Please review your topics on the meeting wiki page at: http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/Meetings/20080703 as soon as possible. For general info about our IRC meetings read: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/About <http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/About> For a general technical introduction to IRC (Internet Relay Chat) see http://www.irchelp.org/ <http://www.irchelp.org/> ;(not affiliated with openSUSE) or enter "IRC help" into your preferred search engine. The network we use is freenode - for more information on this, including how to find a server, visit http://freenode.net/ <http://freenode.net/> ; ( not affiliated with openSUSE either). Have a lot of fun .. Casual J. Programmer (on behalf of the openSUSE-GNOME 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] Novell Client for Linux Public Beta for openSUSE 10.3
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

We're pleased to announce the public beta of the Novell Client for openSUSE 10.3. Novell released the packages [1] for the Novell Client for Linux 2.0 SP1 public beta today. A number of openSUSE users have expressed interest in having the client packaged for openSUSE, so our developers have been working on building the client against openSUSE. Please download the package and give it a try on your systems. Novell is also working on a package for openSUSE 11.0, though we don't have an official timeline for that package yet. We will also post an announcement when it's available, and will post announcements for any further betas or the final release of the Novell Client for Linux. [1]: http://www.novell.com/beta/auth/beta.jsp?id=2585&type=1 -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier openSUSE Community Manager jzb(a)zonker.net http://zonker.opensuse.org/ http://www.dissociatedpress.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] The fate of KDE3 in openSUSE v11.1
by Basil Chupin 26 Jun '08

26 Jun '08

If you are interested in this subject then read the openSUSE Weekly News, issue 128, whose availability was announced only a short time ago by Jan-Simon Moller. (Whoever wrote the article about KDE3/KDE4 deserves a job in any lawyers office -- or in an advertising agency.) Ciao. -- It's not possible to operate honestly using a basis of dishonesty. -- 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 28
by Jan-Simon Möller 26 Jun '08

26 Jun '08

We are pleased to announce: Issue 28 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * GNOME Helping Hands Project Launches * People of openSUSE: Tanja Roth * Masim Sugianto: How to Make openSUSE 11.0 GM Live USB * Benjamin Weber: openSUSE 11.0 KDE4 inclusion * tuxmachines.org: Battle of the Titans - Mandriva vs openSUSE: The Rematch [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/28 Last weeks issue: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/27 Have a lot of fun! -- Jan-Simon Möller -- 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] Helping Hands First Event
by Bryen 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

The GNOME Team will host its first Helping Hands event this coming Friday, June 27th at 14:30 UTC in the #opensuse-gnome IRC channel on the FreeNode Network. This will be an extended two-hour event where various members of the GNOME team will talk about different features of the GNOME desktop and offer assistance in setting up your custom environment. You can find out more about the Helping Hands project at http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/HowTos. Incidentally, there has already been talk on several fronts about expanding the Helping Hands project to cover all areas of openSUSE. If you're interested in being part of the project, feel free to contact me via email or suseROCKs in IRC. Bryen Yunashko Helping Hands Coordinator -- 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] Upcoming #opensuse-gnome Meeting 2008/06/26 16:00 UTC ( please check times for your location thoroughly )
by Casual J. Programmer 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

Hi all GNOME addicts, The next openSUSE-GNOME project meeting will take place at the official #opensuse-gnome IRC channel on freenode (irc://irc.freenode.net/openSUSE-gnome) on upcoming Thursday: 2008/06/26 16:00 UTC (18:00 CEST) For an overview what time this is in different timezones, use: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=26&month=06&year=2… This meeting is meant to discuss the latest developments in and around openSUSE-GNOME. Please review your topics on the meeting wiki page at: http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/Meetings/20080626 as soon as possible. For general info about our IRC meetings read: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/About For a general technical introduction to IRC (Internet Relay Chat) see http://www.irchelp.org/ ;(not affiliated with openSUSE) or enter "IRC help" into your preferred search engine. The network we use is freenode - for more information on this, including how to find a server, visit http://freenode.net/;(not affiliated with openSUSE either). Have a lot of fun .. Casual J. Programmer (on behalf of the openSUSE-GNOME team)

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[opensuse-announce] OpenOffice_org 2.4.1 available
by Petr Mladek 24 Jun '08

24 Jun '08

Hi, I’m happy to announce that OpenOffice.org 2.4.1 is available in the Build Service OpenOffice.org:STABLE project. We are sorry for the delay. It was mostly caused by the bug https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=398244. It was very annoying, hard to reproduce and hard to fix. We delayed the announce because we wanted to make sure that you get really stable build. Where to get it: The list of installation repositories can be found at http://en.opensuse.org/Additional_YaST_Package_Repositories#OpenOffice.org_… Installation problems: There are some problems with the version update on older distributions. You might need to select the right version by hand, see http://en.opensuse.org/OpenOffice#Dependencies_During_Update Bug reports: Please report the bugs into https://bugzilla.novell.com/ for the product "OpenOffice_org 2.0". Do not forget to mention enough information about the problem, see http://en.opensuse.org/Bugs:OOo. Changes in this version: The GO-OO project changes are listed at http://svn.gnome.org/svn/ooo-build/tags/OOO_BUILD_2_4_1_6/NEWS The upstream changes are listed at http://development.openoffice.org/releases/2.4.1rc2.html General information about the build: The build is based on the GO-OO project. It includes lots bug fixes, features and optimizations in compare with the regular OpenOffice.org build: * better startup performance * improved VBA interoperability * improved import filters (OOXML, WordPerfect) * additional import filters (SVG, WordPerfect Graphics, Microsoft Works, ...) * native KDE Open/Save dialog * WebDAV locking * new 3D slide transitions * multimedia in Impress via GStreamer * multiple formula syntax (Calc A1, Excel A1 and Excel R1C1) * ... , see also http://go-oo.org/discover/ -- Best Regards, Petr Mladek software developer --------------------------------------------------------------------- SUSE LINUX, s. r. o. e-mail: pmladek(a)suse.cz Lihovarská 1060/12 tel: +420 284 028 952 190 00 Prague 9 fax: +420 284 028 951 Czech Republic http://www.suse.cz/ -- 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 Community Meeting: June 24th, 16:00 GMT
by Dirk Mueller 24 Jun '08

