February 2012 - openSUSE Project - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-project] openSUSE at LinuxTag
by Jos Poortvliet 06 Feb '12

06 Feb '12

Heya all, I've updated the wiki page about LinuxTag: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:LinuxTag I have been volunteered to organize it. I can't promise to do as great a job as Henne did last year but I'll try ;-) I'm going to ask for a booth. I think it's best to use the same hotel as least year - Motel One Berlin Tiergarten was fine... You can have a room for about 59 single and 79 double. And you'll have to book yourself... If you guys/girls think it's worth trying I could give them a call, see if we can get a bit of a discount?!? Henne, did you manage that last year? Anything else we'll need? The CfP is closed by now, we'll have to make sure we make a nice splash at the booth this year :D If anyone has any fun ideas, I'd love to hear it. I'll see if we can sell beer and t-shirts :D /Jos

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[opensuse-project] Fwd: GSoC 2012
by Gaurav Sood 06 Feb '12

06 Feb '12

Hi, I am a third year engineering student from India and am greatly interested in this year's GSoC programme. This is my first time at GSoC and am raring to go ahead with a project. I have tried my hand at various minor projects and prefer Python as the language to be used. I would like to know which all projects I can work on and where to start from. Hoping to hear from you all soon. Regards, Gaurav Sood -- 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] GSoC 2012
by Saurabh Sood 06 Feb '12

06 Feb '12

Hi, I am interested in participating in this year's GSoC programme. I had submitted an application for last year's programme also, but it wasnt accepted, but I still worked on the project. I would like to participate this year, and wanted to know which all projects I could work on, and how I could start on them. Looking forward to hearing from you all. Regards,. Saurabh Sood -- 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] My application for the GSOC 2012 Idea - End user oriented web interface
by Shayon Mukherjee 06 Feb '12

06 Feb '12

Hello All, I am Shayon Mukherjee and I go by Sj. I am an ex-openSUSE member. I haven't been able to contribute to openSUSE for quite a long time. But I use to, to the Wiki and the marketing team. To be honest, I just got busy with school work.But that didn't stop me from spreading the word. I have actively been promoting openSUSE to my peers. Moving on to GSOC 2012. I am really interested in contributing and working towards the openSUSE's GSOC 2012 Idea - End user oriented web interface . Reasons and about me are as follows Age - 19 School - University of Wisconsin Green Bay Majors - B.S Computer Science Minors - Information Science Year - Sophomore (2nd year) Expected year of graduation - 2014 Languages and Frameworks I know - Java, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, MySQL, SQLite, Jquery, HTLM5 and CSS3. Also have the ability and passion to learn new things. On-going project with Ruby on Rails - Designing a Real time wiki application as a part of my personal project, independent study / research project, using Ruby on Rails. Experience - Student technology assistant at the Learning Technology Center of University of Wisconsin Green Bay (October 2010 - Present) Open Source projects I have worked with - openSUSE, Ubuntu and Mozilla student reps Why i want to work on this - Firstly, I am a big open source enthusiast. That being said,I highly support the idea behind Open Source and free knowledge. My journey of Open Source started with openSUSE at the age of 17 where I created portals in the wiki, helped managing articles in the openSUSE wiki,writing templates and giving presentations in schools and colleges in my town (India). For a short while I also fixed bugs in Ubuntu and became a Bug Squad team member (ex right now). Moving on to rails, as a part of my job as Student Technology Assistant at University of Wisconsin Green Bay I maintain the Rails application, update the databases, implement new features as and when required. Also currently in 2nd year of school I have taken up the research work where I am designing a Real time Wiki application. At this point, I can say I have a good understanding of Ruby and Ruby on rails. I can create industrial based application right from scratch. And I am really confident that If given the opportunity then I can very much accomplish the goal behind the openSUSE's GSOC 2012 Idea - End user oriented web interface. And also I think this is a great way for me to get back into the community and make some substantial contribution to openSUSE, as I always wanted to do so. Looking forward to hear form the mentor(s) and anybody else who wants to know more have questions or share something. Till then, Cheers, Shayon Mukherjee -- 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] Indiana Linux Fest
by Bryen M Yunashko 05 Feb '12

05 Feb '12

I am currently making arrangements to secure a booth for the Indiana Linux Fest held in Indianapolis on April 13-15. If you are in the area and would like to join in the openSUSE festivities, please let me know so we can coordinate plans together. :-) Also, Call for Papers is currently open until February 7th. If you'd like to submit a talk, the link is: http://www.indianalinux.org/cms/speaker_app Look forward to meeting all of you there soon! Bryen M Yunashko openSUSE Project Marketing -- 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] Announcing Google Summer Of Code 212
by Saurabh Sood 05 Feb '12

05 Feb '12

Hi all, I have been waiting for the announcement for quite a while. I am very eager to take part in this year's edition. Regards Saurabh Sood -- 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] Kickoff Meeting Update - Updates to theUpdate
by Alan Clark 03 Feb '12

