I’ve been throwing around some websites from one server to another, and this command really comes in handy to copy an entire folder to a new distination under linux.
cp -R origindir/ destinationdir/
This copies the entire ‘origindir’ to ‘destinationdir’. Simple, but effective.
When you install Skype on a 64-bit OpenSuSE 11.2 system using the installation package on the Skype Linux page, Skype refuses to start after install. When looking at the command line,you get the following error message:
That seems to be an issue with a bad installation package from Skype.
Luckily, Alberto Passalacqua describes on his blog the correct installation procedure to get Skype 2.1 on OpenSuSE 11.2 64-bit. I did this on our older laptop which is still running OpenSuSE 11.2, and it works great.
Thanks, Alberto!
I read this on the blog of marcan:
The workaround in firefox is to go to “about:config”, just type it into the address bar and hit enter. Then change the value network.dns.disableIPv6 to TRUE.
The issue was still there in Ubuntu 10.04 according to Steve. As I’m planning to install a test instance of Ubuntu 10.10 in the near future, I’ll keep this one in mind.
Today the OpenSuSE project unleashes its latest offspring to the world. OpenSuSE 11.3 is finally officially available.
During my last installation, 11.2 at the time, more than a month after the release, I bumped into some serious errors (older AMD graphics cards had issues in a vanilla 11.2 install, the so-called black screen error – here and here) I decided I wouldn’t be a beta tester this time and give it some time.
It all looks nice and shiny, and one can see immediately that the linux world is growing up. Many distributions are making deals with companies to bundle various services.
A few days ago, there was a newly released version of the OpenSuSE kernel available in my update list. After download and installation, my bcm4306 wifi adapter was finding multiple broadcasted signals with associated networks. Sadly, it seems that encryption support isn’t yet working in this configuration, as I can’t seem to connect with my secured network at home.
I’ve been trying for several days on and off now, to get the previously working Wifi under OpenSuSE to work, now that I installed the new-and-shiny 11.0. I’ve had some success in the past days, but none of those efforts were reproducable i.e. I couldn’t repeat the actions it seems were needed to get a connection.
On the OpenSuSE forums, it seems there is a bug in the firmware of the Broadcom Wifi Chipset 4306, which fortunately can be fixed. I’ll keep you updated on that. If this should work, that means one of the most difficult things remaining during an installation of a new linux finally will be fixed with native software (bc43 driver instead of a hand-configured ndiswrapper). I’m looking forward to the next installation 
Today, I tried for the second time to use my electronic ID card (standard issue in Belgium since a few years) with OpenSuSE 10.3. I work on a project at the regional Flemish Government at the moment, currently with tasks concerning access control to applications. Even if the eID card is a federal program, the regional governments have access to the resources when they want or need to.
This brought back my interest for the eID. Last time, it was the fact that I had to file my tax declaration, so there was limited time to test. This time, there wasn’t any deadline or rush. read more »
I like OpenSuSE. It, and its predecessors without the ‘Open’ part in their name have been my Linux environments of choice since my university days, back from SuSE 6.4. My use of Linux as an operating system has been steadily increasing, almost at the same pace of the quality and the possibilities of the applications the OS provided me with.
Belgium has invested quite some effort in what is called here the e-ID. It’s a smartcard used as identity card, with the added functionality of electronic signatures that are protected by a PIN code. One of the killer applications is considered Tax-On-Web, where one can do his tax declaration online.
For those that know me well, they have noticed that I’ve been bugged by the hardware that hasn’t been working with SuSE Linux (Openlinux since some time). A year and a half ago, we’ve bought ourselves a shiny new hp Pavilion zv 6068AE. Nice specs at the time:
Not bad. Sadly, at the moment of initial installation, my SuSE (9.3 at the time) had some troubles with the timing of the processor. It uses variable speeds, and there was a part that got confused. I saw minutes go by in half the time when the problem arose. SuSE 10.0 remedied that problem.
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