Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-marketing (459 mails)

[Drew Adams <Druonysus@xxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday, March 23, 2011 06:13:01 AM you wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 6:43 AM, Drew Adams <Druonysus@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > This is my first post to this mailing list! I want to share with everyone
> > that I have set up a "Learning Linux Through openSUSE" workshop in
> > Riverside, CA on April 9th at 5pm at the Blood-Orange Infoshop. If all
> > goes well it should be a regular thing that I will be co-instructing
> > with a friend of mine (who is also a fellow openSUSE user). This will be
> > the first "formal" event like this that I have taught. Is there any
> > advice or wisdom that can be shared with me so that it can be as
> > successful as possible? I am very excited to be doing this and am
> > looking forward to helping others get to know openSUSE.
> >
> > Drew Adams
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> Drew,
>
> Are you teaching or doing a presentation? If you are teaching, DO NOT
> USE SLIDES!!! The biggest mistake anyone makes when trying to teach is
> to use slide. Trust me on this.
>
> Kostas is right that you need to have fun, but if you are going to
> teach, then come up with 10 points.  From those ten which 5 would be
> the best,  from those five come up with 5 to 10 minutes for those
> topic.
>
> Here are the five things I have high lighted when I teach openSUSE for
> new uses.
>
> 1) Installing -- The easy ( a quick walk thru)
> 2) Desktop -- ( Use KDE since it more like windows for first time
> users, then hi-light apps that are on Mac ( iTunes, ) windows
> (Offices) then show what apps equal.
> 3) YaST -- How it so easy to manage your system
> 4) Installing Software -- from the command line to the GUI, show them
> how to add other repos, such as Packman.
> 5) How to customize their desktop -- Wiget, KDEAPPS.ORG, KDEART.ORG,
> Compis.
>
>
> If you have time cover how openSUSE not just for Desktop, but for
> server as well.
>
> Wrap it up with about support ( the best theme is you are never alone
> ), forums, mailing list, and wiki.
>
> On keep thing were a lot people fail,  be interactive. Do just talk,
> same if you are doing slides.  Don't wait until the end to Q & A.
>
> Basically what you are doing is create a synopsis for your class.
>
> Now if it a talk, then course use slides. GIve a brief history of
> openSUSE, high light what going on the community, Tumweed, Evergreen,
> OBS, and SUSE Studios.  Then use the guide from above to create your
> slides on.  But again focus on how easy openSUSE for new users.
>
> One of the biggest reason for people to go to Ubuntu, it how they
> present how easy it is to use for first time Linux Users.  One of
> things I am working on a guide lines on how to make window and mac
> users feel at home. Examples, how they can open their docs with
> LibreOffice  or use RhythmBox to access their iPod, How we have great
> suppor for smart phone Banshee/Dolphin/Nautilus.
>
> If they are gamers, show them how wine can be used to play World of
> Warcraft. DOSBOX brings old games a live. Supertux gives them their
> Mairo fix.
>
>
> Sorry, being an ex-teacher myself I tend to go on.
>
> If need any help please let group know. Hopefully Drew that gives you
> an enough to start on.
>
> Pup

Pup, 

WOW, thank you so much for taking the time to respond it that level of detail. 
I am intending to teach and NOT to use slads (only because I feel switching 
from slides to demo is more clumbsy). I think the insight you provided will 
really come in handy in my preperation for the workshop. 

My personal throughts on what to go over (not too different from yours)

1) what is Linux & what is a distribution - I am good at explaining this 
quickly now :)

2) Installing openSUSE ( I might show a video I know of that shows 11.4 being 
installed with the waiting being cut out)

3)Using the desktop - I am thinking having this focus on Manage files, using 
widgets, & desktop apps

4) Software installs/one-click-installs - using YaST to install software and 
showing how to use one-click-install

5)Managing the system with YaST - adding users, printers, setup network

what do you think? Also I am going to have a virtual machine prepared with 
everything ready to do for the examples. The place said that they have a 
projector (they use it to show film frequently) so I just have to make sure it 
is available for that night and use it to mirror my laptop screen.

Any more input VERY welcome. Thanks to everyone who has respnded. I will be 
sure to keep everyone posed on the progress of this event. 

Drew Adams
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