It would be cool to use something like http://www.buildamosaic.com/ to do a photomosaic of screenshots, snapped to an openSUSE logo...
- James Mason 'bear454' On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 1:07 PM, Kostas Koudaras <[email protected]> wrote: > 2011/3/17 Ricardo Chung <[email protected]>: >> On Thursday, March 17, 2011 01:42:53 PM Kim Leyendecker wrote: >>> 11.4 is out, and I think it´s time for post-release marketing now! Maybe >>> with this idea: >>> >>> We can ask our users, to make a screenshot of their desktops and load up >>> it to Facebook, Flickr or their server and send us the link. We can >>> collect the photos and create a little "our user´s desktop show" with >>> the screenshots. >>> >>> *What´s the sense of this idea?* >>> We will see, how many are using 11.4 already. And we will show our >>> users, that openSUSE is _their_ distro too. It´s a good chance to make >>> openSUSE more personal to our users. >>> >>> *How we want to collect the pictures?* >>> As I think today, we can use Facebook. The user upload the photo and >>> post it to our profile. Also we can use planet openSUSE for that. >>> Somebody blog about it, and the user post their desktops as a comment. > > Can we use something that everyone can have access, I don't have and > don't plan on having a facebook profile, if we end up somewhere lets > write articles about it and let people sending us their Screenshots. > >>> >>> *What the f*ck to do with the pictures?* >>> At first, we have to make clear, that the project is allowed to use the >>> pics for marketing. We´ve got the advantage, that we have _free_ >>> marketing stuff. But the real thing behind this is that we have a >>> (hopefully huge) gallery with our user´s desktop. >>> >>> *Why that all?* >>> Because the user will think: openSUSE is my Linux! It makes the distro >>> more personal (User: Darling, look, their´s my desktop! And their´s the >>> desktop of our neighbours. And look their! Their´s the desktop of uncle >>> Ronald from Alabama!) >>> Another aspect is, that the user maybe see some nice desktops and get >>> ideas of style his own. >>> >>> Hope you will like it! If you still have some questions, don´t be afraid >>> to ask ;) >>> >>> thanks >> >> >> I like this idea. Maybe it's possible to make a collage at the end to show >> everybody desktops (collection). A wall including a favorite selection. >> >> Could this give us (as alive community) some visibility on Internet ? >> >> I will come back with my screenshots. >> >> -- >> Ricardo Chung | openSUSE Linux Ambassador >> Panama >> >> openSUSE 11.4 | KDE 4.6.00 release 6 | >> Mesa 3D-Nouveau Gallium 7.10 video drivers >> High Performance >> -- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> > > Later > Kostas > > -- > http://opensuse.gr > http://amb.opensuse.gr > http://own.opensuse.gr > http://warlordfff.tk > me I am not me > ------- > Time travel is possible, you just need to know the right aliens > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
