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
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