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Re: [opensuse-marketing] marketing & openSUSE mini-summit
by Carl Symons 15 Feb '18

15 Feb '18

On 02/14/2018 05:21 PM, Chuck Payne wrote: > Carl, > > I can't make up there, but let me know if I can do anything remote from > Georgia to help out. > > Get me some type of flyer and I will posted on the Fan Page and Group in > Facebook to get it started for you if that will help. Thank you Chuck. I think that getting the word out will be quite helpful. It would also be great to hear your ideas of format and content. Although we're kitty corner across the U.S. from you, with some success here perhaps there can be some events out your way (SELF must be somewhat close to you). I'll put together something when we get a better idea of what's happening here. Thanks again Carl > > On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 5:58 PM, Carl Symons <carlsymons(a)gmail.com > <https://www.advmailservice.com/l/849b169d11ee11e891fa005056a3018b>> wrote: > > Hello openSUSE marketing people > > I am sending an email to opensuse-project about the openSUSE mini-summit > to be held in conjunction with Linux Fest Northwest. That message is > below. > > This is a marketing opportunity for openSUSE. LFNW is well-known and > highly regarded. It's unlike any other tech conference, although I have > heard that it's similar to Chemnitzer Linux-Tage. There are advantages > to both events for publicity. > > I'm working with Doug DeMaio and James Mason on this. James and I both > live in Bellingham, Washington where LNFW is held. We've both been > involved in organizing the Fest. James has a substantial role this year. > I am coordinating the mini-summit. > > openSUSE will have an expo space and is a Gold Sponsor. We have > prominent exposure. So there may be some promotional and marketing > advantages associated with the mini-summit. > > Ideas? What would you like to see happen at the mini-summit? How do we > get the word out to the openSUSE community? > > Carl Symons > > ------------ > Hello openSUSE community > > You are invited to an openSUSE mini-summit on April 29, 2018 in > Bellingham, Washington, USA. > > The mini-summit will be held in conjunction with LinuxFest Northwest > [1], the original grassroots FOSSfest, now in its 19th year. LFNW is > free to participate, thanks to generous sponsors and a long-time > relationship with Bellingham Technical College. It is low-key and > family-inclusive. LFNW will be packed with presentations and exhibits on > the latest FOSS technologies. It will feature well-known contributors > and projects in a casual environment. > > Most of the time, the openSUSE Community works and interacts on-line by > email, chat, forums and mailing lists. The openSUSE mini-summit is a way > to get together in person in order to meet people, ask and answer > questions, and build strong social connections. It is a community > gathering to discuss ideas and work on projects that benefit openSUSE: > its users, its contributors, and its standing as a premier Linux > distribution. > > The openSUSE mini-summit@LFNW is listed at events.opensuse.org > <https://www.advmailservice.com/l/849da5a611ee11e891fa005056a3018b> > (oSMS). > But there's no content yet. The organizers have some ideas; we want > yours. > > What are your suggestions for the openSUSE mini-summit? > > Carl Symons > on behalf of: > James Mason, SUSE Senior Software Engineer/LFNW organizer > Doug DeMaio, everything openSUSE > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org > <https://www.advmailservice.com/l/84a032cc11ee11e891fa005056a3018b> > To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+owner(a)opensuse.org > <https://www.advmailservice.com/l/84a2733711ee11e891fa005056a3018b> > > > > > -- > Terror PUP a.k.a > Chuck "PUP" Payne > ----------------------------------------- > Discover it! Enjoy it! Share it! openSUSE Linux. > ----------------------------------------- > openSUSE -- 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. > > Chuck Payne > > (678) 636-9678 Google Voice > (404) 451-3579 Cell Phone > ====================================================================== > > > > -- 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] marketing & openSUSE mini-summit
by Carl Symons 14 Feb '18

