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[opensuse-project] Bryan Lunduke for openSUSE board
by Bryan Lunduke 17 Dec '15

17 Dec '15

I'm tossing my hat into the ring -- Bryan Lunduke is officially running for a spot on the openSUSE board. -Bryan Lunduke -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] 10 days left for Board Candidates
by Andrew Wafaa 17 Dec '15

17 Dec '15

Aloha all Geekos, This is a gentle reminder that you have only 10 days left to notify the community of your intention to run for the openSUSE Board. If you would like to run but aren't sure what's involved, please reach out to any of the existing Board members and they'll be happy to help with info. A reminder of the key details: 1/ 2015-12-07 (Phase 0) * Announcement of the openSUSE Board election for 2016. * Start of 3 week period to apply for an openSUSE membership (in order to vote or candidate). * Start of 3 week phase to stand for a position in the openSUSE Board. 2/ 2015-12-27 * Notification of intent to run, and application for an openSUSE membership close (end of phase 0). 3/ 2015-12-28 (Phase 1) * Start of 4 week campaign for the candidates before the ballots open (campaign might be done until ballots close). 4/ 2016-01-18 (Phase 2) * Ballots open: Please cast your vote here! 5/ 2016-01-30 [1] * Ballots close (end of phase 2) 6/ 2016-01-31 * Announcement of the results If you want to participate in the openSUSE board and influence the future direction of the project please stand up and announce[1] your candidacy. If you know someone who you would like to see on the board, feel free to contact the election officials team ad propose your candidate. Only openSUSE members have the right to run for a board seat, except if they are in the Election Committee. To stand for a position in the openSUSE board please send a mail to * opensuse-project(a)opensuse.org AND * election-officials(a)opensuse.org In the application candidates should write a short introduction of themselves and probably a short manifesto/platform/program that gives answers to these topics: ALL openSUSE members[2] are eligible to vote. If you are a contributor of openSUSE but you are not a member yet, apply for membership now[3] and be a part of the changes to come. openSUSE 2016 Election Committee Andrew Wafaa Martin Pluskal [0] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election [1] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election#Phase_0:_Notification_of_Int… [2] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Members [3] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Membership_officials#Process -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-project] Re: [opensuse-marketing] Events for the Leap Year 2016
by Amey Abhyankar 14 Dec '15

14 Dec '15

On 13 December 2015 at 01:55, Efstathios Iosifidis <iefstathios(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello all, > > 2015-12-10 12:20 GMT+02:00 ddemaio <ddemaio(a)suse.de>: > > Hi all, > > With 2016 just 21 days away, it's time to think about what events the > > openSUSE projects will attend this year. If you plan on attending an event, > > please fill in the details at > > https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Advocates_events#2016. > > > > Additionally, 2016 is a Leap Year. If anyone has ideas for what we can do to > > take advantage of this coincidental Leap year matching up with the release > > of openSUSE Leap 42.1, please share your idea on this thread. We could also > > organize a brainstorming team for this idea if you prefer that. I'll start > > it off with the ideas. Few ideas/suggestions as follows:- - Promotion of openSUSE LEAP & #oSC16 at FOSDEM - Promotion of #oSC16 at social media & kickstart session for the same - Addition of #oSC16 event information at https://events.opensuse.org/ - May be can start openSUSE Asia summit discussion in parallel for 2016 year - Monthly project meetings at IRC Regards, Amey. > > A cool idea would be to fix our wiki. Having as target Arch wiki, we > could make wikithons every month with a price. Of cource we should set > some minimum contribution (how many pages etc) for someone to win the > price. We could figure out the details of the wikithons. > > I guess during 2016 we will have more projects using Leap, so we will > be able to document the projects for easy how to's. > > Have phun, > /S > > -- > http://www.iosifidis.gr http://linkedin.iosifidis.gr > > Great leaders don't tell you what to do...They show you how it's done. > Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts...absolutely. > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org > To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Why Cheap 64-bit Intel Hardware is Better than Old 32-bit Hardware
by Richard Brown 14 Dec '15

