February 2011 - openSUSE Ambassadors - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [opensuse-marketing] PromoDVDs 11.3 - clear our stock
by Chuck Payne 18 Feb '11

18 Feb '11

On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:58 AM, Kim Leyendecker <kimleyendecker(a)hotmail.de> wrote: > Am 18.02.2011 14:16, schrieb Henne Vogelsang: >> >> Just to emphasize this. This is not only about clearing the stock >> somehow. There are trash bins for that. But one of our sponsors (Novell) >> has payed for those DVDs and we owe it to them to not let the DVDs go to >> waste. And those 11.3 DVDs are perfect for introducing people to openSUSE! >> >> I know that a lot of people think that you can/should only give out the >> latest and greatest, hence the soon to be released 11.4, and that older >> versions aren't any good as promo DVDs because, well, they are old. This >> might be true for ourselves and other FOSS addicts but it's definitely >> not true for the normal folks out there for whom we do the promo DVDs in >> the first place. 11.3 is still good for a year, its a great version and >> by now far more stable then 11.4 will be for the next couple of weeks. >> It's less surprising, has more mature software and is well spread among >> people. Qualities a newcomer wants. >> >> So if you have the chance to spread promo DVDs somewhere, your local >> community center, school or university’s support desk. Your sports club, >> the next punk concert you attend or in your brothers bar. The computer >> club or internet cafe around the corner. Anywhere where people might >> pick them up and try them, go for it! >> >> Promo DVDs are not only about handing them out to people you know that >> are interested in Linux. This is about spreading them among the general >> public. You would be surprised how many people find a nice, shiny, green >> openSUSE DVD interesting enough to finally try this Linux thing they >> heard about so much on the internet. >> >> So if you can think of anything just contact Jacqueline about the amount >> you need and where she needs to send it. Oh and don't be shy about the >> amount, we don't need to scrimp on them! If you think you can get spread >> 2.000 we send you 2.000. Every DVD that is out there, is out there any >> might result in a new openSUSE user. This is the perfect opportunity to >> do something good for the project, take it! >> > > What´s special about the Promo DVD? Have they any software, the normal DVD > or the normal KDE/GNOME live CD hasn´t? If somebody here wants openSUSE, I > borrow her or him my Box-version or download her or him a KDE-live CD and > burn it to a media. > > Maybe we can ask some linux magazines to publish one of it with the next > issue of their magazine? Great PR if you ask me. >> >> Henne > > kdl > > -- > Kim Leyendecker (kimleyendecker(a)hotmail.de) > openSUSE Ambassador > powered by openSUSE 11.4 RC1 | KDE 4.6 | Kernel-desktop 2.6.37-20.1 | using > Tumbleweed > openSUSE Profilname: openLHAG (OpenLHAG) > Have you tried SUSE Studio? Need to create a Live CD, an app you want > to package and distribute , or create your own linux distro. Give SUSE > Studio a try. www.susestudio.com. > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org > For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org > > Kim, They are great to handout to people to try. They are live DVD with both the 64-bit/32Bit on them. Those that try the DVD can select between Gnome and KDE. Then once tried it, they can install it, or not. Henne is right that we need get these and pass them. The key is to hand them out and promote openSUSE, Novell paid a good bit for those. The box edition, people have to pay for. Free is always good. The Ambassadors need to send in request ask for them so they have them on hand. In fact I chaallenge all the Ambassadors to request them and go to your local user group and help promote openSUSE. I know here were I live there are tons of user group, college and Linux Install Fest going on. I am currently out and will request more. One key thing to remember is if there are a lot left over, Novell can choose not to print a lot and cause a shortage when we do need them. Pup -- ----------------------------------------- Discover it! Enjoy it! Share it! openSUSE Linux. ----------------------------------------- openSUSE -- en.opensuse.org/User:Terrorpup openSUSE Ambassador/openSUSE Member skype,twiiter,identica,friendfeed -- terrorpup freenode(irc) --terrorpup/lupinstein Register Linux Userid: 155363 Have you tried SUSE Studio? Need to create a Live CD, an app you want to package and distribute , or create your own linux distro. Give SUSE Studio a try. www.susestudio.com. -- 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: Re: Amabassadors List
by Stuart Tanner 16 Feb '11