14 Feb '18

Hello openSUSE marketing people I am sending an email to opensuse-project about the openSUSE mini-summit to be held in conjunction with Linux Fest Northwest. That message is below. This is a marketing opportunity for openSUSE. LFNW is well-known and highly regarded. It's unlike any other tech conference, although I have heard that it's similar to Chemnitzer Linux-Tage. There are advantages to both events for publicity. I'm working with Doug DeMaio and James Mason on this. James and I both live in Bellingham, Washington where LNFW is held. We've both been involved in organizing the Fest. James has a substantial role this year. I am coordinating the mini-summit. openSUSE will have an expo space and is a Gold Sponsor. We have prominent exposure. So there may be some promotional and marketing advantages associated with the mini-summit. Ideas? What would you like to see happen at the mini-summit? How do we get the word out to the openSUSE community? Carl Symons ------------ Hello openSUSE community You are invited to an openSUSE mini-summit on April 29, 2018 in Bellingham, Washington, USA. The mini-summit will be held in conjunction with LinuxFest Northwest [1], the original grassroots FOSSfest, now in its 19th year. LFNW is free to participate, thanks to generous sponsors and a long-time relationship with Bellingham Technical College. It is low-key and family-inclusive. LFNW will be packed with presentations and exhibits on the latest FOSS technologies. It will feature well-known contributors and projects in a casual environment. Most of the time, the openSUSE Community works and interacts on-line by email, chat, forums and mailing lists. The openSUSE mini-summit is a way to get together in person in order to meet people, ask and answer questions, and build strong social connections. It is a community gathering to discuss ideas and work on projects that benefit openSUSE: its users, its contributors, and its standing as a premier Linux distribution. The openSUSE mini-summit@LFNW is listed at events.opensuse.org (oSMS). But there's no content yet. The organizers have some ideas; we want yours. What are your suggestions for the openSUSE mini-summit? Carl Symons on behalf of: James Mason, SUSE Senior Software Engineer/LFNW organizer Doug DeMaio, everything openSUSE -- 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] Goodies for new computer science students in the University of Duisburg-Essen
by Peter Zdankin 06 Feb '18

06 Feb '18

Hello again, this time in English :D I am a member of the student council „Angewandte Infortmatik“ (Applied Computer Sciences) in the university of Duisburg-Essen in Germany and each semester we get new students and plan some events for them in their first week, to help them with initial questions, meet older students and get to know or befriend other new students. For this occasion we fill bags with goodies from various companies, for example pens, notepads, rubber balls, sticker or similar things and I wanted to ask you, whether your company wants to donate something that we could put in the bags and distribute to the new students?   Thank you for your time, Peter Zdankin -- 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] Orientierungswoche Angewandte Informatik
by Peter Zdankin 05 Feb '18

05 Feb '18

Guten Tag, Wir vom Fachschaftsrat Angewandte Informatik der Universität Duisburg-Essen planen jedes Semester die Ersti Woche, in der wir neue Studierende der Informatik begrüßen, mit ihnen Frühstücken und erzählen wie das Studium so ist, um eventuelle Fragen zu beantworten und damit die Erstsemester schonmal Kontakte und Freundschaften bilden können. Dazu füllen wir jedes Semester eine Tüte mit gesponserten Artikel, zum Beispiel Blöcken, Kulis, Bällen, Sticker oder anderen hilfreichen/lustigen Artikeln und ich wollte fragen, ob Sie auch etwas für die Tüten spenden wollen. Viele Grüße, Peter Zdankin -- 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] Report on Software Freedom Day 28th October
by Jimmy PIERRE 28 Nov '17

28 Nov '17

We started the day with our sort of holy ceremony: eating lunch together and brief on the pre booked activities. It was an Indian Summer Saturday, so, people were out on the streets. We had 34 visitors who passed the door in that order: 1. The Chess Club President came round and had a question on Linux Games. 2. We had a teacher last month who was being trained on Spreadsheet (Calc). We indulged in exercises and revision of previous months learning. Good student! 3. A company director visited us to hire two people to work on Linux in his company. One of our lads did a sort of “speed dating” and was requested to visit the director the next week. 4. VLC is driving us nuts as Jean-Claude had no sound any more on his one month openSUSE Leap 42.3 installation. We spent a lot of time repairing VLC. 5. An old faithful member came round and wanted some advice to buy a brand new computer. We obviously looked for a well-known manufacturer so that openSUSE drivers would be natively available. 6. 8 Chance visitors popped in and we gladly lured them to openSUSE. All 8 did not know anything on Linux et al. 7. Our Greek lady had used her 4 USB keys at the local library and wanted us to check if there were any viruses. I used this activity to praise Linux for a non-virus OS. 8. It was soon tea time and Laurence and some of girls went to the coffee shop to get drinks, cakes etc. 9. We had the routine activities on Free Software, used these opportunities to explain how and why openSUSE rules. A few people tried to smuggle other distributions (Ubuntu and Mint among others) in the conversation because they themselves were using same. It’s hard to evangelize when people already have habits… I made an installation demo over Win10 ending with a dual boot and wow! All in half an hour more or less including updates and customization. 10. I had an engineer who called me twice and he arrived mid-way of the event. He took a 42.3 DVD and seemed to be able to start a fresh installation on his own. (He called on Sunday, completely lost, so he came home on Tuesday which was a Public Holiday and we did it together. He took notes on how-to for Yast et al). 11. Two people wanted to see WSL in action. We had to go through the steps with our blog as guide line. 12. There was a distribution of 11 Linux Magazines, thanks Doug! Two more events left for 2017. 25th nov. and 16th Dec We will have more fun :D Jimmy nui.fr -- 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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Re: [opensuse-marketing] Podcast Revisit
by Erich Eickmeyer 07 Nov '17

