November 2009 - openSUSE Marketing - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-marketing] Issue #97 is ready for translation
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 15 Nov '09

15 Nov '09

Hi @all! Issue #92 of the openSUSE Weekly News is ready for translation [0]. You can see/update the status of your language at the "whats ready page" [1]. We collected some FAQ here [2]. After translating, please move your Language in [3] up. [0]: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/97 [1]: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/Translations/Ready [2]: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/FAQ [3] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/97/Translations Have Phun! -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Member openSUSE Ambassador openSUSE Marketing Team openSUSE Build Service Web: http://saschamanns.gulli.to Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.com ClaimID: http://claimid.com/saigkill -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] [Weekly News] Minutes from the Team Meeting
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 14 Nov '09

14 Nov '09

Present: ======= haruhiko HeliosReds STS301 saigkill The Logfile can viewed under: http://opensuse- community.org/logs/opensuse-newsletter/2009/opensuse- newsletter.2009-11-14-14.37.log.html -- Sincereley yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Marketing Team (Weekly News) openSUSE Build Service Web: http://saschamanns.gulli.to Blog: http://lizards.opensuse.org/author/saigkill -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] Reminder: Weekly News Team Meeting
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

Hello, The next openSUSE Weekly News meeting will take place tomorrow (Saturday November 14) at 14:30 UTC. As always, the meeting will be held in IRC on the #opensuse-newsletter channel on Freenode. Please add your topics to the meeting wiki page at: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/Meetings/Topics_current We using for our Meeting the Meetbot. Please check http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot for the commands. Please add topics as soon as possible. Also, if you have questions for the meeting, but can't attend (we know that the meeting times can't work for everyone) please add them to the agenda as well. For more on IRC meetings, see: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/About. As always, we meet in #opensuse-newsletter on Freenode. Fire up your favorite IRC client and head over to #opensuse-newsletter. Not familiar with IRC? A good overview can be found at irchelp.org. This site is not affiliated with openSUSE. For more information on Freenode, see http://freenode.net/. Wondering what meeting times are? Check the openSUSE Meetings page. All project meetings and team meetings should be listed there. on IRC meetings, see: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/About. As always, we meet in #opensuse-newsletter on Freenode. Fire up your favorite IRC client and head over to #opensuse-newsletter. Not familiar with IRC? A good overview can be found at irchelp.org. This site is not affiliated with openSUSE. For more information on Freenode, see http://freenode.net/. Wondering what meeting times are? Check the openSUSE Meetings page. All project meetings and team meetings should be listed there. -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Member openSUSE Ambassador openSUSE Marketing Team openSUSE Build Service Web: http://saschamanns.gulli.to Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.com ClaimID: http://claimid.com/saigkill -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] openSUSE release 11.2
by Kálmán Kéménczy 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

Hi All, First of all, I would like to thanks to Joe to share the release announcement before release. I hope this will regular in the future, it helps me a lot. Last night/this morning I created an install film based on the Hungarian Quickstart Guide: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2962357/openSUSE%2011.2%20telep%C3%ADt%C3%A9si%20%C… and the film is here: http://www.viddler.com/explore/openSUSE/videos/1/ Sorry this is Hungarian and a nice cc licensed music is missing (let me know if you know a good one). There was more than 1500 views in Hungary the last 4 hours (direct and emended) and I have received lots of positive feedbacks. If somebody find it useful I could create an English or other localized version. I also could help with the localized versions of Installation Guide, Gnome and KDE guide. I pretty sure that we need localized versions. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2556976/art.osuse.installquick-xep-online.pdf http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2556976/art.kdequick-xep-online.pdf http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2556976/art.gnomequick-xep-online.pdf Please contact me if I could help, and thank you all who helped me. best kalman -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] Western Hemisphere Push
by Bryen M Yunashko 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

