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openSUSE Leap 42.1 + Cinnamon, XFCE, or Budgie = GeckoLinux
GeckoLinux is based on openSUSE Leap 42.1, and it exists to make the openSUSE distribution more refined and approachable. It has recently released live installable DVD editions featuring the Cinnamon,...
View ArticleWhat happened with Suse Linux Enterprise Server?
It had been years since I installed Suse Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) for development and testing purposes. I recently loaded SLES 12 to port RapidDisk as a precompiled RPM for the distribution and...
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Tumbleweed changes fonts, Leap gets several updates
Tumbleweed had one snapshot so far this week that brought more appeal to users of openSUSE.Snapshot 20151123 changed fonts for openSUSE. The terminal font changed to Adobe Code Pro and Roboto was also...
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openSUSE Tumbleweed Gets Wine 1.8 RC2, VirtualBox 5.0.10, and GDM 3.18.2
Dominique Leuenberger informs users of the openSUSE Tumbleweed rolling-release operating system about the release of two news snapshots, which include several updated applications and a few other...
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openSUSE Developers Discuss the Removal of Custom Artwork for KDE Plasma 5
openSUSE developer Luca Beltrame started a new discussion on the openSUSE mailing list where he explains some facts regarding the future of custom themes for the KDE Plasma desktop environment used in...
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OpenSUSE LEAP: A Great Free Linux Server Distribution
So what exactly is LEAP? What’s it for? The easiest way to approach something like OpenSUSE LEAP is to think of it like a beefed-up, more stable Fedora-type thing. The main goal of this Linux...
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American Megatrends (AMI) Joins SUSE Linux’s 64-bit ARM Partner Program
American Megatrends Inc. (AMI), a hardware and software company that specializes in BIOS and UEFI firmware, PC hardware, data storage products, remote and server management tools, as well as unique...
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OpenSUSE Leap 42.1 - Leap? More of a plunge.
On paper, openSUSE Leap 42.1, with SLE stability and three years of support, kernel 4.1 and Plasma 5.4, tons of good software, and community repos sounds like a blazing good deal, a dream come true,...
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Mesa updates in Tumbleweed, OpenSSL security issue fixed
Tumbleweed had two snapshot this week and Mesa updated two new minor versions since Saturday’s 20151209 snapshot.The biggest package update for the week was to autofs in the 20151214 snapshot. Autofs,...
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First Service Pack for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Brings Docker and...
Today, December 18, SUSE has announced the immediate availability of the first Service Pack (SP1) for its long-term supported SUSE Linux Enterprise Linux (SLES) 12 operating system.
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SUSE and Canonical have forgotten their roots
The Software Freedom Conservancy is something of an oddity among the myriad technology outfits that exist in the US of A. It fights to keep software free and to prevent people or companies taking...
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A Leap of Faith -- Replacing Ubuntu Server with openSUSE Leap
I run a local file and media server, which is a very important part of my digital life -- it hosts all of my files. Everything. I have been using an Ubuntu 14.04 server running on a self-assembled PC....
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SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 Advances Docker Container Support
Linux vendor SUSE is out today with the first service pack update for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12. The big new addition is full support for Docker container though a number of different technologies.
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openSUSE Edu Li-f-e Linux Based on Leap 42.1 Now Available for Download -...
Jigish Gohil has had the great pleasure of announcing the release and immediate availability for download of the openSUSE Edu Li-f-e 42.1 operating system targeted at schools and educational...
View ArticleSLE* 12 and opensuse Leap 42.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Service Pack 1 Now AvailableUEFI and opensuse Leap 42.1A second problem showed up as bug 954126. This bug seems to have only affected Leap, and did not cause a problem with...
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Solus' Budgie Desktop Gets Updated and Ready for Fedora and OpenSUSE
The Solus team is busy working on improving their recently released operating system, but they are also working on the Budgie desktop, and they’ve just launched a new update for it.Solus is having...
View ArticleSUSE Leftovers
Another look at NetworkManager and TumbleweedI last looked at NetworkManager when it was at version 1.0.0. It is now at version 1.0.6, and with some changes that persuaded me to do some more testing.To...
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openSUSE Tumbleweed Receives KDE Plasma 5.5.2, Framework 5.17.0, and Apps 5.12.0
Earlier today, January 10, 2016, Dominique Leuenberger from the openSUSE Project had the great pleasure of publishing details about the latest snapshots released in the last weeks for the Tumbleweed...
View ArticleopenSUSE: Microsoft, Tumbleweed, and Summer of Code
Ubuntu, Microsoft, Tizen & More…These days, Microsoft doesn’t need SUSE anymore, partly because the once number two Linux distro has fallen way down on the list of popular Linux distros, partly due...
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Building Custom Appliances with SUSE Studio
Once again, we come to the end just when the party is really starting. It costs nothing but time to try out SUSE Studio, and the excellent documentation will help you over rough spots and show you...
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