September 2010 - openSUSE Ambassadors - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Un podcast para instalar openSUSE paso a paso
by Alex Barrios 09 Sep '10

09 Sep '10

(Note: This mail its address for the spanish talking ambassadors) Saludos amigos. Quisiera compartirles éste par de vídeos que he creado donde explico el paso a paso para instalar openSUSE en cualquier equipo, desde la preparación de Windows hasta el paso a paso del instalador como tal. Espero les sea de provecho. http://blog.alexbariv.com/2010/09/09/instalando-una-distribucion-linux-paso… Éxitos! -- Alex Barrios ----------------------------------------- Descubre! Disfruta! Comparte! openSUSE Linux. ----------------------------------------- Embajador openSUSE > http://en.opensuse.org/User:Alexbariv Blog > http://blog.alexbariv.com/ Twitter > http://twitter.com/alexbariv Linux User > 383172 GPG Pkey > 5AB7D408 "Be free, Think Linux, Be smart, Think openSUSE" -- 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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New ambassador to France
by Andreas Jaeger 09 Sep '10

09 Sep '10

I'd like to welcome Syvolc aka Timothée BRIOLET as ambassador to France. I'm appending his introduction, Andreas ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > > I introduce myself : > > My real name is Timothée BRIOLET, I'm 24 years old. I'm mechanical > > design researcher in french scientific university. So I'm not a computer > > programmer, but I use intensively Linux from 5 years. > > > > I'm implicate in my french regional LUG Chtinux http://www.chtinux.org/, > > and in several event I promote OpenSUSE and spread the ideas of free > > softwares. > > > > We have a lack of OpenSUSE users in northern France, and I want to try to > > make OpenSUSE know to larger population. > > > > > > Sorry for mistakes or bad english. > > > glad that you like to join openSUSE as an ambassador to promote > openSUSE. > > I have a couple of questions for you: I have time and abilities to become openSUSE ambassador, but I want promote openSUSE locally, in my region. I don't think become one day, an international responsible marketing. :-) Several reasons : I'm not font of English language : I thing you have already perceive this. (so sorry for this) I work with my LUG chtinux, we have some ubuntu, mandriva and other distributions specialists. I want become the openSUSE specialist and represent our distribution. We make several periodic event : like each month : meetings, an install party, a board of directors, a conference (e.g. openstreetmap, openoffice, kde, file systems, photos editor on linux, packages manager, ... ). And we met associations, industrialist and state organisations. So I want to be here, to say that openSUSE is a very good alternative for all, new users or pro. > > * What have you done already for openSUSE? not a lot on the web, I participate on official openSUSE forum... in french : http://forums.opensuse.org/search.php?searchid=116780 > > * What are your plans for promoting openSUSE? I think create a new french blog about openSUSE and KDE, with news and tutorial videos step-by-step or presentation videos. I continue my role in my LUG Chtinux. > > * Are you ready to start promoting openSUSE? Yes ! a thing become ambassador going to motivate me to invest my time to promote our distribution and help users. > > * What do you think is the best kept secret of openSUSE? a solid base (one of the oldest distributions) , all the best ingredients (I love KDE), a nice users community (cooperative side), the support of Novell (add a serious side), an encouraging future (meego already adapted for openSUSE, and it use similar technologies : Qt, rpm...) > > * Why do you love to do this? Hard question :-) I love to do this because I love openSUSE and all the free softwares concept. I start as an user... but I became fascinated, and I want to work to diffuse our ideas and make openSUSE know to larger population. > > * How did you start with with Linux/openSUSE? What is your level of > experience? Approximately : I started Linux in 2003, with debian, then openSUSE, then kubuntu, then return to openSUSE since 2006. But, I'm not a programmer. I have done engineering mechanics studies. I started to make little Qt programme but I think I will never have the enough abilities to resolve very technical issues (like driver compilation, write complex script...) or to become openSUSE developer. > > The ambassador program is currently pretty informal and we expect the > ambassadors to organize themselves. So, please coordinate with other > ambassadors on the opensuse-marketing mailing list: > * share with them what you like to do > * share what you did, e.g. what kind of event did you organize, how > many people joined > * share what you learned, explain what was great at your event, what > you want to improve > * create material that is usefull for you and other ambassadors as > well > ok ! I prepare mail for present me and my ideas. > > Also, as an ambassador, you're the expert on your country/region, so > please share on the opensuse-marketing mailing list a bit about the > openSUSE and the FOSS community in your country/region, e.g. what are > their needs. ok, I will do this. > > I'd like to send your answers to the opensuse-marketing list and thus > introduce > you as new ambassador. Please keep this in mind when answering and if you > don't agree, please tell me! No problem, I do an other mail, cleaner for the ambassador mailing list. > > For adding you to the ambassador list at > http://wiki.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Ambassadors_list, please tell me: > your country, region/city and your user page in the wiki. Country : France, region/city : Lille (It is well known), so : | Syvolc | France | Lille |[[User:syvolc|Syvolc]] |- or if you think is better to write my real name : Timothée BRIOLET thx a lot ! bye Syvolc -- 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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Call to ambassadors from India!
by Jos Poortvliet 06 Sep '10

