openSUSE Forums - Tech News http://forums.opensuse.org/ Breaking and important technical news developments en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:07:48 GMT vBulletin 60 http://forums.opensuse.org/images/openSUSE_default/misc/rss.jpg openSUSE Forums - Tech News http://forums.opensuse.org/ openSUSE Kernel Repository is public http://forums.opensuse.org/tech-news/426498-opensuse-kernel-repository-public.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:50:03 GMT openSUSE Kernel Repository is public 20-Nov-2009 11:44 Want to help test the openSUSE kernel? Want the very latest and greatest openSUSE Linux... openSUSE Kernel Repository is public
20-Nov-2009 11:44

Want to help test the openSUSE kernel? Want the very latest and greatest openSUSE Linux kernel sources? We have good news for you! After several months of preparation, the kernel team has set up a public Git repository for hosting the openSUSE kernel sources. If you’d like to work with the openSUSE Linux kernel as it’s [...]

More... ]]> Tech News forumsadmin http://forums.opensuse.org/tech-news/426498-opensuse-kernel-repository-public.html openSUSE Board Election ? change of timeline http://forums.opensuse.org/tech-news/426395-opensuse-board-election-change-timeline.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:10:04 GMT openSUSE Board Election ? change of timeline 19-Nov-2009 11:04 As Thomas just announced on the project mailing list the election committee has... openSUSE Board Election ? change of timeline
19-Nov-2009 11:04

As Thomas just announced on the project mailing list the election committee has decided to extend the period for announcing candidacy by one week to November 30. Same applies to request openSUSE membership status which makes you eligible to vote. With this change the period for candidates to campaign gets shortened by one week to [...]

More... ]]> Tech News forumsadmin http://forums.opensuse.org/tech-news/426395-opensuse-board-election-change-timeline.html NSA helps Apple, Sun, Red Hat to harden their systems http://forums.opensuse.org/tech-news/426358-nsa-helps-apple-sun-red-hat-harden-their-systems.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:14:22 GMT ---Quote--- That the American National Security Agency has previously helped Microsoft harden various Windows versions is old hat, but what is news...
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That the American National Security Agency has previously helped Microsoft harden various Windows versions is old hat, but what is news is that the NSA now also assists Apple, Sun and Red Hat with increasing the security of their operating systems
NSA helps Apple, Sun and Red Hat harden their systems - The H Security: News and Features ]]> Tech News microchip8 http://forums.opensuse.org/tech-news/426358-nsa-helps-apple-sun-red-hat-harden-their-systems.html Thousands of web pages manipulated in large-scale scareware http://forums.opensuse.org/tech-news/426276-thousands-web-pages-manipulated-large-scale-scareware.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:29:29 GMT ---Quote--- In a post on its company blog, security firm Cyveillance reports on a large-scale scareware attack which appears to have involved...
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In a post on its company blog, security firm Cyveillance reports on a large-scale scareware attack which appears to have involved manipulating more than 200,000 harmless web pages
Thousands of web pages manipulated in large-scale scareware attack - The H Security: News and Features ]]> Tech News microchip8 http://forums.opensuse.org/tech-news/426276-thousands-web-pages-manipulated-large-scale-scareware.html Reminder: Second openSUSE Board Election Deadline Approachin http://forums.opensuse.org/tech-news/426078-reminder-second-opensuse-board-election-deadline-approachin.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:50:03 GMT Reminder: Second openSUSE Board Election Deadline Approaching! 17-Nov-2009 08:46 The time has come again for openSUSE Members to vote for new... Reminder: Second openSUSE Board Election Deadline Approaching!
17-Nov-2009 08:46

The time has come again for openSUSE Members to vote for new members to the Board. Stephen Shaw (decriptor) and Bryen Yunashko (suseROCKS) have completed their tenure on the Board, and their seats are up for election. There is also a new seat available to be occupied by a non-Novell member. Henne Vogelsang (henne) [...]

More... ]]> Tech News forumsadmin http://forums.opensuse.org/tech-news/426078-reminder-second-opensuse-board-election-deadline-approachin.html Reminder: openSUSE Project Meeting Wednesday November 16, 20 http://forums.opensuse.org/tech-news/425900-reminder-opensuse-project-meeting-wednesday-november-16-20-a.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:50:02 GMT Reminder: openSUSE Project Meeting Wednesday November 16, 2009 at 16:00 UTC 16-Nov-2009 10:44 The next openSUSE Project meeting will take place... Reminder: openSUSE Project Meeting Wednesday November 16, 2009 at 16:00 UTC
16-Nov-2009 10:44

The next openSUSE Project meeting will take place Wednesday, November 16th, at 16:00 UTC. The meeting time in all time zones are listed on the Fixed Time World Clock. Project meetings are always held in the #opensuse-project channel on Freenode. Please add your topics to the meeting wiki page at: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/Proj...ing_2009-11-18 Please add topics as soon as possible. [...]

More... ]]> Tech News forumsadmin http://forums.opensuse.org/tech-news/425900-reminder-opensuse-project-meeting-wednesday-november-16-20-a.html openSUSE Weekly News Issue 97 is out! http://forums.opensuse.org/tech-news/425608-opensuse-weekly-news-issue-97-out.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:40:03 GMT openSUSE Weekly News Issue 97 is out!
14-Nov-2009 10:38

Issue #97 of openSUSE Weekly News is now out! In this week’s issue: * openSUSE 11.2 Released! * Launch Party Locations * KDE.NEWS/Will Stephenson: Introducing KDE 4 KNetworkManager * Joe Brockmeier: Microblogging with Choqok in openSUSE 11.2 * h-online/Thorsten Leemhuis: Kernel Log: Coming in 2.6.32 (Part 2) – Graphics For a list of available translations see this page: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Week...7/Translations.

