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[opensuse-project] I make a motion - [Was: Public statement from the Board on the removal of a member]
by Greg Freemyer 15 Jan '11

15 Jan '11

As a openSUSE member and assuming I have the privilege: I make a motion that the openSUSE bylaws be updated to allow for formal member petitioning. And if a formal petition supported by 10 members is submitted to the board, the board must call for a all members vote on the matter addressed in the petition. If the matter concerns an improper sanction or appeal of a sanction, then the sanctioned person must be one of the petitioners. === details I serve on a board. There are 2 aspects of that board that seem relevant to the current sanction discussion: 1) A sanctioned / fined person can request a hearing where they can interact with the board. But only once. We don't do it often and prefer to setup meetings specifically to address the hearing, not handle it as part of out monthly meetings. This could clearly be done via IRC for openSUSE. I gather the disbarred person was given the opportunity to make his/her case to the board via emails, so I think this is equivalent, but a more formal IRC meeting would be even better. 2) A petition signed by 10 of the members can be brought to the board and it must be voted on by the whole! ie. if 10 members disagree with a board action (or lack of action) they can file a petition with the board and the board must call a full all member vote on the issue. Obviously this makes the issue semi-public as all members have to be informed of the issues at hand. I don't recall this type of feature being in the openSUSE rules. In this case, if the disbarred person feels wronged and is willing to have the issue addressed with all openSUSE members included in the communication, then he/she would simply need to get 9 other members to join him/her in petitioning for an open hearing / all members vote. Greg -- 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] Public statement from the Board on the removal of a member
by Administrator 14 Jan '11

14 Jan '11

> Sorry, but in my opinion as the removed member, I see they only use that > argument when they needed it. They have already influenced my private life > by removing my Novell account which grants me access to non > openSUSE related things. Then perhaps we do need greater clarity around what matters should be handled privately, with the assumption that everything else is public (or, at the least, freely available to anyone interested). David -- 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] Does openSUSE have an opinion of "Linux capabilities"?
by Jos Poortvliet 14 Jan '11

14 Jan '11

On Thursday 13 January 2011 17:12:58 Per Jessen wrote: > Jos Poortvliet wrote: > > On Thursday 13 January 2011 08:05:35 Per Jessen wrote: > >> Greg Freemyer wrote: > >>> On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Cristian Morales Vega > >>> > >>> <cmorve69(a)yahoo.es> wrote: > >>>> 2011/1/12 Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer(a)gmail.com>: > >>>>> And it left me wondering if openSUSE has a plan related to > >>>>> capabilities. Apparently some of the distros are moving to it > >>>>> rapidly in an effort to eliminate SUID programs, but there may be > >>>>> security holes in the new concept too, so it's pretty up in the air. > >>>>> > >>>>> And my other question is where do project level design concepts like > >>>>> this get discussed? > >>>> > >>>> https://features.opensuse.org/307254 > >>> > >>> That looks more like a technical discussion which seems very > >>> appropriate. > >>> > >>> But in this case I was hoping for a statement of direction. > >>> > >>> ie. "The openSUSE community has decided to restrict the use of SUID by > >>> switching to Linux Capabilities instead and is targeting the 12.0 > >>> release to have no SUID programs included in the release." would be a > >>> statement of direction. > >> > >> That would require leadership, foresight and planning. > > > > Or just someone who feels like taking this on. THEN such a statement > > could be produced. > > Hi Jos, > > Not in my opinion. Unless empowered to do so, no arbitrary person can > make such fundamental decisions and claim "the project has decided". > That's called anarchy - maybe that is what we have at the moment? I admit it's a bit more complicated than what I wrote, yes :D The usual community process is probably something like - there is a team responsible for some area and if they have made a decision a statement could be made. IF such a statement is made depends on them thinking about that or not... So in this case, if the people in the openFATE entry decide this is something that has to be done and some are willing to work on it, I guess it might make sense to get out a statement like Greg wrote. > > /Per

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[opensuse-project] openSUSE Board election started
by Thomas Schmidt 13 Jan '11

