July 2011 - openSUSE Ambassadors - openSUSE Mailing Lists

talk at or visit Linux Open Administration Days
by Jos Poortvliet 11 Apr '12

11 Apr '12

Hi all, April 16-17 in Antwerp, Belgium, the Linux Open Administration Days will take place. This free event offers a chance for LPI certification as well as meeting and talking to linux sysadmins. There is a call for presentations here: http://www.loadays.org/content/call-presentations If you want to go and give a talk there about openSUSE tech - that's be awesome. If you can't afford to go there due to travel or hotel costs, let me know, we might be able to work something out ;-) cheers, Jos

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Event Report from Taiwan -- July 2011
by Max 01 Aug '11

01 Aug '11

Dear ALL: We have 3 workshop this month Topic: Nagios with openSUSE for 6 hours training course *7/10 Taipei *7/24 Taichung *7/31 Tainan Total about 90 people Some of them are teachers, MIS, and students We already upload pictures at flickr http://www.flickr.com/groups/opensuse/pool/ ^___^ Best regards Max -- 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] Special Announcement - Ambassador Travel Funding
by Kostas Koudaras 30 Jul '11

30 Jul '11

2011/7/29 Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)suse.com>: > On Friday, July 29, 2011 11:03:12 AM Stathis Iosifidis (aka diamond_gr) wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Regarding the deadline, it's good to know when the event takes place for >> the budget. >> A question-note I have is this: >> >> In Greece we know the big events we'll apply. We don't know the exact >> day though. We discuss it at our first ambassadors meeting. So the >> person who will create the page where we can enter the event, have to >> make space for the month and not the exacd date of the month and also >> how many will attend to the booth or talk. >> >> What about smaller events that people invite us? An example here was the >> event we went a day before Christmas in Florina. We decided to go about >> a week before. So regarding the timelines you give us, we had to know >> that on October 1st. >> >> Regarding the type of the events or talks, I think more important is the >> booth staff because we talk to people about our project. > > Let's be realistic: We have limited money and thus won't be able to fund each > and every event - and we need to find our way with the setup. > > We can reserve some money for ad-hoc events - but the money Jos currently has > vanishes at the end of a fiscal quarter, so we cannot keep it for ever and > thus prefer to spend everything instead of money vanishing... > > Andreas > -- > Andreas Jaeger, Program Manager openSUSE > aj(a){suse.com,opensuse.org} Twitter/Identica: jaegerandi > SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany > GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) > GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126 > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org > For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org > > Stathis this goes to you mainly, small events like that in Florina( it cost us around 50 Euros each attendant) can be covered by us since we do it for the fun of participation and for the road-trip ;-) Those money I think should go to bigger events, not that I leave those events out necessary, but if something is to be decided quick I prefer consume my time at thinking on how I am going to do a good appearance and have fun than to think about money. Either you can(have the time and money) to do it, either you don't. Anyway I wish that we have only 10-20 active (on events) ambassadors because of the money and now that some money are available to see 153 really active ambassadors and I promise that I will pay all events I will attend from my pocket, but I bet that the main reason is mostly time. Now it is better to think how to organize things at this point and then we talk about details and exceptions. We all need to work harder because we have a great project in our hands and our job is to show it to the world. That is for now Sorry for my probably bad English but I was working the last 18 hours and I am really tired Kostas -- 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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How to reward a member that is on fire!!!
by Stathis Iosifidis (aka diamond_gr) 29 Jul '11

29 Jul '11

Hello, We had a talk about Greek community. I remember that we had a talk in the list about a reward to the ambassador that helps the community. We were thinking to reward the member that is on fire. Bryen anounced Ambassador Travel Funding program but this is only for traveling etc. Do you have any idea? Can you propose us something? Can you help us? Thanks Stathis -- 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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Special Announcement - Ambassador Travel Funding
by Bryen M. Yunashko 28 Jul '11