07 Nov '17

Hi Doug, Storyboarding isn’t really what is generally needed in a podcast. However, as with any podcast, it requires content gathering, booking guests, and coming up with general topics. Here’s kind of what I envision: This podcast would be a Linux podcast with an (open)SUSE-first slant. Meaning, it would cover all topics in Linux news in general, but the headline would always be something from openSUSE and/or SUSE. It would be weekly or semi-weekly, depending on overall time to commit. I envision the following segment format: - Intro, including “what have you been up to?” for the hosts to answer. - News from around the Linux community with discussion, with openSUSE and SUSE news first and headlining. - Main topic or interview, hopefully centered around (open)SUSE - Emails & Feedback - END That’s what I’ve come up with so far. As far as a launch date, it all depends on what we come up with here. Erich > On Nov 3, 2017, at 4:35 AM, ddemaio <ddemaio(a)suse.de> wrote: > > Hi Erich, > I think this sounds like a great idea. Did you need any help story boarding or anything of the nature. Let me know. I will help out where I can. > v/r > Doug > > On 2017-11-03 06:22, Erich Eickmeyer wrote: >> Hello all, >> I just did a Google search looking for a potential openSUSE podcast >> and came across an old thread on this list with various people >> interested in starting one up. Unfortunately, nothing ever came from >> that, with the exception of, at the beginning of this year, Bryan >> Lunduke had started SUSE Open Audio… which never, as far as I can see, >> got past two episodes. Not sure what the reasons for that, but from >> what I know of Bryan is he is a very busy man. >> I’ve been looking for a Linux project to get involved in lately. My >> first attempt has been to revive Edubuntu, the education flavor of >> Ubuntu. Unfortunately, I have received no response from my contacts at >> Ubuntu/Canonical (I helped in the early days of getting Ubuntu MATE >> started), and it seems as if the project is being stonewalled in an >> effort to let it be discontinued. My reason for this was because my >> son just entered Kindergarten and I wanted to be able to provide him >> with an operating system tailored to his needs. He has shown an >> interest in Linux and has a plush Geeko he regularly cuddles with >> (which should have been my first indication to go with openSUSE). I >> intend to set him up with the openSUSE Li-FE project when I can get a >> small computer (read: Netbook or the like) for him. >> That said, with my media production background, podcasts or something >> of the like seem to be projects within my wheelhouse. I’m a former >> producer with Jupiter Broadcasting and even appeared in an episode or >> two of the Linux Action Show, long after Bryan left, and I used to >> regularly contribute to Linux Unplugged. After taking a couple years >> off, I’ve been a part of the Linux Unplugged “Virtual LUG” when time >> has allowed. My day job is as a production director (video editor, >> audio engineer, and lighting tech rolled into one) at a church in >> Seattle. I could go on and even drop a few names, but that might not >> be relevant at this time. >> I would not be opposed to leading the efforts to revive a podcast for >> openSUSE, or even being a host. I know there are tons of people within >> the community who would make excellent hosts, contributors, or >> cohosts. Two seems to be a magic number many podcasts use for number >> of hosts, but I’ve also seen large successes with three hosts. Single >> host podcasts tend to get boring as there’s no color or conversation >> to bounce around. >> Anyhow, if this seems like a good idea, then let me know. It sure >> would be “a lot of fun.” >> Erich Eickmeyer-- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org >> To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+owner(a)opensuse.org > -- 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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Re: [opensuse-marketing] Podcast Revisit
by Erich Eickmeyer 03 Nov '17

