September 2011 - openSUSE Marketing - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-marketing] Re: [opensuse-artwork] openSUSE-12.1 wallpaper
by Helen South 22 Sep '11

22 Sep '11

I just wanted to add, that months ago I tried to bring up some discussion about vision and theme and was told 'don't talk about it, just do it'. So the conversation more or less ended, and I didn't really follow any further discussion due to other commitments in the meantime. Now someone has "just done it" and put time and effort into create nice artwork, and NOW you all want to add criticisms and say you don't like this or that. This is quite absurd. There needs to be a clear artwork vision discussed well before release, outlines put forward of the look and theme that is wanted for the distribution/release, a list of what specific artworks are required. THAT is when everyone can air their views. At this point of the process it should be minor tweaks and ajustments. But THAT would have required a DISCUSSION not 'just do it'. There is a difference between bikeshedding and planning. The project needs to consult with the creative members of the team and appoint an art team leader who has a clue about what is required for the components of the release, and then TRUST THEIR JUDGEMENT to guide the artwork production. This needs to happen months before the release, not weeks. -- IRC: helen_au helen.south(a)opensuse.org helensouth.com On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 8:49 PM, Stephan Kulow <coolo(a)suse.de> wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 22. September 2011 schrieb Will Stephenson: >> On Thursday 22 Sep 2011 09:21:49 Robert Lihm wrote: >> > On 22.09.2011, at 08:13, Helen South wrote: >> > > I couldn't disagree more strongly. >> > > >> > > I think they are absolutely beautiful, stunning work. I loved Nuno's >> > > shirt design and I think these are a delightful adaptation of that >> > > design. I have made the black one my background right now! The olive >> > > green one is lovely too - the variations in color look great on my >> > > monitor. The bright one.... *ouch* :P >> > >> > I like the idea of picking up our shirt design! And I finally like how >> > Richard made it. I would go with the less bright green ... but that's a >> > question of taste :-) >> >> I liked the shirt design, but it's what, 18 months old now? And it is >> derived from what I call 'vegetative swirls' which are soo passé (check >> out the 2002 Garland lightshade in the 'Art and Design from the 2000s' >> collection at MOMA: http://bit.ly/o6nYRs) everywhere except free software >> graphic design. Jimmac introduced them (in a high quality execution) for >> 11.2 in 2009, and I pointed this out then. > > We don't need objections now. We need alternatives or votes. > > Greetings, Stephan > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-artwork+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org > For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-artwork+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] Greek openSUSE community @ OSArena.net video presentation from 76th International Trade Fair
by Stathis Iosifidis (aka diamond_gr) 20 Sep '11

20 Sep '11

Hello friends, Remember the report from the 76th International Trade Fair? You can find my previous mail http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-marketing/2011-09/msg00047.html As I mentioned, I've contacted OSArena.net, one of the high traffic open source blog/e-zine and they came for an interview. The link in Greek is http://osarena.net/2011/09/osarena-tv-episode-3-rompotiki-stin-ellada.html The link to the video is: http://youtu.be/XLcTOppsDHg Efstathios Agrapidis (efagra) and Vasilios Karabouzis (Master91) were at the booth. I was away for the Software Freedom Day. All of you were at the marketing hack fest in Nurnberg. Thank you all for your help and support. Have a lot of fun Stathis -- 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] how to move in Nürnberg
by jdd 20 Sep '11

20 Sep '11

Hello, you all! Back from Nürnberg it come in my mind than Nürnberg being the SUSE birth place, we may have to go there again and that some hints I used can be usefull again. So I wrote a SDB article for the wiki. http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Moving_in_Nürnberg Eventually, if you couldn't come, this may give you some images of what we did :-)) 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] Updated welcome?
by Roger Luedecke 20 Sep '11

20 Sep '11

I think maybe we should look at redisigning the welcome thingamabob. Particularly helpful could be to add the opensuse-guide.org there so that people know it exists. Frankly so much of our resources are so scattered, that a bit of effort to coalesce them would be immensely helpful to new users. -- 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] Recording the results of openSUSE Marketing Hackfest
by Bryen M. Yunashko 20 Sep '11

20 Sep '11

Hi Folks, Thanks to all for a great attendance at last week's 12.1 Marketing Hackfest. It was great to see so many people working on a variety of things over the two days and thanks to AJ and Jos for giving us the space to make this all possible. As requested during our hackfest, please record the current results of tasks you have been working on so we can keep track of what is done and completed and what needs continued work. The link is at http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:12.1_Marketing_Hackfest#Results Thanks! 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] 12.1 Editorial Schedule
by Bryen M. Yunashko 20 Sep '11

