October 2011 - openSUSE Marketing - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-marketing] openSUSE Weekly News 199 is ready for translation
by Sascha Manns 29 Oct '11

29 Oct '11

Hi @all! Issue #$$$ of the openSUSE Weekly News is ready for translation [0]. We collected some FAQ here [1]. [0]: http://news.opensuse.org/?p=11332 [1]: http://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Weekly_news/FAQ -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns Community & Support Agent open-slx GmbH Web: http://community.open-slx.de -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] Proofreading Session of Weekly News 199
by Sascha Manns 29 Oct '11

29 Oct '11

Hello mates, since this issue of openSUSE Weekly News we're planning to make the profreading session more open. So everyone can read it and share his thoughts, So the Newsteam and the Marketingteam is specially invited. Draft can found at: http://saigkill.homelinux.net/pub/OWN/HTML/OWN-199.html What is to do? * Please point out if you find something to be fixed in the draft, including: - Incorrect links - Articles which are already included in the past issues - Articles which are *too biased* and shouldn't be included Founded Issues you can report to this thread. * Please tell us if you have noticed something to be added, including: - Articles or blog posts which you think openSUSE users may be interested in - Ongoing active topics from openSUSE mailing-lists, forums and so on - Local FLOSS events which you think openSUSE users may be interested in Additional stuff you can add there: http://os-news.ietherpad.com/2? Deadline for this issue: 199 Today 17:00 UTC Note: We really appreciate your contributions. However, please remember that your opinions and suggestions will not always be accepted unconditionally. We hope you will trust the final decisions by editors. -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns Community & Support Agent open-slx GmbH Web: http://community.open-slx.de -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] K-Mail Installation
by Dr.S.Frye 29 Oct '11

29 Oct '11

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, leider gelingt es mir nicht K-Mail zu nutzen (ohne Opera). Offensichtlich hat Akonadi etwas dagegen. Es ist mir nicht gelungen - trotz intensiver Internetsuche - K-Mail/Akonadi (???) zu konfigurieren. Dank Opera kann ich dennoch E-Mails versenden und empfangen. An der Konfiguration von K-Mail bin ich immer noch interessiert, da ich dann Opera deinstallieren kann. Für Hilfe wäre ich dankbar. Mit freundlichem Gruß H. Frye -- Using Opera's revolutionary email client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] Systemd article for 12.1
by Manu Gupta 28 Oct '11

28 Oct '11

Hi All, I am planning to write an article for systemd, in 12.1. For that I need a list of features of systemd. I have compiled a list of features from my side but if you can think of anything else it would be good http://ietherpad.com/systemd Awaiting your reviews. Thanks a lot -- Regards Manu Gupta -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+owner(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-marketing] See link. Can we have one?
by Axel Ruiz 28 Oct '11

28 Oct '11

2011/10/27 Axel Ruiz <konelix(a)gmail.com> > > > 2011/10/27 Kostas Koudaras <warlordfff(a)gmail.com> >> >> 2011/10/27 Jos Poortvliet <jos(a)opensuse.org>: >> > http://stick.gk2.sk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/zoobus.jpg >> > >> > >> > >> > BTW you ARE testing openSUSE 12.1 RC's right? Sleep is over-rated :D >> > >> >> Yeap-yeap-yeap >> Can we? >> Can we? >> Can we? >> >> Pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase >> ;-) >> Let's make it a Euro-trip or another continent trip bus to Celebrate >> the upcoming release and talk to people and visit schools around... >> It may cost a lot but it will be original and fancy. >> I volunteer for crew-member ;-) >> >> 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-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org >> To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+owner(a)opensuse.org >> Is a great idea, are now invited to come to Central America, is very difficult for us to travel to the OSC in Europe :D -- Axel Ruiz IT Consultant Open Training & e-Ntiers Consulting Embajador openSUSE Guatemala -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] The release notes/product highlights for 12.1
by Jos Poortvliet 27 Oct '11

