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Suse is once again an independent company

Thom Holwerda 2019-03-18 SuSE, openSUSE 2 Comments

Open-source infrastructure and application delivery vendor Suse — the company behind one of the oldest Linux distributions — today announced that it is once again an independent company. The company today finalized its $2.5 billion acquisition by growth investor EQT from Micro Focus, which itself had acquired it back in 2014. I only remember using SUSE well over 15 years ago, and lost track of it after Ubuntu came onto the scene. Good news, though – I prefer open source companies to be independent. It seems to fit their nature better.

SUSE Linux sold in $2.5 billion deal

Submitted by judgen 2018-07-03 SuSE, openSUSE 27 Comments

SUSE, the open source software company, has been sold to a Swedish private equity firm.

EQT Partners will acquire SUSE from current owners Micro Focus in a deal worth $2.5 billion USD and is expected to close in early 2019.

EQT is described as â€œa development-focused investor with extensive experience in the software industryâ€.

openSUSE 13.2 gets the green light

Guest post by jessesmith 2014-11-06 SuSE, openSUSE 8 Comments

The openSUSE project released openSUSE 13.2 on Tuesday. The latest version of the big, green distro ships with updated desktop software, including KDE 4.14 and GNOME 3.14. The new release also features new artwork, a streamlined installer and faster YaST modules. Perhaps most importantly, openSUSE ships with the advanced Btrfs file system by default and will automatically take snapshots of the operating system whenever configuration changes are made. This allows administrators to roll back disruptive changes quickly and without using backups. Further details of the new openSUSE release can be found in the project's release announcement and in the release notes.

OpenSUSE board to take on big challenges in 2013

Guest post by the_randymon 2012-12-30 SuSE, openSUSE 5 Comments

The openSUSE community has elected its new board of directors, who will take office in January 2013. Welcome to Raymond Wooninck and Robert Schweikert, who will have a lot of work ahead of them as the board helps navigate openSUSE through some choppy waters. openSUSE remains one of the most popular Linux distros around, but their delayed release of 12.2 in September has led the team to spend the last six months reworking their development process, and both new members are planning to prioritize improvement of openSUSE's communication strategies as well.

openSUSE 12.2 released

Submitted by superstoned 2012-09-05 SuSE, openSUSE 8 Comments

"The latest release brings you speed-ups across the board with a faster storage layer in Linux 3.4 and accelerated functions in glibc and Qt, giving a more fluid and responsive desktop. The infrastructure below openSUSE has evolved, bringing in newly matured technologies like GRUB2 and Plymouth and the first steps in the direction of a revised and simplified UNIX file system hierarchy." You can download openSUSE 12 from the mirrors.

openSUSE 12.1 Released

Submitted by rahim123 2011-11-16 SuSE, openSUSE 95 Comments

And another popular Linux distribution pushes a new release out the door. This time around, it's openSUSE, as they just released version 12.1. Other than the usual latest and greatest version of all the open source desktops and associated tools, there's a few other interesting tidbits in this release as well.

Attachmate Lets US Mono Developers Go

Submitted by lemur2 2011-05-04 SuSE, openSUSE 62 Comments

The first major effect of Attachmate buying Novell (and thus, SUSE) has come into, uh, effect. Novell, of course, is the birth place of Mono, the open source implementation of Microsoft's .NET framework. Reports indicate Mono developers have been fired as part of the streamlining process, but according to Attachmate's CEO, they weren't fired because of Mono.

Attachmate Talks SUSE, Novell, openSUSE

Submitted by sjvn 2011-04-29 SuSE, openSUSE 55 Comments

Attachmate now owns Novell and therefore, by extension, also owns SUSE and openSUSE. With Oracle currently doing everything in its power to thoroughly destroy what's left of Sun's open source commitments, scepticism abound about the future of SUSE, and more specifically of openSUSE. Attachmate's CEO has answered some questions about the future of SUSE and openSUSE, and as far as words go, it's looking good.

