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SLED10 Deployment Tips Wiki
Thanks to Novell Open Audio listener Mike Petersen, the Cool Solutions wiki now has an initial collection of articles about deploying SLED10.Says Mike: “Just listened to the Survey results show and...
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Please Help Us Test the New Novell Open Audio Site
The new Novell Open Audio site is online, but we have not replaced the old site with it, because we’re not sure it’s 100% ready to go.So, I am asking any willing members of our listener community to...
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Automate Banshee Updates
Okay, time to finish off the “How to Update Banshee” posts. The Mighty Aaron Bockover has put up a repository for SLED10 and another for openSUSE 10.2 (openSUSE 10.2 is still being developed). Notes:If...
View ArticleFeed Update Notifications through Instant Messaging
A while back, Jon Strickland wrote a Cool Solutions article on how to enable RSS feed updates to notify you via your instant messenger client.If you have an RSS feed, such as a blog or podcast, that...
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Microsoft and Novell, Working Together...Say, What?!
This afternoon [Nov 2] was the first I learned about what I see as a massive announcement: Microsoft agrees to collaborate with Novell to make their software interoperate with Linux.Beg your pardon?...
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Microsoft, Novell, and Novell Open Audio
A small flood of requests to get an interview on the Microsoft/Novell announcement has begun to fill my inbox. I will be working today to put together a special edition for Novell Open Audio.I am not...
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NOA: Linux Kernel Scaling now online
The new Novell Open Audio is now online for inspection. It features Kurt Garloff and Hannes Reinecke explaining new scaling features in the Linux kernel.Also, we are finally cutting over to the new...
View ArticleForking OpenOffice.org
As many of my readers know, the community manager for Ubuntu, Jono Bacon, is a good friend of mine. One thing I love about Jono is that he’s a level-headed thinker–especially on issues that can stoke...
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Novell Open Audio: Live at BrainShare?
We’re considering doing a couple “Live” shows for Novell Open Audio at Novell BrainShare 2007. Two questions for our listeners: Should we? And if so, who do you want us to interview? I’ll post a little...
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Planning the BrainShare 2007 General Sessions (part one)
It’s official. I have been assigned to plan the general sessions for BrainShare 2007. Along with my colleague Clint Carroll, it’s my job to make the general sessions at BrainShare blow the doors off of...
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Hop, Jump, Skip to Michigan…
This week I’ll be in Grand Rapids, Michigan to present at the Western Michigan Novell Users Group’s annual shin-dig in Grand Rapids. The conference organizer, Mary Matthews says that I’ll be showing...
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Interview on MyTechnologyLawyer.com Radio Show
Yesterday, I did a short interview for the MyTechnologyLawyer.com Radio Show. The radio show broadcasts online, as well as on a Silicon Valley radio station. Check out the 02/08/07 show in their Past...
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Los Angeles, Socal Linux Expo
Tonight I will be arriving in Los Angeles to attend and present at, SCaLE5, also known as Socal Linux Expo. This is one of the great community-based Linux shows that I get to attend. While Linux...
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NOA: ZENworks and Windows Vista
On February 13, we have Martin Buckley back in the recording studio to answer some questions about Novell ZENworks, like when it will manage Windows Vista and SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10.If you...
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…they’re brewing up some polish…
I’m inspecting easly internal betas of the first service pack for SLED10, and it’s looking very cool. Before getting into some of its features, I want to give a little preview what apparently will be...
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How to Revert to Standard Gnome Menus
So you don’t like the SLED10’s Main Menu–you prefer the traditional Applications-Places-System menu in Gnome. A few people have commented to me that they hope that SLED doesn’t force them to use the...
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Show Me that Updated Gnome Main Menu
How often do we Linux advocates and enthusiasts hear the complaint that Linux lacks the polish and refinement that users expect from their desktop? For most end users, it doesn’t matter how good the...
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NOA: Vista? Kuma Lotta, Kuma Lotta, Kuma Lotta, Vista!
When will ZENworks manage Vista? An interview with Director of product management Martin Buckley ZENworks Product Management is now online.
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Desktop Effects Updates
Compiz has a Community Site The Compiz community site has existed for a while now, but perhaps I should call people’s attention to it. If you’re a fan of SLED10’s Desktop Effects, you may find this a...
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Record a Desktop Video on SLED
After posting a couple videos from my SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 system, some network admins have asked me to share how I record these. One said that he sees practical use in creating how-to...
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