November 2013 - openSUSE Marketing - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-marketing] ambassador reports
by Jos Poortvliet 23 Feb '25

23 Feb '25

Hi boosters, The marketing team has been brainstorming on how to give ambassadors a tad more attention in openSUSE; motivate them to make a bit more noise; and reward them for what they do. Now we have a few ideas, but for one, we thought it might make sense to use connect. Yes, it could probably be done via the wiki and other ways but I know you guys have a hammer and might see this as a nail :D *what is the problem* the ambassadors _sometimes_ create event reports. We want those reports for several reasons: - to have an idea of what they are doing - to measure how much we do - to motivate others - to SHOW what we do Unfortunately, not so many event reports are made although we're fairly sure many events have openSUSE attendance. This is due to several issues. *First*, not all ambassadors are so connected to us - many are not 'official ambassador' or their English skills are minimal and they are not internationally involved. I will send a follow-up mail with ideas on how to solve that. *Second*, filling in an event report on the wiki is not exactly easy for many. Some send one by mail - which is fine but leaves little record. *Third*, the reports receive little visibility. They are mentioned somewhere in the weekly news if you're lucky and of course on the marketing ML, but that's it pretty much. Numbers in it are not saved, we don't realy do anything with it as there is no real easy record. *The solution?* Ideally, the reports would end up in a central place, some database... And ideally, they would be connected to the ambassadors - so they can build up a trackrecord of events they have visited. Once we have this we can also show reports on eg news.o.o in a feed box on the side for example, or on our homepage. We can analyze and use statistics (for promo), promote events, do monthly articles - all kinds of things. We have an events page on en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Ambassador_events which suffers from similar issues - most people don't create a page because it is not easy and not localized. *connect.o.o* In short. We wonder - would Connect not offer a much better way of handeling events, event reports and the like? Would it not offer a better place for ambassador user accounts (with associated event reports as track records)? Culd it offer an easy place for ambassadors to add info for an event and afterwards add a report & pictures which we can then display in the planet feed (localized, if needed)? In case you think this is relevant, chuck and manu might have some time to help with this both in 'how to do it' (I would also love to think abou that) and the doing itself. Cheers, Jos

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[opensuse-marketing] events in Hungary
by Peter Czanik 28 Nov '13

28 Nov '13

Hello, Before you ask: I don't have photos, this is something I tend to forget :) "Linux az Oktatasban" http://lok.hu/ -> Linux in Education conference, where openSUSE and the Hungarian SUSE office had a common stand. The SUSE guys demoed their own educational solutions and services, I had a machine running openSUSE 13.1 RC. It had all the different desktops, and many people tried KDE, GNOME, XFCE and even E17. I had a few 12.3 DVDs from SUSE Hungary to hand out and all were gone within half an hour. 13.1 release party: it was this Monday, we were welcomed for a pizza by the Hungarian SUSE office. We shared our first 13.1 experiences and talked about many related topics. Personally I actively hate localized software, but was asked to collect info about the openSUSE localization process, so will do it later this week. Future events: this Friday there will be two conferences: SFD (better late than never...) and Virtualization Day. It's not the best situation, as I can't be split to two events even if interested in both. I'll present at SFD and maintain a stand with a demo machine. As 13.1 DVDs are not yet available I'll hand out our remaining 12.3 DVDs. Bye, CzP -- 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] A busy week evangelizing Linux, openSUSE & FOSS ( :
by Ish Sookun 28 Nov '13

28 Nov '13

Hello folks, Here in Mauritius we had a busy yet awesome week evangelizing Linux, openSUSE & FOSS. Firstly we received a last minute approval by the National Computer Board who sponsored us a conference slot & stand at the Infotech 2013. This somehow gave us exposure at a national level & we even got a small interview broadcasted on the national TV. More about the Infotech can be found on my blog : http://hacklog.in/infotech-2013-day-4/ Yet after Infotech we had no time to rest for Linuxfest 2013 was at our doorstep. I advantaged myself with a slot of more that 30 mins dedicated to openSUSE project ( : We didn't have goodies but I distributed free copies of openSUSE images to people who brought pendrives. See the Linuxfest highlights here : http://hacklog.in/linuxfest-2013-highlights/ I'll share the video footage of the openSUSE presentation as soon as it is available. Cheers! Ish Sookun openSUSE Advocate www.openSUSE.org - Geek by birth ... Linux by choice. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |H|A|C|K|L|O|G|.|i|n| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ -- 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 Presentation at the Infotech 2013
by Ish Sookun 19 Nov '13

19 Nov '13

Hello geekos, It's confirmed I'm doing an openSUSE presentation at the Infotech 2013 conference in Mauritius on Thursday 21st. This coincides perfectly with the release of openSUSE 13.1 :) See the event page : http://www.infotech.mu/info13/viewc.asp?zTIDX=265932222222222228xx Cheers! Ish Sookun - Geek by birth ... Linux by choice. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |H|A|C|K|L|O|G|.|i|n| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ -- 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 Presentation during Infotech 2013
by Ish Sookun 18 Nov '13

