- openSUSE Ambassadors

Call to ambassadors from India!
by Ravindra Aditya 09 Sep '10

09 Sep '10

Dear all, this time i am going to make it BIG.! i'm interested as a strong openSUSE contributor in INDIA. since my inception, there is a tremendous growth in openSUSE users from my region. but due to lack of support from the core, i couldn't make fast in other regions. so on your support this time, i'm gonna rock it.! So, Are you Ready - ?? With Regards, Ravindra. http://en.opensuse.org/User:Rahacks -- 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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video grabbing software
by jdd 09 Sep '10

09 Sep '10

Hello, What is your prefered (open source?) grabbing software? I mean the one to make video from what you do on the desktop, for presentation purpose. Last year I tryed some but was not that pleased with the result thanks jdd -- Jean-Daniel Dodin Président du CULTe www.culte.org http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1412160445 -- 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 in Ukraine
by Andreas Jaeger 09 Sep '10

09 Sep '10

Please welcome Kostyantyn as new ambassador to the Ukraine. As an introduction I'm appending his answers below, Andreas ---------- > > * What have you done already for openSUSE? I run a FOSS conference in my uni (see poster http://kmit.110mb.com) and help students to learn more about FOSS during my classes. > > * What are your plans for promoting openSUSE? To improve things that i already do (help students to find out more about FOSS, and openSUSE as one of the greatest products in this field). I hope that ambassador program "has" plans that go beyond promoting openSUSE among the ambassadors. As a program that only starts it needs a good leader to breed the ideas and sort them out. Usually, you need to make 100 ideas, choose 3 and do your best implementing them. > > * Are you ready to start promoting openSUSE :-) Yes answer, can be derived from the other answers and a long answer - i hope to meet other ppl ready to promote openSUSE and other FOSS, to support each other on our cooperative actions and projects. > > * What do you think is the best kept secret of openSUSE? openSUSE is great quite polished distribution that has its niche on software market. In my opinion one of the greatest advantages of openSUSE is that emerging companies, universities and state organizations can start using it without risking to spend a lot of money on software/business that might never pay back. At the same time it's quite easy to get qualified commercial support when such a need arises. That combination is a great advantage of openSUSE over commercial software and software that has no options for commercial support. When comparing with other commercial products, openSUSE has its advantages as a FOSS product - product that one can own, modify, create free documents with (documents that don't make your friends/mates/co-workers/etc pay money for additional software to open them - so they can be easily shared). > > * Why do you love to do this When you love something it's because it's in your veins. It's my passion it's my life style, it's what i do for living, it's what i do when i want to rest. > > * How did you start with with Linux/openSUSE? What is your level of Basically, i experiment with everything, because i think it's important for my job to be aware of the software products that shape the IT market. openSUSE is one of the leaders and it's hard to miss this distribution. > > * The ambassador program is currently pretty informal and we expect the > > * Also, as an ambassador, you're the expert on your country/region, so > > please .............? Something got missing > > Also take a look at Ambassadors page Simka, > > http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Ambassadors I believe up there you can > > find some answers from questions you had made at Marketing channel thx > > Can you help us to help you to help the openSUSE Ambassadors program in > > your area/region? You probably expect me to say:"Yes", so :"Yes". Although, i'm not sure it's a yes/no question. Imho, it should be more like let's do something and see what we can achieve. > > just in time, I really enjoyed our chat this morning :-) same for me > > Fell free to came back any time you wish > Is there anything I can help with? thx -- 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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Un podcast para instalar openSUSE paso a paso
by Alex Barrios 09 Sep '10

09 Sep '10

(Note: This mail its address for the spanish talking ambassadors) Saludos amigos. Quisiera compartirles éste par de vídeos que he creado donde explico el paso a paso para instalar openSUSE en cualquier equipo, desde la preparación de Windows hasta el paso a paso del instalador como tal. Espero les sea de provecho. http://blog.alexbariv.com/2010/09/09/instalando-una-distribucion-linux-paso… Éxitos! -- Alex Barrios ----------------------------------------- Descubre! Disfruta! Comparte! openSUSE Linux. ----------------------------------------- Embajador openSUSE > http://en.opensuse.org/User:Alexbariv Blog > http://blog.alexbariv.com/ Twitter > http://twitter.com/alexbariv Linux User > 383172 GPG Pkey > 5AB7D408 "Be free, Think Linux, Be smart, Think openSUSE" -- 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 to France
by Andreas Jaeger 09 Sep '10

