http://dev.compiz-fusion.org/~cyberorg openSUSE, Compiz and allied things Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:35:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en OSCON 2008 is happening 21-25 July in Portland, Oregon, USA. Jakob Perry and his team would be participating, you can get personal with LTSP5 on openSUSE 11.0 at the Linuxfest North-West booth(possibly running Compiz Fusion on the clients). Freegeek is hosting this year's LTSP Hackfest in Portland between July 25-27, 2008, ... http://dev.compiz-fusion.org/~cyberorg/2008/07/18/oscon-ltsp-hackfest-and-easy-ltsp/ Just finished mid-term evaluation of the Easy-LTSP, openSUSE's Google Summer of Code project. The project is doing quite well, although Jan does not engage the community by posting on ML, discussing with users and developers on the IRC frequently as much as I would have liked, he has done a remarkable ... http://dev.compiz-fusion.org/~cyberorg/2008/07/14/easy-ltsp-gsoc-project/ Look at this picture closely: The reason why this image is awesome because it is EEPC running openSUSE 11.0 KDE4 without being installed on it's disk. It is pxebooted EEPC from the openSUSE KIWI-LTSP server. So if you want to try out how 11.0 looks like on your little toy you can ... http://dev.compiz-fusion.org/~cyberorg/2008/07/12/awesome/ ...some useful some not so, these are the new plugins available in compiz-fusion-plugins-git packages from openSUSE Build Service repository. Grid: This might become quite useful for wide screen users, use ctrl+alt+numberpad keys to quickly resize and position any window anywhere on screen, no more mouse move/resize. ADDialog: This plugin dims the parent window which ... http://dev.compiz-fusion.org/~cyberorg/2008/07/11/new-compiz-plugins/ I've got a new toy - iPhone, here is the first thing that I tried to do with it :) Yeah, just two grainy pictures, and openSUSE is not even installed on the iPhone, but believe me it sure is just awsome to be able to use openSUSE 11.0 with all ... http://dev.compiz-fusion.org/~cyberorg/2008/07/07/opensuse-110-compiz-fusion-on-iphone/ Received the shiny, sleek, black openSUSE 11.0 box with a dual layer DVD, printed manual and two stickers :) It is openSUSE tradition that all the contributors receive a retail box for free, so if you want one, start participating in the project ;) http://dev.compiz-fusion.org/~cyberorg/2008/07/07/got-the-box/ Do you run a network of more than few computers(educational institutions/enterprise) and wished you did not have to install OS/applications on the clients?  Have you faced hardware failure on PC, lost data or time when users sit and do nothing while the replacement PC is found? Tired of tracking various ... http://dev.compiz-fusion.org/~cyberorg/2008/06/28/kiwi-ltsp-04-released/ We had about 20 Geekos turn up at our office on Saturday evening for the openSUSE 11.0 Launch Party. We had a presentations on new features specific to this release, discussions on promotion of Linux everywhere and of course install fest so now tons(figuratively speaking) of laptops are running openSUSE. The ... http://dev.compiz-fusion.org/~cyberorg/2008/06/23/opensuse-110-launch-party-report/ This is what I got my hands on yesterday, it is new revised Syllabus for 11th and 12th grade. Needless to say that I am thrilled with this news :) For the uninitiate, this is the turning point we have been waiting for that would take Linux to every computer user. ... http://dev.compiz-fusion.org/~cyberorg/2008/06/22/gujarat-education-boardindia-goes-open-source/ * Release Announcement with a lot of useful information * Sneak Peeks at Plethora of Improvements * openSUSE 11.0 makes Compiz Fusion easy * On Digg http://dev.compiz-fusion.org/~cyberorg/2008/06/19/opensuse-110-out-go-green/