2011 was also the year when all of the major Linux vendors started focusing on alternate platforms, on multiple devices, and started integrating cloud services into their products. There was a flurry of cross-platform apps that you could run on the desktop as well as on your mobile phone. These and other developments in 2011 have set up a wonderful platform for 2012.
Read more »The Linux Week In Review June 13th
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This was a pretty quiet week in the world of free software. However, as always, there were still several compelling stories in our never-dull community. This weeks stories deal with some of the most popular projects in the worlds of Linux, GNU, and free software: openSUSE, Fedora, Ubuntu, FreeNAS, and Mageia:
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The Perfect Server - OpenSUSE 11.4 x86_64 [ISPConfig 2]
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This is a detailed description about how to set up an OpenSUSE 11.4 server (x86_64) that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Dovecot POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc.
Read more »openSUSE 11.4 -- A New Hallmark for the openSUSE Project.
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Dear openSUSE Community. Users. Contributors. Fans and friends. The time
has come: openSUSE 11.4 has arrived!. After 8 months of hard work, you
can learn what is new, download it and upgrade!
We are proud to announce the launch of 11.4 in the openSUSE tradition of
delivering the latest technology while maintaining stability. The 11.4
openSUSE 11.4 and KDE
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KDE fans must definitely watch out for openSUSE 11.4, which will be the first major Linux distribution to feature KDE’s Plasma Workspaces, Applications and Development Platform version 4.6. This trio of releases by the KDE community brings much better performance as well as many usability and feature improvements all over the place.
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Virtualization With KVM On An OpenSUSE 11.3 Server
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This guide explains how you can install and use KVM for creating and running virtual machines on an OpenSUSE 11.3 server. I will show how to create image-based virtual machines and also virtual machines that use a logical volume (LVM). KVM is short for Kernel-based Virtual Machine and makes use of hardware virtualization, i.e., you need a CPU that supports hardware virtualization, e.g.
Read more »Bad Decision Made at Canonical Regarding Media Player
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Insertion of Mono-based software like Banshee endangers Ubuntu as it makes the parent company more reliant on Microsoft and more sensitive to Microsoft extortion
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OpenSuse's uncertain future
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It's been a while in the coming but now Novell is finally being sold off. The company is to be bought by Attachmate for US$2.2 billion. For many the move is unsurprising: Novell has been on the back foot for some time now and its flirtation with Linux served only to delay its final end.
Read more »Healtcheck: openSUSE - Community before code
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The openSUSE community is on a voyage of introspection and self discovery. SuSE Linux has been around in one form or another since 1992, and, with the possible exception of Slackware, has an older provenance than any other Linux distribution, yet openSUSE is still in search of a unifying vision that sets it apart from its rivals and its past.
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OpenSUSE is Not a Community Project, It’s a Novell Product
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Clarifications about the role of OpenSUSE and how it is primarily developed by full-time Novell staff (while marketed as "community project")
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Tech Genie Thinks It’s Time for OpenSUSE to Say Goodbye to Novell
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Another suggestion for disengagement from Novell as a new release of OpenSUSE is announced
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Mono Demoted to “Proprietary Software” Status
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OpenSUSE classifies Mono-based applications correctly (as proprietary)
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openSUSE Linux seeks own direction, more autonomy from Novell
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The developers behind openSUSE are drafting a new "community statement" as part of a broader effort to define a technical strategy for their project. The purpose of the community statement is to describe the kind of collaborative environment that the project wants to create as it refines its technical focus.
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On-demand package installation in openSUSE 11.3
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You most probably have already run into this at least once. You use the computer, try to do something and you get an error message saying "sorry, application foo is not installed", "the required plugin bar is not installed" or similar. And that's it, there it stops. You have to find out what package the required functionality is in, install it manually and try again. Like if the computer couldn't ask "but maybe I can install that, do you want me to try?" and handle it itself.
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Novell Rejects Hedge Fund’s Offer
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New York-based hedge fund Elliott Associates L.P. in a letter to Novell’s board of directors dated March 2 offered to purchase the infrastructure software company for a cash price of $5.75 per share, or $1 billion net of the cash on the company’s books.
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