13 Jan '11

The openSUSE board election just started! Please go to: https://connect.opensuse.org/pg/polls/read/digitaltomm/10769/opensuse-board… and cast your vote for this election. All openSUSE members[1] are eligible to vote. The board consists of 6 members and one chairperson. As the election period of Pascal Bleser and Henne Vogelsang ends, this election will appoint 2 new board members. The election period ends at January the 26th. All candidates have put their agenda on the wiki[2], linked as "Platform" after the candidates' name. If you have any questions, please contact the election officials (election-officials(a)opensuse.org) Greetings [1] http://en.opensuse.org/Members [2] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election_2010 -- 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] Greek openSUSE community report for 2010
by Kostas Koudaras 13 Jan '11

13 Jan '11

We just released the Greek openSUSE community report for 2010 at http://amb.opensuse.gr/ Take a moment and give it a look if you can, feedback and comments are more than welcome. Kostas 'Warlordfff' Koudaras -- http://opensuse.gr http://amb.opensuse.gr http://own.opensuse.gr http://warlordfff.tk me I am not me ------- Time travel is possible, you just need to know the right aliens -- 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] Does openSUSE have an opinion of "Linux capabilities"?
by Greg Freemyer 13 Jan '11

13 Jan '11

All, I just read http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Expert-Linux-capabilities-don-t-… And it left me wondering if openSUSE has a plan related to capabilities. Apparently some of the distros are moving to it rapidly in an effort to eliminate SUID programs, but there may be security holes in the new concept too, so it's pretty up in the air. And my other question is where do project level design concepts like this get discussed? Thanks Greg -- 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 11.3, disk expert needed (SSD + hdparm/wiper.sh error: /usr/sbin/rdev needed but not found)
by Johannes Nohl 12 Jan '11

12 Jan '11

I'd like to ask for feedback. How do you treat your SSD running openSUSE 11.3? By now it is recommended (http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:SSD_discard_%28trim%29_support) to run wiper.sh for discarding free space weekly. This is at least true as long there's no native TRIM-support which is compatible to modern SSDs. openSUSE 11.3 is shipping with hdparm updated to version 9.36. The script /sbin/wiper.sh is included there. Am I the only one experiencing this error: wiper.sh: Linux SATA SSD TRIM utility, version 3.1, by Mark Lord. wiper.sh: This tool is DANGEROUS! Please read and understand wiper.sh: /usr/share/doc/packages/hdparm/README.wiper wiper.sh: before going any further. /usr/sbin/rdev: needed but not found, aborting. How do you deal with it? rdev (as far as I understand) doesn't come with openSUSE anymore. Additionally it does only return the name of the root device "/dev/sdXX". Possible solution: Add the following two lines at line 260 of /sbin/wiper.sh (in diff): 261,262d260 < elif [ "$RDEV" == "" -a `$GAWK '{if ($2 ~ /^\/$/) print $1}' /etc/mtab` != "" ]; then < rootdev=`$GAWK '{if ($2 ~ /^\/$/) print $1}' /etc/mtab` ## openSUSE This will make the script reading root device from /etc/mtab. I only tried to run the script in dry mode. Is there any harm with that solution? Should I go real with it? I guess it's only a minor issue. Btw if it's of any interested: I own a OCZ Vertex 2 Extended. I tried to bring this upstream. But the bug tracker on hdparm.sourceforge.net doesn't look like very much populated... Greetings Johannes -- 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] openSUSE 11.3, disk expert needed (SSD + hdparm/wiper.sh error: /usr/sbin/rdev needed but not found)
by Johannes Nohl 12 Jan '11

12 Jan '11

>> Did wiper.sh from hdparm 9.28 work out of the box? Not for me: >> "/usr/sbin/rdev: needed but not found, aborting." > > No, there is a online update patch that is needed to make it work. If > you've run normal online updates you should have it. > > https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=635920 > >From the bug report I can see that 9.30 is supporting my device (OCZ Vertex 2 Extended). So I guess 9.36 should still support it. But what about the script wiper.sh (which is comming with hdparm)? I guess 9.30 is backported into http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.3/rpm/x86_64/hdparm-9.28-4.1.1.x86_6…. I tried wiper.sh in there but still complaining about "/usr/sbin/rdev". -- 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] openSUSE 11.3, disk expert needed (SSD + hdparm/wiper.sh error: /usr/sbin/rdev needed but not found)
by Johannes Nohl 12 Jan '11