09 Sep '10

I'd like to welcome Syvolc aka Timothée BRIOLET as ambassador to France. I'm appending his introduction, Andreas ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > > I introduce myself : > > My real name is Timothée BRIOLET, I'm 24 years old. I'm mechanical > > design researcher in french scientific university. So I'm not a computer > > programmer, but I use intensively Linux from 5 years. > > > > I'm implicate in my french regional LUG Chtinux http://www.chtinux.org/, > > and in several event I promote OpenSUSE and spread the ideas of free > > softwares. > > > > We have a lack of OpenSUSE users in northern France, and I want to try to > > make OpenSUSE know to larger population. > > > > > > Sorry for mistakes or bad english. > > > glad that you like to join openSUSE as an ambassador to promote > openSUSE. > > I have a couple of questions for you: I have time and abilities to become openSUSE ambassador, but I want promote openSUSE locally, in my region. I don't think become one day, an international responsible marketing. :-) Several reasons : I'm not font of English language : I thing you have already perceive this. (so sorry for this) I work with my LUG chtinux, we have some ubuntu, mandriva and other distributions specialists. I want become the openSUSE specialist and represent our distribution. We make several periodic event : like each month : meetings, an install party, a board of directors, a conference (e.g. openstreetmap, openoffice, kde, file systems, photos editor on linux, packages manager, ... ). And we met associations, industrialist and state organisations. So I want to be here, to say that openSUSE is a very good alternative for all, new users or pro. > > * What have you done already for openSUSE? not a lot on the web, I participate on official openSUSE forum... in french : http://forums.opensuse.org/search.php?searchid=116780 > > * What are your plans for promoting openSUSE? I think create a new french blog about openSUSE and KDE, with news and tutorial videos step-by-step or presentation videos. I continue my role in my LUG Chtinux. > > * Are you ready to start promoting openSUSE? Yes ! a thing become ambassador going to motivate me to invest my time to promote our distribution and help users. > > * What do you think is the best kept secret of openSUSE? a solid base (one of the oldest distributions) , all the best ingredients (I love KDE), a nice users community (cooperative side), the support of Novell (add a serious side), an encouraging future (meego already adapted for openSUSE, and it use similar technologies : Qt, rpm...) > > * Why do you love to do this? Hard question :-) I love to do this because I love openSUSE and all the free softwares concept. I start as an user... but I became fascinated, and I want to work to diffuse our ideas and make openSUSE know to larger population. > > * How did you start with with Linux/openSUSE? What is your level of > experience? Approximately : I started Linux in 2003, with debian, then openSUSE, then kubuntu, then return to openSUSE since 2006. But, I'm not a programmer. I have done engineering mechanics studies. I started to make little Qt programme but I think I will never have the enough abilities to resolve very technical issues (like driver compilation, write complex script...) or to become openSUSE developer. > > 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 > ok ! I prepare mail for present me and my ideas. > > 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. ok, I will do this. > > I'd like to send your answers to the opensuse-marketing list and thus > introduce > you as new ambassador. Please keep this in mind when answering and if you > don't agree, please tell me! No problem, I do an other mail, cleaner for the ambassador mailing list. > > 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. Country : France, region/city : Lille (It is well known), so : | Syvolc | France | Lille |[[User:syvolc|Syvolc]] |- or if you think is better to write my real name : Timothée BRIOLET thx a lot ! bye Syvolc -- 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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Call to ambassadors from India!
by Jos Poortvliet 06 Sep '10

06 Sep '10

Hi all! In a few months there will be FOSS.in. I know of only one openSUSE ambassador who is going and wonder if more have thought about it. It could be a great place to meet each other! Having some workshops and talks about openSUSE to teach the visitors about what they're missing out on playing with Ubuntu and Fedora sounds like a good plan to me ;-) Of course, being in Europe it is hard to organize such things from here - but I'm willing to do whatever i can to help you. If there is a good turnout, as in, if a few of you will make it to FOSS.in and if we have a good program there, I'll come as well so we can discuss openSUSE in India in person. So, who's up for making a difference? Cheers, Jos

