Comments for openSUSE Spotlight http://zonker.opensuse.org Shining a spotlight on the openSUSE Community Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:21:53 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on Board Elections: (Re-)Apply for Membership now by hennevogel http://zonker.opensuse.org/2009/11/05/board-elections-re-apply-for-membership-now/comment-page-1/#comment-865 hennevogel Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:21:53 +0000 http://zonker.opensuse.org/?p=489#comment-865 Sorry it took so long to publish this but its <b>Football First</b> with me :) Sorry it took so long to publish this but its Football First with me :)

]]> Comment on Early review of openSUSE 11.2 by Embdded http://zonker.opensuse.org/2009/10/05/early-review-of-opensuse-11-2/comment-page-1/#comment-864 Embdded Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:24:15 +0000 http://zonker.opensuse.org/?p=484#comment-864 Joe While I did install 11.2 RC1 on a HP DV2830SE where the artwork complemented the SE's cover I had to uninstall RC1. Worked fine on kubuntu 9.10 RC1. Why you ask? No NVIDIA drivers 7150 (N630 chip) in the repo and no support of the BCM4322 (any version) (Which are supported for 11.1) for the drivers I could find Yast dutifully told me they were not for this version. Other than that a fine install but I could not proceed to real world testing. Same issues really for the rest of my laptops including a Dell Precision 4300 which is Red Hat Certified with a Nvidia 360 workstation Card works fine on 11.0, kubuntu 9.10 RC1. Some days I hate virtualbox it leads to sloppiness. All you need is those silly drivers put up for 11.2 on the build service. Cheers John Joe

While I did install 11.2 RC1 on a HP DV2830SE where the artwork complemented the SE’s cover I had to uninstall RC1. Worked fine on kubuntu 9.10 RC1.

Why you ask?

No NVIDIA drivers 7150 (N630 chip) in the repo and no support of the BCM4322 (any version) (Which are supported for 11.1) for the drivers I could find Yast dutifully told me they were not for this version.

Other than that a fine install but I could not proceed to real world testing. Same issues really for the rest of my laptops including a Dell Precision 4300 which is Red Hat Certified with a Nvidia 360 workstation Card works fine on 11.0, kubuntu 9.10 RC1.

Some days I hate virtualbox it leads to sloppiness. All you need is those silly drivers put up for 11.2 on the build service.

Cheers John

]]> Comment on Early review of openSUSE 11.2 by caf4926 http://zonker.opensuse.org/2009/10/05/early-review-of-opensuse-11-2/comment-page-1/#comment-863 caf4926 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:23:05 +0000 http://zonker.opensuse.org/?p=484#comment-863 Never mind what this dude has to say. It's what You (I) say that matters. My installation of 11.2Rc1 went without a hitch. It defaults to a selection of KDE from the DVD (Interesting) and fine for me as I use KDE. There have been a considerable number of enhancements to the install process to help the newbies out there. I was up and running in less than 15 mins. And boot time is much improved. For RC it is really bugless IMO. I only have 2 issues (to date) Brightness control and Power Management is broken and Strigi will not enable. Bugs reported. A great OS and references already made to windows have me laughing. Seriously, there is no comparison, M$ just makes me want to call Ralph. Never mind what this dude has to say. It’s what You (I) say that matters. My installation of 11.2Rc1 went without a hitch. It defaults to a selection of KDE from the DVD (Interesting) and fine for me as I use KDE. There have been a considerable number of enhancements to the install process to help the newbies out there. I was up and running in less than 15 mins. And boot time is much improved. For RC it is really bugless IMO. I only have 2 issues (to date) Brightness control and Power Management is broken and Strigi will not enable. Bugs reported. A great OS and references already made to windows have me laughing. Seriously, there is no comparison, M$ just makes me want to call Ralph.

]]> Comment on Early review of openSUSE 11.2 by Mishko http://zonker.opensuse.org/2009/10/05/early-review-of-opensuse-11-2/comment-page-1/#comment-862 Mishko Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:56:41 +0000 http://zonker.opensuse.org/?p=484#comment-862 I'm sorry but this guy can barely even search for his own city, let alone provide a decent webcast. Three errors in a row and then sounding confused? Perhaps doing a quick rehearsal first might have been worth the time. If you want excellent webcast examples, - Aaron Seigo's stuff will help you there. I’m sorry but this guy can barely even search for his own city, let alone provide a decent webcast. Three errors in a row and then sounding confused? Perhaps doing a quick rehearsal first might have been worth the time. If you want excellent webcast examples, – Aaron Seigo’s stuff will help you there.