12 Jan '11

2011/1/12 Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer(a)gmail.com>: > Mark, > > I just got a problem report about wiper.sh needing /usr/sbin/rdev. > > That seems to have been deprecated for a while. Googling > "usr/sbin/rdev" I see the same issue raised for several distros. > > Are you working on a hdparm update / patch to address that? > > Thanks > Greg As far as I understand rdev is only needed to tell which is the root device "/". If it's safe to extract this info from /etc/mtab I would suggest to get it there. Diff for /sbin/wiper.sh in hdparm 9.36: 261,262d260 < elif [ "$RDEV" == "" -a `$GAWK '{if ($2 ~ /^\/$/) print $1}' /etc/mtab` != "" ]; then < rootdev=`$GAWK '{if ($2 ~ /^\/$/) print $1}' /etc/mtab` ## openSUSE This enables me to do a dry-run of wiper.sh on openSUSE 11.3 (didn't try with --commit). -- 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] Questions for the candidates
by Vincent Untz 12 Jan '11

12 Jan '11

Hi, I read the platforms of all candidates, and I have a few questions :-) I'd appreciate if you could take some time to answer them; it'll help me vote in an informed way. 1) You described various issues you'd like to get fixed and goals you want to achieve. Will you still work on (or help with) those tasks if you're not on the board, or do you think you really need to be on the board for some of those tasks? 2) How much time per week can you secure (approximately) for the board? (I know it will be 0% of your time for some weeks, and much more for some other weeks; I'm interested in the average) 3) Did you attend IRC board meetings already? 4) It's interesting that I see nearly no note about budget/money in platforms. When (not if ;-)) we'll have the Foundation, the board will have to work on a budget. So a few questions about this... 4a) Have you experience with creating/dealing with a budget? 4b) Where will we find money for the Foundation? 4c) What should we use the money for? 5) I do think it'd be useful to have some board-related meeting at FOSDEM. That should help the newly-elected board members to know faster what's happening, and how things work. Will you come to FOSDEM? (I know some people, and that's most probably true for the non-European, will likely not be able to attend; that's not an issue) 7) Do you care more about Free Software or Open Source? Just to be clear: there's no wrong answer. But it helps understand why you contribute to projects like openSUSE. Questions to specific candidates, related to their platform: Chuck: where do you think we could lead, instead of copying? Sebas: what needs to be more transparent in openSUSE? Kostas: do you have examples of "motives" we can give to people so they participate in the project? Peter: leaving you some more time for your platform :-) Henne: not really a question related to your platform, but to your experience on the board. What could be improved in the way the board works as of today? (btw, it's not a way for me to try to get the current board blamed in any way: we all know things can always get improved, and time usually helps with that) Also, can I get a dodo? Sankar: some of your long-term tasks are partly technical (make openSUSE an attractive development platform, make the distro accessibility-friendly). How do you think the board can help with that? Nelson: can you develop a bit more on the 'anti burnout' campaign? What would it consist of? I wish you all the best for the election :-) Thanks, Vincent -- Les gens heureux ne sont pas pressés. -- 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] Team report aggregation
by Karsten König 12 Jan '11

12 Jan '11

Hi, right now all the teams spread their meeting results or news flashes to alot of different places, blogs, mailinglists etc. reports(a)suse.de seems to be some suse internal dedicated place to collect team reports, something similar would be nice. IMHO an automatically archived list is a good place, most teams already have some mailreadable form of results of their meetings anyways and it makes it easier to collect that. Using the wiki might not be future proof in case of layoutbreaks, can be seen pretty impressivly here: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:KDE_Meetings It is very easy to add an emailadress as cc instead of remembering which blog to push it to as well, so the overhead is kept low. Also it might start a form of competition for readable output of the teams, we at kde for example usually try to summarize the topics outcome, most bugbot reports just list topic changes, this carries roughly as much information as the meeting announcement... I assume the openSUSE news team might be interested to have something like this, it allows for easier identifying hot spots etc. Any ideas? Cheers, Karsten -- 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] Board Election Page
by Raul 12 Jan '11

12 Jan '11

Friends, There is a page that shows all the candidates? o/ -- Raul Libório http://rauhmaru.blogspot.com/ rauhmarutsªhotmailºcom openSUSE Member | Linux User #4444581 "There are only 10 types of people in the world - Those who understand binary, and those who don't." -- 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] Warlordfff's Election Platform
by Kostas Koudaras 12 Jan '11

