April 2009 - openSUSE Marketing - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-marketing] Please add your appointments to the news.o.o calendar !!
by Jan-Simon Möller 18 Apr '09

18 Apr '09

Hi from the Weekly News Team ! Please use the built-in calendar of news.o.o and post your appointments for meetings/events there, too. To do this: login to news.o.o and create a new post for your appointment, scroll down to the event-editor and fill in the needed values. Background: we use the ical-feed als reference for the weekly newsletter ! Best regards, Jan-Simon -- 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 howto wiki?
by Piotrek Juźwiak 16 Apr '09

16 Apr '09

I was wondering, i'm not aware if there is something like this (if it is point me to it :) ) but it would be a good idea to have an openSUSE wiki with all the howto's as for example fedora under this address http://www.fedoraguide.info/index.php?title=Main_Page What do you all think about it ?? Best Regards Bender -- 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] Reminder: Team Meeting
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 16 Apr '09

16 Apr '09

Hello, we are pleased to invite you (Editors/Translators) to the Weekly-News Team Meeting. The Topics from our Meeting are placed in: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/Meetings/Topics_current New Topics can included until Sat, 10h UTC ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Date: next Saturday {18.3.09} Time: 14:30h UTC Channel: #opensuse-newsletter @ irc.freenode.net ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -- Sincereley yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Marketing Team 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] LinuxFest Northwest
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 16 Apr '09

16 Apr '09

Just a quick note - anyone on the marketing list planning to attend LinuxFest Northwest? If so, we've still room in the booth for some volunteers. If I know ahead of time, I have some new polo shirts for booth volunteers, but I'll need sizes before the event. Best, Zonker -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier <jzb(a)zonker.net> openSUSE Community Manager: http://zonker.opensuse.org Blogs: http://blogs.zdnet.com/community | http://www.dissociatedpress.net Twitter: jzb | Identica: jzb http://identi.ca/group/opensuse/members -- 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] Boilerplate in oWN?
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 16 Apr '09

16 Apr '09

Hi all, Check out the comment from Lars on this post: http://zonker.opensuse.org/2009/03/16/what-belongs-on-announce/ Specifically: People installing openSUSE for the first time get the “well known popup” during their first login - OK. We tell people that they should create an account on opensuse.org to participate in the wiki, bugzilla, forums, … We invite them to many places of opensuse.org - and even I didn’t know every subdomain like: * apparmor.opensuse.org, * crashdb.opensuse.org or * lizards.opensuse.org * … Looks like openSUSE developers again and again fall into the trap creating lots of tools and ideas without informing their users about the great stuff they do. (Sidenote: what about a list of such subdomains with their background information in the weekly news? -> Zonker, please drive this ;-) So - what about it? Should we have a "beginner's section" in every issue of the weekly news? A boilerplate that can be in every issue, because every issue is likely to have newer openSUSE users who don't know their way around yet -- and openSUSE users who have been around for a while can simply gloss over it. Best, Zonker -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier <jzb(a)zonker.net> openSUSE Community Manager: http://zonker.opensuse.org Blogs: http://blogs.zdnet.com/community | http://www.dissociatedpress.net Twitter: jzb | Identica: jzb http://identi.ca/group/opensuse/members -- 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] T-shirt tagline?
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 16 Apr '09

16 Apr '09

Hi all, Getting set to make a new round of t-shirts - Jakub has come up with a great design, but I'm not so sure about the tagline. He's used "free your mind," which I'm not sure is our strongest message. On the retail box, we have a tagline of "Everything you need to get started with Linux," and of course there's always "Have a lot of Fun!" If you had one sentence to sum up openSUSE, etc., what would you lead with? Best, Zonker -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier <jzb(a)zonker.net> openSUSE Community Manager: http://zonker.opensuse.org Blogs: http://blogs.zdnet.com/community | http://www.dissociatedpress.net Twitter: jzb | Identica: jzb http://identi.ca/group/opensuse/members -- 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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Re: [opensuse-marketing] T-shirt tagline?
by Isis Binder 15 Apr '09

15 Apr '09

2009/4/15 Randy Goddard <ragoddard(a)novell.com>: > You have an excellent point. My intent wasn't to cause conflict. Just > throwing out ideas. > No problem. Marketing is made of brainstorming... I voted for the KISL tagline because it is techie and friendly enough for me (wannabe developer with end user behavior most of the time). It's almost like 'It just works' from Apple (but sometimes without the 'just'). -- 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] RE: tagline
by Isis Binder 15 Apr '09

15 Apr '09

2009/4/15 Randy Goddard <ragoddard(a)novell.com>: > You have an excellent point. My intent wasn't to cause conflict. Just > throwing out ideas. > No problem. Marketing is made of brainstorming... I voted for the KISL tagline because it is techie and friendly enough for me (wannabe developer with end user behavior most of the time). It's almost like 'It just works' from Apple (but sometimes without the 'just') -- 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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Re: [opensuse-marketing] T-shirt tagline?
by Randy Goddard 15 Apr '09

15 Apr '09

On Wed, 2009-04-15 at 12:50 -0300, Isis Binder wrote: > My opinion: we achieve more not by conflict. > People may think openSUSE is an Ubuntu-killer, like Silverlight was > meant to be a Flash-killer and JavaFX was supposed to kill...Java > itself ;-) (note: I don't see any Java programmer using JavaFX. They > still like the plain old Swing). This adds to the 'rivalry' between > distributions (like KDE vs GNOME or Vista vs Linux+Compiz vs Mac OS), > which I strongly disagree with (see Microsoft 'Get the Facts' > campaign...) > > > But it is a community... You have an excellent point. My intent wasn't to cause conflict. Just throwing out ideas. ;-) -- R a n d y G o d d a r d WorldWide Support Engineer Novell, Inc. "It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue"

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Re: [opensuse-marketing] T-shirt tagline?
by Randy Goddard 15 Apr '09

15 Apr '09

On Wed, 2009-04-15 at 11:15 -0400, Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier wrote: > 2009/4/15 Александр Мелентьев <alex239(a)gmail.com>: > > > > openSUSE: Powered by Lizards, Designed for Humans > > Good one - any thoughts? Improvements? How about a play on words and a poke at an alternative distribution? openSUSE: Powered by Lizards, Designed for Humanity -- R a n d y G o d d a r d WorldWide Support Engineer Novell, Inc. "It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue"

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