November 2012 - openSUSE Project - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-project] Announcing Board Candidacy
by Chuck Payne 26 Nov '12

26 Nov '12

Hello Everyone, I am throw my name in for Board. I know this is my third time, but over the last year I have gain a lot of experience with working on the board. I currently sit as the Community Manager for South East Linux Fest. So not only do I have experience with board work. I know how to work with other distro, groups, and on events. The last year working with SELF as taught me a lot want it means to be a board member. That is way, I am throwing my name again for the board elections. I have helped over the pass couple years to set up events as Ambassador for openSUSE, such SCALE, SELF, and Texas Linux Fest. Though this last year I been quite, I have keep up-to-date on all the releases. I have been working on Facebook. I have also been to a bit of writing and hope to have two ebooks out next year that focus on openSUSE. I am System Administrator with over 15 years experience. I have work from the help desk to NOC operator. During that time I have worked in companies that I was a team with work member over all the world. I love help others, I love to teach. One of the reason I been an Ambassador. That is why I have ran for a position for the board over the pass year. I bring a lot of real world work experience to the board. I have a very strong love for openSUSE. -- Terror PUP a.k.a Chuck "PUP" Payne (678) 636-9678 ----------------------------------------- Discover it! Enjoy it! Share it! openSUSE Linux. ----------------------------------------- openSUSE -- en.opensuse.org/User:Terrorpup openSUSE Ambassador/openSUSE Member Community Manager -- Southeast Linux Foundation (SELF) 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. www.susestudio.com. See you at Southeast Linux Fest, June 8-10, 2012 in Charlotte, NC. www.southeastlinuxfest.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Standing for the openSUSE Board election
by Matt Barringer 26 Nov '12

26 Nov '12

Hi, I'm putting my name on the election list at the last minute :-) == About Me == I've used Linux since the mid '90s (although, truth be told, I mostly stuck with FreeBSD and BeOS on my desktops until the 2.4 kernel was released). I've worked for SUSE/Novell since 2005, when Novell bought Immunix, the company I worked for, and folded us all into the SUSE group. A few years after that, I moved to Nuremberg to work on SUSE Studio. My involvement in openSUSE has mostly been behind the scenes - I was a mentor in our Google Summer of Code participation in 2011, an admin for our Google Code-In participation that year, and an admin for GSoC in 2012. I wrote the "imagewriter" program that a lot of people use to write live openSUSE images to USB keys[1], and I also wrote the Android app for viewing the openSUSE Conference and Summit schedules this year[2]. == Goals on the Board == I think that one of the biggest opportunities openSUSE is missing right now is a program to connect interested people (students or not) with mentors from our large pool of skilled community members. I don't mean a schedule-based program like the Google Summer of Code, but a year-round way to connect someone who is interested in working on a project that uses Technology Y with someone who knows Technology Y and would be happy to spend an hour a week as a mentor. Or someone who wants to package some obscure application, or who wants to help translate software but doesn't know how to start, etc. That's something that has been kicked around as an idea for the last few years, and it's certainly something that could be put in place by people who are *not* board members, but perhaps if it were a board initiative, it could get better traction. == Summary == If you vote me on the board, I think I'd be a good choice. But if you elect one of the other candidates on the list, I think they'd be a good choice as well. It's a unique democratic situation - you can literally choose a name at random from the list of candidates, and your choice will be a good one. Have fun, Matt [1] - http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Live_USB_stick#Install_ImageWriter [2] - https://github.com/mbarringer/suseconferenceclient -- Matt Barringer, Software Engineer SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, DE GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg)

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[opensuse-project] Announcing Board Candidacy
by Stefan Seyfried 26 Nov '12

26 Nov '12

Hi all, by popular demand (actually, it was only one: Lars Müller), I'm announcing my candidacy for this year's openSUSE Board election. Most people might already know me: I have been working at the SUSE headquarters for almost 10 years, since 2009 I'm working for B1 Systems as a Consultant and Developer. My contributions are mostly packaging a few packages for openSUSE, helping out on packman Build Service and always running current Factory on my main work machine and reporting the bugs I run into. To be honest, my picture of what is involved with being a board member is vague at best, so I'm not going to promise much. But I'll try to do my best :-) Best regards, and dont forget to Have a lot of fun... -- Stefan Seyfried Linux Consultant & Developer -- GPG Key: 0x731B665B B1 Systems GmbH Osterfeldstraße 7 / 85088 Vohburg / http://www.b1-systems.de GF: Ralph Dehner / Unternehmenssitz: Vohburg / AG: Ingolstadt,HRB 3537 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Announcing Board Candidacy
by Robert Schweikert 26 Nov '12

