October 2022 - openSUSE Project - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Some notes on a security conference I attended to widespread openSUSE word
by Paolo Perego 28 Oct '22

28 Oct '22

Hi all, this is the first message in this list so let me spend some words to introduce myself. I'm Paolo, solution security engineer in SUSE since March 2021 and in the application security market since 2001 (mostly as penetration tester and code reviewer). A couple of weeks ago I attended RomHack, a security event in Rome, with an openSUSE booth. We were also silver sponsor and I had the chance to give a talk on about open source and security, mainly focused on how do we act dealing with packages going in our distro. I would like to share some notes I wrote right after the conference end. 1. People present on the conference were surprised that an OS vendor was having a booth, but they really liked it and they felt is a good thing. 2. Most of the people who came to our booth were not aware of the existence of SUSE and openSUSE. Perhaps if we participate in more events like this can be the first step in changing that. We could also reach out to contacts with newspaper or tech journalists and youtubers which could help promote our brand. Especially in Italy, where I live. 3. The people who previously heard about us thought that we produce a "derived" distribution. I explained that we use rpm, that we started back then like Slackware fork in the very early stages but now have our own identity, brand and added value services. 4. A person asked "tell me how to convince my boss that you're a good centos replacement". I talked to him about our team efforts in security, hardening configuration of base os, AppArmor, Rancher and NeuVector acquisitions. Perhaps we should brag more about our achievements in the area. Please note that I'm not a marketing person, so my view is limited. Feel free to integrate to enrich the discussion. At the time I'm writing this, I'm thinking adding some content to my YouTube channel to promote the usage of openSUSE in security testings, so to prove how versatile it can be. HTH -- (*_ Paolo Perego @thesp0nge //\ Software security engineer suse.com V_/_ 0A1A 2003 9AE0 B09C 51A4 7ACD FC0D CEA6 0806 294B

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Re: Board Election 2022 Platform ddemaio
by Ish Sookun 28 Oct '22

28 Oct '22

Thank you, Doug. Your application is well received. Regards, Ish Sookun // on behalf of the Election Committee On 27/10/2022 22:50, ddemaio openSUSE wrote: > Hi all, > > This is to inform you of my intention to run as a candidate for the > openSUSE Board. > > Please find my platform for the upcoming Board Elections at > https://en.opensuse.org/User:Ddemaio > > Hopefully, this email will kick off others to campaign for the election. > > v/r > Doug

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Fwd: Board Election 2022 Platform ddemaio
by ddemaio 27 Oct '22

27 Oct '22

Hi all, This is to inform you of my intention to run as a candidate for the openSUSE Board. Please find my platform for the upcoming Board Elections at https://en.opensuse.org/User:Ddemaio Hopefully, this email will kick off others to campaign for the election. v/r Doug

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Community Meeting/ALP WG: Week 43
by ddemaio 27 Oct '22

27 Oct '22

Hi all, Last week we determined that the Tuesday meeting, which was reverted back to a community meeting, will occasionally have an ALP Community Work Group (WG) when requested. Last week, this was requested, so the meeting tomorrow at at 14:30 UTC will focus on ALP. There will be some updates Lubos will provide and we will discuss plans for the installer workshop. The Community Meeting on Thursday will take place at 19:00 UTC. Both meetings take place in https://meet.opensuse.org/meeting You can see the overview of meeting notes at https://etherpad.opensuse.org/p/weeklymeeting Please consider running for the openSUSE board. View the timeline at https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election v/r Doug

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Minutes of openSUSE Board meeting 2022-10-24
by Gerald Pfeifer 27 Oct '22

27 Oct '22

= Board Meeting Monday 2022-10-24 13:00 CEST = * Present: Atilla, Axel, Gerald, Gertjan, Maurizio, Neal and Syds * Guests: Doug * Excused: == Board Elections == * Election notice was sent by Ariez on 2022-10-11 == TSP == * Doug has a meeting this week regarding an apparent solution, which should allow payments once a month. == FOSSDEM == * openSUSE will have a booth and Doug wants to arrange a bus from Nuremberg to Brussels (and back ;-) as in past years. * February 4th/5th 2023 in Brussels. == Foundation == * There was a suggestion to consider Switzerland as place to start a legal entity but no details were provided so far. * It does not seem that community at large has interest to move this forward, maybe Board should do a call to action? Might one of the upcoming candidates be interesting to run their election campaign on the "foundation"? * AI: Gerald to ask Patrick if he can share hias findings somewhere public and make an "announcement" Meeting closed at 13:40 CEST

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Reminder meeting : openSUSE Board meeting next Monday (13:00 Europe/Berlin)
by openSUSE Meeting Reminder 22 Oct '22

22 Oct '22

Hello all, The biweekly board conf call will be held in two days at 13:00 Europe/Berlin time (CET = UTC+1) Meeting will be in the regular Board Meeting Room https://meet.opensuse.org/OSBoard Current Topics: https://code.opensuse.org/board/tickets/issues?status=Open&tags=meeting Board Members: If you cannot participate, please advise by replying to this mail.