27 Oct '11

Heya all, Your marketeers have been working on the product highlights for 12.1 but especially in the more technical area's we are quite prone to making mistakes and missing Cool Stuff(TM). We therefor would like to ask you to spend a bit of your time on reviewing of and adding to our release notes, in draft on ietherpad: http://ietherpad.com/12-1-release-notes This document is meant as an end-user thing as well as for the press, but YOU don't have to write that part. Any braindump or a simple bullet list - even links to blogs are very much appreciated! You don't only have to write about what you maintain, if there's anything you can add, please do so! Let's make 12.1 rock AND let the world notice that :D Thanks a lot, Your marketing team

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[opensuse-marketing] openSUSE 12.1 Marketing meeting - Thursday, 27th October 14:00 UTC
by Andreas Jaeger 27 Oct '11

27 Oct '11

We had today a marketing check-in and will continue to discuss the 12.1 launch activites tomorrow, Thursday 27th October at 14:00 UTC on the #opensuse- marketing channel in IRC. Please make yourself familiar with the Launch checklist at: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Launch_Checklist Thanks, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger 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 To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] The world's geekiest license plates
by Drew Adams 26 Oct '11

26 Oct '11

NetworkWorld.com put together a slideshow of "The world's geekiest license plates." I submitted my license plate to them and they have published it in the slideshow. Here is the link to my plate: http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2011/081711-geeky-license-plates.htm… -- Drew Adams Ambassador, openSUSE IRC Handle: Druonysue Skype ID: Druonysus Skype #: +1(714)725-SUSE Phone: +1(951)444-UNIX eMail: druonysus(a)gmail.com openSUSE User Profile: http://en.opensuse.org/User:Druonysus openSUSE Connect Profile: https://connect.opensuse.org/pg/profile/Druonysus -- This message sent via Novell Evolution on openSUSE 11.3 with KDE 4.7.2. Get openSUSE completely free at www.openSUSE.org and "have a lot of fun!" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] Re: [opensuse-ambassadors] openSUSE Magazine
by differentreality 26 Oct '11

26 Oct '11

Hey :) @Kim: Cool, hope to see something ready soon! Regarding Stuart's remarks, I am not sure if we can currently support a periodical issue, however, we can start with this one issue regarding past year openSUSE experience and see how it goes, right? We are already thinking about design/graphics and sponsors, but personally I think it is a little too early for that. I believe we should first start gathering some material and when we have at least half the articles we need, then we can also focus on the other aspects too. So basically my idea is, let's get to work regarding articles and the sooner we have them the better so as to start preparing the other details too. Our timeline here is little limited too, we want to do something in the next couple months, we wouldn't want for it to take longer. On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Stuart Tanner <stuart(a)bolin.org.uk> wrote: > On Sun, 2011-09-18 at 07:43 +0200, Peter Michl wrote: >> Am Freitag, 16. September 2011, 17:58:02 schrieb differentreality: >> > Hi all! >> > >> > One of the ideas that popped up during the marketing hackfest here >> > today was that of making an openSUSE magazine with focus on the >> > conference proceedings and the cool stuff that happened since the last >> > conference. The magazine would contain articles on the main highlights >> > of the past year (Year is the time period between two conferences), >> > interviews with key people, reviews and articles about the current >> > conference etc. >> > >> > We would like to get a feedback on the idea and a few key topics that >> > you think should be covered. Any authors who want to help with >> > articles, please say so on the mailing list as we need more people to >> > work on the articles. The topics, however, should focus on either key >> > events that took place since last conference (like tumbleweed, >> > evergreen, connect etc) or should be an article about oSC11 (or any >> > particular session of it). We would also like a few miscellaneous >> > topics that relates to openSUSE and linux at large. >> > >> > I hope all of you would like the idea and would contribute to our >> > efforts to make openSUSE even more famous and awesome. Please let us >> > know your thoughts (& your willingness to help). >> > >> > For additional info you can reply to the mailing list or send an email >> > to differentreality(a)gmail.com ( plz use as subject: openSUSE magazine >> > ) >> > >> > Regards, >> > N.B.Prashanth - nbprash.mit(a)gmail.com >> > Stella Rouzi - differentreality(a)gmail.com >> >> Hi all, >> >> I think it would be fine to tell about success stories, so that newbies can >> see that openSUSE is a serious operating system, not only for private use. >> This would include, that we also tell about former dristributions. The >> conclusion should be that openSUSE is in commercial use, so this can`t be bad >> to use it on my private desktop too. >> >> Regards, >> Greyhoundde >> OpenSUSE Ambassador >> peter-vitus.michl(a)t-online.de > > > Could this include stories from SuSE Linux Professional as well as > openSUSE because how much difference is their between the two for end > users other than updates and such. > > We really do need something to be able to give to users promoting us > specifically over Ubuntu and Windows. > > On a daily basis I get an equal amount of "I am happy with Windows" as I > do "I already use Linux 10. somat or "Ubuntu". > > Stuart > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org > For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+help(a)opensuse.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] Re: [opensuse-factory] The release notes/product highlights for 12.1
by Will Stephenson 26 Oct '11

