Re: [opensuse-marketing] PromoDVDs 11.3 - clear our stock

2011-02-21 Thread Andreas Jaeger
Jacqueline is currently buried in emails requesting promodvds, I expect that 
we have more requests than media, so please do not send further requests.

She'll answer your requests once she's gone through all of them,
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Re: [opensuse-marketing] PromoDVDs 11.3 - clear our stock

2011-02-18 Thread jdd
Le 18/02/2011 16:52, Henne Vogelsang a écrit :


> The 11.3 promo DVDs do not need stickers to be useful for normal people :)

I usually add a sticker for my local LUG. Remember Linux (any,
including openSUSE) is much better when you have a friend to help

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Re: [opensuse-marketing] PromoDVDs 11.3 - clear our stock

2011-02-18 Thread Henne Vogelsang
Hey,

On 18.02.2011 15:44, Bryen M. Yunashko wrote:

> Let me second Henne's comments by adding that for SCALE, we have ordered
> labels which we will affix to the 11.3 PromoDVDs which will point to the
> upgrade path for the next version upon release. 

Which is, again, great for FOSS freaks like you and me on a FOSS
conference like SCALE but doesn't really matter for the general public.
They don't need an upgrade right away. We just want them to try it and
once they do any they like it we can get them to the point of upgrading
with manuals, wiki pages, forum entries, list posts, news postings yadda
yada yada. In a years time...

The 11.3 promo DVDs do not need stickers to be useful for normal people :)

Henne

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Re: [opensuse-marketing] PromoDVDs 11.3 - clear our stock

2011-02-18 Thread Bryen M. Yunashko
On Fri, 2011-02-18 at 14:16 +0100, Henne Vogelsang wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> On 18.02.2011 12:24, Jacqueline Junghanns wrote:
> 
> > As we are close to openSUSE 11.4 I need space in our stock for the
> > new Promo DVDs. I do not know when the new Promo DVDs wilI be ready
> > but  I still have some Promo DVDs 11.3. So if somebody wants
> > PromoDVDs for 11.3 please contact me or write an email with your
> > shipping address to promod...@opensuse.org.
> 
> Just to emphasize this. This is not only about clearing the stock
> somehow. There are trash bins for that. But one of our sponsors (Novell)
> has payed for those DVDs and we owe it to them to not let the DVDs go to
> waste. And those 11.3 DVDs are perfect for introducing people to openSUSE!
> 
> I know that a lot of people think that you can/should only give out the
> latest and greatest, hence the soon to be released 11.4, and that older
> versions aren't any good as promo DVDs because, well, they are old. This
> might be true for ourselves and other FOSS addicts but it's definitely
> not true for the normal folks out there for whom we do the promo DVDs in
> the first place. 11.3 is still good for a year, its a great version and
> by now far more stable then 11.4 will be for the next couple of weeks.
> It's less surprising, has more mature software and is well spread among
> people. Qualities a newcomer wants.
> 
> So if you have the chance to spread promo DVDs somewhere, your local
> community center, school or university’s support desk. Your sports club,
> the next punk concert you attend or in your brothers bar. The computer
> club or internet cafe around the corner. Anywhere where people might
> pick them up and try them, go for it!
> 
> Promo DVDs are not only about handing them out to people you know that
> are interested in Linux. This is about spreading them among the general
> public. You would be surprised how many people find a nice, shiny, green
> openSUSE DVD interesting enough to finally try this Linux thing they
> heard about so much on the internet.
> 
> So if you can think of anything just contact Jacqueline about the amount
> you need and where she needs to send it. Oh and don't be shy about the
> amount, we don't need to scrimp on them! If you think you can get spread
> 2.000 we send you 2.000. Every DVD that is out there, is out there any
> might result in a new openSUSE user. This is the perfect opportunity to
> do something good for the project, take it!
> 
> Henne
> 
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>   - Mike Tyson

Let me second Henne's comments by adding that for SCALE, we have ordered
labels which we will affix to the 11.3 PromoDVDs which will point to the
upgrade path for the next version upon release.  This is great because
it extends the life of the PromoDVD (when we still have probably yet
another month before we can get a new batch pressed) and also helps to
educate people about how great and easy it is to do in-place upgrades of
the current installation.

