May 2011 - openSUSE Marketing - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-marketing] talk at or visit Linux Open Administration Days
by Jos Poortvliet 11 Apr '12

11 Apr '12

Hi all, April 16-17 in Antwerp, Belgium, the Linux Open Administration Days will take place. This free event offers a chance for LPI certification as well as meeting and talking to linux sysadmins. There is a call for presentations here: http://www.loadays.org/content/call-presentations If you want to go and give a talk there about openSUSE tech - that's be awesome. If you can't afford to go there due to travel or hotel costs, let me know, we might be able to work something out ;-) cheers, Jos

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[opensuse-marketing] TED
by jdd 16 Feb '12

16 Feb '12

I just discover TED: http://www.ted.com/ there are talks about open source, but nothing on openSUSE (or suse) I don't really know if we have anything to do with TED, but I liked the subtitles feature of the video system :-) example (the only one on Linux AFAIK) http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/yochai_benkler_on_the_new_open_source_eco… jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://www.youtube.com/user/jdddodinorg http://jdd.blip.tv/ -- 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] openSUSE Conference Poster
by Jos Poortvliet 06 Jul '11

06 Jul '11

Hey hugbears, Master Robert has created a nice openSUSE Conference Poster: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlihm/5703446814/sizes/l/in/photostream/ Here are a dropbox version of the source already: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/294274/oS-Conf-2011/Poster/poster-conf-raster.eps and http://dl.dropbox.com/u/294274/oS-Conf-2011/Poster/poster-conf-raster.ai And there are png's on http://rlihm.tumblr.com/ :D He promised to put the rest of the sources in git asap, when he does he'll ping the list. You'll all be able to translate it and if you want, print a few. Do you think it's worth printing a few at NUE and the US and adding them to the DVD boxes we send out the coming months? We could do that, you know :D Cheers, Jos

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[opensuse-marketing] [opensuse] Attention -- Facebook Group Members
by Chuck Payne 28 Jun '11

28 Jun '11

{ATTENTION} Please pass this a long to your friends that this might effect/ Sorry for the cross post but I want to make sure everyone knows that we will be updating the Facebook following openSUSE Group. http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=762429462#!/group.php?gid=2256834487 Once we update to the new group format, all currently a member will need to rejoin. We currently have over 5,500 members, and there is no away I can re-add all. I want to make sure all know, that the group, isn't going away, but is being upgrade to the new format. This was not our choice, Facebook is archive all the old groups and forcing us to the new format. . While I know many may not be a member of Facebooks or this group. I want to make sure what all know about this change. If you have friends that use the group, please let them know. I will be making this change tomorrow night at 02:00 UTC.. Again, I am sorry to cross post, but I know a lot people don't sign up to all the list. Thanks you for your time. Chuck Payne -- (678) 636-9678 ----------------------------------------- Discover it! Enjoy it! Share it! openSUSE Linux. ----------------------------------------- openSUSE -- en.opensuse.org/User:Terrorpup openSUSE Ambassador/openSUSE Member/Marketing/Social Media skype,twiiter,identica,friendfeed -- terrorpup freenode(irc) --terrorpup/lupinstein Register Linux Userid: 155363 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] openSUSE 12.1 Marketing Hackfest
by Bryen M. Yunashko 20 Jun '11

20 Jun '11

As some of you are making plans to attend the openSUSE Conference and setting up your reservations, we feel it is a good idea to tell you in advance of our preliminary plans for the Marketing Team. Manu and I will begin outlining the plans for 12.1 Promotion in the next few weeks (after he is done with exams). Much of this schedule will be based on our findings during the 11.4 Post-Mortem meeting and subsequent discussions. While no concrete plans have been made yet for that schedule, one thing we are definitely going to have is a Hackfest immediately following the Conference in Nuremberg. If you can, please schedule to stay an additional two days as our hackfest will be September 15-16. Further details to come soon, but we wanted you to be aware so you can schedule your reservations accordingly. We will also let you know soon about sponsorship for staying those extra two days. Thanks! Bryen M Yunashko -- 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] Elevator pitches
by Jos Poortvliet 05 Jun '11

