Hi,
I didn't think we could avoid having something like a weekly newsletter for much longer, so I've put together some stuff for the first one over at http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE_Weekly_News/1 I'm hoping to publish it this Wednesday with a news.o.o post.
How you can help!
= Feedback. =
I'd really appreciate any feedback on the newsletter. What you think will work/won't work. Suggestions, etc.
= Help contributing to sections = * "Tips and Tricks" could be a nice section, but I can't think of anything to have in it for this week.
* In the Press. Seen any decent stories about openSUSE in the press lately? Please add them th ere.
* Forum news. I'd really like to get updates on the communities in the fora, so if you think you can help with this please let me know!
* Help writing the next one :-)
Note that the point of the weekly newsletter is to not undermine or lessen the amount of stories that we get on news.o.o. I think the amount we get there is great. The point is to cover all the extra details and have a single weekly digest for all extra things in-and-around openSUSE.
Kind thoughts,
Hi,
On Monday 26 November 2007 15:39:00 Francis Giannaros wrote:
I'd really appreciate any feedback on the newsletter. What you think will work/won't work. Suggestions, etc.
news_letter_? this is a freakin' book! :-) Very good, and covers really everthing(?) ...
= Help contributing to sections =
- "Tips and Tricks" could be a nice section, but I can't think of
anything to have in it for this week.
like "how to fix the broken online update of bla.rpm"?
How will you maintain it? If made in the wiki from several people (section maintainers) might make it easier to keep up to date.
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Martin Lasarsch wrote:
Hi,
On Monday 26 November 2007 15:39:00 Francis Giannaros wrote:
I'd really appreciate any feedback on the newsletter. What you think will work/won't work. Suggestions, etc.
news_letter_? this is a freakin' book! :-) Very good, and covers really everthing(?) ...
Yes, the effort is very commendable!
So here's a suggestion; how about a series of informal awards? Flamewar of the Month, Factory Regression of the Month, Most N00b-proof IRC Channel Volunteer of the Month, etc.? Just to keep things light-hearted.
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On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 16:37 +0100, Martin Lasarsch wrote:
Hi,
On Monday 26 November 2007 15:39:00 Francis Giannaros wrote:
I'd really appreciate any feedback on the newsletter. What you think will work/won't work. Suggestions, etc.
news_letter_? this is a freakin' book! :-) Very good, and covers really everthing(?) ...
= Help contributing to sections =
- "Tips and Tricks" could be a nice section, but I can't think of
anything to have in it for this week.
like "how to fix the broken online update of bla.rpm"?
How will you maintain it? If made in the wiki from several people (section maintainers) might make it easier to keep up to date.
I, as I'm sure others do too, browse www.lxer.com often for links to good articles related to Linux. There's always a weekly Fedora newsletter or weekly Ubuntuu newsletter. It was always a bit disheartening not to see one for openSuse.
Having this newsletter is great, and getting it linked via lxer.com could really help boost awareness/attention to openSuse.
On Nov 26, 2007 3:37 PM, Martin Lasarsch mlasars@suse.de wrote:
Hi,
On Monday 26 November 2007 15:39:00 Francis Giannaros wrote:
I'd really appreciate any feedback on the newsletter. What you think will work/won't work. Suggestions, etc.
news_letter_? this is a freakin' book! :-) Very good, and covers really everthing(?) ...
Yeah. There's a lot going on, even in quieter periods =)
= Help contributing to sections =
- "Tips and Tricks" could be a nice section, but I can't think of
anything to have in it for this week.
like "how to fix the broken online update of bla.rpm"?
Sure, or "try out this cool new thing".
How will you maintain it?
Just make a new newsletter each week with more info. Trying to get the template sorted (which it pretty much is), then it will be easier for people to maintain different sections, or for others to help if they have 1-2 mins too, in the future, like you mentioned.
Regards,
Francis Giannaros wrote: [...]
Awesome, badly needed stuff :)
But it's typically the sort of activity that needs a few people committed to doing it, who are on several mailing-lists, read the opensuse blogs, security announcements, etc...
Maybe have 2 to 4 people team up and coordinate, with a rotation to have one person do it every 2nd, 3rd or 4th week (depending on the number of volunteers, obviously). That way it wouldn't be too much work for each.
cheers
Pascal Bleser wrote:
Francis Giannaros wrote: [...]
Awesome, badly needed stuff :)
well. Probably. but it needs to be defined from respect to news.opensuse.org, not have to do the same work twice. (some sort of automatic generation? I know nothing about rss feed, save it's available from noo
good work jdd
On Nov 26, 2007 5:41 PM, jdd jdd@dodin.org wrote:
Pascal Bleser wrote:
Francis Giannaros wrote: [...]