26 Oct '11

On Monday 24 Oct 2011 22:35:37 Ilya Chernykh wrote: > I think you could add info on KDE3 being included in 12.1. > Possibly it worth mentioning that this makes asylum for at least a part of > users who dislike Gnome 3. This is my strong objection to mentioning KDE 3 in our 12.1 marketing and release notes. SUSE has a long and undistinguished history of letting noisy tails wag the whole dog, but there is no need for the openSUSE project to continue this. Martin Gräßlin approaches the problems facing the Trinity fork of KDE 3 in this article at freiesmagazin [1] (German), but to apply his analysis to the KDE:KDE3 packages and our distribution, and for those who don't read German or trust machine translation, my objection comes down to 2 major things. In case you aren't aware of my qualifications to make this assessment, I've been part of the team maintaining KDE at SUSE for the past 6 going on 7 years. 1) Quality and security. Despite the KDE:KDE3 maintainer's high degree of activity in packaging every KDE 3 app out there and adapting the KDE 3 platform to build on current distributions, it is a mistake to equate this with sufficient maintenance to ensure adequate code quality to include this in our distribution. The KDE 3 and Qt 3 codebases are massive, include code in all the worst places to have a vulnerability, have been essentially unmaintained for over 2 years now, and *include many known bugs and vulnerabilities that have only been fixed in the 4 releases*. Assurances that the project is now maintained upstream by the Trinity project are hollow; the Trinity group is only a handful of people, none of whom are the original maintainers or developers of the code, and most of their effort is spent on writing a Qt4 compatibility layer and in porting the build system to cmake, not maintenance. In any case, the packages in KDE:KDE3 are based on 3.5.10 and only include some changes from the Trinity project's fork, which is now 3.5.12. openSUSE Factory maintainers made an error of judgement to resume including KDE 3 packages while they demonstrably fulfil the latter 3 of our drop criteria [2], and marketing should not join them in this. 2) The message sent by a retrograde step. Being unique in a bad way is not good for the project. Making a thing out of including KDE 3 is saying that we as a project invest energy in going backwards, and push (sorry) futile efforts as features. The set of KDE 3 users who have not yet switched to KDE 4 or to something else is small and we are not going to win more users, more contributors or recognition for the distro by speaking to these users' needs. > Also it worth mentioning that openSUSE is the first distribution where KDE3 > was returned back. First and only because major distributions have a vision of where they want to go and how to invest their energy that isn't "be all things to all people, regardless". openSUSE should be a meritocracy, where things that have merit get included, instead of uncritically rewarding any activity. > openSUSE is a distro with greatest choice of desktop environments out there > which is a major advantage. This became possible due to wonderful OBS. Yes, the OBS is wonderful, but openSUSE the distribution doesn't have to include everything OBS builds. The OBS and Studio also make it easy to spin your own niche distribution based on openSUSE. Sincerely Will [1] http://www.freiesmagazin.de/mobil/freiesMagazin-2011-09- bilder.html#11_09_trinity [2] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Factory_drop_policy -- Will Stephenson, openSUSE Team SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+owner(a)opensuse.org

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