24 Jun '08

Hi, There's an openSUSE KDE Community meeting is coming up tomorrow, Wednesday, June 24th. Contrary to our usual schedule, the meeting is two hours earlier (!), starting at 16:00 GMT Topics can be proposed also in advance on http://en.opensuse.org/KDE/Meetings The current list of topics: * old action items * KDE repository splitting (remove :Extra-Apps?) * KDE3 to KDE4 migration for openSUSE 11.1 * take a look at http://en.opensuse.org/KDE/Ideas for 11.1. Please join us if you're interested. We'll meet at #opensuse-kde on irc.freenode.net at 16:00 GMT. Please use http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=6&day=24&year=20… to figure out when this is in your time zone. :-) Greetings, Dirk -- 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] GNOME Helping Hands Project Launches
by Bryen 20 Jun '08

20 Jun '08

The openSUSE-GNOME Team is proud to announce the launch of the Helping Hands Project. Our first event will be the Helping Hands Grand Opening in the #opensuse-gnome channel on the FreeNode IRC network, June 27th at 14:30 UTC. To find out the time in your area, http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=6&day=27&year=20… The Helping Hands Project is designed to bring together experts from various areas of the GNOME environment with users who want to learn more about openSUSE-GNOME and applications that run in the GNOME environment. Helping Hands Experts will present on the topic of the week and then open the floor up for questions and answers from users. The Grand Opening event will be an extended two hour event attended by many of our GNOME team members to offer advice and answer questions for setting up and customizing your new openSUSE 11.0 GNOME environment. For those of you new to openSUSE, this will be a great time to get those questions answered and learn just how great the 11.0 distribution is. Check out our Helping Hands section at http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/HowTos for upcoming topics of interest. We promise an exciting season covering a wide array of topics. And if you can't make it to the event, we'll post a transcript afterwards. Interested in a topic not listed? Submit it! An expert in an area of GNOME or an application? Volunteer! Want to promote and increase awareness of your project? Be a Helping Hands Expert! If you have questions, feel free to shoot me an email at bryen(a)opensuse.org. -- ---Bryen--- Let's rejoice a "There are no dumb questions" culture. But I really need you to have a "No dumb answers" policy before I answer your question. -- 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 openSUSE 11.0 GM
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 19 Jun '08

19 Jun '08

The openSUSE Project is proud to announce the release of openSUSE 11.0 -- everything you need to get started with Linux on the desktop and on the server. Promoting the use of Linux everywhere, the openSUSE Project provides free, easy access to the world's most usable Linux distribution, openSUSE. The 11.0 release of openSUSE includes more than 200 new features specific to openSUSE, a redesigned installer that makes openSUSE even easier to install, faster package management thanks to major updates in the ZYpp stack, KDE 4, GNOME 2.22, and much more. Read all about the updates in the release at http://news.opensuse.org/?p=891. All of the Sneak Peeks for this release are available at http://news.opensuse.org/category/sneak-peeks/. Media and Download openSUSE is now available for immediate download. The openSUSE 11.0 release brings several new options for installation media, as well as familiar choices: â€¢ openSUSE 11.0 DVD â€¢ openSUSE 11.0 KDE 4 32-bit Live CD â€¢ openSUSE 11.0 GNOME 32-bit Live CD â€¢ openSUSE 11.0 KDE 4 64-bit Live CD â€¢ openSUSE 11.0 GNOME 64-bit Live CD You can download openSUSE 11.0 via HTTP, FTP, BitTorrent, and Metalink from http://software.openSUSE.org. You can also purchase a retail box with openSUSE 11.0 that includes 90-day installation support, physical media, and a printed Getting Started guide: http://en.opensuse.org/Buy_openSUSE. Communicate We want to hear from you! The openSUSE Project has many channels of communication: * Official openSUSE Forums: forums.opensuse.org. * Mailing Lists: The openSUSE mailing lists. * IRC: #opensuse on irc.freenode.net and and other channels. * Jabber, Usenet, and more. Check out all your communication options at: http://en.opensuse.org/Communicate To keep up to date with openSUSE, be sure to keep an eye on openSUSE News (http://news.opensuse.org/) and watch Planet SUSE (http://www.planetsuse.org/) for blog posts from the openSUSE community. Want to help the openSUSE Project? To get involved with openSUSE see the How to Participate page on the openSUSE wiki. We can use lots of different skills to help the project, so feel free to jump in! See how to help at: http://en.opensuse.org/How_to_Participate All of the contributors who have worked on openSUSE deserve a huge thank you. Without your hard work, this release would not have been possible. openSUSE 11.0 is the best openSUSE release yet, and will help promote the use of Linux everywhere! Now, get openSUSE 11.0 and have a lot of fun! -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier openSUSE Community Manager jzb(a)zonker.net http://zonker.opensuse.org/ http://www.dissociatedpress.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, Issue 27
by Jan-Simon Möller 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

We are pleased to announce: Issue 27 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * HOT! Upcoming o p e n S U S E 1 1 . 0 * People of openSUSE: Rupert Horstkötter * Sneak Peeks at openSUSE 11.0: KDE with Stephan Binner * Tips and Tricks: Jigish Gohil: Getting NVIDIA and ATI drivers on openSUSE 11.0 * Planet SUSE: Ben Kevan: Why upgrade to openSUSE 11 from openSUSE 10.x [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/27 Last weeks issue: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/26 Have a lot of fun! -- Jan-Simon Möller -- 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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Re: [opensuse-announce] Upcoming #opensuse-gnome Meeting 2008/06/19 16:00 UTC ( pleasecheck times for your location thoroughly )
by Casual J. Programmer 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

