Richard Brown

I guess I'm a sucker for punishment - after having such fun last year, I'm announcing my intent to run for the openSUSE Board in this years Board Elections I've been using SUSE Linux since 2003 and contributing to openSUSE since the Project started. I've got my hands... [Read More]

For me, openSUSE Conference 2012 had a huge set of boots to fill. oSC 11 rates as one of my favourite technical conferences I have attended. Several hundred openSUSE enthusiasts locked in a weird Nurmburg warehouse venue, it was several days of unadulterated fun, hacking and discussions from which came the agenda... [Read More]

Thanks to the openSUSE Travel Support Program, I was lucky enough to attend the first North American openSUSE Summit in Orlando, Florida Before flying out, I had a lot of doubts and questions about whether or not the Summit would be a success, especially if compared against the... [Read More]

A bunch of us did a lot of work investigating power consumption issues in openSUSE 12.1 on Sandybridge laptops (especially the Thinkpad X220) We found the majority of the power consumption issues are due to the i915 graphics module and the notorious PCIe ASPM issues that were in the... [Read More]

openSUSE 12.2 Release Candidate 1 is now available - Click to read the full release announcement After a 'less than ideal' time trying to get the earlier betas running on my Thinkpad X220, I'm pleased to report that this Release Candidate installs openSUSE 12.2 perfectly. Some First impressions The... [Read More]