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[opensuse-marketing] Where to buy openSUSE dvds?
by Andreas Jaeger 24 May '11

24 May '11

Hi, I've had a little look around the web to look where you can buy openSUSE DVDs - just the DVD - and like to know what you are aware of and can recommend? Just some examples I found: http://www.osdisc.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi/products/linux/suse http://www.thelinuxcdstore.com/index.php?cPath=25&osCsid=60f8bbf19445ce5326… http://easylinuxcds.com/index.php?app=ccp0&ns=prodshow&ref=opensuse&sid=ya8… Where would you buy if openSUSE was on offer? 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 -- 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] Novell sponsored training for Ambassadors?
by Roger Luedecke 23 May '11

23 May '11

I think it might be a good move if training and certification were offered free to Ambassadors. Something like the Certified Linux Administrator. I think it would be a huge boon to assuring competent and helpful community. Thoughts? Can we harass Novell about this idea? -- 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: Fwd: [opensuse-marketing] PDF posters
by Pieter De Decker 22 May '11

22 May '11

The latest version of the posters and slides are now available in the opensuse-artwork repository under a CC 3.0 BY-NC-SA license. I tried to compress the material by tar'ing everything, but if you're gonna download all four packages it's still a 50MB+ download. That's because I wanted to use high-resolution artwork (where available) to allow for some scaling. https://gitorious.org/opensuse-artwork/opensuse-artwork/blobs/master/poster… https://gitorious.org/opensuse-artwork/opensuse-artwork/blobs/master/poster… https://gitorious.org/opensuse-artwork/opensuse-artwork/blobs/master/slides… https://gitorious.org/opensuse-artwork/opensuse-artwork/blobs/master/slides… Feel free to translate the material into your native language using Scribus 1.4.0rc1. If you're still having trouble with the files, let me know. I'll look into it when I have some free time, so it may take a while. Cheers, Pieter 2011/5/21 Pieter De Decker <pdedecker(a)gmail.com> > > Alright... I have upconverted all Scribus files to v1.4.0rc1 files, rewritten some text and collected all necessary fonts and color profiles for each file. I have the poster and slide sources along with their exported PDFs ready to go. If Jos would be so kind to provide me a Git account and a folder in the artwork repository, I can upload them for everyone to use :) > If I release the material under a Creative Commons 3.0 BY-NC-SA license, will that be loose enough to allow everyone to create their local translations and to use them to promote openSUSE? > I should point out that the backgrounds on some of the posters/slides are below the recommended minimum DPI, but I don't have the time to search for other suitable background images right now. Also, the YaST logo that I used is only 256x256 pixels, so this may produce less than satisfactory results if printed. Does anyone know where I can find an SVG version of the YaST logo? > Pieter > > 2011/4/26 Pieter De Decker <pdedecker(a)gmail.com> >> >> Hi all, >> >> > I would like to put them in git*, how about you getting access so you >> > can update them if/when you like? >> Yes, I'd like that! :-) I will fix the sources and add them to the >> repository for translation as soon as I have some time. That may take >> a couple of weeks, I'm afraid. >> >> > The licensing IS a bit of an issue - it's really helpful if we are able >> > to translate flyers etc and for that, artwork needs to be GPL like and >> > come with sources... Any way we can convince you to release the source? >> I've already released the sources. The Box.net link must be somewhere >> on the mailing list, but I'll put the fixed sources in the Git repo >> when I have the time. As for the licensing: I've included a text file >> in the posters/slides ZIP that collects the licensing information, but >> I don't know if the material's licenses are compatible with the GPL >> license. Is there an intellectual property expert in the room? >> >> > We don't have it translated due to some problems with the source files >> Are you unable to