February 2012 - openSUSE Project - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-project] How we will use the GSoC money
by Vincent Untz 18 Jul '24

18 Jul '24

Hi, (let's see how a public discussion about money goes :-)) The Google Summer of Code brings us great students, but also means that the openSUSE project will get $8000 (if I'm not mistaken) at the end of the summer. That's $500 per student. A while ago, I requested comments on my blog about what to do with the money, but didn't get any feedback. So I take this as "do what you feel is best", and this mail is about the plan. As a reminder, the main issue is that we will likely not have the openSUSE Foundation created in time for this. For instance, Google would like us to get some form filled before the end of June; this is not a mandatory timeline, but I think it shows that we won't be ready with the Foundation for that. The current plan is to give that money to another organization we feel close to, and I have two candidates in mind: - the Software Freedom Conservancy (http://sfconservancy.org/) it's a really nice org that provides a home for various cool projects (see http://sfconservancy.org/members/current/) and those projects help make openSUSE a great project. - the Desktop Summit (https://www.desktopsummit.org/) it's one of the biggest event this year, and this would help us have some more visibility (since we'd be sponsors, I guess). I'm sure they would welcome this to secure their budget. Note that an alternative solution would be to leave the money to Google for a future GSoC or similar program, but I feel it's better to use the money where it can make a difference today. Now, it's not too late to change the plan. If you have a better suggestion, please tell us. There's no need to argue forever about it, just explain why you think it's good. Keep in mind that if we cannot receive the money ourselves, this also means that we cannot use it to buy stuff for openSUSE. Pavol and I will take the final decision since we are the GSoC admins for openSUSE. 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] talk at or visit Linux Open Administration Days
by Jos Poortvliet 12 Apr '12

12 Apr '12

Hi all, April 16-17 in Antwerp, Belgium, the Linux Open Administration Days will take place. This free event offers a chance for LPI certification as well as meeting and talking to linux sysadmins. There is a call for presentations here: http://www.loadays.org/content/call-presentations If you want to go and give a talk there about openSUSE tech - that's be awesome. If you can't afford to go there due to travel or hotel costs, let me know, we might be able to work something out ;-) cheers, Jos

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[opensuse-project] openSUSE and KDE in COSCUP Taiwan
by Max 03 Apr '12

03 Apr '12

Dear ALL: I am Max from Taiwan -- openSUSE ambassador and GNOME foundaion member too. ^__^ It's midnight in Taiwan. But I really happy to say "openSUSE and KDE will have one track( 2 days - 14 slot Presentations) at 18 - 19 Aug 2012 in COSCUP Taiwan" (I am sorry, I just make sure the date and slot today) What is COSCUP? http://coscup.org/2011/en/ COSCUP is the largest annual FLOSS conference organized by local communities in Taiwan. The conference has sessions for new users, enthusiastic promoters, coders or anyone who is interested in cutting-edge FLOSS technologies. The goal is to create a friendly and informative environment for people from different communities to make friends, learn new technologies and inspire each other. Open source software is supported by 3 groups: coders, users and promoters. This conference is aimed at all three groups. No matter whether you are a new user, a passionate promoter, mature developer or anywhere in between, you are welcome at COSCUP, the Conference for Open Source Coders, Users and Promoters! for COSCUP | GNOME.Asia 2010 and COSCUP 2011 there are 1,000 people together. ^__^ This Year (2012) openSUSE and KDE will get involved with COSCUP. We will have one individual track with 2 days. (About 14 presentaions) Date: 18-19 Aug, 2012 Country: Asia -- Taiwan We will have both booth and Conference in COSCUP 2012. We need your participate^^. For some good | interesting topic with openSUSE ( Yes, we will send call for paper as soon as possible <(_ _)> ) For booth -- We need your help. For anything else..... good to openSUSE Best regards sakana -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Evergreen release planning
by Wolfgang Rosenauer 13 Mar '12

13 Mar '12

Hi, within the Evergreen project http://en.opensuse.org/Evergreen we are planning to designate openSUSE 11.4 as the next Evergreen supported release. There are several reasons why 11.4 is a good candidate in our opinion and it even was my proposal in the beginning of Evergreen. Still we would like to hear your opinions and we actually are also looking for contributors to make the next Evergreen a success. The previous Evergreen releases 11.1 and 11.2 still had a "kind of experimental" flag and not many people working on it. I've created a simple poll here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGpHRW5XVjJSbGpoakk5UU… Please only submit if you care about Evergreen as a user or contributor. Everyone interested is also invited to join the mailinglist as described in the wiki page. And yes, in case Evergreen takes off (according to your feedback) with next release the existing list will be moved to openSUSE infrastructure. Wolfgang -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] asking for GSoC vouch
by Peter Czanik 08 Mar '12

08 Mar '12

Hello, I'm Peter Czanik from syslog-ng upstream, openSUSE syslog-ng maintainer. This year we are also planing to join GSoC. As new to GSoC, we need somebody to vouch for us: "Are you a new organization who has a Googler or other organization to vouch for you? If so, please list their name(s) here." (http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2012/fa…) Could you help us with this? Bye, -- Peter Czanik (CzP)<czanik(a)balabit.hu> BalaBit IT Security / syslog-ng upstream http://czanik.blogs.balabit.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Membership part II
by Robert Schweikert 29 Feb '12

29 Feb '12

Previously we discussed a proposal (http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-project/2012-01/msg00381.html) about a potential for membership lapse. A summary of this discussion can be found on the wiki, http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Membership_lapse_summary Based on this summary and the last project meeting, see minutes http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-project/2012-02/msg00064.html, I am putting forth the proposal below for further discussion, if further discussion is necessary. This, or a refined proposal will be presented for a vote to project members for acceptance at some point in the, hopefully, near future. We agreed on soliciting a vote in the last project meeting. To recap, the goal driving this initiative is to provide a more equitable level between becoming a member and being a member, with focus on contributions. In order to become a member one has to contribute to the project and upon completing the membership application show these contributions to be verified by the membership committee. As always, please focus on the topic at hand, avoid rants, and be kind. Proposal: ======= At a time 4 month' prior to a member's even number year anniversary (that would be year 2, 4, 6...) attempts will be made to contact the member via the known e-mail address. Initial contact attempts will be automated to reduce work for the membership committee. The automated e-mail will contain a link to a web page that enables the member to check areas of contributions to the project. Submission of the form results in automatic membership "renewal" until the next even number anniversary of the member. Should the automated e-mail bounce 2 more automated attempts will be made to contact the member within 3 weeks of the initial automated e-mail. Should these automated attempts fail a member of the membership committee will make an attempt to locate the member via ML messages, IRC, and possibly other means such as social media. This is a best effort attempt to contact the member. Should the automated e-mail arrive (not bounce) but the web form should not get submitted, 2 more automated attempts will be made to contact the member within 3 weeks of the initial automated e-mail. Should these automated attempts fail a member of the membership committee will make an attempt to contact the member with a personal e-mail message or locate the member in IRC, Connect or other media. The member will be requested to submit the web form. This is a best effort attempt to contact the member. In the event that a member cannot be contacted in the 4 month time frame or a member is no longer contributing to the project the member will become an Honorary member. Honorary members retain their @opensuse e-mail address. However, honorary members may no longer participate in any voting activities that are open only to members. Resuming contributions to the project at any time will provide an honorary member with the opportunity to request reinstatement as a member to resume vote participation. ===== In conjunction with this proposal, I propose that we implement infrastructure such that initial contribution verification is simplified and ongoing contribution recognition is possible, see FATE 313229 https://features.opensuse.org/313229. This infrastructure would eliminate the need for contributing members to visit a web page to mark their contributions and membership "renewal" would take place automatically. In addition this infrastructure will reduce the tedious work the membership team completes today and thus will improve the processing speed of new membership applications. This proposal also requires the implementation of some basic infrastructure, or will put a good chunk of work onto the membership committee. Last but not least, please keep in mind that this is about contributions. Yes, voting is effected, but should not be the center of the discussion. Basically it is expected that members are interested in voting. If a large percentage of members do not vote this, in and of itself sends a clear message that there's something going on with the project. Thus, we do not need to discuss the "what if I don't want to vote..." or "voting should be mandatory..." arguments we have heard previously. Later, Robert -- Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU SUSE-IBM Software Integration Center LINUX Tech Lead rjschwei(a)suse.com rschweik(a)ca.ibm.com 781-464-8147 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] loadays
by Peter Czanik 28 Feb '12