16 Feb '11

Hi Everybody I thought I had replied to this once but maybe i missed something off so I will do so again :) What have I done already for openSUSE? Oh my goodness what a question :) Well I have been supporting openSUSE in IRC since 2005, every christmas I give the gift of Linux - specifically openSUSE to friends and family. I also help out in Mailing Lists and on the forum. I run training courses for students at the University of Bolton showing them how everything that the University doesn't show them :) KDE, Gnome, LXDE. You see the university believe Linux like Unix should be consigned to the Server stack and never be allowed on Desktop Computers. Everyday I show them this is wrong. I am one man fighting a war against non believers. What are your plans to promote opensuse? Recently I started promoting openSUSE through Retail boxes trying the approach of getting openSUSE out onto the high street. I attend local computer markets each weekend: Sheffield, Leeds, Blackpool, Wigan, St Helens. Are you ready to start promoting openSUSE? Have been doing it for 5 years What do I think is the best kept secret of openSUSE? openSUSE is the best kept secret of openSUSE - it has so many features and options but nobody has heard of it - and those that have even heard of Linux are all Ubuntu. We need to promote the distribution - all the focus seems to be on this "Project" or Build Service". Why do I love to do this? Several reasons, I love to help people I am kind and caring and this is something I am good at. Everyday people have problems with Windows, if they switch to openSUSE most of their problems would just vanish. How did I start with Linux? I was introduced to it through a friend back in the '90's (Debian) but it was before package management and auto resolution of dependencies and you had to compile everything from scratch and the desktop environments were just not what they are today. I returned to Linux through openSUSE iin 2005. Through retail, i was looking for accounts software in PC World, I picked up a copy SuSE Linux Professional. I looked at the desktop environment, I looked at the cost and the list of software that was included and I thought i would give it a try. I have never looked back 6 years later and still going strong. My level is higher than that of most university lecturers. They may be a wizz with bash - but put them infront of kde and they wouldn't have a clue. It annoys me that the university don't even give us a small unix network with desktop computers for us to demonstrate. All they give us is simply "ssh from windows into linux command line", students never get the true linux experience and are put off before they even start. Stuart On Thursday 10 Feb 2011 01:53:13 Manu Gupta wrote: > Hi Stuart > I am Manu and along with Bhaskar and Carlos we are the Ambassador > Welcome team we are glad that you like to join openSUSE as an ambassador > to promote openSUSE. > > We have a couple of questions for you: > * What have you done already for openSUSE? > * What are your plans for promoting openSUSE? Please tell us what you > want to do the next 6 months. > * Are you ready to start promoting openSUSE? > * What do you think is the best kept secret of openSUSE? > * Why do you love to do this? > * How did you start with with Linux/openSUSE? What is your level of > experience? > > 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 > > 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. > > We'd like to send your answers to the opensuse-ambassadors list and > thus introduce you as our ambassador and people get to know you more. > Please keep this in mind when answering and if you don't agree, please > tell us! > > 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. > > For details of creating a user page, see: > http://news.opensuse.org/2010/07/12/new-wiki-what-now/ > > We know that openSUSE is very special to you and you might be tempted > to give it a capital "O" but that's wrong, so please remember > openSUSE is always spelled "openSUSE". > > On Thu, 2011-02-10 at 00:12 +0000, Stuart Tanner wrote: > > Could you add me to the list please? IRC Nick SatManUK have been > > supporting openSUSE now into my 6th year and now also marketing openSUSE > > through retail channels. -- Kind Regards Stuart Tanner Bolton Linux 24 Vincent Street Bolton BL1 4SA Tel: +44(0)1204 410474 Mob: +44(0)7868 028028 www.bolin.org.uk Distributing openSUSE in the UK Registered Linux User: 529825 ----------------------------------------- -- Kind Regards Stuart Tanner Bolton Linux 24 Vincent Street Bolton BL1 4SA Tel: +44(0)1204 410474 Mob: +44(0)7868 028028 www.bolin.org.uk Distributing openSUSE in the UK Registered Linux User: 529825 -- 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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Welcome Bhaskar Upadhyaya, our new ambassador from India
by Kostas Koudaras 12 Feb '11

