September 2011 - openSUSE Marketing - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-marketing] talk at or visit Linux Open Administration Days
by Jos Poortvliet 11 Apr '12

11 Apr '12

Hi all, April 16-17 in Antwerp, Belgium, the Linux Open Administration Days will take place. This free event offers a chance for LPI certification as well as meeting and talking to linux sysadmins. There is a call for presentations here: http://www.loadays.org/content/call-presentations If you want to go and give a talk there about openSUSE tech - that's be awesome. If you can't afford to go there due to travel or hotel costs, let me know, we might be able to work something out ;-) cheers, Jos

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[opensuse-marketing] TED
by jdd 16 Feb '12

16 Feb '12

I just discover TED: http://www.ted.com/ there are talks about open source, but nothing on openSUSE (or suse) I don't really know if we have anything to do with TED, but I liked the subtitles feature of the video system :-) example (the only one on Linux AFAIK) http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/yochai_benkler_on_the_new_open_source_eco… 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] 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] SCALE and NELF
by Chuck Payne 04 Oct '11

04 Oct '11

Guys, I need to know what we will be doing for both. I heard that some people might have already started planning stuff for SCALE. Since they reached out to me, I like to go again, but I before I step into anything I like to know what has been talked about. Also, I have been reached out by North East Linux Fest for Apirl 7th. They want us there. There going to be a lot of school going to like MIT, Havard, and others in that area. Also, I am now on the board for the South East Linux Fest board as their community manager, I am going to be putting together a list of user group here in the US, I wanted to ask, what ever happen to the list we were working to send stuff too? I would like to add the groups to it. I like to do press kits for 12.1 to these groups, I am thinking that would be a great way for more people to use us. I will need someone there to help me, it going to be in Atlanta maybe will tell more later. Pup, Still a live kicking and meaner than hell. -- (678) 636-9678 ----------------------------------------- Discover it! Enjoy it! Share it! openSUSE Linux. ----------------------------------------- openSUSE -- en.opensuse.org/User:Terrorpup openSUSE Ambassador/openSUSE Member skype,twiiter,identica,friendfeed -- terrorpup freenode(irc) --terrorpup/lupinstein Register Linux Userid: 155363 Have you tried SUSE Studio? Need to create a Live CD, an app you want to package and distribute , or create your own linux distro. Give SUSE Studio a try. www.susestudio.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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[opensuse-marketing] The awesome Flyer v4
by Jos Poortvliet 03 Oct '11

03 Oct '11

Hi all, The awesome brochure sources have finally been recovered. You can find them here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/29347181/openSUSE%20brochure_v4.eps There is a number of changes we need to do, all summarized in the document with the updated text: * Text needs review * Need to turn the Brochure in a 3-panel trifold on A4 * Remove 'links' pane on front * Replace front text with shorter text (see below) * Re-arrange back to fit A4 and use improved text (see below) * Get rid of the SUSE and Novell logos, this is an openSUSE Brochure * We need to make this Creative Commons, except for the logo's. * The openSUSE Logo on the front page is some self made logo with strange color in the text, needs to be fixed. * There is only one small Geeko on the whole brochure. We need more :D * A bit less SUSE Studio, a bit more other openSUSE projects. Nice to have: * We can use the upcoming 12.1 artwork on the front * turn it into a SVG so it can be translated more easily! See the above todo and text here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/29347181/openSUSE%20brochure_v4.odt Anyone who is willing or able - let us know what changes you can make, make them, get the result to me and I'll put the updated version back on the dropbox. As soon as we have a decent version we can start translating & printing. A large change I made which I need feedback on is that I removed the app installer text to be replaced with openQA. See the document for the cool and cool++ points. Otherwise, who can update/fix our brochure? Thanks, Jos

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[opensuse-marketing] openSUSE Marketing Team reminder
by Bryen M. Yunashko 03 Oct '11

03 Oct '11

Some of us have talked and decided to push our regular meeting (which is already pushed back due to recent Conference) to Thursday at the same time (15:00 UTC) in the -marketing IRC channel. This will be 29-September-2011. In the meantime, to help make the meetings run faster, please update the status of any tasks you are working on related to 12.1 at http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:12.1_Marketing_Hackfest. Put your status in the Results section. Also, if you are currently working on any articles, please add a link and update the http://ietherpad.com/sked page. Please be aware that as we get closer to 12.1 release day, we'll be needing to to keep better track of our work. This will be a topic of the next meeting to determine how best to stay on top of things as we move forward. Thanks all, 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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[opensuse-marketing] T-Dose 5&6 November
by Rob Snelders 03 Oct '11

