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Archive for February 11th, 2009

Product Creation with the openSUSE Build Service

February 11th, 2009 by

Product

First of all, what is a “Product”? The openSUSE Wiki has the following statement on the Product Definition Article:

“A product is a defined set of packages plus extra information”

In the most simple interpretation this means a set of RPM files plus a set of metadata which contains the installation kernel, information about the installation work flow, hardware detection, languages, licenses, slide shows and the like.

Thus the most simple product imaginable is a basic set of RPM files for the system to be installed and a minimum set of metadata: an installation system consisting of kernel, initrd and the packages necessary for installation.

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Font: Lavoisier

February 11th, 2009 by

I’m very intersted in typography and as such also in fonts. Some days ago, I’ve found a very interesting sans-serif OpenType font, called Lavoisier. It is rather complete, with lots of characters, diacritics and other useful symbols.

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