26 Nov '12

Hi, First I'd like to thank Henne for nominating me and thus encouraging me to run for a position on the openSUSE Board. Having thought about this for a few days I have decided to take the plunge and run for one of the 2 openSUSE board positions up for election. Below you can find a few words about me as an introduction. There is some campaign time left and thus you will hear more about me and the other candidates as we approach the elections. As I understand it there will also be interviews with all candidates that will appear on news.o.o in the next phase of the election cycle. My name is Robert Schweikert and I am a user of openSUSE, a contributor to the project, and a package maintainer. My focus of contributions varies based on my perception of "current topics" and longer standing issues and needs. Currently I am focusing on our package maintainer-ship model, see my talks at oSC12 [1], [2]. I believe if we can address these issues we can avoid future scheduling snafus. In the past I have contributed to various governance discussions such as membership, guiding principals and other topics. I also played a small role in putting the openSUSE Summit program together for our first event in North America. As can easily be concluded from my e-mail address, I work for SUSE. Within SUSE I work in the ISV Engineering team focusing on SUSE's relationship with IBM at the Software level. I also help other ISVs with issues they may have with their applications on SUSE. When IBM and ISVs do not fill up my calendar I contribute to KIWI [3] and actively participate in the LSB (Linux Standard Base) Working group [4]. On a more personal note, I live with my wife and two teenage children in Massachusetts, USA, about 45 minutes outside of Boston. Whenever I get a chance I ride the back roads of New England (as the North Eastern part of the US is commonly known) on my Harley and once a year I take a longer trip on the bike for a week or so to get away and let the Grey matter between the ears rest/reset. If elected to the Board I will try to encourage all board members to take a bit more of an active role as a board. As a member of the community I often have the feeling that the board is this hidden amorphous entity that just drifts along in the flow of the project. I'd like to see this change and have the board take on a more active role in the community to guide the project, actively solicit involvement and leadership in areas where action is needed. For example I think it would be great if we as a community can stand up a mentor ship program. I believe active leadership by the board would have a major positive impact on such an initiative. I also believe in setting people up for success and think the board can also help in this area. While collectively we have done a great job in "making it easy" to contribute we have also, IMHO, created many areas where "paralysis by choice" exists and/or it is "hard" to contribute because "it is so easy" or there is no guidance. I believe the board should take an active look at those areas of the project and actively solicit ideas and action to address the issues. Thanks for your attention, let the campaigning begin ;) Later, Robert [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5HFNVEVLSc&list=UUXPcicLBLCOpPEk-hC6yyzQ&in… [2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UqWwxXDu_Y&list=UUXPcicLBLCOpPEk-hC6yyzQ&in… [3] http://en.opensuse.org/Portal:KIWI [4] https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/en/LSB -- Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU SUSE-IBM Software Integration Center LINUX Tech Lead rjschwei(a)suse.com rschweik(a)ca.ibm.com 781-464-8147 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Reminder: Last Call for Candidates for openSUSE Board Elections
by Bryen M Yunashko 26 Nov '12

26 Nov '12

It's not too late to throw your hat into the ring and represent your community on the openSUSE Board. The deadline to submit your intention to run for the board is tomorrow, 27 November, 2012. Please review the full details of our election procedures on our wiki [1]. Being a board member is one of the many great ways you can help shape the direction and future of the openSUSE Project. If you care and want to give something back to the community, this is your chance. Sincerely, The openSUSE Election Officials Team [1] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] openSUSE 12.3 Design Idea
by Andres Silva 24 Nov '12

24 Nov '12

As we work on the next release of openSUSE. We would like to invite our community to participate with ideas to guide our design team in choosing artwork for openSUSE 12.3. Right now, there are some ideas coming through. As designers, it is important to find ideas, words, or concepts that can help guide our thoughts into choosing artwork for 12.3. Please provide us with a max of 3 design "thoughts," for example 1. Simplicity 2. Clarity 3. Light Choose any 3 of these that can help describe our thought process. If in doubt of what's appropriate to suggest, and not deviate too much from our current styling guidelines, refer to http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Artwork_guidelines Thank you Andy (anditosan) PS: In case you have not seen yet, please swing by our flickr page. Our contributors have been hard at work taking pictures and making images that can do for a good wallpaper. http://www.flickr.com/groups/opensuse-artwork/ PS: For any further questions, please reach us on IRC at #opensuse-artwork -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] 2012-11-14 Project Meeting Minutes
by Bruno Friedmann 23 Nov '12

