November 2009 - openSUSE Project - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-project] Google Wave needs openSUSE testers
by Shayon Mukherjee 01 Dec '09

01 Dec '09

Hello ppl , Well after having a quite short discussion on Google Wave over the IRC (unfortunately we dont have minutes for this )and how it would help in marketing the product ,we actually came to a decision that we need more testers to get to know its advantages as most of us were not very much sure with its working and benefits.Later on ( almost after 2 weeks) a date would be scheduled to have a meet up on this topic and then present our views and feedback for the same . So if you are well versed with the Wave thing then have some more time testing it and tune in to the next session.And if you are not then this the time, shoot it . **Time is running** :) Remember: Sign up your names over here - http://en.opensuse.org/SocNet/GooleWave_user_list - to get more contacts for better testing and analyzing. Have a lot of fun ! -- Regards, Shayon Mukherjee openSUSE Wiki Team Memeber http://en.opensuse.org/User:Wwarlock Email: hkwarlock(a)gmail.com Twitter: ShayonM -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Re: [election-officials] Platforms for openSUSE Board Elections
by Andreas Jaeger 30 Nov '09

30 Nov '09

On Wednesday 25 November 2009 14:27:17 Sascha Manns wrote: > Hello Mates, > > i've just created the Platforms Page for Election 2009. If anyone know > more about that, then he can update the Page. Could you link the platform pages from the main election page (http://en.opensuse.org/Board_Election/2009) like for 2008, please? Thanks, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, Program Manager openSUSE, aj(a){novell.com,opensuse.org} Twitter: jaegerandi | Identica: jaegerandi 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-project] KOffice 2.1 in KDE Backports
by Jean Cayron 30 Nov '09

30 Nov '09

Hello, Is it normal that in the repo KDE:Backports, the translations from KOffice are in version 2.1.0-2.1 but that the programs (koffice2, koffice2-karbon...) are still in version 2.0.2-6.3. Should it not entirely be in version 2.1? Could anyone from KDE team check, please, it's so since a few days. Thanks in advance, Jean -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Howto on Google Wave - Discussion on IRC
by Shayon Mukherjee 28 Nov '09

28 Nov '09

Hello , There is going to be a session organized on an Howto Google Wave,which will be held tomorrow, Thursday 29th November, at 14:30 UTC. This discussion will generally focus on how Google Wave can help openSUSE and its marketing strategies ,discussion about tips/tricks of Wave and how we can use it as a marketing tool.So if you are well experienced with google wave then you ar every much invited to help others on this topic.And if you are not then also you are very much invited to learn something new :) Please use http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=11&day=29&year=2… to get the time of the meeting in your time zone. As always, we meet in #opensuse-marketing on Freenode. Fire up your favorite IRC client and head over to #opensuse-marketing. Not familiar with IRC? A good overview can be found at irchelp.org. This site is not affiliated with openSUSE. For more information on Freenode, see http://freenode.net/. You are welcome to join and participate! -- Regards, Shayon Mukherjee http://en.opensuse.org/User:Wwarlock Email: hkwarlock(a)gmail.com Twitter: ShayonM -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Google Wave inviting
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 26 Nov '09

26 Nov '09

Hello Mates, yesterday i've recieved an Google Wave Account (THX terrorpub). Now i have 8 Slots to invite others. So, if you're working on the openSUSE Project, i can invite you. If you're interested, just send me an private Email to this Adress (It's not needed to make this over this List). Have a lot of Fun :-) -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns open-slx GmbH openSUSE Member openSUSE Community & Support Agent openSUSE Ambassador Web: http://www.open-slx.de openSUSE Marketing Team openSUSE Build Service openSUSE Medical Team Web: http://saschamanns.gulli.to Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.com ClaimID: http://claimid.com/saigkill -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Heath Issues
by Boyd Lynn Gerber 26 Nov '09

26 Nov '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello, I will do my best over the next weeks till the doctors find and hopely get my many sudden Medical issuse under control. Please be patient with me and my email or communications I have symptoms of a stroke but not signs right now of own on MRI and other tests. The problem manifests its self in 4 baskic ways. 1. I talk or wrie email that makes not sense. I preceive it to be good english but it is not. 2. I have vertigo and can not tell where any thing is. 3. I studder or repeat letters words etc. but see them as being correct. 4. Sunden loss to communicate in any form. and memory loss. I do have moments of clarity where I am attempting to meed the obligations I have to the community. I will do my best but many things may lag or not get done because of the memory issues where I think I have done them. I am hope this will only be a short time till it is under control, but I thought I had better let the community know what is going on as I am trying to lead and be a member of many parts of the community, Thanks for the understanding. Boyd Gerber <gerberb(a)zenez.com> 801 849-0213 ZENEZ 1042 East Fort Union #135, Midvale Utah 84047 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAksOS6AACgkQVtBjDid73eZBpACfZbV3ef2yy9nRXpZlmXOFs6K+ GZQAn0N0z5Oh5LOaCbhttMSPPo2oxUvk =bs0C -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Re: [opensuse-factory] Leafnode dropped ?!
by Per Jessen 24 Nov '09

24 Nov '09

Stefan Seyfried wrote: > On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:16:27 +0100 > Marcus Meissner <meissner(a)suse.de> wrote: > >> leafnode can easily be picked up by another (even external) >> maintainer. > > And, speaking as the former maintainer of the package, it is very > low-maintenance, there is not much to do for this package. > > But even when I was still at SUSE, I was not using leafnode anymore, > and I don't think it is good for a package when the maintainer has no > real clue of the subject ;) > > If there are still active users out there, one of them should pick it > up, it is really easy to maintain. Maybe, like houghi already suggested, it would be good with a list of "orphan packages" or "packages seeking maintainer"? /Per -- Per Jessen, Zürich (0.0°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Hardware Coverage Visibility in Release Testing
by Rob OpenSuSE 23 Nov '09