28 Feb '12

Hello, I wonder, if anybody visited loadays ( http://loadays.org ) last year. What were your experiences? It's on my list of Linux admin focused conferences, where I could present syslog-ng. And could also help a few hours, if there is an openSUSE booth. CFP ends tomorrow ( http://www.loadays.org/content/cfp-load12 ). Bye, CzP -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Membership - Part n (and hopefully the last part?)
by Basil Chupin 28 Feb '12

28 Feb '12

I have tried to follow this thread started by Robert (for what reason is still beyond me, but nevertheless....). It had reached the stage of sheer boredom a while back in attempting to read posts in that "Membership" thread. Just before I started typing this message there were 84 posts concerning this "Membership" nonsense - and there is nothing else to call it but "nonsense". We are using Linux because we do not want to have other, monopolistic, anti freedom-to-choose-our-operating-systems entities shoving down our throats what systems we must use. We belong to a group of free spirits who refuse to be dictated to by monopolies and are users of one of many LINUX based systems. And openSUSE is just *ONE* of such systems. There is nothing extraordinary about openSUSE - at least not anymore. It was when I first started to use it back in the 1990's but no more. Nostalgia and the belief in the future of openSUSE is what keeps, at least some of us, continuing to use openSUSE. But forget about the nostalgia. Just don't destroy the BELIEF. If you want to keep flogging this dead horse of an idea of "Membership" then it should focus of membership of a *LINUX* fraternity and not this silly notion of being a "member" of openSUSE - which is now owned by Attachmate, previously owned by Novell, previously owned by the creators of S.u.S.E.. Who is going to own openSUSE once Attachmate is offered more money to own openSUSE? Why did Attachmate decide to retain the name "openSUSE"? What would be the case if the new owners decided to call it "Attachmate Linux" (or similar)? We are members of a group of people who use and love and respect and contribute to in one way or another to *LINUX* and *FOSS*. I'll stop here because I know that you have the intelligence to realise in which direction any deliberations, policy, and effort should directed. BC -- I'd rather live one more day as a wolf than an entire life as a lamb. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Boosters Sprint Meeting 2012-02-27
by Thomas Schmidt 27 Feb '12

27 Feb '12

Present: vincent, aj, wstephenson, henne, cwh, ismail, coolo, mrusecky, prusnak, nkrinner Missing: rlihm (vacation), maxli ------------------------------------------------------------------------ General Topics: - Henne can't type (fully back next monday) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Status Reports: Michal: Done: KDE release party prague, mysql changes for factory and 12.2, talked to fedora people about appstream: plan is to to improve the software-center on opensuse and then send to fedora-project Plan: blog about the party, work through mysql bugreports Pavol: Done: software-center package (not fully working) in his home project, only one dependency missing in factory Cwh: Done: Local debshot instance, trying to feed with opensuse filelist, problems with uploading screenshots, difficult to contact upstream developers, seeking help with python framework Plan: Continue with debshots Vincent: Finished distromatch script to export from opensuse, adrian wants to integrate that into obs >2.3, factory work Will: Done: Talked to apper upstream, board meeting on wednesday, kde issues Tom: Done: Holiday in France Plan: Talk to Michael about missing package data in the obs api, create proposal for the appdata enhanced software.o.o page Ismail: Done: Vacation for the last 2 weeks Plan: Pick something from trello, probably apper related Coolo: Done: Hacking perl for creating appdata.xml, already published in the projects factory repositories, no integration with the software stack yet Plan: talk to duncan about libzypp integration of appstream data Henne: Done: Got bionic enhancements into his hand Nanuk: Done: learning for exams Plan: doing boosters work for one more month! -- Thomas Schmidt (tom [at] opensuse.org) openSUSE Boosters Team "Don't Panic", Douglas Adams (11.03.1952 - 11.05.2001) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Good bye Marco Michna [daemon]
by Bruno Friedmann 26 Feb '12

26 Feb '12

I just learn today that our beloved fellow Marco Michna (aka [daemon]) pass away Thursday. He will miss us for sure. I already made a small post about it on my G+ profile, and I'm asking here if some good writers, can write few words about him. http://news.opensuse.org/2008/03/28/people-of-opensuse-marco-michna/ https://plus.google.com/u/0/109140068131989370067/posts irc : before quitting with message "Read error: Connection reset by peer" at Wed Feb 22 18:45:31 GMT 2012. Death notice from his company in newspaper Nüremberg Narichten -- Bruno Friedmann Ioda-Net Sàrl www.ioda-net.ch openSUSE Member & Ambassador GPG KEY : D5C9B751C4653227 irc: tigerfoot

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Re: [opensuse-project] Membership part II
by Wolfgang Hahnl 25 Feb '12