open them or does the source render incorrectly on >> your computer? I'll look into it when my work load quiets down. >> >> Pieter >> >> 2011/4/26 Kostas Koudaras <warlordfff(a)gmail.com> >> > >> > 2011/4/25 Jos Poortvliet <jos(a)opensuse.org>: >> > > On 2011-02-15 Pieter wrote: >> > >> Hi Andreas, >> > >> >> > >> I already added the posters here: >> > >> http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Artwork_miscellaneous >> > >> >> > >> I could add the slides to >> > >> http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Presentations, but I don't think >> > >> they're fit for presentations because they've got too much text on >> > >> them, which takes away a lot of attention from the speaker. I modeled >> > >> them to be the sort of slides that you might take a look at when >> > >> you're passing by a booth. That's my opinion - of course you're free >> > >> to use them how you want. :-) >> > > >> > > you're entirely right, the slides belong somewhere - exactly in the >> > > place you put them: Slideshow for booths :D >> > > >> > > I would like to put them in git*, how about you getting access so you >> > > can update them if/when you like? >> > > >> > > * https://gitorious.org/opensuse-artwork/opensuse- >> > > artwork/trees/master/slides >> > > >> > > The licensing IS a bit of an issue - it's really helpful if we are able >> > > to translate flyers etc and for that, artwork needs to be GPL like and >> > > come with sources... Any way we can convince you to release the source? >> > > >> > > (I would use it to at least produce Spanish and Portugese versions, I >> > > know the greeks already have it in their language. But it also makes it >> > > possible for us to update this in the future...) >> > >> > We don't have it translated due to some problems with the source files >> > but anyway we got them printed and they got a lot of peoples >> > attention. It is some great piece of artwork and definitely we could >> > use it globally. >> > Kostas >> > > >> > >> Cheers, >> > >> Pieter >> > >> >> > >> 2011/2/15 Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)novell.com> >> > >> >> > >> > On Friday, February 11, 2011 11:03:10 PM Pieter De Decker wrote: >> > >> > > Hi everyone, >> > >> > > >> > >> > > A few weeks ago, I shared drafts of some openSUSE posters I made. >> > >> > > I finalized the posters tonight. >> > >> > > >> > >> > > I've made a total of six posters on various subjects: >> > >> > > - openSUSE's stable/tumbleweed repositories >> > >> > > - The community >> > >> > > - YaST >> > >> > > - The fact that openSUSE lets you choose KDE or GNOME during >> > >> > > setup - Driver installs (or the lack thereof) >> > >> > > - SUSE Studio: roll your own Linux distribution >> > >> > > >> > >> > > I've zipped up all posters and you can download 'em here: >> > >> > > http://www.box.net/shared/hxllbeglvc >> > >> > > >> > >> > > Helen asked me if I wanted to make some slides for SCALE, so I >> > >> > > made 16:9 widescreen versions of these posters. You can get the >> > >> > > slides here: >> > >> > > http://www.box.net/shared/mhcya0t2p9 >> > >> > > >> > >> > > @Kostas: Here is the source of one of the posters. Can you test >> > >> > > if you can open it (with correct fonts and images)? If so, I'll >> > >> > > upload the other five posters so that you can translate them to >> > >> > > Greek. http://www.box.net/shared/hfmvz1dxeu >> > >> > > >> > >> > > I've added myself to the marketing mailing list, so hopefully I >> > >> > > won't miss any replies now. >> > >> > >> > >> > I propose to add links to these to the openSUSE wiki, so that >> > >> > others can find and use it. I guess it should be added to >> > >> > http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Presentations >> > >> > >> > >> > Pieter, could you do this, please? >> > >> > >> > >> > thanks a lot for these nice posters! >> > >> > >> > >> > 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 -- >> > >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org >> > >> > For additional commands, e-mail: >> > >> > opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > 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 For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] ganesha
by jdd 22 May '11

