December 2010 - openSUSE Ambassadors - openSUSE Mailing Lists

openSUSE Presentations for usage
by Andreas Jaeger 09 Dec '10

09 Dec '10

Jos created a two slide OBS presentation and I uploaded it now. It is available with other presentations you can use for your own presentations at: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Presentations 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-ambassadors+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+help(a)opensuse.org

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Fwd: [opensuse-ambassadors] Ambassador Welcome Team
by Buddhika Chandradeepa Kurera 09 Dec '10

09 Dec '10

Hi, Congrats * Kostas Koudaras * Manu Gubta * Carlos Ribeiro Do the great job. AND this would be a good start for Am. AJ -- Regards, Buddhike Chandradeepa Kurera The Editor in Chief - FOSS User Magazine -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+help(a)opensuse.org

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Creation of user pages - cleaning up ambassador list
by Andreas Jaeger 09 Dec '10

09 Dec '10

I'd like to do the cleanup of the ambassador list that we discussed in the summer and also at the openSUSE conference. We'd like to have every ambassador create a user page so that ambassadors can get contacted. You might have had one in the old wiki but with the move to the new wiki, you need to create a new one as described at: http://news.opensuse.org/2010/07/12/new-wiki-what-now/ I will go after the 1st of December through the list of ambassadors and remove those that do not have a user page. This way we will remove inactive ambassadors. If I remove somebody that wants to become active again, it's easy to add them again once the user page is created. I will try to email those ambassadors now that do not have a user page (if I can easily find an email address) with this text as well. I'm asking every ambassador to subscribe to the opensuse-ambassador mailing list as well for communication. 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-ambassadors+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+help(a)opensuse.org

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Welcoming Steban as our ambassador
by Kostas Koudaras 09 Dec '10

09 Dec '10

Hi Please welcome our newest ambassador Steban. Here is a bit more about him in his own words. * What have you done already for openSUSE? I have spoken to users of other systems on openSUSE, result? All are now active users of openSUSE. * What are your plans for promoting openSUSE? Please tell us what you want to do the next 6 months. I am currently building a distro based on openSUSE 11.3, to be applied to educational robotics. This will be used and distributed in an educational network in my city for all students, thus facilitating the study of robotics, programming and project planning. Is currently of interest in the city, the robotics project with Linux. All this using SUSE Studio. * Are you ready to start promoting openSUSE? I'm already promoting, plus I have a friend in the country of Paraguay who is interested in representing openSUSE, this after a conversation we had. * What do you think is the best kept secret of openSUSE? no where I saw people who work with joy and organizations like openSUSE, this I saw in Latinoware 2010. * Why do you love to do this? Because this way I'll be helping my people to open their minds, and to demonstrate that everyone can do what me and you, no matter their shortcomings, the project I am developing based on openSUSE 11.3 is for use by everyone! My project is suitable for accessibility for people with some kind of deficiency. * How did you start with with Linux/openSUSE? What is your level of experience? I am trained in systems engineering, digital electronics technician, I use linux to 8 years. I have LPIC 2, actively work with FOSS communities, represent and help the Fedora Project as ambassador. Present lectures and seminars on Linux, open source and its functionality for Professional and business at local events. Today I work in an educational network that handles 4 cities of Brazil, where we are planning and developing educational robotics projects using electronic garbage to create tiny robots. End. -- 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-ambassadors+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+help(a)opensuse.org

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Welcoming E-1
by Manu Gupta 09 Dec '10

