April 2010 - openSUSE Marketing - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-marketing] Geeko Builder
by James Mason 10 Apr '10

10 Apr '10

I've been using this Novell property to make my release notes graphics... I just wanted to remind people that it is availalble: http://www.geekobuilder.com/ - James Mason 'bear454' -- 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] Wallpaper collection for 11.3
by Javier Llorente 09 Apr '10

09 Apr '10

Hello list-mates, gnokii and I have been talking about the possibility of having a collection of openSUSE-ish wallpapers included in 11.3 gnokii has suggested including wallpapers that have the same type of green as the release name. What do you think? Greetings, -- Javier Llorente

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[opensuse-marketing] who take care of ????
by S.Kemter 08 Apr '10

08 Apr '10

Hello, Time for some questions. I like to know why take care of the following events http://linuxfestnorthwest.org/ http://www.southeastlinuxfest.org/ I cant find any information here http://en.opensuse.org/Ambassadors/Events I heard there should be a bigger marketing for OBS 2.0 which should released 3rd june. So the second event is short after that. br gnokii -- 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] Outside the World
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 08 Apr '10

08 Apr '10

Hello Mates, i'm thinking about how we doing our Job with OBS2.0. I think we publish some Articles in different Websites. Does anyone know a Site who we can publish our Articles? ATM i'm unsing linux-community.de (for german guys and linux.com for the others). Mybe we can find more places for doing the job... -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Community & Support Agent openSUSE Marketing Team Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.com Web: http://www.open-slx.de (openSUSE Box Support German) Web: http://www.open-slx.com (openSUSE Box Support English) -- 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] Concept development for openSUSE 11.3 Promo Video
by Shayon Mukherjee 07 Apr '10

07 Apr '10

Hello , As per the discussions in yesterdays Marketing Team Meeting [1] , now i would like the community to focus and discuss on the preparation of a concrete concept development plan for 11.3 promotional video (PV) .I know openSUSE 11.2 PV [2] was not made as it had to be and each one of us was not free enough to share his/her comments/views for the same.So this time please don't hesitate and freely share your viewpoint. As we all know how a PV can attract maximum numbers , thus now we need to figure out 'How it should be done' , 'The contents' and so on.So as to fetch as much as possible.But thats just RAW. So , lets just start with basic things first and get the ideology behind it.Slowly and steadily we would move to actual building up of the Concept for 11.3 PV . 1) How long the PV should be ? Not more than 1 minute and 30 seconds (+-) .We dont wanna bore them , also don't appreciate feedbacks like "I started to watch and it ended" . 2)In general , What should be there ? With the above mentioned time frame the main focus would be to show what exactly 11.3 is all about and feature those things which would actually market the 'video' to market openSUSE ... THE BOARD . Yes , I plan the Board Members to feature on-screen .Well not only the Board Members , I would be more than happy if someone could get few clips on how and what input does the cool geeks / hackers / developers put in along with some cool talks of the contributors (this is the time to appear on TV , don't miss it ;) ) 3) Who is our target audience ? The ONE who searches for some cool stuff for his/her PC/Laptop , the ONE who wanna stay connected to his/her friends to the ONE who is actually a Geek . 4) Cost and time effective.../? One thing while preparing this video should be taken care of is , it should not include huge cost / no cost at all and optimum utilization of time.So that you can perform your other tasks and focus on this quite freely. 5)Target-Date of completion ? Its really good that we have started by now as the release is in July , so we have plenty of Time left and can surely produce a good QUALITY video (i dont refer to some 1920×1080 pixels (1080i/1080p here).By end of June , we should have the PV ready with us .In case we missed something or somewhere something went wrong,we will still have around a weeks time to improvise it. 6)Tone of th PV ? IMO , the tone of the PV should be formal with certain amount of humor in it , as humor would play a great role in getting the interest of the audience.But thats not enough , humor should be planned in such a way or rather after such intervals that the audience cannot stop watching it and dont close it as soon as it starts. 7) What do we want our audience to do after watching the PV ? Obviously , we dont want them to get back to their work and sip coffee or have beer.So at the end of the PV , a 2-3 sec frame mentioning the website URL with a cool gecko (maybe blink his eyes) would be a great option ;) . Now , waiting for your valuable feedback , opinion(s) on how to make the above better or is something else to be added ;) . As i feel this is not yet complete . PS : As soon as we develop a concrete concept , we move onto actual development stage (Planing with scripting) [1] http://opensuse-community.org/logs/opensuse-marketing/2010/opensuse-marketi… [2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy0nU2O5nUM -- Regards SJ(Shayon) openSUSE http://en.opensuse.org/User:wwarlock Twitter:ShayonM -- 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: openSUSE Marketing Team Meeting
by Andrew Wafaa 06 Apr '10

06 Apr '10

Aloha all, The marketing team are having their fortnightly meeting today at 1600UTC (please see [0] for a localised time) in #opensuse-marketing on irc.freenode.net. Please see the agenda for the meeting [1], and if you would like anything covered then please do add it. P.S. Sorry for the late reminder :) 0 - http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=6&month=4&year=201… 1 - http://en.opensuse.org/Marketing_Team/Meetings/Marketing_Meeting_2010-04-06 -- Andrew Wafaa, openSUSE Member: FunkyPenguin. PGP: 0x3A36312F openSUSE: Get It, Discover It, Create It at http://www.opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] Updating the template of the home page
by giuseppe gran 06 Apr '10

