We’re going to have lunch together to celebrate the release of KDE 4.6 😀
Come and join us! It’s going to be fun for sure 😉
Date/Time: 29th of January at 2:00pm
Place: Fass C/Rodríguez Marín 84. Mapa
(paralela al Paseo de la Castellana, a la altura del Santiago Bernabéu)
<Metro> Concha Espina
If you’re coming, please add your name to http://community.kde.org/Promo/ReleaseParties/4.6#Madrid
PS: Thanks a lot for this poster, Eugene and Nuno 😀
The German company rh-tec offers free IPv6 internet connections for people that already have T-DSL. Configuring such a connection on openSUSE 11.3 is not as straight forward as with IPv4. It’s not hard either if you know where to put the settings though.
PPPD_OPTIONS="noip +ipv6 ipv6cp-accept-local"
Hello Community
It is again that time of a year when we participate in our local IT mega event: Baroda IT Association Show 2011 (BITA 2011).
Drop in to see what we are up to if you happen to be around here during 23-26 January 2011.
There will of course be openSUSE Education Li-f-e DVDs available at our stall that is why BITA probably is green this time 😉
See you all there
In the last days I’ve been leaving my full attention to Compiz and the famous glib main loop. I’ve made a small perl script to compare my local builds with the ones available on launchpad… nothing too fancy, but it seems to work. During the last days Canonical updated a lot of software.
I’ve decided to start updating the on my test repository to the newer versions. A couple of new packages are required as dependencies (the most impressive one is utouch-evemu, which is a part of Canonical’s Multitouch uTouch stack).
The number of updates is quite impressive, the number of patches (even on some new updates) is equally impressive… I’ve just realized that GTK+-2.0 has been subjected of a couple of fun patches and gobject-introspection is becoming mind crushing… Either way, the work continues, and unfortunately for me I was planning to do a small open beta phase for Factory users soon… but all this changes will require much more work and a lot of packages will have dependency lists updated.
The next days free time will be spent around this massive update, I am sure it will pay off. If anyone is using my test repository on my home project, expect some turbulence during the next days. Since I’m on this, I’m already starting to enable GTK3 wherever I can do it in a safe way, nevertheless, it’s just to speed work for the time being, as much things are changing.
Today I’ve decided to send a couple of questions for Board candidates. To me it is important the answer to this questions, as through such answer it will be possible for me to sharp my opinion about some of the people behind the applications.
The questions aren’t all direct and involve a critical analysis of quotations provided. The thread can be visited on the openSUSE Project mailing list.
I’ve used quotations from 5 different people that should be familiar to most people.
* F. Nietzsche – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche
* Adam Smith – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Smith
* Daniel J. Bernstein – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_J._Bernstein
* Richard M. Stallman – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman
* Mahatma Gandhi – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohandas_Karamchand_Gandhi
I’ve had some problems in the past with openSUSE Factory and ATI support… even the normal radeon driver wasn’t worked properly. After the last updates, the radeon driver started working properly and I’ve decided to install the ATI FireGL driver which is actually something I need to continue testing and debug Unity implementation on openSUSE.
IT WORKS!
Here’s what you need (64 bit users):
* Install the required dependencies to compile the kernel module (currently on 2.6.37-rc5-12-desktop). 64bit users will require the following:
[code] zypper in kernel-source compat-32bit qt3-32bit libstdc++ libgcc xorg-x11-libs-32bit xorg-x11-devel-32bit Mesa-devel-32bit fontconfig-32bit expat-32bit freetype2-32bit zlib-32bit gcc make[/code].
* Download ATI FireGL driver (version 10.12) from ATI website (http://ati.amd.com).
* Extract the files using the command:
[code]sh ati-driver-installer-10-12-x86.x86_64.run –extract[/code]
This will create a small folder which starts with fglrx*. Change directory into that folder…
* Download the following patches:
– sema_init.patch
– fglrx-2.6.36.patch
– makefile_compat.patch
* Apply the patches (patch -p1 < file.patch).
* Run the following command:
[code]sh ati-installer.sh 8.801 –install[/code]
* Follow the installer instructions. Finally check /usr/share/ati/fglrx-install.log to check if everything is cool…
* Restart using your favorite method… mine is ‘shutdown now -frn’.
Enjoy FireGL on openSUSE Factory!
I’ve received some emails and some positive feedback about one wallpaper I used for a couple of screenshot’s I’ve used in the past, including also information requests about where that very same wallpaper could be found. I’m happy people liked my choice.
The wallpaper is question is the following, which can be found at gnome-look [dot] org:
Green Snake HD - by Kmurat @ gnome-art.org
It is clear to me at this stage that Artwork has good demand and it’s a ‘value +’ recognized by many users. Understanding this, I’ve decided two things:
* GNOME:Ayatana will have a small Artwork Package by the Community, I’m currently contacting Kmurat to check if he can change the licence on this artwork piece (with over 20.000 downloads on gnome-art) so I can use it for distribution. Currently it’s licensed as CC BY-NC-ND, in which the NC can be probably a problem. Let’s wait a couple of days and see… Either way for those who asked for the source of this wallpaper, click on the image above.
* I will create a small package with wallpapers from the community and make it available (for GNOME, KDE, etc) users.