18 Nov '13

Hello folks, I got confirmation by the Infotech 2013 team (Mauritius / infotech.mu) that the National Computer Board is willing to share its booth with us. That being said we're getting a stand (on Sunday 24th) to demo openSUSE at a conference that's visited by thousands of Mauritians. On my side I'll be bringing a couple of posters. Too bad we no more have the Promo DVDs, one of the reasons why I've emphasized in empowering the Advocates :P I am however bringing the ISO images to distribute & a laptop to demo. On Thursday 21st we've also been allocated a slot for a presentation. My presentation will comprise of introducing the openSUSE Project & the Advocate program. Photos & the article will show up on my blog afterwards. The new advocates from Mauritius will be around giving a helping hand :) Cheers! Ish Sookun openSUSE Advocate (openSUSE.org) - Geek by birth ... Linux by choice. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |H|A|C|K|L|O|G|.|i|n| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ -- 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] Help! - openSUSE@FOSDEM 2014 needs you!
by Richard Brown 12 Nov '13

12 Nov '13

As you might already know, FOSDEM is one of the biggest events in Europe on the FOSS calendar. It's normally quite a bit deal for openSUSE, and we've always tried to make a good splash In the last few years, I've been the one arranging things like the Stand, finding folk to help staff it, and coordinating with whoever is attending FOSDEM from SUSE so we can make a big splash This year, although I'm hopeful I'll get to go to FOSDEM, I cant commit to arranging the stand and such as I have in the last few years So this is your chance, if you're interested in helping out openSUSE during one of our most important public appearances, please step up and get the ball rolling, starting with contacting stands(a)fosdem.org as outlined on their website https://fosdem.org/2014/news/2013-09-17-call-for-participation-part-two/ We only have a week to our request for a stand in, so please, don't delay To whoever steps up, I'll do whatever I can to help, including sharing some tips & tricks from a veteran (eg. be prepared for a great time with too little sleep...and it's probably a good idea to be prepared for spilt beer behind the booth) Thanks for helping out :) -- 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] Cinnamon screenshots
by Ish Sookun 09 Nov '13

09 Nov '13

Hello folks, I have updated "zypper" instruction for Cinnamon installation on openSUSE 13.1 : http://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Cinnamon#Zypper I've also included some screenshots here : http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Cinnamon_Screenshots Cheers! Ish Sookun - Geek by birth ... Linux by choice. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |H|A|C|K|L|O|G|.|i|n| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ -- 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] Welcoming the Mauritian geekos :)
by Ish Sookun 07 Nov '13

07 Nov '13

Hello folks, It's with pleasure that I welcome 3 new Advocates evangelizing the awesomeness of openSUSE in Mauritius. Avinash Mayaram : http://en.opensuse.org/User:Aimayaram Nitin J Mutkawoa : http://en.opensuse.org/User:Nitinmutkawoa Yuram Venkatiah : http://en.opensuse.org/User:Yuram_07 They have been active for the past few months, attending & contributing through the weekly Linux meetups. I introduced the openSUSE Advocate Program to the local geeks a few months back : http://hacklog.in/linux-user-group-of-mauritius-meetup-17-08-2013/ I am also planning a presentation during the upcoming Linux Festival : http://linuxfest.lugm.org/ I've met many university students with creative skills. Hopefully, after the Linux Festival we can expect more Mauritian geekos joining the crew :) Regards, Ish Sookun - Geek by birth ... Linux by choice. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |H|A|C|K|L|O|G|.|i|n| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ -- 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] Can not log in gsa.
by johann Luce 06 Nov '13