09 Dec '10

Hi All Please welcome E-1 / Hidzuan to our team. Below are the set of questions he responded to > Hi all, > > I'm Hidzuan. But people call me "e1" . ;-) > > As introduction. I'm a IT Freelancer since 2005. I was a System > Administrator for the 3D Animation (Long Format). But that company got > a financial problem so they shutdown the operation on 13th May 2005. > Since that day, I become a IT Freelancer to serve all the company that > need a a solution especially open source solution. > > Beside that, I'm also a part-time tutor and Subject Matter Expert > (SME) for several subject like Network Management and several Open > Source subject such as Open Source Licensing and Legal Issues > Introduction to Open Source. > > What have you done already for openSUSE? > > Actually, I have done a several things for me and the solution based > on the openSuSE. In the middile of this years, I was working with one > of the secondary teacher to use OpenSuSE LiFe Education for their lab. > The best thing about what we have done was, this lab occupied by a > special student which has a problem in learning like normal student. > By using the OpenSuSe it's seem that some of them can perform very > well for every games in the distro. > > Currently, I'm working with one of the government agency in ministry > of education to contribute a good how-to in Bahasa Malaysia (my > national language for Malaysian), this project still on progress. We > are working to prepare a good material that we can use for others > Malaysian as well. I hope we can officially upload in the wiki after > we finish some chapters. > > What are your plans for promoting openSUSE? Please tell us what > you want to do the next 6 months. > > I'm a IT Freelancer. So as we knew already, as IT Freelancer I don't > have any base to show the capability on what openSuSe can provide to > world.. ;-). But, by next month, I got a permission to use some space > at my cousin shop. And the best thing that was computer shop, so to > become an ambassador is the right path to me to get official > merchandise from you all to promote more on OpenSuSE. After all, I can > assist to any public to try the future OS on today PC plus my cousin > shop can become a mini hub of solution based on openSuSE. > > Are you ready to start promoting openSUSE? > > Yes, I am. > > What do you think is the best kept secret of openSUSE? > > ActuallyI don’t quite understand the question, but I could say that I > like openSUSE because of The powerful and supremcacy. For me, Desktops > must be easy and have more funcionalities without forget the > stability and performance. > > Why do you love to do this? > > I believe in free solution will make a better place for today world > and I believe also the future of proprietary solution will be extinct > soon, and I want make part from this history... ;-) > > How did you start with with Linux/openSUSE? What is your level > of experience? > > I started with Mandrake and Fedora 3 at training centre. Then I found > that openSuSe 9.3 was much better for me. I started using since 2004 > on a spare computer as my workstation at my offfice. After that, I > change my OS from Fedora to OpenSuSE for my home computer. Then I > start to influeced my family member to use Linux to replace the > Windows.. oppss..I tried several distros, like many new Linux users > but still > > I found that openSuSe still my favourite until today. I still stick on > the power of geeko. > > I've done a some coaching on openSuSe for a student to use a parallel > solution to compute something to use in engineering. As a freelance, > I;m also attach to any governemnt and private agency to use openSuse > for the solution. For me, Linux has meant a lot of learning to utilize > a free solution to become a priceless solution for better world for > us. > > > > Best regards Hidzuan. > > > > > > - 102D A12B F078 CF46 39A6 B276 7A01 9650 7FEA A5B1 > Regards Manu -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: Re: Re: [opensuse-ambassadors] Welcome TheMburu as first ambassador to Kenya
by Jos Poortvliet 07 Dec '10

07 Dec '10

On Monday 06 December 2010 15:58:26 TheMburu George wrote: > Hello Community members > > First I feel great to be welcomed and let people know there is a new > guy/member in the pack. > > @buergermeister@karl-tux-stadt.de, when the moderator responds to new > members it makes you feel noticed. How else would you have know I'm from > .ke. > > I long to contribute more locally as I have already set path on that. > > Cheers > ./TheMburu (gtalk/skype-themburu) > > -- > Conservatism is the adherence to the old tried against the new untried. I like your sig :D

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We owe you a few stories for the past two events
by Jimmy Pierre 07 Dec '10

07 Dec '10

Greetings, Here we go: Software freedom Day •• Event Date : 16th October, 2010. •• Event Sponsors : NUI.fr •• openSUSE Ambassadors : Jimmy Pierre •• Helpers : Laurence Seigneury, Johnny Castel, Jr. •• Event Details o Tell us about the event, What did you do? : Demonstration of installation of openSUSE 11.3, open office, chess & games, yast, ssh, WordPress, repositories, wi-fi etc. o How many DVDs taken and distributed? : 100 and distributed 52 o How many people were there at the event ? 27 (France was on strike, no petrol, no trains, busses, tramways, flights (http://www.emorywheel.com/detail.php?n=29085 ) even against all odds, we were present as scheduled. o How did you promote the Event? •• Facebook : No •• Twitter : No •• Others : Usual channels (forums, rss feeds to web sites and our four domain names nui.fr jmll.fr jmll.org, jmll.info , no radio, no newspapers as they had other bones to gnaw) o Any Interesting Story you will like to share with us? : Yes, two people drove 87 kms to come to see us and I learnt later that they heard about us on the radio for the last event 1.e 18th September and kept track of what we were doing. A young man took a dvd for her grandma Myrtha, aged 81. We had a sort of Jam session (not food related, but IT) with chess players who needed Internet for a party. So openSUSE was there for their party. o Did you have a booth? : NUI was the only LUG present. o Who staffed the booth? All of the above. o Would you go again? Yes, 18th December o What more can you do to make it better? Swap our 16 or so boxes into laptops because it takes too much time to setup the room. Get hold of goodies. o Other Comments like Will you blog about the event - and where? Who staffed the booth? Did you have a talk? Which topic? Would you organize again? We were too eager to go back home. Software freedom Day •• Event Date : 27th november 2010 •• Event Sponsors : NUI.fr •• openSUSE Ambassadors : Jimmy Pierre •• Helpers : Laurence Seigneury, Nathalie A. •• Event Details o Tell us about the event, What did you do? : openSUSE 11.3, libre office, chess & games, yast, WordPress, wi-fi, smeegol etc. o How many DVDs taken and distributed? : 100 and distributed 37 o How many people were there at the event ? 27 (The thermometer showed 3°C and we nevertheless did not cancel the event). o How did you promote the Event? •• Facebook : No •• Twitter : No •• Others : Usual channels (forums, rss feeds to web sites and our four domain names nui.fr jmll.fr jmll.org, jmll.info, no radio, no newspapers this time) o Any Interesting Story you will like to share with us? : Yes, a bunch of students and their teacher popped in and started to touch everything. I distributed some dvds of openSUSE and convinced them to play at home ☺ We fighted with smeegol for a lady who wanted to sync her iPhone, this is another story. We had a young man who has a lot of IT problems and he did monopolized some of us to sort his laptop. Thanks God, it was a Dell, so no esoteric material to configure. o Did you have a booth? : NUI was the only LUG present. o Who staffed the booth? All of the above. o Would you go again? Yes, 27th November and 18th December o What more can you do to make it better? Priority for 2011 : Swap our 16 or so boxes into laptops because it takes too much time to setup the room. Get hold of goodies. o Other Comments like Will you blog about the event - and where? Who staffed the booth? Did you have a talk? Which topic? Would you organize again? We were too busy with social problems to do that. As you can see, we had a lot of fun. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+help(a)opensuse.org