Bryen


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Re: [opensuse-marketing] PromoDVDs 11.3 - clear our stock

2011-02-18 Thread Manu Gupta


On Fri, 2011-02-18 at 15:18 +0100, Kim Leyendecker wrote:
> Am 18.02.2011 15:07, schrieb Manu Gupta:
> > It has two live dvds GNOME and KDE so you can try anything before
> > installing unlike the normal dvds
> >
> > But yes offcourse less software
> Thanks for information. I ask a local school here, if they want some 
> DVDs for the students. If they say yes, I will order some.
> 
Same here
> thanks
> kdl
> 


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Re: [opensuse-marketing] PromoDVDs 11.3 - clear our stock

2011-02-18 Thread Chuck Payne
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:58 AM, Kim Leyendecker
 wrote:
> Am 18.02.2011 14:16, schrieb Henne Vogelsang:
>>
>> Just to emphasize this. This is not only about clearing the stock
>> somehow. There are trash bins for that. But one of our sponsors (Novell)
>> has payed for those DVDs and we owe it to them to not let the DVDs go to
>> waste. And those 11.3 DVDs are perfect for introducing people to openSUSE!
>>
>> I know that a lot of people think that you can/should only give out the
>> latest and greatest, hence the soon to be released 11.4, and that older
>> versions aren't any good as promo DVDs because, well, they are old. This
>> might be true for ourselves and other FOSS addicts but it's definitely
>> not true for the normal folks out there for whom we do the promo DVDs in
>> the first place. 11.3 is still good for a year, its a great version and
>> by now far more stable then 11.4 will be for the next couple of weeks.
>> It's less surprising, has more mature software and is well spread among
>> people. Qualities a newcomer wants.
>>
>> So if you have the chance to spread promo DVDs somewhere, your local
>> community center, school or university’s support desk. Your sports club,
>> the next punk concert you attend or in your brothers bar. The computer
>> club or internet cafe around the corner. Anywhere where people might
>> pick them up and try them, go for it!
>>
>> Promo DVDs are not only about handing them out to people you know that
>> are interested in Linux. This is about spreading them among the general
>> public. You would be surprised how many people find a nice, shiny, green
>> openSUSE DVD interesting enough to finally try this Linux thing they
>> heard about so much on the internet.
>>
>> So if you can think of anything just contact Jacqueline about the amount
>> you need and where she needs to send it. Oh and don't be shy about the
>> amount, we don't need to scrimp on them! If you think you can get spread
>> 2.000 we send you 2.000. Every DVD that is out there, is out there any
>> might result in a new openSUSE user. This is the perfect opportunity to
>> do something good for the project, take it!
>>
>
> What´s special about the Promo DVD? Have they any software, the normal DVD
> or the normal KDE/GNOME live CD hasn´t? If somebody here wants openSUSE, I
> borrow her or him my Box-version or download her or him a KDE-live CD and
> burn it to a media.
>
> Maybe we can ask some linux magazines to publish one of it with the next
> issue of their magazine? Great PR if you ask me.
>>
>> Henne
>
> kdl
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Kim,

They are great to handout to people to try. They are live DVD with
both the 64-bit/32Bit on them. Those that try the DVD can select
between Gnome and KDE. Then once tried it, they can install it, or
not.  Henne is right that we need get these and pass them. The key is
to hand them out and promote openSUSE, Novell paid a good bit for
those. The box edition, people have to pay for. Free is always good.

The Ambassadors need to send in request ask for them so they have them
on hand. In fact I chaallenge all the Ambassadors to request them and
go to your local user group and help promote openSUSE. I know here
were I live there are tons of user group, college and Linux Install
Fest going on. I am currently out and will request more.