23 Nov '09

11.2 seems like a generally well received release, with some good reviews, and flaws are much less obvious than in 11.1. One of the 11.1 features was smolt, now I see it installed under 11.2; but I've not found it in the Installation workflow, even with autoconfig off, and doing net connection test and updates. There's a Distrowatch review now, which unfortunately is one of those "Ubuntu & Mandriva" worked, "openSUSE crashes and is unstable" vareity. There are many who had opposite experience, but it would be nice to be able to rise above anecdotes and have actuall figures. Does the openSUSE community have any way to see the extent of baremetal pre-release testing, and idea of what others are running? It would be nice, if 11.1, & 11.2 had a quick way of reporting regressions; hardware that worked but no longer does, so to back the Release Notes. May be feedback from real end users? What about a counter, telling ppl how often the 11.2 update repo was queried? Did smolt go anywhere or was it not as useful as hoped? Rob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Maintenance of the upcoming openSUSE 11.2
by Christian Dengler 23 Nov '09

23 Nov '09

Hi openSUSE community, the upcoming openSUSE 11.2 is the first release of openSUSE which will be coordinated by the openSUSE community when it comes to the update process. In the past the maintenance team was working in the background and provided you with the newest and best updates. The update decision was a completely internal process. Now we will make it more transparent and let the whole community participate. The future is: The community will do updates for openSUSE in self-responsibility. The update process will be coordinated by the new openSUSE maintenance team. At the moment it consists of 5 people, 2 SUSE employees and 3 openSUSE community members. Every user can send an update request now to this team. This team will decide over the requests and coordinates the whole updates progress (plan the release time according to the severity, interact with the package maintainer, coordinate QA testing, ...) based on a new update policy. It guarantees the best supply with updates. Only maintenance (tagged as recommended, optional, YOU) updates are affected by this change. Security updates will be provided on the old and approved way by the SUSE security team. This is the fastest and established way to react on security problems. Everybody can enjoy and help to improve openSUSE and influence the development. There is a lot of work in the whole update process. So enjoy! Every openSUSE user can help to improve our distribution. You can help e.g. in: - notify interesting bugs that should be fixed by a maintenance update - work as a QA tester and check testing updates to improve the quality and give feedback - help us to create a new maintenance policy - work in the maintenance team - work as a package maintainer and provide the updates - work as a junior maintainer and learn to build packages and provide minor fixes - ... For questions, update request, feedback you can use the mailing list of the maintenance team (maintenance(a)opensuse.org) So enjoy and have a lot fun :-) Greetings, Christian -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] openSUSE Board Election timeline updated
by Thomas Schmidt 19 Nov '09

19 Nov '09

Hi, the openSUSE board decided to extend the deadline for announcing candidacy for the next openSUSE board [1]. There are 3 seats to be elected (2 non-Novell, 1 Novell) for a 2 year period. Currently we have 3 announced candidates: - Rupert Horstkötter - Bryen M Yunashko - Pavol Rusnak So, if you want to participate in the openSUSE board and influence the future direction of the project please stand up and announce your candidacy. If you want to vote for the candidates, please make sure your openSUSE membership [2] is approved. If you have any questions about the election or the board's tasks, please contact the election commitee (election-officials(a)opensuse.org) or the board (board(a)opensuse.org) The updated election schedule: October 26th, 2009 (Phase 0) * Start of 5 week period to apply for an openSUSE membership (in order to vote). * Start of 5 week phase to stand for a position in the openSUSE Board. November 30th, 2009 * Notification of intent to run, and application for an openSUSE membership close (end of phase 0). December 1st, 2009 (Phase 1) * Start of 1 week campaign for the candidates before the ballots open (campaign might be done until ballots close). December 8th, 2009 (Phase 2) * Ballots open Members will be able to cast their votes at: https://users.opensuse.org/my/elections December 22nd, 2009 * Ballots close (end of phase 2) Greetings [1] http://en.opensuse.org/Board_Election [2] http://en.opensuse.org/Member -- Thomas Schmidt (tom [at] opensuse.org) openSUSE Boosters Team "Don't Panic", Douglas Adams (1952 - 11.05.2001) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Announcing Candidacy for the openSUSE Board
by Pavol Rusnak 18 Nov '09

18 Nov '09

¡Hola openSUSE Folks! I would like to announce my candidacy for openSUSE Board Elections 2009. My name is Pavol Rusnak and I'm 25 years old. I was born in Kosice, Slovakia, but for the last 7 years I've been living in Prague, Czech Republic, where I graduated from computer science at the Charles University. You might recognize me from various openSUSE related mailing lists or IRC channels, where I use nick prusnak, or from my blog[1], which is syndicated on Planet SUSE. Some of you have met me during conferences like openSUSE Conference in September and I'm looking forward to meet you all at FOSDEM in February. I've been at Novell for 3 years now and at the same time I became a part of openSUSE project. I started in the Czech Packagers Team[2], where I was responsible for lots of networking and XML packages (e.g. wireshark, libxml2), game libraries (e.g. the whole libSDL stack) and Xfce desktop environment. Times has changed since and now I maintain (with a great help of you, community maintainers) countless number of packages all across the Build Service (with Contrib and Games being momentarily my favorite repositories :-)). In July 2009, I was happy to join the openSUSE Boosters Team[3], a "team which is pushing the openSUSE project forward as a part and for the benefit of the community". During our brainstorming sessions we managed to create a list of nearly 40 projects[4] or ideas worth pursuing. I applied for the board, because I think it should consist of both technical and non-technical people. Currently there is a lot of discussion, but very little of actual implementing things. As a person with great technical overview I can steer the community members around particular topics they choose to work on. I can bootstrap their activity, give them helping hand in the beginnings and try the best to develop their project into a fully independent one. A great example of this is inclusion of LXDE into openSUSE. There is a huge amount of work ahead of us and I would be glad to drive the effort not only from the openSUSE Boosters Team perspective but also from the openSUSE Board point of view. Thank you! [1] http://stick.gk2.sk/blog/ [2] http://en.opensuse.org/Czech_Packagers_Team [3] http://en.opensuse.org/Boosters_Team [4] http://en.opensuse.org/Boosters_Team/Projects -- Best Regards / S pozdravom, Pavol RUSNAK SUSE LINUX, s.r.o openSUSE Boosters Team Lihovarska 1060/12 PGP 0xA6917144 19000 Praha 9, CR prusnak[at]suse.cz http://www.suse.cz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Correction: openSUSE Project Meeting Wednesday November 18, 2009 at 16:00 UTC
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