22 May '11

I would make you aware of "ganesha". Ganesh (see below) is a learning platform for web sites http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganesha_%28logiciel%29 it makes it easy to store courses and follow the work of students I tried Ganesha 6 or 7 years ago and at that time is was very rough, but I learned yesterday (:-) that is was now used by professional organisations in France It could be used to hold an openSUSE learning system. 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] Issue #176 is ready for translation
by Sascha Manns 21 May '11

21 May '11

Hi @all! Issue #176 of the openSUSE Weekly News is ready for translation [0]. We collected some FAQ here [1]. [0]: http://bit.ly/k4MpAB [1]: http://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Weekly_news/FAQ Have Phun! -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns open-slx.com openSUSE Community & Support Agent openSUSE Marketing Team Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.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] PDF posters
by Pieter De Decker 21 May '11

21 May '11

**This is a plain-text resend of a HTML message that was rejected by the mailing list** Alright... I have upconverted all Scribus files to v1.4.0rc1 files, rewritten some text and collected all necessary fonts and color profiles for each file. I have the poster and slide sources along with their exported PDFs ready to go. If Jos would be so kind to provide me a Git account and a folder in the artwork repository, I can upload them for everyone to use :) If I release the material under a Creative Commons 3.0 BY-NC-SA license, will that be loose enough to allow everyone to create their local translations and to use them to promote openSUSE? I should point out that the backgrounds on some of the posters/slides are below the recommended minimum DPI, but I don't have the time to search for other suitable background images right now. Also, the YaST logo that I used is only 256x256 pixels, so this may produce less than satisfactory results if printed. Does anyone know where I can find an SVG version of the YaST logo? Pieter 2011/4/26 Pieter De Decker <pdedecker(a)gmail.com> > > Hi all, > > > I would like to put them in git*, how about you getting access so you > > can update them if/when you like? > Yes, I'd like that! :-) I will fix the sources and add them to the > repository for translation as soon as I have some time. That may take > a couple of weeks, I'm afraid. > > > The licensing IS a bit of an issue - it's really helpful if we are able > > to translate flyers etc and for that, artwork needs to be GPL like and > > come with sources... Any way we can convince you to release the source? > I've already released the sources. The Box.net link must be somewhere > on the mailing list, but I'll put the fixed sources in the Git repo > when I have the time. As for the licensing: I've included a text file > in the posters/slides ZIP that collects the licensing information, but > I don't know if the material's licenses are compatible with the GPL > license. Is there an intellectual property expert in the room? > > > We don't have it translated due to some problems with the source files > Are you unable to open them or does the source render incorrectly on > your computer? I'll look into it when my work load quiets down. > > Pieter > > 2011/4/26 Kostas Koudaras <warlordfff(a)gmail.com> > > > > 2011/4/25 Jos Poortvliet <jos(a)opensuse.org>: > > > On 2011-02-15 Pieter wrote: > > >> Hi Andreas, > > >> > > >> I already added the posters here: > > >> http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Artwork_miscellaneous > > >> > > >> I could add the slides to > > >> http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Presentations, but I don't think > > >> they're fit for presentations because they've got too much text on > > >> them, which takes away a lot of attention from the speaker. I modeled > > >> them to be the sort of slides that you might take a look at when > > >> you're passing by a booth. That's my opinion - of course you're free > > >> to use them how you want. :-) > > > > > > you're entirely right, the slides belong somewhere - exactly in the > > > place you put them: Slideshow for booths :D > > > > > > I would like to put them in git*, how about you getting access so you > > > can update them if/when you like? > > > > > > * https://gitorious.org/opensuse-artwork/opensuse- > > > artwork/trees/master/slides > > > > > > The licensing IS a bit of an issue - it's really helpful if we are able > > > to translate flyers etc and for that, artwork needs to be GPL like and > > > come with sources... Any way we can convince you to release the source? > > > > > > (I would use it to at least produce Spanish and Portugese versions, I > > > know the greeks already have it in their language. But it also makes it > > > possible for us to update this in the future...) > > > > We don't have it translated due to some problems with the source files > > but anyway we got them printed and they got a lot of peoples > > attention. It is some great piece of artwork and definitely we could > > use it globally. > > Kostas > > > > > >> Cheers, > > >> Pieter > > >> > > >> 2011/2/15 Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)novell.com> > > >> > > >> > On Friday, February 11, 2011 11:03:10 PM Pieter De Decker wrote: > > >> > > Hi everyone, > > >> > > > > >> > > A few weeks ago, I shared drafts of some openSUSE posters I made. > > >> > > I finalized the posters tonight. > > >> > > > > >> > > I've made a total of six posters on various subjects: > > >> > > - openSUSE's stable/tumbleweed repositories > > >> > > - The community > > >> > > - YaST > > >> > > - The fact that openSUSE lets you choose KDE or GNOME during > > >> > > setup - Driver installs (or the lack thereof) > > >> > > - SUSE Studio: roll your own Linux distribution > > >> > > > > >> > > I've zipped up all posters and you can download 'em here: > > >> > > http://www.box.net/shared/hxllbeglvc > > >> > > > > >> > > Helen asked me if I wanted to make some slides for SCALE, so I > > >> > > made 16:9 widescreen versions of these posters. You can get the > > >> > > slides here: > > >> > > http://www.box.net/shared/mhcya0t2p9 > > >> > > > > >> > > @Kostas: Here is the source of one of the posters. Can you test > > >> > > if you can open it (with correct fonts and images)? If so, I'll > > >> > > upload the other five posters so that you can translate them to > > >> > > Greek. http://www.box.net/shared/hfmvz1dxeu > > >> > > > > >> > > I've added myself to the marketing mailing list, so hopefully I > > >> > > won't miss any replies now. > > >> > > > >> > I propose to add links to these to the openSUSE wiki, so that > > >> > others can find and use it. I guess it should be added to > > >> > http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Presentations > > >> > > > >> > Pieter, could you do this, please? > > >> > > > >> > thanks a lot for these nice posters! > > >> > > > >> > 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 -- > > >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org > > >> > For additional commands, e-mail: > > >> > opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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 For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] Xariseto.gr Bazaar, May 14, 2011 - Report
by Thanasis Rous 20 May '11

