© 11/15/2016 Novell Inc. 1 openSUSE Linux the easy way

openSUSE Marketing - Alexjan Carraturo–openSUSE Ambassador - Andrea Florio–openSUSE Ambassador / Translator - Mariano Iumiento-openSUSE Ambassador

What do we talk about today: - openSUSE Project - History of openSUSE - Why openSUSE ? - What else ? - News in openSUSE How to contribute

© 11/15/2016 Novell Inc. 5 What is openSUSE? openSUSE is a GNU/Linux distribution sponsorized by Novell and developed by the Community. openSUSE Project is an active ecosystem of users and developers that collaborate to the common target of creating a simple to use for everybody GNU/Linux distribution that is open to the contribution and collaboration.

© 11/15/2016 Novell Inc. 6 A big COMMUNITY! The community behind openSUSE is the power of the distribution: it creates packages, performs software testing, translates the distro itself and the documentation. It is composed of thousands of persons around the world, more than are registered users, out of which 350 are Members. In Italy we can count about installations.

© 11/15/2016 Novell Inc. 7 Project Support openSUSE Project: a real organization: Community Manager ( Joe Brockmeier – Zonker ) Board Members Users Marketing / Ambassador

What do we talk about today: - openSUSE Project - History of openSUSE - Why openSUSE ? - What else ? - News in openSUSE How to contribute

© 11/15/2016 Novell Inc. 9 First, the Earth cooled... First, GNU... (1983) Some dates... Then, GNU/Linux (1991) Finally, Slackware (1993)

© 11/15/2016 Novell Inc History of S.u.S.E. Software und System Entwicklung : Firse SUSE Linux release from Slackware : Introducing YaST (Yet another Setup Tool) : Novell buys SUSE with 'Enterprise'/Professional targets : Announcing openSUSE, completely 'open' : Online Build Service (OBS) for openSUSE 11.0 and newer : Latest stable release: openSUSE : SUSE Studio. Next release: openSUSE 11.2

What do we talk about today: - openSUSE Project - History of openSUSE - Why openSUSE ? - What else ? - News in openSUSE How to contribute

© 11/15/2016 Novell Inc MASCOTTE ! - YaST: Administration panel; - KDE, GNOME, XFCE: Supports all major desktop environments; - Go-oo: OpenOffice.org with Novell developed enhancements; - Beagle: File search tool integrated within the desktop; - Zypper: Software and updates management; - One-Click Install: A software installation tool integrated with OBS that simplify the repository management and the software installation process with a simple XML based configuration file; Why openSUSE ?

© 11/15/2016 Novell Inc YaST YaST: openSUSE administration control panel. Allows to configure everything within the system, for both desktop and server functionallities: software, security, multimedia, services, hardware, etc.

© 11/15/2016 Novell Inc Go-oo ➔ Go-oo is faster and lighter; ➔ Better support for openXML filters; - Better multimedia integration in GNU/Linux; - Faster development lifecycle compared to Sun's OpenOffice.org

© 11/15/2016 Novell Inc Beagle – File search tool Beagle is a fast desktop file search tool. It allows to index the content of the folders and makes it faster to find information. Many file types are supported: docs, contacts and address books, favourites, multimedia...

© 11/15/2016 Novell Inc Zypper Zypper is the software packages and repositories command line management tool in openSUSE. - It allows the management of patches, updates and new packages, integrating dependencies checks as well; - Can handle and filter operations on selected repositories; - Provides non-interactive capabilities for automation; - Can integrate within the preferred Desktop Environment.

What do we talk about today: - openSUSE Project - History of openSUSE - Why openSUSE ? - What else ? - News in openSUSE How to contribute

© 11/15/2016 Novell Inc One-Click Install One-Click Install is the simplified Internet based software installation tool. A simple XML based file is used for the download and the installation.

© 11/15/2016 Novell Inc openSUSE Build Service openSUSE Build Service is a complete development platform that offers an infrastructure for the development of the openSUSE distribution and for packages for Fedora, Red Hat, CentOS, Mandriva, Debian and Ubuntu: Projects, Packages. It's the only service that allows developers to create packages for all major GNU/Linux distributions. Users can easly and quickly access to customized packages for their distro.

© 11/15/2016 Novell Inc Build your distro! SUSE Studio KIWI openSUSE Education openSUSE Li-f-e basata su openSUSE 11.1 Installable Live DVD Packages for students, teachers... openSUSE LXDE Goblin – for Netbooks openFATE

What do we talk about today: - openSUSE Project - History of openSUSE - Why openSUSE ? - What else ? - News in openSUSE How to contribute

© 11/15/2016 Novell Inc. 2 A new release every 8 months openSUSE has a development lifecycle of 8 months, and a support lifecycle of 18 months. November 2009: openSUSE 11.2 July 2010: openSUSE 11.3 March 2011: openSUSE 12.0

© 11/15/2016 Novell Inc YaST2 – Partition manager

© 11/15/2016 Novell Inc Some news! YaST web-service with RESTful (http) interface Latest versions of GNOME, KDE, Firefox and OpenOffice.org. Upgrade from 11.1 now possible via 'zypper dup'. Ext4 will be the default File System.

© 11/15/2016 Novell Inc KDE 4.3 – The Aya theme

© 11/15/2016 Novell Inc GNOME 2.28 – The new theme

What do we talk about today: - openSUSE Project - History of openSUSE - Why openSUSE ? - What else ? - News in openSUSE How to contribute

© 11/15/2016 Novell Inc How to contribute? USE openSUSE ! Translations (software, italian wiki, News, etc.) Documentation, tips & tricks, how-to. Marketing and promotion. Ambassador support. Distro Software development, OBS customized packages. SUSE Studio Test Team: Factory users to test new releases. Reporting bugs and feature requests. Suggestions? SUSE ITALIA (

© 11/15/2016 Novell Inc Commmunication (1) openSUSE Bloghttp://lizards.opensuse.org Newshttp://news.opensuse.org Marketing Teamhttp:// openSUSE Build Servicehttp://build.opensuse.org Bughttp://bugzilla.novell.com OpenFATEhttp://features.opensuse.org

© 11/15/2016 Novell Inc Communication (2) openSUSE Bloghttp://lists.opensuse.org Novità Marketing Teamhttp:// Bughttp://bugzilla.novell.com OpenFATEhttp://features.opensuse.org openSUSEhttp:// Download openSUSEhttp://software.opensuse.org Novellhttp:// Novell OpenOfficeOrghttp:// Italian user Communityhttp:// Community Portalhttp:// freenode. Channels: opensuse-project, suse, opensuse-marketing, opensuse-it, opensuse-edu.

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