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Xen 3.1.1

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Xen is een virtuele machine hypervisor voor het x86-platform en laat meerdere besturingssystemen gelijktijdig op één systeem draaien zonder de prestaties drastisch te beïnvloeden. Voor meer informatie over Xen en de bijbehorende community verwijzen we jullie door naar deze en deze pagina. Op dit moment worden alleen Linux en NetBSD ondersteund als hostsystemen, maar men is druk bezig met andere bedrijven om ook andere besturingssystemen te ondersteunen zoals Solaris. De ontwikkelaars hebben Xen 3.1.1 uitgebracht met de volgende aankondiging op de mailing list:

Xen 3.1.1 released!

I’m pleased to announce the availability of Xen 3.1.1 — a bugfix release in the Xen 3.1 series. Many bugs, large and small, are fixed by this release and we recommend that all users and vendors upgrade.

The source repository is available using mercurial from here.

Binary packages have not yet been prepared for this release.

Thanks to everyone who has contributed!

Regards,
Keir (and the whole Xen dev team)

Website Xen-Announce
Download http://xen.xensource.com/download/

What’s new in openSUSE 10.3

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Official what’s new is available here

Scott: I wanted to take a moment and post a list of the major improvements from OpenSUSE 10.3 over previous versions.1. Improved boot times – down to just about half of what it used to be (27 seconds from 55 seconds)
2. One-Click Install – installs your RPMs and adds their associated package repositories
3. Package Management Overhaul – ZMD removed, replaced with improved libzypp, zypper, and OpenSUSE Updater
4. Compiz and Compiz Fusion – many added features, effects, and functionality for your 3D accelerated desktop
5. KDE 4 – option to check out the developments in the KDE 4 Desktop Environment
6. Gnome 2.20 – Tomboy sync between computers, evolution attachment reminder
7. 1-CD Installation/Multimedia Support – One CD for KDE installs, one CD for Gnome installs – no more 5-disc downloads
8. Codec Installer – ability to install needed codec support with the click of a button
9. Virtualization – many developments in OpenSUSE’s virtualization support
10. Tons of other sweet stuff – updater tool, repository merge (packman and guru), XFCE 4.4.1 availability, localization, OpenOffice 2.3, community repositories already available, KDEPIM enterprise branch, Giver, and KIWI

That is a very quick summary, more details as follows:

OpenSUSE 10.3 – Improved Boot Times

OpenSUSE 10.3 will include some great improvements to the init boot scripts which will dramatically decrease the time your computer takes to boot up. These come as the result of many different tests and research.

Tests done using a Sony Vaio VGN-FE11S, with completely default installs, local users, and IP configured via DHCP.
10.2 => 55 seconds
10.3 Beta 1 => 27 seconds!

more information here

OpenSUSE 10.3 – One-Click Install: Hassle-Free Installation of Software

Once you click on 1-Click Install you are guided through a wizard that guides you through the simple process of installation the application. It will automatically add the repository for you and install the package.

more information here

OpenSUSE 10.3 – New Package Management

OpenSUSE 10.3 is set to contain a new, significantly improved and more mature package management stack by default. ZMD, the package management component causing problems in SUSE Linux 10.1 and to a lesser extent in OpenSUSE 10.2, has been completely removed and is now replaced by the new libzypp and its tools.

new tools

zypper, an advanced, featureful command-line tool
OpenSUSE Updater, a software updater applet that notifies you about software updates

more information here

OpenSUSE 10.3 – Compiz and Compiz Fusion

Compiz and Xgl are two classic examples of where SUSE engineers have revolutionised the Linux desktop. OpenSUSE 10.3 will contain the latest Compiz 0.5.4 installed by default, and Compiz Fusion – the result of a merge between the Compiz and Beryl communities – will be available in the official online repository for all to get through YaST.

features

1. having native KDE window decorations while still running compiz
2. Blurring of windows (such as inactive/background windows)
3. The ability to highlight particular areas of the screen or to just draw on any part of it – useful for presentations
4. The animation plugin produces beautiful window effects on window transformations.
5. Added cube effects, incl. viewing all desktops at once
6. Added accessibility features and functionality

CompizConfig Settings Manager

Compiz Fusion has a completely new manager for handling its plugins and settings, as well as all settings belonging to Compiz itself: ccsm. It has a more accessible and intuitive design while still retaining all the same configurability.

