Monthly Archives: August 2009

Corporate sponsors and event funding: Ask early, not often

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Joe Brockmeier

If you’re hoping to get sponsorship funds for your event, it’s better to ask early than to ask often. And even better to ask professionally… For larger companies (i.e., the ones that actually do have a fair amount of cash … Continue reading →

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openSUSE Conference Keynotes: Leslie Hawthorn and Gianugo Rabellino

Posted on August 28, 2009 by Joe Brockmeier

The openSUSE Conference is coming together nicely! We announced the second keynote for the conference yesterday, and I’m pretty excited about the choice: Gianugo Rabellino of the Apache Foundation will be doing the closing keynote on Sunday, September 20th. The … Continue reading →

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Should software reviewers be filing bugs?

Posted on August 17, 2009 by Joe Brockmeier

Before I joined Novell, I spent years writing software reviews — mostly, but not exclusively, about open source and free software projects. In that time, I ran into hundreds if not thousands of bugs. I might have filed 20 bugs … Continue reading →

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Google Chrome packages for openSUSE

Posted on August 17, 2009 by Joe Brockmeier

If you’re interested in tracking Google Chrome (I’ve been using it quite happily for a few weeks now), Ben Kevan has been creating RPMs for openSUSE and Fedora. I’ve tried them on openSUSE 11.1 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11, … Continue reading →

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OpenSource World

Posted on August 16, 2009 by Joe Brockmeier

LinuxWorld Expo was one of the first shows that I went to when I started working in the Linux industry. That was way back in the day when it was crazy talk to think that Linux would go anywhere and … Continue reading →

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Funny People

Posted on August 3, 2009 by Joe Brockmeier

Either I’m getting old and picky, or the crop of movies the last few years has been particularly crappy. Or both, I suppose. I can’t remember very many movies that have really resonated with me for the last few years … Continue reading →

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