I created GeekoCFD (first release on September 2nd, 2010) with the idea of simplifying the adoption of openSUSE for computing and, in particular, for computational fluid dynamics. It included one of the most popular open-source tools for computational fluid dynamics, OpenFOAM®, computer algebra systems such as octave and wxMaxima, and integrated development environments as Eclipse, in addition to a set libraries commonly used in HPC. At the time when I started to work on GeekoCFD, these packages were either not available on openSUSE, or difficult to build on it, while they were readily available on competing distributions. SUSE Studio, a web-based and user-friendly tool to build customizes Linux images in…
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OpenOffice 3.0
OpenOffice 3.0 has been released since a while, with a new set of very interesting functionalities like ODF 1.2 support, Mac Os X support, Microsoft Office 2007 OOXML import filters, new collaboration features, PDF/A support, and a lot more. OpenOffice 3.0 can be installed on openSUSE 11.0 directly from the openSUSE Build Service. You simply need to add the OpenOffice:Stable repository to your installations sources with: zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/OpenOffice.org:/STABLE/openSUSE_11.0/ OpenOffice:Stable and then open YaST -> Software -> Software management, search for “openoffice”, and update all the OpenOffice installed packages by clicking on them, and by selecting the appropriate option when conflicts appear. Extensions to the base OpenOffice 3 installation can…
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openSUSE 11.0 is out!
OpenSUSE 11.0 was released on Thursday 19th as scheduled in the release roadmap, and can be downloaded from the openSUSE site. This version of openSUSE supports the 32bit, 64bit and PPC architectures, with a set of media constituted by the conventional, full featured DVD, the installable CD with the GNOME or KDE4 desktops, and the mini ISO CD for the network installation for the most experienced users. The best innovations introduced in openSUSE 11.0 are listed in the sneak peeks written by Francis Giannaros, that you can read here. The detailed feature list can be found on the product highlights. The following list sums up the most important of them:…
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A quick look to openSUSE 11.0 alpha 2 – GNOME
I have just gave openSUSE 11.0 alpha 2 a try installing it in a virtual machine. I used the GNOME single CD. Here there are my first impressions: The installer improved significantly, with a lot cleaner workflow. There are some minor problems, mainly cosmetical, like popups in the top-left corner instead than centere, but in general it worked like a charm and in 20 minutes I had openSUSE 11.0 alpha 2 installed in my virtual machine. The desktop appears identical to the one of openSUSE 10.3, just with the PulseAudio icon in the notification area. The gnome main menu didn’t react to clicks on its button. The only way to…
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PalestraLinux is back!
PalestraLinux, an italian site dedicated to Linux was recently moved to their new site, hosted at Netsons. The old site is still on here. I would suggest to all my Italian friends with a passion for Linux to visit it in the next weeks. It is going to be a nice and interesting portal.
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Octave 3.0.0 is out!
Octave 3.0.0 has been released and can be downloaded from the Octave download page. A summary of the new features and changes made in this version is available here.
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Adobe Reader 8 plugin for Firefox on openSUSE 10.3 64 bit
I recently upgraded Adobe Reader to the latest version available on Adobe’s site, and I lost Firefox embedded reader for PDF’s. On 64 bit systems, openSUSE adopts the nspluginwrapper plugin to be able to use 32 bit plugins for Firefox. As a consequence, a little of configuration is necessary when upgrading Adobe Reader. The steps are the following: Install Adobe Reader 8 from www.adobe.com using the RPM. Open a terminal as root (use the su command and insert root’s password) and type: ln /opt/Adobe/Reader8/Browser/intellinux/nppdf.so /usr/lib/browser-plugins/nppdf.so This will create a symbolic link to the plugin library. In the same terminal, type: nspluginwrapper -i /opt/Adobe/Reader8/Browser/intellinux/nppdf.so to configure the plugin with nspluginwrapper.…
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Mandriva 2008: simply powerful
I have quickly tried Mandriva One 2008 first through the GNOME live CD, and it looked so good that I decided to try it more by installing it on my desktop. Up to now, I’m very positively impressed by this distribution, due to the great care they put in details, the fresh artwork and its simplicity. The live CD contains a full version of desktop and it is installable to reduce the download size for users with slow connections. After you boot in the live CD, you find a link on the desktop to install it on your hard drive, through a very simple guided procedure which leads you…
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Anjuta 2 on openSUSE 10.3
OpenSUSE 10.3 comes with anjuta 1.4.2 as default C/C++ development tool for GNOME. However, anjuta significantly improved from that release and it’s now at 2.2.2. This more recent and advanced version of anjuta can be quickly installed (thanks to Jpr, Mw and Sbrabec of the openSUSE GNOME Team, who packaged it) from the openSUSE buildservice using the one click installer. To perform the installation, just click here, look for the anjuta 2 package in the GNOME:STABLE repository for openSUSE, and click on the 1-Click Install icon. Among the new features of anjuta, there are the integration with glade to design graphical interfaces and a new redesigned and improved user interface,…