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Report: OBS talk at OSDC 2011
by Tim Serong 23 Nov '11

23 Nov '11

Hi All, I attended OSDC 2011 last week (Nov 14-18) in Canberra, Australia. This is a conference targeted specifically at/for people who develop on/with F/OSS, but is not, say, Linux-specific (although there was a reasonable contingent of folks I'd previously met at linux.conf.au present). It's been running for several years, but this is the first time I managed to get there. There were between 230-240 attendees, two days of miniconfs and three days of conference proper. It was very well run. Schedule etc. is available at http://2011.osdc.com.au/ I gave a talk about OBS entitled Cross-Distribution Packaging Made Easy, which went very well. It was part walkthrough (with regular slides and screenshots) and part live demo (I packaged a little "hello world" style C program onstage). Slides and an audio recording are now linked off http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Presentations#openSUSE_Build_Service - there should also be a video at some point, when it goes live, I'll link to it too. Special thanks to Adrian Schröter, Andreas Jaeger, Sascha Peilicke and Jos Poortvliet, who until now were probably mostly unaware that I was reading/watching their past OBS presentations while I wrote mine. I guess maybe an audience of 50+. I asked who develops and packages software (less than half raised hands), for more than one distro (only one?), who knew about OBS (5-10? but probably closer to 5) and who'd used it already (one). The audience response was positive (as were other random people I talked to during the week), so I expect some number of new OBS users soon :) I also took the opportunity to distribute my last 10 or so openSUSE 11.4 promo DVDs. Regards, Tim -- Tim Serong Senior Clustering Engineer SUSE tserong(a)suse.com -- 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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Release party
by Jörg Stephan 22 Nov '11

22 Nov '11

Hi all, i am planing a release party in decenber at the Key-Systems headquater in St. Ingbert/Germany. Now to create some flyer and things i would need logos, is there any place i can take them from? Regards J. Stephan -- 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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openSUSE 12.1 launch parties materials
by Jos Poortvliet 21 Nov '11

21 Nov '11

Hey all, As you might know we have some materials you can use for Launch Parties. New is an openSUSE 12.1 presentation you can give. The 'notes' section contain extra information. You can of course translate this presentation, if you do - please mail it to me so I can include it in our repository! Find the presentation here: https://github.com/openSUSE/artwork/blob/master/slides/Introduction%20to%20… And as reminder, be sure to register your party at: en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Launch_parties Even if it's just in your living room :D Greetings, Jos

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Reminder: openSUSE Board Elections - Deadline Nov 24, 2011 - Candidacy and Apply for membership
by Izabel Valverde 21 Nov '11

21 Nov '11

The deadline to stand up for a position in the openSUSE Board or to nominate another openSUSE member for the board is next Thursday, November 24th, 2011 - 23:59 UTC. If you intend to run for the board, nominate somebody else or have any questions please contact the Election Committee by sending an email to election-officials(a)opensuse.org. Important! You need to be a member to vote. If you are not take a look at http://en.opensuse.org/Members http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election#Election_committee http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board Good luck to all candidates. -- 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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Fwd: information request - event in Columbia, USA
by Jos Poortvliet 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

Heya all, See below for a request for ambassadors in Columbia, east coast - USA I guess :D Anyone interested/able to go? Do it :D Jos ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: information request Date: Thursday, November 17, 2011, 20:40:02 From: Erin Hello, My name is Erin Tyler and I am with the Palmetto Open Source Software Conference (POSSCON), one of the largest open source software conferences on the east coast. I am writing to request contact information for the person at OpenSuse who is responsible for conference participation. We would like to invite OpenSuse to participate in POSSCON 2012, scheduled for March 28 and 29 in Columbia, SC. Thank you for any consideration, Erin Tyler Coordinator, POSSCON 2012 -----------------------------------------

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Translation of announcement
by Jos Poortvliet 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

Heya all, The announcement is ready, see attached. Sorry that it's so late... This will basically be send to the press on opensuse-announce(a)opensuse.org and via the 'PR wire'. I am working to turn it into a news.o.o article as well. Users will end up on the openSUSE 12.1 portal, which can be reached by opensuse.org/12.1 I hope to be able to update that site a few hours before the release. I'd love to do it now but I need sleep urgently. Been a bit ill lately :( I think it makes most sense to translate only the portal page. I have updated the page to be almost-perfect: I say "will be released" instead if "is released" and 2 more of those things, the 'top features' part won't be changed at all anymore. Cheers, Jos

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Twitter account
by Koushik Kumar Nundy 17 Nov '11

17 Nov '11

Hi all, Who owns this, please? http://twitter.com/#!/SUSEAmbassadors There has been no activity for over a year. I guess someone more enthusiastic could try and arrange a transfer. This could be an useful, albeit somewhat redundant tool/place for coordination and marketing efforts. ~kknundy -- Koushik Kumar Nundy -- 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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Re: [opensuse-ambassadors] Translation of announcement
by jdd 16 Nov '11

16 Nov '11

Le 16/11/2011 10:40, guillaume.gardet(a)free.fr a écrit : > Salut JDD, > > J'ai fait quelques petites corrections sur ta traduction, libre à toi de les intégrer ou non. > J'ai activé le suivi des modifications dans libreoffice pour que tu puisses voir mes modifications. > > Je propose de ne pas traduire cloud par nuage mais de laisser le terme cloud car il me semble que le terme anglais est plus utilisé que sa traduction, en français. aucun suci, c'est toi qui vois la cohérence avec les autres traductions merci jdd

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Welcome Özhan Karaman, our new ambassador from Turkey
by Kostas Koudaras 16 Nov '11

16 Nov '11

Hey Ambassadors please all give a warm welcome to our new ambassador from Turkey, Özhan Karaman from Istanbul. Below you can learn more about his relationship with openSUSE as he told us in his own words. > * What have you done already for openSUSE? We made some sponsorships to open source events with openSUSE more then 2 years. We are trying to promote openSUSE and trying to create powerful ecosystem at Turkey. > * What are your plans for promoting openSUSE? Please tell us what you > want to do the next 6 months. We will continue our sponsorships to open source events with openSUSE. Also i am a Certified Novell Instructor, we are planning to organize some training events with openSUSE to train more linux volunteers. Also we are planning to celebrate new upcoming openSUSE 12.1 release with parties. > * Are you ready to start promoting openSUSE? Yes exactly we like to continue continue promoting openSUSE with the help of openSUSE Ambassadors > * What do you think is the best kept secret of openSUSE? Fantastic support for KDE and always leader for lots of new upcoming technologies > * Why do you love to do this? I love the way and mentality of Linux and openSUSE > * How did you start with Linux/openSUSE? What is your level of > experience? I use GNU/Linux since 1999. I worked with lots of distros and till 2009 i started using openSUSE -- 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 To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+owner(a)opensuse.org

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openSUSE 12.1 seeding
by Koushik Kumar Nundy 16 Nov '11

16 Nov '11

I know this is not the right list, but I just wanted to mention I have a few high bandwidth connections (2pcs 20M up, 1pc 50M up), that could come in useful for initial seeding. If I could get a bittorrent download link in advance, I could keep the system running for a week or so, at the very least. A few extra seeds never hurt. cc: AJ -- Koushik Kumar Nundy -- 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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