Sorry for causing any confusion, thanks Dominique for pointing that out. Casual On Wed, 2008-06-18 at 09:35 +0200, Dominique Leuenberger wrote: > >The next openSUSE-GNOME project meeting will take place at the official > >#opensuse-gnome IRC channel on freenode > >(irc://irc.freenode.net/openSUSE-gnome) on > > > >upcoming Thursday: 2008/06/12 18:00 CEST (16:00 UTC) > > I hope you mean 2008/06/19, right? Or did this mail have such a long time until it reached the mailinglist ;) > > Dominique >

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[opensuse-announce] Upcoming #opensuse-gnome Meeting 2008/06/19 16:00 UTC ( please check times for your location thoroughly )
by Casual J. Programmer 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

Hi all GNOME addicts, The next openSUSE-GNOME project meeting will take place at the official #opensuse-gnome IRC channel on freenode (irc://irc.freenode.net/openSUSE-gnome) on upcoming Thursday: 2008/06/12 18:00 CEST (16:00 UTC) For an overview what time this is in different timezones, use: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=19&month=06&year=2… This meeting is meant to discuss the latest developments in and around openSUSE-GNOME. Please review your topics on the meeting wiki page at: http://en.opensuse.org/GNOMEMeetings/20080612 as soon as possible. For general info about our IRC meetings read: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/About For a general technical introduction to IRC (Internet Relay Chat) see http://www.irchelp.org/ ;(not affiliated with openSUSE) or enter "IRC help" into your preferred search engine. The network we use is freenode - for more information on this, including how to find a server, visit http://freenode.net/;(not affiliated with openSUSE either). Have a lot of fun .. Casual J. Programmer (on behalf of the openSUSE-GNOME team)

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[opensuse-announce] Reminder: openSUSE project meeting - 2008/06/18 - 18:00 CEST (16:00 GMT)
by Martin Lasarsch 17 Jun '08

17 Jun '08

Hi The next openSUSE project meeting will take place at the official #opensuse-project IRC channel on freenode (irc://irc.freenode.net/openSUSE-project) on Wednesday: 2008/06/18 18:00 CEST (16:00 GMT) For an overview what time this is in different timezones, use: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=18&month=06&year=2… This meeting is meant to discuss the latest developments in and around openSUSE. Please add your topics to the meeting wiki page at: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/Project_Meeting_2008-06-18 as soon as possible. Also, if you cannot attend the meeting, but have questions you want to see discussed, please add them to the meeting wiki page as well. For general info about our IRC meetings read: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/About For a general technical introduction to IRC (Internet Relay Chat) see http://www.irchelp.org/ ;(not affiliated with openSUSE) or enter "IRC help" into your preferred search engine. The network we use is freenode - for more information on this, including how to find a server, visit http://freenode.net/ ;(not affiliated with openSUSE either). -- with kind regards, Martin Lasarsch, Core Services SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5 90409 Nürnberg GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) martin.lasarsch(a)suse.de - http://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] Accessibility Wiki Launched
by Bryen 16 Jun '08

16 Jun '08

Over the weekend, Accessibility pages were created on opensuse.org's Wiki (See http://en.opensuse.org/Accessibility.) The intent is to highlight efforts made within the openSUSE community to improve Accessibility (a11y) standards within our distribution, as well as become more aware of who within our community works on a11y issues. I invite everyone to come visit our new wiki pages and get yourself listed in the People Directory if you have any involvement whatsoever with a11y. Thanks! -- ---Bryen--- Let's rejoice a "There are no dumb questions" culture. But I really need you to have a "No dumb answers" policy before I answer your question. -- 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 26
by Jan-Simon Möller 13 Jun '08

13 Jun '08

We are pleased to announce: Issue 26 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * openSUSE Launches Merged Forums * Announcing the openSUSE Marketing Team * People of openSUSE: Cornelius Schumacher * Sneak Peeks at openSUSE 11.0 * Tips and Tricks: Jigish Gohil: Useful openSUSE One-Click installs from command line [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/26 Have a lot of fun! -- Jan-Simon Möller -- 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 Marketing Team
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 12 Jun '08

12 Jun '08

Do you have a passion for Linux and a desire to promote openSUSE? Would you like to paint the world's desktops openSUSE green? If so, the openSUSE marketing team wants you! Some of the things the marketing team should address: * Ensure we publicize community events and meetings to maximize turnout and participation * Write articles, sneak peeks, and other features for news.opensuse.org * Create artwork, banners, logos, etc. for openSUSE * Help organize launch parties, local events, installfests, and talks at LUGs * Support the openSUSE booth at shows * Create presentations and materials that can be reused to promote openSUSE * Give presentations about openSUSE, the openSUSE Build Service, Linux, and other related topics to interested groups In short, we're looking for openSUSE contributors (and potential contributors) to help publicize community events more effectively, so anyone who's interested in contributing to openSUSE knows how they can do so and when meetings are being held, etc — and also to help promote openSUSE to the rest of the world, so everyone has a chance to experience Linux. I've spoken with a number of people in the past few months who have expressed an interest in being part of a marketing team, so here's your chance to get involved! I blogged about the marketing team a few days ago, and several openSUSE contributors have already started signing up. This is a particularly good opportunity for non-developers who want to find a way to contribute to openSUSE. If you can write, have artistic skills, want to create and/or deliver presentations, staff a booth, or have a knack for organizing, we'd love to have you on the team. I'd like to start off with a discussion on the newly minted mailing list (thanks, Henne!) and then find a suitable time to hold meetings on IRC to get coordinated. With openSUSE 11.0 rapidly approaching, there's plenty to do, so if you'd like to help spread Linux, start your favorite email client and send a subscribe request to opensuse-marketing+subscribe(a)opensuse.org. -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier openSUSE Community Manager jzb(a)zonker.net http://zonker.opensuse.org/ http://www.dissociatedpress.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 Build Service 1.0 RC 1 released
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 11 Jun '08