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Welcoming Marc as our ambassador
by Kostas Koudaras 04 Dec '10

04 Dec '10

Hi Please welcome Marc our newest ambassador. Here is a bit more about him in his own words > * What have you done already for openSUSE? > I've done a little wiki cleanup, but only when I run across grammar/translation errors. I'm always vocal about open source and Linux, and of course when I'm recommending a distro, I naturally suggest openSUSE! I always keep a LiveCD or DVD handy to give away. > * What are your plans for promoting openSUSE? Please tell us what you > want to do the next 6 months. > There is no local LUG where I live, so I'd really like to get one started. Also, I'm making plans to give a single-session presentation on free and open source software at the public library and give away some openSUSE install media at the end; that way I can schedule a follow-up install how-to event if there is interest. I plan to attend the Mid-America GNU/Linux Networkers Conference in St. Louis, MO (http://magnetcon.info) and would love to man a table (possibly with help from a more experienced ambassador?). > * Are you ready to start promoting openSUSE? > I'm ready to be more intentional in my promotion of openSUSE - to move from one-on-one promotion to a broader approach. > * What do you think is the best kept secret of openSUSE? > Command-line YaST, no question about it. With a great tool like YaST that runs without X, I have to wonder - why isn't everyone using openSUSE for minimal machines? > * Why do you love to do this? > I like to learn. I get excited about what I'm learning and I want to teach others what I'm learning, too. > * How did you start with with Linux/openSUSE? What is your level of > experience? > > > I've been using Linux for ~5 years. I started with Debian at home on a spare computer and within a month I was using it on my main home computer and teaching my wife to make the transition. I tried several distros, like many new Linux users. My first openSUSE was 10.1. I loved KDE3 and put openSUSE on my work laptop. Within six months I had converted my church 100% to Linux for office, web development and sound recording. I've done a little bash scripting for problem solving, compiled some kernels, rebuilt rpms and general this-and-that, but no real coding. Linux has meant a lot of learning, but it has been lots of fun and I look forward to learning a lot more! -- 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-ambassadors+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+help(a)opensuse.org

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Welcoming E-1
by Manu Gupta 04 Dec '10