My intentions are to include a set of wallpapers (4/3, 16/9 and 16/10) of around 5/7 wallpapers from several artists and community contributors. The first person I’ve contacted regarding this was Javier Llorente, a openSUSE Artwork Team and KDE contributor, which donated and pointed some artwork. I’ve also sent a small email to María ‘Tatica’ Leandro, a contributor of Fedora Design Team from South America asking if she had something that she could share with us for this community package (I did loved some of her submissions into Fedora Art). Additionally, I’m also going to nag Sirko Kemter (gnokii) for a contribution…
Once this is assembled (already have 5 wallpapers) I’m going to package it, run a sanity check and prepare it for distribution…
UPDATE: María ‘Tatica’ Leandro has answered positive to my email requesting for a donation, Sirko Kemter also answered positive.
José Morinho - Best Coach of the World, FIFA 2011, a warrior of Portugal!
I’ve been away for a couple of days due to a small increase work load from the University and the exams are somehow nearby.
Regarding openSUSE, I’ve builded already Compiz with the ‘glib main loop patch’, fixing some other minor issues on plugins packages, and still waiting on development on other stuff that might be interesting.
It’s time now to prepare the last packages for a mass upload into GNOME:Ayatana which should happen soon. I’ve also going to book some time in the next GNOME Team meeting to gather some information about the best way to do this.
I’m also happy that a couple of people jumped in and helped in the TODO tasks, this is the case of openSUSE contributor Malcolm Lewis.
This is just a small update on whats happening on Nelson’s land, as my private battalion of ‘twisted monkeys’ knows no rest. Now it’s time to scribe a couple of emails….
PS: I couldn’t forget to leave a public statement regarding the ‘Mister’ José Morinho, which wrote another glorious page for every Portuguese! More than a coach, not just a man, a warrior of Portugal!.
Dear all,
I’ve decided to submit an application to the openSUSE Board. As a part of the procedures, there is the need of also complying with having a user page and provide some interesting information (openSUSE Elections Platform Template). This post should fulfill those requirements and provide a bit more of information about this sudden move.
My name is Nelson, and hopefully I’m just another face in the crowd. I am a Linux enthusiast and once a believer that Linux could effectively replace other systems, even on the Desktop. I see myself as a end-user, as I don’t have too much demanding computing needs, for the most I use my computer just like any of the traditional end users out there. I don’t have a featured list of accolades or victory knots on my belt, instead I have a random casual action on a distant past on the national scene…
I’ve started my Linux experience with SuSE Linux 5.2 and kept going till SuSE Linux 7.1. I ended up by swapping to Red Hat and later to Fedora. I’ve return to openSUSE as it became more attractive due to FireGL support. It was a friendly transition and openSUSE tools helped a lot.
* Secure a stronger position amongst the Desktop. Linux Desktop isn’t dead, neither emerging consumer electronics markets are a risk to the Linux Desktop. Nothing will change in the next 5 years. Take my word for it.
* Secure stronger distribution channels, expand the media partners network and optimize current channels for massive deployment of contents.
* More updates on people’s work through the planet. The press is keeping an eye on it. People should have the motivation to post more often, thus providing the media partners and our news team with more contents. Our userbase will see a non-stopping community, always working for the ultimate goal of satisfying their needs.
* Start implementing a structure that allows openSUSE as a Community to be managed as a service. Deploy extensive marketing to our established community and educate them on the basics of service marketing and customer loyalty builds. Our future depends greatly on this.
* Extend and improve the cooperation between openSUSE and other projects (ex: GNOME Project, KDE, others). There exist countless ways of doing this.
* Build and promote a openSUSE Desktop experience! This means deployment of more optional software, deployment of artwork by the community and of features voted by users.
* MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL: we need to DARE for more. We need to take risks and battle for our choices. Being conservative or follower doesn’t help. We need a strong vertical strategy.
World Domination.
The role of the Board from my perspective is to be the Guardian and Sake keeper of the openSUSE values! The Board should also be the keeper of strategical guidance and the big pusher of the Community. From my perspective the board should enforce all necessary policies to ensure that the Community expands in numbers and contributions, but also keeping the orientation that allows us as a community to reach the strategical objectives defined previously.
The Board should also play a ‘self assessment’ role on the community and take swift and hasty action whenever required. All users should face the openSUSE board as a ‘beacon of light’ showing the way to the commity!
For all the subjects I’ve pointed as important to the future, you will notice that most of them can’t be enforced by the Board or by a group of persons. They need to be a free initiative from everyone around openSUSE. Not because we demand it, but because you understand the benefits that the community as a whole can take from such actions.
* Extend the list of official media partners and create a stronger and wider diffusion network for our contents, thus promoting existing sub-projects like News.
* Promote actively the participation of openSUSE contributors on the Planet. We need to update more often what we’re doing. The press is around, feel free to provide them the contents they need, thus you are promoting also openSUSE.
* Promote a stronger marketing commitment towards the established community! We need this!
* Survey often and a lot our community. Be always aware of our users needs and requirements so we can be ready to answer them.
* Make better usage of current materials and deployment capabilities. A quick example, YaST’s installer has some slideshows… We can improve those as a promotion method for upstream strategical projects, openSUSE and Community.
* Self assessment of all the resources currently available. We need to have a goal and methodology to allows to take quick action when required and provide accurate data that can influence our future.
* Promote more community efforts in the Desktop area. For example, community artwork packages, artwork repositories… etc.
* Ambassadors program requires methodology for self assessment and diagnose of ‘investment vs returns’. We can’t just ‘give’, we need to take something in return as well. What do we want in return ?
Well, it’s just a small announce… I was in Yemen for some time, around 16 days, for work. I wasn’t able to answer emails and work for openSUSE, and I’m really sorry for that. But I just went back Yesterday and tomorrow I’ll start to work again.
My first goal is to package XBMC that recently released a new version.. so… STAY TUNED!
Have a lot of fun, Andrea
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