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OpenSUSE Web Site Cracked, Tumbleweed Update

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Tuesday 7th of February 2017 08:52:33 AM Filed under
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New systemd, Plasma 5.9 Arrive in Tumbleweed

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Thursday 2nd of February 2017 03:25:09 PM Filed under
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The most recent snapshot, 20170131, added several new features with KDE’s Plasma 5.9.

“In our ongoing effort to make you more productive with Plasma, we added interactive previews to our notifications,” according to the release announcement on Plasma 5.9.

Additional features like icon widgets being created for applications and document when dragged to the desktop and several other new features like streamlined visuals, global menus and a new network configuration module can be found in the newest Plasma 5.9 version.

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openSUSE Leap 42.2 Hits the Cloud, You Can Now Use It on AWS Marketplace, Azure

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Thursday 2nd of February 2017 03:00:14 PM Filed under
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openSUSE Project, through Douglas DeMaio, proudly announced the availability of the openSUSE Leap 42.2 operating system as virtual images on various popular cloud providers.

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Debian GNU/Linux 9 "Stretch" Installer RC2 Is Out, Now Supports Linux Kernel 4.9

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Thursday 2nd of February 2017 08:55:52 AM Filed under
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Debian Project's Cyril Bruleboi is today announcing the availability of the second RC (Release Candidate) version of the Debian GNU/Linux 9 "Stretch" Installer system.

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An Everyday Linux User Review Of OpenSUSE Leap 42

Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Wednesday 1st of February 2017 10:38:04 PM Filed under
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So here is the deal. If as the Everyday Linux User you are going to use openSUSE then you have to stick with it and in reality it should be the only operating system on your machine. Trying to dual boot will probably tie you up in knots.

After you have installed it and you have the most important non-free packages installed (Google Chrome being the main one) then you are likely to find openSUSE and GNOME a joy.

GNOME is really easy to use. It really is point and click and if you can get a handle on those keyboard shortcuts then life will be very easy indeed.

openSUSE is stable and it won't let you down with odd quirks that some other distributions have. It really is a case of taking that bit more time to get used to than you may have to with a Linux Mint for instance.

The good news is that there is a lot of documentation available and most things you will try have been tried before and there is usually a straight forward guide to follow to get to where you want to be.

All in all a positive experience.

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GeckoLinux Plasma: for Die Hard OpenSuSE fans

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Wednesday 1st of February 2017 01:57:08 PM Filed under
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GeckoLinux is a difficult thingie to understand. It was created to ease the life of people who want to explore OpenSuSE. Neither OpenSuSE nor GeckoLinux are actually easy distributions to deal with. Maybe I am just very subjective towards OpenSuSE, but that's my position.

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Hands-On: KaOS Linux and openSUSE Leap 42 on my new notebook

Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Monday 30th of January 2017 08:46:00 PM Filed under
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Linux
SUSE

In the previous three posts about this ASUS notebook, I have configured Windows 10 Home, installed openSUSE Tumbleweed, Manjaro and Debian GNU/Linux, and installed Fedora, Linux Mint and Ubuntu.

This time I am going to install the last two Linux distributions I am interested in: KaOS and openSUSE Leap. So far my experience with this inexpensive laptop has been very good. I hope that it continues that way.

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openSUSE Tumbleweed News

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Friday 27th of January 2017 08:25:31 PM Filed under
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  • openSUSE Tumbleweed – Review of the Week 2017/03 & 04

    As I did not publish an update last week, we have to span two weeks now. A lot has happened, many of those things are already shipped to you or are going to happen shortly. This review will touch the snapshots 0112, 0117, 0118, 0120, 0121, 0123, 0124 and 0125. A total of 8 snapshots.

  • openSUSE Devs Enhance Tumbleweed's Rolling Updates with New Package, Add RADV

    On January 26, 2017, openSUSE Project's Douglas DeMaio informed the Tumbleweed community about the latest package versions that landed last week through a total of five snapshots.

    Before we dwell on the details of the new updates for openSUSE Tumbleweed, we'd like to tell you about a new package called transactional-update, which the openSUSE developers added in the repositories of the GNU/Linux distribution to boost the rolling updates that are offered to users multiple times per week.

  • Install openSUSE Tumbleweed + KDE on MacBook 2015
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SUSE Leftovers

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Thursday 26th of January 2017 06:05:36 PM Filed under
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  • New Package in Tumbleweed Enhances Rolling Updates

    Snapshots of openSUSE Tumbleweed are becoming more frequent once again and a new package in the rolling release should make the handling of updates easier.

    The new package called transactional-update was announced on the openSUSE Factory Mailing List on Jan. 21 and it allows for more fluent handling of updates and upgrades for a rolling release. Tumbleweed user are encourage to read the email and thread because the package has potential consequences for those using it if not used correctly.

  • New GeckoLinux Rolling and Static Editions Include the Calamares 3.0 Installer

    The developers of the openSUSE-based GeckoLinux operating system announced on January 25, 2017, the availability of new, updated versions of all supported editions.

    GeckoLinux Rolling 999.170124 and GeckoLinux Static 422.170124 editions are now available for download, shipping with the recently released Calamares 3.0 graphical installer, which adds countless fixes and improvements over the 2.4 series used in previous versions of GeckoLinux.

  • OpenSUSE board election suspended

    The election to pick two members of the openSUSE board has been suspended due to "technical problems". The problems do indeed appear to be technical in nature, with at least some voters being presented strange and confusing ballots. The election was restarted on the 21st in an unsuccessful attempt to fix the problems; now it is on indefinite hold. The current board will continue to serve, possibly deferring any major decisions, until the issue is resolved.

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SUSE Leftovers

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Monday 23rd of January 2017 01:12:06 PM Filed under
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