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Localized www.opensuse.org and more....
by Adrian Schröter 01 Feb '06

01 Feb '06

www.opensuse.org has been updated to a new MediaWiki version 1.5. We are able to host localized wiki instances now. The Wiki provides 4 languages for now, reachable under http://en.opensuse.org (English) http://es.opensuse.org (Spanish) http://fr.opensuse.org (French) http://de.opensuse.org (German) Further translations are planned. Please read http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Translation_Guide if you want to start a new translated site. Please subscribe also to the opensuse-wiki(a)opensuse.org mailing list. Antje Faber will help you with coordinating the translations. Another new part of the wiki are the imported SDB (Support Database) articles. It is possible from now on for everybody to create or modify support database articles. The Support Database is hosted at http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:SDB (English) http://es.opensuse.org/SDB:SDB (Spanish) http://fr.opensuse.org/SDB:SDB (French) http://de.opensuse.org/SDB:SDB (German) And last, but not least, the hated Novell Copyright Disclaimer in the footer has been replaced (except for the few locked pages). bye adrian -- Adrian Schroeter SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nuernberg, Germany email: adrian(a)suse.de

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Factory tree is outdated (contains 10.1 Beta1)
by Andreas Jaeger 26 Jan '06

26 Jan '06

Please be aware that the factory tree is currently outdated: The factory tree of our distribution still contains Beta1 packages. Due to a number of technical problems, we could not generate and sync it out. I expect it to be synced out on Sunday again. Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj(a)suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj/ SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

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SUSE Linux 10.1 Beta2 Announcement
by Andreas Jaeger 26 Jan '06

26 Jan '06

SUSE Linux 10.1 Codename "Agama Lizard" Beta2 is ready for testing. Please report all bugs in bugzilla following http://bugs.opensuse.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IMPORTANT: The factory tree of our distribution still contains Beta1 packages. Due to a number of technical problems, we could not generate and sync it out. I expect it to be synced out on Sunday again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A list of known issues is on: http://www.opensuse.org/Bugs:Most_Annoying_Bugs For now let me just point out the following issues: * KDE's media handling does not work (my computer shows wrong informations and inserting new media does not open a query dialog). Workaround: After installation remove /opt/kde3/share/services/kded/networkstatus.desktop before you log into KDE. * If X applications start very slow, update the the fontconfig RPMs that are available from (http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta2/fixed-rpms). Created within the openSUSE project, SUSE Linux 10.1 is designed for individuals looking to work with latest open source technologies -- a stabilized Linux operating system, solutions for desktop productivity, application development, web hosting, security and more completely integrated to make the world's most usable Linux. SUSE Linux 10.1 supports the Intel and AMD x86 and x86-64 platforms as well as the PowerPC platform. The distribution comes with 5 CDs. You need: - Only CD1 for a minimal text installation in English - CDs 1-3 for a default KDE or GNOME installation in German or English - All CDs for other selections SUSE Linux 10.1 offers a comprehensive selection of open source software for a variety to task from, email, Internet, development, productivity, Security, server, graphics and more. Among many updates and enhancements here the most important ones since beta2: * Fixes for a number of bugs - but note that most of the bugs reported against beta1 are not fixed yet. * Further integration and fixing of NetworkManager. * SUSE Linux 10.1 Beta1 comes with the Intrusion Prevention framework AppArmor 2.0 which is started by default in Beta2. * Update to KDE 3.5.1 release packages. * Subfs has been dropped. We've created on ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/10.1/SUSE-Linux10.2-Beta1-Extra (and on the mirrors of it) a repository with some non-OSS software. SUSE Linux 10.1 is offered via bittorrent and via normal download. Please use a mirror or the download.opensuse.org URL which directs you to a mirror. Download URLs for the torrents of the DELTA-ISOs: http://ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta2/SUSE-10… http://ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta2/SUSE-10… http://ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta2/SUSE-10… Download URLs for the torrents of the full ISOs: http://ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta2/SUSE-10… http://ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta2/SUSE-10… http://ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta2/SUSE-10… Download URLs for the full Delta ISOs: x86 architecture (Intel 32-bit) architecture: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta2/delta-iso/SUSE-… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta2/delta-iso/SUSE-… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta2/delta-iso/SUSE-… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta2/delta-iso/SUSE-… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta2/delta-iso/SUSE-… For x86-64 (AMD64 / EM64T) 64-bit architecture: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta2/delta-iso/SUSE-… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta2/delta-iso/SUSE-… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta2/delta-iso/SUSE-… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta2/delta-iso/SUSE-… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta2/delta-iso/SUSE-… For PowerPC architecture: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta2/delta-iso/SUSE-… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta2/delta-iso/SUSE-… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta2/delta-iso/SUSE-… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta2/delta-iso/SUSE-… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta2/delta-iso/SUSE-… Download URLs for the full ISOs: x86 architecture (Intel 32-bit) architecture: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta2/iso/SUSE-10.1-C… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta2/iso/SUSE-10.1-C… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta2/iso/SUSE-10.1-C… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta2/iso/SUSE-10.1-C… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta2/iso/SUSE-10.1-C… For x86-64 (AMD64 / EM64T) 64-bit architecture: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta2/iso/SUSE-10.1-C… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta2/iso/SUSE-10.1-C… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta2/iso/SUSE-10.1-C… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta2/iso/SUSE-10.1-C… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta2/iso/SUSE-10.1-C… For PowerPC architecture: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta2/iso/SUSE-10.1-C… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta2/iso/SUSE-10.1-C… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta2/iso/SUSE-10.1-C… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta2/iso/SUSE-10.1-C… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta2/iso/SUSE-10.1-C… Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj(a)suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj/ SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