20 May '11

On May 14 2011, we joined the calling from our friends from the web page xariseto.gr. They had a bazaar in , Thessaloniki, New statue K.Karamanlis (40.622943, 22.951405 in google maps). Xariseto is a festival where people meet and donate their personal belongings which they don't use any more. So as a Linux and openSUSE community we thought that participating in these kind of festivals is really interesting. Me and Efstathios Iosifidis set up a booth in order to inform people about FOSS and openSUSE project. We had all the related stuff about Gnome and openSUSE project around the booth (DVD's , Cheat Sheet, flyer). Many people asked us about the project, but let me inform you abou these interesting questions... 1) What do you offer? What is openSUSE and FOSS? 2) Can i install openSUSE on my PC and also can i use my mother language? 3) Is it difficult to use? 4) Can i use openSUSE in order to write documents , watch videos ,and surf in the net? 5) Where can i found help and more information about the project? 6) In the past i installed SUSE 6.0. Now can i install and use the openSUSE at the same way? (that was one of my favorite questions) 7) My daughter owns a netbook Ubuntu Linux installed, can i install openSUSE? 8) Free Software means Free language? (this question remind me Richard Stallman's quote " Free as in Freedom") So what did we have? What did we present in Xariseto Festival? Why did we take part in? * Event Date: May 14, 2011 * openSUSE Ambassadors: Efstathios Iosifidis, Rousinopoulos Athanasios-Ilias * Event Details o Tell us about the event, What did you do? We were informing people about FOSS and openSUSE project. It's a good opportunity to pass the word since it's crisis and people cannot buy new computers or software. o How many DVDs taken and distributed? About 60 DVDs. We also used the file Greek help flyer o How many people were there at the event. Uncountable. o Did you have a booth? Yes o Who staffed the booth? Efstathios Iosifidis, Rousinopoulos Athanasios-Ilias o Would you go again? Yes of course! o What more can you do to make it better? Furthermore i would like to mention that people from all ages (i could say from 7 years old to 70 years old) asked about the openSUSE project , some of them knew about Linux and FOSS , and others found interesting the idea of using an open source,free software and safe operating system for their pc's , as well as to redistribute it to other people. You can find the photos of the event here : [1] http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20413076/opensuse/xariseto_14_5_2011/1.jpg (Our booth) [2] http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20413076/opensuse/xariseto_14_5_2011/2.jpg (Efstathios Iosifidis and our booth!) [3] http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20413076/opensuse/xariseto_14_5_2011/3.jpg (A photo with our friends from the web page xariseto.gr) Have a lot of fun! Rousinopoulos Athanasios-Ilias -- About Me-- http://zoumpis.wordpress.com http://www.zoumpis.eu http://en.opensuse.org/User:Zoumpis -- 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 176 coming soon...
by Sascha Manns 20 May '11

20 May '11

Hello Mates, don't worry about this mail. I just would like to remind that our next openSUSE Weekly News 176 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] Re: 11.4 DVD request
by Bryen M. Yunashko 20 May '11

20 May '11

On Thu, 2011-05-19 at 14:30 -0700, Brandon Fouts wrote: > Howdy Bryen - thanks for all the help at LinuxFestNorthwest > > > Can you send me a box of 11.4 DVDs? - at the below address, of course. > > PS - I hope to find a couple of new Ambassadors in King county. Brandon! Good to hear from you again and thanks again for all your hard work in NW US. You did an awesome job promoting openSUSE at LFNW and glad to hear you need even more DVD's! You rock! T http://software.opensuse.org/promodvd -- 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: 11.4 DVD request
by Bryen M. Yunashko 20 May '11

20 May '11

On Thu, 2011-05-19 at 14:30 -0700, Brandon Fouts wrote: > Howdy Bryen - thanks for all the help at LinuxFestNorthwest > > > Can you send me a box of 11.4 DVDs? - at the below address, of course. > > PS - I hope to find a couple of new Ambassadors in King county. Brandon! Good to hear from you again and thanks again for all your hard work in NW US. You did an awesome job promoting openSUSE at LFNW and glad to hear you need even more DVD's! You rock! The way to order DVDs is through this website http://software.opensuse.org/promodvd and you should get them in the next few weeks. If you need it much sooner, let me know and I'll nudge a few shoulders. Thanks again! Bryen M Yunashko openSUSE Marketing Team -- 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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