Argh. Sorry all for the mistake in the subject earlier. The next openSUSE Project meeting will take place Wednesday, November 18th, at 16:00 UTC. The meeting time in all time zones are listed on the Fixed Time World Clock[1]. Project meetings are always held in the #opensuse-project channel on Freenode. Please add your topics to the meeting wiki page at: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/Project_Meeting_2009-11-18[2] Please add topics as soon as possible. Also, if you have questions for the meeting, but can't attend (we know that the meeting times can't work for everyone) please add them to the agenda as well. We also take live questions, of course. Logs of the meeting are posted to the wiki here: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/Archive[3] New to openSUSE's IRC meetings? For more on our IRC meetings and how they're run, see: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/About[4]. Not familiar with IRC? A good overview can be found at irchelp.org[5]. This site is not affiliated with openSUSE. For more information on Freenode, see http://freenode.net/. As always, we meet in #opensuse-project on Freenode. Fire up your favorite IRC client and head over to #opensuse-project. Wondering what meeting times are? Check the openSUSE Meetings page[6]. All project meetings and team meetings should be listed there. If you're interested in how the openSUSE Project is run and want to participate, please be sure to join us on Wednesday. See you there! [1]: http://bit.ly/3XhSxD [2]: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/Project_Meeting_2009-11-18 [3]: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/Archive [4]: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/About [5]: http://www.irchelp.org/ [6]: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier <jzb(a)zonker.net> openSUSE Community Manager Get openSUSE 11.2! http://bit.ly/EOV8a Twitter: jzb | Identica: jzb About: http://www.dissociatedpress.net/about/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Reminder: openSUSE Project Meeting Wednesday November 16, 2009 at 16:00 UTC
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

The next openSUSE Project meeting will take place Wednesday, November 16th, at 16:00 UTC. The meeting time in all time zones are listed on the Fixed Time World Clock[1]. Project meetings are always held in the #opensuse-project channel on Freenode. Please add your topics to the meeting wiki page at: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/Project_Meeting_2009-11-18[2] Please add topics as soon as possible. Also, if you have questions for the meeting, but can't attend (we know that the meeting times can't work for everyone) please add them to the agenda as well. We also take live questions, of course. Logs of the meeting are posted to the wiki here: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/Archive[3] New to openSUSE's IRC meetings? For more on our IRC meetings and how they're run, see: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/About[4]. Not familiar with IRC? A good overview can be found at irchelp.org[5]. This site is not affiliated with openSUSE. For more information on Freenode, see http://freenode.net/. As always, we meet in #opensuse-project on Freenode. Fire up your favorite IRC client and head over to #opensuse-project. Wondering what meeting times are? Check the openSUSE Meetings page[6]. All project meetings and team meetings should be listed there. If you're interested in how the openSUSE Project is run and want to participate, please be sure to join us on Wednesday. See you there! [1]: http://bit.ly/3XhSxD [2]: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/Project_Meeting_2009-11-18 [3]: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/Archive [4]: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/About [5]: http://www.irchelp.org/ [6]: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier <jzb(a)zonker.net> openSUSE Community Manager Get openSUSE 11.2! http://bit.ly/EOV8a Twitter: jzb | Identica: jzb About: http://www.dissociatedpress.net/about/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Naming: openSUSE Medical Team
by Rajko M. 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

I would like to see your opinion on naming of "openSUSE Medical Team" ? In English that I know term "Medical Team" implies doctors and nurses as a members, and the team activity is, health related, activity of doctors and nurses, nothing close to software development, collection, packaging etc. I would like you to consider this naming to be corrected, if necessary, before it is linked all over the web and hard to change without producing a lot of broken links to our web sites which is not popular anywhere, which can have negative impact on a openSUSE Medical project http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE-Medical -- Regards, Rajko openSUSE Wiki Team: http://en.opensuse.org/Wiki_Team People of openSUSE: http://en.opensuse.org/People_of_openSUSE/About -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] State of openSUSE Elections
by Andreas Jaeger 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

We now have two candidates for the openSUSE Board election: Rupert Horstkötter and Bryen Yunashko. Both applied for the Non-Novell community seat. The deadline for nominations is the 23rd of November and I invite others to apply for: * the two non-Novell community seats * the one Novell community seat For details, please check http://en.opensuse.org/Board_Election/2009 Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, Program Manager openSUSE, aj(a){novell.com,opensuse.org} Twitter: jaegerandi | Identica: jaegerandi 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-project] Announcing my Candidacy for openSUSE Board
by Bryen M Yunashko 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

A year ago, I was honored to be voted in as a new member of openSUSE's Community Board. That election had a stunning 75% voter turnout, and to have been a part of that historic occasion which also marked the beginning of the very first-ever community elected Board. A lot of things have happened in the past year and openSUSE continues its momentum in becoming a more community-driven project. Our stake in openSUSE has become more and more significant and our need to be continually involved in this great Project of ours is ever-more important. I have not been able to complete all of my goals for the Board and the Project because it was, quite obviously, a building year for all of us. But know this, my commitment and dedication to the Project remains as strong as ever. And I intend to continue to push my initiatives, which in fact, are your initiatives so that we can continue to be proud of the product of our work. Yes all of us work together on this. My first term, a one-year term, is now coming to an end. But, I'm not done yet. I am now officially and formally announcing my candidacy for re-election to the openSUSE Board for a 2-year and final term. I promise you, in the coming weeks, I will continue to blog and discuss my positions, and my accomplishments/tasks leading up to the election. I have had the wonderful opportunity to meet many of you at the recent openSUSE Conference in Germany who have gotten to know me and my positions. And I'm looking forward to meeting and talking to more of you all in the future, including many of our newest members of openSUSE. Thank you, and may we once again have a very exciting and productive election cycle. Bryen M Yunashko openSUSE Board Member - 2008 - 2009 Candidate for openSUSE Board Member - 2009-2011 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Download using metalink
by Fabrice 14 Nov '09

