Link updates #47
Link updates #47
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| To further facilitate the development of Evolve OS, I reach out across the interwebz and ask you, the curious, to give Budgie Desktop a spin. | |||
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| For openSUSE 13.1, and Fedora 20, [please install via OBS](http://software.opensuse.org/download.html?project=home%3Aikeydoherty%3Aevolve&package=budgie-desktop) | |||
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| I'm aware of an [unofficial AUR package](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/budgie-desktop-git/), but do not know if it works or is maintained. Feel free to comment if it | |||
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Why exactly was this URL removed? It seems to work just fine even now.
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| ### **Reporting Issues** | |||
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| Please leave issues in the [Evolve OS Google+ Community](https://plus.google.com/communities/103032596316713958671) for now, as we currently have nowhere to | |||
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I'm not 100% sure about removing this kind of information. Google+ is known to be dead, and completely the URL prevents one from perhaps checking an archived copy in the Internet Wayback Machine or other archives. It also still resolves to something at least, and you can get the information about the Google+ deprecation on that page.
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| Just a quick word on where I'm at right now. A multitude of issues cropped up in PiSi due to the recent changes, and as a result it's now impossible to update the repository from the Validation ISO. Many apologies for this, but there is not an awful lot I can do apart from issuing a new ISO, but with a new ISO around the corner (Saturday) it makes little sense right now. | |||
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| This bug is documented in [OS-4](https://solus-project.com/project/os/issues/OS-4), and has subsequently been fixed in the repository. Please also note that an | |||
| [update has been pushed for OpenSSL](https://github.com/solus-project/repository/commit/ed525284f039aae2cbafd3924cbca5b37cfd4c21) addressing | |||
| [CVE-2014-0918](http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0198). As the repository | |||
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Not sure why the CVE URL was removed here.
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| All Evolve OS users are advised to update their systems as soon as possible. A vulnerability exists in dhcpcd which allows a denial of service. We have backported the | |||
| relevant fix to our version of dhcpcd to ensure minimal disruption whilst maintaining security, | |||
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| [A description from the National Vulnerability Database:](http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-6060) | |||
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Also this CVE link still works (with redirections, but that's not an issue for an old post)
| @@ -50,6 +50,6 @@ A huge thank you to everyone who has contributed to the project, and to help wit | |||
| whether its buying the developer a cup of tea, sending a patch to add a new feature or to fix a bug, or even reporting bugs so we can improve Budgie, you're helping all of us | |||
| (dev and users included) to perfect Budgie! | |||
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| **Edit**: A [fundraiser was launched](https://solus-project.com/2014/11/16/evolve-osbudgie-fund-raiser/) after this post was first published | |||
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Links of this kind can easily be replaced with the corresponding getsol.us one
(https://getsol.us/2014/11/16/evolve-osbudgie-fund-raiser/)
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| benefit, we're now enabling package owners, for the first time. | |||
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| This also required a change to how we **build** packages within Solus Project. We switched out our old build systems, and permit package owners to issue a package update | |||
| directly to the unstable repository, by way of [our new build system](https://build.solus-project.com/). Now a package owner merely needs to issue a `make publish` | |||
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I think this should probably replaced with https://build.getsol.us/ instead
| - [Git Repositories](https://git.solus-project.com/?s=idle) | ||
| - [Build System](https://build.solus-project.com) | ||
| - [Working with the new infrastructure](https://git.solus-project.com/common/about/) | ||
| - [Current Bug Tracker](https://dev.solus-project.com) |
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I think base dev tracker links like this should link to the GitHub repository root instead.
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| ### Other Awesome Updates | |||
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| Our [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/solus?ty=h) campaign is really starting to take shape! We recently hit our first target of $150 a month, which will cover base project running costs. This is a monthly project sponsorship, and helps us to do all the | |||
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I think these can be left as is, as they just show the inactive Patreon page, which is fine IMO.
Alternatively they could be replaced by a link to the OpenCollective, but that's for extra credit.
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Those were meant as notes for possible improvements, not as a prompt to close the PR 😅 |
Resolves parts of #42