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openSUSE Status Meeting 2006/01/24 18:00 CET
by Henne Vogelsang 24 Jan '06

24 Jan '06

Hi there, the first openSUSE status meeting will take place at the official opensuse IRC channel at 2006/01/24 18:00 CET This meeting is meant to discuss the latest developments in and around openSUSE. Topics so far: 1. General overview 2. Mailinglist migration - Henne 3. FOSDEM overview - michl 4. Build Services status - The Build Service Team 5. Bugzilla voting - adrianS 6. SDB import - mlasars 7. Internationalized wikis - darix 8. Official forum - cthiel 9. Doc server 10. Better wiki search - darix For general info about our IRC meetings read: http://www.opensuse.org/Meetings For details about this IRC meeting read: http://www.opensuse.org/2006-01-24-status-meeting Please join us! The openSUSE Team -- Henne Vogelsang, Core Services

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SUSE Linux 10.1 Beta1 Released
by Andreas Jaeger 20 Jan '06

20 Jan '06

SUSE Linux 10.1 Codename "Agama Lizard" Beta1 is ready for testing. Please report all bugs in http://bugzilla.novell.com . A list of known issues is on: http://www.opensuse.org/index.php/Bugs:most_annoying_bugs For now let me just point out the following issues: * Theming is not complete, there's still 10.0 theming used in many places. * Enabling the firewall during installation does not work and/or internet test does not work [Bug #143751] * If you use NetworkManager, network is not setup after installation. Edit /etc/sysconfig/network/config and set: NETWORKMANAGER=yes (instead of no) and then run "rcnetwork restart" * The software selection for a 64-bit x86-64 installation does complain about a conflict in the package selection. Enter the package manager and press "Ignore all" in the dialog which shows conflicts for compat-32bit. Created within the openSUSE project, SUSE Linux 10.1 is designed for individuals looking to work with latest open source technologies -- a stabilized Linux operating system, solutions for desktop productivity, application development, web hosting, security and more completely integrated to make the world's most usable Linux. SUSE Linux 10.1 supports the Intel and AMD x86 and x86-64 platforms as well as the PowerPC platform. SUSE Linux 10.1 offers a comprehensive selection of open source software for a variety to task from, email, Internet, development, productivity, Security, server, graphics and more. Among many updates and enhancements here the most important ones: * The distribution comes with 5 CDs. You need (on x86 and x86-64, I haven't tested PPC): - Only CD1 for a minimal text installation in English - CDs 1-3 for a default KDE or GNOME installation in German or English - All CDs for other selections * We're integrating NetworkManager into the product. Currently it is enabled by default, with Beta2, it will be enabled on Notebooks only - with the choice to enable/disable it as you like. We have improved NetworkManager to support WPA encryption for WLan, Modems and ISDN and written a new frontend kdenetworkmanager so that NetworkManager has native graphical frontends for both GNOME and KDE. * The partitioner proposes to put /home on a separate partition. * The SUSE Linux 10.1 core system comes with CVS versions of glibc 2.4 and GCC 4.1, X.org 6.9, KDE 3.5, GNOME 2.12.2, Linux 2.6.15. * SUSE Linux 10.1 Beta1 comes with the Intrusion Prevention framework AppArmor 2.0. * The latest versions from the Mozilla project: Firefox 1.5 and SeaMonkey 1.0 pre-release. * Further details are documented at: http://www.opensuse.org/Factory-News * PPC only: The jsm serial driver is gone, its maintainers failed to fix it. There is thus no way to boot on (old or new) PPC systems with 8250 serial ports. We've created on ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/10.1/SUSE-Linux10.1-Beta1-Extra (and on the mirrors of it) a repository with some non-OSS software. SUSE Linux 10.1 is offered via bittorrent and via normal download. Please use a mirror or the download.opensuse.org URL which directs you to a mirror. Download URLs for the torrents of the DELTA-ISOs: http://ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta1/SUSE-10… http://ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta1/SUSE-10… http://ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta1/SUSE-10… Download URLs for the torrents of the full ISOs: http://ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta1/SUSE-10… http://ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta1/SUSE-10… http://ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta1/SUSE-10… Download URLs for the full Delta ISOs: x86 architecture (Intel 32-bit) architecture: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta1/delta-iso/SUSE-… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta1/delta-iso/SUSE-… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta1/delta-iso/SUSE-… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta1/delta-iso/SUSE-… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta1/delta-iso/SUSE-… For x86-64 (AMD64 / EM64T) 64-bit architecture: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta1/delta-iso/SUSE-… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta1/delta-iso/SUSE-… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta1/delta-iso/SUSE-… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta1/delta-iso/SUSE-… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta1/delta-iso/SUSE-… For PowerPC architecture: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta1/delta-iso/SUSE-… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta1/delta-iso/SUSE-… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta1/delta-iso/SUSE-… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta1/delta-iso/SUSE-… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta1/delta-iso/SUSE-… Download URLs for the full ISOs: x86 architecture (Intel 32-bit) architecture: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta1/iso/SUSE-10.1-C… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta1/iso/SUSE-10.1-C… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta1/iso/SUSE-10.1-C… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta1/iso/SUSE-10.1-C… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta1/iso/SUSE-10.1-C… For x86-64 (AMD64 / EM64T) 64-bit architecture: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta1/iso/SUSE-10.1-C… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta1/iso/SUSE-10.1-C… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta1/iso/SUSE-10.1-C… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta1/iso/SUSE-10.1-C… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta1/iso/SUSE-10.1-C… For PowerPC architecture: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta1/iso/SUSE-10.1-C… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta1/iso/SUSE-10.1-C… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta1/iso/SUSE-10.1-C… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta1/iso/SUSE-10.1-C… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-beta1/iso/SUSE-10.1-C… Thanks to everybody that participated in Beta1 - with testing, bug reports, comments etc, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj(a)suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj/ SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

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SUSE Linux 10.1 Alpha4 released
by Andreas Jaeger 16 Dec '05

16 Dec '05

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SUSE Linux 10.1 Alpha4 Uploading
by Andreas Jaeger 15 Dec '05