14 Dec '15

Hi All, As the impending death of 32-bit support for openSUSE is coming sometime between November 2016 (EoL of Evergreen 13.1) and early 2017 (Expected End of Life of openSUSE 13.2) I wanted to address some concerns surrounding the move to 64-bit I guess the easiest way of tackling this is by addressing the 'Myths' directly 64-bit hardware is not expensive Brand New, fully featured, Intel 64-bit hardware like the Intel Compute Stick can be purchased for $85 (US Dollars) It comes with 1GB RAM, 8GB Storage, can plug into any screen with a HDMI port and is powered by USB The 'Windows' Model only costs $10 more and provides double the RAM and 4x the storage There are many Intel NUC desktop boxes which start at prices around $124 and stay under $200 until you start getting to some of the fancier models. (though you may need to add a hard drive or RAM as most NUCs are sold 'barebones') These are perfect sufficient machines for replacing whatever 32-bit use cases you may have. In the case of the Intel NUC, Intel even go as far as saying that openSUSE is officially supported! :) These machines are still going to be many times faster than whatever old 32-bit hardware is still lurking out there. While I understand ANY money might be 'too much' for some, I do think that it's important to make clear that 64-bit hardware is really not that expensive. 64-bit hardware, even (or especially) the cheap examples I suggest above, benefit from years of laptop and data centre hardware development. They're smaller, lighter, quieter (important if you're running this at home) and more power efficient. I've even seen some maths that suggest that in some cases buying a NUC or a Compute Stick might even pay for itself compared to a 32-bit machine on the power consumption factor alone. So, 64-bit is faster It's better for your power bill and the environment It's quieter in your house or data centre It's not terribly expensive to buy It's also a heck of a lot cheaper for everyone in the openSUSE community to support as it's far more common than 32-bit hardware these days and therefore a lot more of us are likely to have the hardware you need to reproduce issues In short, if you're clinging on to your 32-bit machines for dear life and are thinking the world will end with the End of Life of Evergreen or openSUSE 13.2, please consider a hardware refresh.. There's lots of benefits for the little investment it may cost you.. Regards, Richard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Re: [opensuse-marketing] Events for the Leap Year 2016
by Jimmy PIERRE 13 Dec '15

13 Dec '15

Greetings For us, we will have these dates : 23 janvier 27 fevrier 19 Mars 30 Avril 28 Mai 25 Juin And we will have a lot of fun ! Cheers Jimmy Nui.fr On 13 December 2015 at 17:12, Jimmy PIERRE <jimmypierre.rouen.france(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Saturday, 12 December 2015, Efstathios Iosifidis <iefstathios(a)gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Hello all, >> >> 2015-12-10 12:20 GMT+02:00 ddemaio <ddemaio(a)suse.de>: >> > Hi all, >> > With 2016 just 21 days away, it's time to think about what events the >> > openSUSE projects will attend this year. If you plan on attending an >> > event, >> > please fill in the details at >> > https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Advocates_events#2016. >> > >> > Additionally, 2016 is a Leap Year. If anyone has ideas for what we can >> > do to >> > take advantage of this coincidental Leap year matching up with the >> > release >> > of openSUSE Leap 42.1, please share your idea on this thread. We could >> > also >> > organize a brainstorming team for this idea if you prefer that. I'll >> > start >> > it off with the ideas. >> >> A cool idea would be to fix our wiki. Having as target Arch wiki, we >> could make wikithons every month with a price. Of cource we should set >> some minimum contribution (how many pages etc) for someone to win the >> price. We could figure out the details of the wikithons. >> >> I guess during 2016 we will have more projects using Leap, so we will >> be able to document the projects for easy how to's. >> >> Have phun, >> /S >> > Greetings > > For us, we will have these dates : > > 23 janvier > 27 fevrier > 19 Mars > 30 Avril > 28 Mai > 25 Juin > > And we will have a lot of fun ! > > Cheers > Jimmy > Nui.fr > > > > > > -- > Sent from my iPad -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Re: [opensuse-marketing] Events for the Leap Year 2016
by Efstathios Iosifidis 12 Dec '15

12 Dec '15

Hello all, 2015-12-10 12:20 GMT+02:00 ddemaio <ddemaio(a)suse.de>: > Hi all, > With 2016 just 21 days away, it's time to think about what events the > openSUSE projects will attend this year. If you plan on attending an event, > please fill in the details at > https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Advocates_events#2016. > > Additionally, 2016 is a Leap Year. If anyone has ideas for what we can do to > take advantage of this coincidental Leap year matching up with the release > of openSUSE Leap 42.1, please share your idea on this thread. We could also > organize a brainstorming team for this idea if you prefer that. I'll start > it off with the ideas. A cool idea would be to fix our wiki. Having as target Arch wiki, we could make wikithons every month with a price. Of cource we should set some minimum contribution (how many pages etc) for someone to win the price. We could figure out the details of the wikithons. I guess during 2016 we will have more projects using Leap, so we will be able to document the projects for easy how to's. Have phun, /S -- http://www.iosifidis.gr http://linkedin.iosifidis.gr Great leaders don't tell you what to do...They show you how it's done. Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts...absolutely. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] [Fwd: [Fest-list] LinuxFest 2016 Call for Papers is open!]
by James Mason 10 Dec '15