12 Feb '11

Hi people Please all give a warm welcome to Bhaskar Upadhyaya, our new ambassador from India. Below you can learn more about him and his relationship with openSUSE. * What have you done already for openSUSE? With respect to contributing to the openSUSE community, I haven't done much, but I am an avid openSUSE and I consider contributing and promoting openSUSE, if given an opportunity. * What are your plans for promoting openSUSE? Please tell us what you I am planning to host an event in our college along with Manu and am working with him on it. We plan to do it in the next 6 months. * Are you ready to start promoting openSUSE? Yes. As a matter of fact I have promoted openSUSE to my friends by word of mouth. * What do you think is the best kept secret of openSUSE? YaST but it should not be a secret ;) * Why do you love to do this? Friends, Community and Loads to Learn * How did you start with with Linux/openSUSE? What is your level of experience? Manu introduced openSUSE to me about 8 months back and I have been using and exploring it since. My level of experience is intermediate. My user page: http://en.opensuse.org/User:Bhaskar12del My details: Bhaskar Upadhyaya email: bhaskar12del(a)gmail.com twitter: bhaskar12del -- 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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Welcome Fernando Mejía, our new ambassador from Guatemala
by Kostas Koudaras 11 Feb '11

11 Feb '11

Hi people, please give a warm welcome to Fernando Mejía, our new ambassador from Guatemala that just joined forces with us... Below you can learn more about him and his relationship with openSUSE. * What have you done already for openSUSE? Well I started promoting openSUSE since 2009 at the Latino-American free software installation festival called FLISOL here in Guatemala. I decide to do this because there were no local openSUSE lugs, only of other distros, so I thought it would be a good idea to promote openSUSE. Later on , for the event FLISOL 2010 I decided to start an opensuse LUG in order to promote more easily this distribution , when we started we define several communication ways: - mailing list : http://listas.slgt.org/listinfo.cgi/opensusegt-slgt.org -twitter:: opensusegt -identi.ca: opensusegt -facebook : opensusegt After that, several opensuse enthusiast joined the lug and we started working as a newborn community, although a very small one, and we managed to get a hosting to host our site , which is: http://www.opensuse.org.gt Later on, we started participating in several activities concerning free software here in Guatemala: -Linux parties -opensuse 11.3 launch party here in Guatemala - Free software encounters We also started promoting SUSEstudio, cause we thought that it has a lot of potential and it can be of great use for many. You can see proof of this activities in our social network users, and in our site, mostly I am the one who publishes articles in the site, my nick is feranto. * What are your plans for promoting openSUSE? Please tell us what you want to do the next 6 months. Well for the next 6 months our main focus would be in the following activities: -openSUSE 11.4 launch party, we are going to have some talks about openSUSE, openSUSE projects like OBS, SUSEstudio and smeegol, also and installation fest and give some openSUSE merchandise. -FLISOL 2011, this is one of the main events of the year , here we are going to collaborate with other local lugs to give talks, installation fest, spread the free software ideals, and sharing with other communities. That would be our main events por the next 6 months. * Are you ready to start promoting openSUSE? I think I'm ready to do so, and to be an official ambassador. * What do you think is the best kept secret of openSUSE? Well I guess I would have to say the Christmas GRUB, its really awesome. And only openSUSE users know about it. * Why do you love to do this? Because I think it's an ethic and moral path, to share with others something that has worked for me and I think would be useful for them, without charging them and under the ideals of free software. * How did you start with with Linux/openSUSE? What is your level of experience? Well I'm a software egineering student here in Guatemala at the University of San Carlos, this is my last year. And I started with GNU/Linux because of software proyects I had to develop, my first one was to setup a website using java servlets and JSP on a GNU/Linux system, so I had to install tomcat, jdk, netbeans and other tools in my 10.3 openSUSE that time. Since then I've been in openSUSE with tools like: - QT 4.1 -gcc, g++, flex, bison, -java , jlex, java_cup, java3d ,jdom -ruby, rails 3.0 -graphviz -mysql, postgres, db2-express c, oracle 11g -gns3 -subversion, git, track, mantis -xen, qemu, kvm, virtualbox -php 5, apache2 , -latex, blender, inkscape -nmap, macchanger, wireshark, ndiswrapper -samba, raid using partitioner I've been using opensuse for a lot of purposes, but actually I haven't developed any packages for it, or resolved any bugs concerning it. Altough I would love to start. I hope it gives you an Idea of my level. Thank you very much for your time, I agree your terms, and would be very glad to be officially an opensuse ambassador. Here is my location information: Country : Guatemala Region/City : Guatemala wiki page: http://en.opensuse.org/User:Feranto Thanks again, fernando -- 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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Re: [opensuse-ambassadors] Welcome Fernando Mejía, our new ambassador from Guatemala
by cheperobert 11 Feb '11