window navigation

There are now a couple of possiblities, a Ring Switcher and a Shift Switcher. The Ring Switcher rotates the Windows as you press Super+Tab, and the Shift Switcher focuses onto one window while placing the others to the side; you can then shift which window is focused, while throwing the others to the side.

more information here

OpenSUSE 10.3 – KDE 4

The old component-style of packaging for KDE has also gone, and applications are now in separate individual packages. Games are the first components to be included in KDE 4. If you would like a LiveCD with KDE 4 on it, see the KDE Four Live CD.

more information here

OpenSUSE 10.3 – SUSE-Polished GNOME 2.20

The new Note Synchronisation feature allows you to synchronise your notes with all the computers that have Tomboy. If you mention an attached file in an email you are sending, and forget to attach it, Evolution will now pop up a little reminder asking you if you really wish to send the email without an attachment. There is also considerable work done on the new GTK+ front-end to YAST.

more information here

OpenSUSE 10.3 – 1-CD Installation & Multimedia support

In the past, OpenSUSE releases were primarily provided over 5 open source software (OSS) CDs, 1 optional non-oss add-on CD, or the 1 DVD which was the sum of those CDs. Though you only needed 3 of the first 5 OSS CDs for a default KDE and GNOME installation, it was not seen as an ideal scenario. Now the 5 OSS CDs have been commpletely dropped, and in their place comes two new CDs.

1 OSS CD for a complete KDE installation

1 OSS CD for a complete GNOME installation

An extremely nice feature in the installation of OpenSUSE 10.3 is the new default option of adding repositories before the installation. OpenSUSE has always had a default installation for each desktop environment, but it has also always given you the choice of installing exactly what packages you want from the given media.

OpenSUSE 10.3 – OpenSUSE Codec Installer

Now, with a completely default OSS installation, if you try to play an MP3 (in Amarok or Banshee) you will get a nice little dialog informing you that you have attempted to play an audio file that is currently not supported. It also gives you the option to install the additional codecs providing you with MP3. This link will take you to a place where you quite simply only need to click on one link, and, using One-Click-Install grab the GStreamer Fluendo codec for you and install it (not available in RC1, but will be in the final release), leaving you ready to play MP3s straight away!

more information here

OpenSUSE 10.3 – Virtualization

VirtualBox – VirtualBox is a wonderful new open source virtualisation product, with a huge range of capabilities, and excellent documentation. As well as having nice enterprise features, for the regular openSUSE user it can be a great tool for trying out new installations or live CDs of openSUSE, and even other operating systems and distributions altogether.

Xen 3.1 – openSUSE gets all the enterprise Xen virtualisation features, such as full support for Xen 3.1 virtualization on both 32- and 64-bit x86-based architectures with the capability to host 32-bit virtual machines on 64-bit virtualization host servers. It also features support for both paravirtualization and full virtualization on the same server, leveraging both Intel VT and AMD Virtualization (AMD-V) processor capabilities. Also, a fully graphical and command-line virtual machine management tools for easy virtual machine (VM) administration and configuration, as well as tools for VM installation and lifecycle management.

VM YaST Module – To help with setting up and configuring Xen, openSUSE even has a nice Install Hypervisor and Tools (in the yast2-vm package) module which can do a lot of the work for you. After the install has finished you’ll have two extra YaST modules to create and manage virtual machines.

Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) – Also in this release is the latest Linux kernel virtualisation infrastructure, KVM. KVM itself is to be considered experimental, but it is progressing very quickly. The latest versions come with reports of even better performance and Windows Vista support.

more information here

OpenSUSE 10.3 – A Plethora of Other Great Improvements

OpenSUSE Updater as an Upgrade Tool too – ‘updates’ refers to patches, ‘upgrades’ refers to package versions – the OpenSUSE Updater tool does both of these important tasks

Guru Repository Merging into Packman

Xfce 4.4.1 – An impressive lightweight desktop environment – somewhere between window managers and full-blown desktop environments like KDE or Gnome

OpenSUSE Community Translations – The community is now able to participate in localization efforts

Redesigned Network Card Module – The new one is simpler, clearer, and better reflects the more common situations and usage of the network card module

OpenOffice.org 2.3 – bunches of new features – really there are too many to list

Community Repositories – added new Community Repositories module which provides you with a nice list of the main official OpenSUSE repositories, popular repositories from the OpenSUSE Build Service, and other repositories added by the community from other locations.