14 Nov '09

Hi, i'm not quite sure if it's here or somewhere else to be discussed but i'm suprised that when using metalink and aria2c the download of suse 11.2 did not work Is it not supposed to be a more reliable, safer and quicker way to download ? What could explain such a case ? Thanks Fabrice -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] packages.opensuse-community.org
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

Hello Mates, can we update this Site, so it searches 11.2 too? -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Member openSUSE Ambassador openSUSE Marketing Team openSUSE Build Service Web: http://saschamanns.gulli.to Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.com ClaimID: http://claimid.com/saigkill -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Novell openSUSE 11.2 Doc Page - Link Inconsistency Button "All PDFs" gives 404 not found
by Rob OpenSuSE 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

Looks like the zip archive hasn't been updated or hasn't been renamed, when I click on the "All PDF's" button, I get a 404 not found. openSUSE 11.2 All PDF's 28 MB 11/12/2009 -- http://www.novell.com/documentation/opensuse112/pdfdoc/opensuse111.zip Not sure who's in charge of that page, and it's a PITA to download each individually when you want almost the complete set. Thanks, release looks like a good one BTW, and we even did rather well in the Phornoix Benchmarks with 11.2-rc1 this year :) Rob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] openSUSE 11.2 is out!
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

Hi all, The openSUSE Project is pleased to announce the release of openSUSE 11.2[1]. openSUSE 11.2 includes new versions of GNOME, KDE, OpenOffice.org, Firefox, the Linux kernel, and many, many more updates and improvements. In 11.2 you'll find more than 1,000 open source desktop applications. openSUSE also includes a full suite of server software and a rich selection of open source development tools. Please take a moment to Digg the announcement here: http://digg.com/d319pa7 You can find a bevy of screenshots[2] and more on the openSUSE wiki, and a lengthy list of packages and version numbers on DistroWatch[3]. Let's take a look at some of the more interesting features of openSUSE 11.2! openSUSE Desktop ================ As always, openSUSE provides everything you need to get started with Linux on the desktop. openSUSE 11.2 includes KDE 4.3 as the "default" desktop. If you install from DVD without changing anything, you'll have the KDE desktop by default. However, we still provide GNOME as an equal choice, and Xfce and other window managers as alternative desktops too! KDE 4.3 is a major update to the KDE platform. It includes improved networking support, and work to make Firefox and OpenOffice.org better integrated with the KDE enviroment. The openSUSE Project also worked closely with the KDE Project on theming and branding to provide a look and feel that meshes both projects nicely. You'll also find plenty of GNOME greatness in openSUSE 11.2 as well. GNOME 2.28, the latest release of the popular GNOME desktop, is included with 11.2. This release includes a brand new theme, improved software update application, improvements in GNOME's Webcam and video application, and many other enhancements and improvements to prepare the GNOME platform for GNOME 3.0 in 2010. OpenOffice.org 3.1 is a complete office productivity suite compatible with Microsoft Office. This release includes improvements in change tracking and collaboration in Writer, and major improvements to the drawing application. Social networking gets a boost in 11.2 with the addition of GNOME and KDE microblogging clients that handle multiple social network sites, Gwibber[4], and Choqok[5]. With openSUSE 11.2, you have the ability to install GNOME or KDE live media from USB, and numerous improvements to make openSUSE 11.2 much better on netbooks. Under the Hood ============== The desktop improvements are the most noticeable, but there's plenty going on under the hood as well in openSUSE 11.2. Storage improvements include the ability to encrypt the entire hard disk, for users concerned about data security. Users can also take advantage of the next generation of filesystems for Linux with Ext4 or btrfs. In case you'd like to learn more about the new kernel features you can go at KernelNewbies.org[6] and have a look at the "cool stuff" part. Want to manage remote openSUSE servers with a Web interface? That day is coming soon! openSUSE 11.2 users can install[7] the first technology preview of WebYaST: a Web-based remote administration tool for openSUSE systems. Finally, you can upgrade in-place using Zypper! Though it's been possible to do an upgrade in place for some time, with caution, it's finally a "recommended" method of upgrade with openSUSE 11.2. For users who want to move from 11.1 to 11.2 using "zypper dup," see Andreas Jaeger's post on Lizards[8] about the process. It's quick, it's easy, and almost competely painless. Linux for Education =================== The openSUSE Build Service provides thousands of applications as 1-click packages to enhance your experience on openSUSE 11.2. The openSUSE Education Community provides hundreds of Educational applications suitable for students of all ages, parents, teachers and IT administrators of educational institutions via the Build Service. The 11.2 release will be followed closely by a very special spin, Li-f-e: Linux for Education. Li-f-e contains GNOME, KDE as well the the award-winning Sugar learning environment for children. With packages from the Packman repository, Li-f-e provides everything required to get rich multimedia experience too. Media and Download ================== openSUSE is now available for immediate download! You have several choices of installation media and live CDs (which are also installable). * openSUSE 11.2 Installable DVD 32-bit * openSUSE 11.2 Installable DVD 64-bit * openSUSE 11.2 GNOME 32-bit Live CD * openSUSE 11.2 GNOME 64-bit Live CD * openSUSE 11.2 KDE 32-bit Live CD * openSUSE 11.2 KDE 64-bit Live CD **Booting openSUSE 11.2 from a USB key**: get one of the Live CDs available above, and can copy it to a USB key with the following command: dd if=image.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4M Replace "image.iso" with the name of the ISO image that you have downloaded, and replace "sdX" with the actual device name of your USB drive. Be careful! This will erase the target device, so make sure you have the correct device name and have any vital data backed up! We want to hear from you! ========================= The openSUSE Project has many channels of communication[9]! Whether you prefer forums, email, or IRC, there are plenty of ways to communicate about openSUSE. * The official openSUSE forums. * Mailing Lists: be sure to sign up for the mailing lists that fit your interests! * IRC: #opensuse[10] on irc.freenode.net and other channels[11]. * Jabber, usenet, and more[9]. To keep up to date with openSUSE, be sure to keep an eye on openSUSE News[12] and watch Planet SUSE[13] for blog posts from the openSUSE community. We also update the @opensuse account on Twitter[14] and Identi.ca[15] regularly with news about the project. **Want to help the openSUSE Project? To get involved with openSUSE see the How to Participate[16] page on the openSUSE wiki. We can use lots of different skills[17] to help the project, so feel free to jump in!** Thanks! ======= openSUSE 11.2 represents the combined effort of hundreds of developers who participate in openSUSE, and thousands of developers in upstream projects that are shipped in openSUSE. The contributors, inside and outside the openSUSE Project, should be proud of this release, and they deserve a major "thank you" for all of the hard work and care that have gone into 11.2. When we say "contributor," we don't mean only developers and packagers. This includes translators, openSUSE Ambassadors, the openSUSE Board, and the users who help power our forums and support users who are taking their first steps into Linux. We are confident that openSUSE 11.2 is the best openSUSE release yet, and that it will help to encourage the use of Linux everywhere! We hope that you **_have a lot of fun_** while you use openSUSE 11.2! [1]: http://software.opensuse.org/ [2]: http://en.opensuse.org/Screenshots/11.2 [3]: http://distrowatch.com/suse [4]: http://en.opensuse.org/Gwibber [5]: http://bit.ly/1HmB3L [6]: http://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges [7]: http://en.opensuse.org/YaST/Web/Installation [8]: http://bit.ly/gJvFo [9]: http://en.opensuse.org/Communicate [10]: irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse/ [11]: http://en.opensuse.org/Communicate/IRC [12]: http://news.opensuse.org/ [13]: http://www.planetsuse.org/ [14]: http://twitter.com/opensuse [15]: http://identi.ca/opensuse [16]: http://en.opensuse.org/How_to_Participate [17]: http://bit.ly/1MsJpd -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier <jzb(a)zonker.net> openSUSE Community Manager Twitter: jzb | Identica: jzb About: http://www.dissociatedpress.net/about/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Re: [opensuse] After testing 11.2.
by Boyd Lynn Gerber 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