05 Jun '11

Dear marketeers, For those among us (esp our ambassadors) who frequently talk to people about openSUSE, I have drafted up three elevator pitches for respectively beginner, advanced and pro linux users to explain to them why THEY should check out openSUSE. The pitches can be found on http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Why_openSUSE and I'd be very happy with improvements. In case they are obvious, please just edit the wiki (that's what it is for) to make sure we don't end up in huge discussions about minor details* ;-) Thanks, Jos PS you are all aware of the presentations in GIT, yes? Here: https://gitorious.org/opensuse-artwork/opensuse-artwork/trees/master/slides I know they are hard to download but you can get it by cloning it to your hard drive. There is a mirror where you can download stuff right away from Bruno: http://linux.ioda.net/openSUSE/git/opensuse-artwork/slides/ *anyone who hasn't read bikeshed.com should do so NOW :D

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[opensuse-marketing] IPv6 World Day 2011 Participation: help needed
by Lars Vogdt 03 Jun '11

03 Jun '11

Hi @ll You might already be aware of the fact that openSUSE participates at the world IPv6 day (if not: now you are ;-) at 8 June 2011. My team and others are currently working hard to bring _every_ service up and running starting with this day (some are already done, but others need to follow). To be listed on http://isoc.org/wp/worldipv6day/, Phil Roberts from ISOC asks us if we can provide some webpage or a blog entry describing why IPv6 is important for us. It's optional, but I hope there's someone who can help us with this? A wiki page on http://en.opensuse.org would be absolutely ok. Thanks in advance and with kind regards, Lars I agree with #1 with DIptos's addition. Same goes for #2, I agree that we should have some kind of statement at the TAG level. Dave >>> Dipto Chakravarty 5/21/11 11:37 AM >>> Allen, 1. Also, netiq.com 2. Yes, an IPv6 statement from TAG level should work. Our sr staff and I can help create the IPv6 content if someone can provide the mkt PoC. FYI, I am in BLR this week but should be able to work with you to publish this statement. best, dipto Dipto Chakravarty --Sent from my BB-- -----Original Message----- From: Allen Frost Cc: Michael Deis <MDeis(a)novell.com> Cc: Christian Deckelmann <deckel(a)novell.com> To: Steve Carter <SRCARTER(a)novell.com> To: Bill Harris <BIHARRIS(a)novell.com> To: Dave Wilkes <Dave.Wilkes(a)novell.com> To: Dipto Chakravarty <Dipto(a)novell.com> To: Israel BenIshai <Israel.BenIshai(a)novell.com> Cc: Ed Brown <Ed.Brown(a)netiq.com> Cc: Richard Getteau <Richard.Getteau(a)netiq.com> To: Dohsung Yum <Dohsung.Yum(a)netiq.com> To: Lars Vogdt <lrupp(a)suse.de> Sent: 5/20/2011 2:34:26 PM Subject: Fwd: Re: IPv6 World Day 2011 Participation Hi All, I need to reply back to Phil from ISOC and the questions below. Thoughts? 1. How should I list you? Novell Inc. (suse.org; novell.com) 2. Do we want to put something on WWW sites with a statement about IPv6? Thanks, Allen >>> Phil Roberts <roberts(a)isoc.org> 4/6/2011 10:53 AM >>> Hi Allen, This is great! I'll need a little additional info. How should I list you? Novell Inc. (suse.org; novell.com) I'll need contact info for a network engineer as a point of contact for any issues that come up and to send any reminders to leading up to the event. Also, many participants are creating a page on their website or a blog entry describing why IPv6 is important to their business. It's optional, but if you do, I'd like to link to it from your name on the list of participants. Regards, Phil Allen Frost wrote: > Hi, > > Novell is making an effort to participate in IPv6 Day. We plan to > have our suse.org and novell.com sites available with IPv6 addressing > and DNS entries. Please add us to the list of participating companies. > > Thanks, > > > Allen Frost > Senior Network Architect - IS&T > Novell Inc. > afrost(a)novell.com <mailto:afrost@novell.com> > 801-861-3216 - Desk > 801-368-2014 - Mobile

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[opensuse-marketing] Review slideshow of openSUSE 12.1
by Andreas Jaeger 03 Jun '11

