According to plan, today openSUSE 12.3 Beta sees the light. The beta comes with mostly smallish changes as we’re in serious testing waters now – we hope you’re out there to help us clear the way to the final release! The first RC is already coming on February 7 so this Beta needs a good workout. As is tradition in openSUSE, the Beta will be celebrated with a BetaPizzaParty at the Nuremberg headquarters on Wed 30th of Jan starting 16:00 CET! Read on to find out a bit more about the Parties and Pizzas and what’s new and about the awesome 12.3 Polish Hackaton which is being organized this weekend at the SUSE headquarters! (more…)
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The openSUSE 12.3 Beta is Out! Time for Pizza…
January 17th, 2013 by Jos PoortvlietopenSUSE at LinuxCon
November 20th, 2012 by Jos PoortvlietTwo weeks ago, openSUSE Ambassadors Ilias and Diomidis joined the SUSE crew at LinuxCon in Barcelona, Spain, to represent the Geeko to the visitors of this conference. As most ambassadors do, they wrote an excellent report about the event which we didn’t want you all to miss. To give you a taste of the event, Ilias send the report with the following comment: “it was an amazing experience for me and Diomidis.” Read on for more details! (more…)
Newcomer experience in openSUSE and other FOSS communities – Survey
November 7th, 2012 by Jos PoortvlietKevin Carillo, a PhD student currently living in Wellington (New Zealand) is doing some research on Free/Open Source Software communities. He asked the openSUSE community for help, especially those who have joined the openSUSE community after January 2010 (within approximately the last 3 years), in assisting him with his research. He is looking to find out how newcomers to a FOSS community become valued, sustained contributors and thus he needs input from people, both technical and non-technical, on their experiences as newcomers. Find the survey here. Read on to find out what Kevin has to say about the survey! (more…)
openSUSE 12.2 for ARM Final!
November 6th, 2012 by Jos Poortvliet
As was promised last week, the openSUSE ARM team has released openSUSE 12.2 for the ARM architecture! Almost all of the usual openSUSE distribution (>5000 packages) builds and runs on all the ARM hardware it has been tested on. Read on to find out more. (more…)
openSUSE ARM RC2 needs testing!
October 29th, 2012 by Jos Poortvliet Hot on the heels of the news that the Google Chromebook runs openSUSE (even made slashdot) and following the closing of the openSUSE Conference in Prague, Dirk Müller let the ARM team know that RC2 is about ready to go and this will be the final before the release of openSUSE for ARM! Read on to find out some details of this exciting release.
openSUSE Conference 2012: Monday
October 24th, 2012 by Jos Poortvliet
registration desk
The third day schedule began gently at 10:00, with a few of the headaches that come with hosting an event in Prague. Yet, the atmosphere was enthusiastic and energized. Being among fellow geekos certainly helped the attitude: it’s more focused today, we’re talking Green! So, by the time it was 11:00, over 150 people were in sessions and another 50 or so hung out in the main areas behind their laptops, in discussion or eating and drinking in the café and bar.. (more…)
Day 2 – Ending Linuxdays
October 23rd, 2012 by Jos Poortvliet
The second day started an hour later to give people time to recover from the party the previous night. The golden autumn weather seemed to have run out by Sunday, making the run between the auditoriums and the cafeteria an exercise in dodging raindrops, but the many tracks and workshops gave visitors little reason to have to venture outside. (more…)
openSUSE Conference 2012: What You Need To Know
October 20th, 2012 by Jos PoortvlietHeya all! We’re sure you’re terribly excited: On Saturda the awesome four-in-one Linux event Linux Days 2012 in Prague kicks off. We’ve got a few last minute notifications for you as well as reminders and tips on where to find information you’ll need!
Tidbits
- Registration opens at 6pm on Friday and at 8am on Saturday
- The Friday party starts at 18:00 at Cafe Traversa.
- Lunch can be had for a moderate price at the “Studentský dům” (Student cafeteria). The entrance is on the left of the pizzeria, room č 3. Just next to the Venue 1 Building of venue 1. Open from 12:00 to 14:30. See the Important Places section of the Location page.
- Monday the conference continues at the second location, at Masaryk College. It is in walking distance from the university in the Masarykova student halls (Masarykova kolej, OSM link). We’ll provide signs but you can also find it in the map in this article and on the conference site.
- GPG keysigning is very important
- Linux merchandise will be available from the root.cz stand.>> http://butik.root.cz/
- WiFi credentials will be mailed to all registered participants, and are available at the registration desk.
- Ethernet access is available, but you’ll have to bring your own cable.
- A multiple socket power adapter in your bag never hurts, either.
- Talks are going to be very full due to large numbers of visitors. Please respect the speaker and try not to arrive late or leave early. Use the Conference app to plan your talks
- Twitter your impressions using the hashtag #osc12
Last Interviews and Announcing Live Video Streaming!
October 17th, 2012 by Jos PoortvlietYou’ve seen interviews now with a number of speakers at the upcoming conference in Prague starting on Saturday. Here, we’ve got one more: Shane Coughlan on his Flying Drones!. And we have cool news: the sessions in the main room will be live-streamed so those of you who couldn’t make it still get to enjoy the event to some extend! (more…)
LinuxDays Parties Scheduled
October 16th, 2012 by Jos Poortvliet
At the upcoming four in one conference in Prague we have a smashing session schedule ready for you. Last week we gave a sneak peek of some of those sessions. Today, we add two Round Table discussions about Free and Open to the Future Media track and we talk about another important side of our event: the Fun. The social side of events matters because it gives time to mingle, getting to know those you work with and talk about less technical subjects in a relaxed setting. The Geekos know how to party and for the LinuxDays event in Prague we’ve reserved a few party places. Read on to find out where and when all this goodness happens! (more…)