12 Jan '11

Hello world This is my election platform, please take a look. http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election_2010_platform_warlordfff It's nothing fancy but I think it's interesting and I'm sure it's honest. Your comments and questions are more than welcome. Thanks in advance Kostas Koudaras -- http://opensuse.gr http://amb.opensuse.gr http://own.opensuse.gr http://warlordfff.tk me I am not me ------- Time travel is possible, you just need to know the right aliens -- 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] where do i go and vote
by Shayon Mukherjee 12 Jan '11

12 Jan '11

Hi openSUSEans, I have a quick question. Where do I vote for the election or for the candidates ? Cheers ! S -- 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] Sankar's Platform for openSUSE Board Election 2010/11
by Sankar P 12 Jan '11

12 Jan '11

Hi Geckos, My openSUSE platform is available at: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election_2010_platform_psankar Please read through it and let me know if you have any questions/feedback/comments. If my agenda is appealing to you, I ask you to vote for me. Thanks. -- Sankar P http://psankar.blogspot.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] My Board Election Platform
by Henne Vogelsang 11 Jan '11

11 Jan '11

Hey Geekos, I just finished my election platform and want to share (some of) it with you. To read the whole thing go to http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election_2010_platform_hennevogel I tried to condense this mail to the major points. --------------------------------------------------------------- What I think are the major challenges for the openSUSE Project: --------------------------------------------------------------- Over the past couple of years the whole project has worked tirelessly on bringing everybody to equal footing and making it technically and socially possible to contribute. Making this possible was always the biggest issue on my agenda and still is. [You can find my track record on the wiki] And now that we are nearly there I think that we have the next big battle ahead of us: Making people actually use the power we provide them with. On the code level this works okay'ish: distribution and infrastructure contributions are on the rise but on the project level I see harsh weather ahead. We need to make sure that we as a community organize and stand together and have all hands on deck. Everybody that deeply cares about this project now needs to stand up, take responsibility and carry this project. And that effort is what I think the board needs to lead in the future. [What I deem important day to day tasks for the openSUSE Board you can also find on the wiki] ---------------------------------------------- What I would like the role of the board to be: ---------------------------------------------- I like that the openSUSE Board, by definition of the Guiding Principles, are no dictators but great communicators in the project. We don't dictate we facilitate. Yet we are (somehow) effective. This is something most other project's don't dare to do and I'm proud that we are able to pull this off! Yes it takes sometimes longer, yes it involves discussing everything (sometimes two or 15 times) in our group at length but it's the only way I would like, and feel comfortable with, to be represented as Member. That's how I want the board to continue. ----------------------------------- Why I think you should vote for me: ----------------------------------- 1. I will (continue to) gather people that will take responsibility in this project. 2. I will (continue to) push for an independent openSUSE community including an foundation that is fully controlled by us and that represents our interests. 3. I will (continue to) be a great communicator that mediates between, connects and unites people in this project. I count on you to vote for me so I can further push the board and the whole project forward into our future together with all of you. Thank you in advance! Henne -- http://www.opensuse.org -- 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] Fwd: LinuxTag geht an die Startlinie
by Michal Hrusecky 09 Jan '11