03 Jun '11

Hi Team, I'm appending the current slideshow of openSUSE 12.1 - it contains a couple of errors now. Could somebody review and send me an updated version, please? I've done a hotfix now (also appended) but I suggest to rework it properly. Thanks, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, Program Manager openSUSE aj(a){novell.com,suse.com,opensuse.org} Twitter/Identica: jaegerandi SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

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Re: [opensuse-marketing] openSUSE Newspaper Advert
by Okuro Okiawa 01 Jun '11

01 Jun '11

On 24.05.2011 09:04, jdd wrote: > Le 24/05/2011 01:18, Stuart Tanner a écrit : >> But if they don't publish the advert, and it doesn't appear on the >> streets on >> London then I have reason enough to make a claim against them I guess. > > isn't that more expensive than publishing your own document and giving > it to public in IT stores? In France any IT store or nearly accept to > keep such related to IT document on table, and the users are IT users If you are giving adverts away in an IT store. The ad will only be affective in the IT community which probably is interested and hence informed about openSUSE anyway. Publishing ads in newspapers might also reach another audience, which should be interesting for us too. The goal of marketing should be to widen the area of application. -- Best wishes, Okuro Okiawa aka Thomas Hofstaetter ### openSUSE Member ### ### openSUSE Ambassador ### ### Member of the openSUSE Marketing Team ### ### Writer of the openSUSE News (Event-Editor) ### ### http://en.opensuse.org/User:Okuro ### ### http://linuxokuro.wordpress.com/ ### ### Private Website: http://hidden-space.at.tf ### -- 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] BBC online says The Strength of Linux is in Latin America
by Ricardo Chung 31 May '11

31 May '11

This article on BBC Spanish version seems to show a trend and I would like to share it on this mailing list. http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/noticias/2011/05/110510_1541_linux_latinoamerica… I know is in Spanish and I was looking for an English version with no results. The title says: "The Strength of Linux is in Latin America" So forgive the language transalation fault. Regards, -- Ricardo Chung | openSUSE Linux Ambassador Panama openSUSE 11.4 | KDE 4.6.00 release 6 | Mesa 3D-Nouveau Gallium 7.10 video drivers -- 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] Facebook Artwork
by Stuart Tanner 31 May '11

31 May '11

Dear Team could somebody please send me the SVG of the facebook profile picture we all use I don't even know where to begin looking for them on the Git Repo !! -- Kind Regards Stuart Tanner Bolton Linux Delivering openSUSE Retail to the UK 24 Vincent Street Bolton BL1 4SA Tel: +44-1204-410474 Mob: +44-7868-028028 www.bolin.org.uk -- 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] openSUSE promo material in Romanian
by Strainu 30 May '11

30 May '11

Hi there, A while ago, we made some business cards and banners for openSUSE in Romania. I was wondering how can it get on gitorious or wherever the marketing/arwork projects are keeping stuff nowadays. Thanks, 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] Need a few comments about translating for open source
by Helen South 29 May '11

29 May '11

Hi folks! I'm just putting the final touches on an article about contributing (yes that same one I started aeons ago) and need a quote from someone about TRANSLATING for open source projects. If you've done any kind of work with translating news, wikis, and so on, please share. The aim is to encourage people to come and help, especially those with limited technical ability who might think they have nothing to offer. So it might include things like how you choose what items to translate and what not to do, how information is best presented (for example in an own-language newsletter or website), collaboration, problems that you encounter (for example with idioms or technical language) and importantly, resources that translators can access to help with their work. I'd be really happy with any comments you might like to make - I only have about two paragraphs to devote to translation for this article (it might be worth doing a full-length article in the future, with proper interviews with people) so I will probably have to edit comments for brevity. BTW please include your full name if it isn't in your sig, so I can make sure I credit the right people. thanks heaps Helen -- IRC: helen_au helen.south(a)opensuse.org helensouth.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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Re: [opensuse-marketing] openSUSE Newspaper Advert
by jdd 28 May '11

