Attila Pinter and Maurizio Galli join the openSUSE Board

The openSUSE Board Election was announced on the project mailing list on the 1st of November 2021. The election concluded on the eve of new year 2022.

openSUSE Board Election 2021 happening right now

It's the time of the year when Ariez, Edwin and myself hold our regular meetings and chats to plan the openSUSE Board Election. This year we had a twist with insufficient nominations.

openSUSE distributions dedicated page

openSUSE is not just one Linux distribution. It is a project that hosts different distributions adapted for specific needs, e.g desktop, server & container orchestration. The desktop and server editions are available in regular releases and rolling editions.

Grab a cool wallpaper for your Linux desktop

Digital Ocean released a bunch of really nice wallpapers in 2016. Not all of all of the wallpapers are Linux themed but there are a few cool ones featuring the Linux mascot, Tux.

RHEL no-cost* vs openSUSE Leap

TL;DR. Red Hat allows its clients to use RHEL for free on up to 16 machines. On the other hand, openSUSE Leap boasts binary compatibility with SUSE Linux Enterprise and comes without any restriction on usage.

SOGo calendar synchronization breaks due to emoji in the event title

Recently, I encountered an issue with the SOGo CalDAV synchronization. If an emoji is inserted in the event title, then the calendar would stop synchronizing across devices.

openSUSE community elects Axel, Gertjan and Neal to serve on the Board

openSUSE members were called to vote in the Regular Board Election on 15 December 2020. Five candidates ran in this election for three available seats.

Candidate slate for the openSUSE Board Election 2020

The openSUSE Board Election is scheduled for the 15th till 30th of December 2021. The candidate slate has been finalised and posted on the project's mailing list this morning.

openSUSE Board Election 2020 announced

The openSUSE Regular Board Election has been announced for the 15th of December 2020. Results will be published on the new year's eve, i.e 31st December. Call for nominations and applications for the openSUSE Board candidacy is now open.