May 2011 - openSUSE Ambassadors - openSUSE Mailing Lists

recommendations for brochures etc. to print up for user groups
by Tim Serong 17 May '11

17 May '11

Hi All, I'm looking at sending some batches of 11.4 promo DVDs to various LUGs in Australia, to be passed on to their local members and other interested parties. I was thinking I should probably get some brochures printed up to send out as well, as I won't actually physically be present at most of these groups, and making more information available never hurts. I'm cloning our artwork repo off gitorious right now, but while that downloads, I thought I'd ask if any of you have specific recommendations for brochures etc. that have worked particularly well for you in this sort of endeavour (I'm imagining more the sort of thing that can be handily left on a table with DVDs, as opposed to large posters). Thanks, Tim -- 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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banner for cheap
by jdd 17 May '11

17 May '11

It's a very good addon when building a boot to have a banner. You can find an example here (including photos of the actual banner) - the banner is printed on heavy material, the one made specially for banners and with eyelets. You have to give a pdf ith the good L/l ratio: http://dodin.org/opensuse/artwork/ there are both jpg and svg (source) to allow localisation. In France, I ordered from: art2creation(a)hotmail.fr the cost of one banner, 200x40 centimeters, including all costs (package and delivery) is *23* euros which I find extremely cheap. Just a note: the above e-mail is said to be from France, but the delivery is from "Farra Company, Aleppo, Syria" (that may be a problem for some people). But may be you can find similar prices elsewhere (I found it on e-bay) jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://www.youtube.com/user/jdddodinorg http://jdd.blip.tv/ -- 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-wiki] better Wiki editor
by Buddhika Chandradeepa Kurera 17 May '11

17 May '11

Hello Editors, > We were waiting to see FCK editor :) Same here, waiting. :) > > I agree that current Wikipedia editor is much better then the one we have, so > until FCK is ready, we should offer WikiEditor. Agreed. Compared to what we have now WikiEditor is better. So lets include it. See ya. -- Regards, Buddhike Chandradeepa Kurera -- 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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Spread the Conference word via Facebook!
by Bryen M. Yunashko 17 May '11

17 May '11

As you all know, today we formally announced the openSUSE Conference 2011 as seen here:http://news.opensuse.org/2011/05/16/opensuse-conference-2011-to-be-cre… I've created a Facebook event page at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=202207046487042 Please visit the page and invite as many people as you think might be interested to attend this event. We will add more invitationals on other social media sites soon, but for now, we have Facebook to start with and let's move forth. The more people know about us, the more we can expect an awesome event. Bryen M Yunashko openSUSE Marketing Team -- 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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Non-standard compliant website list
by Roger Luedecke 16 May '11

16 May '11

One thing that keeps people from adopting Linux is the problem of websites being designed using MS only technologies, or that block non MS browsers or OSes. Would it be feasible for us to set up a list of commonly used / important websites that do this, and lobby those sites to adopt modern stadards, and to blitz whatever reviews possible to indicate their failure and lower their ranking, thus pressutring them to adopt standards? -- 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] Novell sponsored training for Ambassadors?
by Roger Luedecke 15 May '11