03 Oct '11

Hi All, I'm not sure if this belongs to this list or the ambassadors-list. If it is in the wrong list please tell me. The 5th and 6th November is the 6th edition of T-Dose. This is a free Open-Source Conference held in the city of Eindhoven, The Netherlands. On this conference we are trying to hold a open-source "software-market". We would like to ask if you are interested in a stand at the market to promote and discuss about Open Source. -- Greetings, Rob Snelders Stichting T-Dose -- 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: Invitation to OpenSUSE for SCALE 10x
by Chuck Payne 03 Oct '11

03 Oct '11

Gareth, Congradualation on 10 years of SCALE, it is a very awesome event, and on behalf of openSUSE thank you, we love to celerbate with you and everyone next year. I know we loved being there this year, it was great time. I am CC'ing our marketing join so they can see the call for papers and get into our next newsletters. Again, thank you for the invite. We are very honor to be share the 10th annual Southern California Linux Expo. I am doing ok, getting settle in my new job. Take care, Chuck "PUP" Payne On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 7:31 PM, Gareth J. Greenaway <gareth(a)socallinuxexpo.org> wrote: > Greetings Chuck, > > I hope this email finds you doing well. We have begun the planning for > the 10th annual Southern California Linux Expo and I wanted to > formerly invite openSUSE to participate again at our show. > > This is a monumental year being the tenth anniversary of the show and we're > hoping that you and openSUSE will be able to celebrate with us. > > The show will be taking place January 20th - 22nd, 2012. > SCALE 10x will once again be taking place at the Hilton LAX. > > I am also including a link to our "Call for Papers" if anyone from > openSUSE is interested in submitting a talk for consideration. > > https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/cfp/ > > Thanks! > Gareth > -- (678) 636-9678 ----------------------------------------- Discover it! Enjoy it! Share it! openSUSE Linux. ----------------------------------------- openSUSE -- en.opensuse.org/User:Terrorpup openSUSE Ambassador/openSUSE Member skype,twiiter,identica,friendfeed -- terrorpup freenode(irc) --terrorpup/lupinstein Register Linux Userid: 155363 Have you tried SUSE Studio? Need to create a Live CD, an app you want to package and distribute , or create your own linux distro. Give SUSE Studio a try. www.susestudio.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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[opensuse-marketing] release notes
by jdd 03 Oct '11

03 Oct '11

Hello, It's probably time to work on the release notes. Beta is not already official, but the basic background is done: http://www.cijoint.fr/cjlink.php?file=cj201109/cijcE8MEqX.jpg (as installed just now) the pas page is http://ietherpad.com/12-1-release-notes I already inserted the release notes in the pad (for what they where good for) I don't know if we want to have the kde/gnome... stuff fully integrated in the notes or elsewhere; thanks jdd -- 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-artwork] Re: Poster
by James Mason 02 Oct '11

02 Oct '11

On Sat, 2011-10-01 at 09:27 +1000, Helen South wrote: > I like it a lot; just one reservation about the colour of the QR code, > as that color is not used anywhere else in the poster and it does make > it seem a little bit dis-intergrated. Maybe you'd be happier with it > in white perhaps, or openSUSE Green? Only a very small point though. > I think there does need to be 'something' in that corner, otherwise > there's too much empty space going on. Actually it might look better > with the geeko on the left, looking into the space on the right, and > the QR on the right side. Just an idea though, I'd cheerfully put it > on my wall as is. > > Fantastic concept, the rendering of the mobile is awesome. > > cheers, > Thanks for the feedback, Helen, and I totally agree on the QR. Here's another "draft" to chew on. This one I tried to focus on what I would want to put up, that would entice other people to check out openSUSE. And again, the package list is a large component, rendered in the QR (and yes its perfectly legible at print-quality). http://paste.opensuse.org/view/raw/97434921 I leave it up to the community to decide which way this ends up. Happy hacking! -- James Mason SUSE Studio Developer openSUSE Member 2925 Roeder Ave Ste 300 Bellingham, WA 98225-2065 USA +1 360.752.6707 james.mason(a)suse.com ---------- SUSE ---------- Great Minds UnITe - BrainShare 2011 - Register at novell.com/brainshare -- 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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