25 Feb '12

Hello Team, I have read you discussion. There are a lot pros and cons. We have to have all this more simple. And I think I have missed something. So I have to ask some questions (Q) and will give some answers (A). These is my way of thinking: 1. Q: What are our main tasks? A1: To get openSUSE going to "create one of the world's best Linux distributions". [http://en.opensuse.org/Main_Page] A2: To get more help, to do this. [[Portal:How to participate]] A3: To get mor atractive for more peole? "It is great for beginners, experienced users and ultra geeks alike, in short, it is perfect for everybody!" [[Main Page]] 2. Q: How have we to do this? A: Contibutions from a lot of *active* poeple! 3. Q: What are the activities to get openSUSE to the future? Q1: Chating in chatrooms or on mailinglists, to chat because someone likes to chat? A1: No. It has to be an addition, but is not basic work. Q2: What are basic works? A2: Work within the different teams: On the page: Portal:Teams I count 42 teams (plus local groups) Q3: Can we get a short overview about the contributions of the named contributors? A3: Yes, but it needs some time. 4. Q: Are there any rules to get a member? A: 1. You have to contribute to get openSUSE going. It is the entrance fee. 2. There are additional rules und you have to accept this rules. 3. If you ask for membership, you accept this rules und have paid your fee. 4. It have to be an honor, to get a membership! 5. Q: What are the hurdels? They are low? How low? Q1: One to X contributions per year? Q2: One to X contributions per month, to average? Q3: One to X contributions per week, to average? Q4: One to X contributions per day, to average? A1: It has to be the entrance fee!!! The hurdle hase to be decided and published. 6. Q: When does the membership ends? A: If you don't pay your fee in the predetermined level, over a predetermined time and if you don't accept the rules any more! I think clear rules like this have to be descibed. Best regards Slughorn -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] project meeting minutes
by Robert Schweikert 24 Feb '12

24 Feb '12

(01:40:42 PM) bugbot has changed the topic to: Welcome to the openSUSE Project Channel | For support /join #opensuse | Next Project Meeting is 22 Feb @ 1800 UTC (http://bit.ly/zjQqDF) (01:40:42 PM) bugbot: Meeting ended Wed Feb 22 18:40:42 2012 UTC. The log and minutes are available from: (v 0.1.4) (01:40:42 PM) bugbot: Minutes: http://community.opensuse.org/meetings/opensuse-project/2012/opensuse-proje… (01:40:42 PM) bugbot: Minutes (text): http://community.opensuse.org/meetings/opensuse-project/2012/opensuse-proje… (01:40:42 PM) bugbot: Log: http://community.opensuse.org/meetings/opensuse-project/2012/opensuse-proje… Also note it was decided that the meeting would be moved 1 hour backwards, i.e. 20:00 UTC and that we will stick to a 1 hour duration. Additionally we will only discuss things that are on the agenda. Later, Robert -- Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU SUSE-IBM Software Integration Center LINUX Tech Lead rjschwei(a)suse.com rschweik(a)ca.ibm.com 781-464-8147 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-project] Membership part II
by Wolfgang Hahnl 23 Feb '12

23 Feb '12

Hi Brian Am 23.02.2012 19:37, schrieb Bryen M Yunashko: > On Thu, 2012-02-23 at 18:36 +0100, Wolfgang Hahnl wrote: >> I have read you discussion. There are a lot pros and cons. >> We have to have all this more simple. And I think I have missed >> something. >> So I have to ask some questions (Q) and will give some answers (A). >> These is my way of thinking: > > Sorry but I think you have overly-complicated the topic instead of > simplifying it. The question that was posed was what to do about all > those members who are no longer actively involved in the community in > any way at all. The focus of the question is not how to build and grow > the community, but how to resolve what is essentially a membership > accounting question. Nothing more, nothing less. Sorry, objection your honor. I would like to see the whole process. There are a lot of depencies. Please think twice. > > And by the way, you reference contribution as "building the greatest > distribution." This is not my idea. Have you seen the source, were I got this? It is on the Main Page in [...] > > So please, don't narrow down the definition of contributor to just our > distro. That would alienate a number of our existing contributors in a > very adverse way, and send a bad message that we only appreciate people > who help with the distro and nothing else under the Project umbrella. I think it is for openSUSE membership? But there are people who have to decide. Not me. These are only my ideas to simplify things and to descibe a pattern. Thanks Slughorn -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] CLT in Chemnitz 17./18. March 2012
by Kai-Uwe Behrmann 22 Feb '12

22 Feb '12

Anyone interessted to organise the openSUSE booth and bring green covers, LiveCDs and all the fun? I will present openSUSE colour management on a Oyranos booth and want to measure devices. kind regards Kai-Uwe -- www.oyranos.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] [reminder] openSUSE Project Meeting tomorrow at 18:00 UTC
by openSUSE Meeting Reminder 21 Feb '12

21 Feb '12

Hello all, The biweekly project meeting will be held tomorrow at 18:00 UTC in #opensuse-project on freenode. Everybody is invited to join and participate! Find out what time the meeting will be in your timezone: http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=22&month=2&year=2012&h… Agenda of the meeting: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Project_meeting#Agenda_for_the_next_meeting If you cannot participate and want a specific question to be answered during the meeting, please add your question to: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Project_meeting#Questions_Section Minutes and logs of previous meetings can be found at: http://community.opensuse.org/meetings/opensuse-project/ Thanks, -- openSUSE Meeting Reminder -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-project] BTW
by Togan Muftuoglu 21 Feb '12

21 Feb '12

In-Reply-To: <CAABAGrX_tmu4jQPUAE6iU8Ai-M5_Kkn5WtxX+Xp0tG2PZbrENQ(a)mail.gmail.com> On 02/09/12 at 10:54pm, Jos Poortvliet wrote: > On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 2:27 AM, Koushik Kumar Nundy <kknundy(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > On 7 February 2012 02:26, Jos Poortvliet <jos(a)opensuse.org> wrote: > >> > >> If I don't reply to mails in the next hours - I'm attempting an in-place > >> upgrade of my 32-bit system to 64. Just to see if Zypper et all. like me > >> :D > >> > > Please document the process. I would like to do something like that on my > > Li-f-e box too. > > My advice: don't. > > Ok, I managed, but only with an openSUSE DVD and quite a few hours of > un-breaking my system ;-) > > The idea is that you first do the kernel, than reboot, do > zypper/rpm/etc and the rest. But after doing the kernel it missed the > modules to mount my root so game over there... Interesting, I have done it many times with no side effects as yet. I start with editing /etc/zypp/zypp.conf where it describes the architecture which is normally autodetected there I put x86_64 then run zypper ref followed by zypper dup and finaly reboot with 64. Togan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Summit's the name, Florida's the game!
by Bryen M Yunashko 21 Feb '12

21 Feb '12

Just a quick note to let you all know that the recent poll to name the openSUSE event in Florida is now completed and we have a name! openSUSE Summit Now that we have a name, I can formally re-organize the notes that are spread in different places and tie it all into a way we can follow easier. I promise I'll link you to all that in the next day or so. Thanks for all your votes. It was a pretty decent turnout. Bryen M Yunashko openSUSE Project -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] LinuxTag 2012
by Jos Poortvliet 21 Feb '12