A post that really needs to go to the opensuse project list as well as our own list. -- Boyd Gerber <gerberb(a)zenez.com> 801 849-0213 ZENEZ 1042 East Fort Union #135, Midvale Utah 84047 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:05:46 -0700 From: Boyd Lynn Gerber <gerberb(a)zenez.com> To: opensuse(a)opensuse.org Subject: Re: [opensuse] After testing 11.2......... On Wed, 11 Nov 2009, Hans Witvliet wrote: > On Wed, 2009-11-11 at 11:04 -0800, John Andersen wrote: >> Additionally, until there is some resolution of the Long Term Support issue, >> the short life span of most releases means none but the hobbyist will be >> moving from Ubuntu, certainly not any of the OEM's releasing Linux machines. >> Ubuntu LucidLynx due in April will be the next LTS version. >> >> OpenSuse's LTS is still a pipe dream. http://lwn.net/Articles/350229/ I do not think it is a pipe dreame given we are working on it and we have 18 months before it goes into an un-supported state. There is more of an ergentcy if we dow and openSLES. >> Its just pretty hard justify OpenSuse on Aunt Nellie's machine >> when you know you will have to do it all over in 18 months. +1 > just some remarks.... ..do it all over in 18 months... uh, what wrong with a > "zypper dup" once in a while? Or are you visiting Aunt Nellie only once every > five years? '-) 8^) > Looks like the people commenting on lwn's artice are missing the main > point: You see comments like "Novell should this or that..." > > If the community really likes a openSuSE-LTS thing, the community should > provide it. I just can not imagine what Novell would be gaining by it, > It will only cost them dearly, both in man-hours but also in cpu-cycles > and storage. Because of it, they removed all 10.3-repo's from the OBS. Novell has said we may use OBS and possibly create an area for openSUSE LTS. They had assisted in having an Education project with iso and all. The thing in this initiative, has really come down to 2 options. An openSLES, or an limited server oriented openSUSE. The choices are SLES 11 for openSLES and openSUSE 11.2 for open SUSE xxx LTS. > Anybody around having their own OBS who can completely rebuild 10.3? > Probably not... > If one can find enough resources do rebuild it, one needs a small army > of competent and trust-worthy people who are willing to spent huge > amount of time debugging, recoding, testing testing and retesting. > > And by the way, one needs probably also their own bugtracking system, > and probably more of those little things.. > > Would love to see it (good for the community) but i think it's highly > unlikely it will ever become reality. There are plenty of private OBS's ofr Local BS's. The reall isssue is trust in who is doing what for what. Taking with the SLES management has expressed concerns that with the current economic condidtion we would greatly reduce the number of SLES purchases. The key people in the SLES group who I thought would welcome the project with open arms were not very enthusiastic about it. But given most of us wanting to do this come from the openSUSE community we have had talks with many openSUSE and other Managment. One thing that has come out of it is the announcement With the announcement http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-announce/2009-10/msg00013.html We now have the oportunity to now really be able to provide and openSUSE LTS with out a lot of obstucales. In the various talks we have had it appears the given the current economic climit, we could posssibly do more harm than good with an openSLES. Most of the members that have stepped up to be willing to do the security updates and back ports have come from the openSUSE community. With the community taking over support and many other functions with the aid of openSUSE, we gain critical training and open dialogs with the current support team to gain knowledge to provide with the choosen community members a team that during the openSUSE 11.2 life time can/ or are able to build the trust needed for an openSUSE LTS. Personally I have change from a strong openSLES to looking at embracing openSUSE in a reduced set that would be about the same work, but with out the need for an attorney and many of the issues/problems I saw with openSLES There have been talks with the SLES managment and the ones that I thought would be behind such an effort right now seem to view it as more of a problem; Natuarlly there are those that are the free-loaders, who do not step up to the plate and really take part in any way they are able, whether it be coding, financial support, manuals... Also I was in hopes of gaining support from Novell in the form of a free SLES with the ability to get the SLES updates with little to now probem. I had hoped for this so we do not in any way endanger current SLES licenses. We need to take this all in mind with our decisison as to which initiative we choose. This where we are now. We are waiting for us to do the things we normally do with a new release. So this will take up a few weeks before we really see more movement on this initiative. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Last Day for pre-launch publicity!
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