09 Jan '11

LinuxTag CfP deadline is nearby, unfortunately most of the text is in German > Short LinuxTag 11.-14.Mai 2011 Berlin > Cfp ends 25th January! > Main topics should be E-Publishing, Android & MeeGo, Server Cosnolidation. > Cross Desktop & Cross Distribution Track > Admin Track: Information about mjor releases from the developer > other talks can be accepted to. > > ---------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht ---------- > > Betreff: LinuxTag geht an die Startlinie > Datum: Freitag 07 Januar 2011, 13:23:02 > Von: "Abbou, Yasmine" <Abbou(a)messe-berlin.de> > > > PRESSE-INFORMATION > > LinuxTag > 11. bis 14. Mai 2011 > > LinuxTag geht an die Startlinie > > - LinuxTag vom 11. bis 14. Mai 2011 in Berlin > - Call for Papers läuft noch bis zum 25. Januar 2011 > - Schwerpunktthemen: E-Publishing, Android und Serverkonsolidierung > - Rund 200 Vorträge zu allen Open-Source-Themen gesucht > > Berlin, 7. Januar 2011: Der LinuxTag, Europas führende Fachmesse und Konferenz > zu Themen rund um Open Source, findet vom 10. bis zum 14. Mai 2011 zum 17. Mal > statt. > > Bis zum 25. Januar können Experten für einen der 200 Konferenz-Vorträge auf > dem LinuxTag Vorschläge einreichen. Zwanzig Themenbereiche hat das > Programmkomitee dafür unterbreitet, weitere können gern vorgeschlagen werden. > Themen-Schwerpunkte sind E-Publishing, die Mobilplattformen Android und Meego > sowie Serverkonsolidierung. Ebenfalls auf der LinuxTag-Agenda stehen > klassische Tracks wie Kernelthemen und Netzwerke, die ein besonderes Augenmerk > auf die bevorstehende Einführung von IPv6 richten sollen. > > Nach Angaben des britischen Marktforschungsunternehmens Canalys erreichte > Android als Smartphone-Betriebssystem im dritten Quartal 2010 einen weltweiten > Marktanteil von 25,5 Prozent. Anfang Dezember verkündete Android- > Chefentwickler Andy Rubin auf Twitter, dass täglich 300.000 Mobiltelefone > ausgeliefert werden, die das offene Betriebssystem als Basis nutzen, das unter > der Federführung von Google entwickelt wird. Daher räumen die Veranstalter > diesem Thema einen besonderen Platz in der Konferenz ein. > > Das Organisationsteam des LinuxTags, das seit 15 Jahren ehrenamtlich die > Konferenz auf dem LinuxTag ausrichtet, arbeitet mit Experten sowie erfahrenen > Anwendern zusammen, die von Trends und Neuerungen rund um Linux und seine > Lösungen berichten. Frameworks bilden die Grundlage für fast alle Anwendungen, > soziale Netzwerke sind eine der wichtigsten Anwendungsklassen. Das Web- > Deployment widmet sich der Frage, wie Applikationen gewartet und aktualisiert > werden können. > > Linux für Unternehmen > In Zeiten des zaghaften Aufschwungs fragen sich viele IT-Verantwortliche, wie > sie ihre Infrastruktur einerseits skalierbar, andererseits auch effizienter > gestalten können. Dazu sind stabile Virtualisierungstechnologien, > Managementwerkzeuge und Monitoring notwendig. Der LinuxTag zeigt, dass Linux > und Open Source zukunftsweisend sind. So sind auch Unternehmen und > Organisationen auf dem LinuxTag präsent, die von erfolgreichen Open Source- > Strukturen berichten. > > > Für Administratoren und Community > Neu im Programm ist eine Vortragsreihe, bei der sich IT-Experten gezielt > Neuerungen in wichtigen Softwarepaketen widmen. So erfahren Administratoren > kompakt und direkt von den Chefentwicklern, welche Features neue Major- > Releases bieten und wo sich ein Upgrade lohnen könnte. > > Communitys haben ein großes Gewicht auf dem LinuxTag. Im neuen Track "Cross > Desktop/Cross Distribution" präsentieren Entwickler Vorschläge, die nicht nur > eine einzelne Oberfläche oder eine Linux-Geschmacksrichtung betrifft, sondern > die die Zusammenarbeit mehrerer Projekte erfordert. Das trifft auch für die > Bereiche Datenschutz, gesellschaftliche Fragen und nicht zuletzt auch auf das > Whistleblowing zu. Diese Form der Veröffentlichung von korruptem und illegalem > Handeln nimmt zu, somit beteiligt sich der LinuxTag an der Diskussion über > Offenheit, Offenlegung und ihren Methoden. > > Eine vollständige Liste aller vorgeschlagenen Themenschwerpunkte und der > Rahmenbedingungen enthält der Call for Papers > (http://wiki.linuxtag.org/w/vp:Call_for_Papers) > > Interessenten können bis spätestens zum 25. Januar 2011 ihre Vorschläge für > Vorträge unter https://vcc.linuxtag.org/ einreichen. Die Webseite ist durch > ein Zertifikat des Projektes Cacert besonders geschützt. Bis zur genannten > Frist sind eine prägnante Inhaltsangabe des geplanten Vortrages und eine kurze > Selbstbeschreibung ausschließlich über die oben genannte Adresse einzureichen. > > Zum LinuxTag 2010 kamen fast 12.000 Teilnehmer aus Community und Unternehmen. > 43 Unternehmen und 75 freie Projekte gaben einen Überblick über die > Leistungsfähigkeit und den aktuellen Entwicklungsstand im Bereich Freie > Software und Betriebssysteme. Auf dem internationalen Fachkongress mit über > 300 Vorträgen machten hochkarätige Keynote-Speaker aus dem internationalen > Open-Source-Umfeld deutlich, dass der LinuxTag zugleich Leitkongress der > Branche ist. > > Über den LinuxTag > Der LinuxTag ist Europas führende Fachmesse und Konferenz zu Themen rund um > Open Source Linux und freier Software. Die viertägige Veranstaltung findet > seit 1996 statt, seit 2007 jährlich auf dem Berliner Messegelände. Sie bietet > Aktuelles für professionelle Benutzer, Entscheider, Entwickler, Einsteiger und > die Community. Neben dem freien Vortragsprogramm und dem Business- und > Behördenkongress speziell für Unternehmen und öffentliche Institutionen > umfasst der LinuxTag traditionell eine Ausstellung mit Projekten und > Unternehmen aus dem Open-Source-Umfeld. Der Verein LinuxTag e.V. ist der > ideelle Ausrichter der Veranstaltung und führt sie gemeinsam mit der Messe > Berlin GmbH durch. Mehr Informationen unter: www.linuxtag.org > > Pressekontakt: > > Messe Berlin GmbH > Michael T. Hofer > Pressesprecher > und Leiter der Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit > der Unternehmensgruppe > > LinuxTag > Jenny May > Pressereferentin > Tel.: +49 30 3038-2295 > Fax: +49 30 3038-2296 > presse(a)linuxtag.org > www.linuxtag.org > > > Fachkontakt: > LinuxTag e.V. > Nils Magnus, Programmplanung > magnus(a)linuxtag.org > www.linuxtag.org -- Michal HRUSECKY SUSE LINUX, s.r.o openSUSE Boosters Team Lihovarska 1060/12 PGP 0xFED656F6 19000 Praha 9 mhrusecky[at]suse.cz Czech Republic http://michal.hrusecky.net http://www.suse.cz