One key thing to remember is if there are a lot left over, Novell can
choose not to print a lot and cause a shortage when we do need them.

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Re: [opensuse-marketing] PromoDVDs 11.3 - clear our stock

2011-02-18 Thread Kim Leyendecker

Am 18.02.2011 15:07, schrieb Manu Gupta:

It has two live dvds GNOME and KDE so you can try anything before
installing unlike the normal dvds

But yes offcourse less software
Thanks for information. I ask a local school here, if they want some 
DVDs for the students. If they say yes, I will order some.


thanks
kdl

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Re: [opensuse-marketing] PromoDVDs 11.3 - clear our stock

2011-02-18 Thread Manu Gupta
It has two live dvds GNOME and KDE so you can try anything before
installing unlike the normal dvds 

But yes offcourse less software



On Fri, 2011-02-18 at 14:58 +0100, Kim Leyendecker wrote:
> Am 18.02.2011 14:16, schrieb Henne Vogelsang:
> > Just to emphasize this. This is not only about clearing the stock
> > somehow. There are trash bins for that. But one of our sponsors (Novell)
> > has payed for those DVDs and we owe it to them to not let the DVDs go to
> > waste. And those 11.3 DVDs are perfect for introducing people to openSUSE!
> >
> > I know that a lot of people think that you can/should only give out the
> > latest and greatest, hence the soon to be released 11.4, and that older
> > versions aren't any good as promo DVDs because, well, they are old. This
> > might be true for ourselves and other FOSS addicts but it's definitely
> > not true for the normal folks out there for whom we do the promo DVDs in
> > the first place. 11.3 is still good for a year, its a great version and
> > by now far more stable then 11.4 will be for the next couple of weeks.
> > It's less surprising, has more mature software and is well spread among
> > people. Qualities a newcomer wants.
> >
> > So if you have the chance to spread promo DVDs somewhere, your local
> > community center, school or university’s support desk. Your sports club,
> > the next punk concert you attend or in your brothers bar. The computer
> > club or internet cafe around the corner. Anywhere where people might
> > pick them up and try them, go for it!
> >
> > Promo DVDs are not only about handing them out to people you know that
> > are interested in Linux. This is about spreading them among the general
> > public. You would be surprised how many people find a nice, shiny, green
> > openSUSE DVD interesting enough to finally try this Linux thing they
> > heard about so much on the internet.
> >
> > So if you can think of anything just contact Jacqueline about the amount
> > you need and where she needs to send it. Oh and don't be shy about the
> > amount, we don't need to scrimp on them! If you think you can get spread
> > 2.000 we send you 2.000. Every DVD that is out there, is out there any
> > might result in a new openSUSE user. This is the perfect opportunity to
> > do something good for the project, take it!
> >
> 
> What´s special about the Promo DVD? Have they any software, the normal 
> DVD or the normal KDE/GNOME live CD hasn´t? If somebody here wants 
> openSUSE, I borrow her or him my Box-version or download her or him a 
> KDE-live CD and burn it to a media.
> 
> Maybe we can ask some linux magazines to publish one of it with the next 
> issue of their magazine? Great PR if you ask me.
> > Henne
> 
> kdl
> 
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Re: [opensuse-marketing] PromoDVDs 11.3 - clear our stock

2011-02-18 Thread Kim Leyendecker

Am 18.02.2011 14:16, schrieb Henne Vogelsang:

Just to emphasize this. This is not only about clearing the stock
somehow. There are trash bins for that. But one of our sponsors (Novell)
has payed for those DVDs and we owe it to them to not let the DVDs go to
waste. And those 11.3 DVDs are perfect for introducing people to openSUSE!

I know that a lot of people think that you can/should only give out the
latest and greatest, hence the soon to be released 11.4, and that older
versions aren't any good as promo DVDs because, well, they are old. This
might be true for ourselves and other FOSS addicts but it's definitely
not true for the normal folks out there for whom we do the promo DVDs in
the first place. 11.3 is still good for a year, its a great version and
by now far more stable then 11.4 will be for the next couple of weeks.
It's less surprising, has more mature software and is well spread among
people. Qualities a newcomer wants.