Hey folks, I think we've had a pretty good social-networking push today. In the first hour, I believe we had around 20,000 visitors to our servers. Marketing guys from other projects have personally sent me congratulations on the fantastic news coverage we're having today. A few minutes ago, I checked http://www.viralheat.com/social_trends/profile/6136/openSUSE and we have had 1,623 #openSUSE tweets, far surpassing the average of 210 #openSUSE tweets for the past week. And sweetness, we made the front page of Digg. Ya'll rock for rallying up the community to do their part. Social marketing at its best! But... we're not done yet. Right now it's only 4:30 p.m. in Chicago, and most of the fine upstanding European members of our community are just now hitting the sack and they deserve credit for a huge amount of this marketing push today. Those of us who are awake now and throughout the evening... we need to continue the momentum. We need to push the retweets even higher. We need to Digg, Digg, Digg, to keep us on the front page. Let's not become a vacuum in our own hemisphere. C'mon guys! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! - Search for #openSUSE on Twitter and re-tweet or create your own tweet content. (and please don't forget to include the hashtag (#) ) - Check out the list of media articles on our wiki and tweet them - Digg http://news.opensuse.org/2009/11/12/opensuse-11-2-released/ Ask others to digg too. By the time we're ready to crash for the night, India and China and other Asian countries will be ready to be handed the baton and hopefully can continue our momentum for just a few more hours. Again, congrats guys. And kudos to Zonker for coming up with a great marketing plan for us. -- Bryen Yunashko openSUSE Board Member GNOME-A11y Team Member www.bryen.com (Personal Blog) www.planet-a11y.net (Feed aggregator of the Accessibility Community) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] cs subdomain
by Koushik Kumar Nundy 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

http://cs.opensuse.org/V%C3%ADtejte_na_openSUSE.org What is this subdomain? it still shows the 11.0 counter. and nothing seems updated. is it abandoned. -- Koushik Kumar Nundy B.Tech, ECE Final year NIT Durgapur India. http://lug.nitdgp.ac.in http://kknundy.blogspot.com http://en.opensuse.org/ http://twitter.com/kknundy -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] OpenSUSE Homepage
by John Holbrook 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

Why does the OpenSUSE.org homepage still say: openSUSE 11.1 is Out - Get it Now! The 11.1 release includes a ton of new features and improvements, an improved desktop experience with GNOME 2.24 and KDE 4.1.3, OpenOffice.org 3.0, YaST improvements, updated Linux kernel, and much more. Learn more about the release over on openSUSE News, take a peek at the screenshots, and then head over to the download page to grab openSUSE 11.1 and have a lot of fun! Help us spread the word by Digging the announcement! Shouldn't that be updated already? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] openSUSE 11.2 is out!
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

