October 2011 - openSUSE Ambassadors - openSUSE Mailing Lists

The world's geekiest license plates
by Drew Adams 12 Oct '11

12 Oct '11

NetworkWorld.com put together a slideshow of "The world's geekiest license plates." I submitted my license plate to them and they have published it in the slideshow. Here is the link to my plate: http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2011/081711-geeky-license-plates.htm… -- Drew Adams Ambassador, openSUSE IRC Handle: Druonysue Skype ID: Druonysus Skype #: +1(714)725-SUSE Phone: +1(951)444-UNIX eMail: druonysus(a)gmail.com openSUSE User Profile: http://en.opensuse.org/User:Druonysus openSUSE Connect Profile: https://connect.opensuse.org/pg/profile/Druonysus -- This message sent via Novell Evolution on openSUSE 11.3 with KDE 4.7.2. Get openSUSE completely free at www.openSUSE.org and "have a lot of fun!" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+owner(a)opensuse.org

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presentation slides updated
by Jos Poortvliet 08 Oct '11

08 Oct '11

Heya all, The openSUSE presentation slides have been updated with the openSUSE 12.1 artwork. If you want to give a presentation about openSUSE, find slides & a template you can use here: https://gitorious.org/opensuse-artwork/opensuse-artwork/trees/master/slides You probably will have to 'clone' the repository to your hard drive because gitorious does not let you download files bigger than 2 MB. You can do that by installing git (zypper in git) and running the following command in a newly created directory: git clone git://gitorious.org/opensuse-artwork/opensuse-artwork.git opensuse-artwork cd opensuse-artwork/slides Please note that the slides have 'notes' which help you with what to talk about when showing the slides. There is a new slide deck about openQA, our upcoming 1.0 automated testing framework (see openqa.opensuse.org). openQA will be released next week, Tuesday! If you have any suggestions for changes or improvements to the slides, please let me know. I can also upload translated slides so please send those to me! I will keep working on these and regularly update them. Help is appreciated! Greetings, Jos

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Welcome our new ambassador from UK
by Kostas Koudaras 08 Oct '11

08 Oct '11

Hey Ambassadors Please all give a warm welcome to our new UK ambassador, Richard Brown from Brighton. Below you can learn more about him and his relationship with openSUSE as he told us in his own words. *What have I done already for openSUSE? Well a decent summary of my contributions is on my connect profile https://connect.opensuse.org/pg/profile/RBrownCCB But the really short version is 'I help find bugs, find workarounds, support folk in IRC, and promote openSUSE in my office, online, and to anyone unfortunate enough to listen" and now I'm dabbling in art doing wallpapers and stuff.. https://picasaweb.google.com/101804214464023770367/OpenSUSEArtwork *What are my plans for promotion openSUSE in the next 6 months? In a few weeks I will be at Brainshare (www.novell.com/brainshare) helping out at the first openSUSE booth at this event I will be carrying out a number of workshops at my local college (where I work) to get more students interested in openSUSE I plan to go to FOSDEM... and I'll be doing my usual evangelising of openSUSE at every other opportunity that comes up *Am I ready to start promoting openSUSE? Too late, I already am promoting openSUSE :) *Best kept secret? The community, and the beer. *Why do I love to do this? I'm a hardcore geek, and openSUSE is the perfect operating system for hardcore geeks.. *When did I start? I started with Linux/SUSE back in 2003. I guess I'm experienced enough to start considering myself an old man..maybe? -- 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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openSUSE SCALE 10X announcement
by Drew Adams 06 Oct '11

06 Oct '11

Hey everyone, Chuck Payne and I are organizing for the 10th annual Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE 10X). We are looking for people who are planning on being at the event and to help us with the booth. Also,it would be great to have some people give some talks about openSUSE at the expo. If there is anyone interested in helping with SCALE please contact Chuck Payne <terrorpup(a)opensuse.org> and/or myself, Drew Adams <druonysus(a)gmail.com>. If you think you might need travel reimbursement contact Jos Poortvliet <jos(a)opensuse.org> as he is the one that takes care of that as usual. Thanks, -- Drew Adams Ambassador, openSUSE IRC Handle: Druonysue Skype ID: Druonysus Skype #: +1(714)725-SUSE Phone: +1(951)444-UNIX eMail: druonysus(a)gmail.com openSUSE User Profile: http://en.opensuse.org/User:Druonysus openSUSE Connect Profile: https://connect.opensuse.org/pg/profile/Druonysus -- This message sent via Novell Evolution on openSUSE 11.3 with KDE 4.7.1. Get openSUSE completely free at www.openSUSE.org and "have 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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12.1 Check-In Reminder
by Bryen M. Yunashko 05 Oct '11

05 Oct '11

Just a reminder that we will have our regular weekly Check-in Gathering in the #opensuse-marketing IRC channel. Purpose is simply people come around and talk about the status of their work on 12.1 Release campaign. We invite you to join us in one hour at 14:00 UTC. Thanks, Bryen M Yunashko openSUSE Marketing Team -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+owner(a)opensuse.org

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I am not getting emails from the list.
by Drew Adams 05 Oct '11

