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[opensuse-announce] openSUSE 13.2 Beta is Out, Help Test It!
by Jos Poortvliet 22 Sep '14

22 Sep '14

Our newest Geeko is due in November and it will be awesome. We promise. But it doesn’t come for free: you will have to help! We've published an extensive overview of new features. Might there be something missing? You bet! Even with the combined power of all Geekos we can't make a list of all the great things coming in this release! All the more reason to find out what is new and needs testing. So, get your ovens and laptops fired up for that Beta Pizza Party! https://news.opensuse.org/?p=18556 Don't forget to have a lot of fun, The Thundering herd of Geekos from https://news.opensuse.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/geekos.jpg -- 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] Statement on the recent Merger announcement
by Richard Brown 16 Sep '14

16 Sep '14

Dear openSUSE Community, As you might be aware, SUSE's parent entity, the Attachmate Group has entered into an agreement to merge with Micro Focus, a UK-based enterprise software company. As the primary sponsor of the openSUSE Project, SUSE's President and General Manager, Nils Brauckmann has contacted the openSUSE Board to share the following key points " * Business as Usual: There are no changes planned for the SUSE business structure and leadership. There is no need for any action by the openSUSE Project as a result of this announcement. * Commitment to Open Source: SUSE remains passionately committed to innovation through Open Source. This has always been the foundation of our business and that will continue as we grow and innovate in new areas. * Commitment to openSUSE: SUSE is also fully committed to being a sponsor and supporter of an open, highly independent and dynamic openSUSE community and project. We are proud of openSUSE and greatly value the collaborative relationship between SUSE and the openSUSE community. The combination of the Attachmate Group and Micro Focus creates a larger, global enterprise software entity, operating at a greater global scale. This provides an even stronger foundation for the continued investment in SUSE and our continued innovation through Open Source." The openSUSE Board would like to thank Nils and SUSE for this reassuring statement. The Board is enthusiastic about the benefits of the merger may bring to SUSE and ultimately also to our openSUSE Project. If anyone has any questions, there will be an opportunity to raise them at tomorrow (Wednesdays) regular openSUSE Project Meeting at 15:00 UTC in #opensuse-project on the Freenode IRC network. Regards, The openSUSE Board -- 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 - Last day for openSUSE.Asia Summit 2014 Travel support application and Call for Paper
by Max 18 Aug '14

18 Aug '14

openSUSE.Asia Summit Call for Paper deadline today!! Deadline 18th, Aug 2014. Submit your paper now!! * Detail: please see http://summit.opensuse.org/#cfp * conference submission tool https://events.opensuse.org/conference/summitasia14/proposal/new -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Travel Support Program apply deadline is 18th, Aug 2014. Today ------------------------------------------------------------------ APPLY FOR TRAVEL SUPPORT First the applicant needs to read: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Travel_Support_Program Then please send the request through: https://connect.opensuse.org/travel-support You are required to send application during Aug 1st to Aug 18th. We will review and confirm from Sep 1st to 15th. If you have any questions, please contact opensuse-summit(a)opensuse.org. openSUSE.Asia Summit 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] Official openSUSE 13.1 Docker Containers Released
by Henne Vogelsang 07 Aug '14

