July 2010 - openSUSE Marketing - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-marketing] Portals for 11.1, 11.2, 11.3
by Rajko M. 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

This mail was posted in opensuse-wiki ML and forums. Forums: http://forums.opensuse.org/english/community/opensuse-wiki-discussions/ They all need content or fixes. http://wiki.opensuse.org/Portal:Distribution Seems to be fine. http://wiki.opensuse.org/Portal:11.1 We need all from scratch. http://wiki.opensuse.org/Portal:11.2 Partially done. It needs more content and maybe some cleanup. http://wiki.opensuse.org/Portal:11.3 We need all from scratch. Help docs for editing Portal pages will be added to the rest of the help pages as time permits. For now, if basic instructions below don't answer your questions, just ask. Basic is that content is added or edited in subpages using Edit link on the top right side of frame title line. Example: http://wiki.opensuse.org/Portal:11.2 Frame title: Related portals link edit Click edit and it will open http://wiki.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Portal:11.2/Related_portals&action… Do changes. Check how it looks like with "Show preview" button under the edit field. When satisfied, click "Save page" button. Saved page is now: http://wiki.opensuse.org/Portal:11.2/Related_portals You can see that is not the actual portal page. Click on link Portal:11.2 and you will be back to the: http://wiki.opensuse.org/Portal:11.2 Check layout of portal pages. New content should not go out of the frame, or garble the Portal page in any way. When all is done, please report here, so that someone from wiki team can review changes and approve them for publishing. We use http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:FlaggedRevs that allows edits, but by default it shows only approved version (flagged as good) to the casual wiki visitors, so to make changes visible for everybody as soon as possible they need approval. -- Regards Rajko, -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-marketing] Social Media and openSUSE 11.3 Launch
by Strainu 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Neel Kamal Kalita <dreamzchm(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Thats nice...these camapaign will surely help spreading the news about openSUSE > > On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 9:38 PM, Strainu <strainu10(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 5:12 PM, Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)novell.com> wrote: >>> I'd like to open a brainstorming session on how to use social media to promote >>> the openSUSE 11.3 launch. Please send your ideas - and if you like to >>> volunteer helping, please speak up as well. >>> >>> Andreas >>> -- >>> Andreas Jaeger, Program Manager openSUSE, aj(a){novell.com,opensuse.org} >>> Twitter: jaegerandi | Identica: jaegerandi >>> SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) >>> Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany >>> GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126 >>> >> >> Unfortunately, my previous email was sent only to Andreas (why on >> earth don't the lists have a reply-to field or something?). I was >> thinking about the obvious: >> - facebook event >> - facebook posts >> - tweets (on twitter and identi.ca) >> - posts on linkedin groups >> >> In what regards the metrics, I would go for the number of participants >> in the event, the number of posts/retweets and the ones that Bryan >> proposed. I can't think of any quality metrics right now, but we >> should consider some. >> >> Strainu We really should all try to use the "reply to all" button, and the admins should really consider that "reply-to" field :P Strainu -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] Ohio Booth Masters needed
by Bryen M. Yunashko 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

The Ohio Linux Fest is in Columbus, Ohio September 10-12. While we have some possible submissions for presentations currently awaiting acceptance, we also need to get some people to volunteer to man an openSUSE Booth. If you are in the Ohio area or a nearby state, please volunteer to help spread the good word of openSUSE. Hotel rates at the nearby Drury is $99, and if you split up with others, then it gets much cheaper. Room can accommodate up to 4 people. Let us know if you can do this so we can make the preparations for a booth. Thanks! Bryen M Yunashko openSUSE Board Member openSUSE Marketing Team -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] Social Media and openSUSE 11.3 Launch
by Andreas Jaeger 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

I'd like to open a brainstorming session on how to use social media to promote the openSUSE 11.3 launch. Please send your ideas - and if you like to volunteer helping, please speak up as well. Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, Program Manager openSUSE, aj(a){novell.com,opensuse.org} Twitter: jaegerandi | Identica: jaegerandi SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

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[opensuse-marketing] Any updates on openSUSE Community Wiki
by Chuck Payne 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

Guys, I know everyone is working hard on fix the issues with openSUSE Community Wiki, I am just wondering is there any updates when it will be fix as Google still issuing that it's attack site. -- ----------------------------------------- Discover it! Enjoy it! Share it! openSUSE Linux. ----------------------------------------- openSUSE -- en.opensuse.org/User:Terrorpup openSUSE Ambassador/openSUSE Member skype,twiiter,identica,friendfeed -- terrorpup freenode(irc) --terrorpup/lupinstein Have you tried SUSE Studio? Need to create a Live CD, an app you want to package and distribute , or create your own linux distro. Give SUSE Studio a try. www.susestudio.com. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] oS 11.3 Top features spanish translation
by Ricardo Chung 04 Jul '10