03 Feb '12

All, I add to the wiki with a couple of updates from my meeting with the SUSECon planners yesterday. 1. Regarding the Orlando venue. We have plenty of conference rooms for sessions, parties... 1 large room with stage for keynote sessions through Saturday morning 4 session rooms, with projector, screen, and audio system (Suggest 3 rooms for sessions, 1-2 rooms for BoFs) 1 social lounge (We will need to decide how what we want in this room) 1 speaker ready room, with computers, project and printers 2 storage, conference prep rooms 1 Registration booth, with computers and printer For evening events, we have the large ballroom or areas outside the convention hall. I saw Jos' note about wanting to play chef. I asked Alexia to check with the venue to see what options are available. After meeting with the SUSECon planners I would suggest the following program format: Those that register by September 1 will be invited to attend the Friday SUSECon sessions and closing keynote. (registration will help us manage catering and other costs) A suggested program format is: Friday September 21 9:00 - 12:00 SUSECon sessions and closing keynote Friday September 21 14:00 - 17:00 openSUSE Event sessions Friday September 21 18:00 - 22:00 openSUSE Event Evening Celebration Saturday September 22 9:00 - 10:00 openSUSE Event Keynote Saturday September 22 10:00 - 17:00 openSUSE Event sessions Saturday September 22 18:00 - 22:00 openSUSE Event Evening Party For event registration and conference planning we will need to use our current tool - indigo.The openSUSE event registration will occur through indigo. SUSECon will have computers, printers setup for their registration system and the venue. On September 16th, we should plan to transfer the registered names from indigo into the SUSECon systems to print the conference badges. SUSECon will supply the badge holders and lanyards, notebook and pen. It will be up to use to supply additional materials such as printed programs or conference bags. SUSECon has a roomblock, which will be made available in April. I asked the SUSECon team to supply us with the html code needed to link to the roomblock registration from our web. Thanks, AlanClark -- 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] Name that Event! Poll now open
by Bryen M Yunashko 03 Feb '12

03 Feb '12

The poll is now open for naming the event for the openSUSE conference to be held in Orlando, Florida September 21-23. The poll will be open until February 11. Please vote, as we value the community's input here. http://bit.ly/xjGuee Thanks to all! Bryen M Yunashko openSUSE Project -- 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: Re: [opensuse-project] Re: First Planning Meeting for openSUSE @ SUSECon
by Stathis Iosifidis (aka diamond_gr) 03 Feb '12

03 Feb '12

Regarding the names, I think openSUSE forum ain't that smart since someone would think that it's a support forum or something. openSUSE AMCon (AMerican Conference) maybe is also a candidate. Have a lot of fun!!! Stathis -- 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] Kickoff Meeting Update
by Bryen M Yunashko 02 Feb '12

02 Feb '12

If you missed today's meeting, don't worry. There's plenty of opportunities to get involved in different ways. Here is the link to the transcript [1] and below is our summary of today's discussions: [1] Transcript - http://bit.ly/yAPh4A [2] Our Wiki Planning Page: http://en.opensuse.org/SUSECon_Planning +++ Volunteers +++ Please see the section on volunteers. Just like the openSUSE Conference, no event is successful without community involved. If you see a task missing, please feel free to add it. We need to move fast to get the teams going soon. Note: You can still volunteer even if you don't plan to attend the event. :-) We welcome all input! +++ Calendar +++ At the bottom of the wiki page there is a calendar of milestones. There are several items in there now and soon our committees will add their own milestones to the list. Thanks to Peter Linnell's suggestion, we may be able to add an .ics calendar to the wiki to make it easier for you to keep track of milestones. +++ Target Audience +++ There seems to be a good consensus on making the event focus on a good mixture of talks and HowTo's, enabling our users to get their hands dirty. If you feel you have some input on the targets, we encourage you to join the Program Committee where your input will be best heard. Hackfests can be planned as we get closer to the event. These can be more ad-hoc style where people can gather in the main area or create their own pockets of hackfests. We also discussed making the event bi-lingual. Given that this event will be in Florida and an easy jump for many in Mexico and Central America, we can attract more attendees. This is supported by the several Central Americans who attended today's meeting, and volunteered to be interpreters. +++ Event Name +++ We don't want the name to be confused with our main Conference in EU. We proposed the following names, and we will create a poll on Connect for everyone to vote. - openSUSE Camp - openSUSE Fellowship - openSUSE Forum - openSUSE Huddle - openSUSE LiveCon - openSUSE Summit - openSUSE Symposium Got another name in mind? Add to the wiki page. All suggested names by Friday will be included in the poll. We will announce the poll link on Friday (Feb 3) and the poll will close on Saturday (Feb 11.) +++ Sponsorship +++ SUSE has graciously donated space to us to use the hotel venue after SUSECon. However, there is no guarantee of any financial funds that SUSE will give to the event. We, as a community, need to step up and seek out sponsorships to fund the event as well as travel costs. Several people have already pointed to potential sponsorship leads and we believe that many of you can reach out to your own personal contacts in the world to request sponsorship considerations. We will leave it to the soon-to-be-formed Sponsorship team to develop the guidelines and materials you will need in order to pursue. e.g., formal letters of requests, etc. and coordination so that we're not all bothering the same sponsor. :-) +++ Communication +++ We will send periodic updates to the Project mailing list to keep the community informed of the planning progress. Committees will have their own discussion groups so that the Project list will not be overly spammed. I will also blog frequently whenever possible. (Look for my next blogpost soon!) As with our tradition of openSUSE conference planning, we will still hold a monthly "status update" meeting on IRC (with summaries reported to the mailing list like this one.) These meetings will be held on Saturdays rather than weekday, once a month. The next status meeting will be Saturday, March 3 at 18:00 UTC. +++ What needs to be done quickly +++ - Artwork: Andi Silva and Carlos Ribeiro will collaborate with the openSUSE Artwork team to create posters and flyers. We need this by March 1 so we can begin sending materials to FOSS events. (Many events happening in March and April in the U.S.) - Once we have a name for the event, I have volunteered to work with our admins to set up our website and configure Indico (our CFP management process.) - Committees need to form quickly and begin outlining their procedural plans for their tasks. Please sign up for a task soon. Thanks all and looking forward to a great event! Bryen M Yunashko openSUSE Project -- 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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