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[opensuse-project] openSUSE for Tablets
by Kim Leyendecker 08 Jan '11

08 Jan '11

Hello friends! I read an article in the "Kölner-Stadt-Anzeiger" about the CES in Las Vegas and some tablets. So I think, why we don´t distribute openSUSE for Tablets. I mean, KDE for tablets is always there and we can do a lightweight kernel and then we´ve got the system. Firefox and Thunderbird for the internet things and ready is openSUSE Portable. What do you think about this? kdl -- Kim Leyendecker (kimleyendecker(a)hotmail.de) openSUSE Ambassador powered by openSUSE 11.3 KDE This mail was composed under Linux Have you tried SUSE Studio? Need to create a Live CD, an app you want to package and distribute , or create your own linux distro. Give SUSE Studio a try. www.susestudio.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] What happened to the opensuse foundation Mailing List?
by Kostas Koudaras 05 Jan '11

05 Jan '11

At the 15th of December,at the meeting at #opensuse-project channel we agreed to built a mailing list named opensuse-foundation(a)opensuse.org so that we will open a dialog about the openSUSE foundation. So far nothing happened,can anyone tell me why? Kostas 'Warlordfff' Koudaras -- http://opensuse.gr http://amb.opensuse.gr http://own.opensuse.gr http://warlordfff.tk me I am not me ------- Time travel is possible, you just need to know the right aliens -- 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] Tumbleweed zypper test
by Greg Freemyer 05 Jan '11

