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How to run Windows software on OpenSuse

December 22, 2009 – 5:12 am

Wine is a free software application that aims to allow Unix-like computer operating systems to execute programs written for Microsoft Windows.

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OpenSuse 11.2 is ready for release

October 4, 2009 – 5:13 am

The much anticipated OpenSUSE 11.2 is scheduled for the final release in November. The last milestone for OpenSUSE was the OpenSUSE 11.2 Milestone 8 (M8) which features numerous bug fixes, Linux kernel 2.6.31, improved partioning, social networking clients, and new versions of packages including GNOME 2.28, says the project.

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Opensuse 11.1 KDE4 Reloaded

September 12, 2009 – 8:47 pm

OpenSUSE 11.2 will be released in two months, however the recently released of OpenSUSE 11.1 KDE4 Reloaded images allows us to have a good preview of the upcoming 11.2 version.

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Installing HP LaserJet 1020 Printer for OpenSuSE

July 20, 2009 – 8:41 pm

Printers such as the HP LaserJet 1020 (1000, 1005, 1018, 1022 inclusive) are usually detected by the various Linux distribution.  However, there seem to have little success in ensuring that the printer drivers installed works.

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How to start services automatically at boot?

June 29, 2009 – 7:56 pm

In the traditional sense, when we want to include a new service at boot time, we looked into the /etc/init.d/ directory and figure out where to put it.  (I tend to look and figure it out as it changes over the years).

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