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Windows Guy Tries Open Suse 11
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:18:50 +0000
I'm a Windows guy. I live and breathe in the Microsoft world. That said, I'm curious about what all the fuss is with Open Source software and Linux so I've decided to give a few versions a try. These are my unvarnished and maybe not to bright observations. Feedback on some of the questions is welcome.

New KDE Four Live-CDs with KDE 4.1.1 and default KDE look
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:02:02 +0000
New versions of KDE Four Live are up to accompany the KDE 4.1.1 release and give an impression of the development in trunk half-way to the first KDE 4.2 Alpha release. These CDs are built with k*-branding-upstream instead of k*-branding-openSUSE packages (see openSUSE branding policy) so their desktop appears less green than usual.

MSI extends Wind mini-laptop range
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:10:41 +0000
MSI has added Suse Linux, a larger hard drive and new colours to its Wind mini-laptop range.

Money Manager Ex - Personal Finance Manager in openSUSE
Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:20:29 +0000
Money Manager Ex is a free, open-source, cross-platform, easy-to-use personal finance software. It primarily helps organize one?s finances and keeps track of where, when and how the money goes. It is also a great tool to get a bird?s eye view of your financial worth.

Novell SUSE Linux Scores At Big Retailer
Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:20:34 +0000
It?s another small step for consumer Linux, and another giant win for Novell SUSE Linux. The VAR Guy was strolling through his local BJs Wholesale Club over the holiday weekend, when he spotted a Hewlett-Packard 2133 Mini-Note PCwith Novell SUSE Linux preloaded. Sweet?but not perfect. Here?s why.

Deluge - free opensource Torrent Client for openSUSE
Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:04:43 +0000
Deluge is a full-featured free opensource BitTorrent client for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. It uses libtorrent in it?s backend and PyGTK for it?s user interface. Deluge was created with the intention of being lightweight and unobtrusive. Deluge features a rich plugin collection; in fact, most of Deluge?s functionality is available as plugins

openSUSE Enlightenment 17 Live
Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:51:36 +0000
'SuSE On Active Diet'. It's based on the latest openSUSE release (11.0)and aimed to present current SVN code of Enlightenment-DR17 and Enlightenment-DR16to the audience. Tried to demonstrate that openSUSE could be 'slim and fast'.There's no need to run KDE/Gnome/XFCE or any other 'resource hungry monster'.

Tomboy - Desktop Note Taking in openSUSE Linux
Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:49:02 +0000
Tomboy is a desktop note-taking application for Linux and Unix. Simple and easy to use, but with potential to help you organize the ideas and information you deal with every day. Tomboy is written in C# and utilizes the Mono runtime and Gtk#. Automatic spell-checking is provided by GtkSpell.

Exaile Music Player - Music Player for GTK+ in openSUSE
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:16:19 +0000
Exaile is a music player aiming to be similar to KDE?s Amarok, but for GTK+ and written in Python. It incorporates many of the cool things from Amarok (and other media players) like automatic fetching of album art, handling of large libraries, lyrics fetching, artist/album information via Wikipedia, Last.fm submission support, and optional iPod

Complete Guide to Setup and Configuration of openSUSE 11.0
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:27:09 +0000
A great detailed description of how to setup and configure openSUSE 11.0 after installation. It's got all the standard Linux media setup as well as other optional steps such as setting up NX and Samba.

Microsoft investment shows all is not well at Novell
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:52:47 +0000
The extension of the Microsoft-Novell deal indicates one thing - all the money which has been pumped into Novell so far is not yielding the returns which either company hoped for and it is now time to further subsidise SUSE Linux.

How To Create OpenSuse 11.0 Boot CD?
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:55:41 +0000
How To Create OpenSuse 11.0 Boot CD?

Buddi - Personal Finance & Budgeting Program for openSUSE
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:34:30 +0000
Buddi is a personal finance and budgeting program, aimed at those who have little or no financial background. Designed to keep the software simpler but still effectively help users to manage their finances. Buddi is released a free opensource software released under GNU GPL license. Buddi will run on almost any computer which has a Java VM

Setup and Configure openSUSE 11.0
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:47:47 +0000
Setup and Configure openSUSE 11.0

KMess - MSN Messenger Client for KDE in openSUSE Linux
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:55:38 +0000
KMess is a MSN Messenger client for KDE Users in Linux. It enables Linux users to chat with friends online who are using MSN Messenger in Windows or Mac OS or Linux. The strength of KMess is it?s integration with the KDE desktop environment, focus on MSN Messenger specific features and an easy-to-use interface.