15 May '11

On Sunday, May 15, 2011 12:44:56 PM you wrote: > 2011/5/15 Roger Luedecke <roger.luedecke(a)gmail.com>: > > On Sunday, May 15, 2011 11:53:05 AM you wrote: > >> I don't believe that ambassadors actually need something like an LPI > >> degree, Ambassadors are mainly marketing, Talking to people about > >> openSUSE and act like an openSUSE evangelists. > >> How a degree like that will actually help someone do that? > >> I am talking from myself now but I don't see any use of that to an > >> ambassador, a degree in PR would be much more useful I think ;-) > >> It does not harm but it is hardly crucial to an ambassador, under my > >> opinion. > >> > >> 2011/5/14 Chuck Payne <terrorpup(a)gmail.com>: > >> > On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 3:08 AM, Roger Luedecke > >> > > >> > <roger.luedecke(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> On 05/13/2011 10:26 PM, jdd wrote: > >> >>> Le 14/05/2011 01:12, Roger Luedecke a écrit : > >> >>>> Precisely my thought. > >> >>> > >> >>> if so, they will need this: > >> >>> > >> >>> http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596005283 > >> >>> > >> >>> :-) > >> >>> > >> >>> jdd > >> >> > >> >> I believe Novell has their own training materials. Microsoft was > >> >> distributing a very good C++ book for a while through MSDN, no doubt > >> >> Novell could work out a similar deal if need be. > >> >> -- > >> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse- > > > > ambassadors+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org > > > >> >> For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse- > > > > ambassadors+help(a)opensuse.org > > > >> > Novell/Attachment I believe will not train us. After my many dealing > >> > with the Novell Sale Engineer. Many don't like the fact that we are > >> > going out there. I had a few ask why I was at a fest and not some SE. > >> > Plus, I don't think Novell/Attachment would train the Ambassador > >> > unless they could get money back. > >> > > >> > Guys remember the Ambassador program a volunteer program. > >> > > >> > I agree training would be nice. But, I think we need not look at > >> > Novell/Attachment but to our community. I am System Administrator with > >> > 15 years on me. I done one training class for an event. I am looking > >> > to see what it would take to set up such classes online, but until I > >> > get settle in my new job, I don't have time. But I do want to do that, > >> > I love to make the openSUSE Day a thing we could do at fest. > >> > > >> > The Welcome Team is suppose to mentor and well other ambassadors. > >> > >> 'suppose' ? Does anyone has a problem with the mentoring we are doing? > >> Does anyone disagrees that we are doing mentoring? > >> > >> We > >> > >> > were talk about having a mentor program too, but it was agree that the > >> > Welcome Team would mentor or try to find people to mentor. > >> > >> The mentoring program idea was also turned down from you too, although > >> I had talk to you about it personally and you accepted at first and > >> then you left me alone with the mentoring idea, and that was the > >> reason that fell on to the welcome teams duties, am I wrong? > >> Does all that undermining to our work from you Chuck has a bottom > >> line? If it is please let me know. > >> If you have a problem with the work we are doing why you haven't spoke > >> to us so far and you are doing it now? > >> We are suppose to be friends here and having fun, not doing politics :-( > >> > >> > >> > >> So Roger, > >> > >> > if you want or need help, please ask. That goes for all. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Let do this. On this mailing list. Please everyone that is an > >> > Ambassador, write down that you like to be train on. I will take that > >> > information redo it so that we can put together a list of things you > >> > guys feell ambassador need training. Then we will start working on > >> > training. Putting things on the wiki, maybe creating PDF or e-books > >> > you can carry with you. > >> > > >> > Novell/Attachment and soon to be SUSE are our sponsors, but we as a > >> > community need take care of each other. Lets teach each other so we > >> > can grow as a community. We have the great group people and I think we > >> > can do this. > >> > > >> > > >> > Pup > >> > > >> > -- > >> > (678) 636-9678 > >> > ----------------------------------------- > >> > 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 > > > >> Kostas Koudaras > > > > Certainly, but another thing that ambassador do is help new users. > > Training and such related to technical matters would make a much more > > powerful communtiy of help available to guide new users. > > I agree it would be helpful, I just personally don't find it a crucial > skill for an ambassador. > Maybe you are right about strengthen the community, but anyway we have > people solving that kind of matters ;-) > Kostas Well, no not crucial. But it would be a good option for those ambassadors who think they could benefit in the things they do with the community. Perhaps there should be a seperate group of technical ambassadors or some such. -- 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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Wiki Blitz
by Roger Luedecke 15 May '11

15 May '11

A frustration for me was often the lack of content in the wiki. I think we should have a sprint to fill in or migrate a large amount of articles in the wiki. Friends and clients often bemoan forum trawling to try and find solutions (Ubuntu users). Even if its just a copy and paste to start with, thats better than keeping it all blank. -- 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: Hello, I am ready!
by Carlos Ribeiro 14 May '11