21 Feb '12

Heya all, The linuxtag wiki page is up: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:LinuxTag_2012 If you want to go, please register yourself there. I think its cool if all geekos are in one location, I've put Motel One there as a common hotel. It ain't too expensive and the location is fine. But for those short on cash - I can host 2-4 people (provided you're not afraid to have to share a 2-person bed with a fellow geeko...). If you give a talk - add it too! If you wonder about travel sponsorship, as you can read on the Travel Support Program page: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Travel_Support_Program LinuxTag is unlikely to have people sponsored to be there as there will be quite a Geeko Crew anyway so it is low priority. That does not mean you can't apply - if you really wouldn't be able to make it without some financial support and can make a very valuable contribution to LinuxTag it is certainly worth asking. We do need people to man the booth - that'll get you a ticket for LinuxTag too. Be there! /Jos

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[opensuse-project] openSUSE Participation in GSOC 2012 & Introducing myself
by Athanasios-Ilias Rousinopoulos 20 Feb '12

20 Feb '12

My name is Athanasios-Ilias Rousinopoulos (aka Zoumpis). Currently i am a first year Master Degree student , studying Free Software in King Juan Carlos University (Madrid-Spain, URJC). I live in Madrid in Spain but i come from Greece. Furthermore i speak 3 languages : Greek (as mother tongue) , English (Level C1) , Spanish (Level B2). I am a member of openSUSE Ambassador Team since April 2011 and also participated in conferences ,events (making presentation, booth staff , organizing events). Furthermore i have been the openSUSE Medical Project Coordinator (from July 2011 to November 2011) , i quited due to my Master Studies. During this period i did use the SUSE Studio platform (so as to create appliances) and used KIWI as well. Untill now i am an active member of openSUSE Community. During my graduate studies i programmed into many languages (C, C++ , Java , PHP) but i found Python interesting as well. Furthermore my tesis was dealing with eyeOS Web Operating System (actually developing applications). After having a look at the ideas for this year and considering the fact that i found Python very interesting (actually i programm in Python more in than the other languages the last six months), i am very interested at the following ones : * Support for Bitbake in OBS - Although i don't have experience with packaging tools i have downloaded the openembedded documentation and installed all the appropiate packages. Currently i study the documentation and start making my own recipe(s). * AppStream: Reviews in software center * Upstream/downstream tracker In what refers at "AppStream " and "Upstream/downstream tracker" i have devoloped a web crawler in Python and i believe that Bitbake is also a kind of cross distribution collaboration tool. So i am interested in cross-distribution collaboration tools as well. On the one hand I will not say that i program like a guru or like a begginer on the other hand i can promise i will do my best so as to come up with the project. Furthermore my expirience untill now in the community and the Master studies in Free software as well will be helpful to handle and finishing the project in time. Finally i believe that participating in one of the projects above would be beneficial for the openSUSE Project and me as well due to the fact that i will improve my programming skills and develop a tool that will be usefull for the community. Best regards, Athanasios-Ilias Rousinopoulos -- About Me-- http://zoumpis.wordpress.com https://github.com/athanrous http://en.opensuse.org/User:Zoumpis http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Medical_team -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-project] Membership part II
by Lee Matheson 18 Feb '12

18 Feb '12

WRT a reason why a member sometimes will not vote .... sometimes timing wrt family and work (plus vacation away from the Internet) can 'conspire' together to cause one's good intentions to vote, not to work out. One may, for example, have reviewed 1/2 of the issue needed to be reviewed prior to voting, only to have the unexpected 'steal one's time', and the deadline then pass by the time one recalls its important to vote before a specific date. Shall we penalize members in such a case by removing their membership? Hence I think the question is NOT why someone might not want to vote, but rather it is "name a reason why one can not vote", ... and I hope that I just did, ... ie on occasions the best laid plans to vote, do not work out. On a different (but related) note ... this is an excellent an I believe most useful mailing list thread, and most interesting. Lee aka oldcpu

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[opensuse-project] Who to talk to about reviewing this product
by Chuck Payne 16 Feb '12

16 Feb '12

Guys, I love to write a write about this, who can I talk to about doing that... http://shop.open-slx.com/index.php -- Terror PUP a.k.a Chuck "PUP" Payne (678) 636-9678 ----------------------------------------- Discover it! Enjoy it! Share it! openSUSE Linux. ----------------------------------------- openSUSE -- en.opensuse.org/User:Terrorpup openSUSE Ambassador/openSUSE Member Community Manager -- Southeast Linux Foundation (SELF) skype,twiiter,identica,friendfeed -- terrorpup freenode(irc) --terrorpup/lupinstein Register Linux Userid: 155363 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. See you at Southeast Linux Fest, June 8-10, 2012 in Charlotte, NC. www.southeastlinuxfest.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-project] Re: (unknown)
by Cristian Mircea Messel 15 Feb '12

15 Feb '12

Hi The last entry in Dream openSUSE looks like we are trying to promote GoDaddy. What are your thoughts on asking the author to replace that with something from blender featured gallery [1]? Thanks, Cristian [1] - http://www.blender.org/features-gallery/movies/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project]
by Victor hck 15 Feb '12

15 Feb '12

Hi I have made some "noise" with this iniciative in the official forum in spanish: http://www.forosuse.org/forosuse/showthread.php?t=27684 and in my blog too: http://victorhckinthefreeworld.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/iniciativa-dream-op… to reach much bigger audience ;) -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Reminder
by andi robert 15 Feb '12

15 Feb '12

Hello Everyone! Just wanted to give you a quick reminder of our Dream openSUSE Initiative page where we are trying to learn more of the different ways in which you use your openSUSE graphical environment. Right now we have a few screenshots, but surely there are other members of our community who could contribute. The idea is to learn about the ways in which you use openSUSE. You add a screenshot and then add a description of the changes that you have made to your default desktop. Thank you again Andy (anditosan) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] The official kickoff of the openSUSE Travel Support Program
by Izabel Valverde 14 Feb '12

14 Feb '12

Dear openSUSE, We're proud to announce the official kickoff of the openSUSE Travel Support Program. This program will provide openSUSE contributors with some financial support for traveling to conferences and events where they represent openSUSE. It's a quarterly budget which can support a good number of people. The funds are limited so we'll make the best to support as many people as possible. It's reimbursement mode. We'll reimburse after approved only hotel or travel or both up to 80% and up to the amount approved. All about the program can be find here: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Travel_Support_Program We look forward to doing this! If you have any questions, you can bring it up at the next openSUSE Project meeting (Feb Wednesday 22) or email us directly. Best Regards, Izabel Valverde On behalf of openSUSE Travel Support Program -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Mark closed lists in http://lists.opensuse.org/
by Rajko M. 13 Feb '12

13 Feb '12

There are closed lists in http://lists.opensuse.org/ , but they are not marked as such. It would be probably good idea to remove them from list at the main page, and list them somewhere else. -- Regards, Rajko -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Reminder for adding ideas to the gsoc list
by Manu Gupta 12 Feb '12

12 Feb '12

Hi all Please add your ideas to the list for gsoc en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:GSOC_2012_Ideas#GSOC_2012_Idea_list Also, ask your friends and others to become mentors and students to participate in gsoc again this year. Thanks a lot -- Regards Manu Gupta -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Poll Reminder: Name that openSUSE Florida Event!
by Bryen M Yunashko 10 Feb '12