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KDE Fr debriefing RMLL Bordeaux July 2010
by Jimmy Pierre 06 Sep '10

06 Sep '10

Greetings, Very interesting report from KDE Fr http://jeff.levasseur.tuxfamily.org/fr_FR/2010/08/back-from-rmll-2010/ NUI.fr presented openSUSE as you may recall. Enjoy, Jimmy -- 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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FOSS 2010 Conference in Kharkov, Ukraine
by simka 03 Sep '10

03 Sep '10

Hi, My students prepare for FOSS Conference at our University (KSTUCA), Kharkov, Ukraine. Presumably it will take 2 days - 15th-16th of December 2010 (see http://kmit.110mb.com). We would like to see your suggestions and everyone is welcome to participate ! We will provide excursions and free accommodation, but our resources are limited, so please let me know in advance if you need any. Btw, come and see if we are ready to run EURO-2012 ;-) -- Best regards, Kostyantyn Ovechko aka simka -- 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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Questions and answers
by Jos Poortvliet 03 Sep '10

03 Sep '10

Dear Ambassadors, As you are the 'openSUSE frontline', you get asked critical questions about openSUSE. The marketing team would of course want to help you with that, answering those questions for you and helping you to find the needed arguments. That is why we set up this page: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Talking_points Would you all be willing to have a look at it and put questions you get on the bottom of that page so we can see them and try to answer them? Thank you very much! Jos Poortvliet

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New Brazilian Ambassador
by Andreas Jaeger 01 Sep '10

01 Sep '10

Team, I'd like you to warmly welcome Renato Pereira as new ambassador to Brazilia. I'm appending his introduction, Andreas ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- From: Renato Pereira <renato.ppontes(a)gmail.com> To: Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)opensuse.org> Hi Andreas, I was waiting your email yesterday, but today I saw that it went to the spam box ;/ Ok, at first, sorry my bad English... And let's go: > * What have you done already for openSUSE? I'm part of Brazilian team since 2009, in these 2 years I have collaborating with: - Translation of openSUSE 11.2 startups manuals - openFate activities - bugzilla activities - Brazilian forum - #opensuse-pt channel - Wiki team - Maintenance on some packages of OBS - Other actions in real world, like distribution of medias, dissemination and evangelization! > * What are your plans for promoting openSUSE? This year, I will work in events, organizing and participating, I hope to speak in some FOSS events yet. I'm supporting Brazilian/Portuguese community, plans and actions! > * Are you ready to start promoting openSUSE? YEAH, ready to conquer the world! > * What do you think is the best kept secret of openSUSE? openSUSE had a magical effect on me, I can no longer leave it. A pretty visual and great usability, always with best default programs... But the great, big, best, awesome secret of openSUSE is the wonderful community. > * Why do you love to do this? I love this environment, great people working together with just one objective, working for passion, working for fun, working together to be better every day. > * How did you start with with Linux/openSUSE? What is your level of > experience? I start late, just 3 years ago, I'm a intermediate user, I think. =) > * share with them what you like to do - Attend events (organizing, speaking, supporting, or just participating) - Continue and improve my work in Brazilian/Portuguese community. - Next year I want to start with development tasks and exponentially increase my participation in OBS. - Bring more, and more ambassadors! Promoting locals communities. Well... In academy I work with artificial immune systems and natural computing in general. We have some project in this line? heheheh > * share what you did, e.g. what kind of event did you organize, how > many people joined Currently I am part of the organizing committee of an event at my university, this event will be of national importance. I am bringing openSUSE and GNOME/GNOME A11y projects. We expect a couple hundreds of students and companies. - This is my first event =D > 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. Brazil have a great and participative FOSS community. Our govern are adopting free and open source solutions, like Plone (Python) in governmental websites, Linux terminals, open document formats (such as .ODT). They also promote open source with some plataforms such as http://softwarelivre.org/ and http://codigolivre.org.br/ Buuuttttt, a big part of companies here, still see proprietary "solutions" as the only one way, I want to change this! > I'd like to send your answers to the opensuse-marketing list and thus > introduce > you as new ambassador. Please keep this in mind when answering and if you > don't agree, please tell me! Yeah, of course! > 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. City/State: Marília/SP - Brazil User Page: http://en.opensuse.org/User:Renatopp -- 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

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