20 Sep '11

Hi Folks, At last week's Marketing Hackfest, we devised a editorial schedule to cover the next weeks leading up to openSUSE 12.1 release day. Here is the link http://ietherpad.com/sked Some of you have already begun writing your articles. Please add your names to the relevant topics and links where applicable so we can keep track of everything. Thanks! 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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Re: [opensuse-marketing] Slides of SFD 2011 - Salvador/Bahia - Brazil
by Raul Libório 19 Sep '11

19 Sep '11

Hi, Thanks Alan. If you want the source, just ask. ;) On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 16:59, Alan Clark <aclark(a)suse.com> wrote: > Very nice presentation slides. > > Thanks for sharing. > > Alan Clark > >>>> On 9/17/2011 at 07:50 PM, Raul Libório<rauhmaru(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi friends, >> Follows the presentation used in today's SFD. >> The theme was: openSUSE 12.1 - what comes around? (in PT-BR) >> >> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/935037/palestras/2011/SFD2011_-_openSUSE_12.1_Raul_… >> borio.pdf >> >> Cheers, > > -- Raul Libório http://rauhmaru.blogspot.com/ rauhmarutsªhotmailºcom openSUSE Member | Linux User #4444581 "There are only 10 types of people in the world - Those who understand binary, and those who don't." -- 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] Feedback form for events
by Stathis Iosifidis (aka diamond_gr) 19 Sep '11

19 Sep '11

Hello my friends, After Berlin, I was thinking something for Greek community but maybe it's better to go global. Well, the guy at his talk said that we must take feedback from the end users since developers just create their software without asking the needs of the end user. Since the meaning of selling isn't that the seller convienced the buyer but the seller covered buyer's needs, I was thinking to create a form that we can print and have with us at the events (simple paper). Some questions about our product or some general questions about GNU/Linux (replies yes/no). Maybe that way we can help our developers to make a better product. -- 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] SFD event at Hong Kong
by Koushik Kumar Nundy 19 Sep '11

19 Sep '11

Hi all, I participated in a Software Freedom Day[1] event on Saturday, held at the City University of Hong Kong[2], at which Hong Kong Linux Users' Group[3] were one of the primary organisers. I plan to write a detailed report and will post it and the photos as soon as I get some time. Meanwhile, some basic data for starters: Turnout: Over 100 Topics covered at talks: MeeGo, Java, 3D modelling hardware(Reprap), free drivers, Python, etc Distros present : Mainly Debian, some Ubuntu, a fedora guy, 2 redhat guys, a couple of Meego people, and myself(openSUSE). Projects present(non-distro): Mozilla, GNU(saw no people, only goodies), Creative Commons, Java, Python, GNOME. DVDs distributed: 50 promo DVDs, 20 Li-f-e DVDs, 5 KDE Live CDs, 10 downloaded DVDs, 5 copied ISOs off my laptop. (Unfortunately, I had too few DVDs, and demand was quite appreciable) I mostly distributed a copy of [4] with the DVDs, mainly because most seemed to be non-beginners, and potential contributors even in the short term. It would probably have been better if some goodies/sticker could be arranged, but I was not sure if I could attend. [1] http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2011/Hong%20Kong/Hong%20Kong%20Linux%20U… [2] http://www.cityu.edu.hk/ [3] http://www.linux.org.hk/ [4] http://en.opensuse.org/images/1/15/Why_openSUSE_is_cool_1.0_English_HighRes… More later, Cheers, ~kknundy P.S. Sorry for the cross-post, but although these seems to be an ambassador presence, most SFD reports are coming in on the marketing list. -- 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] Software Freedom Day, Florina, Greece-->Report
by Stathis Iosifidis (aka diamond_gr) 19 Sep '11

19 Sep '11

Hello friends, I'm so happy about what I did in Florina. Although I moved about 3 hours from home for this event, I did great. First of all, here is the link. http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2011/Greece/Florina/SDF%20Florina I was the organizer of the event with the help of the local team of computer school teachers. I went there in the morning and met my friend who is neurologist and he introduced the medical open source world. Unfortunately he couldn't stay. He can help us with the medical project. Then I met with the elementary school teacher and setup the place. We were at the city center. What I did there: 1. Inform people about open source. Although I had all distros, I was promoting the Green DVDs ;-) 2. Lot of local media came for the event. I was interviewed by 2 of them (video) and other 3 were newspapers and some other web sites. 3. A journalist, invited me for further tv interview (I'm waiting for her call). She also invited the community to present open source to a school. Maybe we can make an install fest, if they want us. So we also wait for a call for that. 4. I gave some promo materials to a local LUG and also to a member of our community who wants to organize a Linux Team at his university (it's near Florina). Unfortunately the last bus back to my city was early that day and didn't stay longer. For some pictures, you can check my photo album. http://bit.ly/nDLURF I must write something to our blog and also in Greek. Have a lot of fun, Stathis -- 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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