Hi all, The openSUSE Project is pleased to announce the release of openSUSE 11.2[1]. openSUSE 11.2 includes new versions of GNOME, KDE, OpenOffice.org, Firefox, the Linux kernel, and many, many more updates and improvements. In 11.2 you'll find more than 1,000 open source desktop applications. openSUSE also includes a full suite of server software and a rich selection of open source development tools. Please take a moment to Digg the announcement here: http://digg.com/d319pa7 You can find a bevy of screenshots[2] and more on the openSUSE wiki, and a lengthy list of packages and version numbers on DistroWatch[3]. Let's take a look at some of the more interesting features of openSUSE 11.2! openSUSE Desktop ================ As always, openSUSE provides everything you need to get started with Linux on the desktop. openSUSE 11.2 includes KDE 4.3 as the "default" desktop. If you install from DVD without changing anything, you'll have the KDE desktop by default. However, we still provide GNOME as an equal choice, and Xfce and other window managers as alternative desktops too! KDE 4.3 is a major update to the KDE platform. It includes improved networking support, and work to make Firefox and OpenOffice.org better integrated with the KDE enviroment. The openSUSE Project also worked closely with the KDE Project on theming and branding to provide a look and feel that meshes both projects nicely. You'll also find plenty of GNOME greatness in openSUSE 11.2 as well. GNOME 2.28, the latest release of the popular GNOME desktop, is included with 11.2. This release includes a brand new theme, improved software update application, improvements in GNOME's Webcam and video application, and many other enhancements and improvements to prepare the GNOME platform for GNOME 3.0 in 2010. OpenOffice.org 3.1 is a complete office productivity suite compatible with Microsoft Office. This release includes improvements in change tracking and collaboration in Writer, and major improvements to the drawing application. Social networking gets a boost in 11.2 with the addition of GNOME and KDE microblogging clients that handle multiple social network sites, Gwibber[4], and Choqok[5]. With openSUSE 11.2, you have the ability to install GNOME or KDE live media from USB, and numerous improvements to make openSUSE 11.2 much better on netbooks. Under the Hood ============== The desktop improvements are the most noticeable, but there's plenty going on under the hood as well in openSUSE 11.2. Storage improvements include the ability to encrypt the entire hard disk, for users concerned about data security. Users can also take advantage of the next generation of filesystems for Linux with Ext4 or btrfs. In case you'd like to learn more about the new kernel features you can go at KernelNewbies.org[6] and have a look at the "cool stuff" part. Want to manage remote openSUSE servers with a Web interface? That day is coming soon! openSUSE 11.2 users can install[7] the first technology preview of WebYaST: a Web-based remote administration tool for openSUSE systems. Finally, you can upgrade in-place using Zypper! Though it's been possible to do an upgrade in place for some time, with caution, it's finally a "recommended" method of upgrade with openSUSE 11.2. For users who want to move from 11.1 to 11.2 using "zypper dup," see Andreas Jaeger's post on Lizards[8] about the process. It's quick, it's easy, and almost competely painless. Linux for Education =================== The openSUSE Build Service provides thousands of applications as 1-click packages to enhance your experience on openSUSE 11.2. The openSUSE Education Community provides hundreds of Educational applications suitable for students of all ages, parents, teachers and IT administrators of educational institutions via the Build Service. The 11.2 release will be followed closely by a very special spin, Li-f-e: Linux for Education. Li-f-e contains GNOME, KDE as well the the award-winning Sugar learning environment for children. With packages from the Packman repository, Li-f-e provides everything required to get rich multimedia experience too. Media and Download ================== openSUSE is now available for immediate download! You have several choices of installation media and live CDs (which are also installable). * openSUSE 11.2 Installable DVD 32-bit * openSUSE 11.2 Installable DVD 64-bit * openSUSE 11.2 GNOME 32-bit Live CD * openSUSE 11.2 GNOME 64-bit Live CD * openSUSE 11.2 KDE 32-bit Live CD * openSUSE 11.2 KDE 64-bit Live CD **Booting openSUSE 11.2 from a USB key**: get one of the Live CDs available above, and can copy it to a USB key with the following command: dd if=image.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4M Replace "image.iso" with the name of the ISO image that you have downloaded, and replace "sdX" with the actual device name of your USB drive. Be careful! This will erase the target device, so make sure you have the correct device name and have any vital data backed up! We want to hear from you! ========================= The openSUSE Project has many channels of communication[9]! Whether you prefer forums, email, or IRC, there are plenty of ways to communicate about openSUSE. * The official openSUSE forums. * Mailing Lists: be sure to sign up for the mailing lists that fit your interests! * IRC: #opensuse[10] on irc.freenode.net and other channels[11]. * Jabber, usenet, and more[9]. To keep up to date with openSUSE, be sure to keep an eye on openSUSE News[12] and watch Planet SUSE[13] for blog posts from the openSUSE community. We also update the @opensuse account on Twitter[14] and Identi.ca[15] regularly with news about the project. **Want to help the openSUSE Project? To get involved with openSUSE see the How to Participate[16] page on the openSUSE wiki. We can use lots of different skills[17] to help the project, so feel free to jump in!** Thanks! ======= openSUSE 11.2 represents the combined effort of hundreds of developers who participate in openSUSE, and thousands of developers in upstream projects that are shipped in openSUSE. The contributors, inside and outside the openSUSE Project, should be proud of this release, and they deserve a major "thank you" for all of the hard work and care that have gone into 11.2. When we say "contributor," we don't mean only developers and packagers. This includes translators, openSUSE Ambassadors, the openSUSE Board, and the users who help power our forums and support users who are taking their first steps into Linux. We are confident that openSUSE 11.2 is the best openSUSE release yet, and that it will help to encourage the use of Linux everywhere! We hope that you **_have a lot of fun_** while you use openSUSE 11.2! [1]: http://software.opensuse.org/ [2]: http://en.opensuse.org/Screenshots/11.2 [3]: http://distrowatch.com/suse [4]: http://en.opensuse.org/Gwibber [5]: http://bit.ly/1HmB3L [6]: http://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges [7]: http://en.opensuse.org/YaST/Web/Installation [8]: http://bit.ly/gJvFo [9]: http://en.opensuse.org/Communicate [10]: irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse/ [11]: http://en.opensuse.org/Communicate/IRC [12]: http://news.opensuse.org/ [13]: http://www.planetsuse.org/ [14]: http://twitter.com/opensuse [15]: http://identi.ca/opensuse [16]: http://en.opensuse.org/How_to_Participate [17]: http://bit.ly/1MsJpd -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier <jzb(a)zonker.net> openSUSE Community Manager Twitter: jzb | Identica: jzb About: http://www.dissociatedpress.net/about/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] encourage the use of torrents to download!
by Raul Libório 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

Something that we do not comment but it is important to encourage the use of torrents. This will greatly relieve load on the servers;) -- Raul Libório http://rauhmaru.blogspot.com/ rauhmarutsªhotmailºcom Linux user#4444581 "There are only 10 types of people in the world - Those who understand binary, and those who don't." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] Common "What's new in openSUSE 11.2 presentation"?
by Andreas Jaeger 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

Do we have a common presentation about what's new in openSUSE 11.2? I have my openSUSE conference talk (in German) and this is on the conference side and will update it for a 10min talk tomorrow. But do we have something in English? 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

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