Hi all, We're in the home stretch for the openSUSE 11.2 release tomorrow. We need everybody who loves openSUSE to help spread the word! If you're on Twitter, Identi.ca, Facebook, and other social networks, please take just a few minutes to help get the word out about openSUSE 11.2. Some suggestions - but please use this link when referring to the 11.2 launch prior to the announcement: http://bit.ly/knZug Here are the suggestions: Get ready for #openSUSE 11.2 - coming out tomorrow, November 12: http://bit.ly/knZug openSUSE 11.2 with the latest GNOME, KDE, Firefox, and more tomorrow!: http://bit.ly/knZug Spread the word: #openSUSE 11.2 Everything you need to get started with Linux on November 12: http://bit.ly/knZug Also, if you have a blog or web site and want to publicize openSUSE 11.2, Jakub Steiner has put together several banners of all shapes and sizes here: http://en.opensuse.org/Buttons#Banners_for_11.2 They're beautiful and go with any blog's decor. :-) We're having a pre-launch gathering in #opensuse-project tomorrow starting at 11:00 UTC (that's 20:00 in Japan, 12:00 in Germany, 06:00 on the East Coast of the U.S., and ridiculously early on the West Coast -- see here: http://bit.ly/xRz0h) Let's kick it up a notch and let the world know about openSUSE 11.2! Best, Zonker -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier <jzb(a)zonker.net> openSUSE Community Manager Twitter: jzb | Identica: jzb About: http://www.dissociatedpress.net/about/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Let's meet in #openSUSE-Project tomorrow at 11:00 UTC
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

Hey all, We're just hours away from officially unleashing openSUSE 11.2. Lots of Launch Parties are planned for Thursday and after, but we should also get together virtually to celebrate. If you're interested in helping with the last-minute details, like making changes to the openSUSE wiki, we'll be coordinating that in #opensuse-project on Freenode as well. Be sure to blog, tweet, dent, update your Facebook wall, and so on about the launch! Let's spread the word about openSUSE 11.2 and have a lot of fun! Best, Zonker -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier <jzb(a)zonker.net> openSUSE Community Manager Twitter: jzb | Identica: jzb About: http://www.dissociatedpress.net/about/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Final Promotional Video of openSUSE 11.2
by Shayon 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

Hello ppl, Finally the promo video is done.You can check the below links for further information.So now you just need to use this to SPREAD THE WORD! openSUSE. You can use it in the launch parties and other similar functions.Specially the ambassadors.Show it to your friends/relatives to let them know about the basic thing.Blog/tweet it,What ever you can do to promote the product,just do it :) .Good luck !! Youtube link - http://z.pe/CM1 Download Link - http://z.pe/CvJ Best, Shayon -- openSUSE Wiki Team Member http://en.opensuse.org/User:Wwarlock Website: http://www.shay0n.hpage.com Email: hkwarlock(a)gmail.com Twitter: wwarl0ck -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Promo Video for 11.2
by Shayon 10 Nov '09

10 Nov '09

Hello, Well i recently planned out a kind of promo video for openSUSE 11.2 release.Due to lack of time (as i have my studies pending :) ) and having not much of knowledge in Video Editing , I couldn't create a better one.But i suppose with your valuable comments and bit of more hard work.We can make it a better one.For the time being this just the test!. Looking forward for your comments :) . Link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JXFYT_oCl4 Best, Shayon -- openSUSE Wiki Team Member http://en.opensuse.org/User:Wwarlock Website: http://www.shay0n.hpage.com Email: hkwarlock(a)gmail.com Twitter: wwarl0ck -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Proposal for better contributing (Sub) Projects
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 08 Nov '09

08 Nov '09

Hello Mates, ATM we have an good Infrastructure for Projects. We have Mailinglists, Wiki, IRC and Newsportal. But administrating and coordinating an Project needs more. I miss an professional Projectmanager like redmine. So we can create Tasks and have an better administration Process. It is possible to setup redmine in our Server and give each Project and own Space? -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Member openSUSE Ambassador openSUSE Marketing Team openSUSE Build Service Web: http://saschamanns.gulli.to Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.com ClaimID: http://claimid.com/saigkill -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Nice part 1 video review of openSUSE 11.2
by Dean Hilkewich 06 Nov '09

06 Nov '09

Hey guys, Just came across this today and I'm not sure if it's been mentioned before but there is a pretty nice review of OS 11.2 here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vquPKhszDes The openSUSE 11.2 review part starts @ 1:29:00 and is about 25 minutes long. They are planning for a second part continuing on the review I guess in their next episode. Thought I would pass it along. Dean -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-project] Re: [opensuse-marketing] Promo Video for 11.2
by Shayon 06 Nov '09