28 Jul '11

Dear awesome Ambassadors and Marketeers, We are very excited to announce a new program for our Ambassadors to be able to travel to important events in their regions and promote openSUSE. Over the past few months, Jos and I lobbied and recently received approval from Attachmate to create this program. Each quarter, the Ambassador Team will be allowed to reimburse up to $5,000 (USD) for transportation/hotel expenses. How it works: * At least one month prior to the start of each quarter, ambassadors discuss and make a proposal for expenses to events and other promotion opportunities globally. * The Ambassadors will determine the long term event strategy; deciding which events should be supported with these funds. Jos and I will provide any advice or encouragement needed throughout the process. * Jos has final approval of any expenses. Ambassadors will be reimbursed up to 80% of their personal expenses. * Each quarter is as follows: August 1 - October 31 (Proposal Deadline - July 1) November 1 - Jan 31 (Proposal Deadline - October 1) February 1 - April 30 (Proposal Deadline - Jan 1) May 1 - July 31 (Proposal Deadline - April 1) Why we are doing this? We have two purposes here: A) Tto empower the Ambassador Team to strategically develop a plan of action and determine for itself where it can make the most successes. B) To develop a long-term strategy and schedule. This will improve the flow of funding in a quick manner and also help us to determine what materials and other preparations are needed for the entire year. While this is a quarterly program, we encourage the Ambassadors to think long term (up to 1 year) and identify as many potential events globally. This will help us to better allocate our limited resources. (For example, we are already out of Promo DVDs currently. Long-term planning would help us better anticipate our printing needs.) It will be up to you to determine how best to discuss/document/propose actions. Thanks and feel free to ask any questions you may have! 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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DesktopSummit planning
by Jos Poortvliet 28 Jul '11

28 Jul '11

Hi everyone!!! As you might know, SUSE will sponsor the Desktop Summit Berlin, see: https://desktopsummit.org/press/sponsors-announced openSUSE will be there too, and visibly of course! We have people giving talks, bof's and all that, promoting a variety of technology and in general of course just participating in making the Desktop Summit great. As sponsor, SUSE not only is paying money for the DS but also provides some cool stuff: we have openSUSE beer and t-shirts for the Soccer Match on Sunday and we bring the SUSE Studio Kiosk with a number of USB sticks there so people can create their own OS-on-a-stick! Now the DS team is busy enough so we need to help out a bit. A few people need to help handling the beer - I'm sure we can get volunteers for that (yes, drinking allowed as long as you can still carry beer). And we need some help with baby-sitting the Studio Kiosk at the sponsor table! I'm sure if we all help out we can do this easily together. Please add your names to the wiki if you're coming and if you already know when you can help out, add your name there too: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:DesktopSummitBerlin Thanks in advance!!!! Jos

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Microsoft extending Linux Patent Deal with SUSE
by Kim Leyendecker 28 Jul '11

28 Jul '11

Hello peers, FYI, Microsoft is extending the Linux Patent deal with SUSE. See on Slashdot: http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/07/25/1854205/Microsoft-Extending-Linux-… It actually just talks about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, but I think it´s counting for openSUSE as well. So, if you´re promoting openSUSE to some kind of patent paranoids, you can use this to convince them about openSUSE and Linux :-) keep on rocking, -- Kim Leyendecker (kdl(a)k-dl.de.vu) openSUSE Ambassador, openSUSE Wiki Team DE HAVE A LOT OF FUN! 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. http://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: Idea for promoting oSC (promotional Video)
by jdd 27 Jul '11

27 Jul '11

Hello, Kostas and me discussed of a video of sort to promote the OSC ('openSUSE Conference, September) De : Kostas Koudaras <warlordfff(a)gmail.com> >> Ok, so my thought is to take small videos of ambassadors calling >> people to the oSC in their native language it's a sort of "I'm a geecko" video So we first need to know if you find this usefull? If so, we will need to have as many ambassadors as possible making videos (more on the technical points later) But we also need reviewer to check the videos (to prevent unappropriate contents). The best way should be to have a member check them... given as many langages as possible are wanted we need also OSC logos, posters, to make a beginning and an ending, as we need some sort of sound or music (free, of course) for them. we &lso need a proposal for a short text, to be used as basis, variants being possible I send this to multimedia, ambassadors and marketting, but I think final discussion of how to make and store videos should be held on ambassador list and potential technicals around the hole video making on multimedia, so please post on the relevant list thanks jdd -- 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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Ambassador
by Jorge Eduardo de Araújo Oliveira 25 Jul '11

