openSUSE Project January 2020

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by Gerald Pfeifer

On the board meeting two hours ago we discussed adding an "abstain" option to future votes. We unanimously agreed. That is, future votings shall include "abstain" as a choice. Thank you to all who provided feedback! Gerald PS: We understand board elections allow a flexible number of choices, including choosing no candidate, so we do not see this as applicable there. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

7 months, 1 week

NNTP gateway to forums.o@o.o

by Knurpht-openSUSE

Hi all, Since the current NNTP gateway by MicoFocus is being shutdown from Wed 19th of June, there will temporarily be none. Meanwhile some of our community members are working on replacing it, announcements about this will follow a.s.a.p. -- Gertjan Lettink a.k.a. Knurpht openSUSE Board Member openSUSE Forums Team -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

9 months

openSUSE Board election 2019-2020 - Final candidates list

by Ish Sookun

Dear community members, It's 26 December! The call for nominations and applications for the openSUSE Board election has ended. We received four applications. The list of candidates is as follows: Alessandra de Oliveira Faria https://en.opensuse.org/User:Cabelo Sarah Julia Kriesch https://en.opensuse.org/User:AdaLovelace Simon Lees https://en.opensuse.org/User:Simotek Vinzenz Vietzke https://en.opensuse.org/User:Vinzv We thank them for stepping up and wish them all the best for the election campaign. The campaign will last for about three weeks and members can begin voting on 16 January. The election schedule is as follows: https://twitter.com/openSUSE/status/1206462985750896640/photo/1 In the coming days, we will share more information about our candidates. Should you have any question for our candidates, please feel free to ping them. Regards, Ish Sookun -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

10 months

Would like to take part in the vote but apparently I am not a member yet

by Maik Wagner

Dear openSUSE-Project-Team, I would like to take part in the upcoming vote and I am reading the recent discussions with great interest. I have applied for membership with my "tapwag" account but haven't received a reply yet. Would you mind checking on this? Kind regards, Maik Wagner -- Maik Wagner www.linuxandlanguages.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

10 months

openSUSE Board election - 3 days left

by Ish Sookun

Hi folks, Three more days to go before the ballots will be closed. If you're an openSUSE member and haven't voted in this election yet, we encourage you to do so. Those who have voted, bear in mind that you can still change your vote if you wish so, before 31 Jan 23h59 CET. Know your candidates: Alessandro de Oliveira Faria https://en.opensuse.org/User:Cabelo Simon Lees https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election_2020_platform_simotek Sarah Julia Kriesch https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election_2019_platform_AdaLovelace Vinzenz Vietzke https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election_2019_platform_vinzv Happy voting! :) Regard, Ish Sookun -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

10 months

opensuse Marketing Material

by Bernd Ritter

Hello fellow chameleons, the folks from Holarse and me will participate at the Linuxinformationstage (Linux information days) in Oldenburg, Germany in March. As we show off some cool linux gaming capabilities (laptops using openSUSE) I would love to use the opportunity and present, inform and answer questions about openSUSE as well. As I looked through the wiki I could not find any contact to ask for marketing materials for this. I've found the "Spread it"-page: https://en.opensuse.org/Category:Spread_It. Can anyone hint me to the right person, please? Cheers, Bernd -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