11 Jun '08

The openSUSE Project has released the first release candidate of the openSUSE Build Service 1.0. With the release candidate, all the features are now in place to support external collaboration with the community to build openSUSE in the open. Developers can now submit contributions to openSUSE directly at build.opensuse.org/. The openSUSE Build Service has offered a simple collaboration system since its inception for groups to work closely together on packages or solutions stacks. The 1.0 RC 1 release improves on existing functionality to allow the Build Service to scale to larger projects like openSUSE's Factory distribution. What the changes mean for contributors: * Anyone can find a package's working copy as maintained by the official packager or packaging team. Contributors can submit changes against the working copy. * The submission handling and notification system has been put in place, allowing any contributor to request a merge of their changes to a project. * Quality assurance happens before contributions are merged. Test builds of a suggested change are accessible to anyone. * Improved branch handling. It is easy to set up a branch of a package. The branch will build in the same way as the original package, but can be modified. * Source handling is improved in 1.0. It's now possible to easily maintain a branch, and modifications are stored without creating a full copy. This makes it easier to maintain features based on the latest copy of package. The Build Service builds the latest packages, including modifications, automatically. The majority of this functionality is implemented on the server side. The rest can be implemented by the various Build Service clients, so that contributors can take advantage of the new features. The Build Service team has also introduced a number of smaller improvements and bugfixes to make the system more scalable and usable. The openSUSE Build Service is now considered "feature complete" for collaboration, but the team is expecting a lot of user feedback since this now is our standard tool for working on the distribution. We will be releasing frequent updates to improve the Build Service based on this feedback, and the 1.0 final should be released soon after openSUSE 11.0. -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier openSUSE Community Manager jzb(a)zonker.net http://zonker.opensuse.org/ http://www.dissociatedpress.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 Launches Merged Forums
by Michael Loeffler 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

Hi all, we proudly announce the launch of forums.opensuse.org, a merger of the openSUSE Novell support forums, suseforums.net, and suselinuxsupport.de - the three largest English-language dedicated support forums for openSUSE. The merged forums at forums.opensuse.org will provide a single forum for the openSUSE community to find support and discuss openSUSE. The forums hosted at forums.opensuse.org are available immediately. Users with an openSUSE account for the wiki, bugzilla, and other services wil be able to use their existing username for the forums. Users of suseforums.net and suselinuxsupport.de will be able to create new accounts on forums.opensuse.org. Read more at: http://news.opensuse.org/2008/06/10/opensuse-launches-merged-forums/ Best Michael -- Michael Löffler, Product Management SUSE LINUX Products GmbH - Nürnberg - AG Nürnberg - HRB 16746 - GF: Markus Rex -- 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 Community meeting: June 11th, 18:00 UTC
by Stephan Binner 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

Hello, an openSUSE KDE Community meeting is coming up tomorrow, Wednesday, June 11th. Topics can be proposed also in advance on http://en.opensuse.org/KDE/Meetings Please join us if you're interested. We'll meet at #opensuse-kde on irc.freenode.net at 18:00 GMT. Please use http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=6&day=11&year=20… to figure out when this is in your time zone. :-) Bye, Steve -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-announce+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-announce+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-announce] Upcoming #opensuse-gnome Meeting 2008/06/12 16:00 UTC ( please check times for your location thoroughly )
by Casual J. Programmer 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

Hi all GNOME addicts, The next openSUSE-GNOME project meeting will take place at the official #opensuse-gnome IRC channel on freenode (irc://irc.freenode.net/openSUSE-gnome) on upcoming Thursday: 2008/06/12 18:00 CEST (16:00 UTC) For an overview what time this is in different timezones, use: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=12&month=06&year=2… This meeting is meant to discuss the latest developments in and around openSUSE-GNOME. Please review your topics on the meeting wiki page at: http://en.opensuse.org/GNOMEMeetings/20080612 as soon as possible. For general info about our IRC meetings read: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/About For a general technical introduction to IRC (Internet Relay Chat) see http://www.irchelp.org/ ;(not affiliated with openSUSE) or enter "IRC help" into your preferred search engine. The network we use is freenode - for more information on this, including how to find a server, visit http://freenode.net/;(not affiliated with openSUSE either). Have a lot of fun .. Casual J. Programmer (on behalf of the openSUSE-GNOME team) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-announce+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-announce+help(a)opensuse.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-announce+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-announce+help(a)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] Recordings of Linuxtag '08
by Thomas Schmidt 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

Hi, we have uploaded recordings from talks that took place at the openSUSE day at Linuxtag. You can find the links and descriptions here: http://en.opensuse.org/LinuxTag_2008 All of the talks are presented in german, beside of Zonkers part. -- Thomas Schmidt (tschmidt [at] suse.de) SUSE Linux Products GmbH :: Research & Development :: Tools "Don't Panic", Douglas Adams (1952 - 11.05.2001) -- 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] GNOME BugDay - Wednesday 2008/06/11 0900 EST (1300 UTC)
by Christopher Hobbs 09 Jun '08

09 Jun '08

Greetings Community! The next openSUSE-GNOME Bug Day will take place on Freenode in #opensuse-gnome (irc://irc.freenode.net/openSUSE-gnome) on Wednesday 2008/06/11 9am EST (13:00 UTC). To see this time for your timezone, take a look at the following page: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=5&day=28&year=20… The purpose of this Bug Day will be to continue our clean up any GNOME related bugs and/or enhancements from openSUSE 10.3 that are fixed for the upcoming openSUSE 11.0 release. We have about 100 bugs to go and will keep working until we get everything reviewed. To review topics and protocol, see the Bug Day's wiki entry: http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/BugDays/20080611 Previous Bug Days can be reviewed here: http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/BugDays For a general technical introduction to IRC (Internet Relay Chat) see http://www.irchelp.org/ ;(not affiliated with openSUSE) or enter "IRC help" into your preferred search engine. The network we use is freenode - for more information on this, including how to find a server, visit http://freenode.net/ ;(not affiliated with openSUSE either). We hope to see you there! Regards, Christopher M. Hobbs -- 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] OpenOffice_org 2.4.1rc2 available (call for testing)
by Petr Mladek 05 Jun '08