Does open source need consolidation?
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:54:25 +0000
I guess my underlying question is, "Do we need a myriad of open-source alternatives to the proprietary software stacks, or would we be better served with one or two rock-solid open-source alternatives?" I'm inclined toward the latter, as I think Linux, for example, is much better off for having three robust competitors (Red Hat, SUSE, and Ubuntu),

openSUSE to Add SELinux Basic Enablement in 11.1
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:36:43 +0000
Beginning with openSUSE 11.1, SUSE users will have an additional option regarding security frameworks. In addition to AppArmor, we will be adding SELinux capabilities in openSUSE 11.1, which will allow users to enable SELinux in openSUSE if they wish.

How To Disable ipv6 on SuSE Linux
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:15:51 +0000
How To Disable ipv6 on SuSE Linux

A video tour of openSUSE 11 (with KDE 4 desktop)
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:01:33 +0000
SUSE has been around almost since the dawn of consumer-level desktop Linux, and openSUSE 11 upholds the SUSE reputation for having not just a wide range of available applications, but also excellent documentation and a fine user-to-user support community. For this video we chose the KDE 4.x desktop option. KDE 3.5x and GNOME are also available as d

Flock social networking Web2.0 browser in openSUSE
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:48:27 +0000
Flock Web browser is a new kid in the block of browsers built on the codebase of Mozilla Codebase, Needless to say, this project is powered by Mozilla. Flock web browser is built in Web2.0 and social networking as the core theme of the browser supporting Social networking, Photosharing, Bloggin, syndications.

Microsoft buys more Linux support vouchers
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:59:43 +0000
Chalk this one up to the 'Strange and Unusual Dept.' at the Redmond software giant. As part of a controversial partnership deal between two companies, in 2006, Microsoft agreed to buy for up to $240 million worth of Linux support vouchers for Novell's SUSE Linux operating system. Today, Microsoft is buying even more, to the tune of another US $100

Popularnost Linuxa u svijetu
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:47:09 +0000
Na stranicama Royal Pingdoma osvanulo je zanimljivo istra?ivanje o popularnosti Linuxa u svijetu. Za istra?ivanje je kori?ten Googleov servis Insights for Search i to za sljede?e distribucije: Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, Fedora, Debian, Red Hat, Mandriva, Slackware i Gentoo...

Setting up a Linux based software load balancer
Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:43:12 +0000
Instructions to setup a software based load balancer on Ubuntu. The packages mentioned on this post are also available for OpenSUSE.

openSUSE Weekly News, Issue 35
Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:21:55 +0000
Latest news on openSUSE

How To Set Up Apache, Tomcat (mod_jk), SSO
Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:01:17 +0000
This article describes how you can set up Apache and Tomcat, linked with mod_jk. It also explains how you set up the SSO (single sign on) solution JA-SIG CAS to protect servlets (provided by tomcat) and static content (provided by Apache). I worked with OpenSuse 10.2 and 11, Apache2, Tomcat 5.5 and 6. It should work on other distributions as well.

Nessus Vulnerability Scanner in openSUSE
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:18:27 +0000
The Nessus vulnerability scanner, is the world-leader in active scanners, featuring high speed discovery, configuration auditing, asset profiling, sensitive data discovery and vulnerability analysis of your security posture. Nessus scanners can be distributed throughout an entire enterprise, inside DMZs, and across physically separate networks

Can the dog start wagging the tail?
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:09:33 +0000
What do you think would happen if any of these headlines showed up today?"Dell to pre-install Open Office across product line""Lenovo to offer Suse Linux Enterprise across product line""Acer in talks with IBM for pre-installed Symphony"

Acetoneiso2 - Feature rich Image/ISO tool for openSUSE
Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:38:27 +0000
AcetoneISO2, is a feature-rich and complete software application to manage CD/DVD images. Thanks to powerful open source tools such as fuseiso, AcetoneISO2 will let You mount typical proprietary images formats of the Windows world such as ISO BIN NRG MDF IMG and is more than a simple ISO mount software.

Five Ways Novell Should Spend Microsoft?s Money
Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:57:59 +0000
Microsoft is sending another $100 million toward Novell as part of an ongoing Windows-SUSE Linux relationship. Here are five things Novell should do with that dough.

Novell, Re: Microsoft: "We Still Compete"
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:56:17 +0000
Much to the chagrin of some, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) continues to snap up certificates from Novell (NSDQ: NOVL) that can be redeemed for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server support. So what's the source of the consternation? Is it the mere fact that Novell is "colluding" with Microsoft?

OpenSUSE 11.0: A Solid, Up-to-Date Linux Desktop
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:16:38 +0000
Paul Ferrill reports that the newest release of openSUSE offers a polished, complete Linux distribution for both KDE and Gnome users, and it also supports a number of other window managers and visual environments, such as the lightweight LXDE. And it comes with a number of enhancements and features not included in most Linux distributions. (Linux)

SMILE - Slideshow video creator for Linux in openSUSE 11.0
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:24:48 +0000
SMILE, Slideshow Maker In Linux Environnement is a free opensource slideshow creating tool for GNU/Linux, although it also works on Mac OS/X. SMILE helps to create video slideshows from images, that can be played on almost all medias. The numerous features and the simplicity of use make it possible to create dynamic and rich slideshows

Microsoft To Buy Up To $100M In SUSE Linux Support Vouchers
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:39:05 +0000
Microsoft Corp., which two years ago agreed to buy and resell $240 million worth of enterprise support subscriptions for Novell Inc.'s SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating system, will buy and resell up to another $100 million of vouchers, the two companies said today.Microsoft sold $156 million worth of support vouchers within 18 months.