10 months

Re: [opensuse-project] openSUSE Board election 2019-2020 - Final candidates list

by Sarah Julia Kriesch

Hi Gerald, I have created my answer based on my last Board Membership, my experience in the community and how we can benefit from all > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 15. Januar 2020 um 10:09 Uhr > Von: "Gerald Pfeifer" <gp(a)suse.com> > An: opensuse-project(a)opensuse.org > Betreff: Re: [opensuse-project] openSUSE Board election 2019-2020 - Final candidates list > > [ Delayed by 2 weeks plus a night due to DNS/mail server mis-config. :-( ] > > On Thu 2019-12-26, Ish Sookun wrote: > > It's 26 December! The call for nominations and applications for the > > openSUSE Board election has ended. We received four applications. > > The list of candidates is as follows: > > Thank you, Ish! And a huge thank you to the four candidates > for stepping up and volunteering their energy and time. > > > Should you have any question for our candidates, please feel free > > to ping them. > > 1. What do you see as three, four strenghts of openSUSE that we > should cultivate and build upon? > 1) Fantastic coherence in the community 2) Great products with collaboration all over the world 3) Quality > 2. What are the top three risks you see for openSUSE? (And maybe > ideas how to tackle them?) > 1) Dependency on SUSE (humans and financials) Background: I was asked really often at open source events how another company can sponsor openSUSE. We had to say that it would not possible because all of our money is going via a SUSE credit card and the money would be lost (same with the GSoC money, which has to be transferred to other organizations because of this issue). No company wants to pay Open Source Developers with such a background of an open-source project. Therefore, most openSUSE Contributors are working for SUSE or SUSE Business Partners. This topic popped up more than 3 times during my last Board Membership (really created by SUSE employees each time!). Solution: Creation of the foundation! I had to suggest this solution more than 3 times before that was accepted by SUSE employees in the Board. I told about all the benefits how we can manage our own money then, receive new sponsors, SUSE can use more money for their own, SUSE can sponsor us continuously and we would be able to receive more Contributors. 2) openSUSE infrastructure in Provo Background: I am one of the Founders of the openSUSE Heroes Team and was allowed to coordinate our first wiki project between Germany and Provo. The openSUSE infrastructure is in Microfocus hands and they need very long to respond on issues and we are not allowed to receive access as a community. Additionally, SUSE is not part of Microfocus any more which makes it more difficult to receive good support in the future. Solution 1: Migration of all openSUSE systems from Provo to Nuremberg / Prague (perhaps missing space?) Solution 2: Migration of all openSUSE systems from Provo to any German hosting data centre with access for openSUSE Heroes 3) Bad reputation of openSUSE Leap & openSUSE Tumbleweed Background: We are the openSUSE project with many different sub-projects. We don’t offer only Linux distributions, but we are well known for that and most people are associating us with that. I had given many presentations about openSUSE during my last Board Membership and represented us at different open source events. The existing openSUSE Board does not do that very much. They have another focus at the moment. Solution: We need more openSUSE Contributors representing openSUSE and I can do that as an openSUSE Board Member again. After that, we can be one of the top Linux distributions again. 😉 > 3. What should the board do differently / more of? > The existing openSUSE Board is working mostly on the topic with the foundation. That is good. Thank you! But the role of a Board Member contains the representation of the community, too. We would have one less risk with that. > 4. If you had a blank voucher from the SUSE CEO for one wish, > what would that be? > I wish the start financing of the foundation for openSUSE. Both sides will profit from that. 🙂 > 5. What is your take on the Foundation? What do you consider > a realistic outcome of that endeavour? (And if different, what > outcome would you like to see?) > The Foundation is a benefit for SUSE and openSUSE (see risk 1). SUSE can support and contribute to us continuously. The difference is that we are open for other sponsoring companies then. Google Summer of Code money can be used for Travel Support. We can say how much money can be used for every openSUSE money (without any eye on the situation of SUSE). We can manage that all for our own. If we can accept more companies as sponsors, SUSE can invest the saved money into the own company or in other open-source projects. We become more open and that is a reason for companies to invest money into jobs as Open Source Developers for us. So the community can grow with more companies as sponsoring partners. > > Thanks, > Gerald > -- Best regards, Sarah -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

10 months

Affiliation change

by Marina Latini

Dear Community, my 2020 started with a big change that I'm now sharing with you. >From January 15 I started a new job at SUSE. This news obviously will not affect my contribution to the project or my commitment to the board activities. Have a lot of fun and I hope to see you soon at FOSDEM! Yours, Marina -- Marina Latini openSUSE board member: deneb_alpha www.documentfoundation.org www.libreitalia.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

10 months, 1 week

>avg developer friendliness?

by Felix Miata

ISTR discussion somewhere that openSUSE has copious software developers as users. Is this documented anywhere, maybe with statistics, and reasons why? Since I don't code anything, I don't have a clue what might create favor, unless it has to do with openSUSE's BS and/or QA systems. I first tried it for several reasons, among which German heritage, KDE3, YaST2, and understandable network installation instructions for 8.0. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is religion, not science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

10 months, 2 weeks

openSUSE Board election 2019-2020 - Voting

by Ish Sookun

Dear community members, Voting has begun! You must have received the election url and your voter credential on your @opensuse.org member mail alias. Some of the members do not have an email alias and therefore their credentials have been sent to their member email address instead. If you haven't received your credential yet let us know on election-officials(a)opensuse.org. Lastly, a reminder about voting. We have four candidates running for the openSUSE Board for the two seats available. You may vote for two candidates, just one or submit a blank vote by not selecting any candidate. Regards, Ish Sookun -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

10 months, 2 weeks

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