26 Nov
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26 Nov
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3:39 p.m.
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,
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26 Nov
26 Nov
4:37 p.m.
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:
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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5:19 p.m.
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, 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.
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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.
7:43 p.m.
On Nov 26, 2007 3:37 PM, Martin Lasarsch <mlasars(a)suse.de> wrote:
Sure, or "try out this cool new thing".
Hi,
On Monday 26 November 2007 15:39:00 Francis Giannaros wrote:
Yeah. There's a lot going on, even in quieter periods =)
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?
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,
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5:28 p.m.
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
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6:41 p.m.
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
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8:10 p.m.
On Nov 26, 2007 5:41 PM, jdd <jdd(a)dodin.org> wrote:
Pascal Bleser wrote:
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,
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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? 
10:51 p.m.
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:
A million and one; you forgot me.
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!" 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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Kai Ponte wrote:
On Monday 26 November 2007 08:28, Pascal Bleser
wrote:
Are you implying I'm not doing much for the openSUSE community and/or
having lots of free time ? ;)
cheers
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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,
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27 Nov
12:29 a.m.
On Monday 26 November 2007 13:56, Pascal Bleser wrote:
Kai Ponte wrote:
LOL!
Keep up the good work.
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On Monday 26 November 2007 08:28, Pascal Bleser
wrote:
Are you implying I'm not doing much for the openSUSE community and/or
having lots of free time ? ;)
cheers 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? 
10:53 a.m.
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
Stano
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28 Nov
10:29 a.m.
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?
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Frank
Frank Sundermeyer, Technical Writer, Documentation
SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, D-90409 Nuernberg
Tel: +49-911-74053-0, Fax: +49-911-7417755; http://www.opensuse.org/
SUSE Linux Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg)
"Reality is always controlled by the people who are most insane" Dogbert
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29 Nov
4:33 a.m.
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'.
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1:25 p.m.
New subject: [opensuse-project] Re: openSUSE Weekly News
On Nov 26, 2007 2:39 PM, Francis Giannaros <francisg(a)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 =)
Kind thoughts,
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