10 Feb '12

Just a general reminder to all that our naming poll for the Florida event will close tomorrow and we will move forward immediately thereafter with many of our preparations. I also want to thank everyone for participating so far. We have now 40 votes. That's a pretty good turnout in my opinion. So if you want to be part of this, get thee to thy browser and vote! :-) https://connect.opensuse.org/pg/polls/read/byunashko/15642/what-should-we-n… Bryen M Yunashko openSUSE Project -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] [boosters] Standup 2012-02-09
by Henne Vogelsang 10 Feb '12

10 Feb '12

Hey Folks, these are the meeting minutes from the boosters standup meeting where we discuss the progress of our milestone. General ------- * FOSDEM * Everything went alright and the team enjoyed FOSDEM very much. Standup ------- Name * What have I done this week * What do I plan for next week * What is keeping me from participating in the milestone Ismail * Test the appliance * nothing * Get support for new touch pads into the distro. Get ready for vacation. Vincent * Work together with Max on packages in Virtualization:Cloud:OpenStack:git * nothing * Factory. FOSDEM. Coolo * nothing * nothing * FOSDEM. Tried to get 12.2 M1 out and failed. Implemented factory reminder mails. Tom * Work on the appliance. Package fixes etc. * nothing * FOSDEM preparations. FOSDEM. Christopher * Packaging ubuntu packages but failed * nothing * FOSDEM preparation. FOSDEM. Intern handling. Pavol * Ubunutu packaging. * nothing * FOSDEM. Vacation. Michal * Worked on the swift packages. * nothing * FOSDEM. Fixed mysql bugs on SLE. Factory Nanuk * nothing * nothing * School. FOSDEM. Sick. Intern handling. Henne * nothing * nothing * vacation Max * Worked on glance, quantum and keystone build for ubuntu * Get nova and swift building * bug triaging. New Milestone ------------- We have decided to start a new milestone with a kick-off meeting on Monday. We are going to help the appstream guys to get things implemented on openSUSE with the aim of having a App-Store in 12.1. For that we will concentrate on 3 things: 1. Hack he OBS to produce metadata 2. Hack the RPM distro tools to produce metadata 3. Get an app-store application into openSUSE:Factory http://distributions.freedesktop.org/wiki/AppStream http://distributions.freedesktop.org/wiki/AppStream/ActionItems Henne -- Henne Vogelsang, openSUSE http://www.hennevogel.de Everybody has a plan, until they get hit. - Mike Tyson -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] BTW
by Jos Poortvliet 10 Feb '12

10 Feb '12

If I don't reply to mails in the next hours - I'm attempting an in-place upgrade of my 32-bit system to 64. Just to see if Zypper et all. like me :D (I still have my laptop, don't worry. And I've got a 12.1 DVD Ready To Rescue as well) /Jos

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[opensuse-project] Midwesterners! Chicago Flourish Conference
by Bryen M Yunashko 10 Feb '12

10 Feb '12

I'm proud to announce that openSUSE will make its first appearance at the Flourish! Conference in Chicago, IL USA. We will be joined by Shayon Mukherjee, Mike McCallister, and Clint Burford. The event will take place March 30-31 at University of Illinois-Chicago. We welcome anyone else who wishes to join our booth or just visit the conference. More information about our planning can be found here [1] Oh and if you are in the region but cannot make it? No worries, you get a second chance to visit openSUSE booth 2 weeks later at Indiana Linux Fest in Indianapolis! [2] Thanks! Bryen M Yunashko openSUSE Project [1] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:FlourishConf-Chicago_2012 [2] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:IndianaLinuxFest_2012 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-project] BTW
by Jos Poortvliet 09 Feb '12

09 Feb '12

On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 2:27 AM, Koushik Kumar Nundy <kknundy(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 7 February 2012 02:26, Jos Poortvliet <jos(a)opensuse.org> wrote: >> >> If I don't reply to mails in the next hours - I'm attempting an in-place >> upgrade of my 32-bit system to 64. Just to see if Zypper et all. like me >> :D >> > Please document the process. I would like to do something like that on my > Li-f-e box too. My advice: don't. Ok, I managed, but only with an openSUSE DVD and quite a few hours of un-breaking my system ;-) The idea is that you first do the kernel, than reboot, do zypper/rpm/etc and the rest. But after doing the kernel it missed the modules to mount my root so game over there... I then used an openSUSE DVD to do the 'upgrade'. It worked but installed outdated packages as I couldn't add the repo's I have while upgrading with the DVD, it timed out on the (perfectly valid) URL's... And it left a broken system, giving some errors of missing stuff after rebooting so I spend quite some time fixing that one too. Then I had to re-install quite a few packages and - now it works again. Not something I'd recommend for somebody not experienced with quite some reasonably hard-core stuff (chrooting, wgetting rpm's and forcibly installing them, all not horribly complicated but not something an 'average' user would be able to do). /Jos >> >> (I still have my laptop, don't worry. And I've got a 12.1 DVD Ready To >> Rescue as well) >> >> /Jos > > > > > -- > Koushik Kumar Nundy > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Email Notice!!
by Email Newsletter 09 Feb '12

09 Feb '12

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[opensuse-project] Meeting minutes for today's project meeting
by Robert Schweikert 08 Feb '12

08 Feb '12

(02:55:20 PM) bugbot has changed the topic to: Welcome to the openSUSE Project Channel | For support /join #opensuse | US openSUSE Conference planning kickoff meeting is 1 Feb @ 1800 UTC (http://bit.ly/wNkakx) | Next Project Meeting is 8 Feb @ 1800 UTC (http://bit.ly/zjQqDF) (02:55:20 PM) bugbot: Meeting ended Wed Feb 8 19:55:20 2012 UTC. The log and minutes are available from: (v 0.1.4) (02:55:20 PM) bugbot: Minutes: http://community.opensuse.org/meetings/opensuse-project/2012/opensuse-proje… (02:55:20 PM) bugbot: Minutes (text): http://community.opensuse.org/meetings/opensuse-project/2012/opensuse-proje… (02:55:20 PM) bugbot: Log: http://community.opensuse.org/meetings/opensuse-project/2012/opensuse-proje… -- Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU SUSE-IBM Software Integration Center LINUX Tech Lead rjschwei(a)suse.com rschweik(a)ca.ibm.com 781-464-8147 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] openSUSE:SUSECon Planning
by Shayon Mukherjee 08 Feb '12

08 Feb '12

Hello There, I just signed up myself for the volunteer work - Android Setup and Wordpress Setup on the openSUSE:SUSECon Planning page. I use to contribute to openSUSE quite a while back. And now I would really love contribute my 2 cents again. I am wondering if anybody can tell me what kind of things are being expected or is being planned for the above two mentioned tasks. In short - I am looking for a place to start :) Cheers /Shayon -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] openSUSE Paste maintenance
by Michal Hrusecky 07 Feb '12

