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DeveloperNet Newsletter 2005-08-18

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DeveloperNet Program Info

Novell has launched DeveloperNet Professional ($299), a yearly developer subscription. DeveloperNet Professional is the primary channel for the delivery of development tools, information, and technical support to our developer audience. The main benefits of the DeveloperNet Professional level are the two service requests (direct phone support from Novell Developer Support engineers), early access to products such as Novell Linux Desktop, SUSE LINUX enterprise server, and OES, and a welcome kit with Novell products on media. If you would like to join or would like more information, visit the program page.

News

SUSE 10.0 Professional for x86 [i386] Beta 2
SUSE Professional 10 has just released Beta 2. We are making that available for all DeveloperNet Professional members. This build is posted and is available through your subscription portal.

Novell Expands Worldwide Availability of Linux
Novell announced last week at LinuxWorld the creation of the openSUSE project, a new initiative sponsored by Novell that is aimed at promoting the adoption of Linux* worldwide. Hosted at http://opensuse.org, the project provides free and easy access to the world's most usable Linux distribution, SUSE LINUX. The project also opens the development process for SUSE LINUX by giving developers in the open source community access to the review, testing and development of the SUSE LINUX distribution. Community participation begins this week, with the first beta release of SUSE LINUX 10.0. As a result, developers around the world will be able to contribute to future versions.

NLD SP2 Novell Linux Desktop 9 SP2 is now available. Included in this week's newsletter is a document that briefly describes all of the fixes included in SP2. If you would like to take a look at this document go here.

Articles

Chapter 2 of the Developer Guide now available
Chapter Two of the Developer Shortcut Guide to SUSE LINUX is now available for download. This eBook, written for experienced developers who are looking to get a quick start on writing open source-based enterprise applications, offers the most up-to-date information on the capabilities of SUSE LINUX as a development environment for enterprise .NET and Java applications.

This eBook is absolutely FREE. It is published in real time, allowing you to download new chapters as they are written. Get it here!

What the Heck Happens When You Invoke Bash
As the title indicates, this article is about what happens when bash is invoked specifically on SUSE Linux.

Hosted Project Highlight

Beta 3 version of Rsync 2.6.3 for NetWare is now available!

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