25 Jul '11

Am i already an ambassador? Can i promote openSUSE now? Thanks! 2011/7/24, Kostas Koudaras <warlordfff(a)gmail.com>: > 2011/7/21 Bryen M. Yunashko <suserocks(a)bryen.com>: >> On Thu, 2011-07-21 at 13:35 +0300, Kostas Koudaras wrote: >>> >>> I proposed a few weeks ago a BoF which I will do with Manu with title: >>> "Ambassador Program: Current status,potential changes and >>> improvements". I think it is very similar with the one you propose so >>> it think what you are talking about is covered. >>> ;-) >>> If you think otherwise please let us know. >> >> Speaking directly to you both... >> >> I re-read your proposal and it is good. Some suggestions: >> >> 1. Remember that your BoF is only about an hour long. BoFs need e >> very narrow focus or it won't accomplish much. If you have a lot of >> things to talk about, then consider breaking down the topics into 2 BoFs >> with specific goals. There needs to be an expected outcome. For >> example, we have several Marketing Bofs and hacksessions proposed, but >> they each have very specific purposes. >> >> 2. When I first read this the other day, I misread and thought it was a >> Talk and not a BoF. I think you both should definitely do a talk that >> is for the general openSUSE audience that explains what the ambassador >> program is and what we do in the past. Make it a very exciting >> presentation that inspires more people to sign up as Ambassadors. >> >> Keep up the good work, guys! >> >> Bryen >> > > I have an idea, please let me know what do you think of it, I am > thinking on making a BoF about : Do we need a mentoring program or > not? > Bruno I am thinking you to be the 'We don't need it side, and me be > the 'We need it' side, what do you think about it? >> > > > > -- > 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 > > -- Enviado do meu celular -- 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] Proposed Sessions for openSUSE Conference
by Kostas Koudaras 24 Jul '11

24 Jul '11

2011/7/21 Bryen M. Yunashko <suserocks(a)bryen.com>: > On Thu, 2011-07-21 at 13:35 +0300, Kostas Koudaras wrote: >> >> I proposed a few weeks ago a BoF which I will do with Manu with title: >> "Ambassador Program: Current status,potential changes and >> improvements". I think it is very similar with the one you propose so >> it think what you are talking about is covered. >> ;-) >> If you think otherwise please let us know. > > Speaking directly to you both... > > I re-read your proposal and it is good. Some suggestions: > > 1. Remember that your BoF is only about an hour long. BoFs need e > very narrow focus or it won't accomplish much. If you have a lot of > things to talk about, then consider breaking down the topics into 2 BoFs > with specific goals. There needs to be an expected outcome. For > example, we have several Marketing Bofs and hacksessions proposed, but > they each have very specific purposes. > > 2. When I first read this the other day, I misread and thought it was a > Talk and not a BoF. I think you both should definitely do a talk that > is for the general openSUSE audience that explains what the ambassador > program is and what we do in the past. Make it a very exciting > presentation that inspires more people to sign up as Ambassadors. > > Keep up the good work, guys! > > Bryen > I have an idea, please let me know what do you think of it, I am thinking on making a BoF about : Do we need a mentoring program or not? Bruno I am thinking you to be the 'We don't need it side, and me be the 'We need it' side, what do you think about it? > -- 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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Ready to go!
by Jorge Eduardo de Araújo Oliveira 24 Jul '11

24 Jul '11

My location is: City: João Pessoa Province: Paraíba Country: Brazil. I am ready for openSUSE because i was very impressed by this distribution and i have experience as ambassador of other distribution. I want promoting openSUSE in my country and distribute medias. I think the best kept secret of openSUSE is the quality of software produced, the tuning with the newest technologies and his active community. I love to do this because i like the freedom of open software gives. I started with linux/openSUSE due to my agreement of the open software purpose. My level of experience is intermediary. Thanks a lot! -- Enviado do meu celular -- 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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Ready to go!
by Jorge Eduardo de Araújo Oliveira 23 Jul '11

23 Jul '11

My coordinates is 7.11 degrees south and 34.86 degrees west. -- Enviado do meu celular -- 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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Conference travel sponsorship program
by Henne Vogelsang 23 Jul '11

23 Jul '11

Hey, as you probably already have heard the openSUSE conference team is starting the travel sponsorship program to financially support community members to attend the conference. If the only thing that keeps you from attending and contributing to the conference is that you can’t afford all of the travel costs then you should apply. As always, we value contributions the most! So obviously we prefer speakers (you still have until midnight July 25th to submit something!), people who help with the organization and openSUSE Members. Also our Google Summer of Code students/mentors and Ambassadors from very far away are high on our list. However, depending on funds and contributions, we will try to accommodate as many people as possible! To apply for support, you need to make an estimation of your travel costs. Search for a cheap airfare or train trip, look for hotels and make a rough estimation of your costs. Then send that estimation to us via travel-support(a)opensuse.org until August 5th! We’ll contact you about our options for your sponsoring. Please note that we won’t be able to pay everything for everybody all the time. The sponsorship program has limited resources and we want to make the most of it. Let us be blunt: Request only what you really can’t afford yourself and use this program as a last resort! Every cent you use can’t be used by your fellow Lizards! Get going and apply now until August 5th! :) Henne -- Henne Vogelsang, openSUSE. Everybody has a plan, until they get hit. - Mike Tyson -- 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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Proposed Sessions for openSUSE Conference
by Bryen M. Yunashko 21 Jul '11