07 Feb '12

Hi everybody, due to the maintenance on the server openSUSE Paste is hosted on, it will be down on Saturday approximately form 11pm CET to early morning of Sunday (also CET). Sorry for the inconvenience. -- Michal Hrusecky <Michal.Hrusecky(a)opensuse.org> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] FOSDEM writeup!
by Jos Poortvliet 07 Feb '12

07 Feb '12

Hey all fosdem-goers! I dunno about you, but I had a lot of fun at FOSDEM... But before catching up to sleep I think we should let the world know what happened! I did a little write-up and now need some review, additions and pictures from ya'll. Anyone who has good pictures for news.o.o please mail me. IF you point me to an online picture, make sure I can use it (license-wise) please! Article draft: https://pad.riseup.net/p/fosdem (*yes* yes another etherpad lite thing. Hope this one is more stable but I bet it's not) Thanks, Jos

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[opensuse-project] [reminder] openSUSE Project Meeting tomorrow at 18:00 UTC
by openSUSE Meeting Reminder 07 Feb '12

07 Feb '12

Hello all, The biweekly project meeting will be held tomorrow at 18:00 UTC in #opensuse-project on freenode. Everybody is invited to join and participate! Find out what time the meeting will be in your timezone: http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=8&month=2&year=2012&ho… Agenda of the meeting: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Project_meeting#Agenda_for_the_next_meeting If you cannot participate and want a specific question to be answered during the meeting, please add your question to: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Project_meeting#Questions_Section Minutes and logs of previous meetings can be found at: http://community.opensuse.org/meetings/opensuse-project/ Thanks, -- openSUSE Meeting Reminder -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] update about the Linux Audio Conference
by Drew Adams 07 Feb '12

07 Feb '12

Just an update on the Linux Audio Conference: I investigated and found it really isn't beneficial to us for because: 1) There are no booths 2) They want $1K for sponsorship and it doesn't give us anything except a nice logo print 3) We missed the deadline for submitting any talk proposals 4) With expected attendance of 150, the expense we would put out to send people there isn't warranted Even though it wont work out this time, I'll keep an eye on LAC and see if we can come up with a better solution for next year. -- Drew Adams Member & Ambassador, openSUSE Project IRC Handle: Druonysus Skype ID: Druonysus Skype #: +1(714)725-SUSE Phone: +1(951)444-UNIX eMail: druonysus(a)gmail.com openSUSE User Profile: http://en.opensuse.org/User:Druonysus openSUSE Connect Profile: https://connect.opensuse.org/pg/profile/Druonysus -- This message sent via gmail.com from FireFox on openSUSE 12.1 with KDE 4.7.2. Get openSUSE completely free at www.openSUSE.org and "have a lot of fun!" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] GSOC2012- Introducing myself
by Mesbah Islam 06 Feb '12

06 Feb '12

My name is Md. Mesbahul Islam. I am currently a final year undergraduate student studying Computer Science and Engineering in Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology(BUET). I live in Dhaka, Bangladesh. I love rain, basketball, playing guitar and coding. I am very much interested in the openSUSE Wubi project for GSOC 2012. openSUSE is one of the finest distros of linux(the green color and the lizard just makes it more awesome) but it does not have the inside windows installation whereas other distros like linuxMint has ported wubi successfully. I have downloaded the Wubi source code from launchpad using bazaar and reading Wubi developers manual for better understanding. I am coding in C++ for more than 4 years. The main part of the Wubi code is written in python, though. I won't say that I am the perfect guy for this job but I am willing to give my best. I think my interest and adaptation skills will be helpful for finishing the project in time. I am considering this project as an opportunity to develop my skills and learn new things from the community. I want to be a part of the openSUSE community and work for this project whether I am selected for GSOC 2012 or not. I hope you will consider me as a part of the community and help me throughout this project. I would very much appreciate any guidelines for this project. Hope to have a wonderful summer with you guys. Thank you. Regards, Md. Mesbahul Islam Dept. of CSE BUET -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Announcing Google Summer Of Code 212
by Manu Gupta 06 Feb '12

06 Feb '12

Hi Google today at FOSDEM announced Google Summer Of Code. So we should definitely start our preps :) Please review the following links and offcourse sign up for admins, mentors and idea givers and idea implementors as students :). http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:GSOC_2012 http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:GSOC_2012_Application_Form http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:GSOC_2012_Ideas#GSOC_2012_Idea_list -- Regards Manu Gupta -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] openSUSE at LinuxTag
by Jos Poortvliet 06 Feb '12

06 Feb '12

Heya all, I've updated the wiki page about LinuxTag: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:LinuxTag I have been volunteered to organize it. I can't promise to do as great a job as Henne did last year but I'll try ;-) I'm going to ask for a booth. I think it's best to use the same hotel as least year - Motel One Berlin Tiergarten was fine... You can have a room for about 59 single and 79 double. And you'll have to book yourself... If you guys/girls think it's worth trying I could give them a call, see if we can get a bit of a discount?!? Henne, did you manage that last year? Anything else we'll need? The CfP is closed by now, we'll have to make sure we make a nice splash at the booth this year :D If anyone has any fun ideas, I'd love to hear it. I'll see if we can sell beer and t-shirts :D /Jos

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[opensuse-project] Fwd: GSoC 2012
by Gaurav Sood 06 Feb '12

06 Feb '12

Hi, I am a third year engineering student from India and am greatly interested in this year's GSoC programme. This is my first time at GSoC and am raring to go ahead with a project. I have tried my hand at various minor projects and prefer Python as the language to be used. I would like to know which all projects I can work on and where to start from. Hoping to hear from you all soon. Regards, Gaurav Sood -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] GSoC 2012
by Saurabh Sood 06 Feb '12

06 Feb '12

Hi, I am interested in participating in this year's GSoC programme. I had submitted an application for last year's programme also, but it wasnt accepted, but I still worked on the project. I would like to participate this year, and wanted to know which all projects I could work on, and how I could start on them. Looking forward to hearing from you all. Regards,. Saurabh Sood -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] My application for the GSOC 2012 Idea - End user oriented web interface
by Shayon Mukherjee 06 Feb '12

