VMware Workstation 6.0.4 running on openSUSE 11.0... Here is the goodness.

Well after some googling and a little hacking myself i was able to come up with a proceedure for all the openSUSE members on how to get VMware Workstation 6.0.4 running on openSUSE 11.0.

Follow the Outline below step by step and you will be up and running in no time.
1. Download the latest VMWare Workstation 6.0.4 from here ( The rpm version of course )
2. Install VMware Workstation 6.0.4 rpm.
3. Download this patch for vmware-vmblock from here
4. Extract it with the command # tar xzvf vmware-vmblock-patch.tgz
5. Change your directory to vmware-vmblock-patch with the command # cd vmware-vmblock-patch
6. execute runme.sh with the command # ./runme.sh
7. Now you can run vmware-config.pl ( of course make sure you have your kernel-source, gcc, make and the like installed )

Enjoy!

supportconfig YaST module coming...

Greetings...
Its been awhile since i last posted. I have been on Travel for Novell and have not had much time to make any posts.. but hopefully this will redeem my lacking from the past weeks.

I have been Working on creating a YaST module for supportconfig.

If you are unsure about what supportconfig is then you can read about it here
Also if you want to install it and check it out for yourself go here, and of course you can search for it on the openSUSE software search here

Here are the screenshots of my mockup as of today.
Wizard Style YaST Module







If anyone is interested at all in what i am doing with this please let me know.
Also if you have other ideas they are always welcome.

Enjoy!

ZLM 7.2 IR2, Mirroring Security, Optional, Recommended, and Kernel Only = BROKEN!

I have created a Cool Solutions here which outlines how to mirror the Security, Optional, Recommended and Kernel Only for ZLM, but they have changed things in ZLM 7.2 IR2...They have removed the command line option for the --category from the zlmmirror command, and moved it into the mirror-config xml as a tag under the catalog section, which at this time does not work. Refer to bugzilla #333347 to the status. According the end of the bug they are slated to move the command line option back in and have this all fixed by ZLM 7.2 IR2 Hot-Patch 1.

Enjoy!

ZLM 7.2 IR1 >= HP3, Mirroring Security, Optional, Recommended, and Kernel Only

New Cool Solutions Article:
Looking for a way to filter out the Security, Optional, Recommended or just want to filter the Kernel only, this is a must read.

Read it here

Enjoy!

Cameron's Wiki Index

If you are interested in finding other things by me. You can visit my wiki Index here

Enjoy!

ZLM Lab Guide..New Version 1.1

Requested by popularity I have finally gotten around to updating this document here to add steps for the md5sum's of the RPM's and the gpg signing of the YaST repository in Appendix A.

Please have a look at this document if you are running SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 and are using ZLM as your patch management solution. This document can help you greatly diminish the time it takes to setting up this environment and be well on your way to patching your SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 environment.

The PDF version refered to in Appendix C will be uploaded in due time, so please look back if you prefer that version.

Enjoy!

Squeegee on Novell Open Audio

Finally posted after a few months of delay... It was recorded back in December of 2007 and now posted since February 2008. Check it out here.

Squeegee is Born...

Squeegee...a new openSUSE project i have begun. I started it last year with a few members on the team and now am seeing more come to light as we continue to forge its path. This Project has been created by members of the openSUSE community. It is not intended to create a new distribution or a fork of openSUSE. The intention is to add specific packages and features that pertain specifically to Internet Filtering via SQUID and Dans Guardian with the abilities to be a firewall and router. Initially this will be built to install on x86 and x86_64 with the use of the build service, and by use of kiwi will create a single CD install that can be used to install on a small footprint or Appliance machine. Now with the big announcement from Novell regarding LimeJeOS we can make this into a rather Sweet appliance.

This project has a great future ahead of it and we are just getting started.

See the links below for more details about it and how you can contribute.

Squeegee Project Page
Squeegee Team

MIDs (Mobile Internet Devices)...

View the Intel engineered MIDs here
This i certainly can see taking space away from the iPhone, infact i hope it does. :)

One thing that chaps me though is that its Ubuntu based, Ahhhh!!
See the community link which seems to be sponsored by Intel at http://www.moblin.org/

openSUSE community, where is our embrace in this space?

KDE and Carved fonts on unavailable menu items...

Wouldn't it be nice to see something like this in KDE4???
I'm not sure what you call it... Carved, Bezel, Bevel, Chizzle, Dizzle :)






















The Correct term for it must be Carved.
Anyway... I just think it could add a good touch to KDE4 if we had the option.
Some say its too 1990's... oh well... so who's to say its not 2000's.
hmmmm...