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[opensuse-marketing] Re: openSUSE 11.0 launch party !! (Nicaragua)
by aLeX 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

Hi everyone This is me >> http://en.opensuse.org/User:Alexio44 I'm the NUI Nicaragua president >> http://www.novell.com/communities/node/2530/suseni+nicaragua And we are havin a Launch Party for the openSUSE 11.0 (spanish) http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=OpenSUSE_11.0_Launch_Party_Locations… Where can I find some help? We do not have any opensSUSE 11.0 DVDs to give :s No t-shirts, no stickers, no caps ... :( In past events we had the help of the community with prices to give in our events ps >> The group site is >> http://suse-ni.blogspot.com/ Any help ? -- Ing. Alejandro Rodriguez || @LeX Usuario Linux # 379802 @ openSUSE 10.3 SUSE-ni >> http://suse-ni.blogspot.com/ "Human knowledge belongs to the world" -- 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] missing links on www.o.o
by Martin Lasarsch 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

Hi IMHO the startpage is missing to much options the user have. We offer beside download/wiki/obs a lot of other services which should be promoted better. I miss news, lizards and the forum. Maybe there are other pages missing ... The challenge is not to break the clear design. My proposal: make the 3 sections/icons we have now a little bit smaller in the height and make a second row to add news/lizards/forum. Other ideas, or is everbody happy with the page as we have it today? -- with kind regards, Martin Lasarsch, Core Services SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5 90409 Nürnberg GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) martin.lasarsch(a)suse.de - http://www.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] Video advertisment
by Angel Llosá 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

To do something viral, I think it have to be easy to watch or read (video or lot of images, and not too long) and easy to transfer to other people. An approach can be a short video (2 minutes, no more), like a TV advertisement, that resumes the new features that come with the new openSUSE release, like the new installer, new GTK Yast software manager, KDE4 integration, compiz (of course) and something more. And all these with slogans and music. I think it can be more effective to take a first impression than a screencast, wiki docs or something else. The only problem I see is to do it with free tools. ¿Knows anyone software for Linux to do this? *PD*: Sorry for the response to the topic "openSUSE counter -1 on release day?" with this message! -- 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] ideas
by manchette 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

Hello, i'm a french openSUSE user since 9.3, i read today the news about marketing openSuse and subscribed to this list. Is there any summary of the needs, of the projects ? Just in case : Today i found up two things that'd certainly help a lot making more known Suse : 1- a ) good printed documentation given in the boxes (loks like it used to be bigger than nowadays ) , b ) plus this documentation being translated (my aunt does not have a computer and for sure will never ever speak english ;=) ) 2- know clearly what is done with the money when we buy an openSuse box. If i can be of any help, please tell me. Fabrice -- 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-project] openSUSE counter -1 on release day?
by Pascal Bleser 17 Jun '08

17 Jun '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Pavol Rusnak wrote: | Michael Loeffler wrote: |> do I count wrong or the counter? |> The counter will count down today to 1 and tomorrow to 0. When it will be down |> to zero the world still needs to wait another day till openSUSE 11.0 release. |> |> Assuming I count correctly we should add one day to be down to zero on release |> day and not one day erlier, shouldn't we? | | My counter (gk2.sk) was decrementing the value at 12:00 CEST each day. I | changed it to change value at 23:59:59 CEST, so 2 will change into 1 | today at midnight (not at noon), and 1 will change into zero (image | showing download now) on 18.6 23:59:59 CEST. Forwarding to Pascal. I have been told T-0 is 19.6. 15:00 CEST - -- ~ -o) Pascal Bleser <pascal.bleser(a)opensuse.org> ~ /\\ http://opensuse.org -- I took the green pill ~ _\_v FOSDEM::23+24 Feb 2008, Brussels, http://fosdem.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIV5z9r3NMWliFcXcRAvaDAKCoKXpADjfVf0Z7qElqotoLmSHzngCeNvBR Aru+nYj3i0Hpjg9ylVowALo= =FoAV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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] openSUSE counter -1 on release day?
by Michael Loeffler 17 Jun '08

17 Jun '08

Hi, do I count wrong or the counter? The counter will count down today to 1 and tomorrow to 0. When it will be down to zero the world still needs to wait another day till openSUSE 11.0 release. Assuming I count correctly we should add one day to be down to zero on release day and not one day erlier, shouldn't we? Best Michael -- Michael Löffler, Product Management SUSE LINUX Products GmbH - Nürnberg - AG Nürnberg - HRB 16746 - GF: Markus Rex -- 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] Sneak Peeks
by Francis Giannaros 17 Jun '08