04 Dec '10

Hi All Please welcome E-1 / Hidzuan. Here is a bit about himself in his own words > Hi all, > > I'm Hidzuan. But people call me "e1" . ;-) > > As introduction. I'm a IT Freelancer since 2005. I was a System > Administrator for the 3D Animation (Long Format). But that company got > a financial problem so they shutdown the operation on 13th May 2005. > Since that day, I become a IT Freelancer to serve all the company that > need a a solution especially open source solution. > > Beside that, I'm also a part-time tutor and Subject Matter Expert > (SME) for several subject like Network Management and several Open > Source subject such as Open Source Licensing and Legal Issues > Introduction to Open Source. > > What have you done already for openSUSE? > > Actually, I have done a several things for me and the solution based > on the openSuSE. In the middile of this years, I was working with one > of the secondary teacher to use OpenSuSE LiFe Education for their lab. > The best thing about what we have done was, this lab occupied by a > special student which has a problem in learning like normal student. > By using the OpenSuSe it's seem that some of them can perform very > well for every games in the distro. > > Currently, I'm working with one of the government agency in ministry > of education to contribute a good how-to in Bahasa Malaysia (my > national language for Malaysian), this project still on progress. We > are working to prepare a good material that we can use for others > Malaysian as well. I hope we can officially upload in the wiki after > we finish some chapters. > > What are your plans for promoting openSUSE? Please tell us what > you want to do the next 6 months. > > I'm a IT Freelancer. So as we knew already, as IT Freelancer I don't > have any base to show the capability on what openSuSe can provide to > world.. ;-). But, by next month, I got a permission to use some space > at my cousin shop. And the best thing that was computer shop, so to > become an ambassador is the right path to me to get official > merchandise from you all to promote more on OpenSuSE. After all, I can > assist to any public to try the future OS on today PC plus my cousin > shop can become a mini hub of solution based on openSuSE. > > Are you ready to start promoting openSUSE? > > Yes, I am. > > What do you think is the best kept secret of openSUSE? > > ActuallyI don’t quite understand the question, but I could say that I > like openSUSE because of The powerful and supremcacy. For me, Desktops > must be easy and have more funcionalities without forget the > stability and performance. > > Why do you love to do this? > > I believe in free solution will make a better place for today world > and I believe also the future of proprietary solution will be extinct > soon, and I want make part from this history... ;-) > > How did you start with with Linux/openSUSE? What is your level > of experience? > > I started with Mandrake and Fedora 3 at training centre. Then I found > that openSuSe 9.3 was much better for me. I started using since 2004 > on a spare computer as my workstation at my offfice. After that, I > change my OS from Fedora to OpenSuSE for my home computer. Then I > start to influeced my family member to use Linux to replace the > Windows.. oppss..I tried several distros, like many new Linux users > but still > > I found that openSuSe still my favourite until today. I still stick on > the power of geeko. > > I've done a some coaching on openSuSe for a student to use a parallel > solution to compute something to use in engineering. As a freelance, > I;m also attach to any governemnt and private agency to use openSuse > for the solution. For me, Linux has meant a lot of learning to utilize > a free solution to become a priceless solution for better world for > us. > > > > Best regards Hidzuan. > > > > > > - 102D A12B F078 CF46 39A6 B276 7A01 9650 7FEA A5B1 > Regards Manu -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-ambassadors] Welcome TheMburu as first ambassador to Kenya
by cheperobert 02 Dec '10

02 Dec '10

2010/12/2 cheperobert <jrobertoalas(a)gmail.com> > > > 2010/12/2 Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)novell.com> >> >> Please extend a warm welcome to TheMburu as ambassador to Kenya, I'm appending his introduction, >> >> Andreas > Welcome TheMburu Saludos cheperobert > > >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Hi, >> >> Find my answers inline: >> >> * What have you done already for openSUSE? >> *Since my inception to Linux I have always been an openSUSE fan and take >> part in spreading its gospel. I can say I have set it up on people's >> machines locally help fix issues and ensure they get the maximum from >> the OS thus sticking or maintaining it.* >> >> * What are your plans for promoting openSUSE? Please tell us what you >> want to do the next 6 months. >> *I intend to have a section in a computer shop stall within Nairobi >> where I display openSUSE merchandise or cds or banners and icons and >> issue to the shoppers for free and distribution as well as offer >> assistance, as a member of the local tech community I shall be availing >> the openSUSE merchandise to the local tech team. This is my plan >> starting now and well over the next 6 months.* >> >> * Are you ready to start promoting openSUSE? >> *Yes I am.* >> >> * What do you think is the best kept secret of openSUSE? >> *Would say how to make the user community afloat on newer and enticing >> versions, thats my view though would like to know the secret.* >> >> * Why do you love to do this? >> *First I speak Tux with openSUSE as my preference, then most guys >> locally would like the Linux versions and since they may not all have >> good speeds to download I want to offer the CD's for free and carry on >> the promotion.* >> >> * How did you start with with Linux/openSUSE? What is your level of >> experience? >> *I started back with Suse 9.1 when I had no idea of what root or swap >> was and ended up formatting my entire drive :). I tried other version >> since then but I ended up sticking to openSUSE for my personal use. I >> would call myself a Linux engineer having setup critical Linux systems >> and planning others.* >> >> >> Regards >> TheMburu >> -- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+help(a)opensuse.org >> > > > > -- > Linux codigo abierto: > Millones de personas en el mundo con mentes abiertas > no pueden estar equivocadas > -- Linux codigo abierto: Millones de personas en el mundo con mentes abiertas no pueden estar equivocadas -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+help(a)opensuse.org

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