10 Dec '15

FYI if you'd like to come out and present to a big, fun community event! -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: Jakob Perry <japerry(a)jademicrosystems.com> Reply-to: LinuxFest Northwest Discussion <fest-list(a)lists.blug.org> To: LinuxFest Northwest Discussion <fest-list(a)lists.blug.org>, Bellingham Linux Users Group Mailing List <blug-list(a)lists.blug.org> Subject: [Fest-list] LinuxFest 2016 Call for Papers is open! Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2015 10:13:05 -0800 LinuxFest Northwest is celebrating 17 years of service to the Free and Open Source community. Please join us by presenting at the largest, technically diverse, educational, and fun open source conferences in the Pacific Northwest. The conference had 1850 attendees last year, and this year promises to be even bigger. When & Where April 23rd and 24th 2015 - 9:00am-5pm Bellingham Technical College 3028 Lindbergh Avenue Bellingham, WA 98225 Call For Papers Presentations can cover anything that qualifies as Free/Open Source software or surrounding communities including popular topics such as makerspace, robotics, sustainable technology, Linux and complimentary communities such as Databases, DevOps, Web Development, Programming and Community building. See the track details on the present page for specifics. The presentation formats include 60 minute, 90 minute and the ever popular 5 minute lightning talk. http://www.linuxfestnorthwest .org/2016/present Tutorials Track New this year is a tutorials track, aimed at beginners. They can run 90 minutes or two and a half hours, and be held in the tutorium, a computer lab with capacity for 30 people. Papers Submission Deadline: February 10th, 2016 @ 7pm PST. Acceptance Notification: February 23rd, 2016 Open Source Project Collaboration Space If your project is interested in hosting a sprint or other mini- conference at Linuxfest Northwest there is very limited space to host projects. Please include as much information about your project, how you plan to advertise the sprint, and expected attendance. Previous examples for these spaces have been PostgreSQL track, Drupal code sprints, KDE days, LibreOffice dev sprints, and a Fedora user track. You can reserve a room for sessions, code sprints, or unconferences. http://www.linuxfestnorthwest.org/2016/call-communty-tra cks Community Tracks Deadline: February 1st, 2016 @ 7pm PST. Sponsorship We are also seeking sponsors. If you are interested in sponsoring this fantastic event and reaching nearly 2000 technically minded individuals please visit: http://www.linuxfestnorthwest.org/2016/sponsor/packages Visit the 2016 linuxfestnorthwest.org site to submit your session or community collaboration track. If you've attended in the past, your existing user details should work. _______________________________________________ Fest-list mailing list Fest-list(a)lists.blug.org http://lists.blug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fest-list -- James Mason Technical Architect, Public Cloud openSUSE Member SUSE jmason(a)suse.com

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[opensuse-project] Announcing the openSUSE Board election for 2016
by Andrew Wafaa 07 Dec '15

07 Dec '15

It's that time of year when we (openSUSE members) need to elect representatives for the openSUSE Board [0] This year, there will be 3 seats to be elected, all for a standard 2 year (24 months) term : - Andrew Wafaa, Bruno Friedman and Robert Schweikert seats all need filling. Due to busyschedules, it was very difficult to start the election process until today. The openSUSE Election Committee is aware that running elections during Christmas period is not the best period, with many people being away from their computer. Therefore, in agreement with openSUSE Board chairman and current board, openSUSE Election Committee is extending all current board member terms by 1 month and announce the election schedule: 1/ 2015-12-07 (Phase 0) * Announcement of the openSUSE Board election for 2016. * Start of 3 week period to apply for an openSUSE membership (in order to vote or candidate). * Start of 3 week phase to stand for a position in the openSUSE Board. 2/ 2015-12-27 * Notification of intent to run, and application for an openSUSE membership close (end of phase 0). 3/ 2015-12-28 (Phase 1) * Start of 4 week campaign for the candidates before the ballots open (campaign might be done until ballots close). 4/ 2016-01-18 (Phase 2) * Ballots open: Please cast your vote here! 5/ 2016-01-30 [1] * Ballots close (end of phase 2) 6/ 2016-01-31 * Announcement of the results If you want to participate in the openSUSE board and influence the future direction of the project please stand up and announce[1] your candidacy. If you know someone who you would like to see on the board, feel free to contact the election officials team ad propose your candidate. Only openSUSE members have the right to run for a board seat, except if they are in the Election Committee. To stand for a position in the openSUSE board please send a mail to * opensuse-project(a)opensuse.org AND * election-officials(a)opensuse.org In the application candidates should write a short introduction of themselves and probably a short manifesto/platform/program that gives answers to these topics: ALL openSUSE members[2] are eligible to vote. If you are a contributor of openSUSE but you are not a member yet, apply for membership now[3] and be a part of the changes to come. openSUSE 2016 Election Committee Andrew Wafaa Martin Pluskal [0] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election [1] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election#Phase_0:_Notification_of_Int… [2] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Members [3] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Membership_officials#Process -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] jm2l
by jdd 01 Dec '15

01 Dec '15

JM2L is a public meeting held at Sophia Antipolis, in the south of France. openSUSE was invited, but nobody but me could go. It's a bit far for me but I managed to go I described this journey here: http://dodin.info/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Bavardages.Jm2l-2015 pretty interesting and fun, very friendly people jdd -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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