05 Jun '08

Hi, I’m happy to announce that OpenOffice.org 2.4.1rc2 is available in the Build Service OpenOffice.org:UNSTABLE project. Call for testing: It is the second and hopefully final release candidate of OOo-2.4.1 and we would like to ask you for testing and reporting bugs. Where to get it: The list of installation repositories can be found at http://en.opensuse.org/Additional_YaST_Package_Repositories#OpenOffice.org_… Installation problems: There are some problems with the version update on older distributions. You might need to select the right version by hand, see http://en.opensuse.org/OpenOffice#Dependencies_During_Update Bug reports: Please report the bugs into https://bugzilla.novell.com/ for the product "OpenOffice_org 2.0". Do not forget to mention enough information about the problem, see http://en.opensuse.org/Bugs:OOo. Schedule: If no blocker bug is found, OOo-2.4.1rc2 will be final and it will get available in the Build Service OpenOffice.org:STABLE project about Tuesday, June 10, 2008. Changes in this version: The GO-OO project changes are listed at http://svn.gnome.org/svn/ooo-build/tags/OOO_BUILD_2_4_1_5/NEWS The upstream changes are listed at http://development.openoffice.org/releases/2.4.1rc2.html General information about the build: The build is based on the GO-OO project. It includes lots bug fixes, features and optimizations in compare with the regular OpenOffice.org build: * better startup performance * improved VBA interoperability * improved import filters (OOXML, WordPerfect) * additional import filters (WordPerfect Graphics, Microsoft Works, ...) * native KDE Open/Save dialog * WebDAV locking * new 3D slide transitions * multimedia in Impress via GStreamer * multiple formula syntax (Calc A1, Excel A1 and Excel R1C1) * ... , see also http://go-oo.org/discover/ -- Best Regards, Petr Mladek software developer --------------------------------------------------------------------- SUSE LINUX, s. r. o. e-mail: pmladek(a)suse.cz Lihovarská 1060/12 tel: +420 284 028 952 190 00 Prague 9 fax: +420 284 028 951 Czech Republic http://www.suse.cz/ -- 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 25
by Jan-Simon Möller 04 Jun '08

04 Jun '08

We are pleased to announce: Issue 25 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * People of openSUSE: Matthias Fehring * Interview: KDevelop and the openSUSE Build Service * Status Updates * Gabriel Burt: Banshee 1.0 Release Candidate 1 * Jigish Gohil: Compiz and Compiz Fusion 0.7.6 out in wild * blogs.zdnet.com: "OpenSUSE 11 RC1: The Mercedes-Benz to Ubuntu’s Volkswagen" [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/25 Last weeks issue: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/24 Have a lot of fun! -- Jan-Simon Möller -- 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 - 2008/06/04 - 14:00 CEST (12:00 GMT)
by Martin Lasarsch 03 Jun '08

03 Jun '08

Hi The next openSUSE project meeting will take place at the official #opensuse-project IRC channel on freenode (irc://irc.freenode.net/openSUSE-project) tomorrow: 2008/06/04 14:00 CEST (12:00 GMT) For an overview what time this is in different timezones, use: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=04&month=06&year=2… This meeting is meant to discuss the latest developments in and around openSUSE. Please add your topics to the meeting wiki page at: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/Project_Meeting_2008-06-04 as soon as possible. Also, if you cannot attend the meeting, but have questions you want to see discussed, please add them to the meeting wiki page as well. For general info about our IRC meetings read: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/About For a general technical introduction to IRC (Internet Relay Chat) see http://www.irchelp.org/ ;(not affiliated with openSUSE) or enter "IRC help" into your preferred search engine. The network we use is freenode - for more information on this, including how to find a server, visit http://freenode.net/ ;(not affiliated with openSUSE either). -- with kind regards, Martin Lasarsch, Core Services SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5 90409 Nürnberg GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) martin.lasarsch(a)suse.de - http://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] OpenOffice_org 2.4.1rc1 available (call for testing)
by Petr Mladek 30 May '08

30 May '08

Hi, I’m happy to announce that OpenOffice.org 2.4.1rc1 is available in the Build Service OpenOffice.org:UNSTABLE project. Call for testing: It is the first release candidate of OOo-2.4.1 and we would like to ask you for testing and reporting bugs. Where to get it: The list of repositories can be found at http://en.opensuse.org/Additional_YaST_Package_Repositories#OpenOffice.org_… Installation problems: There are some problems with the version update on older distributions. You might need to select the right version by hand, see http://en.opensuse.org/OpenOffice#Dependencies_During_Update Bug reports: Please report the bugs into https://bugzilla.novell.com/ for the product "OpenOffice_org 2.0". Do not forget to mention enough information about the problem, see http://en.opensuse.org/Bugs:OOo. Known bugs: There are already known three blocker bugs: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/buglist.cgi?issue_id=87092+90011 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=391197 Also the following issue might get a blocker: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=391197 Changes in this version: The GO-OO project changes are listed at http://svn.gnome.org/svn/ooo-build/tags/OOO_BUILD_2_4_1_1/NEWS The upstream changes are listed at http://development.openoffice.org/releases/2.4.1rc1.html General information about the build: The build is based on the GO-OO project. It includes lots bug fixes, features and optimizations in compare with the regular OpenOffice.org build: * better startup performance * improved VBA interoperability * improved import filters (OOXML, WordPerfect) * additional import filters (WordPerfect Graphics, Microsoft Works, ...) * native KDE Open/Save dialog * WebDAV locking * new 3D slide transitions * multimedia in Impress via GStreamer * multiple formula syntax (Calc A1, Excel A1 and Excel R1C1) * ... , see also http://go-oo.org/discover/ -- Best Regards, Petr Mladek software developer --------------------------------------------------------------------- SUSE LINUX, s. r. o. e-mail: pmladek(a)suse.cz Lihovarská 1060/12 tel: +420 284 028 952 190 00 Prague 9 fax: +420 284 028 951 Czech Republic http://www.suse.cz/ -- 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 24 - LinuxTag edition
by Jan-Simon Möller 30 May '08