03 Nov '17

Hi Doug, Storyboarding isn’t really what is generally needed in a podcast. However, as with any podcast, it requires content gathering, booking guests, and coming up with general topics. Here’s kind of what I envision: This podcast would be a Linux podcast with an (open)SUSE-first slant. Meaning, it would cover all topics in Linux news in general, but the headline would always be something from openSUSE and/or SUSE. It would be weekly or semi-weekly, depending on overall time to commit. I envision the following segment format: - Intro, including “what have you been up to?” for the hosts to answer. - News from around the Linux community with discussion, with openSUSE and SUSE news first and headlining. - Main topic or interview, hopefully centered around (open)SUSE - Emails & Feedback - END That’s what I’ve come up with so far. As far as a launch date, it all depends on what we come up with here. Erich > On Nov 3, 2017, at 4:35 AM, ddemaio <ddemaio(a)suse.de> wrote: > > Hi Erich, > I think this sounds like a great idea. Did you need any help story boarding or anything of the nature. Let me know. I will help out where I can. > v/r > Doug > > On 2017-11-03 06:22, Erich Eickmeyer wrote: >> Hello all, >> I just did a Google search looking for a potential openSUSE podcast >> and came across an old thread on this list with various people >> interested in starting one up. Unfortunately, nothing ever came from >> that, with the exception of, at the beginning of this year, Bryan >> Lunduke had started SUSE Open Audio… which never, as far as I can see, >> got past two episodes. Not sure what the reasons for that, but from >> what I know of Bryan is he is a very busy man. >> I’ve been looking for a Linux project to get involved in lately. My >> first attempt has been to revive Edubuntu, the education flavor of >> Ubuntu. Unfortunately, I have received no response from my contacts at >> Ubuntu/Canonical (I helped in the early days of getting Ubuntu MATE >> started), and it seems as if the project is being stonewalled in an >> effort to let it be discontinued. My reason for this was because my >> son just entered Kindergarten and I wanted to be able to provide him >> with an operating system tailored to his needs. He has shown an >> interest in Linux and has a plush Geeko he regularly cuddles with >> (which should have been my first indication to go with openSUSE). I >> intend to set him up with the openSUSE Li-FE project when I can get a >> small computer (read: Netbook or the like) for him. >> That said, with my media production background, podcasts or something >> of the like seem to be projects within my wheelhouse. I’m a former >> producer with Jupiter Broadcasting and even appeared in an episode or >> two of the Linux Action Show, long after Bryan left, and I used to >> regularly contribute to Linux Unplugged. After taking a couple years >> off, I’ve been a part of the Linux Unplugged “Virtual LUG” when time >> has allowed. My day job is as a production director (video editor, >> audio engineer, and lighting tech rolled into one) at a church in >> Seattle. I could go on and even drop a few names, but that might not >> be relevant at this time. >> I would not be opposed to leading the efforts to revive a podcast for >> openSUSE, or even being a host. I know there are tons of people within >> the community who would make excellent hosts, contributors, or >> cohosts. Two seems to be a magic number many podcasts use for number >> of hosts, but I’ve also seen large successes with three hosts. Single >> host podcasts tend to get boring as there’s no color or conversation >> to bounce around. >> Anyhow, if this seems like a good idea, then let me know. It sure >> would be “a lot of fun.” >> Erich Eickmeyer-- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org >> To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+owner(a)opensuse.org > -- 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] Podcast Revisit
by Erich Eickmeyer 03 Nov '17