KDEPIM Enterprise Branch – This version contains a whole bunch of fixes and a few handy new features such as the Favourite Folders container

Giver – Easy Local File Sharing – To transfer images, files or even folders, all you have to do is drag it onto the person you want to send it to. They will get a small dialog asking them to accept or decline receiving the file. If they accept, it’ll pop up right onto their desktop. Simple!

KIWI – Unlike other system image tools, KIWI is completely configurable and has a very clean design. You can specify exactly the packages that you want, and you can build a full range of images including Live CDs, Installer Images, virtualisation systems like QEMU/VMware and Xen images, network (pxe) images and more. It is even now used as the base for LTSP in OpenSUSE.

more information here

Full details are available from the OpenSUSE Sneak Peeks page.

If you have any additional information or corrections to this list, please let me know!

Open Audio about openSUSE 10.3

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We get a chance to sit down with Martin Lasarsch (evangelist for openSUSE) and get an overview of what is in openSUSE 10.3. We also get a chance to sit down and talk to no fewer than 10 people who help bring the openSUSE release to you. They give us an idea of what goes into a release of openSUSE and give us some insight into things like how the numbering of our releases work.
http://www.novell.com/feeds/openaudio/


openSUSE 10.3 and mythTV – here

openSuse 10.3

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De ontwikkelaars van openSuse hebben dan eindelijk de final uitgebracht van openSuse 10.3. OpenSuse is sinds ongeveer een jaar de nieuwe naam van Suse Linux om verwarring met Suse Linux Enterprise-producten te voorkomen. Zoals gewoonlijk zijn er verschillende uitgaves binnen te halen, een volledige dvd met opensource- en niet-opensourceonderdelen, een cd voor een kale installatie met KDE of Gnome en verschillende cd’s met extra software en add-ons. De aankondiging van openSuse 10.3 ziet er als volgt uit:

The openSUSE team proudly announces the availability of openSUSE 10.3.

We’re shipping all the latest open source packages that are available at time of launch. As highlights, we’d like to point out the latest desktops, GNOME 2.20 and KDE 3.5.7 plus KDE 4 preview, our MP3 support via gstreamer plug-in by Fluendo, a faster boot process, heavily optimised and improved package management, 1-click install option for additional software, OpenOffice 2.3, XEN 3.1 and VirtualBox 1.5 and, last but not least, our 1 CD installation which provides a small but fully loaded desktop. For all the news and impressive screenshots, have a look here.

It’s available now to download here in x86, x86-64 and ppc versions – from our mirrors and via bittorrent.

The following ISOs can be downloaded: the 1 CD open source version with an add-on CD containing proprietary software, such as Adobe Acrobat Reader, RealNetworks RealPlayer, and Sun Java Runtime Environment. DVD ISOs for all architectures are available and contain the open source version plus proprietary add-ons. An installable Live CD will be released in October, and the Edu add-on CD will show up in the same time frame.

As usual, openSUSE 10.3 will be available in European retail channels as a boxed product. In North America, the box will be available through shopNovell. Due to production lead times, boxes will start to show up on shelves and in online shops approximately on Oct 11th. Pre-orders can be placed here.

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank the whole openSUSE community for tons of testing, feedback, contributions and over all participation in helping to make openSUSE 10.3 an awesome distribution. While risking missing out some important contributors, we’d like to spotlight some community members for their outstanding work:

  • Francis for Sneak Peeks
  • Beineri for his Quickies
  • Benji for the 1-click install
  • Pascal and sPIN for community help
  • All the community translators

Our top 3 bug reporters for openSUSE 10.3:

  • Andreas Hanke
  • David Binderman
  • Casual J. Programmer

Have a lot of fun!

Christoph, Coolo, Michael

Website openSuse
Download http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/10.3/i…

Samba 3.2.0-pre1

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Samba draait op Unix-, BSD- en Linux-gebaseerde servers en is in staat om file- en printerservices aan Windows-clients te bieden via het zogenaamde ‘Common Internet File System‘-protocol. Enkele dagen geleden hebben de ontwikkelaars de eerste versie van Samba 3.2.0 uitgebracht. De nieuwe tak van Samba kent niet alleen nieuwe features en bugfixes, maar daarnaast wordt de 3.2.0-serie ook beschikbaar gesteld onder de GPLv3-licentie. Hierbeneden staat het changelog van Samba 3.2.0-pre1 gepost:

File Serving:

  • Use of IDL generated parsing layer for several DCE/RPC interfaces.
  • Removal of the 1024 byte limit on pathnames and 256 byte limit on filename components to honor the MAX_PATH setting from the host OS.
  • Introduction of a registry based configuration system.
  • Improved CIFS Unix Extensions support.
  • Experimental support for file serving clusters.

