x2go-project March 2017

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Sponsorship of X2Go macOS Client Development and of X2Go Linux on POWER Development
by Stefan Baur 07 Apr '17

07 Apr '17

Hi everyone, as previously announced, CFD.direct has decided to sponsor our macOS Client Development, and XCLOUD.me, has jumped right in and offered us a special rebate, so we can run two of their smallest instances for the price of one medium instance. This means that will be able to offer automated X2GoClient for macOS builds both for macOS 10.10 (these should work on 10.9 and 10.8 as well) as well as for macOS 10.12. The machines have been provisioned today, and Mihai will be setting them up over the course of the next few days. Once he's done with that, we'll move on to supporting the POWER platform directly again (at present, some distributions grab our source and turn it into packages for their POWER flavor, but there's no official X2Go repository where you could get stable or nightly builds directly from us). IBM and the Oregon State University's Open Source Lab have teamed up and are providing us with four POWER8 virtual machines (with the option to add more, should the need arise), manageable via an OpenStack WebGUI. Unlike the previous POWER8 virtual machine that we had, these new servers are going to be available for us for the foreseeable future. We intend to run at least two (one for Big-Endian, the other for Little-Endian) of those machines as Jenkins Build Slaves, just as the virtual macOS machines, so we will soon be able to provide automated builds for POWER. The other two we currently intend to run as demo servers and for testing and bugsquashing, though we might repurpose them as Jenkins Build Slaves if it turns out that we need one per Endianess *and* packaging system (DEB vs. RPM). There's one bug that's cropped up on POWER8 LE only, and we're already curious to learn what's causing it, so we're glad we finally have access to a test environment again. Here is a quick overview over the sponsors mentioned above: CFD Direct <https://cfd.direct> are the primary developers of OpenFOAM <https://openfoam.org>, the free, open source software for computational fluid dynamics. XCLOUD.me <https://xcloud.me/> is a hosting company that specializes in providing virtual macOS cloud instances - all 100% legal, as the virtual machines run on top of real Apple hardware. IBM are the original developers of the POWER systems used in midrange computing. You can learn more about the Linux on POWER ecosystem here: <http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/linux/> Oregon State University's Open Source Lab (OSU/OSL) is a nonprofit organization working for the advancement of open source technologies. They offer various means of support to open source projects, one of them being free hosting on both Intel and POWER servers. To find out more about them, please visit their web site at <http://osuosl.org/> Kind Regards, Stefan Baur X2Go Project/Community Manager -- BAUR-ITCS UG (haftungsbeschränkt) Geschäftsführer: Stefan Baur Eichenäckerweg 10, 89081 Ulm | Registergericht Ulm, HRB 724364 Fon/Fax 0731 40 34 66-36/-35 | USt-IdNr.: DE268653243

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Quick Reminder- Three Upcoming Events in Germany, in April 2017
by Stefan Baur 31 Mar '17

31 Mar '17

Hi everyone, just a quick reminder for our German-speaking subscribers, there are three events in April 2017 that you might want to attend: Linux User Group Ulm, Neu-Ulm, Germany (2017-04-04) - Stefan#1 will be presenting the X2Go Broker Demo to the members of the Linux User Group Ulm, due to a request by one of its members - Meeting place is the restaurant “dany/s” in Neu-Ulm, Germany - The event starts with an informal get-together and dinner at 19:30 CEST, the actual demo will probably start around 20:00 - 21:00 CEST - More information on the LUG Ulm can be found here <http://lugulm.de/dokuwiki/doku.php> (in German) IBM: Success Made with Partners, Stuttgart, Mercedes-Benz Arena (2017-04-06) - The Agenda is available here <https://www-304.ibm.com/events/wwe/grp/grp312.nsf/Agenda.xsp?OpenPage&semin…> - Stefan#1 will be representing X2Go with his company BAUR-ITCS UG (haftungsbeschränkt) - We're registered as an ISV, and you will most likely be able to meet Stefan at one of the CLOUD or Security booths. - Note that attending this event is free, but requires advance registration: Click here to register <https://www-304.ibm.com/events/wwe/grp/grp312.nsf/Registration.xsp?OpenForm…> LITA - Linux Info Tag Augsburg 2017, Augsburg, Germany (2017-04-22) - Talk confirmed (re-run of the one from LinuxDay.AT 2016 / CLT2017, with some minor updates, starting 16:15 CEST, Room C - complete schedule here <https://frab.nixos.community/de/lit2017/public/schedule/0>) - Booth confirmed (Volunteers are Stefan#1, Juri, Uwe and Franz) - h1 and Stefan#2 will be unable to attend As always, you can learn about our past and upcoming events by visiting <http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/events:start>. Kind Regards, Stefan Baur -- BAUR-ITCS UG (haftungsbeschränkt) Geschäftsführer: Stefan Baur Eichenäckerweg 10, 89081 Ulm | Registergericht Ulm, HRB 724364 Fon/Fax 0731 40 34 66-36/-35 | USt-IdNr.: DE268653243

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Downtime today: packages.x2go.org (and git., bugs., code., lists. alike)
by Mike Gabriel 02 Mar '17

02 Mar '17

Hi all, due to some luck, I have time today to upgrade the machine hosting diverse X2Go and Arctica services (aka ymir.das-netzwerkteam.de) to a recent Linux OS and also move the machine (a VM) to a newer virtualization host. So expect availability to be sort-of wobbly today. Affected services: lists.x2go.org packages.x2go.org packages.arctica-project.org bugs.x2go.org git.x2go.org code.x2go.org light+love, Mike -- DAS-NETZWERKTEAM mike gabriel, herweg 7, 24357 fleckeby mobile: +49 (1520) 1976 148 landline: +49 (4354) 8390 139 GnuPG Fingerprint: 9BFB AEE8 6C0A A5FF BF22 0782 9AF4 6B30 2577 1B31 mail: mike.gabriel(a)das-netzwerkteam.de, http://das-netzwerkteam.de

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