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Community Meeting: Week 42
by ddemaio 17 Oct '22

17 Oct '22

Hi all, The ALP Community Work Group (WG) temporarily replaced the community meetings scheduled on Tuesdays. We will returned to having Tuesdays as one of two community meetings for the week. The ALP Community WG will no longer take place. If there are topics concerning ALP it can be brought up at a community meeting, but the meetings going forward will not have ALP as the main subject. If you have topics for the community, please feel free to join. The community meeting 1 will be at 14:30 UTC tomorrow. The UTC time will likely change at the end of the month due to daylight savings adjustments, but that will be announced if there is a change. The Community Meeting on Thursdays take place at 19:00 UTC. I will not be able to attend this Thursday's meeting. Both meetings take place in https://meet.opensuse.org/meeting You can see the overview of meeting notes at https://etherpad.opensuse.org/p/weeklymeeting We begin the call for nominations and applications for openSUSE board candidacy. This year there are three seats for election. View the timeline at https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election v/r Doug

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Board Meeting Minutes 2022-10-10
by Axel Braun 15 Oct '22

15 Oct '22

= Board Meeting Monday 2022-10-10 13:00 CEST = * Present: Axel, Gerald, Syds, * Guests: Doug, bittin, Bernhard * Excused: Attila, Neal == openSUSE Asia Summit Keynote == Luna (bittin) did close ticket #50: https://code.opensuse.org/board/tickets/ issue/50 as Mau and Attila have done the openSUSE Asia Summit keynote 2022 and all worked out fine == Meeting Minutes === * Give one day before sent out of minutes to allow BoardMembers to review == openSUSE "Foundation Sidecar" == * Friends of openSUSE e.V. * Geeko supporter e.V. * legal and tax overhead in Germany has increased - any other legislation with less overhead? * AI: Gerald to share mail from Patrick on en.opensuse.org + with Bernhard ==Board Elections == * In Preparation - status check in 2 weeks [Note - election announcement was just sent] ==FOSDEM 2023 == Happening in person at ULB https://www.ulb.be/ in Brussels in start of February (First week of Feb 2023) 4-5th February https://fosdem.org/2023/ == TSP == * no news Meeting closed at 13:20 CEST

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[Notice] - openSUSE Regular Board election 2022
by Ariez Vachha - openSUSE 11 Oct '22

11 Oct '22

Dear openSUSE members, openSUSE Board Election 2022 [1] It's time to elect new Board members to fill empty seats on the openSUSE Board for 2023. This time we are looking to fill three seats in accordance with our Election Rules [2]: 1. Dr. Axel Braun (DocB), as he has served two terms in a row so cannot run again this time for which we thank him for this hard work on the board over the previous years. 2. Gertjan Lettink (Knurpht), and 3. Neal Gompa (Conan_Kudo), who are both still eligible for re-election. ## Phase 0 15 October 2022 - Announcement of the Board Election 2022 - Call for Nominations and Applications for Board candidacy - Membership drive 31 October 2022 - Nominations and Applications for Board candidacy close ## Phase 1 1 November 2022 - Announcement of the final list of candidates - Campaigning begins - Membership drive continues, opportunity to apply for openSUSE Membership, but members will only be eligible to vote and not run as a candidate. ## Phase 2 1 December 2022 - Ballots open: Please cast your vote during this time - Campaign continues 15 December 2022 - Ballots close 16 December 2022 - Announcement of results To stand for a position in the openSUSE Board please send an email to: * project(a)lists.opensuse.org and * election-officials(a)lists.opensuse.org If a member would like to nominate another member, please inform the Election Committee and the officials will contact the nominee to ask whether they would like to run as a Board candidate. Only openSUSE members are eligible to run for openSUSE Board openings in accordance with the Eligibility and Validity section of our Election Rules [2]. The Election Committee [3] are hereby calling for Nominations & Applications for the openSUSE Board. [1] https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election [2] https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election_rules [3] Members: Ish Sookun, Edwin Zakaria and Ariez Vachha. -- Regards, The Election Committee election-officials(a)lists.opensuse.org

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Community Meeting/ALP Community WG: Week 41
by ddemaio 10 Oct '22

10 Oct '22

Hi all, The ALP Community Work Group (WG) will take place tomorrow at 14:30 UTC. The Community Meeting will be on Thursday at 19:00 UTC. Both meetings will be in https://meet.opensuse.org/meeting You can see the overview of meeting notes at https://etherpad.opensuse.org/p/weeklymeeting If you do test the ALP prototype, please consider making a video of your impressions and share with the mailing list https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/alp-community-wg@lists.opensuse.or… v/r Doug

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