I have a couple of questions for you: * What have you done already for openSUSE? In the openSUSE Project itself not much. I'm still looking for a way to help
* What are your plans for promoting openSUSE? Please tell us what you want to do the next 6 months. We are currently building a Hackerspace in Neuss. After long search we found a
* Are you ready to start promoting openSUSE? Yes, I am. * What do you think is the best kept secret of openSUSE? This is a difficult question. I give my grandmother a PC with openSUSE and
* Why do you love to do this? I think it's great that people want to use Linux / openSUSE. But many
* How did you start with with Linux/openSUSE? What is your level of experience? I started with Linux in the year 2003 with SUSE Linux 9.0. At this time my
Please give a warm welcome to Jan, another German openSUSE ambassador ! Below is his introduction, Andreas ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- the Project. Until now I've worked outside of the openSUSE project (in forums / Social Networks and families an friends). I have a blog, as I write for beginners as well as for normal user manuals and articles for problems that occur frequently in openSUSE. Last week I was at the openSUSE booth helping out on the Open Rhein Ruhr. The work there has made me really fun. place for us. Together with other people from the space, we plan an infromation day about Linux and open source software. Not as big as the OpenRheinRuhr or the Linuxdays of course. Actually, we talk with the local library, to get a room. The Hackerspace is to small for this. I want to organize a Release Party for the 11.4 Release in March 2011. I'll have a little talk with Sebastian Siebert, how we do it together. If it is possible for me, I try to come to Berlin and Chemnitz Linux Days. This is decided in the next few days. The Froscon and ORR are no problem for me. they can use it. And that's pretty cool. Nevertheless, I run a server with openSUSE even though it is the same platform. I think that's the secret. It's easy for normal users (like my grandma) but offers everyone the freedom of the whole Linux world. people (most older people) have problems with forums, mailinglists or social networks. So they can come to us and speak with us on events or in local hackerspaces. parents had no internet connection, so if I had a problem i had to use the computers in school (if they were usable). At that time I had no idea of Linux. So I had to reinstall SUSE each week, because I've done something wrong somewhere. But this was 6 years ago. Today I use Linux only for private use. At work, only Windows PCs are used. My next goal is to pass the LPIC-1 certification. Maybe next or the following year. Training as a "technician" is first important to me.
The ambassador program is currently pretty informal and we expect the ambassadors to organize themselves. So, please coordinate with other ambassadors on the opensuse-marketing mailing list: * share with them what you like to do * share what you did, e.g. what kind of event did you organize, how many people joined * share what you learned, explain what was great at your event, what you want to improve * create material that is usefull for you and other ambassadors as well
Also, as an ambassador, you're the expert on your country/region, so please share on the opensuse-marketing mailing list a bit about the openSUSE and the FOSS community in your country/region, e.g. what are their needs.
I am from Germany /North Rhine-Westphalia. We have two big FOSS events and several clubs that are involved in FOSS. But only a small part of the people use openSUSE. openSUSE has unfortunately received a very bad image. This must change.
I'd like to send your answers to the opensuse-marketing list and thus introduce you as new ambassador. Please keep this in mind when answering and if
you
don't agree, please tell me! No problem.
For adding you to the ambassador list at http://wiki.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Ambassadors_list, please tell me: your country, region/city and your user page in the wiki.
Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, City: Neuss, Userpage: liquidsky89
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