05 Jan '11

On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Greg KH <gregkh(a)suse.de> wrote: <snip> > greg k-h > > p.s. tumbleweed is working right now for those who wish to try it out on > an 11.3 based system... It's not working for me. I don't have any issues with other repos === > sudo zypper lr # | Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh --+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------+---------+-------- 1 | KDE:Release:45 | KDE:Release:45 | Yes | Yes 2 | Main_Repository_(DEBUG) | Main Repository (DEBUG) | Yes | Yes 3 | Packman_Repository_1 | Packman Repository | Yes | Yes 4 | openSUSE-11.3_Contrib | openSUSE-11.3 Contrib | No | Yes 5 | openSUSE_11.3_KDE_Extras_45 | openSUSE_11.3_KDE_Extras_45 | Yes | Yes 6 | openSUSE_Tumbleweed | openSUSE:Tumbleweed (openSUSE_11.3) | Yes | Yes 7 | repo-11.3-non-oss | openSUSE-11.3 Non-OSS | Yes | No 8 | repo-11.3-oss | openSUSE-11.3 OSS | Yes | No 9 | repo-11.3-update | openSUSE-11.3 Updates | Yes | Yes But: > zypper se -s git | grep -w 'git ' v | git | package | 1.7.1-1.14 | x86_64 | openSUSE-11.3 OSS v | git | package | 1.7.1-1.14 | i586 | openSUSE-11.3 OSS i | git | package | 1.7.1-1.11 | x86_64 | (System Packages) doesn't show an available version of git in tumbleweed and I think it is supposed to. Also tumbleweed is repo 6, but when I try to do a dup from it I get nothing. (I've tried this several times before, it has not yet worked) > sudo zypper dup --from 6 root's password: Retrieving repository 'KDE:Release:45' metadata [done] Building repository 'KDE:Release:45' cache [done] Retrieving repository 'Packman Repository' metadata [done] Building repository 'Packman Repository' cache [done] Retrieving repository 'openSUSE_11.3_KDE_Extras_45' metadata [done] Building repository 'openSUSE_11.3_KDE_Extras_45' cache [done] Retrieving repository 'openSUSE-11.3 Updates' metadata [done] Building repository 'openSUSE-11.3 Updates' cache [done] Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... Computing distribution upgrade... Nothing to do. ============== Let me know if I can troubleshoot this some more. Greg -- 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 weekly news
by Суренков Савва 04 Jan '11

04 Jan '11

I want to make a PDF-version of the magazine "OpenSUSE weekly news"(in Russian). Who can I contact to make this magazine an official? -- rm -Rf /* -- 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: Nomination for openSUSE board candidature
by S.Kemter 03 Jan '11

03 Jan '11

Hi, Am Donnerstag 16 Dezember 2010, 11:35:00 schrieb Thomas Schmidt: > Hi Sirko! > > You have been nominated by Nelson Marques to run for a position in the > openSUSE board. [1] The board has 2 seats to be elected in january 2011. > [2] > > This is your chance to have a major word in leading the openSUSE project. > It would be great if you step up for candidacy! I already have thaught about it. > To do so, please announce your candidacy until January 4th. [3] and published my candidacy already in my personal blog. http://karl-tux-stadt.de/ktuxs/?p=2971 > > If you have any questions, please contact the election committee at: > election-officials(a)opensuse.org > and we will gladly help you. > > Greetings > > [1] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board > [2] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election_2010 > [3] > http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election_2010#Phase_0:_Notification_ > of_Intent_to_Run > > Greetings br gnokii -- 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] Applying for a Board seat!
by Nelson Marques 03 Jan '11

03 Jan '11

Dear all, I hereby state my will to apply to a 'board seat' on the upcoming openSUSE Board Elections for the year of 2011. The main reasons that took me to take such position are mainly related to some flaws I've seen on the Project and that I hope to be able to help the openSUSE Community to overcome them during the next year. I will release further information during the campaign period to sustain my claim as a contestant to openSUSE Board. Some minor information about me is available on my user page[1], which might be outdated. I hope I can be the ideal candidate to all of those who want a 'dreamer' and a believer in the openSUSE Board, and specially someone who fears nothing or anyone on this world. I wouldn't be surprised though if I had zero (0) votes, which makes my application to the spot symbolic. [1] - http://en.opensuse.org/User:Ketheriel Nelson Marques. -- 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] Board Election: I (Sankar P) Intend to contest
by Sankar P 03 Jan '11

03 Jan '11

For the openSUSE 2010 elections, I intend to contest. I work for Novell (but not in the SUSE division) as of now. I will be competing as a Novell employee in this election. I shall provide more details about my manifesto during the campaigning period. You can find more information about me from my blog and from the member page http://en.opensuse.org/User:Psankar Thank you -- Sankar P http://psankar.blogspot.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] Chemnitzer Linux-Tage
by S.Kemter 03 Jan '11

03 Jan '11

Hello, I already did the registration for the booth Chemnitzer Linux-Tage. http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2011/ I also made 3 proposals for workshop/talks. But there can be more! Think on it its already on the weekend in the release week for 11.4, let us use that event for making a big push. The deadline ends on 5th means in 2 days! br gnokii -- 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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