06 Feb '12

Hello All, I am Shayon Mukherjee and I go by Sj. I am an ex-openSUSE member. I haven't been able to contribute to openSUSE for quite a long time. But I use to, to the Wiki and the marketing team. To be honest, I just got busy with school work.But that didn't stop me from spreading the word. I have actively been promoting openSUSE to my peers. Moving on to GSOC 2012. I am really interested in contributing and working towards the openSUSE's GSOC 2012 Idea - End user oriented web interface . Reasons and about me are as follows Age - 19 School - University of Wisconsin Green Bay Majors - B.S Computer Science Minors - Information Science Year - Sophomore (2nd year) Expected year of graduation - 2014 Languages and Frameworks I know - Java, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, MySQL, SQLite, Jquery, HTLM5 and CSS3. Also have the ability and passion to learn new things. On-going project with Ruby on Rails - Designing a Real time wiki application as a part of my personal project, independent study / research project, using Ruby on Rails. Experience - Student technology assistant at the Learning Technology Center of University of Wisconsin Green Bay (October 2010 - Present) Open Source projects I have worked with - openSUSE, Ubuntu and Mozilla student reps Why i want to work on this - Firstly, I am a big open source enthusiast. That being said,I highly support the idea behind Open Source and free knowledge. My journey of Open Source started with openSUSE at the age of 17 where I created portals in the wiki, helped managing articles in the openSUSE wiki,writing templates and giving presentations in schools and colleges in my town (India). For a short while I also fixed bugs in Ubuntu and became a Bug Squad team member (ex right now). Moving on to rails, as a part of my job as Student Technology Assistant at University of Wisconsin Green Bay I maintain the Rails application, update the databases, implement new features as and when required. Also currently in 2nd year of school I have taken up the research work where I am designing a Real time Wiki application. At this point, I can say I have a good understanding of Ruby and Ruby on rails. I can create industrial based application right from scratch. And I am really confident that If given the opportunity then I can very much accomplish the goal behind the openSUSE's GSOC 2012 Idea - End user oriented web interface. And also I think this is a great way for me to get back into the community and make some substantial contribution to openSUSE, as I always wanted to do so. Looking forward to hear form the mentor(s) and anybody else who wants to know more have questions or share something. Till then, Cheers, Shayon Mukherjee -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Indiana Linux Fest
by Bryen M Yunashko 05 Feb '12

05 Feb '12

I am currently making arrangements to secure a booth for the Indiana Linux Fest held in Indianapolis on April 13-15. If you are in the area and would like to join in the openSUSE festivities, please let me know so we can coordinate plans together. :-) Also, Call for Papers is currently open until February 7th. If you'd like to submit a talk, the link is: http://www.indianalinux.org/cms/speaker_app Look forward to meeting all of you there soon! Bryen M Yunashko openSUSE Project Marketing -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-project] Announcing Google Summer Of Code 212
by Saurabh Sood 05 Feb '12

05 Feb '12

Hi all, I have been waiting for the announcement for quite a while. I am very eager to take part in this year's edition. Regards Saurabh Sood -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-project] Kickoff Meeting Update - Updates to theUpdate
by Alan Clark 03 Feb '12

03 Feb '12

All, I add to the wiki with a couple of updates from my meeting with the SUSECon planners yesterday. 1. Regarding the Orlando venue. We have plenty of conference rooms for sessions, parties... 1 large room with stage for keynote sessions through Saturday morning 4 session rooms, with projector, screen, and audio system (Suggest 3 rooms for sessions, 1-2 rooms for BoFs) 1 social lounge (We will need to decide how what we want in this room) 1 speaker ready room, with computers, project and printers 2 storage, conference prep rooms 1 Registration booth, with computers and printer For evening events, we have the large ballroom or areas outside the convention hall. I saw Jos' note about wanting to play chef. I asked Alexia to check with the venue to see what options are available. After meeting with the SUSECon planners I would suggest the following program format: Those that register by September 1 will be invited to attend the Friday SUSECon sessions and closing keynote. (registration will help us manage catering and other costs) A suggested program format is: Friday September 21 9:00 - 12:00 SUSECon sessions and closing keynote Friday September 21 14:00 - 17:00 openSUSE Event sessions Friday September 21 18:00 - 22:00 openSUSE Event Evening Celebration Saturday September 22 9:00 - 10:00 openSUSE Event Keynote Saturday September 22 10:00 - 17:00 openSUSE Event sessions Saturday September 22 18:00 - 22:00 openSUSE Event Evening Party For event registration and conference planning we will need to use our current tool - indigo.The openSUSE event registration will occur through indigo. SUSECon will have computers, printers setup for their registration system and the venue. On September 16th, we should plan to transfer the registered names from indigo into the SUSECon systems to print the conference badges. SUSECon will supply the badge holders and lanyards, notebook and pen. It will be up to use to supply additional materials such as printed programs or conference bags. SUSECon has a roomblock, which will be made available in April. I asked the SUSECon team to supply us with the html code needed to link to the roomblock registration from our web. Thanks, AlanClark -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Name that Event! Poll now open
by Bryen M Yunashko 03 Feb '12

03 Feb '12

The poll is now open for naming the event for the openSUSE conference to be held in Orlando, Florida September 21-23. The poll will be open until February 11. Please vote, as we value the community's input here. http://bit.ly/xjGuee Thanks to all! Bryen M Yunashko openSUSE Project -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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Re: Re: [opensuse-project] Re: First Planning Meeting for openSUSE @ SUSECon
by Stathis Iosifidis (aka diamond_gr) 03 Feb '12

03 Feb '12

Regarding the names, I think openSUSE forum ain't that smart since someone would think that it's a support forum or something. openSUSE AMCon (AMerican Conference) maybe is also a candidate. Have a lot of fun!!! Stathis -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Kickoff Meeting Update
by Bryen M Yunashko 02 Feb '12

