Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-ambassadors (190 mails)

[Craig Gardner <cgardner@xxxxxxx>]

Parabens, Paulo!  Um grande abraço, amigo, e bem vindo ao programa dos 
Ambassadores.


On 05/13/2011 07:55 PM, Carlos Ribeiro wrote:
> Hi All
>
> Please welcome Paulo, he is from Rio de Janeiro, Brasil and give him a
> warm welcome to the openSUSE Ambassadors Team :)
>
> For people that wishes to have a little bit more information about
> him, please see his answers bellow.
>
> Paulo welcome aboard to this amazing team!
> As you may seeing during you steps to became an openSUSE Ambassador,
> we have some materials and resources that may help you during your
> early days within the ambassadors program, so I  would like to share a
> quickly review of the most important links.
>
> Ambassadors Portal
> http://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Ambassadors
>
> Ambassadors meeting
> http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Ambassadors_meeting
>
> Ambassadors events
> http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Ambassadors_events
>
> openSUSE:Presentations
> http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Presentations
>
> openSUSE:Product demo
> http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Product_demo
>
> openSUSE:Marketing materials
> http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Marketing_materials
>
> Marketing Portal
> http://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Marketing
>
> Paulo, anything you need, please fell free to find one of us on the
> openSUSE-ambassadors mailing list, or in #opensuse-marketing on
> Freenode.
>
> Best "geeko" regards
> CarlosRibeiro
>
>
> 2011/5/13 Paulo Motta<prmottajr@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Hello Carlos,
> >
> > I will copy the questions up here to answer them :)
> >
> > * What have you done already for openSUSE?
> >
> > I have recommended it for many people and recently I have started promoting it 
> > as a platform for Java and Compilers disciplines that I teach at the 
> > University. I have also contributed with a guide to make bluetooth work on 
> > OpenSuse 11.1 and have posted many articles on my website 
> > (www.paulomotta.pro.br) about OpenSuse and Linux.
> >
> > * What are your plans for promoting openSUSE? Please tell us what you want to 
> > do the next 6 months.
> >
> > I have made a "virtual" install fest via the University's forum but I intend to 
> > promote a presential install fest. I will try to get some sponsorship from the University 
> > for that.
> >
> > * Are you ready to start promoting openSUSE?
> >
> > I am just on the verge of completing my PhD so, for this month I am a little 
> > off-line, but besides that, I am ready
> >
> > * What do you think is the best kept secret of openSUSE?
> >
> > OpenSuse is the most distro that was able to put together easy-of-use and 
> > stability, I really like the whole system. (Although some months ago I have 
> > complained a lot about the repositories that were offline)
> >
> > * Why do you love to do this?
> >
> > Because I like to see open systems running and since I teach software 
> > development I try to promote the idea that you need to either use open source 
> > software and contribute with it or you should buy some licensed software but do 
> > not use pirate copies!
> >
> > * How did you start with Linux/openSUSE? What is your level of experience?
> >
> > My first experience was back in 1997 when I first compiled the kernel of a 
> > Slackware system, after that I have tried some stuff but at that time didn't 
> > move exclusively. I still used it in a 50/50 proportion with Windows most 
> > during the 2002-2005 period when I was completing my Master, and then in 2006 I 
> > began moving exclusively to OpenSuse which happened in 2007. I consider myself 
> > an experienced user although I prefer the GUI interface over the text.
> >
> > Best regards
> > Paulo
> >
> >
> > On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 8:32 PM, Carlos Ribeiro<carlosalberto.net@xxxxxxxxx>  
> > wrote:
> > >   Hello Paulo,
> > >
> > > My name is Carlos and like you I work to help to spread openSUSE in
> > > Brazil. Working together with Manu and Kostas we are the
> > > Ambassador Welcome team.
> > >
> > > We are glad that you like to join openSUSE as an ambassador to
> > > promote openSUSE.
> > >
> > > We have a couple of questions for you:
> > >
> > > * What have you done already for openSUSE?
> > > * What are your plans for promoting openSUSE? Please tell us what
> > > you want to do the next 6 months.
> > > * Are you ready to start promoting openSUSE?
> > > * What do you think is the best kept secret of openSUSE?
> > > * Why do you love to do this?
> > > * How did you start with with Linux/openSUSE? What is your level of
> > > experience?
> > >
> > >
> > > Best "paulista" regards
> > > We hope to see you soon.
> > >
> > > CarlosRibeiro
> > >
> > > 2011/5/13 Paulo Motta<prmottajr@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Greetings from Rio de Janeiro Brazil!
> > > >
> > > > I have configured all the steps listed on the Ambassadors page and I am willing 
> > > > to be part of the team.
> > > >
> > > > I've been using OpenSuSE regularly as main OS since 2007 and after helping 
> > > > promoting informally I would like to become official :)
> > > >
> > > > Cheers
> > > > --
> > > > Paulo Motta
> > > > --
> > > > "Qualquer tecnologia suficientemente avançada é indistinguível da mágica" - 
> > > > Arthur C. Clarke
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Paulo Motta
> > --
> > "Qualquer tecnologia suficientemente avançada é indistinguível da mágica" - 
> > Arthur C. Clarke

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