So if you have the chance to spread promo DVDs somewhere, your local
community center, school or university’s support desk. Your sports club,
the next punk concert you attend or in your brothers bar. The computer
club or internet cafe around the corner. Anywhere where people might
pick them up and try them, go for it!

Promo DVDs are not only about handing them out to people you know that
are interested in Linux. This is about spreading them among the general
public. You would be surprised how many people find a nice, shiny, green
openSUSE DVD interesting enough to finally try this Linux thing they
heard about so much on the internet.

So if you can think of anything just contact Jacqueline about the amount
you need and where she needs to send it. Oh and don't be shy about the
amount, we don't need to scrimp on them! If you think you can get spread
2.000 we send you 2.000. Every DVD that is out there, is out there any
might result in a new openSUSE user. This is the perfect opportunity to
do something good for the project, take it!



What´s special about the Promo DVD? Have they any software, the normal 
DVD or the normal KDE/GNOME live CD hasn´t? If somebody here wants 
openSUSE, I borrow her or him my Box-version or download her or him a 
KDE-live CD and burn it to a media.


Maybe we can ask some linux magazines to publish one of it with the next 
issue of their magazine? Great PR if you ask me.

Henne


kdl

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Re: [opensuse-marketing] PromoDVDs 11.3 - clear our stock

2011-02-18 Thread Henne Vogelsang
Hey,

On 18.02.2011 12:24, Jacqueline Junghanns wrote:

> As we are close to openSUSE 11.4 I need space in our stock for the
> new Promo DVDs. I do not know when the new Promo DVDs wilI be ready
> but  I still have some Promo DVDs 11.3. So if somebody wants
> PromoDVDs for 11.3 please contact me or write an email with your
> shipping address to promod...@opensuse.org.

Just to emphasize this. This is not only about clearing the stock
somehow. There are trash bins for that. But one of our sponsors (Novell)
has payed for those DVDs and we owe it to them to not let the DVDs go to
waste. And those 11.3 DVDs are perfect for introducing people to openSUSE!

I know that a lot of people think that you can/should only give out the
latest and greatest, hence the soon to be released 11.4, and that older
versions aren't any good as promo DVDs because, well, they are old. This
might be true for ourselves and other FOSS addicts but it's definitely
not true for the normal folks out there for whom we do the promo DVDs in
the first place. 11.3 is still good for a year, its a great version and
by now far more stable then 11.4 will be for the next couple of weeks.
It's less surprising, has more mature software and is well spread among
people. Qualities a newcomer wants.

So if you have the chance to spread promo DVDs somewhere, your local
community center, school or university’s support desk. Your sports club,
the next punk concert you attend or in your brothers bar. The computer
club or internet cafe around the corner. Anywhere where people might
pick them up and try them, go for it!

Promo DVDs are not only about handing them out to people you know that
are interested in Linux. This is about spreading them among the general
public. You would be surprised how many people find a nice, shiny, green
openSUSE DVD interesting enough to finally try this Linux thing they
heard about so much on the internet.

So if you can think of anything just contact Jacqueline about the amount
you need and where she needs to send it. Oh and don't be shy about the
amount, we don't need to scrimp on them! If you think you can get spread
2.000 we send you 2.000. Every DVD that is out there, is out there any
might result in a new openSUSE user. This is the perfect opportunity to
do something good for the project, take it!

Henne

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[opensuse-marketing] PromoDVDs 11.3 - clear our stock

2011-02-18 Thread Jacqueline Junghanns
Hello all,

As we are close to openSUSE 11.4 I need space in our stock for the new Promo 
DVDs. I do not know when the new Promo DVDs wilI be ready but  I still have 
some Promo DVDs 11.3.
So if somebody wants PromoDVDs for 11.3 please contact me or write an email 
with your shipping address to promod...@opensuse.org.

Have a nice weekend
Jacqueline

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