Novell widens Linux accord with Microsoft
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:16:44 +0000
The two companies plans to disclose today that Microsoft will spend up to $100 million to purchase service and support licenses for Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise operating system. That's in addition to the $240 million Microsoft had initially agreed to spend on the licenses.

Increased Investment in Microsoft SUSE
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:12:46 +0000
The collaboration is nothing but another attempt to stop Red Hat, Ubuntu and the rest of them, ensuring all of GNU/Linux is taxed and policed by Microsoft.

Microsoft, Novell expand controversial interop pact
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:01:05 +0000
Extending 2006 deal, Microsoft commits to purchasing up to $100 million in certificates that customers can redeem for Novell's support of Suse Linux Enterprise Server

How to convert PDF files to HTML or XML files in openSUSE
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:49:03 +0000
Converting a PDF file into an HTML or a XML file has been made easy by a small useful utility called PDFTOHTML. PdftoHTml is a Xpdf based tool which can convert PDF files to HTML or XML format. PDFTOHTML also supports encrypted files and support for images in the PDF file by converting to PNG images files.

How To Disable ipv6 on Linux
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:24:17 +0000
For some strange reason, ipv6 is switched ON by default in SuSE Linux

Using Active Directory for SuSE Linux 10 Authentication
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:50:22 +0000
Linux & Microsoft can be friends.

How to- The Perfect Desktop - OpenSUSE 11 (GNOME)
Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:49:25 +0000
An excellent walkthrough/tutorial on how to get Opensuse 11 Gnome edition configured with plugins, java, codecs, etc etc and make it quite a nice desktop setup.Take a look.

First screenshot of Dell's instant-on OS
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:50:44 +0000
Not to be left behind Asus' efforts to provide an instant on OS built into their motherboards Dell is going to offer a similar feature in the Latitude line of notebooks. A version of SuSE will be offered complete with HSDPA drivers and a complement of document readers for those times you need to check e-mail without booting a full blown OS.

How to Authenticate to Active Directory on SuSE Linux 9
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:32:22 +0000
The following article ?How to Authenticate to Active Directory on SuSE Linux 9? will focus on how to join AD domain & authentication using SLES9 SP3 running on my VM machine.

ISO Master - GUI Tool to edit ISO Images in openSUSE
Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:28:37 +0000
ISO Master which is claimed to be the best ISO editing tool is a graphical editor for ISO images. ISO Master is useful for extracting, deleting, or adding files and directories to or from an ISO image. ISO Master can read .ISO files (ISO9660, Joliet, RockRidge, and El Torito), most .NRG files, and some single-track .MDF files

Does Dell Pay Microsoft for GNU/Linux?
Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:53:17 +0000
Dell boots with Linux, but it turns out to be the Microsoft-taxed version of SUSE

Youtube-dl - Download videos from Youtube in openSUSE
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:42:06 +0000
youtube-dl is a small free opensource command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com. youtube-dl is a platform independent tool that works on UNIX, Linux, Mac OSX and Windows. The latest version of Youtube-dl is 2008.08.09 and requires the Python interpreter, version 2.4 or later.

LXDE - Light Weight Desktop Environment for openSUSE Linux
Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:12:03 +0000
Install configure and use LXDE desktop environment in openSUSE. LXDE is a new project aimed to provide a new desktop environment which is lightweight and fast. It?s not designed to be powerful and bloated, but to be usable and slim enough, and keep the resource usage low. LXDE doesn?t tightly integrate components rather makes them independent

Announcing ENOS 2008
Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:26:51 +0000
ENOS 2008 is the second yearly edition of the event and will be held in Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Porto, Portugal on Saturday, 6 September.The acronym ENOS stands for ?Encontro Nacional de openSUSE?, a Portuguese expression which can be translated to ?National openSUSE Meeting?.

LXDE - A Lightweight Desktop Environment
Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:10:29 +0000
This is an informative review of LXDE desktop environment that becoming more and more popular all the time. Includes several screenshots. The reviewer used LXDE with openSUSE.

Install & Configure VMWare Server virtualization in openSUSE
Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:27:39 +0000
VMware Server is a free virtualization product for Windows and Linux servers. VMware Server is a robust yet easy to use server virtualization product and is based on proven virtualization technology. Learn how to install configure and use VMware server in openSUSE