11 Feb '11

2011/2/11 Konelix <konelix(a)gmail.com>: > > > 2011/2/11 cheperobert <jrobertoalas(a)gmail.com> >> >> 2011/2/11 Kostas Koudaras <warlordfff(a)gmail.com>: >> > Hi people, >> > please give a warm welcome to Fernando Mejía, our new ambassador from >> > Guatemala that just joined forces with us... >> > Below you can learn more about him and his relationship with openSUSE. >> > >> > >> > * What have you done already for openSUSE? >> > >> > >> > >> > Well I started promoting openSUSE since 2009 at the Latino-American >> > free software installation festival called FLISOL here in Guatemala. I >> > decide to do this because there were no local openSUSE lugs, only of >> > other distros, so I thought it would be a good idea to promote >> > openSUSE. Later on , for the event FLISOL 2010 I decided to start an >> > opensuse LUG in order to promote more easily this distribution , when >> > we started we define several communication ways: >> > >> > >> > - mailing list : http://listas.slgt.org/listinfo.cgi/opensusegt-slgt.org >> > >> > -twitter:: opensusegt >> > -identi.ca: opensusegt >> > >> > -facebook : opensusegt >> > >> > >> > After that, several opensuse enthusiast joined the lug and we started >> > working as a newborn community, although a very small one, and we >> > managed to get a hosting to host our site , which is: >> > >> > >> > http://www.opensuse.org.gt >> > >> > >> > Later on, we started participating in several activities concerning >> > free software here in Guatemala: >> > >> > -Linux parties >> > >> > -opensuse 11.3 launch party here in Guatemala >> > >> > - Free software encounters >> > >> > >> > We also started promoting SUSEstudio, cause we thought that it has a >> > lot of potential and it can be of great use for many. >> > >> > You can see proof of this activities in our social network users, and >> > in our site, mostly I am the one who publishes articles in the site, >> > my nick is feranto. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > * What are your plans for promoting openSUSE? Please tell us what you >> > want to do the next 6 months. >> > >> > >> > Well for the next 6 months our main focus would be in the following >> > activities: >> > >> > >> > -openSUSE 11.4 launch party, we are going to have some talks about >> > openSUSE, openSUSE projects like OBS, SUSEstudio and smeegol, also and >> > installation fest and give some openSUSE merchandise. >> > >> > >> > -FLISOL 2011, this is one of the main events of the year , here we are >> > going to collaborate with other local lugs to give talks, installation >> > fest, spread the free software ideals, and sharing with other >> > communities. >> > >> > >> > That would be our main events por the next 6 months. >> > >> > >> > >> > * Are you ready to start promoting openSUSE? >> > >> > >> > I think I'm ready to do so, and to be an official ambassador. >> > >> > >> > >> > * What do you think is the best kept secret of openSUSE? >> > >> > Well I guess I would have to say the Christmas GRUB, its really >> > awesome. And