]]> Comment on Early review of openSUSE 11.2 by Xil http://zonker.opensuse.org/2009/10/05/early-review-of-opensuse-11-2/comment-page-1/#comment-861 Xil Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:40:45 +0000 http://zonker.opensuse.org/?p=484#comment-861 Sorry but that is a bad review, its not a review of OpenSuSE, its a review op KDE 4.3, openSuSE is about YAST, one-click install, things like that.... the screencast: "there is actually a software update, I think it's this little green-guy here", sorry but he should have shown YAST, search for a program there, install it without dependency hastle. Sorry but that is a bad review, its not a review of OpenSuSE, its a review op KDE 4.3, openSuSE is about YAST, one-click install, things like that…. the screencast: “there is actually a software update, I think it’s this little green-guy here”, sorry but he should have shown YAST, search for a program there, install it without dependency hastle.

]]> Comment on Upcoming Board Elections by AlbertoP http://zonker.opensuse.org/2009/09/16/upcoming-board-elections/comment-page-1/#comment-860 AlbertoP Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:55:23 +0000 http://zonker.opensuse.org/?p=466#comment-860 I misread. Good also that all member are elected for the same time. Two years is too long though, for the same reasons I said above. There is no need of such a long term in the board, and it is better to have a dynamic change in the board too, with the impossibility to re-elect members for more than two times. I misread. Good also that all member are elected for the same time. Two years is too long though, for the same reasons I said above. There is no need of such a long term in the board, and it is better to have a dynamic change in the board too, with the impossibility to re-elect members for more than two times.

]]> Comment on Upcoming Board Elections by AlbertoP http://zonker.opensuse.org/2009/09/16/upcoming-board-elections/comment-page-1/#comment-859 AlbertoP Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:41:20 +0000 http://zonker.opensuse.org/?p=466#comment-859 Adding a new non-novell position is a good idea to increase the credibility of the board as community oriented tool, however making the positions (all) last two years partly hides this result. Given the goals of the board, having a two-year governance is not required, in my opinion. Moreover, I would like not to see again the split between board members elected for two years and board members elected for only one year. Restricting the vote to members is keeping the community closed, also considering the extremely slow membership approval and the requirements. And the invitation to become members to be eligible to vote sounds like a quick way to get the membership, when others had to wait, or are still waiting for the approval. Adding a new non-novell position is a good idea to increase the credibility of the board as community oriented tool, however making the positions (all) last two years partly hides this result. Given the goals of the board, having a two-year governance is not required, in my opinion. Moreover, I would like not to see again the split between board members elected for two years and board members elected for only one year.

Restricting the vote to members is keeping the community closed, also considering the extremely slow membership approval and the requirements. And the invitation to become members to be eligible to vote sounds like a quick way to get the membership, when others had to wait, or are still waiting for the approval.

]]> Comment on SCALE 8x Call for Papers Open by Joyce http://zonker.opensuse.org/2009/09/08/scale-8x-call-for-papers-open/comment-page-1/#comment-858 Joyce Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:31:12 +0000 http://zonker.opensuse.org/?p=464#comment-858 sounds interesting...I'll have to wait and see who the speakers will be. sounds interesting…I’ll have to wait and see who the speakers will be.

]]> Comment on Nice openSUSE / KDE 4.3 Review by zaine_ridling http://zonker.opensuse.org/2009/08/03/nice-opensuse-kde-43-review/comment-page-1/#comment-857 zaine_ridling Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:42:08 +0000 http://zonker.opensuse.org/?p=461#comment-857 SJVN is a trusted source and he doesn't give such glowing reviews lightly. But as many have found, openSUSE 11.x KDE has really been impressive to date. And it's no accident that KDE has always been more stable on openSUSE then other distros. That takes a lot of coding attention to details. SJVN is a trusted source and he doesn’t give such glowing reviews lightly. But as many have found, openSUSE 11.x KDE has really been impressive to date. And it’s no accident that KDE has always been more stable on openSUSE then other distros. That takes a lot of coding attention to details.

]]> Comment on openSUSE Board Meeting Minutes, June 3 2009 by michl http://zonker.opensuse.org/2009/07/03/opensuse-board-meeting-minutes-june-3-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-856 michl Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:17:23 +0000 http://zonker.opensuse.org/?p=404#comment-856 The programme will be announced in the very next days. The programme will be announced in the very next days.

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