SUSE and the KIWI project

Introduction

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Hello my name is Marcus Schäfer and you are visiting my personal homepage which is a collection of my interests and the passion in Linux and it's community. You might be wondering what the KIWI project is ? It's the project I'm working for at SuSE. We are a group of software developers focused on Imaging, virtualization, and Appliance creation. Our charter is to come up with disruptive ideas that take SuSE's Linux business in exciting new directions. Engineers who joined from Immunix, Novell, and Ximian are all represented on the team.

I was born into a family with a close touch to nature in the Alps region town of Isny at Allgäu, in the German state of Württemberg. My father Wolfgang Schäfer is a technician and an example for me from the beginning on. My mother Susanne Schäfer is a sportswoman, she always encouraged me to keep on running. My parents gave me full freedom in my decisions and so I decided to became an assistent in physics before I studied computer science at the NTA in Isny. Sport is an elementary part of my life. I always find freedom, friends and a balance to business in sports. My favourites are beachvolleyball and cycling. March 26th 2008 is the year I became a father which was the biggest change in my life followed by my marriage with my wonderful wife Daniela in 2007. Our son Florian is as sweet as a boy can be and I'm excited to see our young family growing :-)

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Projects

My projects for the OpenSource Community

I'm responsible for a number of open source projects and technologies. Some of them are explained below. If you are interested in one or more of the mentioned projects do not hesitate to contact me, you are welcome at any time. Information about packages and/or the sources can be found in the download area

  • KIWI - OS-Appliance System
    kiwi is a powerfull operating system image creator which allows building of appliances for live-, real-, virtual- and paravirtual systems
  • QBiff - E-Mail notification/information
    qbiff is a server/client Qt application which informs the clients about mail events on the mail server
  • NXShell - Run remote desktop applications
    nxshell allows to run single applications via a low bandwidth network connection
  • SaX2 - X11 configuration made easy
    sax2 is a Qt application which allows users to easily configure the graphics system under Linux. SaX is used up to SuSE Linux 11.1 / SLE11. Newer distro versions doesn't require a xorg.conf server configuration file anymore
  • SUSE Appliance Program
    Novell/SuSE initiative to allow application vendors to easily bundle their app with the operating system
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Introduction

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Hi Computer Scientist

Welcome on board. This is the guest lecturer page for computer scientists visiting the Bash and Perl training at the NTA Prof. Dr. Grübler gGmbH university of applied sciences. Here you will find all information needed to be successful in your training.

Please Note

Information concerning your subject like lecturer or examination dates will be presented as soon as I know them. Please watch out for possible changes during the semester in a regularly manner on this page. I wish you the best for the Summer Semester and a successful Bash/Perl training.

Scripting languages Manuscript.

Contact

Detailed contact information

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[Note] Marcus Schäfer SUSE LINUX Products GmbH
Maxfeldstrasse 5, 90409 Nürnberg, ms@suse.de
[Note] Marcus Schäfer SUSE LINUX Products GmbH
Am Unterösch 9, 88316 Isny, marcus.schaefer@gmail.com

I'm also reachable on IM via google (marcus.schaefer@gmail.com) or on IRC (irc.freenode.org nick: schaefi, channel: opensuse-kiwi)

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RPM packages and source repositories

No matter if you just want to install and try out the programs I wrote or taking a look into my coding, here you are on the right page. The Repository links are pointing to installation sources which you can use with your preferred package manager. The Source links are pointing subversion repositories containing the code

KIWI - OS-Appliance System
kiwi is a powerfull operating system image creator which allows building of appliances for live-, real-, virtual- and paravirtual systems 		Repository
Source
QBiff - E-Mail notification/information
qbiff is a server/client Qt application which informs the clients about mail events on the mail server 		Repository
Source
NXShell - Run remote desktop applications
nxshell allows to run single applications via a low bandwidth network connection 		Repository
Source
SaX2 - X11 configuration made easy
sax2 is a Qt application which allows users to easily configure the graphics system under Linux. SaX is used up to SuSE Linux 11.1 / SLE11. Newer distro versions doesn't require a xorg.conf server configuration file anymore 		Repository
Source