only openSUSE users know about it. >> > >> > >> > >> > * Why do you love to do this? >> > >> > Because I think it's an ethic and moral path, to share with others >> > something that has worked for me and I think would be useful for them, >> > without charging them and under the ideals of free software. >> > >> > >> > >> > * How did you start with with Linux/openSUSE? What is your level of >> > >> > experience? >> > >> > >> > Well I'm a software egineering student here in Guatemala at the >> > University of San Carlos, this is my last year. And I started with >> > GNU/Linux because of software proyects I had to develop, my first one >> > was to setup a website using java servlets and JSP on a GNU/Linux >> > system, so I had to install tomcat, jdk, netbeans and other tools in >> > my 10.3 openSUSE that time. Since then I've been in openSUSE with >> > tools like: >> > >> > >> > - QT 4.1 >> > >> > -gcc, g++, flex, bison, >> > >> > -java , jlex, java_cup, java3d ,jdom >> > >> > -ruby, rails 3.0 >> > >> > -graphviz >> > >> > -mysql, postgres, db2-express c, oracle 11g >> > >> > -gns3 >> > >> > -subversion, git, track, mantis >> > >> > -xen, qemu, kvm, virtualbox >> > >> > -php 5, apache2 , >> > >> > -latex, blender, inkscape >> > >> > -nmap, macchanger, wireshark, ndiswrapper >> > >> > -samba, raid using partitioner >> > >> > >> > I've been using opensuse for a lot of purposes, but actually I haven't >> > developed any packages for it, or resolved any bugs concerning it. >> > Altough I would love to start. I hope it gives you an Idea of my >> > level. >> > >> > >> > >> > Thank you very much for your time, I agree your terms, and would be >> > very glad to be officially an opensuse ambassador. Here is my location >> > information: >> > >> > >> > Country : Guatemala >> > >> > Region/City : Guatemala >> > >> > wiki page: http://en.opensuse.org/User:Feranto >> > >> > >> > Thanks again, >> > >> > >> > fernando >> > >> > >> > -- >> > 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 >> > >> > >> >> Bienvenido Fernando, me alegra mucho que seas parte de este grupo. >> >> Saludos y estoy a tus ordenes. >> >> >> -- >> 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 >> > > > Felicidades Fernando, bienvenido al Team, Por cierto ChepeRobert tenemos > pendiente la coordinación del evento a nivel Centro Américano, nos > coordinamos en las listas de correo regionales! > Así es ya he hablado con varios compañeros de la comunidad openSUSE de El Salvador y la idea de desarrollar un evento a nivel Centroamericano es muy agradable, espero nos podamos coordinas, ya que en este momento solo tenemos los planes para eventos dentro de nuestro país, podemos comunicarnos a través de la lista de Guatemala y luego difundir la información. Saludos > saludos > -- > Axel Ruiz > IT Consultant > OpenSuSe Ambassador Guatemala > Open Training & e-Ntiers Consulting > -- -- 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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event report from LCA
by Jos Poortvliet 11 Feb '11