21 Jul '11

Greetings folks on the Ambassadors, Artwork and Marketing Teams! As you know, the CFP for openSUSE Conference deadline is coming very close this weekend. As part of the CFP Committee, I have reviewed proposed sessions and saw some missing stuff so far, which I think we should consider. I have created four proposals tonight though I have not attached any moderators to them yet. (I wanted to get them in before we miss the deadline.) BoF Proposals: "openSUSE Ambassadors Discussion": A BoF to bring together our openSUSE Ambassadors and discuss strategies for the coming year. (Manu and Kostas, do you wish to lead this session?) "Organizing our Artwork Repositories": A look at the current state of our openSUSE Artwork GIT repository and discussing ideas about ways to improve availability and access of artwork for everyone. (I propose one person from Marketing and one from Artwork to co-moderate this BoF. Any volunteers?) Hacksession Proposals: "Marketing Team - Multimedia Planning" Let's storyboard some ideas for cool openSUSE videos that we can use at events and online. In this hacksession, we will organize our thoughts and create basic storyboards for videos and podcasts (Several of us have had some excellent ideas over the years but we never moved forward on it. Its time we came together and put those ideas to good use. JDD, would you like to co-moderate this with me?) " openSUSE 12.1 Artwork" Review of artwork for 12.1 promotion and 12.1 Desktops (I'm not exactly sure what is needed here, but I put it in anyway. Does anyone from Artwork Team wish to moderate this hacksession?) If any of you have ideas for other topics, *please* submit them soon. It is better for the CFP team to have many topics to review than too few. And I know many of you have awesome ideas. I see a few already from some of you! Thanks! 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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Please Welcome Benjamin
by Manu Gupta 21 Jul '11

21 Jul '11

Hi All Please welcome Benjamin to the crowd, he is 12 years old and is an excellent web dev and also contributes to Ubuntu. He also uses openSUSE and is excited about the prospects of joining the team ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Benjamin Donald-Wilson <benonsoftware(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 2:32 PM Subject: Re: Ambassador To: Manu Gupta <manugupt1(a)gmail.com> Cc: ambassador-welcome(a)opensuse.org Hi all, Question 1:* What have you done already for openSUSE? I have been actively promoting openSUSE for a while now (too long ago) I also help my local community with fixing problems from wi-fi card to monitor. Question 2:* What are your plans for promoting openSUSE? Please tell us what you want to do the next 6 months. My plans for the next 6 months are simple. My plan is to promote openSUSE as much as every. I am also trying to aim to help 50 new users change over the next 6 months. Question 3: Are you ready to start promoting openSUSE? Yes I am. I am now more than ready to help promote openSUSE. Question 4:* What do you think is the best kept secret of openSUSE? I would say SUSEStutio and SUSEStudio :) Question 5: * Why do you love to do this? This would be the hardest question. I would say I hate unfree OSes. Question 6: * How did you start with with Linux/openSUSE? What is your level of experience? I started with Linux in 2007 using both Ubuntu and openSUSE. My level of experience is intermediation to advance. I hope I have fun with the ambassador program. ================ Yours sincerely, Ben Donald-Wilson (Age 12) ================ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJOAbGqAAoJEM8sCcnYyN+rusIIAJUaxsqMAup423MNbrh2qr7t hwW75//Kt5SVGiQLmWXQLthd2/KuUSS0Kk4O/S7W2uSjutHN4oZf4ZkFcykazkda OooXQxkp+KIY/NCYj3B8H078LXxvrnyP8j5H84FB0p29z5PDKWk63j3d0MTq+AW3 C27LAhMnkRTFTKhVLbqlkcGL/PZ/Ip84iHDDH1836Pv7h7UDu3bfCwWQR7pj862e KrJuvtPgX936ABW9vX9AkMX6rdVAaXtBq8lnW6gkWgaLdE5BYh51xdJ+jXE7zvf7 zvioJgay+7eRpHPsQZ3xr7xKw67QpWnXdk0KOp8l8oXk/hh6YB4rwaXeQQiS5Yc= =duCV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 6:40 PM, Manu Gupta <manugupt1(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > I am Kostas and along with Manu 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 new ambassador. 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". -- 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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ambassador reports
by Jos Poortvliet 19 Jul '11