More... ]]> Tech News forumsadmin http://forums.opensuse.org/tech-news/425608-opensuse-weekly-news-issue-97-out.html Reminder: Weekly News Team Meeting http://forums.opensuse.org/tech-news/425461-reminder-weekly-news-team-meeting.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:00:02 GMT Reminder: Weekly News Team Meeting 13-Nov-2009 11:55 The next openSUSE Weekly News meeting will take place tomorrow* (Saturday November 14) at... Reminder: Weekly News Team Meeting
13-Nov-2009 11:55

The next openSUSE Weekly News meeting will take place tomorrow* (Saturday November 14) at 14:30 UTC. As always, the meeting will be held in IRC on the #opensuse-newsletter channel on Freenode. Please add your topics to the meeting wiki page at: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Week...Topics_current We using for our Meeting the Meetbot. Please check http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot for the commands. Please add topics as [...]

More... ]]> Tech News forumsadmin http://forums.opensuse.org/tech-news/425461-reminder-weekly-news-team-meeting.html New MS patent may put Linux security components at risk http://forums.opensuse.org/tech-news/425377-new-ms-patent-may-put-linux-security-components-risk.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:53:05 GMT ---Quote--- Microsoft has been granted a patent on a privilege escalation system which appears to cover the functionality of PolicyKit, which is...
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Microsoft has been granted a patent on a privilege escalation system which appears to cover the functionality of PolicyKit, which is used for fine grain authorisation on Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE and other Linux systems
New Microsoft patent may put Linux security components at risk - The H Security: News and Features ]]> Tech News microchip8 http://forums.opensuse.org/tech-news/425377-new-ms-patent-may-put-linux-security-components-risk.html Grab a copy of 11.2 NOW from gwdg.de http://forums.opensuse.org/tech-news/425277-grab-copy-11-2-now-gwdg-de.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:59:02 GMT Hi all, 1st of all, congratulation to all for this big release, specially to community and devs for their hard work to make this release possible on... Hi all,
1st of all, congratulation to all for this big release, specially to community and devs for their hard work to make this release possible on time.
I personally really appreciate your hard work and time behind this release.
So now its time to grab a copy of 11.2 and load it on our machines. Get set go...

Here is the mirror, which i personally use for download things, its fast...we know that right!

http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/distribution/11.2/

So what you are waiting for!
Cheers all. ]]> Tech News mmarif4u http://forums.opensuse.org/tech-news/425277-grab-copy-11-2-now-gwdg-de.html openSUSE 11.2 Released! http://forums.opensuse.org/tech-news/425275-opensuse-11-2-released.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:10:05 GMT openSUSE 11.2 Released! 12-Nov-2009 09:02 The openSUSE Project is pleased to announce the release of openSUSE 11.2.* openSUSE 11.2 includes new... openSUSE 11.2 Released!
12-Nov-2009 09:02

The openSUSE Project is pleased to announce the release of openSUSE 11.2.* openSUSE 11.2 includes new versions of GNOME, KDE, OpenOffice.org, Firefox, the Linux kernel, and many, many more updates and improvements. In 11.2 you’ll find more than 1,000 open source desktop applications. openSUSE also includes a full suite of server software and a rich [...]

More... ]]> Tech News forumsadmin http://forums.opensuse.org/tech-news/425275-opensuse-11-2-released.html REVIEW: OpenSUSE 11.2 Exposes, Integrates Community-Packaged http://forums.opensuse.org/tech-news/425243-review-opensuse-11-2-exposes-integrates-community-packaged.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:00:21 GMT REVIEW: OpenSUSE 11.2 Exposes, Integrates Community-Packaged Software... REVIEW: OpenSUSE 11.2 Exposes, Integrates Community-Packaged Software ]]> Tech News conram http://forums.opensuse.org/tech-news/425243-review-opensuse-11-2-exposes-integrates-community-packaged.html Linux OS help for the elderly http://forums.opensuse.org/tech-news/425184-linux-os-help-elderly.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:28:43 GMT BBC NEWS | Technology | Computer for the elderly launched (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8352606.stm) I just thought it was a nice story... BBC NEWS | Technology | Computer for the elderly launched

I just thought it was a nice story for once, and having the BBC actually acknowledge that an OS is Linux is a red letter day in anyone's book ;) ]]> Tech News growbag http://forums.opensuse.org/tech-news/425184-linux-os-help-elderly.html Sneak Peeks at openSUSE 11.2: GNOME 2.28 http://forums.opensuse.org/tech-news/425182-sneak-peeks-opensuse-11-2-gnome-2-28-a.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:40:03 GMT Sneak Peeks at openSUSE 11.2: GNOME 2.28
11-Nov-2009 01:30

With openSUSE 11.2 right around the corner, let’s take a look at what’s new and interesting in the GNOME desktop for this release. Highlights include a preview of GNOME 3.0, new applets and application updates, and the incredibly attractive Sonar theme new for 11.2.For users coming from 11.1, openSUSE 11.2 actually features two GNOME releases [...]

More... ]]> Tech News forumsadmin http://forums.opensuse.org/tech-news/425182-sneak-peeks-opensuse-11-2-gnome-2-28-a.html Banners for openSUSE 11.2 http://forums.opensuse.org/tech-news/425132-banners-opensuse-11-2-a.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:10:04 GMT Banners for openSUSE 11.2
10-Nov-2009 10:02

We’re very, very close to the final release of openSUSE 11.2! To help promote the 11.2 release, we have banners for openSUSE 11.2 available on the openSUSE wiki, courtesy of Jakub Steiner (jimmac). They’re available in most standard ad sizes for the Web, so you should be able to find one to fit your blog or [...]

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