11 Feb '11

Hi all, I went to LCA ;-) Did blog about it - pictures can be found on my picasaweb: http://picasaweb.google.com/jospoortvliet/LCA2011Brisbane Event Report LCA 2011 * LCA 2011 happened from mon 24 to sat 29 of Januari 2011. * openSUSE Ambassadors: Jos Poortvliet, Tim Serong * Event Details o It is a well organized and quite professional conference. Biggest sponsors HP, IBM, Intel and Google. Budget about $700.000, entry fee from $60 to $600 (depending if you're student, hobbyist or professional and if you get early bird registration (50% off). There are about 1000 people there, mostly semi-regulars, few students. Most of them quite technical and experienced. o Arrived Tuesday night, Wednesday first day of the conference. o Was 'fairy penguin' sponsor (A$ 1500). This was noticed by a few people. o At professional networking meeting got to talk to a few people, got one in contact with Bretzn team to talk about payment systems for openSUSE's appstore and someone else on OBS. o Attended talks, among others by Red Hat/Fedora ppl Learned about Koji and how it is about 5 lightyears behind on OBS :D o Blogged daily about LCA & other stuff (blog aggregated on an LCA planet) and tweeted several times. Also linked with Facebook. o Got in contact with a few local (open)SUSE people, will work with them to set up more of a community in AU. o Realized many people want to spread openSUSE but don't know how. They used to have local Novell contacts but those disappeared (layoffs etc) and now they're stuck. I will try and get them motivated to become openSUSE ambassador. Need to expand our ambassador program, communicate it better and work with the local Novell/SUSE offices, integrate their work with local (open)SUSE people and the ambassador work! This is what Red Hat and Canonical do very well. o Spoke with keynote speaker Mark Pesce, will try to get him as keynote speaker for Desktop Summit (if not maybe suse conf!) o Had a meeting with Fedora Project Lead. We discussed cross-distro collaboration. There will be a discussion panel on that on FOSDEM lead by him and the Debian project lead, I will join them. o Gave a 90 second lightning talk (24 slides about SUSE Studio) during the closing ceremony which earned me a t-shirt (winner best lightningtalk). Resulted in ppl coming up to me all Saturday, both to compliment with talk and to say they would check out openSUSE and SUSE Studio again. o Held a booth on Saturday together with Tim, local Novell/SUSE employee. Answered many questions. o Created 1 A4 poster to get geeks' interest, gave away about 40 and used it in booth area o Gave away 150 DVD's, rest is with 2 local openSUSE ppl now. o This conference is certainly worth going to but needs more marketing materials and more people, a team! Common questions asked: openSUSE still alive? (answer: more than ever :D) Why would I use openSUSE and not XXXX? (because we're cool, see A4 poster) How is the takeover stuff doing for openSUSE? (see my interview with Jeff Hawn) I will put this in the wiki page of LCA 2011 too :D

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Welcome to our first Australian ambassador
by Kostas Koudaras 09 Feb '11

09 Feb '11

Hi people I would like all to give a warm welcome to our first Australian ambassador Tim Serong. Below you can learn more about him and his relationship with openSUSE. * What have you done already for openSUSE? On the software front, I got the packages in network:ha-clustering and network:ha-clustering:Factory up-to-date and submitted for the openSUSE 11.3 release (prior to that, those packages hadn't seen any updates for some time). Hopefully I still have enough time for another update there for 11.4, and can provide more regular updates going forwards. On the promotion front, I was at LCA 2011 two weeks ago, where I met Jos Poortvliet and manned the openSUSE booth at open day with him. * What are your plans for promoting openSUSE? Please tell us what you want to do the next 6 months. - Distribute DVDs to a couple of local Linux user groups (I have some left over that Jos brought with him to LCA which I can use immediately). - See if I can give a talk about SUSE Studio at one of the local SAGE-AU (System Administrators Guild of Australia) monthly meetings, and also at the SAGE-AU national conference in September. - Likewise, see if I can give a talk about the openSUSE Build Service at OSDC later in the year (http://osdc.com.au/) * Are you ready to start promoting openSUSE? I sure hope so :) * What do you think is the best kept secret of openSUSE? Off the top of my head: - It "just works" on my ThinkPad. - Supporting/related infrastructure (OBS, SUSE Studio). - zypper - YaST is actually good (there has apparently been some persistent mythology around YaST breaking manually edited configuration in older releases). - Very neat packaging of ruby gems, if you're into Ruby. * Why do you love to do this? Because I enjoy seeing people use software that I helped to create, especially if they're happy about it. And if not, I'd like to find out why not, so we can fix it. * How did you start with with Linux/openSUSE? What is your level of experience? I started using Linux some time in the late 1990s. My first distro was Slackware, which I chose over RedHat because Slackware forced me to learn more in order to build a running system. I've been running Linux servers of one flavour or another (RedHat, Fedora, Gentoo, Debian, Ubuntu, SLES, openSUSE) ever since, and have been using Linux more or less exclusively on my desktop and laptop since about 2005. I started using openSUSE shortly thereafter, around about the 10.0 or 10.1 release. I spend most of my time now hacking on the various packages that make up the SLE High Availability Extension. Name: Tim Serong Country: Australia Region: Tasmania City: Hobart User Page: http://en.opensuse.org/User:Tserong -- 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 11.4 is coming soon, time to plan Launch Parties.
by Chuck Payne 07 Feb '11