05 Oct '11

I signed up for the mailing list on this email account last night I have confirmed this email account but I have only received one email from the list. I just checked the archive and there has been many submissions to the list that I have missed out on. Can you please let me know what I need to do to make sure I get mail from the list beyond that one? -- Drew Adams Ambassador, openSUSE IRC Handle: Druonysue Skype ID: Druonysus Skype #: +1(714)725-SUSE Phone: +1(951)444-UNIX eMail: druonysus(a)gmail.com openSUSE User Profile: http://en.opensuse.org/User:Druonysus openSUSE Connect Profile: https://connect.opensuse.org/pg/profile/Druonysus -- This message sent via Novell Evolution on openSUSE 11.3 with KDE 4.7.1. Get openSUSE completely free at www.openSUSE.org and "have 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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article about Linux 3.0 and Tumbleweed
by Jos Poortvliet 03 Oct '11

03 Oct '11

Hi ambassadors, The H-online published an article I wrote about Linux 3.0 and Tumbleweed on openSUSE. Feel free to spread the word and/or translate it ;-) http://bit.ly/qN6qXv Cheers, Jos

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Re: [opensuse-marketing] T-Dose 5&6 November
by Kim Leyendecker 03 Oct '11

03 Oct '11

Rob, I think the ambassadors will be lucky to have it on their list too. So, I forwarded it :-) ================== Original message: =================================== > Hi All, > > I'm not sure if this belongs to this list or the ambassadors-list. If it > is in the wrong list please tell me. > > The 5th and 6th November is the 6th edition of T-Dose. This is a free > Open-Source Conference held in the city of Eindhoven, The Netherlands. > On this conference we are trying to hold a open-source > "software-market". We would like to ask if you are interested in a stand > at the market to promote and discuss about Open Source. -- -o) Kim Leyendecker /\\ openSUSE Ambassador, openSUSE Wiki Team DE _\_v http://www.opensuse.org - Linux for open minds -- 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-marketing] Re: Invitation to OpenSUSE for SCALE 10x
by Jos Poortvliet 03 Oct '11

03 Oct '11

On Thursday 29 September 2011 09:38:44 Tony Su wrote: > Am also planning to do a presentation as a representative of openSUSE > on TCP/IP tuning. > > Is there a recommended way to submit as part of openSUSE or should I > do it separately? > Seems to me last year presentations were often published based on orgs > represented. Just say you represent openSUSE when you submit a talk. It's of course a good idea to sync with whoever else is going. Richard has volunteered to ask for a booth; Alan Clark seems to be planning on being there, Chuck I suppose too. That gives you a team of 4 already. Now let's see who else wants to be there and make a splash :D /Jos > Tony > > On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 6:00 AM, Bruno Friedmann <bruno(a)ioda-net.ch> wrote: > > On 28. 09. 11 23:24, Alan Clark wrote: > >> > >> > >>>>> On 9/27/2011 at 07:35 PM, Chuck Payne<terrorpup(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> Gareth, > >>> > >>> Congradualation on 10 years of SCALE, it is a very awesome event, and > >>> on behalf of openSUSE thank you, we love to celerbate with you and > >>> everyone next year. > >>> > >>> I know we loved being there this year, it was great time. > >>> > >>> I am CC'ing our marketing join so they can see the call for papers and > >>> get into our next newsletters. > >> > >> I submitted a couple session proposals. Hope others will as well. > >> > >> AlanClark > >> > > > > Would be cool to go there again. > > The only bad things they do, was to organize it just 15 days before Fosdem > > (4.5 Feb) > > > > -- > > > > Bruno Friedmann > > Ioda-Net Sàrl www.ioda-net.ch > > > > openSUSE Member & Ambassador > > GPG KEY : D5C9B751C4653227 > > irc: tigerfoot > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org > > > > >

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Welcome our new ambassador from India
by Kostas Koudaras 03 Oct '11

03 Oct '11

Hey Ambassadors Please all give a warm welcome to our new ambassador from India, N.B Prashanth from Manipal. Below you can learn more about him and his relationship with openSUSE as he told us in his own words. > We have a couple of questions for you: > * What have you done already for openSUSE? I worked on porting libYUI as a part of GSoC 2011. I am currently organizing the openSUSE yearbook/magazine project. > * What are your plans for promoting openSUSE? Please tell us what you > want to do the next 6 months. I would like to complete the magazine project which, I hope, would be a big boost to marketing openSUSE. If it works well, we could have more frequent publications. I am also open to helping the team in any other way if necessary. > * Are you ready to start promoting openSUSE? Yes. :) > * What do you think is the best kept secret of openSUSE? It's innovations. There are very few people who know openSUSE for more than it's distro. How many people know openQA or OBS? > * Why do you love to do this? It's the first distro that I have started to use consistently without feeling the need to change. Moreover ,I have learnt a lot from oS already. I learnt packaging through OBS, management through marketing hackfest and Autotools through GSoC... :) > * How did you start with Linux/openSUSE? What is your level of > experience? I started linux 3 years ago. I am comfortable with programming for linux, packaging (deb and RPM) and writing autotools build systems. I started with oS at 11.1 and started using it exclusively since 11.4. -- 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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