06 Apr '10

Hi All, I have a big problem with the home page of the italian wiki. I've setup the same template of the english one but after saved the code the page loads " {{{2}}} " instead of the translated content... for example, this is the code with the translated content: {{PointHere|[[Image:Art-team.png|40px|openSUSE]] ===Spargi la Parola con i loghi openSUSE !=== <p class="page_1 margin_r_m">[[Image:Geeko_head_simple.png|openSUSE]]</p> I loghi della comunità openSUSE sono qui per renderti più semplice mostrare il tuo supporto ad openSUSE e spargere la voce sul tuo sito Web. Mettili sul tuo sito con un link ad openSUSE.org. [[:it:Buttons|Vedi i loghi...]] }} In the output there are all the lines which split the images from the content, but in the last one's box there is only this: " {{{2}}} ". Why? (Obviously now i have restored the old page.) Thanks in advance, Bye Giuseppe -- Linux user number 433087 Linux registered machine number 351448 http://counter.li.org/ -- 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] RfC: New Content/Layout for Weekly News
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 05 Apr '10

05 Apr '10

Hello Mates, Satoru and I have created an proposal for an new Content/Layout for the Weekly News. It is placed in the Talk Site. http://en.opensuse.org/Talk:OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/NewTemplate1 What do you mean about this Proposal? -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Community & Support Agent openSUSE Marketing Team Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.com Web: http://www.open-slx.de (openSUSE Box Support German) Web: http://www.open-slx.com (openSUSE Box Support English) -- 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] PlanetSUSE 2 RC
by Pascal Bleser 03 Apr '10

03 Apr '10

As far as I am concerned, we're good to go to switch to the new PlanetSUSE setup I've been hacking on the last few days. It's currently running at http://planet.opensuse.org/2/ (feeds not updated at the moment, as long as it's not live ;)) So this is the last chance to complain about issues and give input about features to add, even though the latter would be for after going live with a first version, except if it's a blocker ;) (sorry for cross-posting, but not everyone is on opensuse-marketing@) cheers -- -o) Pascal Bleser <pascal.bleser(a)opensuse.org> /\\ http://opensuse.org -- I took the green pill _\_v FOSDEM::6+7 Feb 2010, Brussels, http://fosdem.org

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[opensuse-marketing] Issue #117 is ready for translation (Updated)
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 03 Apr '10

03 Apr '10

Hi @all! Issue #117 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/117 [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/117/Translations Have Phun! -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Community & Support Agent openSUSE Marketing Team Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.com Web: http://www.open-slx.de (openSUSE Box Support German) Web: http://www.open-slx.com (openSUSE Box Support English) -- 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] Issue #118 is ready for translation
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 03 Apr '10

03 Apr '10

Hi @all! Issue #118 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/118 [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/118/Translations Have Phun! -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Community & Support Agent openSUSE Marketing Team Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.com Web: http://www.open-slx.de (openSUSE Box Support German) Web: http://www.open-slx.com (openSUSE Box Support English) -- 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] Fwd: Weekly News Team Meetig
by giuseppe gran 03 Apr '10

03 Apr '10

Thank you Sascha, i have just voted. -- Linux user number 433087 Linux registered machine number 351448 http://counter.li.org/ -- 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] Plan for openSUSE 11.3 Promo Video
by Shayon Mukherjee 02 Apr '10

02 Apr '10

Hello , Now that opensuse 11.3 launch is near or almost near :) . Its time to start preparing for openSUSE 11.3 promotional video.This time i really have something different to make , that said a different concept from that of 11.2 [1] . In this video i would propose or rather like to see the openSUSE Board in action. I mean to have the Board members on screen . Where the members would speak a little on the latest openSUSE version and also mention some KEY FEATURES of the same.I plan to have the entire video of not more than 1.15 sec (this is just me).But only showcasing members is not enough featuring some screenshots is also a necessary and will surely be taken care of. This concept have got several benefits after all Board is one the best marketing tools for openSUSE and should be utilized with utmost care :) . Also the Board will get a chance to spread there message to a wider public or audience specially in Launch Parties and similar events. I already had a regarding this with Pascal (yaloki) but this is just a raw idea , so your valuable comments and feedback will be very much appreciated. PS:I hope this would not affect Board with its other tasks and coordinate effectively ;) . [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy0nU2O5nUM -- Regards SJ(Shayon) openSUSE http://en.opensuse.org/User:wwarlock Twitter:ShayonM -- 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] New Content/Layout for Weekly News
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 01 Apr '10

01 Apr '10

Hello Mates, Satoru and I have created an proposal for an new Content/Layout for the Weekly News. It is placed in the Talk Site. http://en.opensuse.org/Talk:OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/NewTemplate1 What do you mean about this Proposal? -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Community & Support Agent openSUSE Marketing Team Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.com Web: http://www.open-slx.de (openSUSE Box Support German) Web: http://www.open-slx.com (openSUSE Box Support English) -- 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] New Planet openSUSE setup, continued
by Pascal Bleser 01 Apr '10

01 Apr '10

As introduced in http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-marketing/2010-03/msg00163.html Updated version (same URL): http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2940942/planet_opensuse_draft/index.html Done: * improved style * proper feed list (on a separate page) * vim-like keyboard navigation (j, k) * hackergotchis and speaking bubbles on the right (matter of taste, I guess) * tested on w3m (works great) * the feed list aggregates feeds by name TODO: * put it into git/svn * test + fix with more browsers, although I already had positive reports from many, including mobile browsers (elastic/fluid layout rocks after all ;)) * non-English planets * a mobile browser optimised page (to be discussed, ideas/feedback is more than welcome, I don't own such a thing) * integrate the nice Planet SUSE logo [1] made by jimmac (still waiting for the SVG, *prod* *prod* ;)) [1]http://planet.opensuse.org/planet-suse.png Feedback is more than welcome, as always. cheers -- -o) Pascal Bleser <pascal.bleser(a)opensuse.org> /\\ http://opensuse.org -- I took the green pill _\_v FOSDEM::6+7 Feb 2010, Brussels, http://fosdem.org

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