07 Aug '14

People, We are proud to announce official Docker containers for our latest openSUSE release, 13.1. Docker is an open-source project that automates the deployment of applications inside software containers. With the official openSUSE Docker containers it’s now easy for developers to leverage the power of our Linux distribution and it’s free software Eco-system as base for their applications. openSUSE + Docker == Awesome ############################ The Docker project was released in March last year. Until now, during this short amount of time, more than 450 people contributed with patches and 14,000 containers have been published on its central index. Docker recently released version 1.0, the first one declared enterprise-ready. The container technology has been around since quite some time, think about FreeBSD jails, Solaris zones, OpenVZ, LXC. However none of these tools has ever attracted as much attention as Docker. Docker has been so successful because it makes easy to harness the power of containers and at the same time it provides two important features: a developer oriented work flow to manage containers’ life cycle and a set of collaborative functionalities. openSUSE at Docker Hub ###################### Managing Docker images shares analogies with version control systems used to track the evolution of source code. Containers are stored on a central repository called Docker Hub. Users can download them using the “pull” command. They can “diff” a running container to see which changes have been made. They can fork containers and “push” their derived work back to the Docker Hub. The creation of new containers starting from the existing ones is achieved using Docker’s integrated build system. The feature is based on a special file called “Dockerfile”, a text file containing a list of Docker build directives. These commands can do several operations like: select the image to extend, execute a command inside of the container at build time, expose a service running inside of the container to the outside world and more. Starting today the Docker Hub provides official openSUSE containers for our stable releases. This container can be used as a foundation block to create new awesome containers based on our beloved Linux distribution. Let’s Collaborate! ################## If you find something about our containers that can be improved, please collaborate with us. We have created the docker containers with KIWI, openSUSEs Operating System Image and Appliance builder which is the basis of SUSE Studio and the imaging functionality of the Open Build Service. The files used to create these images are available in our Github repository. They are free software, released under the MIT license. You can run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve them. Thank you ######### We have to thank Flavio Castelli, maintainer of the Docker package, for the creation of these containers, the KIWI developers for adding the docker build format and finally the Docker team for marking these containers as official on the Docker Hub. About openSUSE ############## The openSUSE Project is a worldwide community that promotes the use of Linux everywhere. It creates one of the world’s best Linux distributions, working together in an open, transparent and friendly manner as part of the worldwide Free and Open Source Software community. The project is controlled by its community and relies on the contributions of individuals, working as testers, writers, translators, usability experts, artists and ambassadors or developers. The project embraces a wide variety of technology, people with different levels of expertise, speaking different languages and having different cultural backgrounds. Learn more about it on opensuse.org About Docker ############ Docker is an open platform for developers and sysadmins to build, ship, and run distributed applications. Consisting of Docker Engine, a portable, lightweight runtime and packaging tool, and Docker Hub, a cloud service for sharing applications and automating workflows. Docker enables apps to be quickly assembled from components and eliminates the friction between development, QA, and production environments. As a result, IT can ship faster and run the same app, unchanged, on laptops, data center VMs, and any cloud. Learn more about it on docker.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.Asia Summit Travel Support Program apply deadline 18th, Aug
by Max 07 Aug '14

07 Aug '14

Dear ALL: Just reminder Travel Support Program apply deadline is 18th, Aug 2014. ------------------------------------------------------------------ APPLY FOR TRAVEL SUPPORT First the applicant needs to read: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Travel_Support_Program Then please send the request through: https://connect.opensuse.org/travel-support You are required to send application during Aug 1st to Aug 18th. We will review and confirm from Sep 1st to 15th. If you have any questions, please contact opensuse-summit(a)opensuse.org. openSUSE.Asia Summit 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.Asia Summit Call for Paper deadline 18th, Aug
by Max 07 Aug '14

07 Aug '14

openSUSE.Asia Summit Call for Paper deadline count down. Deadline 18th, Aug 2014. Submit your paper now!! * Detail: please see http://summit.opensuse.org/#cfp * conference submission tool https://events.opensuse.org/conference/summitasia14/proposal/new --------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPER The first openSUSE Asia Summit Program Committee is ready to accept your proposals for sessions! We're also ready to register visitors interested in joining us. Your talk and workshop submissions should be fit for one of the four main tracks: End Users, Business, Community and Project, Technology and Development. You can submit your abstracts in our conference submission tool. The submission period begins today, and closes Aug 18. Note that the first bunch of accepted proposal acceptance emails will be sent on Sep 1, allowing you to start planning your trip already. And of course, first come, first served! So, be in time! The Four Tracks This is the first openSUSE Asia Summit. The theme is: openSUSE - Bring you to the free world! End User Track The end user track provides the opportunity for the power users of any application to share their knowledge and share tricks they apply to get the most out of the applications they use. Know of a non-obvious but very useful feature, present it's usage to fellow Geekos and users in this track. Topics include, but not limited to, applications, desktop environments, multimedia solutions and games. Business Track The business track provides the opportunity for those that use openSUSE and/or FOSS in their business to describe the unique challenges they face. This includes, but not limited to, issues and solutions of interfacing with regulatory institutions, other business, staff training, and changing technology course. Community & Project Track Sessions in this area should focus on project and community activities, including, but not limited to, project governance, marketing, artwork and advocate reports. In many cases, this sessions bring a strong sense of unity to the project as a whole as we discuss some of the unique challenges that an Open Source Community confronts. If you have ideas that can help a community be stronger, join this track. Technology & Development Track Sessions in this area should focus on system technology and distribution development. Including, but not limited to, software packaging, development/testing/debugging tools/practices/methods. Infrastructure software, deployment strategies and monitoring. These sessions will help a few of our members gain understanding of the many tools they can use when working in development for the distribution and other exciting projects. The Events We will have four types of events: Lightning Talk (10 mins) Short Talk (30 mins) Long Talk (60 mins) Workshop (2 hours) If it is possible that your audience can practise what you share in a meeting room, you would better do a workshop. You can send in proposals until Aug 18, but the sooner the better. We will start accepting submissions on Sep 1. -- 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] Factory moves to Rolling Release Development Model
by Henne Vogelsang 29 Jul '14

