January 2012 - openSUSE Marketing - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-marketing] Something to think about for future conferences
by Andrew Wafaa 26 Jan '12

26 Jan '12

Aloha all, Just came across a flyer[0] that RedHat are dishing out for those attending FOSDEM. Worth a thought of emulating it for both SUSE & openSUSE at the next round of conferences. 0 = http://people.redhat.com/duffy/fosdem/redhat-fosdem_2012.pdf -- Andrew Wafaa IRC: FunkyPenguin GPG: 0x3A36312F -- 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] Google Code-in Blog Post
by Manu Gupta 25 Jan '12

25 Jan '12

Hi All, If anyone can help me with a blog post related to Google Code-in and Google Summer Of Code in 2011, it will be great. I would love to forward it to the Google guys and maybe we can land at their open source blog. Let me know if anyone volunteers -- Regards Manu Gupta -- 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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[opensuse-marketing] 12.2 Wallpaper Artwork Submission Is Over - Voting Open
by andi robert 23 Jan '12

23 Jan '12

Hello my dear friends of the community Our wallpaper submission deadline for openSUSE 12.2 is now over. We asked a few of our artists to help us create a good selection of wallpapers for the upcoming release. Our deadline was fixed very early since the wallpaper is has become a key element in creating derivative artwork, such as Twitter banners, Facebook profile pictures, DVD sleeves and many other things. Hence our early date, we wanted to work on our artwork early enough so that we can make more derivative artwork faster and with improved quality. We understand that there may be people in the community who have worked on wallpapers for 12.2 and have not yet submitted them to the wallpaper artwork page located here http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Wallpapers If you know of anyone who is worked on a wallpaper and would like to submit them, please let us know via email. You can reply to this email to let us know as well. That way we can include everyone who wanted to give this contest a try. If no there are no replies by Monday January 23, 2012, we will assume that such wallpapers cannot make it into the contest. Another change we made this time is that we will choose one default wallpaper and then two other wallpapers as extras in case users would not want to use the default wallpaper. For this I am trying to find out what packages can carry the default wallpaper and what package can carry the other 2 wallpapers chosen. Please, if you know, post it on this email thread. I believe coolo might now, would you let us know what is more recommendable in case we want to include more wallpapers? As usual, you can review the wallpapers on the page mentioned above and start voting just like it was done last time. One more thing, thank you so much artists for your great and valuable work. openSUSE should look pretty awesome after your contributions made it to the release. Thank you again. PS: My emails are imperfect. I may have omitted important information. If so, please add it to this thread. -- 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] [Event Report] Cerea Fair - Italy
by Marina Latini 22 Jan '12

22 Jan '12

Hi all! >From Saturday 14th to Sunday 15th January 2012 has took place the Cerea fair (VR) in Italy. I and other members of FSUGItalia have participated at the “Electronics and amateur radio fair” in Cerea (Verona) presenting openSUSE to the public. We must start by saying that, as is typical of these kind of events, the fair has been a great success, big participation and queues in front of the entrance from the early hours of the opening. From rumours heard during Sunday, overall, there were about 20000 visitors. The organization of the fair has given us a great place, the first booth near the entrance! In addition to openSUSE promotional material, we set up the stand with 4 notebooks and 3 netbooks. The computers were equipped with openSUSE 12.1 configured with different desktop manager to emphasize the flexibility and power of a distribution, that can work perfectly on the newest hardware as well as the oldest. A large number of people came to ask us about what openSUSE is. The computers exhibited have attracted the attention of passers, that, in many cases, were unaware of the existence of the GNU/Linux operating systems, and those few who knew them already, usually were familiar only to Ubuntu. Both categories of people were surprised to discover and try openSUSE. In particular, we noticed that the most interested people in learning openSUSE were those in the age group of fifty years and older, and that, in many cases, showed a remarkable familiarity with GNU/Linux.In detail, many of them have told us that already use Ubuntu, but they wanted to leave it because they are not comfortable with the Unity interface. The most frequent question was inherent to the differences between Ubuntu and openSUSE and what are the advantages of this second operating system. Before the event we had contacted representatives of the LUG (Linux User Group) near Cerea, and during the fair, we have delivered to them promotional material to distribute. Because of the enthusiasm of the audience, we had to ration the promotional material (promoDVD), because otherwise they would not be enough for both days. On Sunday evening we had distributed all the material at our disposal (300 promo DVD and all flyers) and someone have also asked the posters! An event with such a big audience is definitely challenging and very tiring but we have got a great success that has rewarded us for all the efforts made to achieve this participation. The enthusiasm and interest of the people involved also the organizers, that have proposed to us to participate in future editions of this fair. Here: http://denebinside.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/report-cerea-fair/ you can find the report (Italian/English) of the Cerea Fair (Italy). Other useful informations are reachable here: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Cerea_Fair We are editing a video and uploading a photo gallery; as soon as possible all the materials will be online. Regards, deneb -- Marina Latini http://www.fsugitalia.org openSUSE Ambassador: deneb_alpha http://www.educoo.it -- 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] Review pls: 11.3 EOL Article
by Bryen M Yunashko 21 Jan '12

21 Jan '12

http://news.opensuse.org/?p=12487&preview=true I'd like to get this published at some point today (Saturday.) If any of you can review and comment on suggested edits, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Bryen M Yunashko -- 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] Disc Pricing
by Gary Guenot 16 Jan '12

16 Jan '12

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[opensuse-marketing] openSUSE Weekly News in hiatus
by Roger Luedecke 10 Jan '12

10 Jan '12

Apparently OWN has halted since the editor has gone away. I may be able to help, but would need more details in regards to it. -- 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] openSUSE 2012 Events Calendar
by Bryen M Yunashko 09 Jan '12

09 Jan '12

Exhausted but not done (it's 1 a.m. now), I have added a bunch of events to our wiki page at http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Ambassadors_events#2012 Please review the list when you have a chance and add more events. I know there's a lot more we can list here. The more we list and claim, the easier it will be to prepare for them and request funding/DVDs if necessary. If there is an event that is unclaimed, feel free to claim it. If there is an event that you cannot go to but you know there is someone in that area, contact that person and get that person to claim in the name of GEEKO!!! There are several more that I need to find out about and will add them accordingly as soon as I get further information. Thanks to all, Bryen M Yunashko -- 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] Interview
by Stefan Sayvanski 09 Jan '12

09 Jan '12

Dear SuSe community, I am currently working on my final Bachelor Projekt at The Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, Germany. The theme is "Critical success factors for Open Source Software Projects" so the profile of openSUSE is exactly what i am looking for. My task is to do Interviews with experts on this topic, so i would be very happy if there is someone who is willing to give me a face-to-face or per skype interview. Thank you for your time. Best regards, Stefan Sayvanski -- 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] Feedback for received openSUSE Promotion DVDs
by Peter Michl 06 Jan '12

06 Jan '12

Once again I want to thank open SUSE for this great support. I have received 300 Promotion DVDs to support my pupils. This time the DVDs had a very great response from my pupils. Few days before they where delivered a bunch of pupils even asked when I will receive them. Therefore it didn't surprise me that the DVD's last for about one month. Thank you very much, my pupils like the DVD's and they install open SUSE at their home computers also not only to be prepared for lessons but even for their private belongings. I am very glad about this great opportunity and wish open SUSE a happy new and efficient year 2012. Peter Michl -- 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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