Monthly Archives: July 2009

Does openSUSE need a default desktop?

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 7/31/2009
The most popular feature in openFATE (at least of this writing) is a proposal from KDE e.V. member Frank Karlitschek to make KDE the "default" in openSUSE. Michael Loeffler has also blogged about this and put it on the opensuse-project mailing list. A couple of arguments have been given in favor of this proposal, but none [...]
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Linux your way with SUSE Studio

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 7/28/2009
One of the great things about Linux is that it's possible to do almost anything with the OS - scale it up, scale it down, customize it to suit your needs. But it's much easier said than done. Creating your own Linux-based OS is no small feat. Or wasn't. Using SUSE Studio, creating a custom [...]
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openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 4 is out!

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 7/27/2009
Come and get it while it's fresh! The fourth openSUSE 11.2 milestone release is out and ready to rumble. If you're interested in seeing what the future brings for openSUSE, here's your chance! The latest milestone release includes updates to KDE, GNOME, NetworkManager, Samba, YaST, and many other updated packages. You'll find lots of changes since [...]
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OSCON so far

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 7/21/2009
OSCON has a major problem: There's way too much to do! So far, this week has been chock full of excitement. Though not part of the "official" OSCON program, the Community Leadership Summit started on Saturday. Lots of people from OSCON were in attendance, but also a fair number of people from communities that have nothing [...]
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Microsoft becomes a Linux kernel contributor

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 7/20/2009
You read that right -- Microsoft has become a contributor to the Linux kernel. Microsoft and Greg Kroah-Hartman have posted about this in more detail, so I'd encourage you to go read those posts for the full details. The long and short of it, though, is that Microsoft has contributed roughly 20,000 lines of code [...]
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Register today for the openSUSE Conference!

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 7/16/2009
Join us in Nürnberg, Germany, 17 September through 20 September for the first-ever openSUSE Conference! The openSUSE Conference schedule is up and registration is open! Attending the openSUSE Conference is free, but registration is required. Lunch will be provided, so please be sure to sign up early so we can get an accurate headcount. The openSUSE Conference [...]
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Firefox 3.5 Packages for openSUSE 10.3, 11.0, and 11.1

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 7/7/2009
Wolfgang Rosenauer has made my day. He's been busy packaging all kinds of Mozilla goodness in the openSUSE Build Service and has Firefox 3.5 packages in OBS for users of openSUSE 10.3, 11.0, and 11.1. If you want to upgrade via OBS (rather than grabbing the generic Linux tarballs from Mozilla) you can add the appropriate [...]
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