Update to openSUSE 11.1

Now that openSUSE 11.1 has been out for a couple weeks, it’s about time I share with the readers how to get around some of the growing pains of this latest release. It also seems an opportune time to update some of the guides and general information on this blog.

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Major IE Vulnerability Exposed

“I cannot recommend people switch due to this one flaw,” said John Curran, head of Microsoft UK’s Windows group….”Users of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer are being urged by experts to switch to a rival until a serious security flaw has been fixed.”

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How To: 64-bit Flash Player for Linux

Adobe has released a preview of their upcoming 64-bit version of Flash player for Linux. The software giant has shown much hesitancy towards porting Flash, without much explanation. This release is considered to be in alpha state, but I’ve found no more bugs than in their stable 9.x series for Linux. In fact, I’ve actually [...]

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Ms Truetype Fonts on openSUSE 11

I recently watched an interesting film on font design that was a reminder of how fonts seem to live and breathe beside us day in and day out, often times going unnoticed. In an age where the sheer volume of information is overwhelming, the subtleties are sometimes lost, and sometimes make all the difference, speaking to our subconscious in ways we may not understand….Microsoft’s Truetype fonts on Linux are always a bit of a dance with the devil.

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Nvidia drivers for openSUSE 11

Nvidia drivers are now available for openSUSE 11.0. Simply copy and paste the link to the Nvidia repo into YaST. ftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/11.0
Impatient to get your system up and running? Try one-click install:
Update: Be sure to check back after each openSUSE release in the 11.x series for updated drivers.

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