06 Nov '13

Hi Installed v7 on opensuse all seems to install well when I ran ./openvas-check-setup --v7 --server it said that: hp17:/var/log/openvas # ./openvas-check-setup --v7 --server openvas-check-setup 2.2.3 Test completeness and readiness of OpenVAS-7 Please report us any non-detected problems and help us to improve this check routine: http://lists.wald.intevation.org/mailman/listinfo/openvas-discuss Send us the log-file (/tmp/openvas-check-setup.log) to help analyze the problem. Step 1: Checking OpenVAS Scanner ... OK: OpenVAS Scanner is present in version 4.0+beta2. OK: OpenVAS Scanner CA Certificate is present as /var/lib/openvas/CA/cacert.pem. OK: NVT collection in /var/lib/openvas/plugins contains 32762 NVTs. WARNING: Signature checking of NVTs is not enabled in OpenVAS Scanner. SUGGEST: Enable signature checking (see http://www.openvas.org/trusted-nvts.html) OK: The NVT cache in /var/cache/openvas contains 32762 files for 32762 NVTs. Step 2: Checking OpenVAS Manager ... OK: OpenVAS Manager is present in version 5.0+beta2. OK: OpenVAS Manager client certificate is present as /var/lib/openvas/CA/clientcert.pem. OK: OpenVAS Manager database found in /var/lib/openvas/mgr/tasks.db. OK: Access rights for the OpenVAS Manager database are correct. OK: sqlite3 found, extended checks of the OpenVAS Manager installation enabled. OK: OpenVAS Manager database is at revision 99. OK: OpenVAS Manager expects database at revision 99. OK: Database schema is up to date. OK: OpenVAS Manager database contains information about 32762 NVTs. OK: OpenVAS SCAP database found in /var/lib/openvas/scap-data/scap.db. OK: OpenVAS CERT database found in /var/lib/openvas/cert-data/cert.db. OK: xsltproc found. Step 3: Checking user configuration ... WARNING: Your password policy is empty. SUGGEST: Edit the /etc/openvas/pwpolicy.conf file to set a password policy. Step 4: Checking Greenbone Security Assistant (GSA) ... OK: Greenbone Security Assistant is present in version 5.0+beta2. Step 5: Checking OpenVAS CLI ... SKIP: Skipping check for OpenVAS CLI. Step 6: Checking Greenbone Security Desktop (GSD) ... SKIP: Skipping check for Greenbone Security Desktop. Step 7: Checking if OpenVAS services are up and running ... OK: netstat found, extended checks of the OpenVAS services enabled. OK: OpenVAS Scanner is running and listening only on the local interface. OK: OpenVAS Scanner is listening on port 9391, which is the default port. WARNING: OpenVAS Manager is running and listening only on the local interface. This means that you will not be able to access the OpenVAS Manager from the outside using GSD or OpenVAS CLI. SUGGEST: Ensure that OpenVAS Manager listens on all interfaces. OK: OpenVAS Manager is listening on port 9390, which is the default port. WARNING: Greenbone Security Assistant is running and listening only on the local interface. This means that you will not be able to access the Greenbone Security Assistant from the outside using a web browser. SUGGEST: Ensure that Greenbone Security Assistant listens on all interfaces. OK: Greenbone Security Assistant is listening on port 9392, which is the default port. Step 8: Checking nmap installation ... WARNING: Your version of nmap is not fully supported: 6.40 SUGGEST: You should install nmap 5.51. Step 9: Checking presence of optional tools ... WARNING: Could not find pdflatex binary, the PDF report format will not work. SUGGEST: Install pdflatex. OK: ssh-keygen found, LSC credential generation for GNU/Linux targets is likely to work. OK: rpm found, LSC credential package generation for RPM based targets is likely to work. WARNING: Could not find alien binary, LSC credential package generation for DEB based targets will not work. SUGGEST: Install alien. WARNING: Could not find makensis binary, LSC credential package generation for Microsoft Windows targets will not work. SUGGEST: Install nsis. It seems like your OpenVAS-7 installation is OK. If you think it is not OK, please report your observation and help us to improve this check routine: http://lists.wald.intevation.org/mailman/listinfo/openvas-discuss Please attach the log-file (/tmp/openvas-check-setup.log) to help us analyze the problem. hp17:/var/log/openvas # i went to https://localhost:9392 and i saw gsa but when i want to login it did'nt work in the /var/log/openvassd.messages, i can saw [Wed Nov 6 16:12:05 2013][22265] bad login attempt from 127.0.0.1 in /var/log/openvasmd.log i can saw: md main:WARNING:2013-11-06 17h11.59 CET:22261: read_from_server: failed to read from server: The TLS connection was non-properly terminated. i have not created user admin like in the v6 with openvasad -c...... any ideas ?? regards Johann

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[opensuse-marketing] Self-Introduction
by Álvaro Castillo 02 Nov '13

02 Nov '13

Hi everybody! My name is Álvaro, I'm 19 years old and I am living actually on Lanzarote one of Canary Islands, however I was born on Jerez de la Frontera (South of Spanish mainland). I am newbie on openSUSE. From child always I liked computer science or all related topics. When I could. I touch a computer always to search files, install games and more. As time passed, I started learning how to use computer alone, operative system and more. I tried Ubuntu as my first Linux distro into 7.10 version. After I installed Debian Lenny (testing) version some months to ago. I saw about Fedora but some people said that was very difficult to use. Anyway was my third Linux distro with Fedora 10 with GNOME. More months too late, I switched into FreeBSD with 7, but some weeks ago, I came back to Linux with Fedora 11 called Leonidas's KDE. Really was very good distro. I returned the borrowed Portable I hope to end my high school classes and installed FreeBSD 8 and 9-CURRENT version on my old desktop AMD Athlon 64 6000. Was very awesome to use FreeBSD Ports Collections, setting your options in your software. After, I tried Gentoo and Slackware. Gentoo seems FreeBSD but with Linux. I had learnt to compile a Linux kernel on it. My first kernel built with CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS defined into make.conf. Was very awesome compile software optimized for your processor and learn how to "carry out" seems build a "LFS". Anyway, I came back to Fedora 16 and still continues 17, 18 and 19. After, I switched into Mageia 1-2 months and latest Linux I used it's openSUSE 12.3. I hope stay here a long time as Fedora :) I hope help openSUSE project to get to know better do presentations, workshops, helping forums and more. Any messages, please contact me without any troubles! :D Greetings! -- 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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