19 Jul '11

Hi dear ambassadors, From the event reports that I've got I made the article which should be below: http://news.opensuse.org/?p=9740&preview=true This preview SHOULD work, really. I enabled anonymous preview. If it doesn't work, ping me, Bryen, AJ or anyone else from the news team on IRC - it seems that wordpress on news.o.o forgets this permission sometimes! Please review it, tell me what I've missed and what mistakes I made. On a sidenote, if you put images online, it is best to put them on Flickr in the openSUSE Group (like Max did, thanks!) and preferably with a Creative Commons license. I can only use images which are free to use. I cheated this time and used Max' picture, I hope he doesn't mind :D Cheers, Jos

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openSUSE event on top of "Cristo Redentor"
by Carlos Ribeiro 17 Jul '11

17 Jul '11

Dear Paulo, By the way, for some time I was thinking to do an openSUSE event, could be an launch party, in Cristo Redentor. Do you know if Is there any chance to have a nice openSUSE launch party on top of "Cristo Redentor", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_the_Redeemer_%28statue%29, Will be cool to be the first distro to do an launch party in one of the New Seven wonders of the world, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Seven_Wonders_of_the_World#Brazil , I have some posters, and we can order some DVD's, flyers and stickers to make this event happen. What do you think? Is this possible? Welcome again to this amazing team Best "geekos" regards -- 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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upcoming features!
by Jos Poortvliet 16 Jul '11

16 Jul '11

Hi all, A bit of a reminder as well as a thank you for the page about upcoming features for openSUSE 12.1. I saw some people have added some features, which is great! If you want to talk about openSUSE 12.1 and what is coming, use it: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Upcoming_features If you KNOW what might come or are working on something, OR can fix something - please do! Cheers, Jos

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Welcome our first ambassador from Paraguay
by Kostas Koudaras 13 Jul '11

13 Jul '11

Hi ambassadors Please all give a warm welcome to Enrique Chenú our new ambassador from Paraguay. Enrique is our first ambassador from Paraguay. Below you can learn more about him and his relationship with openSUSE as he told us in his own words. * What have you done already for openSUSE? R: I was star using openSUSE 1 year ago, now i'm promoting open SUSE in my work place * What are your plans for promoting openSUSE? Please tell us what you want to do the next 6 months. R: Here in paraguay we have some events of free software and some comunity of free software too my idea is start promoting openSUSE there and them i'm one of the organizator of the FLISOL in my city and them i want to promote to * Are you ready to start promoting openSUSE? R: I am ready for this and i will do the best i can. After all these years as linux user/supporter i feel it's time to work hard for this. * What do you think is the best kept secret of openSUSE? R: The best kept secret of openSUSE i think that it is the Wonderful community. The people that i know from the community as far are awesome and so labor with great ideas on their head * Why do you love to do this? R: As an open source supporter i love to talk people about this and how things works for free! * How did you start with with Linux/openSUSE? What is your level of experience? R: I started learning Linux in 1996 with a group of friends and since then is my main OS. With openSUSE I involved after know it in the latinoware 2010 I contact there Carlos, Jos, and other guys and since then openSUSE have been my addiction. My level of experience in Linux it is very good because of my job i work, i have a litle company where we install linux like servers and terminal, we used before others distributions like redhat, centos but now we only use 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 For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+help(a)opensuse.org

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Welcome our new ambassador from Greece
by Kostas Koudaras 13 Jul '11

