A new version of Adobe Reader is available from Adobe’s website. To download it select the English version, and Linux – x86 RPM to obtain the RPM package. No 64 bit version is available, as a consequence some additional work is necessary to make the browser plugin work. The procedure is very simple: Download the RPM and install it using the command: rpm -Uvh AdbeRdr9.1.0-1_i486linux_enu.rpm Type the following command in a root console: ln /opt/Adobe/Reader9/Browser/intellinux/nppdf.so /usr/lib/browser-plugins/nppdf.so At this point Firefox will use the browser plugin to open PDF files. Note: If you have a previous version of Adobe Reader installed, remove it before proceeding with the installation. To perform this…
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Geeko wants you!
OpenSUSE has now a new page, dedicated to who needs help inside the community, and also to those looking for information on how to help and participate to the openSUSE project. The page is dedicated to the lovely chameleon, and as a consequence I called it Geeko wants you! The content and the design of the page are of Rémy Marquis (spyhawk on IRC), who actually reorganized the whole Task page. Thank you! On my side, I simply merged it with the new page, adding some explanation and modifying the structure here and there. Come, join openSUSE and enjoy! 🙂
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OpenSUSE testing
I have recently proposed the creation of a community-based openSUSE testing team, and prepared a short presentation to illustrate what are, in my opinion, the current situation and some of the problems, looking at how these could be fixed. My proposal came probably a bit late, because during the openSUSE 11.1 development phase, some step in the creation of a testing group was done, and I did not know of it. In particular, I would like to sum up the efforts already done: Testing wiki page. OpenSUSE testing mailing list: opensuse-testing@opensuse.org. Email here to subscribe. IRC channel: #opensuse-testing on Freenode servers. The idea of creating the testing team has been…