02 Feb '12

If you missed today's meeting, don't worry. There's plenty of opportunities to get involved in different ways. Here is the link to the transcript [1] and below is our summary of today's discussions: [1] Transcript - http://bit.ly/yAPh4A [2] Our Wiki Planning Page: http://en.opensuse.org/SUSECon_Planning +++ Volunteers +++ Please see the section on volunteers. Just like the openSUSE Conference, no event is successful without community involved. If you see a task missing, please feel free to add it. We need to move fast to get the teams going soon. Note: You can still volunteer even if you don't plan to attend the event. :-) We welcome all input! +++ Calendar +++ At the bottom of the wiki page there is a calendar of milestones. There are several items in there now and soon our committees will add their own milestones to the list. Thanks to Peter Linnell's suggestion, we may be able to add an .ics calendar to the wiki to make it easier for you to keep track of milestones. +++ Target Audience +++ There seems to be a good consensus on making the event focus on a good mixture of talks and HowTo's, enabling our users to get their hands dirty. If you feel you have some input on the targets, we encourage you to join the Program Committee where your input will be best heard. Hackfests can be planned as we get closer to the event. These can be more ad-hoc style where people can gather in the main area or create their own pockets of hackfests. We also discussed making the event bi-lingual. Given that this event will be in Florida and an easy jump for many in Mexico and Central America, we can attract more attendees. This is supported by the several Central Americans who attended today's meeting, and volunteered to be interpreters. +++ Event Name +++ We don't want the name to be confused with our main Conference in EU. We proposed the following names, and we will create a poll on Connect for everyone to vote. - openSUSE Camp - openSUSE Fellowship - openSUSE Forum - openSUSE Huddle - openSUSE LiveCon - openSUSE Summit - openSUSE Symposium Got another name in mind? Add to the wiki page. All suggested names by Friday will be included in the poll. We will announce the poll link on Friday (Feb 3) and the poll will close on Saturday (Feb 11.) +++ Sponsorship +++ SUSE has graciously donated space to us to use the hotel venue after SUSECon. However, there is no guarantee of any financial funds that SUSE will give to the event. We, as a community, need to step up and seek out sponsorships to fund the event as well as travel costs. Several people have already pointed to potential sponsorship leads and we believe that many of you can reach out to your own personal contacts in the world to request sponsorship considerations. We will leave it to the soon-to-be-formed Sponsorship team to develop the guidelines and materials you will need in order to pursue. e.g., formal letters of requests, etc. and coordination so that we're not all bothering the same sponsor. :-) +++ Communication +++ We will send periodic updates to the Project mailing list to keep the community informed of the planning progress. Committees will have their own discussion groups so that the Project list will not be overly spammed. I will also blog frequently whenever possible. (Look for my next blogpost soon!) As with our tradition of openSUSE conference planning, we will still hold a monthly "status update" meeting on IRC (with summaries reported to the mailing list like this one.) These meetings will be held on Saturdays rather than weekday, once a month. The next status meeting will be Saturday, March 3 at 18:00 UTC. +++ What needs to be done quickly +++ - Artwork: Andi Silva and Carlos Ribeiro will collaborate with the openSUSE Artwork team to create posters and flyers. We need this by March 1 so we can begin sending materials to FOSS events. (Many events happening in March and April in the U.S.) - Once we have a name for the event, I have volunteered to work with our admins to set up our website and configure Indico (our CFP management process.) - Committees need to form quickly and begin outlining their procedural plans for their tasks. Please sign up for a task soon. Thanks all and looking forward to a great event! Bryen M Yunashko openSUSE Project -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Greg K-H
by jdd 01 Feb '12

01 Feb '12

May be you know this already: Greg K-H join the Linux Foundation http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/announcements/2012/01/leading-ker… jdd -- http://www.dodin.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] First Planning Meeting for openSUSE @ SUSECon
by Bryen M Yunashko 01 Feb '12

01 Feb '12

We are launching the Kickoff meeting to plan for the openSUSE Conference following SUSECon. This conference will be held in Orlando, Florida September 21-23. Meeting Information: #openSUSE-Project Freenode IRC Channel [1] Wednesday - 1 February, 2012 18:00 UTC (1 p.m. Eastern/10 a.m. Pacific) [2] Now what?: Please visit the wiki page which outlines our agenda, tasks and open questions. [3] Who should attend the kickoff meeting?: We strongly encourage people from US, Canada, Mexico and Central America to participate in the planning. We also encourage people from other parts of the world who may or may not attend but still have valuable 2 cents to contribute to the planning. :-) See you on Wednesday! Bryen M Yunashko openSUSE Project [1] irc://freenode.net/#opensuse-project [2] Local Time http://bit.ly/AoLcg6 [3] Wiki Page: http://en.opensuse.org/SUSECon_Planning -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] SOPA blackout - I don't think openSUSE ought to be making political statements.
by Per Jessen 01 Feb '12

01 Feb '12

Just my opinion - I think openSUSE should stay far away from politics of any kind. It doesn't matter whether it might affect the project or not. If we had seen a discussion of SOPA on opensuse-general or -factory, it would have been fairly quickly relegated to opensuse-offtopic. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (-2.1°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Membership
by Robert Schweikert 01 Feb '12

01 Feb '12

All, During today's project meeting a discussion about openSUSE membership started, see earlier posts to the list for meeting minutes. While we have documented procedures (http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Members) on how to become a member, we do not have any guidelines about what it means to be a member in good standing. Additionally, the only way to get pruned from the list of members is to repeatedly violate the guiding principals or actively request removal. I am suggesting that the conditions for loss of membership are not sufficient. As briefly discussed in the meeting today we have about 500 or so members. Also in a recent meeting it was suggested that we have a large contingent of non active members. This would then explain why we end up with only 200 and some odd votes of 500 members for the board elections. As probably anyone who is a member of some club or association knows, there is always some condition, often a fee, that assures continued membership in said club or association. No I am NOT proposing a membership fee for openSUSE. However, I am proposing that we come up with a mechanism to prune our list of members and that there is no such thing as a "free" (as in I don't contribute) life time membership. I propose the following guideline: " On even years of membership anniversary (that would be year 2, 4, 6...) a member gets an automated e-mail. - If the e-mail bounces and there is no other means to contact the person than the person is removed as a member. - If the person does not respond within two weeks, another e-mail is sent. If after 2 additional weeks no response is received the person is removed as a member. A response to the received e-mail should include a short list of areas in the project where the member was active during the past two years. This can be verified by the membership team. With the response and verification membership continues. " I realize I am proposing more work for the membership committee, sorry. However, I would hope that this is not too much of a burden. With maybe 300 or fewer active members there would be on average less than 1 verification e-mail per day sent. In addition this is spread out based on anniversary date of membership, thus the additional verification should be small. Why would we as a project want to do this? IMHO, it is important that our members are active and contribute to the project. There is nothing gained for us as a project to accumulate a large number of members when the members are not active in the project and do not contribute. Having only members that are active also bestows more meaning on board election results and other votes we might have in the project. This goes back to my earlier comment and leads to a question, what does it mean when the board gets elected with a vote count that is less than 50% of the membership? (I am not implying that I am dissatisfied with the board). No direct answer to this question please. If we have only active project participants I would speculate that we will get participation of 80% or more. Last but not least this should create a perceived draw to become a member, as you can only be a member and remain a member if you contribute to the project. For the discussion, I'd like to ask that people stick to the topic and not go off on some tangent ;) I have added this as a topic to the next project meeting (Feb 8, 2012) and will provide a summary of the discussion on the wiki. The board can then make a decision on how to move forward on this proposal based on the summary, and hopefully board members will be following this thread. Later, Robert -- Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU SUSE-IBM Software Integration Center LINUX Tech Lead rjschwei(a)suse.com rschweik(a)ca.ibm.com 781-464-8147 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Getting ready for Linux Audio Conference (LAC) in April
by Drew Adams 01 Feb '12

01 Feb '12

Hey Everyone, I just want to let you all know that Peter Linnell and I are working on contacting the Linux Audio Conference (LAC) and organizing the openSUSE presence there. Just to let everyone know where we are right now: I will be contacting the good folks at LAC either tonight or tomorrow (though I am going to try to contact them tonight). As soon as I hear back from them I will update the list on the status. If we have anyone is interested in the event they can check it out at http://lac.linuxaudio.org/2012/ and let Peter or I know. I don't know the format of the LAC as I have never been before, but as with any event, I'd love for us to have a good openSUSE team representing our community there. Stand by for updates ;) Drew Adams openSUSE Member & Ambassador Freenode Nick: druonysus eMail: druonysus(a)gmail.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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