13 Jul '11

Hi ambassadors Please all give a warm welcome to Alexandros Vennos our new ambassador from Greece. Below you can learn more about him and his relationship with openSUSE as he told us in his own words. * What have you done already for openSUSE? >> Ι have already given a presentation on the 26/05/2011 with the title "Instalation-presentation openSUSE 11.4" at the Department of Informatics and Computer Technology, at the Technological Educational Institute of Western Macedonia (Kastoria) * What are your plans for promoting openSUSE? Please tell us what you want to do the next 6 months. >> We are considering to do the same event-conference again for the new students that will come the new semester (at the technological educational institute of Kastoria) and we also discuss representing it at the technological educational institute of Kozani * Are you ready to start promoting openSUSE? >> I find this sector very interesting and i would like to learn more about it or even work for it. It would be a great opportunity for me to promote linux, as via this i will be able to help other people to learn about them. or just inform and encourage them to discover the world of linux. I believe i am ready to work with you * What do you think is the best kept secret of openSUSE? >> The best kept secret, in my opinion, is the community that exists and offers 24/7 help to everyone. Their help is very valuable and encourages everyone to work with openSUSE * Why do you love to do this? >> Because i find linux very interesting and i want to inform other people regarding their use and as i had lots of help when i began to deal with linux and openSUSE, i want to offer the same help to other people as fas as possible * How did you start with with Linux/openSUSE? What is your level of experience? >> I discovered linux three years ago during a lesson at the university, but i first started working with them after a talk with a teacher , who gave me more information concerning them. As regards opensuse, i started working with it six months ago. As concerns linux i believe that my level of knowledge is satisfactory as i have been working with them three years already and the basics are known to me. My level of experience with openSUSE is for sure not the same with linux as i work with them only for some months -- 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 our new ambassador from the United States
by Kostas Koudaras 13 Jul '11

13 Jul '11

Hi ambassadors Please all give a warm welcome to Gavin Rozzi our new ambassador from USA. Below you can learn more about him and his relationship with openSUSE as he told us in his own words. "What have you done already for openSUSE?" Already I have: Given positive press and reviews to openSUSE and it's unique features such as SUSE studio, which you can read here(http://techcentralblog.com/) Referred many people to switch to GNU/Linux, and specifically openSUSE through my IT consulting firm. Giving a voice to FLOSS in an area dominated by closed source alternatives, What I mean here is that I am showing Windows users in my community that they have a CHOICE, and specifically recommending openSUSE, when they didn't even have a clue that a better, open source alternative is available that respects their freedoms. Building low cost computers for the economically disadvantaged with openSUSE preinstalled. Providing free installation media to those interested in my community. Supporting users that are having problems on a Facebook page http://on.fb.me/nEXIIV (Note: I did not create it, I just commented on several posts and continue to do so in order to help the community) Mentoring new users. As a free service, installing openSUSE on legacy hardware that users cannot afford to replace and need to be functional in order to find employment, et al. "What are your plans for promoting openSUSE? Please tell us what you want to do the next 6 months." To promote openSUSE, I plan to first focus on getting the attention of the local media. A few of the local blogs have previously written articles about what I have done with my IT consulting firm, and I now have contacts from within those websites. I plan have them write an article about openSUSE, it's advantages, and why someone would want to use it over proprietary software, or what makes it stand out over other GNU/Linux distributions. I plan to use my blog, which has steadily been gaining momentum since it's July 2nd launch to promote, advertise, give tutorials and show what makes openSUSE shine. I also plan to distribute installation media, the community library has a computer literacy program, and I am planning to contact them, They have a table out where people can leave business cards, flyers et al. I plan to leave literature and installation media, along with contact info, too help new users. I also plan to influence to high school computer programming class, as they are still trapped in the shackles of proprietary IDES and operating systems. Myself and students alike have taken a strong interest in GNU/Linux, and free software in general. By showing them free software, we will make an impression in them, so that they make the right choices as adults, and choose openSUSE and free software. These are what I have planned for now, however I can do anything else asked or needed of me. "What do you think is the best kept secret of openSUSE?" In my opinion, the best kept secret of openSUSE is the community, I regularly read the weekly news, and all of the blogs about openSUSE. openSUSE has the most friendly, welcoming community and userbase, and it's one of the many reasons I want to contribute, so I can be with like-minded people of diverse backgrounds working towards a common goal which I strongly support. "Why do you love to do this" I love to do this because I love the nature of openSUSE and free software. Anybody from anywhere can contribute, and make something better. I am someone who takes stuff apart and is fascinated by being able to see what makes something "work". A little insight: I got my first computer at 6, and took it apart to study its parts, that's when I was hooked. I love to be able to deliver a superior product, and work towards a bigger goal, but also at the same time giving back to the community. It never really struck me until I walked into a popular electronics retailer and saw Windows 7 boxes on display. I saw the eye gouging price of over 200 dollars, and I thought, what about the people who can't afford this? Don't they deserve to be able to use an up to date, modern system like you and I? That's when I found openSUSE, and now after using it for a while, am ready to give back to this community. I am passionate about technology and computers, and love working with them, even if it is such a mundane task such as installing packages, I love it and find it fun. "How did you start with with Linux/openSUSE? What is your level of experience?" I started with Linux/openSUSE in late 2008, after being increasingly frustrated with the lack of stability, security, and ethics of Windows I began to seek out an alternative. I knew Linux was around, I just didn't know where to start. That's when I found openSUSE. I had an older laptop at the time, it shipped with Windows XP, and was beginning to break down, disk fragmentation, and a world of hurt. I asked myself when first reading about openSUSE, How could it A not suffer the same performance bottlenecks as Windows et al. B Actually be faster on old hardware, and C Free and open source. That's where I started, and now want to share it with everyone possible. After about 4 or so years of use, I am fairly experienced, I am very comfortable using the command line and different desktop environments, and If I don't know something, I look it up and teach myself. I'm comfortable enough to be able to talk in non-technical terms to newcomers, and mentor them. -- 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 our first ambassador from Nigeria
by Kostas Koudaras 13 Jul '11