30 May '08

We are pleased to announce: Issue 24 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * Special LinuxTag edition * openSUSE 11.0 Release Candidate 1 * LinuxTag 2008 * People of openSUSE: Klaus Kämpf [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/24 Have a lot of fun! -- Jan-Simon Möller -- 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 openSUSE 11.0 Release Candidate 1
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 29 May '08

29 May '08

Announcing openSUSE 11.0 Release Candidate 1 The openSUSE Project is proud to announce the openSUSE 11.0 Release Candidate 1 (RC1). The good news is that we're closing in on the final release of 11.0, but it's not time to relax just yet. We're getting really close, so we need all hands on deck to help test this release candidate. Since beta 3 we've fixed 578 bugs and resolved 1,118 bugs! Read on to see how you can help get 11.0 into top shape. Information and Download The first step is to download the release candidate. Please remember that RC1 is not a stable release. As a release candidate, openSUSE 11.0 RC 1 is almost ready for day to day use, but may still have some interesting bugs that make it unsuitable for running a production system. Be sure to have backups of any important data before using openSUSE 11.0 RC 1 on a system. Media and Download You can download openSUSE 11.0 RC 1 for x86, x86_64, and PPC at http://software.opensuse.org/developer[1]. If you have beta 3, you can download the deltas from http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.0-RC1/iso/delta/[2]. Most Annoying Bugs This is a list of the most annoying bugs, that we're aware of, that still exist in the release candidate. General * GRUB config broken for other partitions. [Bug #395085][3] GNOME * GNOME asks for the root password on first login. [Bug 390658][4] * GNOME has wrong icon theme by default. [Bug 391865][5] See the Bugs:Most_Annoying_Bugs_11.0_dev[6] page on the wiki for an up-to-date list. Call for Testing To help testing, take a look at opensuse.org/Testing[7], and the Feature Test List[8] page. The Feature Test List page includes a definitive list of new features included in openSUSE 11.0. We need to test these features in particular, so please look through the features on the page, pick one that has not yet had its test completed, and make sure it passes. If not, be sure to file a bug in Bugzilla and mark the test "failed." See the full instructions on the Feature Test List page. Comments, Feedback, and Helping With RC1, openSUSE 11.0 is almost ready for release, but we can still use help with testing before the official release. This is a great chance to contribute to openSUSE, by filing bug reports, testing features, and giving feedback to the openSUSE developers. Here's a few ways to help: * **Report bugs**: If you do find a bug, be sure to report it in Bugzilla using the procedure given on bugs.openSUSE.org[9]. * **Provide feedback**: We welcome feedback! Please join us on the opensuse-factory(a)opensuse.org (subscribe[11]) mailing list. Or in the #opensuse-factory[12] IRC channel on Freenode. * **Let the world know!** Be sure to spread the word about openSUSE 11.0! Blog about it, tell your Linux User Group, start planning a Launch Party[13] -- whatever you can do to let the world know about openSUSE 11.0! Thanks to all the developers and contributors for all the hard work that's gone into openSUSE 11.0 so far, we've come a long way and only have a little more work to do before we have a final release. Fire up openSUSE 11.0 RC 1 and have a lot of fun! [1]: http://software.opensuse.org/developer (Download openSUSE 11.0 RC 1) [2]: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.0-RC1/iso/delta/ [3]: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=395085 [4]: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390658 [5]: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=391865 [6]: http://en.opensuse.org/Bugs:Most_Annoying_Bugs_11.0_dev [7]: http://opensuse.org/Testing [8]: http://en.opensuse.org/Testing:Features_11.0 [9]: http://bugs.opensuse.org/ [10]: mailto:opensuse-factory@opensuse.org [11]: mailto:opensuse-factory+subscribe@opensuse.org (subscribe to opensuse-factory) [12]: irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-factory [13]: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_11.0_Launch_Party_Locations -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier openSUSE Community Manager jzb(a)zonker.net http://zonker.opensuse.org/ http://www.dissociatedpress.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-GNOME project meeting - 2008/06/05- 12:00 CEST (11:00 GMT)
by Casual Programmer 29 May '08

29 May '08

Hi all GNOME addicts, The next openSUSE-GNOME project meeting will take place at the official #opensuse-gnome IRC channel on freenode (irc://irc.freenode.net/openSUSE-gnome) on upcoming Thursday: 2008/06/05 12:00 CEST (10:00 UTC) For an overview what time this is in different timezones, use: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=05&month=06&year=2… This meeting is meant to discuss the latest developments in and around openSUSE-GNOME. Please review your topics on the meeting wiki page at: http://en.opensuse.org/GNOMEMeetings/20080605 as soon as possible. For general info about our IRC meetings read: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/About For a general technical introduction to IRC (Internet Relay Chat) see http://www.irchelp.org/ ;(not affiliated with openSUSE) or enter "IRC help" into your preferred search engine. The network we use is freenode - for more information on this, including how to find a server, visit http://freenode.net/;(not affiliated with openSUSE either). Have a lot of fun .. Casual J. Programmer (on behalf of the openSUSE-GNOME team) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-announce+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-announce+help(a)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 Community meeting: May 128h, 18:00 UTC
by Dirk Mueller 28 May '08