Winbind and Active Directory Integration:

  • Full support for Windows 2003 cross-forest, transitive trusts and one-way domain trusts
  • Support for userPrincipalName logons via pam_winbind and NSS lookups.
  • Support in pam_winbind for logging on using the userPrincipalName.
  • Expansion of nested domain groups via NSS calls.
  • Support for Active Directory LDAP Signing policy.

Users & Groups:

  • New ldb backend for local group mapping tables
  • Raised level of security defaults for authentication operations.

Documentation:

  • Inclusion of an HTLM version of the 3rd edition of “Using Samba” from O’Reilly Publishing.
Website Samba
Download http://us4.samba.org/samba/ftp/pre/samba-3.2.0pr…

OpenOffice.org 2.3.0 NL

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In navolging van versie 2.3.0 heeft het ontwikkelteam van OpenOffice.org de Nederlandse vertaling van de 2.3.0-release uitgebracht. De Nederlandse versie kan vanaf deze pagina gedownload worden voor diverse besturingssystemen. OpenOffice.org is een opensource kantoorpakket dat beschikbaar wordt gesteld onder de lgpl-licentie. Het pakket bestaat uit onder meer een tekstverwerker (Writer), een presentatieprogramma (Draw), een database-applicatie (Base) en een spreadsheetprogramma (Calc). Wat er zoal veranderd is in de 2.3.0-release kan op deze pagina gelezen worden.

OpenOffice.org 2.3.0 welkomstscherm (410 pix)

Splash screen van OpenOffice.org 2.3.0

Website OpenOffice.org
Download http://nl.openoffice.org/downloaden.html

WordPress 2.3

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WordPress logo, blauw (75 pix) Zojuist is de finalrelease van versie 2.3 van WordPress uitgebracht. WordPress is een stuk weblogsoftware dat beschikbaar gesteld wordt onder de gpl-licentie. De software kan naar eigen zeggen binnen vijf minuten werkend gemaakt worden, althans als er al een server met PHP en MySQL beschikbaar is. Naast het ‘bloggen’ is het ook mogelijk om de functionaliteit van WordPress verder uit te breiden en het uiterlijk aan te passen door middel van plugins en themes. Versie 2.3 bevat diverse verbeteringen, waaronder ondersteuning voor native tagging en geeft daarnaast een melding als er een nieuwere versie van een plugin beschikbaar is. Verder is het programma nu volledig Atom 1.0-compatible en zijn er meer dan 350 tickets uit het bugtrackingsysteem van WordPress gesloten. We sluiten af met een kort stukje uit de aankondiging van versie 2.3:

WordPress 2.3

I’m thrilled to announce that Version 2.3 “Dexter” of WordPress is now ready for the world. This release includes native tagging support, plugin update notification, URL handling improvements, and much more. This release is named for the great tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon.

The entire team is really proud of this release, and I’m happy that this is our second on-time release under our new development schedule. The grand experiment of a more agile WordPress with significant features in the hands of users more often is working. I could write a blog post about each new feature, but I’ll try to be brief:

  • Native tagging support allows you to use tags in addition to categories on your post, if you so choose. We’ve included importers for the Ultimate Tag Warrior, Jerome’s Keywords, Simple Tags, and Bunny’s Technorati Tag plugins so if you’ve already been using a tagging plugin you can bring your data into the new system. The tagging system is also wicked-fast, so your host won’t mind.
  • Our new update notification lets you know when there is a new release of WordPress or when any of the plugins you use has an update available. It works by sending your blog URL, plugins, and version information to our new api.wordpress.org service which then compares it to the plugin database and tells you what the latest and greatest is you can use.
  • We’ve cleaned up URLs a bunch in a feature we call canonical URLs which does things like enforce your no-www preference, redirect posts with changed slugs so a link never goes bad, redirect URLs that get cut off in emails on similar to the correct post, and much more. This helps your users, and it also helps your search engine optimization, as search engines like for each page to be available in one canonical location. More info here.
  • Our new pending review feature will be great for multi-author blogs. It allows authors to submit a post for review by an editor or administrator, where before they would just have to save a draft and hope someone noticed it.
  • There is new advanced WYSIWYG functionality (we call it the kitchen sink button) that allows you to access some features of TinyMCE that were previously hidden.