14 May '11

Hi All Please welcome Paulo, he is from Rio de Janeiro, Brasil and give him a warm welcome to the openSUSE Ambassadors Team :) For people that wishes to have a little bit more information about him, please see his answers bellow. Paulo welcome aboard to this amazing team! As you may seeing during you steps to became an openSUSE Ambassador, we have some materials and resources that may help you during your early days within the ambassadors program, so I would like to share a quickly review of the most important links. Ambassadors Portal http://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Ambassadors Ambassadors meeting http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Ambassadors_meeting Ambassadors events http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Ambassadors_events openSUSE:Presentations http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Presentations openSUSE:Product demo http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Product_demo openSUSE:Marketing materials http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Marketing_materials Marketing Portal http://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Marketing Paulo, anything you need, please fell free to find one of us on the openSUSE-ambassadors mailing list, or in #opensuse-marketing on Freenode. Best "geeko" regards CarlosRibeiro 2011/5/13 Paulo Motta <prmottajr(a)gmail.com> > > Hello Carlos, > > I will copy the questions up here to answer them :) > > * What have you done already for openSUSE? > > I have recommended it for many people and recently I have started promoting it as a platform for Java and Compilers disciplines that I teach at the University. I have also contributed with a guide to make bluetooth work on OpenSuse 11.1 and have posted many articles on my website (www.paulomotta.pro.br) about OpenSuse and Linux. > > * What are your plans for promoting openSUSE? Please tell us what you want to do the next 6 months. > > I have made a "virtual" install fest via the University's forum but I intend to promote a presential install fest. I will try to get some sponsorship from the University for that. > > * Are you ready to start promoting openSUSE? > > I am just on the verge of completing my PhD so, for this month I am a little off-line, but besides that, I am ready > > * What do you think is the best kept secret of openSUSE? > > OpenSuse is the most distro that was able to put together easy-of-use and stability, I really like the whole system. (Although some months ago I have complained a lot about the repositories that were offline) > > * Why do you love to do this? > > Because I like to see open systems running and since I teach software development I try to promote the idea that you need to either use open source software and contribute with it or you should buy some licensed software but do not use pirate copies! > > * How did you start with Linux/openSUSE? What is your level of experience? > > My first experience was back in 1997 when I first compiled the kernel of a Slackware system, after that I have tried some stuff but at that time didn't move exclusively. I still used it in a 50/50 proportion with Windows most during the 2002-2005 period when I was completing my Master, and then in 2006 I began moving exclusively to OpenSuse which happened in 2007. I consider myself an experienced user although I prefer the GUI interface over the text. > > Best regards > Paulo > > > On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 8:32 PM, Carlos Ribeiro <carlosalberto.net(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hello Paulo, >> >> My name is Carlos and like you I work to help to spread openSUSE in >> Brazil. Working together with Manu and Kostas 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? >> >> >> Best "paulista" regards >> We hope to see you soon. >> >> CarlosRibeiro >> >> 2011/5/13 Paulo Motta <prmottajr(a)gmail.com> >>> >>> Greetings from Rio de Janeiro Brazil! >>> >>> I have configured all the steps listed on the Ambassadors page and I am willing to be part of the team. >>> >>> I've been using OpenSuSE regularly as main OS since 2007 and after helping promoting informally I would like to become official :) >>> >>> Cheers >>> -- >>> Paulo Motta >>> -- >>> "Qualquer tecnologia suficientemente avançada é indistinguível da mágica" - Arthur C. Clarke >> > > > > -- > Paulo Motta > -- > "Qualquer tecnologia suficientemente avançada é indistinguível da mágica" - Arthur C. Clarke -- 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: Hello, I am ready!
by Carlos Ribeiro 14 May '11

