openSUSE Marketing May 2011

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[opensuse-marketing] Facebook Artwork
by Stuart Tanner 31 May '11

31 May '11

Dear Team could somebody please send me the SVG of the facebook profile picture we all use I don't even know where to begin looking for them on the Git Repo !! -- Kind Regards Stuart Tanner Bolton Linux Delivering openSUSE Retail to the UK 24 Vincent Street Bolton BL1 4SA Tel: +44-1204-410474 Mob: +44-7868-028028 www.bolin.org.uk -- 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 promo material in Romanian
by Strainu 30 May '11

30 May '11

Hi there, A while ago, we made some business cards and banners for openSUSE in Romania. I was wondering how can it get on gitorious or wherever the marketing/arwork projects are keeping stuff nowadays. Thanks, Strainu -- 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] Need a few comments about translating for open source
by Helen South 29 May '11

29 May '11

Hi folks! I'm just putting the final touches on an article about contributing (yes that same one I started aeons ago) and need a quote from someone about TRANSLATING for open source projects. If you've done any kind of work with translating news, wikis, and so on, please share. The aim is to encourage people to come and help, especially those with limited technical ability who might think they have nothing to offer. So it might include things like how you choose what items to translate and what not to do, how information is best presented (for example in an own-language newsletter or website), collaboration, problems that you encounter (for example with idioms or technical language) and importantly, resources that translators can access to help with their work. I'd be really happy with any comments you might like to make - I only have about two paragraphs to devote to translation for this article (it might be worth doing a full-length article in the future, with proper interviews with people) so I will probably have to edit comments for brevity. BTW please include your full name if it isn't in your sig, so I can make sure I credit the right people. thanks heaps Helen -- IRC: helen_au helen.south(a)opensuse.org helensouth.com -- 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] openSUSE Newspaper Advert
by jdd 28 May '11

28 May '11

Le 24/05/2011 16:11, Izabel Valverde a écrit : > I strongly disagree with your point of view! If is not for dummies how > can we explain the success case in elementary schools or in digital > inclusion projects? > there, Linux is pre-installed. I did three install last saturday. Thed three failed for some minor problem that I couls easily solve, but a dummy couldn't. Beleive me: I *give for free* compuyters with openSUSE installed and configured and still I have problem with users that try to install windows programs on them (and of course can't). The more recent case was the install cd of a DSL box. The bow was mal functionning and the only debug utility was windows. What do you do (this was 100 km far from my home, on phone call) When it's a friend it's already difficult, with unknow people, it's nearly impossible > It's time to change our minds and if you need a close case I can show > you a school full of newbies that make TV, Radio, Publicity and much > more using linux as their base. with a teacher nearby (I was a teacher, I know) jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://www.youtube.com/user/jdddodinorg http://jdd.blip.tv/ -- 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] Marketing Materials
by Okuro Okiawa 27 May '11

27 May '11

Hey guys, I just again visited the Marketing Material Page of the Community [1] and found out that there haven't been any changes since April 25, 2011. (Other changes much earlier!) I just again wanted to encourage you to upload your materials to fulfill empty sections of the page. This would be great for everyone who is planing an openSUSE-related event and who needs promotion material. [1] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Marketing_materials -- Best wishes, Okuro Okiawa aka Thomas Hofstaetter ### openSUSE Member ### ### openSUSE Ambassador ### ### Member of the openSUSE Marketing Team ### ### Writer of the openSUSE News (Event-Editor) ### ### http://en.opensuse.org/User:Okuro ### ### Private Website: http://hidden-space.at.tf ### -- 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] The new OBS
by Bryen M. Yunashko 27 May '11

27 May '11

By now, many of you know that our recommendation to change openSUSE Build Service to Open Build Service. This is a great moment for us as this will now help us to further promote the awesome benefits that OBS provides to the FOSS world. Read the announcemens here: http://news.opensuse.org/2011/05/26/opensuse-renames-obs/ http://www.novell.com/prblogs/?p=3787 Several of us have worked on getting things ready for the new name. Already some press have picked up on the news and we're hoping it brings in more eyes to our wonderful openSUSE Project. Things to do: - Clean up Wiki - We need to continue to sort through our wiki pages and change any text that refers to "openSUSE Build Service" to "Open Build Service". Please help us out by going to [1] and edit any pages you find. Many pages have already been cleaned up, but the more people help, the quicker we will inish everything. - Update our materials - We need to clean up any marketing materials we have. Examples are slide presentations, print materials, flyers etc. Change names and links where appropriate. - Get familiarized! -- Visit the new openbuildservice.org website and get to know it. - Review Talking Points -- As the whole point of the name change was to increase awareness that OBS isn't just for openSUSE, let's make sure our talking points highlight the many benefits that folks outside of openSUSE can gain from using OBS - Training -- I believe this is an idea that Chuck had recently. We should develop at least basic training to our ambassadors and marketers about how to use and understand OBS so that we can answer questions with more knowledge when we meet people out there. So jump in and let's keep the momentum rolling! Thanks folks! Bryen M Yunashko openSUSE Marketing Team [1] http://bit.ly/mfz880 -- 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 Weekly News 177 coming soon...
by Sascha Manns 26 May '11

