If you have not already heard, the new openSUSE will be out by November 12th, if plans do not change. What’s so exciting about it? That is the second version of openSUSE I collaborate, in both translation and marketing. And now, what is ahead?
Also, if you didn’t know, KDE will be the default Desktop Environment for the 11.2 release.
Yes, my talk over SUSE Studio got accepted for the 10th Encuentro Linux, which will be held in Valparaiso-Viña del Mar for this year(October 22-24). I’m damn happy about that.
What I plan to do is showing an overall (and hopefully deeper as well) view of the SUSE Studio Platform, how it works and how useful it is for building a given software appliance. Yes, it works for virtual appliances too but I have no experience at it . Of course I have a few openSUSE 11.1 DVDs to give away so no worries there.
So if you are around and feel like meeting us and discovering what Linux is about, don’t think it twice as there will be plenty of interesting talks covering topics such as Jails, Bacula, Contributing to Open Source, WebKitGTK+, Ubuntu behind the Scenes, Evolution of Linux Filesystems, Developing Gnome Applications, and much more! Remember, on Saturday it’s the Gnome Day 
Need more information? check out here.
We are hoping to have students, young people, professors, teachers, and professionals from many fields as well. Actually everyone is welcome to attend the event. We’ll have presentations, stands, gaming, and of course the fun install fest (openSUSE 11.1). And yes, you can have an original openSUSE 11.1 Live DVD if you are one of the first 400 people to get there (Thanks Zonker!).
Where? Meet us at Universidad Andres Bello (UNAB), Campus República, República 239/Subterráneo R3. Check the map here.
Time? 10 AM though 8 PM.
Talks:
See you there. Join openSUSE and have a lot of fun!
You can install kbabel under Gnome still, but I just wanted to use gtranslator for the first time.
First thing to do is logging as root. Then install the following packages:
I take for granted you already have installed the subversion package. If you don’t have it, now is a good time to get it. (zypper in subversion).
Now you can create a new folder where you can download gtranslator’s source. I decided to create the new folder in /home/ricardo/gtranslator. Then run a terminal session, go to the just created folder and type:
svn co http://svn.gnome.org/svn/gtranslator/trunk gtranslator
Now we are ready to compile and install gtranslator, so we need to type:
And gtranslator should be in the directory /usr/local/bin. Off to contribute! =)
Good news for KDE users, Qt developers, and the open source community in general. As stated by Nokia, Qt cross-platform User Interface (UI) and application framework for desktop and embedded platforms will be available under the Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 2.1 license from the release of Qt 4.5, scheduled for March 2009. Read more about it here.
It went down very good, I spoke a whole different speech from what I had prepared because I didn’t know the folk of SUN would also speak about Netbeans a few and the mobile plataform, but anyways I felt pretty damn well. First time and willing to be out there just for the love of open source software, which has already changed my life in a way.
Thanks INACAP for the chance, and more news from me soon. Goodbye.
This monday (29/09/08) I will be giving a talk about NetBeans over GNOME at INACAP campus La Serena. Before me there is a SUN talk, I don’t know the topic though.
I have planned a 30-45 minutes talk about developing java applications over the GNOME Desktop, by the end of it a simple java application will be shown. Of course there will be an intro to the GNOME Desktop so if you like open source tech and feel like attending, come on over!. It starts at 19 hrs.
Sadly I don’t have any Netbeans DVD to give away (nor any other stuff) but my knowledge =)
See you all there.
Antonia went to the doctor yesterday (well, my gf took her…) and she is 76000 gr. in weight and her height is 66 cm, all good. She is just beautiful and can tell she’ll be a smart one (not only if we all pull together as a team).
Check her latest pictures at my picasa album.