Configuring OpenSUSE 11.4 Repositories

Submitted by bsmith1012 2011-03-14 SuSE, openSUSE 7 Comments

When you install OpenSUSE, one of the first things you may wish to do is to install new applications or support for restricted media playback. To do this, you'll need to configure your repositories. This blog post explains how it's done.

openSUSE 11.4 Released

Guest post by superstoned 2011-03-11 SuSE, openSUSE 7 Comments

openSUSE 11.4 is out and is not only the first major linux distro to ship LibreOffice, Firefox 4 and Scribus 1.4 in a release but also brings new cool stuff like Tumbleweed. The community delivers unique technologies around it like SUSE Studio and OBS. Read more about openSUSE 11.4 in the extensive Product Highlights and see screenshots here.

openSUSE: Q&A with Attachmate CEO Jeff Hawn

Guest post by superstoned 2010-12-21 SuSE, openSUSE 2 Comments

Jos Poortvliet recently had the opportunity to conduct a Q&A with Attachmate CEO Jeff Hawn. They covered openSUSE, SUSE and open source in general. Please see the full text of his interview at news.opensuse.org.

OpenSUSE To Offer Rolling Release Repository

Submitted by Debjit 2010-12-06 SuSE, openSUSE No Comments

"In a message to the opensuse-project mailing list, openSUSE developer Greg Kroah-Hartman announced a new project openSUSE Tumbleweed. openSUSE Tumbleweed will provide a rolling release for those openSUSE users who wishes to have a rolling release. It will essentially be a repo containing the latest stable versions of the applications."

Attachmate: Novell’s openSUSE Project Is ‘Safe’

Submitted by poundsmack 2010-11-30 SuSE, openSUSE 4 Comments

"Attachmate says that Novell's openSUSE project will continue to operate as it always has. With Attachmate shelling out $2.2bn acquire Novell, SUSE Linux customers and contributors to the openSUSE project are understandably nervous about what Attachmate is planning for the community development that underpins SUSE Linux."

openSUSE Very Much Alive

Submitted by superstoned 2010-10-31 SuSE, openSUSE 4 Comments

Last week the openSUSE conference took place in Nuremberg, Germany. Instead of deciding to fork a major desktop, the conference focused on 'collaboration across borders' and the results are showing. Fedora visitors worked with openSUSE developers to integrate systemd and dracut in openSUSE 11.4, LibreOffice held their first conference track, project Bretzn (let's make developers' life easier) was announced and it became known that Mageia discusses use of the openSUSE Build Service.

OpenSUSE 11.3: The Linux Distribution for KDE Lovers

Submitted by sjvn 2010-07-20 SuSE, openSUSE 27 Comments

Long time fans of openSUSE Linux and its commercial big brother, Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, will find a lot to like in this latest update.

OpenSUSE 11.3 Released: Screenshots and Features

Submitted by a_weber42 2010-07-15 SuSE, openSUSE 14 Comments

The last time OpenSUSE users enjoyed a stable release was in November 2009 making today's release of OpenSUSE 11.3 a pretty big deal. This is the first release in the new eight month release schedule for OpenSUSE. Here are some screenshots of the OpenSUSE 11.3 install, KDE and GNOME desktops, and details about some of the popular new features in this release. Full Story

Novell’s SLED11 Service Pack 1 Review

Submitted by mgpeter 2010-07-08 SuSE, openSUSE 7 Comments

Kernel News reviews SuSe Linux Enterprise Desktop 11, SP1. In addition to fixing a lot of problems that plagued the initial SLED 11 release, SP1 includes major software updates. For instance, SLED11 SP1 includes GNOME 2.28 and KDE 4.3.5.

openSUSE Linux Seeks More Autonomy From Novell

Submitted by lopisaur 2010-06-24 SuSE, openSUSE No Comments

Ars reports: The developers behind openSUSE are drafting a new "community statement" as part of a broader effort to define a technical strategy for their project. The purpose of the community statement is to describe the kind of collaborative environment that the project wants to create as it refines its technical focus. The full text of the community statement is published in the openSUSE wiki. Additional details about the strategy proposals and community review process are available from the openSUSE News site.

OpenSUSE 11.2 Released

Submitted by s1oan 2009-11-12 SuSE, openSUSE 41 Comments

We're in the middle of the distribution release frenxy, or so it seems. After Ubuntu 9.10 and Mandriva Linux 2010.0, it's OpenSUSE time now: the team has pushed out OpenSUSE 11.2. A minor version number, but there's enough in there, still.

openSUSE To Default to KDE

Thom Holwerda 2009-08-20 SuSE, openSUSE 55 Comments

On August 4 we discussed the possibility of openSUSE defaulting to KDE during the installation routine. This was raised as a feature request within the openSUSE community, and quickly gained the favour of many, become the most popular request. The openSUSE board and variousother leader within the project have discussed the issue, and have decided that yes, from now on, openSUSE will default to KDE during the installation process.