14 May '11

Hi All Please welcome Paulo, he is from Rio de Janeiro, Brasil and give him a warm welcome to the openSUSE Ambassadors Team :) For people that wishes to have a little bit more information about him, please see his answers bellow. Paulo welcome aboard to this amazing team! As you may seeing during you steps to became an openSUSE Ambassador, we have some materials and resources that may help you during your early days within the ambassadors program, so I would like to share a quickly review of the most important links. Ambassadors Portal http://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Ambassadors Ambassadors meeting http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Ambassadors_meeting Ambassadors events http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Ambassadors_events openSUSE:Presentations http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Presentations openSUSE:Product demo http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Product_demo openSUSE:Marketing materials http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Marketing_materials Marketing Portal http://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Marketing Paulo, anything you need, please fell free to find one of us on the openSUSE-ambassadors mailing list, or in #opensuse-marketing on Freenode. Best "geeko" regards CarlosRibeiro 2011/5/13 Paulo Motta <prmottajr(a)gmail.com> > > Hello Carlos, > > I will copy the questions up here to answer them :) > > * What have you done already for openSUSE? > > I have recommended it for many people and recently I have started promoting it as a platform for Java and Compilers disciplines that I teach at the University. I have also contributed with a guide to make bluetooth work on OpenSuse 11.1 and have posted many articles on my website (www.paulomotta.pro.br) about OpenSuse and Linux. > > * What are your plans for promoting openSUSE? Please tell us what you want to do the next 6 months. > > I have made a "virtual" install fest via the University's forum but I intend to promote a presential install fest. I will try to get some sponsorship from the University for that. > > * Are you ready to start promoting openSUSE? > > I am just on the verge of completing my PhD so, for this month I am a little off-line, but besides that, I am ready > > * What do you think is the best kept secret of openSUSE? > > OpenSuse is the most distro that was able to put together easy-of-use and stability, I really like the whole system. (Although some months ago I have complained a lot about the repositories that were offline) > > * Why do you love to do this? > > Because I like to see open systems running and since I teach software development I try to promote the idea that you need to either use open source software and contribute with it or you should buy some licensed software but do not use pirate copies! > > * How did you start with Linux/openSUSE? What is your level of experience? > > My first experience was back in 1997 when I first compiled the kernel of a Slackware system, after that I have tried some stuff but at that time didn't move exclusively. I still used it in a 50/50 proportion with Windows most during the 2002-2005 period when I was completing my Master, and then in 2006 I began moving exclusively to OpenSuse which happened in 2007. I consider myself an experienced user although I prefer the GUI interface over the text. > > Best regards > Paulo > > > On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 8:32 PM, Carlos Ribeiro <carlosalberto.net(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hello Paulo, >> >> My name is Carlos and like you I work to help to spread openSUSE in >> Brazil. Working together with Manu and Kostas 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? >> >> >> Best "paulista" regards >> We hope to see you soon. >> >> CarlosRibeiro >> >> 2011/5/13 Paulo Motta <prmottajr(a)gmail.com> >>> >>> Greetings from Rio de Janeiro Brazil! >>> >>> I have configured all the steps listed on the Ambassadors page and I am willing to be part of the team. >>> >>> I've been using OpenSuSE regularly as main OS since 2007 and after helping promoting informally I would like to become official :) >>> >>> Cheers >>> -- >>> Paulo Motta >>> -- >>> "Qualquer tecnologia suficientemente avançada é indistinguível da mágica" - Arthur C. Clarke >> > > > > -- > Paulo Motta > -- > "Qualquer tecnologia suficientemente avançada é indistinguível da mágica" - Arthur C. Clarke -- 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 our new ambassador
by Manu Gupta 11 May '11

11 May '11

Hi All Welcome Jamileth Velásquez :) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Itxshell Bash <itzshell(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, May 6, 2011 at 11:09 AM Subject: Re: ambassador To: Manu Gupta <manugupt1(a)gmail.com> 2011/5/3 Manu Gupta <manugupt1(a)gmail.com> > > Hi > > I am Manu and along with Kostas 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? As coordinator of Flisol2011 in Tegucigalpa formed a group of 6 to promote openSUSE users during the event, were given 50 DVDs of openSUSE 11.4 and 100 CDs of openSUSE 11.04 (KDE). Stickers and shirts. > > * What are your plans for promoting openSUSE? Please tell us what you > want to do the next 6 months. Join the openSUSE User Group Honduras, have a blog page, plus a forum for users to share and learn more. Installing openSUSE 11.4 in the laboratories of three universities in collaboration with users of openSUSE. Expand user groups to different cities such as San Pedro Sula, Comayagua and Santa Lucia. > > * Are you ready to start promoting openSUSE? Yes. > > * What do you think is the best kept secret of openSUSE? The efficiency and desire to be the best. > > * Why do you love to do this? I like to share all the good that I have and openSUSE is the best. > > * How did you start with with Linux/openSUSE? What is your level of > experience? > > I tried different versions of openSUSE and had not had as my main system until I saw the need to use it as a base system and I'm delighted with it. A full technical level my expectations and allows me to develop my work. Honduras/ Tegucigalpa/ Itxshell -- Regards Manu Gupta -- 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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