April 2011 - openSUSE Ambassadors - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Show us your desktop - Information for ambassadors
by Kim Leyendecker 07 Apr '11

07 Apr '11

Dear Ambassadors around the world! ==If you followed the "Show us your desktop"-thread on opensuse-marketing, you can skip this mail, if not, please read it.== We want to share our desktops, your desktops and the desktops of our users on flickr and facebook, to make some kindd of "desktop contest" with the shared material. For this event, we need you! You, as ambassadors of our project, are pleased to spread the message around the world and help users with sharing their desktop. I will continue blogging about it, and give you the latest information about the whole idea. *What can we ambassadors do?* Well, we can spread the message. The most of you have an own blog, so you blog about it. I will create an article for news.o.o and publish it as soon as possible. *How can we help?* The best way is, to assist the users with uploading and sharing the material. If you can, write a tutorial about taking a snapshot of your desktop and load up it to flickr and add it to the opensuse-flickr-group as well. *Can I contribute with my desktop?* Yes, of course! Just take a snapshot, load it up on flickr and link it to the opensuse-flickr-group. *Are their any ways to vote about the best?* Yes, we want to upload the photos on facebook and count the "likes". I suggest you to tell interested people about this, and let them vote. As we planed it today, it will be an open vote for everyone who has a facebook account. (Maybe we will use some other tools, if neccessary.) *Are their any other questions?* If you, just mail me, or answer the the "Show us your desktop!-thread" on opensuse-marketing! *REMEMBER* This thread is just an information about the whole thing. Please don´t answer to this, because it would be very confusing, when we have to read two different threads for one thing. Please answer to this thread, if neccessary: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-marketing/2011-03/msg00277.html kind regards Kim (who´s sitting in the garden with his notebook and enjoys the great weather :) ) -- Kim Leyendecker (kimleyendecker(a)hotmail.de) openSUSE Ambassador / openSUSE Wiki Team DE http://www.opensuse.org 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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Report: SUSE Studio talk
by Tim Serong 06 Apr '11

06 Apr '11

Hi All, I gave a talk on SUSE Studio yesterday at the SAGE-AU[1] Tasmanian chapter meeting. This is a monthly lunchtime meeting, this time with five attendees besides myself (generally there's maybe 5-15 people present, but they're all sysadmins, so it's a good technical audience). The slides, an audio recording of the talk, a tarball of screenshots, and the demo appliance I built are all now linked off http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Presentations#SUSE_Studio The response was positive with comments about it being a very good interface, and that people would try it out and/or tell others that they work with about Studio. I also took the opportunity to hand out my last two openSUSE 11.3 DVDs, and a bunch of bookmarks. Feedback on the slides/presentation is of course welcome :) Regards, Tim [1] http://www.sage-au.org.au/ -- Tim Serong <tserong(a)novell.com> Senior Clustering Engineer, OPS Engineering, Novell Inc. -- 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" page on wiki
by Anastasios Ksouzafeiris 06 Apr '11

06 Apr '11

Hello to everyone. Yesterday me and tian2992 (Sebastian Oliva) worked on our "talking points" wiki page. This page contain the info you will need to answer questions and talk about openSUSE in different people like Users, Developers, Systems Administrators and how (if someone wants) to contibute in our community. Now after some work on these, are easier to navigate on pages through the navigation bar. You can found the pages here: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Talking_points Regards -- Anastasios Ksouzafeiris http://opensuse.gr http://amb.opensuse.gr http://own.opensuse.gr -- 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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irc channel
by Stuart Tanner 06 Apr '11

06 Apr '11

how does one get an invite into the ambassadors channel? SatManUK -- 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: 52h -- 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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Gnome 3.0 / Launch Party in Manchester
by Stuart Tanner 06 Apr '11

06 Apr '11

As per Bryen's email earlier I have contacted the Manchester Team at Free software UK and I am attending their launch party. But I don't get away free so I have to give a talk about "openSUSE / Novell / Gnome" Relationship.. Based on the fact I am a KDE User by heart I am looking for tips, ideas and sub topics that I can put together to take promote the gnome side of suse. Any offers? -- 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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openSUSE Marketing Materials and openSUSE:Presentations pages
by Kostas Koudaras 06 Apr '11

06 Apr '11

Hello to all openSUSE Marketing people and Ambassadors out there Currently I am working on openSUSE:Marketing materials (http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Marketing_materials) What I would like is either the links or the actual files of materials like 11.4 posters, fliers, the Cheat-cube, the paper-penguin Carlos made(I actually need the .svg file from that to make it more neutral so everybody can use it and adjust it to his/her needs) as long as other stuff that exist around so that I can gather them all and upload or link them to the Marketing Materials page. I am also giving links from git so if something I asked is actually there please let me know since I haven't seen all of git yet. Also banners in English or any other language needed ;-). I want to focus on ending if possible that page so that people who want to make an event or set up a booth and want to print some material, to be able to find everything there(at least the basics) without getting lost in the wiki.If anyone want's to help, feel free. Also maybe Jos should consider in printing some of this stuff (like the cheat-cube) and send that along with DVD's, stickers and other promo material since it's a really cool thing to have ;-) Just a thought... I also accept to send me presentations to upload them to openSUSE:Presentations (http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Presentations). I know that many of you have one or two or more that it is not uploaded there, Just send me the files by e-mail and I will upload them and maybe write a few words about it. Again especially presentations that are not in English needed. Come on people, lets roll Hope to hear and get something from all of you Marketing people and Ambassadors out there Kostas Koudaras -- 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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New Ambassador - North America, United States, Kentucky
by Thomas Jones 06 Apr '11