28 May '11

Le 24/05/2011 16:11, Izabel Valverde a écrit : > I strongly disagree with your point of view! If is not for dummies how > can we explain the success case in elementary schools or in digital > inclusion projects? > there, Linux is pre-installed. I did three install last saturday. Thed three failed for some minor problem that I couls easily solve, but a dummy couldn't. Beleive me: I *give for free* compuyters with openSUSE installed and configured and still I have problem with users that try to install windows programs on them (and of course can't). The more recent case was the install cd of a DSL box. The bow was mal functionning and the only debug utility was windows. What do you do (this was 100 km far from my home, on phone call) When it's a friend it's already difficult, with unknow people, it's nearly impossible > It's time to change our minds and if you need a close case I can show > you a school full of newbies that make TV, Radio, Publicity and much > more using linux as their base. with a teacher nearby (I was a teacher, I know) jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://www.youtube.com/user/jdddodinorg http://jdd.blip.tv/ -- 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] Marketing Materials
by Okuro Okiawa 27 May '11

27 May '11

Hey guys, I just again visited the Marketing Material Page of the Community [1] and found out that there haven't been any changes since April 25, 2011. (Other changes much earlier!) I just again wanted to encourage you to upload your materials to fulfill empty sections of the page. This would be great for everyone who is planing an openSUSE-related event and who needs promotion material. [1] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Marketing_materials -- Best wishes, Okuro Okiawa aka Thomas Hofstaetter ### openSUSE Member ### ### openSUSE Ambassador ### ### Member of the openSUSE Marketing Team ### ### Writer of the openSUSE News (Event-Editor) ### ### http://en.opensuse.org/User:Okuro ### ### Private Website: http://hidden-space.at.tf ### -- 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] The new OBS
by Bryen M. Yunashko 27 May '11

27 May '11

By now, many of you know that our recommendation to change openSUSE Build Service to Open Build Service. This is a great moment for us as this will now help us to further promote the awesome benefits that OBS provides to the FOSS world. Read the announcemens here: http://news.opensuse.org/2011/05/26/opensuse-renames-obs/ http://www.novell.com/prblogs/?p=3787 Several of us have worked on getting things ready for the new name. Already some press have picked up on the news and we're hoping it brings in more eyes to our wonderful openSUSE Project. Things to do: - Clean up Wiki - We need to continue to sort through our wiki pages and change any text that refers to "openSUSE Build Service" to "Open Build Service". Please help us out by going to [1] and edit any pages you find. Many pages have already been cleaned up, but the more people help, the quicker we will inish everything. - Update our materials - We need to clean up any marketing materials we have. Examples are slide presentations, print materials, flyers etc. Change names and links where appropriate. - Get familiarized! -- Visit the new openbuildservice.org website and get to know it. - Review Talking Points -- As the whole point of the name change was to increase awareness that OBS isn't just for openSUSE, let's make sure our talking points highlight the many benefits that folks outside of openSUSE can gain from using OBS - Training -- I believe this is an idea that Chuck had recently. We should develop at least basic training to our ambassadors and marketers about how to use and understand OBS so that we can answer questions with more knowledge when we meet people out there. So jump in and let's keep the momentum rolling! Thanks folks! Bryen M Yunashko openSUSE Marketing Team [1] http://bit.ly/mfz880 -- 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] openSUSE Weekly News 177 coming soon...
by Sascha Manns 26 May '11

26 May '11

Hello Mates, don't worry about this mail. I just would like to remind that our next openSUSE Weekly News 177 comes out at Saturday evening (UTC +2). Until Saturday 08:00:00 (CEST) +0200 UTC you can propose Articles, Links and all such stuff for integrating into the Weekly News. For people who don't want to write it in XML, you can use our Pad: http://os-news.ietherpad.com/2. I've planned to send this Mail each Wednesday to remind on the Weekly News. Have a lot of fun :-) -- Sincerely Yours Sascha Manns open-slx Community & Support Agent openSUSE Membership Comitee openSUSE Marketing Team Web: http://saigkill.homelinux.net German Community Portal: http://community.open-slx.de -- 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] Replace Oxygen theme with QTCurve
by Roger Luedecke 26 May '11

26 May '11

I have found that QTCurve is vastly more impressive. Theming with QtCurve produces a much much more integrated feel between KDE and GTK apps. The extreme degree of versatility in configuration makes it a virtual theme creator. I have also found, that it seems to handle dark themes (ie. Wonton Soup or Obsidian) much more gracefully, actually allowing one to have a functional experience with dark themes. As many of you know, this has been a strong criticism of aesthetics in KDE. Example of Oxygen shortcoming in GTK arena is clear for anyone that uses firefox, as it does not maintain the background gradient, whereas QtCurve does. In future distributions I think we should include and set as default QtCurve. The beauty and integration is sure to wow those new to KDE and openSUSE. "You only have once to make a good first impression." Possibly the Agua2 theme with a gentle green color scheme. -- 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] our new brochure?
by Jos Poortvliet 26 May '11