Awesome, badly needed stuff :)
well. Probably. but it needs to be defined from respect to news.opensuse.org, not have to do the same work twice. (some sort of automatic generation?
Most stuff from news.o.o should be in the 'Announcements' section. In the weekly newsletter, this would typically consist of a snippet of the news.o.o article, and it links to it -- so there's no duplication there.
Regards,
On Monday 26 November 2007 08:28, Pascal Bleser wrote:
Francis Giannaros wrote: [...]
Awesome, badly needed stuff :)
But it's typically the sort of activity that needs a few people committed to doing it, who are on several mailing-lists, read the opensuse blogs, security announcements, etc...
So does that mean you're volunteering, Pascal?
No, wait - I can see the headline now: "Guru Site Down Due to Maintainer Working 24/7 on Newsletter - Millions in Agony!"
Maybe have 2 to 4 people team up and coordinate, with a rotation to have one person do it every 2nd, 3rd or 4th week (depending on the number of volunteers, obviously). That way it wouldn't be too much work for each.
I could help.
The one thing I would suggest is to trim it down somewhat. I just got finished reading my NetBeans weekly newsletter. It only had four items on it. Much more digestable. The newsletter currently up on at http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/1 has way more information than is easily digested.
Of course, a current news item on the opensuse website would be nice.
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Kai Ponte wrote:
On Monday 26 November 2007 08:28, Pascal Bleser wrote:
Francis Giannaros wrote:
No, wait - I can see the headline now: "Guru Site Down Due to Maintainer Working 24/7 on Newsletter - Millions in Agony!"
A million and one; you forgot me.
The one thing I would suggest is to trim it down somewhat. I just got finished reading my NetBeans weekly newsletter. It only had four items on it. Much more digestable. The newsletter currently up on at http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/1 has way more information than is easily digested.
+1. Extending that idea, how about a weekly "openSUSE in 100 words"?
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On Monday 26 November 2007 08:28, Pascal Bleser wrote:
Francis Giannaros wrote: [...]
Awesome, badly needed stuff :)
But it's typically the sort of activity that needs a few people committed to doing it, who are on several mailing-lists, read the opensuse blogs, security announcements, etc...
So does that mean you're volunteering, Pascal?
Are you implying I'm not doing much for the openSUSE community and/or having lots of free time ? ;)
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On Monday 26 November 2007 13:56, Pascal Bleser wrote:
Kai Ponte wrote:
On Monday 26 November 2007 08:28, Pascal Bleser wrote:
Francis Giannaros wrote: [...]
Awesome, badly needed stuff :)
But it's typically the sort of activity that needs a few people committed to doing it, who are on several mailing-lists, read the opensuse blogs, security announcements, etc...
So does that mean you're volunteering, Pascal?
Are you implying I'm not doing much for the openSUSE community and/or having lots of free time ? ;)
cheers
LOL!
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Dňa Monday 26 November 2007 15:39:00 Francis Giannaros ste napísal:
Hi,
I didn't think we could avoid having something like a weekly newsletter for much longer, so I've put together some stuff for the first one over at http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE_Weekly_News/1 I'm hoping to publish it this Wednesday with a news.o.o post.
This is really cool!
How you can help!
= Feedback. =
I'd really appreciate any feedback on the newsletter. What you think will work/won't work. Suggestions, etc.
= Help contributing to sections =
- "Tips and Tricks" could be a nice section, but I can't think of
anything to have in it for this week.
How to install 10.3 on Mac Mini ? http://en.opensuse.org/Installation_on_MacMini_%28ppc%29
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On Monday 26 November 2007 15:39:00 Francis Giannaros wrote:
Hi,
I didn't think we could avoid having something like a weekly newsletter for much longer, so I've put together some stuff for the first one over at http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE_Weekly_News/1
this is really great, thanks a lot!
I'm hoping to publish it this Wednesday with a news.o.o post.
I would also like to add it to the en.opensuse.org frontpage (instead of the "Featured Article" section). Any objections?
On Wednesday 28 November 2007 03:29:23 am Frank Sundermeyer wrote:
I would also like to add it to the en.opensuse.org frontpage (instead of the "Featured Article" section). Any objections?
Only one, featured article is good idea, but article should be kept for some time, say month, and then replaced with new, or added another if something pops up that deserves place before month goes by.
IMHO, news should have more prominent place, as it will be pointer to something that is changing, ie. give some dynamic to web page and project. Maybe even before 'Getting openSUSE'.
On Nov 26, 2007 2:39 PM, Francis Giannaros francisg@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I didn't think we could avoid having something like a weekly newsletter for much longer, so I've put together some stuff for the first one over at http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE_Weekly_News/1 I'm hoping to publish it this Wednesday with a news.o.o post.
Now published and announced: http://news.opensuse.org/?p=543
Thanks to everyone for their suggestions and ideas =)
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