Not everybody is on -project, so I thought it's worth to share this here. As Georg Greve said in his talk at the last openSUSE Conference: Groupware is the last of the three pillars of modern IT which Free Software isn't covering very well (we've got Browsers and Office nailed). Kolab is the only real free and open solution out there, and it's an incredibly good one. But the downside is that it is big and not easy to deploy - that's where good, quality packages matter. So, if you care about groupware & server things and want to do a service to Software Freedom, chipping in here would really make a difference! And if you're looking for a Groupware solution at your job or for a client - consider Kolab over the less-open (or closed) stuff, it's good AND a proper Free Software project. ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: [opensuse-project] Packaging Kolab.org Groupware Date: Wednesday 20 March 2013, 17:49:44 From: Torsten Grote <grote@kolabsys.com> To: opensuse-project@opensuse.org Dear all, you might have heard that the truly Free Software Groupware Kolab has been released recently in version 3 and has undergone a major rewrite. It supports several native clients and now also mobile phones with ActiveSync. Soon there will also be CalDAV and CardDAV support. So you'll have all freedom to synchronize your personal data across all your devices without relying on big 'cloud' providers. The old Kolab 2 had been packaged for OpenSUSE, but is totally outdated now. Aeneas Jaißle restarted the packaging efforts for Kolab 3 and has made amazing progress. Everything is packaged and can be installed right away. Thanks Aeneas! You can read more about the progress and the current state of the packages in Aeneas' blog [1]. We are still looking for more people who could test the packages and provide feedback. If somebody wants to help with packaging that would even be more awesome. Some little help can already have a big impact and take some weight off of Aeneas' shoulders. You'll find the packages at the OpenSUSE Build Service [2] [3]. Some more outdated information is in the OpenSUSE wiki [4]. If somebody could help bring this up to date, this would be very much appreciated. If you like to get in touch with Aeneas, you'll find him at OBS [5]. And if you haven't tried out Kolab yet, you probably should. There is a public demo [6] if you just want to take a quick look. Kind Regards, Torsten [1] https://kolab.org/blogs/aeneas-jai%C3%9Fle [2] https://build.opensuse.org/project/show?project=server%3AKolab%3AUNSTABLE [3] https://build.opensuse.org/project/show?project=server%3AKolab%3AExtras [4] https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Kolab [5] https://build.opensuse.org/home?user=aeneas_jaissle [6] https://MyKolab.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org -----------------------------------------