26 May '11

Hi all, You might wonder - what happened to the brochure. Well, call it the Black Hole of the Web, call it a fluke - a mail with comments on the latest draft got lost and progress stopped for a while. But we're back in Business, Karl Cheney has made an updated version - and here it is. Let us know your thoughts, esp when it comes to refining the text!!! We'll unfortunately have to cut the text a bit to make an A4 version, according to Karl, if anyone could try to cut the text by 5-10% that'd be awesome. Karl, where can we find the text(s) to shrink, could you send it as an txt file maybe? Cheers, Jos

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[opensuse-marketing] OBS rename
by Jos Poortvliet 24 May '11

24 May '11

Hi all!!! With some delay, the rename has been decided upon and I wrote a draft announcement. Part of it has to be added still (the paragraph on the bottom and the quotes from other parties) but otherwise it is ready for your input. SUSE will do a simultaneous announcement on the rename but focussed more on the fact they'll start to provide support for OBS from the 2.3 release onwards. Reminder: you promised to fix the wiki & help fix the OBS website. Adrian has set up a new site: http://www.suse.de/~adrian/open-build-service.org/ There is a placeholder text which needs your input! Send a replacement text or use an etherpad to work on one?!? ;-) Cheers, Jos openSUSE renames OBS The openSUSE Build Service team has decided to rename its cutting-edge packaging- and distribution build technology to Open Build Service. The new name, while maintaining the well-known OBS acronym, signals its open and cross-distribution nature. The history The openSUSE Buildservice started out as an internal SUSE technology. In XXXX it was decided to open its source code and development process. From that point on, the scope of the openSUSE Build Service started to widen. First, with the additions of the XXXX build targets, later expanding to the current 21 build targets on 6 architectures. Support for more linux distributions is coming and Windows support being experimented with. But while 'OBS' is meant for a much wider audience than openSUSE, being used by projects and companies like VLC, MeeGo, Dell and many others, its name signals still a distribution-specific purpose. OBS is an unique piece of technology and certainly deserves to be known and used by a wide audience. Its features like integration with Source Code Management systems including GIT and Subversion and powerful collaboration features make the public instance on build.opensuse.org the preferred build technology for well over 27,000 users. Communication In communication about OBS its apparently openSUSE-specific nature can be a deterrent. It clearly takes additional effort to convince a potential user that despite the name, the openSUSE Build Service is not <em>just</em> for openSUSE but a distribution-independent technology. This effect is very apparent in face to face communication as you'll almost immediately hear others saying "No, I'm a Fedora user, sorry" when they hear about OBS. But the same effect leads to less people reading articles or visiting talks. As our openSUSE ambassadors around the world have been stepping up our communication and promotion around OBS, they have noticed this effect. After some discussion on the international marketing mailing list it was decided to recommend the OBS team to rename their technology to Open Build Service. This would retain the OBS acronym and excellent search engine position at the slight expense of a weakened link between the openSUSE community, where OBS originated, and the Build Service. But it would clearly signal the open and collaborative nature of OBS and allow OBS to spread its wings and reach an even wider audience, benefiting all of Free Software. Decision So after ample deliberation and discussion with all the major stakeholders, the OBS team has decided to rename the openSUSE Build Service to Open Build Service. It is and will remain an openSUSE project, with significant contributions from SUSE and openSUSE community members as well as many others from communities like MeeGo and VLC but also be more clear about its cross-distribution, cross-project goals and ambitions. The branding part of OBS will be adapted to make it easy for projects deploying their own OBS to name their OBS while staying connected with the OBS project. We suggest to name a project-specific OBS instance "XXX Open Build Service", like "VLC Open Build Service". <insert "we love OBS and the rename" quotes from MeeGo, VLC etc here> Enterprise support Meanwhile, SUSE Linux Products GmbH has announced SUSE OBS Developer Support, xxxxxxx