07 Feb '11

Guys, We are about a month away from releasing openSUSE 11.4. Time to start thinking about planning a Launch Party for openSUSE 11.4. Launch Party If you are planning to have a launch party, I have set up a page on the wiki for you to post your launch party. I will also update with the e-mail address of whom to contact to for DVD and Material. I am still setting up the page, but welcome anyone from the Ambassadors Welcoming Team to help make edits. I am planning to add links to some posters that people can print, art that can you use to promote the event. Note that launch parties aren't limited to the release date! Feel free to plan a launch party for the week after or even a month after! The Link is here for you to add your event. http://en.opensuse.org/Events:11.4_Launch_Party I would also ask that if you are planning an event to send an e-mail to the marketing mail list to let them know. Promote your event If you are on Facebook, have blog, or member local linux group. Get the word out. We will try to help you promote the site on Facebook and Twitter. If there is a social media what we missed let us know, we want to help promote your event. Because if you are successful, we are successful. Some new to help. I have set up an account on twitter called SUSEAmbassadors.This tweet account was set up to help promote the openSUSE ambassadors, kinda of openSUSE "Event Announcement" and "News" channel about the ambassadors are doing for openSUSE. I will be taking Launch Parties that are tweeting the events time and date to help promote. If you haven't ask to follow SUSEAmbassadors, please do so. To the Ambassadors Welcoming Team, please contact me so we can set up the account on co-tweet so that we can get the word out. I know that many English is not your first language so I like to ask on the tweets if possible that we can get two from you. One in English and one in your native tongue. I also like to ask, if you have a fellow ambassador on your Facebook or twitter account that you share their event to help them promote it. We will try to set up the "Launch Parties" as events on the two openSUSE pages. Keep in mind that more we can get the word out about your and others event and the fact that openSUSE 11.4 is coming out. The more successful we will be. More news will come. We will need all the ambassadors to help on March 10th to get the word out. So please stay tune for more news. -- ----------------------------------------- Discover it! Enjoy it! Share it! openSUSE Linux. ----------------------------------------- openSUSE -- en.opensuse.org/User:Terrorpup openSUSE Ambassador/openSUSE Member skype,twiiter,identica,friendfeed -- terrorpup freenode(irc) --terrorpup/lupinstein Register Linux Userid: 155363 Have you tried SUSE Studio? Need to create a Live CD, an app you want to package and distribute , or create your own linux distro. Give SUSE Studio a try. www.susestudio.com. -- 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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Announcing the first virtual launch party
by Bruno Friedmann 05 Feb '11

05 Feb '11

Just a quick email for those of you who don't follow planet, or lizard.o.o I just published an article about our ( tigerfoot & Morgane Marquis ) secret & fun project maturing from Christmas. We work hard, and more has to come, to make it a success, and make some noise around openSUSE. http://lizards.opensuse.org/?p=6561 I'll be at Fosdem, and have prepare a flyer that I want to distribute to lot's of people I will be able to show it also in real sense what, where. I'll will do that too in Scale :-) We are searching help to spread the word, and create junction point between us (opensuse) and them (secondlife resident) So I use our so nice connect.o.o tool, to start a public pool (no elections you're warn) sorry to not use more of your time, :-) but I really need some hours of sleep before going to Brussels. If someone want to have a look at the tri-folio flyer pdf it's here http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13333867/openSUSE/join-us-for-the-first-virtual-lau… Be care it's 25MB size ! ps : don't reply directly to me without a good reason, I'm subscribed to the ml ;-) -- Bruno Friedmann Ioda-Net Sàrl www.ioda-net.ch openSUSE Member & Ambassador GPG KEY : D5C9B751C4653227 irc: tigerfoot -- 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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talking points in one page
by Jos Poortvliet 03 Feb '11

03 Feb '11

Hi all, I have created a 1-page version of our talking points from http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Talking_points This will be added to our ambassador kit. Suggestions for improvements are welcome, please be sure to also add them to the wiki! The doc can be found on the wiki too: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Talking_points#Writing_or_talking_about_ope… or to be exact: http://en.opensuse.org/File:OpenSUSE_arguments_short.odt And I added some links here: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Ambassador_kit#Some_resources_that_should_h… Greetings, Jos

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