06 Apr '11

* What have you done already for openSUSE? 1) Packager and upstream developer of the following OBS packages: a) ovaldi - Open Vulnerability Definition Intrepreter b) xmlsec1 - XML Security Library 2) Author of 2,214 source code definition files in the OVAL XML language. I have submitted them to National Institute of Standards and Technology. All accepted by peers and are available for use by general public. Completed. 3) Author of 6,000+ source code definition files in the OVAL XML language. I have queued them for submission to National Institute of Standards and Technology. Currently, re-engineering update process for all files processed internally; then forward to NIST/Mitre. 40%. 4) Currently developing an United States Department of Defense 5015.2-STD Recordkeeping Compliant Documentation Server located in the Amazon EC2 Cloud. This DMS is intended to be the next generation XML repository to generate, store and transmit security-oriented data files pertaining to openSUSE and the entire suite of Novell products. 80% - Backend Finished, 15% - End-User Interface. * What are your plans for promoting openSUSE? Please tell us what you want to do the next 6 months. 1) Local marketing. I have partnered with the local Starbucks for 3 events in the near future highlighting openSUSE. 2) Local Deployment. Currently utilize openSUSE-based system for deployment of educational resources for Institute for Security and Open Methodology training classes for elementary, middle school and high school students entitiled "Hacker Highschool". These training classes are preemptive introductions for the Local School System to openSUSE. 3) Local/Remote Marketing. Two openSUSE derivatives are planned for deployment and marketing within the next 2 months. * Are you ready to start promoting openSUSE? Yes, as an elected Official openSUSE Member; i believe it is my responsiblity to do so. I have requested promotional DVDs from openSUSE Promotions already and have began developing high-quality presentation slides highlighting the features and benefits that coincide with my target market. I dabble in the Infosec area of openSUSE. It's what I enjoy. So I figured why not promote the distribution that I enjoy as well. I would like for everyone to enjoy the freedom and relief I receive by utilizing the wonderful openSUSE Linux distribution. * What do you think is the best kept secret of openSUSE? The terminal or the getsysinfo() scripts. * Why do you love to do this? I like to have control of my system. openSUSE allows me to do just that---and it looks good doing so. * How did you start with with Linux/openSUSE? What is your level of experience? I began studying Linux while earning my Microsoft Networking Engineering certificate 10 years ago. I ditched Microsoft Windows; and have been using Linux ever since. Bought Boxed Packages of the following releases: 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 8.0, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3. I still have the packages and proudly keep them well beyond their end-of-lifecycle! ;) I then took a hiatus and dabbled with ubuntu for awhile. Ubuntu 9.10, 10.04 LTS. Then returned to openSUSE right before release of 11.2. Cheers. Thomas R. Jones -- 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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Gnome 3 launch party in Zürich Friday 8th April 3pm to 7pm ETHZ
by Bruno Friedmann 06 Apr '11

06 Apr '11

Gnome3 is today, and swiss people are organizing a launch party Friday 8th April More details are here http://lizards.opensuse.org/?p=7089 I will be there, and have a talk (or two) about openSUSE, discussing about obs susestudio etc. If any ambassador want to join, (especially one knowing gnome) he/she's welcome! I'm so embarassed, because I've not asked 11.4 DVD yet (I was not suppose to do that exhibition) -- 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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Honduras Ambassor
by Nathan Lopez 06 Apr '11

06 Apr '11

* What have you done already for openSUSE? R: I am new to the community, i want to work in Spanish translation and development, I have personally promoted basic course of events gnu / linux for new students at my university, presenting alternative openSUSE highlighting its stability and me in my personal experience with the system, from 11.0 to the current version. * What are your plans for promoting openSUSE? Please tell us what you want to do the next 6 months. R: I am the vice-president of engineering careers in computer science, in the course of the year we do many activities and promote free software alternatives, the closest is in May ("barcamp 5.0"), there'll be giving several conferences about openSUSE between topics: -Basic Concepts Software-compatibility package-use terminal-commands -installation -about the community programming-tools OpenSUSE-Games , and other more Also, among the plans evagelizard xD ... I have many contacts in college and am preparing a "openSUSE tour" in different schools, introducing the system and distributing installations DVDs, such plans would be short term. * Are you ready to start promoting openSUSE? R: Yes, before sending the request of Ambassador evaluates me to see how capable I am. Think I'm ready for this great mission. * What do you think is the best kept secret of openSUSE? R: I think the secret is in the form of development, the seriousness and commitment of both Novell and the community. openSUSE is not as informal, when people talk about openSUSE are talking to one of the best distributions gnu \ linux and I think that is the secret which was made by the developers and the community. * Why do you love to do this? R: Because I think a system so powerful can not be unknown to the people, in these countries (Central America) people are tired of fighting malware filled systems, getting licenses pirates, panicking for unexpected errors. I think it is necessary to promote a viable alternative for everyone. * How did you start with with Linux/openSUSE? What is your level of experience? R: My intention was to learn more and wanted to start in the world of GNU / Linux and after trying several distributions and investigate, I found to try openSUSE and after a while, I knew I had the operating system needed. I consider my experience level and intermediate-advanced, is that even I have too many things to learn. -- 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 PromoDVDs coming soonish - Organizing Country Coordination
by Andreas Jaeger 05 Apr '11

05 Apr '11

PromoDVDs of openSUSE 11.4 will soon be available. In the past we had a few ambassadors that distributed them on demand to folks in their country like Sankar P (is there a wiki page for this?). Sankar, could you tell us a bit what you did so that others know what this means, please? If you're interested in handling PromoDVDs for your region, please speak up. 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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