29 Jul '14

The Internet. July 29th, 2014. We are proud to announce that we have just switched our beloved development distribution, openSUSE Factory, to be an independent distribution using the “rolling release” development model. openSUSE Factory is now a tested, reliable and bleeding edge Linux distribution! This change will shorten the stabilization process for our major releases (next up: 13.2) and eliminate the need for pre-releases and milestones. https://news.opensuse.org/2014/07/29/factory-rolling-release/ A more distributed development process for openSUSE ################################################### In the old development model, an army of packagers would shoot new packages and updates to Factory, with a relatively small team of Factory Maintainers taking care of the integration process of all those packages. This often took a long time to stabilize for a release. In the new “rolling release” development model, package submissions cannot go to Factory directly. First they have to prove to be functional and trustworthy in a staging project. Staging projects are projects in our Open Build Service where groups of submissions are collected, reviewed, compiled and tested with openQA. But even after the packages survived the staging project, they don’t directly end up in Factory. First all Factory media (e.g. DVDs etc.) are being built and put again through more tests in openQA. The Factory maintainers then decide on the basis of the Factory-To-Test overview if the new packages should be published to the users. This new Factory development model balances responsibility among packagers, testers and end users while putting more emphasis on automated quality assurance. As a result, openSUSE Factory becomes a reliable, always-ready working distribution. “With this new openSUSE development model, users get the latest free software packages without waiting for the next release” said Richard Brown, openSUSE board chair. He continues “With a daily fresh Factory distribution making it easier for those who want to preview and test, we hope to see more users and contributors, leading to faster fixes and even higher quality. Factory is critical as it provides the base technology for openSUSE and SUSE Linux Enterprise, which is used by tens of thousands of organizations around the world.” Get it while is hot! #################### So there is no excuse to give Factory a try and provide feedback or, if you are not so interested in living on the edge, to help spreading the word: there is a new (old) kid on the Linux Distributions block: openSUSE Factory! Thanks ###### This major change in how we develop our distribution would have not been possible without the tireless work of the openSUSE Team from SUSE who drove this process, the openQA developers who integrated all the features and certainly not without our most awesome package maintainers who provided feedback along the way. Thank you guys for another astonishing job completed! About the openSUSE Project -------------------------- The openSUSE project is a worldwide effort that promotes the use of Linux everywhere. openSUSE creates one of the world’s best Linux distributions, working together in an open, transparent and friendly manner as part of the worldwide Free and Open Source Software community. The project is controlled by its community and relies on the contributions of individuals, working as testers, writers, translators, usability experts, artists and ambassadors or developers. The project embraces a wide variety of technology, people with different levels of expertise, speaking different languages and having different cultural backgrounds. About the openSUSE Distribution ------------------------------- The openSUSE distribution is a stable, easy to use and complete multi-purpose distribution. It is aimed towards users and developers working on the desktop or server. It is great for beginners, experienced users and ultra geeks alike, in short, it is perfect for everybody! The latest release, openSUSE 13.1, features new and massively improved versions of all useful server and desktop applications. It comes with more than 1,000 open source applications. openSUSE is also the base for SUSE’s award-winning SUSE Linux Enterprise products. About openQA ------------ openQA is the only comprehensive, fully automated Linux distribution testing framework which can run tests on every level of the OS, from core functionality like the kernel up to testing applications like Firefox or LibreOffice. It shows the results in a convenient web interface and allows testers to see screenshots and even videos of the issues found. -- 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] download.opensuse.org migration on 2014-04-15
by Marcus Rückert 14 Apr '14

14 Apr '14

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[opensuse-announce] download.opensuse.org migration on 2014-04-15
by Marcus Rückert 11 Apr '14

11 Apr '14

Hi on Tuesday 2014-04-15 we will migrate download.opensuse.org to a new machine. The downtime will start at 11:00 and we hope to be done until 13:00. We actually expect it to go faster and we will announce when this is the case. Thank you for your understanding, Your openSUSE admin team -- openSUSE - SUSE Linux is my linux openSUSE is good for you www.opensuse.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-announce+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-announce+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-announce] Open Build Service version 2.5 released
by Henne Vogelsang 31 Mar '14

31 Mar '14

People, Friends, Packagers, are you ready for another set of great features for your free software packaging needs? We are with version 2.5. of the Open Build Service(OBS)! With this release you can plug OBS into your continuous integration/delivery chain thanks to the new token API that let's you trigger builds from revision control systems like github. 2.5 further merges the Web UI and API into one single Ruby on Rails app, so it is easier for you to maintain, easier for us to extend and most important way snappier to use for your packagers. This release also begins to unify the various places where you can configure things into the OBS API, introduces an integrated comment and notification system and saves your OBS servers some cycles by automatically cleaning up left over branches. As you can see our team never tires to be awesome! Read on for more, in depth, information about OBS version 2.5. http://openbuildservice.org/2014/03/31/version-2.5/ The Open Build Service Team -- http://openbuildservice.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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