04 Jul '10

Hi I did translate the contents on http://wiki.opensuse.org/Product_highlights_11.3#Top_Features page to Spanish to build a presentation with Impress (OO.o) slides for the next openSUSE 11.3 launch party. If anyone need this translation saved as .odt document I will be very happy to contribute this way. Regards, -- Ricardo Chung a.k.a. amonthoth openSUSE Ambassador for Panama http://en.opensuse.org/User:Amonthoth http://es.opensuse.org/Usuario:Amonthoth http://twitter.com/amon0thoth1 http://www.opensuse.org/en/ http://es.opensuse.org/Grupos_Locales_de_Usuarios -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] Ambassadors wiki pages moved, some changes
by Andreas Jaeger 04 Jul '10

04 Jul '10

As discussed in the last marketing IRC meeting, we'd like to make the list of ambassadors write protected so that only a few can edit it. We discussed that for now I will add entries to the list after checking that user pages etc are created and the ambassadors are The new location is now at: http://wiki.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Ambassadors_list We also have a new Ambassador start page at: http://wiki.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Ambassadors I've just added their the paragraph about sharing! If you have further ideas on how to improve the ambassador pages, please go for it! Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, Program Manager openSUSE, aj(a){novell.com,opensuse.org} Twitter: jaegerandi | Identica: jaegerandi SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

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[opensuse-marketing] Issue #130 is ready for translation
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

Hi @all! Issue #130 of the openSUSE Weekly News is ready for translation [0]. You can see/update the status of your language at the "whats ready page" [1]. We collected some FAQ here [2]. After translating, please move your Language in [3] up. [0]: http://wiki.opensuse.org/Weekly_news [1] :http://wiki.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Weekly_news_translations [2]: http://wiki.opensuse.org/Portal:Weekly_news/FAQ [3]: http://wiki.opensuse.org/Weekly_news#Translations Have Phun! -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns open-slx.com openSUSE Community & Support Agent openSUSE Marketing Team Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] Launch Party in Guatemala City
by Konelix 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

Dear all, My name is Axel from Guatemala Central America i'm the ambassador Opensuse to my country. I used SuSE Linux from 7.0 to today on my personal computers and in many servers. Recently i created a OpenSuse Linux User Group and we will make the first launch party in our country for opensuse. More information in http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_11.3_Launch_Party_Locations#Guatemala P.S The openSUSE Boosters from Nuremberg made a promotional poster where are the sources ? the svg file? . Regards -- Axel Ruiz IT Consultant Open Training & e-Ntiers Consulting -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] linux.pt & opensuse
by Nelson Marques 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

Hi all, I'm going to share something... In the beginning like around 13 years ago, there was PLUG (Portuguese Linux Users Group), which counted with over 500 members in Portugal and SuSE (back then, I know it's spelled SUSE nowadays) had actually significant representation and was one of the biggest communities after Red Hat and Debian. PLUG was taken down to create LINUX.PT which was a failure since the early days and people just didn't committed. Though this years, linux.pt domain pointed to several ways and eventually no one cared anymore. I've spoken with the person who hold the control of it (infra-structure) and I know in person the sponsor where it is hosted. I'm going to gather soon with this people in order to revamp linux.pt and try to relaunch it, abandoning all the concepts from the past and make it what it should actually be, a platform for distributing information in Portuguese. For Fedora, I'm going to create a fedora.linux.pt host and point it to the official project wiki in European Portuguese. Thus providing a direct ramp from Fedora users to the Fedora Project, where our small representation will be used as a startup ramp to get people involved. We Portuguese will take care of our own and provide them the assistance that many times the project can't due to the work being developed and short manpower. I would like to drop a line and ask how openSUSE Marketing wants us (linux.pt) to deal with the openSUSE visitors. Should we make the same approach? Providing a ramp from linux.pt to opensuse.org ? Whatever you guys point as the way, we will comply with everything we can to help this. In addition, I'm going to approach our sponsor and ask for a 10Gigabit line connected directly to GIGAPIX (GIGA Portuguese Internet Exhcange), the main peering point for portuguese traffic. Currently our sponsor has 40Gigabits there, and he was willing to upgrade the current hardware from 2Gigabit (bonding) to 10Gigabit for hosting a Fedora mirror. So in addition we can also explore this if there is interest from openSUSE in having a powerful mirror in Portugal provided by linux.pt. My question is... how would openSUSE like to place a 'visitors card' in Portugal pointing to their international community? Linux.PT is dedicated to Linux promotion in general, we will refuse to run national communities, but we will assist in all ways we can existing communities and support nationals in engaging them and contributing directly for them. nelson. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] more then 30 Ambassadors in India
by S.Kemter 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