28 May '08

An openSUSE KDE Community meeting is coming up today, Wednesday, May 28th. Topics can be proposed also in advance on http://en.opensuse.org/KDE/Meetings Please join us if you're interested. We'll meet at #opensuse-kde on irc.freenode.net at 18:00 GMT. Please use http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=5&day=28&year=20… to figure out when this is in your time zone :) Greetings, Dirk -- 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 and Update - openSUSE-GNOME Bug Day - Wednesday 2008/05/28 9am EST (13:00 UTC)
by Christopher Hobbs 28 May '08

28 May '08

Greetings! This is just a reminder and a quick update on the Bug Day slated for Wednesday 2008/05/28 9am EST (13:00 UTC). We will be making an effor to clean up GNOME related bugs and enhancements that are fixed for the upcoming openSUSE 11.0 release. To review topics and protocol, see the Bug Day's wiki entry: http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/BugDays/20080528 To see this event time in your timezone, take a look at the following page: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=5&day=28&year=20… In an effort to streamline the event, we will be working on bugs and enhancements in groups of 5, starting with bugs of the highest severity and working our way down the list. Items that are being reviewed and a list of bugs that have been reviewed will be kept at the following page: http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/BugDays/20080528/Progress Previous Bug Days can be reviewed here: http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/BugDays For a general technical introduction to IRC (Internet Relay Chat) see http://www.irchelp.org/ ;(not affiliated with openSUSE) or enter "IRC help" into your preferred search engine. The network we use is freenode - for more information on this, including how to find a server, visit http://freenode.net/ ;(not affiliated with openSUSE either). Come join us! Have a lot of fun! -- 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 Weekly News, Issue 23
by Jan-Simon Möller 23 May '08

23 May '08

We are pleased to announce: Issue 23 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * Announcing openSUSE 11.0 Beta 3 * People of openSUSE: Wolfgang Koller * Status Updates * Duncan Mac-Vicar P.: The greatest unknown openSUSE 11.0 package management feature * Lukáš Ocilka: Function Keys in YaST ncurses Frontend * andi.opensuse-id.org: KDE 4.0.4 on openSUSE 10.3 [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/23 Have a lot of fun! -- Jan-Simon Möller -- 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] GNOME Bug Day - Wednesday 2008/05/28 9am EST (13:00 UTC)
by Christopher Hobbs 22 May '08

22 May '08

Greetings GNOME Community! The next openSUSE-GNOME Bug Day will take place on Freenode in #opensuse-gnome (irc://irc.freenode.net/openSUSE-gnome) on Wednesday 2008/05/28 9am EST (13:00 UTC). To see this time for your timezone, take a look at the following page: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=5&day=28&year=20… The purpose of this Bug Day will be to clean up any GNOME related bugs and/or enhancements from openSUSE 10.3 that are fixed for the upcoming openSUSE 11.0 release. To review topics and protocol, see the Bug Day's wiki entry: http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/BugDays/20080528 Previous Bug Days can be reviewed here: http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/BugDays For a general technical introduction to IRC (Internet Relay Chat) see http://www.irchelp.org/ ;(not affiliated with openSUSE) or enter "IRC help" into your preferred search engine. The network we use is freenode - for more information on this, including how to find a server, visit http://freenode.net/ ;(not affiliated with openSUSE either). We hope to see you there! Regards, Christopher M. Hobbs -- 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-GNOME project meeting - 2008/05/29- 18:00 CEST (16:00 GMT)
by Casual Programmer 22 May '08

22 May '08

Hi all GNOME addicts, The next openSUSE-GNOME project meeting will take place at the official #opensuse-gnome IRC channel on freenode (irc://irc.freenode.net/openSUSE-gnome) on upcoming Thursday: 2008/05/29 18:00 CEST (16:00 UTC) For an overview what time this is in different timezones, use: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=29&month=05&year=2… This meeting is meant to discuss the latest developments in and around openSUSE-GNOME. Please review your topics on the meeting wiki page at: http://en.opensuse.org/GNOMEMeetings/20080529 as soon as possible. For general info about our IRC meetings read: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/About For a general technical introduction to IRC (Internet Relay Chat) see http://www.irchelp.org/ ;(not affiliated with openSUSE) or enter "IRC help" into your preferred search engine. The network we use is freenode - for more information on this, including how to find a server, visit http://freenode.net/;(not affiliated with openSUSE either). Have a lot of fun .. Casual J. Programmer (on behalf of the openSUSE-GNOME team) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-announce+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-announce+help(a)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-GNOME project meeting - 2008/05/22 - 18:00 CEST (16:00 GMT)
by Casual Programmer 20 May '08

20 May '08

Hi all GNOME addicts, The next openSUSE-GNOME project meeting will take place at the official #opensuse-gnome IRC channel on freenode (irc://irc.freenode.net/openSUSE-gnome) on upcoming Thursday: 2008/05/22 18:00 CEST (16:00 UTC) For an overview what time this is in different timezones, use: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=22&month=05&year=2… This meeting is meant to discuss the latest developments in and around openSUSE-GNOME. Please review your topics on the meeting wiki page at: http://en.opensuse.org/GNOMEMeetings/20080522 as soon as possible. For general info about our IRC meetings read: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/About For a general technical introduction to IRC (Internet Relay Chat) see http://www.irchelp.org/ ;(not affiliated with openSUSE) or enter "IRC help" into your preferred search engine. The network we use is freenode - for more information on this, including how to find a server, visit http://freenode.net/;(not affiliated with openSUSE either). Have a lot of fun .. Casual J. Programmer (on behalf of the openSUSE-GNOME 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] Reminder: openSUSE project meeting - 2008/05/21 - 18:00 CEST (16:00 GMT)
by Martin Lasarsch 19 May '08