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[opensuse-marketing] Where to buy openSUSE dvds?
by Andreas Jaeger 24 May '11

24 May '11

Hi, I've had a little look around the web to look where you can buy openSUSE DVDs - just the DVD - and like to know what you are aware of and can recommend? Just some examples I found: http://www.osdisc.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi/products/linux/suse http://www.thelinuxcdstore.com/index.php?cPath=25&osCsid=60f8bbf19445ce5326… http://easylinuxcds.com/index.php?app=ccp0&ns=prodshow&ref=opensuse&sid=ya8… Where would you buy if openSUSE was on offer? 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 -- 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] Novell sponsored training for Ambassadors?
by Roger Luedecke 23 May '11

23 May '11

I think it might be a good move if training and certification were offered free to Ambassadors. Something like the Certified Linux Administrator. I think it would be a huge boon to assuring competent and helpful community. Thoughts? Can we harass Novell about this idea? -- 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: Fwd: [opensuse-marketing] PDF posters
by Pieter De Decker 22 May '11

22 May '11

The latest version of the posters and slides are now available in the opensuse-artwork repository under a CC 3.0 BY-NC-SA license. I tried to compress the material by tar'ing everything, but if you're gonna download all four packages it's still a 50MB+ download. That's because I wanted to use high-resolution artwork (where available) to allow for some scaling. https://gitorious.org/opensuse-artwork/opensuse-artwork/blobs/master/poster… https://gitorious.org/opensuse-artwork/opensuse-artwork/blobs/master/poster… https://gitorious.org/opensuse-artwork/opensuse-artwork/blobs/master/slides… https://gitorious.org/opensuse-artwork/opensuse-artwork/blobs/master/slides… Feel free to translate the material into your native language using Scribus 1.4.0rc1. If you're still having trouble with the files, let me know. I'll look into it when I have some free time, so it may take a while. Cheers, Pieter 2011/5/21 Pieter De Decker <pdedecker(a)gmail.com> > > Alright... I have upconverted all Scribus files to v1.4.0rc1 files, rewritten some text and collected all necessary fonts and color profiles for each file. I have the poster and slide sources along with their exported PDFs ready to go. If Jos would be so kind to provide me a Git account and a folder in the artwork repository, I can upload them for everyone to use :) > If I release the material under a Creative Commons 3.0 BY-NC-SA license, will that be loose enough to allow everyone to create their local translations and to use them to promote openSUSE? > I should point out that the backgrounds on some of the posters/slides are below the recommended minimum DPI, but I don't have the time to search for other suitable background images right now. Also, the YaST logo that I used is only 256x256 pixels, so this may produce less than satisfactory results if printed. Does anyone know where I can find an SVG version of the YaST logo? > Pieter > > 2011/4/26 Pieter De Decker <pdedecker(a)gmail.com> >> >> Hi all, >> >> > I would like to put them in git*, how about you getting access so you >> > can update them if/when you like? >> Yes, I'd like that! :-) I will fix the sources and add them to the >> repository for translation as soon as I have some time. That may take >> a couple of weeks, I'm afraid. >> >> > The licensing IS a bit of an issue - it's really helpful if we are able >> > to translate flyers etc and for that, artwork needs to be GPL like and >> > come with sources... Any way we can convince you to release the source? >> I've already released the sources. The Box.net link must be somewhere >> on the mailing list, but I'll put the fixed sources in the Git repo >> when I have the time. As for the licensing: I've included a text file >> in the posters/slides ZIP that collects the licensing information, but >> I don't know if the material's licenses are compatible with the GPL >> license. Is there an intellectual property expert in the room? >> >> > We don't have it translated due to some problems with the source files >> Are you unable to open them or does the source render incorrectly on >> your computer? I'll look into it when my work load quiets down. >> >> Pieter >> >> 2011/4/26 Kostas Koudaras <warlordfff(a)gmail.com> >> > >> > 2011/4/25 Jos Poortvliet <jos(a)opensuse.org>: >> > > On 2011-02-15 Pieter wrote: >> > >> Hi Andreas, >> > >> >> > >> I already added the posters here: >> > >> http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Artwork_miscellaneous >> > >> >> > >> I could add the slides to >> > >> http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Presentations, but I don't think >> > >> they're