15 Dec '05

SUSE Linux 10.1 Alpha4 is ready, since our mirrors are still syncing (we had some blocker bugs to fix and were rather late), I've only uploaded the torrent files to ftp.opensuse.org. Everything else will go online at 11am UTC on friday. New significant changes in 10.1 Alpha4 since 10.1 Alpha3: * Further integration of NetworkManager (note: NetworkManager is on by default on NLD/SUSE Linux and off on SLES) * Updates to all parts of the system, especially new bash version (3.1), new Linux kernel (2.6.15 rc5), KDE 3.5 final, GNOME 2.12.2, X.Org 6.9 rc3. Further details are - and ongoing changes will be - documented at http://www.opensuse.org/Factory-News . Known CRITICAL issues: * The first time a user logs in on the console, an error is reported. A second login works. * The graphical login does not work. Workaround: Login on the console and change /etc/X11/xdm/Xession as follows: --- /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession 2005-11-21 22:22:10.000000000 +0100 +++ /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession 2005-12-15 12:09:03.000000000 +0100 @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ */rzsh) shell=/bin/zsh ;; *) shell=/bin/bash ;; esac - exec -la ${shell} ${shell} -c ${1+"exec $@"} + exec -l -a ${shell##*/} ${shell} -c ${1+"exec $@"} } * The distribution identifies itself as "10.0.42 Alpha4" - and has in quite a lot places the 10.0 branding. This is a known feature;-) * Internet test will not work since downloading to patches is not setup. Note: Alpha4 will be followed by Beta in four weeks, Alpha4 is not supported and we advice to not use it on production systems. Please report bugs in http://bugzilla.novell.com . A list of known issues will appear on: http://www.opensuse.org/index.php/Bugs:most_annoying_bugs We've created on ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/10.1/inst-source-extra (and on the mirrors of it) a repository with some non-OSS software. Download URLs for the torrents of the DELTA-ISOs: http://ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-alpha4/SUSE-1… http://ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-alpha4/SUSE-1… http://ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-alpha4/SUSE-1… Download URLs for the torrents of the full ISOs: http://ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-alpha4/SUSE-1… http://ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-alpha4/SUSE-1… http://ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-alpha4/SUSE-1… The other files will be published tomorrow. Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj(a)suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

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Reminder: openSUSE Build Service Team Q&A session
by Henne Vogelsang 12 Dec '05

12 Dec '05

Hi, recently we published meeting minutes from a two day offsite meeting of the initial openSUSE build service team. It summarizes expectations, concerns, ideas and opportunities around the build service part of the openSUSE project. http://www.opensuse.org/index.php/BST_3linden_Minutes_en Today the minutes were joined by a technical whitepaper about the concept of the openSUSE Build Service. http://www.opensuse.org/images/1/19/Oss_whitepaper.pdf We invite you to join us on the official IRC channel #opensuse at the freenode.net IRC network irc://irc.freenode.net/openSUSE for a question and answer session about these two documents and the ideas behind it. The session will take place, as announced on the opensuse mailinglist, at Monday 2005/12/12 17:00 CET! Which is roughly in one hour. We hope to see you there! The openSUSE Build Server Team

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SUSE Linux 10.1 Alpha3 completely published
by Andreas Jaeger 18 Nov '05

18 Nov '05

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SUSE Linux 10.1 Alpha3 is on its way to the mirrors
by Andreas Jaeger 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

SUSE Linux 10.1 Alpha3 is ready, since our mirrors are still syncing, I've only uploaded the torrent files to ftp.opensuse.org. Everything else will go online at 11am UTC on friday. New significant changes in 10.1 Alpha3 since 10.1 Alpha2: Further details are - and ongoing changes will be - documented at http://www.opensuse.org/Factory-News . Known issues: * The distribution identifies itself as "10.0.42 Alpha3" - and has in quite a lot places the 10.0 branding. This is a known feature;-) * Due to the upgrade of the mono core to 1.1.10 some mono packages did not build and since they require the previous mono version, they cannot be installed. The affected packages are banshee and f-spot. * Internet test will not work since downloading to patches is not setup. * wpa_supplicant does not work with madwifi based cards, like Atheros chips. NetworkManager also seems unable to access such cards. For Atheros cards, read also http://www.opensuse.org/Bugs:Most_Annoying_Bugs#How_to_use_Atheros_WLAN_dev… * powersave dies directly, get updated packages as documented on the "Most Annoying Bugs" page. Note: Alpha3 will be followed by Alpha4 in four weeks, Alpha3 is not supported and we advice to not use it on production systems. Please report bugs in http://bugzilla.novell.com . A list of known issues will appears on: http://www.opensuse.org/index.php/Bugs:most_annoying_bugs Download URLS for the torrents: http://ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-alpha3/SUSE-1… http://ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-alpha3/SUSE-1… http://ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-alpha3/SUSE-1… Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj(a)suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

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