23 Nov '12

http://community.opensuse.org/meetings/opensuse-project/2012/opensuse-proje… http://community.opensuse.org/meetings/opensuse-project/2012/opensuse-proje… http://community.opensuse.org/meetings/opensuse-project/2012/opensuse-proje… =========================================== #opensuse-project: openSUSE Project Meeting =========================================== Meeting started by vuntz at 17:01:05 UTC. The full logs are available at http://community.opensuse.org/meetings/opensuse-project/2012/opensuse-proje… . Meeting summary --------------- * Update on inactive mailing lists (vuntz, 17:04:19) * not done yet, mostly due to lack of time (vuntz, 17:06:26) * henne will likely be the one dealing with this (vuntz, 17:08:07) * Update on admin(a)o.o reactiveness (vuntz, 17:09:39) * suggestion to create a backup admin for mailing list, so that previous topic can be dealt with faster (vuntz, 17:10:05) * some discussion about admin@ was summarized by christian: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-project/2012-11/msg00033.html (vuntz, 17:10:36) * someone might step up soon to help with planet.o.o administration (vuntz, 17:17:18) * helping with ML might be possible only from SUSE people at the moment (due to access restrictions) (vuntz, 17:18:41) * ACTION: darix to ask henne about getting someone else to help with administrating the mailing lists (vuntz, 17:25:25) * LINK: https://github.com/openSUSE/wiki (digitltom, 17:29:06) * status of wiki update: an attempt to update to 1.19 was in git, but it didn't work, so everything went back to 1.17. The git branch (repo: https://github.com/openSUSE/wiki) also got force-pushed :/ (vuntz, 17:32:02) * ACTION: cboltz to ask scott about status of wiki update (vuntz, 17:33:31) * Update on GCI (Google Code-In) (vuntz, 17:34:36) * we're not participating this year (vuntz, 17:37:51) * list of selected organizations: http://google-opensource.blogspot.fr/2012/11/mentoring-organizations-for-go… (vuntz, 17:38:03) * we did a bad job at creating a list of ideas for students since we didn't have any ideas :/ (vuntz, 17:38:27) * next time, we will need to evaluate if there's interest for mentoring students in GCI, so we can know if it's worth applying (vuntz, 17:45:47) * Status of Board elections (vuntz, 17:46:33) * elections fully documented at http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election (vuntz, 17:49:49) * already two candidates (vuntz, 17:49:56) * people can apply to run, or nominate a candidate until November 27th (vuntz, 17:50:25) * Next meeting chair (vuntz, 17:58:00) * LINK: http://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Meetings has some info on how to use bugbot (vuntz, 18:03:12) * ACTION: vuntz to find a replacement chair in case he can't make it for next meeting (vuntz, 18:03:48) * ACTION: vuntz to write some short doc on what chairing involves, and how to do it (vuntz, 18:04:02) * Q&A (vuntz, 18:06:42) * hendersj asking about handling op privs on #opensuse-forums; nobody present knows, but darix or ircops(a)o.o should know (vuntz, 18:13:31) * anditosan raises the topic of having a paid designer (from SUSE) to work on openSUSE; vuntz will chat with toscalix to see if there's a possibility for this (vuntz, 18:16:28) * ACTION: vuntz to talk to toscalix about a paid designer for openSUSE (vuntz, 18:16:43) Meeting ended at 18:18:06 UTC. Action items, by person ----------------------- * cboltz * cboltz to ask scott about status of wiki update * darix * darix to ask henne about getting someone else to help with administrating the mailing lists * vuntz * vuntz to find a replacement chair in case he can't make it for next meeting * vuntz to write some short doc on what chairing involves, and how to do it * vuntz to talk to toscalix about a paid designer for openSUSE People present (lines said) --------------------------- * vuntz (141) * cboltz (25) * tigerfoot (20) * hendersj (15) * darix (14) * anditosan (10) * digitltom (9) * bugbot (5) * nmarques (2) * lnussel (1) * malcolmlewis (1) * }ls{ (1) Generated by `MeetBot`_ 0.1.4 -- Bruno Friedmann openSUSE Member & Ambassador GPG KEY : D5C9B751C4653227 irc: tigerfoot -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Re: You got nominated for the openSUSE Board
by Carl Fletcher 23 Nov '12

23 Nov '12

Someone nominated me so: Sure. I'll be happy to get involved. Snarled up with work this week, but I'll put something together next week. In the mean time. I'm Carl Fletcher caf4926 in the forum, irc etc.... <en.opensuse.org/User:Caf4926> <forums.opensuse.org/members/caf4926.html> Yes, I'm one of the forum admin team. I keep pretty busy there. Use IRC too. Plenty of guides and tutorials with my name on them. I push openSUSE thru my Google+ account too Regards to you all Carl -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] openSUSE Board Election 2012
by Izabel Valverde 23 Nov '12

23 Nov '12

Hello, The announcement for the next openSUSE Board election is done. Please read http://news.opensuse.org/2012/11/13/the-board-election-2012/ Make sure that you are able to vote, or even better, able to run! Best Regards, Izabel Valverde On behalf of Election Committee Team -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] openSUSE connect new groups for MATE and Cinnamon
by Stathis Iosifidis (aka diamond_gr) 22 Nov '12

22 Nov '12

Hello geekos, I created 2 groups. One for MATE and one for Cinnamon. You can join, ask questions, tell your oppinion and help those projects to improve. Have a lot of fun. Stathis -- http://about.me/iosifidis http://eiosifidis.blogspot.gr/ http://blogs.gnome.org/eiosifidis http://eiosifidis.wordpress.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/eiosifidis Google+: http://bit.ly/IU5p3I Connect: https://connect.opensuse.org/pg/profile/diamond_gr Ένα γραμμάριο δράσης αξίζει ένα τόνο θεωρίας Μην αφήσεις αυτό που σε τρώει να χορτάσει -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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