06 Nov '09

Koushik Kumar Nundy wrote: > The fact that Kino is rudimentary is hardly a problem. it is atleast > as powerful as Windows Movie Maker, and see how good Shayon has worked > on it. > > P.S. Shay0n, what did you use for screencasting, or did you use > screenshots only?? > > Sorry for the repetition.Actually needed to make a correction Hello, Koushik thanks for the appreciation.Well i used screenshots for it. :) .And i now i am trying my hands out on Kino ! Best, Shayon -- openSUSE Wiki Team Member http://en.opensuse.org/User:Wwarlock Website: http://www.shay0n.hpage.com Email: hkwarlock(a)gmail.com Twitter: wwarl0ck -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-project] Re: [opensuse-marketing] Promo Video for 11.2
by Shayon 06 Nov '09

06 Nov '09

Koushik Kumar Nundy wrote: > The fact that Kino is rudimentary is hardly a problem. it is atleast > as powerful as Windows Movie Maker, and see how good Shayon has worked > on it. > > P.S. Shay0n, what did you use for screencasting, or did you use > screenshots only?? > > Hello, Koushik thanks for the appreciation.Well i used screencasting for it. :) .And i now i am trying my hands out on Kino ! Best, Shayon -- openSUSE Wiki Team Member http://en.opensuse.org/User:Wwarlock Website: http://www.shay0n.hpage.com Email: hkwarlock(a)gmail.com Twitter: wwarl0ck -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Directory of SocNet sites for openSUSE users
by Shayon 06 Nov '09

06 Nov '09

Hello Everyone, Well as we are approaching towards the release of openSUSE 11.2.I feel now its high time to promote the product and spread the word.Which can be done effectively by spreading it on the SocNet sites.Below are the links mentioned of the pages created on the wiki , where you can add your selfs and then follow/add amongst other SUSE users to SPREAD the WORD together.Thus this will also help in other aspect of/for openSUSE.So be a part of it.Proud to be an openSUSE user!! 1)Twitter user list : http://en.opensuse.org/SocNet/Twitter_user_list 2)Facebook user list : http://en.opensuse.org/SocNet/Facebook_user_list 3)Identi.ca user list : http://en.opensuse.org/SocNet/Identica_user_list HAVE FUN ;) Best, Shayon -- openSUSE Wiki Team Member http://en.opensuse.org/User:Wwarlock Website: http://www.shay0n.hpage.com Email: hkwarlock(a)gmail.com Twitter: wwarl0ck -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Promoting openSUSE 11.2 & voting for the openSUSE 11.2 promo DVD cover
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 06 Nov '09

06 Nov '09

As I'm sure most (hopefully all...) of you know, we'll be releasing openSUSE 11.2. If you'd like to help spread the word, there are a few quick and easy things you can do to help let people know about openSUSE: * Tweet or Dent about openSUSE: If you have a Twitter or Identi.ca account, be sure to follow the @opensuse account and re-tweet/dent announcements about openSUSE 11.2. One or two mentions per day by each openSUSE user could make a huge difference! (Please don't go overboard though -- one or two per day is good!) Make sure to use the openSUSE hash tag (#openSUSE) on Twitter so we can take a shot at getting on the "trending topics" list. * Mention the openSUSE release on Facebook, Linked-In and other social media sites. * See http://en.opensuse.org/Marketing/SocNet for additional tips on social media marketing. (And feel free to join in!) * If you have a blog, please be sure to take a few minutes to post about openSUSE. Original posts are great, but if you're feeling a bit of writer's block it's perfectly acceptable to copy the openSUSE announcement from news.opensuse.org when it's released and post that. (Please link back to the post, though!) * Once you've downloaded 11.2, please burn a copy or two (or three... or one hundred...) and pass them on to friends, family, co-workers, etc. who might benefit from using Linux. Also: through Sunday we're taking votes to decide what cover the openSUSE 11.2 promo DVD (the DVD we hand out at events, etc.) will have. We have three awesome designs from the community - help us decide which to pick here: http://www.dissociatedpress.net/2009/11/05/opensuse-dvdcd-cover-art-opinion… Thanks, and have a lot of fun! Best, Zonker -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier <jzb(a)zonker.net> openSUSE Community Manager Twitter: jzb | Identica: jzb About: http://www.dissociatedpress.net/about/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Developers motivation research
by M. Pith 05 Nov '09

05 Nov '09

Dear OpenSUSE mailing list members, We would like to ask your cooperation in a large-scale research on motivation factors of Open Source software developers. The research is performed for the Amsterdam Business School of the University of Amsterdam. Your participation would consist of completing an online survey to which we have linked below. Your participation is anonymously. The aim of the research is to better understand the motivations developers hold for joining and contributing to an Open Source project. The insights gained from this research would help the development of theory for Information Management and could help practitioners understand how and when to start or join Open Source projects. Next to this, the publication of this research will increase the exposure of the development of Open Source software within the academic environment. Please follow the link to the online survey. Our test audience has shown that completing the survey will take about 15 minutes. Your time is highly appreciated by us. http://bit.ly/Survey_Developers_Motivation Kind regards, Dr. Thomas Adelaar Mark Pith -This independent research is not related to the OpenSUSE project.- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Wiki Team Meeting 091030 - Meeting Minutes
by Rupert Horstkötter 03 Nov '09