Hello, There are things I cant understand, we have more then 30 Ambassadors in India but only 1 Launch Party for 11.3. For 11.2 there was only 3. So now I am asking why is that so? Whats the problem in India that 30 people cant do more as 1 party? Or forgot u only to write ur launch events to http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_11.3_Launch_Party_Locations ?? The following Ambassadors have no mail address written on her user page in the wiki as is requested in the "what to do to become a Ambassador" http://en.opensuse.org/User:Pramodxyle http://en.opensuse.org/User:Dreamzchm http://en.opensuse.org/User:Amrish http://en.opensuse.org/User:Dhruvkapoor7 http://en.opensuse.org/User:Kushvarma http://en.opensuse.org/User:Amolgupta http://en.opensuse.org/User:Roshansingh http://en.opensuse.org/User:Cryptik http://en.opensuse.org/User:Abhradipm http://en.opensuse.org/User:Bhaskodagama Give u 10 days to change that, after that I remove u from the list! br gnokii -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] Call for 11.3 screenshots!?
by Michael Loeffler 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

Moin, as Will took the action item to deliver a bunch of openSUSE 11.3 screenshots but is currently unavailable as he's taking care of his new born kid - Congrats Will! - can someone else or a group of people taking care of it and add them here: http://wiki.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Screenshots/11.3&action=edit&redli… Thanks M -- Michael Löffler, Product Management SUSE LINUX Products GmbH - Nürnberg - AG Nürnberg - HRB 16746 - GF: Markus Rex -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] [RFC] 2 ideas for activating our community - "openSUSE Awards" and "openSUSE Certification Program"
by Satoru Matsumoto 01 Jul '10

01 Jul '10

Recently, I came up with 2 ideas to attract and motivate contributers and activate our community. Although they are still rough drafts, I'd like to share them with list mates and hear your opinions. * openSUSE Awards This is literally aimed at recognizing significant contributions of community mates. - Every team will select and endorse candidates for 'Most Valuable Contributer (MVC) of the year' and 'Rookie of the year' from its members and introduce how and what they contribute the team. - If there is a local openSUSE community which has its own communication channel in your country and there are several Ambassadors, that community can select and endorse a candidate for 'Most Valuable Ambassador (MVA) of the year' and introduce how and what (s)he contribute your local community. - Everyone in our community can vote for those candidates. - Candidates who received the highest number of votes will be given awards as 'MVC of the year', 'Rookie of the year' and 'MVA of the year' - it would be great if they can get testimonials or commemorative gifts. ;-) * openSUSE Certification Program This program is aimed at certifying persons who have a fair amount of knowledge on openSUSE Project, Community and distribution. Note, it is not aimed at certificating technical skills on openSUSE or Linux. People who want to be certificated should take an exam such as Novell Certified Linux Engineer or LPIC. - Person who want to become an 'openSUSE Master' can take an exam. # Questions in the exam which I have in my mind are as follows: Q. Choose the correct mention on openSUSE board. a. The openSUSE board consists of one chairman who is appointed by Novell and 4 Non-Novell-Employee members who are elected by the community. b. The openSUSE board consists of one chairman who is appointed by Novell, 2 Novell-Employee members and 3 Non-Novell- Employee members. Board members except chairman are elected by the community. c. All the members of the openSUSE board are appointed by Novell. Q. What is the name of the mascot of openSUSE? a. Geego b. Susie c. Geeko Q. What is the default CUI tool for package management in openSUSE? a. yum b. zypper c. apt Q. What is the official domain for openSUSE? a. opensuse.com b. opensuse.net c. opensuse.org - Once (s)he get a passing score, (s)he will be certified as an 'openSUSE Master' and allowed to use 'openSUSE Master Emblem (I'm sure gnokii will design a good emblem for that. ;-))' on his(her) web site or name cards. As you may remember, all the Ambassador should have a fair amount of knowledge on openSUSE, but ATM there's no way to confirm that. I think this program can solve the problem. When someone want to become an Ambassador, (s)he has to take and get through the exam first. Note, this program is not only for Ambassadors but also for users who just want to be certificated as an 'openSUSE Master'. We don't need to set the difficulty level of the certification high - the main purpose of this program is to provide good opportunities to learn about openSUSE. I'm waiting for your comments. ;-) Best, -- _/_/ Satoru Matsumoto - openSUSE Member - Japan _/_/ _/_/ Marketing/Weekly News/openFATE Screening Team _/_/ _/_/ mail: helios_reds_at_gmx.net / irc: HeliosReds _/_/ _/_/ http://blog.zaq.ne.jp/opensuse/ _/_/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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