17 Jun '08

Hi guys! I kicked off the Sneak Peeks series the other day and I've got two out so far, and I'm working on one more now (Compiz). Problem is, I'm going on holiday on Sunday so I won't have any time to do any more after then, but it would be really nice to still run the series with the rest of the planned articles[0]. I would've started the series earlier knowing that I had a holiday coming up but unfortunately I had my final year exams until recently. So....if you wanna help get involved with marketing just in time before the openSUSE 11.0 release, this is a really great way to get started! The articles are quite widely read and are a great way of promoting the distribution release, hyping it up, and getting to know features and developers a little better. I'll be in Barcelona for the next week from Sunday, and I will have occasional access to the Internet so I can definitely help review articles and give advice or general help in that time, but definitely wouldn't have time to write any more. All the other news.o.o editors can help here too. Though it will be up to you what you cover, I do suggest following the general format of: (i) what's new and exciting, (ii) developer short interview to find out a little more. See the list for an example of who to interview for each one. One other thing to note here is the reasonably tight schedule -- 11.0 is released on the 19th, and all the sneak peeks should be done by then. So if you have any time and could take one up, just add a note on the wiki and drop a note here. [0] http://opensuse.org/Sneak_Peeks Kind thoughts, -- Francis Giannaros http://francis.giannaros.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] MKTG: Helping Hands Project
by Bryen 16 Jun '08

16 Jun '08

I'm very excited to inform you of several initiatives launched by the openSUSE-GNOME Team to promote openSUSE 11.0 and grow our community. The GNOME Team feels this is an excellent project to work with the Marketing Team on and your feedback and assistance in marketing will be greatly appreciated. 1) To Inspire and Suggest: One thing we want to do is write more articles, HowTos and other efforts to float about on the Internet. We recognize that there are usually two problems that exist. a) Someone wants to write an article but has no idea what to write about and b) Someone has an idea but no time to write (or can't write) To that effect, we have created a new wiki page for the submission and exchange of ideas. http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/Topics_To_Write. Any suggestions on expanding or tweaking this would be greatly appreciated. 2) Helping Hands Project - This idea was inspired by Captain_Magnus and myself. Oftentimes, when visiting an IRC Channel or attending a meeting, the chatter is too technical. This scares away new users who may not consider themselves techies but genuinely want to learn about openSUSE and how to use it as a regular joe user. Sadly, after several weeks after a distro is released, these users tend to stop using openSUSE. Once people have decided to try openSUSE, we want them to STAY with us. :-) Helping Hands is a series of live discussions by experts in various areas of openSUSE GNOME and applications that run on GNOME. We hope this becomes a weekly event. For one hour, an expert will present on his/her topic of choice and answer questions from users. Eventually, while this is clearly GNOME-centric at this time, I hope to see this program expand to other areas of openSUSE, including KDE, CLI, etc. What a great way to grow our openSUSE family! Once we're ready to go in about two weeks, I hope we, the Marketing Team, can work together to spread the word. We want users to visit us and experts to volunteer their time. It is only an hour of their time and a great way for them to promote their project. As I am the coordinator of this project, I could really use your help in finding ways to make this an even better and sharper marketing tool for openSUSE. http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/HowTos -- ---Bryen--- Let's rejoice a "There are no dumb questions" culture. But I really need you to have a "No dumb answers" policy before I answer your question. -- 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] Sneak Peeks & "Getting to know openSUSE 11.0"
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 16 Jun '08

16 Jun '08

Hi all, One quick thought - as we only have three shopping days before the release of openSUSE 11.0, we might want to consider our post-11.0 game plan. The Sneak Peeks are great, but we might want to think about doing some of the ideas / topics that haven't been covered for the Sneak Peeks as "Getting to know" type articles. In general - we need to have a stream of material beyond the launch date that will help bring in people. A couple of possible topics: Getting Started with openSUSE GNOME / KDE - A short guide to GNOME and/or KDE for new users. Ten Tricks for New openSUSE Users - 10 things that are non-obvious that might be cool for new users, like Zypper tricks or features that are specific to openSUSE. I *highly* encourage -marketing list members to think up cool openSUSE topic ideas and pitch them to magazines or web sites that might pay to run them. We can always link to external articles and we will reach new audiences if articles are published on external sites as opposed to our own. (Plus, you know, you make a little money in addition to helping openSUSE.) Thoughts? Best, Zonker -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier openSUSE Community Manager http://zonker.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] LUGRadioLive UK
by Andrew Wafaa 16 Jun '08

16 Jun '08

I appreciate I have already asked the question on IRC in the past about openSUSE and LRL UK'08[0], but there were no real responses (I'm not complaining much, honest). After a fairly healthy discussion on #opensuse-project last night about an openSUSE Conference the idea of holding some un-meetings before any such event was thought to be a good idea. Now I know LRL isn't necessarily the best of breed in OSS conferences, but one thing that it does have in it's favour is the relaxed manner of the event. As such I think it would be a missed opportunity if openSUSE was unable to have some form of presence there, and we could try and have an un-meeting there at the same time - even if it was done as an official BoF session. There are many members of different communities from distros (not just Ubuntu) to hardware hackers and anything in between, an ideal ground for showing Green really is the new Brown :) I have already mentioned in the past that I am attending and would be more than happy to help with a booth or anything else required. Attendance is in the region of 200 people so not a huge event but still one that hits a large audience through the podcast[1] and fanboys. Any comments or views? Thanks, Andy [0] - http://lugradio.org/live/UK2008/ [1] - http://lugradio.org/ -- Andrew Wafaa, openSUSE Member: GNOME Team. awafaa(a)opensuse.org | http://opensuse.org/GNOME openSUSE: Get It, Discover It, Create It at http://www.opensuse.org http://www.wafaa.eu -- 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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