03 Nov '09

Team, here are the meeting minutes for our Wiki Team Meeting #1 on Friday, the 30th of October 2009 at 17:00 UTC. We got started to discuss the usability concept for the openSUSE wiki. Please feel free to add important details I maybe missed. #1 – QA process: FlaggedRevs VS Sandboxing approach (Assignee: rhorstkoetter, Fsundermeyer?) We haven't finally decided (yet) which one (FlaggedRevs or Sandboxing) to implement as our QA process. There is a general tendency by the team to go for the sandboxing approach (and in parallel implement the wiki forum for reviewing purposes), but we'd like to give everyone another opportunity to voice their opinion at opensuse-wiki ML - rhorstkoetter is responsible to kickoff the discussion here. Furthermore, we're in general agreement that we need to implement the QA process and would appreciate to get a testing enviroment (FSundermeyer?) for both Sandbox and FlaggedRevs to be able to gather experiences with both of them. #2 – Guidelines (Assignee: rhorstkoetter, Shayon) Guidelines will be created to provide wiki editors an understanding about proper design, formulation, conception and syntax of wiki articles. The use of templates needs to explained and an overview about the implemented QA will be given. The content of Guidelines depends on several things we still need to agree on (e.g. The QA Process) and are therefore a working draft. Rhorstkoetter is responsible to come up with a draft in co-work with Shayon. We'll gather ideas at Wikipedia and ubuntuusers.de and see what's sufficient here for our Usecase – Licenses need to be discovered here for imaginable Re-Use. #3 – Frontpage/Portal (Assignee: rhorstkoetter, Shayon) We'd like to replace the current http://en.opensuse.org with a Portal to openSUSE documentation resources (the wiki) while offloading content from the current http://en.opensuse.org to http://www.opensuse.org – a two-column layout is desirable. Jbrockmeier requested to leave the sponsor links and move them to the right column if possible - rhorstkoetter will sync this with the webteam. Shayon is responsible for the development of http://en.opensuse.org/Portal_New, Rajko's contribution would be desirable here. We need to focus on proper categorization (provide as less categories at the main Portal as possible for usability purposes) while utilizing wiki-portals/projects for deeper hierarchies – see #4. Once this is done, the draft for the main Portal should be pushed to the marketing- and webteams for smooting out the design, language and overall appearence of the Portal. The guidelines will be prominently placed at the main portal. Finally we'd like to have an openSUSE-like http://tinyurl.com/y8gh6hj - just to get a general idea. #4 – Wiki-Projects/Wikipedia-like Portals (Assignee: Federico Mena, Petr, John) We'll implement Wiki-Projects and Wikipedia-like Portals for deeper content hierarchies (as a complement to the main Portal – see #3). We desire to create such Portals for the big openSUSE projects like KDE, Gnome, YaST, Education etc. as well as major categories. The exact concept is courtesy of Federico Mena and Petr (Booster effort). John is interested and welcome to contribute here. Federico's navboxes should be worked into this effort. Federico/Petr should keep in touch with Shayon to sync with the main Portal efforts (to ensure overall consistency) #5 – Strengthen the Wiki team (Assignee: rhorstkoetter) We'll reach out to the Community with an announcement "why (good) documentation matters". We'd like to raise people's attention on the importance of good documentation to the sucess of the openSUSE project and the convenience of the end user. Jbrockmeier proposed to come up with a mentoring program for wiki editors/contributors. Petr proposed the adoption of OBS Junior Jobs to wiki tasks. We're in agreement that a Wiki Team Member should work in a moderating, supporting and mentoring capacity - at least that's the major task (besides actual wiki editing) Wiki Team Members should focus on. #6 – MediaWiki Extensions (Assignee: FSundermeyer, cboltz) FSundermeyer requested input on http://en.opensuse.org/Wiki_Team/Requested_Extensions – cboltz already started a discussion at opensuse-wiki ML. We certainly desire to maintain as less extensions as possible. FlaggedRevs (see #1) and Semantic MediaWiki are well-maintained and thus possible to implement. Please jump into the discussion started by cboltz. #7 – Templates (Assignee: Shayon, John) Kálmán proposed http://tinyurl.com/ycwx8cj as an approach to give an overview about available templates and we decided to adopt this for the main wiki. The Overview page will be linked from within the Guidelines (see #2). Shayon is responsible to review existing templates and sort them as proposed by Kálmán. We need to think about obsolete templates, desired templates, etc. John is interested and welcome to contribute here. Some of the major wiki contributor unfortunately haven't managed to join the Meeting and their efforts are certainly needed and appreciated. Please contact the respective assignees of topics to jump in and contribute. That certainly applies to EVERYONE interested – we need a LOT of helping hands to make the openSUSE wiki a better place (and finally achieve openSUSE world domination, smile). Every helping hand contributing to this usability concept (which is a HUGE task) counts and is very welcome to join the efforts. JFYI, I just updated http://en.opensuse.org/Wiki_Team/Meetings and linked the Meeting transcript (thanks Shayon) and the agenda for archiving purposes and to give people the opportunity to review the Meeting (again). The minutes will be linked there as well asap. Thanks, Rupert -- Rupert Horstkötter openSUSE Community Assistant http://en.opensuse.org/User:Rhorstkoetter Email: rhorstkoetter(a)opensuse.org Jabber: ruperthorstkoetter(a)googlemail.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Initiative of openSUSE LTS/openSLES Status Nov 1 2009
by Boyd Lynn Gerber 02 Nov '09

02 Nov '09

Hello, With the announcement http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-announce/2009-10/msg00013.html The really shows just how commited the openSUSE Management are with regrads to the community. I have to admit I was firmly in the openSLES camp prior to a few email discussions and the results of the above email. We now have the oportunity to now really be able to provide and openSUSE LTS with out a lot of obstucales. In the various talks we have had it appears the given the current economic climit, we could posssibly do more harm than good with an openSLES. Most of the members that have stepped up to be willing to do the security updates and back ports have come from the openSUSE community. There have been talks with the SLES managment and the ones that I thought would be behind such and effort right now see it as more of a problem; Natuarlly there are those that are the free-loaders, who do not steop up to the plate. Also I was in hopes of gaining support from Novell in the form of a free SLSE with updates so we do not in any way endanger current licenses. We need to take this all in mind with our decisison as to which initiative we choose. This is the current state. -- Boyd Gerber <gerberb(a)zenez.com> 801 849-0213 ZENEZ 1042 East Fort Union #135, Midvale Utah 84047 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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