26 May '11

Hello Mates, don't worry about this mail. I just would like to remind that our next openSUSE Weekly News 177 comes out at Saturday evening (UTC +2). Until Saturday 08:00:00 (CEST) +0200 UTC you can propose Articles, Links and all such stuff for integrating into the Weekly News. For people who don't want to write it in XML, you can use our Pad: http://os-news.ietherpad.com/2. I've planned to send this Mail each Wednesday to remind on the Weekly News. Have a lot of fun :-) -- Sincerely Yours Sascha Manns open-slx Community & Support Agent openSUSE Membership Comitee openSUSE Marketing Team Web: http://saigkill.homelinux.net German Community Portal: http://community.open-slx.de -- 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] Replace Oxygen theme with QTCurve
by Roger Luedecke 26 May '11

26 May '11

I have found that QTCurve is vastly more impressive. Theming with QtCurve produces a much much more integrated feel between KDE and GTK apps. The extreme degree of versatility in configuration makes it a virtual theme creator. I have also found, that it seems to handle dark themes (ie. Wonton Soup or Obsidian) much more gracefully, actually allowing one to have a functional experience with dark themes. As many of you know, this has been a strong criticism of aesthetics in KDE. Example of Oxygen shortcoming in GTK arena is clear for anyone that uses firefox, as it does not maintain the background gradient, whereas QtCurve does. In future distributions I think we should include and set as default QtCurve. The beauty and integration is sure to wow those new to KDE and openSUSE. "You only have once to make a good first impression." Possibly the Agua2 theme with a gentle green color scheme. -- 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] our new brochure?
by Jos Poortvliet 26 May '11

26 May '11

Hi all, You might wonder - what happened to the brochure. Well, call it the Black Hole of the Web, call it a fluke - a mail with comments on the latest draft got lost and progress stopped for a while. But we're back in Business, Karl Cheney has made an updated version - and here it is. Let us know your thoughts, esp when it comes to refining the text!!! We'll unfortunately have to cut the text a bit to make an A4 version, according to Karl, if anyone could try to cut the text by 5-10% that'd be awesome. Karl, where can we find the text(s) to shrink, could you send it as an txt file maybe? Cheers, Jos

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[opensuse-marketing] OBS rename
by Jos Poortvliet 24 May '11

24 May '11

Hi all!!! With some delay, the rename has been decided upon and I wrote a draft announcement. Part of it has to be added still (the paragraph on the bottom and the quotes from other parties) but otherwise it is ready for your input. SUSE will do a simultaneous announcement on the rename but focussed more on the fact they'll start to provide support for OBS from the 2.3 release onwards. Reminder: you promised to fix the wiki & help fix the OBS website. Adrian has set up a new site: http://www.suse.de/~adrian/open-build-service.org/ There is a placeholder text which needs your input! Send a replacement text or use an etherpad to work on one?!? ;-) Cheers, Jos openSUSE renames OBS The openSUSE Build Service team has decided to rename its cutting-edge packaging- and distribution build technology to Open Build Service. The new name, while maintaining the well-known OBS acronym, signals its open and cross-distribution nature. The history The openSUSE Buildservice started out as an internal SUSE technology. In XXXX it was decided to open its source code and development process. From that point on, the scope of the openSUSE Build Service started to widen. First, with the additions of the XXXX build targets, later expanding to the current 21 build targets on 6 architectures. Support for more linux distributions is coming and Windows support being experimented with. But while 'OBS' is meant for a much wider audience than openSUSE, being used by projects and companies like VLC, MeeGo, Dell and many others, its name signals still a distribution-specific purpose. OBS is an unique piece of technology and certainly deserves to be known and used by a wide audience. Its features like integration with Source Code Management systems including GIT and Subversion and powerful collaboration features make the public instance on build.opensuse.org the preferred build technology for well over 27,000 users. Communication In communication about OBS its apparently openSUSE-specific nature can be a deterrent. It clearly takes additional effort to convince a potential user that despite the name, the openSUSE Build Service is not <em>just</em> for openSUSE but a distribution-independent technology. This effect is very apparent in face to face communication as you'll almost immediately hear others saying "No, I'm a Fedora user, sorry" when they hear about OBS. But the same effect leads to less people reading articles or visiting talks. As our openSUSE ambassadors around the world have been stepping up our communication and promotion around OBS, they have noticed this effect. After some discussion on the international marketing mailing list it was decided to recommend the OBS team to rename their technology to Open Build Service. This would retain the OBS acronym and excellent search engine position at the slight expense of a weakened link between the openSUSE community, where OBS originated, and the Build Service. But it would clearly signal the open and collaborative nature of OBS and allow OBS to spread its wings and reach an even wider audience, benefiting all of Free Software. Decision So after ample deliberation and discussion with all the major stakeholders, the OBS team has decided to rename the openSUSE Build Service to Open Build Service. It is and will remain an openSUSE project, with significant contributions from SUSE and openSUSE community members as well as many others from communities like MeeGo and VLC but also be more clear about its cross-distribution, cross-project goals and ambitions. The branding part of OBS will be adapted to make it easy for projects deploying their own OBS to name their OBS while staying connected with the OBS project. We suggest to name a project-specific OBS instance "XXX Open Build Service", like "VLC Open Build Service". <insert "we love OBS and the rename" quotes from MeeGo, VLC etc here> Enterprise support Meanwhile, SUSE Linux Products GmbH has announced SUSE OBS Developer Support, xxxxxxx

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