13 Jul '11

Hi ambassadors Please all give a warm welcome to Oni Oladotun Daniel our new ambassador from Nigeria who is the first openSUSE ambassador in his country. Below you can learn more about him and his relationship with openSUSE as he told us in his own words. * What have you done already for openSUSE? 1) i am currently part of the MIT ilab team in my school where the central system is a linux system which i choose openSUSE as my distribution. *What are your plans for promoting openSUSE? Please tell us what you want to do the next 6 months. 2) my plans for the next 6 months is to create a network of students where we can share ideas on how we can make openSUSE look friendly to students and even spread to all other campus here in Nigeria.Also to train some students and later assign them to departments where they will help other students having problems. Are you ready to start promoting openSUSE? 3)i am totally ready * What do you think is the best kept secret of openSUSE? 4) really i love the fact that most drivers needed for my work are present and there are no problems of drivers like few other distributions i have used before. *Why do you love to do this? 5) Linux is my hobby and also it is my platform for all my work.I just love to hear open source and even people call me linux because theres hardly no day i don't tell people about it. least i forget the freedom in linux is awesome and the free softwares. * How did you start with with Linux/openSUSE? What is your level of experience? 6) i started using linux in my first grade in the university. i was introduced by a senior student who told me about linux , he said it was a complicated system that people don't really like to use it but i did not listen so i tried getting one myself but it was ubuntu because i was exposed to ubuntu at the time and later moved to fedora but now on openSUSE. I will rate myself on range of 0-10 7. There was a time my school was on closedown in my first and third grade, then i played with it like a game thats where i developed most of my skills. -- 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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Membership application status
by Stuart Tanner 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

Good Morning I got my membership I am so happy :) Satmanuk(a)openSUSE.org -- Kind Regards Mr Stuart Tanner Bolton Linux 24 Vincent Street Heaton Bolton BL1 4SA United Kingdom TEL:+44(0)1204410474 MOB:+44(0)7868028028 Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. -- 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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FrOSCon 2011
by Marcus Moeller 08 Jul '11

08 Jul '11

Hi all. I just wanted to ask if there has already been some activity in organizing a booth for FrOSCon 2011? If not, I would try to register a booth for oS. But I need some help at the event, because it's too much work for me alone, to handle the complete booth over two days. Greets Marcus -- 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 Conference Poster
by Jos Poortvliet 06 Jul '11

06 Jul '11

Hey hugbears, Master Robert has created a nice openSUSE Conference Poster: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlihm/5703446814/sizes/l/in/photostream/ Here are a dropbox version of the source already: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/294274/oS-Conf-2011/Poster/poster-conf-raster.eps and http://dl.dropbox.com/u/294274/oS-Conf-2011/Poster/poster-conf-raster.ai And there are png's on http://rlihm.tumblr.com/ :D He promised to put the rest of the sources in git asap, when he does he'll ping the list. You'll all be able to translate it and if you want, print a few. Do you think it's worth printing a few at NUE and the US and adding them to the DVD boxes we send out the coming months? We could do that, you know :D Cheers, Jos

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becoming an ambassador
by ONI Oladotun 06 Jul '11

06 Jul '11

i want to become an ambassador for opensuse linux here in nigeria. -- 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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