February 2023 - 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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Ask your openSUSE Board candidates questions
by ddemaio 17 Jun '24

17 Jun '24

Hi all, Per a conversation some of us had at the community meeting last Thursday, we wanted to get discussions for the project started regarding this year's openSUSE Board elections. We listed a few questions in the minutes at https://etherpad.opensuse.org/p/weeklymeeting20221103 You can find some of those questions in the 1103 meeting minutes between lines 48 and line 54. Please ask your questions (Ask us Anything) in this thread so we can keep the conversations focused and centralized for all the candidates and members who want to ask questions of the candidates. All the candidates are in cc and you can find their profiles at the board election wiki. https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election v/r Doug

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The more I hear about ALP, the less I like the idea, openSUSE should keep leap
by Johan Dot 05 Apr '23

05 Apr '23

Well.. Noticed that chairman didn't wanted to be involved.. From the tread at Users mailing list. Start a new tread here. Regards

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Community Meeting: Week 9
by ddemaio 01 Mar '23

01 Mar '23

Hi all, The community meeting take place tomorrow at 15:30 UTC. Thursday community meeting will take place at 20:00 UTC. The Tuesday session for GSoC mentee applicants starts at 15:15 UTC and the Thursday session begins at 19:45 UTC - https://news.opensuse.org/2023/02/22/awareness-sessions-about-projects-avai… Meetings take place in https://meet.opensuse.org/meeting You can see the overview of meeting notes at https://etherpad.opensuse.org/p/weeklymeeting Beginning March 27, the times will shift due to daylight savings. v/r Doug

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Reminder meeting : openSUSE Board meeting next Monday (13:00 Europe/Berlin)
by openSUSE Meeting Reminder 25 Feb '23

25 Feb '23

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 8
by ddemaio 20 Feb '23

20 Feb '23

Hi all, The community meeting take place tomorrow at 15:30 UTC. Thursday community meeting will take place at 20:00 UTC. Meetings take place in https://meet.opensuse.org/meeting You can see the overview of meeting notes at https://etherpad.opensuse.org/p/weeklymeeting Beginning March 27, the times will shift due to daylight savings. v/r Doug

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Linux Userspace - Geeko Linux
by Luna Jernberg 15 Feb '23

15 Feb '23

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX5OUEGvlYc More openSUSE and Geekolinux talk on Linux Userspace some weeks ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX5OUEGvlYc

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[GSoC'23]:My introduction and some questions
by Ashutosh Pandey 15 Feb '23

15 Feb '23

Hello everyone, I am Ashutosh Pandey and I want to be a part of this year's GSoC program as a mentee. I am doing my Bachelor's in Computer Science at ABESIT Ghaziabad, India. I am interested in Dev-Ops and Full-Stack side of things and I have built many projects where I have utilized my knowledge. Now coming to GSoC, I came to know pretty late about GSoC and when I did I thought I didn't have the proper skills to apply for the program but seeing other mentees I thought that I must try this year. Now coming to the question part - How do I set up my development environment on my windows machine is there any guide or documentation? - I have WSL2 enabled and I'm using Ubuntu. - I want to work on this ( https://github.com/openSUSE/mentoring/issues/198) project, apart from the things listed in the get-started what else should I do? - can I contact the mentors directly? and take their advice on how to write the proposal for the project mentioned above. and also some development-related help. Thanks!

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Fwd: Call for Participation for Akademy 2023
by ddemaio 14 Feb '23

14 Feb '23

Hi all, I'm forwarding this CfP for Akademy. Please consider submitting a talk. v/r Doug Subject: Call for Participation for Akademy 2023 Hello, The Call for Participation for Akademy 2023 is open. Feel free to send us your talk ideas and abstracts. Akademy 2023 is a hybrid event that takes place in Thessaloniki, Greece from Saturday the 15th to Friday the 21st of July. Learn more here: https://dot.kde.org/2023/02/13/akademy-2023-call-proposals-now-open Best Dina

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Meeting minutes Board 2023-01-30
by Knurpht-openSUSE 13 Feb '23

13 Feb '23

= Board Meeting Monday 2023-01-30 13:00 CET = * Present: Doug, Gerald, Gertjan, Mau, Patrick * Excused: Syds * Missed: Neal * Guests: Axel, Marcel R == Board Membership Changes == * Attila resigned list week (mainly due to obligations at work) * Board has agreed to replace Attila by Patrick Fitzgerald for the current year. Gerald welcomes Patrick to the board. We're pointing at https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_best_practices#Joining_the_Board * Patrick is working on integrating a calendar attachment to the reminder emails for the board meetings, https://github.com/openSUSE/mail-reminder == Foundation == Board discusses this subject. Patrick will dive into the matters around this. == Action Items from last meeting == * AI: Gerald to follow up re "#39 Role of the board": Done. * AI: Gerald to follow up re "#9 Moderator accountability across all platforms": Done, * -> partially achieved via Code of Conduct, * AI: Maurizio to follow up on emeritus memberships * -> pick up in February Meeting closed at 14:22 CET -- Gertjan Lettink a.k.a. Knurpht openSUSE Board openSUSE Forums Team

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