03 Nov '17

Hello all, I just did a Google search looking for a potential openSUSE podcast and came across an old thread on this list with various people interested in starting one up. Unfortunately, nothing ever came from that, with the exception of, at the beginning of this year, Bryan Lunduke had started SUSE Open Audio… which never, as far as I can see, got past two episodes. Not sure what the reasons for that, but from what I know of Bryan is he is a very busy man. I’ve been looking for a Linux project to get involved in lately. My first attempt has been to revive Edubuntu, the education flavor of Ubuntu. Unfortunately, I have received no response from my contacts at Ubuntu/Canonical (I helped in the early days of getting Ubuntu MATE started), and it seems as if the project is being stonewalled in an effort to let it be discontinued. My reason for this was because my son just entered Kindergarten and I wanted to be able to provide him with an operating system tailored to his needs. He has shown an interest in Linux and has a plush Geeko he regularly cuddles with (which should have been my first indication to go with openSUSE). I intend to set him up with the openSUSE Li-FE project when I can get a small computer (read: Netbook or the like) for him. That said, with my media production background, podcasts or something of the like seem to be projects within my wheelhouse. I’m a former producer with Jupiter Broadcasting and even appeared in an episode or two of the Linux Action Show, long after Bryan left, and I used to regularly contribute to Linux Unplugged. After taking a couple years off, I’ve been a part of the Linux Unplugged “Virtual LUG” when time has allowed. My day job is as a production director (video editor, audio engineer, and lighting tech rolled into one) at a church in Seattle. I could go on and even drop a few names, but that might not be relevant at this time. I would not be opposed to leading the efforts to revive a podcast for openSUSE, or even being a host. I know there are tons of people within the community who would make excellent hosts, contributors, or cohosts. Two seems to be a magic number many podcasts use for number of hosts, but I’ve also seen large successes with three hosts. Single host podcasts tend to get boring as there’s no color or conversation to bounce around. Anyhow, if this seems like a good idea, then let me know. It sure would be “a lot of fun.” Erich Eickmeyer-- 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] Report - workshop from 2017/6 ~ 2017/10 in Taiwan
by Max 28 Oct '17

28 Oct '17

Hi We plan to have monthly workshop or speech in Taiwan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: 2017/6/24 Topic: Docker introduce with openSUSE Speaker: Daniel Lin Place: SUSE Office Taipei Attendee: 10 Event page: https://opensuse-tw.kktix.cc/events/opensuse-docker ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: 2017/7/29 Topic: Performance analysis for Storage Back-end Speaker: Alex Lu Place: Mozilla Space Taipei Attendee: 10 Event page: https://opensuse-tw.kktix.cc/events/analysis-storage-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: 2017/8/12 Topic: openSUSE Leap 42.3 release party Speaker: AL and sakana Place: SUSE Office Taipei Attendee: 17 Event page: https://opensuse-tw.kktix.cc/events/opensuse423party ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: 2017/9/16 Topic: Docker and openSUSE workshop 101 Speaker: sakana Place: Mozilla space Taipei Attendee: 13 Event page: https://opensuse-tw.kktix.cc/events/opensuse-docker101-2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: 2017/10/28 Topic: Ansible and openSUSE workshop 101 Speaker: sakana Place: Mozilla space Taipei Attendee: 13 Event page: https://opensuse-tw.kktix.cc/events/ansible-opensuse-101-20171028 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Picture in flickr group: https://www.flickr.com/groups/opensusetaiwan/pool/ Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChe5J_as5QUE7zaRWvCKwTQ >From openSUSE Taiwan group -- 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] Rouen: Report on SFD 16th September, 2017
by Jimmy PIERRE 12 Oct '17

12 Oct '17

Report on SFD 16th September, 2017. One week after association’s day, we had SFD. We were still excited and highly motivated. The city lent us a video projector because this way, I can share my screens with everybody present. The number of visitors was 33. There were already 4 people who sort of booked a session over the phone. 1. A lady has a MacBook and before jumping in at the deep end, wanted to learn more on Linux. She is a teacher and needed some coaching on administrative IT programs like LibreOffice. 2. A couple has 3 PC, two “old” ones and a new one. They wanted to get openSUSE installed. We could not because we do not have 32bit versions and also because their IT knowledge could not warrant such a change. 3. Another lady wanted to purchase a new pc. She had been advised to buy a Lenovo with Ubuntu, a 15” screen, 500 GB HD and 4 Gigs of RAM. I changed her vision for a HP with the double of all that and a 17” screen. She will purchase same and bring over for openSUSE installation. 4. We made 8 openSUSE Leap 42.3 upgrades. (VLC still giving trouble). Plus one complete reinstallation. 5. Oh, our Greek lady had an issue with her Yast update. All sorted out. 6. I had a few interesting debates on ODT, XML and Microsoft format of Office documents. This created a buzz because people suddenly discovered on how to use Linux with MS Office documents from a Windows partition. 7. We went into teaching some basics of openSUSE and also more elaborate matters on Concepts, advanced administration, cloning etc. 8. Strange issue: Around 4 visitors thought that Linux was something that can be uploaded straight in their mind. They thought that the learning was not from their end. We really had a lot of fun :D PS. We ended the evening at my step-daughter’s place who cooked for us. PS1. Now, we are getting ready for Saturday 28th October, next. -- 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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