06 Sep '10

Hi all! In a few months there will be FOSS.in. I know of only one openSUSE ambassador who is going and wonder if more have thought about it. It could be a great place to meet each other! Having some workshops and talks about openSUSE to teach the visitors about what they're missing out on playing with Ubuntu and Fedora sounds like a good plan to me ;-) Of course, being in Europe it is hard to organize such things from here - but I'm willing to do whatever i can to help you. If there is a good turnout, as in, if a few of you will make it to FOSS.in and if we have a good program there, I'll come as well so we can discuss openSUSE in India in person. So, who's up for making a difference? Cheers, Jos

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KDE Fr debriefing RMLL Bordeaux July 2010
by Jimmy Pierre 06 Sep '10

06 Sep '10

Greetings, Very interesting report from KDE Fr http://jeff.levasseur.tuxfamily.org/fr_FR/2010/08/back-from-rmll-2010/ NUI.fr presented openSUSE as you may recall. Enjoy, Jimmy -- 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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FOSS 2010 Conference in Kharkov, Ukraine
by simka 03 Sep '10

03 Sep '10

Hi, My students prepare for FOSS Conference at our University (KSTUCA), Kharkov, Ukraine. Presumably it will take 2 days - 15th-16th of December 2010 (see http://kmit.110mb.com) We would like to see your suggestions and everyone is welcome to participate ! We will provide excursions and free accommodation, but our resources are limited, so please let me know in advance if you need any. Btw, come and see if we are ready to run EURO-2012 ;-) -- Best regards, Kostyantyn Ovechko aka simka -- 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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Questions and answers
by Jos Poortvliet 03 Sep '10

03 Sep '10

Dear Ambassadors, As you are the 'openSUSE frontline', you get asked critical questions about openSUSE. The marketing team would of course want to help you with that, answering those questions for you and helping you to find the needed arguments. That is why we set up this page: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Talking_points Would you all be willing to have a look at it and put questions you get on the bottom of that page so we can see them and try to answer them? Thank you very much! Jos Poortvliet

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New Brazilian Ambassador
by Andreas Jaeger 01 Sep '10

01 Sep '10

Team, I'd like you to warmly welcome Renato Pereira as new ambassador to Brazilia. I'm appending his introduction, Andreas ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- From: Renato Pereira <renato.ppontes(a)gmail.com> To: Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)opensuse.org> Hi Andreas, I was waiting your email yesterday, but today I saw that it went to the spam box ;/ Ok, at first, sorry my bad English... And let's go: > * What have you done already for openSUSE? I'm part of Brazilian team since 2009, in these 2 years I have collaborating with: - Translation of openSUSE 11.2 startups manuals - openFate activities - bugzilla activities - Brazilian forum - #opensuse-pt channel - Wiki team - Maintenance on some packages of OBS - Other actions in real world, like distribution of medias, dissemination and evangelization! > * What are your plans for promoting openSUSE? This year, I will work in events, organizing and participating, I hope to speak in some FOSS events yet. I'm supporting Brazilian/Portuguese community, plans and actions! > * Are you ready to start promoting openSUSE? YEAH, ready to conquer the world! > * What do you think is the best kept secret of openSUSE? openSUSE had a magical effect on me, I can no longer leave it. A pretty visual and great usability, always with best default programs... But the great, big, best, awesome secret of openSUSE is the wonderful community. > * Why do you love to do this? I love this environment, great people working together with just one objective, working for passion, working for fun, working together to be better every day. > * How did you start with with Linux/openSUSE? What is your level of > experience? I start late, just 3 years ago, I'm a intermediate user, I think. =) > * share with them what you like to do - Attend events (organizing, speaking, supporting, or just participating) - Continue and improve my work in Brazilian/Portuguese community. - Next year I want to start with development tasks and exponentially increase my participation in OBS. - Bring more, and more ambassadors! Promoting locals communities. Well... In academy I work with artificial immune systems and natural computing in general. We have some project in this line? heheheh > * share what you did, e.g. what kind of event did you organize, how > many people joined Currently I am part of the organizing committee of an event at my university, this event will be of national importance. I am bringing openSUSE and GNOME/GNOME A11y projects. We expect a couple hundreds of students and companies. - This is my first event =D > Also, as an ambassador, you're the expert on your country/region, so > please share on the opensuse-marketing mailing list a bit about the > openSUSE and the FOSS community in your country/region, e.g. what are > their needs. Brazil have a great and participative FOSS community. Our govern are adopting free and open source solutions, like Plone (Python) in governmental websites, Linux terminals, open document formats (such as .ODT). They also promote open source with some plataforms such as http://softwarelivre.org/ and http://codigolivre.org.br/ Buuuttttt, a big part of companies here, still see proprietary "solutions" as the only one way, I want to change this! > I'd like to send your answers to the opensuse-marketing list and thus > introduce > you as new ambassador. Please keep this in mind when answering and if you > don't agree, please tell me! Yeah, of course! > For adding you to the ambassador list at > http://wiki.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Ambassadors_list, please tell me: > your country, region/city and your user page in the wiki. City/State: Marília/SP - Brazil User Page: http://en.opensuse.org/User:Renatopp -- 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

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