fit for presentations because they've got too much text on >> > >> them, which takes away a lot of attention from the speaker. I modeled >> > >> them to be the sort of slides that you might take a look at when >> > >> you're passing by a booth. That's my opinion - of course you're free >> > >> to use them how you want. :-) >> > > >> > > you're entirely right, the slides belong somewhere - exactly in the >> > > place you put them: Slideshow for booths :D >> > > >> > > I would like to put them in git*, how about you getting access so you >> > > can update them if/when you like? >> > > >> > > * https://gitorious.org/opensuse-artwork/opensuse- >> > > artwork/trees/master/slides >> > > >> > > The licensing IS a bit of an issue - it's really helpful if we are able >> > > to translate flyers etc and for that, artwork needs to be GPL like and >> > > come with sources... Any way we can convince you to release the source? >> > > >> > > (I would use it to at least produce Spanish and Portugese versions, I >> > > know the greeks already have it in their language. But it also makes it >> > > possible for us to update this in the future...) >> > >> > We don't have it translated due to some problems with the source files >> > but anyway we got them printed and they got a lot of peoples >> > attention. It is some great piece of artwork and definitely we could >> > use it globally. >> > Kostas >> > > >> > >> Cheers, >> > >> Pieter >> > >> >> > >> 2011/2/15 Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)novell.com> >> > >> >> > >> > On Friday, February 11, 2011 11:03:10 PM Pieter De Decker wrote: >> > >> > > Hi everyone, >> > >> > > >> > >> > > A few weeks ago, I shared drafts of some openSUSE posters I made. >> > >> > > I finalized the posters tonight. >> > >> > > >> > >> > > I've made a total of six posters on various subjects: >> > >> > > - openSUSE's stable/tumbleweed repositories >> > >> > > - The community >> > >> > > - YaST >> > >> > > - The fact that openSUSE lets you choose KDE or GNOME during >> > >> > > setup - Driver installs (or the lack thereof) >> > >> > > - SUSE Studio: roll your own Linux distribution >> > >> > > >> > >> > > I've zipped up all posters and you can download 'em here: >> > >> > > http://www.box.net/shared/hxllbeglvc >> > >> > > >> > >> > > Helen asked me if I wanted to make some slides for SCALE, so I >> > >> > > made 16:9 widescreen versions of these posters. You can get the >> > >> > > slides here: >> > >> > > http://www.box.net/shared/mhcya0t2p9 >> > >> > > >> > >> > > @Kostas: Here is the source of one of the posters. Can you test >> > >> > > if you can open it (with correct fonts and images)? If so, I'll >> > >> > > upload the other five posters so that you can translate them to >> > >> > > Greek. http://www.box.net/shared/hfmvz1dxeu >> > >> > > >> > >> > > I've added myself to the marketing mailing list, so hopefully I >> > >> > > won't miss any replies now. >> > >> > >> > >> > I propose to add links to these to the openSUSE wiki, so that >> > >> > others can find and use it. I guess it should be added to >> > >> > http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Presentations >> > >> > >> > >> > Pieter, could you do this, please? >> > >> > >> > >> > thanks a lot for these nice posters! >> > >> > >> > >> > 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 -- >> > >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org >> > >> > For additional commands, e-mail: >> > >> > opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > http://opensuse.gr >> > http://amb.opensuse.gr >> > http://own.opensuse.gr >> > http://warlordfff.tk >> > me I am not me >> > ------- >> > Time travel is possible, you just need to know the right aliens > -- 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] ganesha
by jdd 22 May '11

22 May '11

I would make you aware of "ganesha". Ganesh (see below) is a learning platform for web sites http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganesha_%28logiciel%29 it makes it easy to store courses and follow the work of students I tried Ganesha 6 or 7 years ago and at that time is was very rough, but I learned yesterday (:-) that is was now used by professional organisations in France It could be used to hold an openSUSE learning system. jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://www.youtube.com/user/jdddodinorg http://jdd.blip.tv/ -- 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] Issue #176 is ready for translation
by Sascha Manns 21 May '11

21 May '11

Hi @all! Issue #176 of the openSUSE Weekly News is ready for translation [0]. We collected some FAQ here [1]. [0]: http://bit.ly/k4MpAB [1]: http://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Weekly_news/FAQ 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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