19 May '08

Hi The next openSUSE project meeting will take place at the official #opensuse-project IRC channel on freenode (irc://irc.freenode.net/openSUSE-project) on Wednesday: 2008/05/21 18:00 CEST (16:00 GMT) For an overview what time this is in different timezones, use: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=21&month=05&year=2… This meeting is meant to discuss the latest developments in and around openSUSE. Please add your topics to the meeting wiki page at: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/Project_Meeting_2008-05-21 as soon as possible. Also, if you cannot attend the meeting, but have questions you want to see discussed, please add them to the meeting wiki page as well. For general info about our IRC meetings read: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/About For a general technical introduction to IRC (Internet Relay Chat) see http://www.irchelp.org/ ;(not affiliated with openSUSE) or enter "IRC help" into your preferred search engine. The network we use is freenode - for more information on this, including how to find a server, visit http://freenode.net/ ;(not affiliated with openSUSE either). -- with kind regards, Martin Lasarsch, Core Services SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5 90409 Nürnberg GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) martin.lasarsch(a)suse.de - http://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] Announcing openSUSE 11.0 Beta 3
by Stephan Kulow 15 May '08

15 May '08

The openSUSE team is proud to announce the third Beta release of openSUSE 11.0! Over 700 bugs were fixed since beta 2, more new artwork was added and several new package versions were includes. The live installation has seen great improvements and should work flawless now. For screenshots and additional information, see the news posting at: http://en.opensuse.org/Screenshots/openSUSE_11.0_Beta3 Remember that this is a beta. It may not be safe to run for production systems, and should be used by users interested in testing the next release of openSUSE for bugs. Most Annoying Bugs =============== See the Most Annoying Bugs[0] page on the wiki for an up-to-date list. [0] http://en.opensuse.org/Bugs:Most_Annoying_Bugs_11.0_dev Call for Testing =============== If you want to help testing our standard test-cases, just take a look at openSUSE.org/Testing, and in particular the Testing:Features_11.0 [1] sub-page which includes a definitive list of the features added into openSUSE 11.0. You can also coordinate with others and subscribe to the opensuse-testing(a)opensuse.org mailing list to help with our organized testing. [1] http://en.opensuse.org/Testing:Features_11.0 Media and Download =============== openSUSE 11.0 Beta 3 for i386, x86-64 and PPC comes as different media sets, all of which can be downloaded from: http://software.opensuse.org/developer Deltas from Beta 3 are also provided at http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.0-Beta3/iso/delta/ Comments, Feedback and Helping =============== openSUSE 11.0 Beta 3 is a great time to start testing-out openSUSE 11.0 before it is officially released. You can directly help and contribute to the openSUSE distribution by filing bug reports and giving feedback to the developers. * Reporting bugs: Please report all bugs you find on in our Bugzilla as explained on bugs.openSUSE.org. * Discussion and feedback is very welcome as well; the most appropriate place is the opensuse-factory(a)opensuse.org mailing list. Or in the #opensuse-factory IRC channel. For other queries and ways to communicate with the openSUSE community take a look at the http://openSUSE.org/Communicate wiki page. The next planned release[2] is openSUSE 11.0 Release Candidate 1 on May 29. [2] http://openSUSE.org/Roadmap Have a lot of fun! -- 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 22
by Jan-Simon Möller 15 May '08

15 May '08

We are pleased to announce: Issue 22 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * Linuxtag 2008 - latest information * People of openSUSE: Marcus Hüwe * Upcoming... openSUSE 11.0beta3 [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/22 Have a lot of fun! -- Jan-Simon Möller -- 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 Community meeting: May 14th, 18:00 UTC
by Stephan Binner 13 May '08

13 May '08

An openSUSE KDE Community meeting is coming up tomorrow, Wednesday, May 14th. Topics can be proposed also in advance on http://en.opensuse.org/KDE/Meetings Please join us if you're interested. We'll meet at #opensuse-kde on irc.freenode.net at 18:00 GMT. Please use http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=5&day=14&year=20… to figure out when this is in your time zone :) Bye, Steve -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-announce+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-announce+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-announce] openSuSE-GNOME Meeting 20080515 15:00 UTC (18:00 CEST, 17:00 GMT)
by Casual Programmer 13 May '08

13 May '08

Greetings GNOME/openSUSE lovers, the GNOME team will be holding its next meeting this Thursday at 15:00 UTC (18:00 CEST, 17:00 GMT). Last meeting: http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/Meetings/20080508 Next meeting: http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/Meetings/20080522 Calendar of all meetings: webcal://news.opensuse.org/?ec3_ical Meeting info: http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/Meetings Tasks: http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/Tasks Casual J. Programmer -- 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 2008 - latest information
by Martin Lasarsch 08 May '08

08 May '08

Hi Please don't forget the biggest Linux event in Germany, just a few weeks away! For the second time it will be in Berlin, from 28-31.05.2008. The location is slightly differrent, still at Messehalle Funkturm, but this time it's Hall7 (south instead of east last year). Again we try to have an interesting program for you, let me be little bit more verbose ... - booth: meet the openSUSE community, talk with developers and see the latest openSUSE 11.0 beta/RC running. We will have decent hardware and big screens to show openSUSE in all it’s glory :-) We are happy that we have again a community project at our booth, this time it's Linux-Club.de, a big German Linux forum. If you are interested in the Novell Enterprise products, we will have also a counter with SLE. You can also meet Zonker for the first time in Germany! - openSUSE day: one day, packed with talks, this time on Saturday! Look at the schedule for more information, we think that there is something for everybody in it. There are of course a lot of other interesting open-source projects at the Linuxtag, so if you are in Germany/Berlin, don’t miss it! Some Links: Program schedule: http://www.linuxtag.org/2008/en/conf/events/vp-samstag.html openSUSE page: http://en.opensuse.org/LinuxTag -- with kind regards, Martin Lasarsch, Core Services SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5 90409 Nürnberg GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) martin.lasarsch(a)suse.de - http://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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