openSUSE:Solutions Linux 2012

openSUSE @ Solutions Linux 2012 - Paris

The openSUSE Project is planning a community booth at the Solutions Linux

General Information

About Solutions Linux see www.solutionslinux.fr

Location: CNIT - Paris La defense - Hall Marie Curie Date: 19-20-21 of june 2012 Booth Setup: End: Public Opening Times: 19th: 9 am -> 6 pm 20th: 9 am -> 8 pm 21th: 9 am -> 6 pm Early/late access for people holding the booth: 19th: 7:30 am -> 9 am 20th: 8 am -> 9 am 21th: 8 am -> 9 am and 6 pm -> 10 pm

openSUSE will have a booth (number B29)

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Attendees

Who will attend? Please fill in your name if you're going. And arrival & departure date & time so maybe you can share a train or cab, and we might organize a hotel together. In case you need travel support (see * below) fill in your travel costs.

name/nick	From	Arrival	Departure	Accommodation	travel cost*	comment
User:Guillaume_G	Niort	18th 6:46 pm	21th 8:04 pm	With a friend	103€ (train only)	all the 3 days
jluce		----------------	------------------			Only the 19th and the 20th
agemen		----------------	------------------			Only the 19th and the 20th
Dr Who		----------------	------------------			Only the 20th
Torrent	Bourgogne	----------------	------------------			the 19th and the 20th & 21

Material

Some material is needed for the booth setup. Please add things you are able to provide:

What?	Who?	How much?	Comments?
Laptops	User:Guillaume_G, jluce, agemen	1 + 1 +1 = 3
ARM board (Beagleboard xM)	User:Guillaume_G	1	To make a demo of openSUSE running on ARM
promo DVDs	User:Guillaume_G	300
Other stuff	User:Guillaume_G		Stickers, posters
Various common things to set-up the booth	User:Guillaume_G		Big posters, a cutter, a scotch tape, ...

Please add the things which you may require from the international team. Be sure to share this with the -marketing list!

What?	Who?	How much?	Comments?
User:Geeko	openSUSEland	Event	At the last

After the Event

Solutions Linux 2012 edit

• Event Date: From 19th to 21th
• openSUSE Ambassadors: Guillaume_G
• Helpers: jluce, agemen, Dr who, Torrent, oh!rocks
• Event Details
  • Tell us about the event, What did you do?
  • How many DVDs taken and distributed?
    • We distributed all our 300 DVD in 3 days. (50 or 100 DVD more would be better).
  • How many people were there at the event
    • No official number but something like 10 000 people.
  • We promote the Event on:
    • Facebook: shared on openSUSE page http://www.facebook.com/groups/opensuseproject/
    • Google plus: https://plus.google.com/109779735393022430339/posts/VrStU7C8DoY
    • On official openSUSE french forum: http://forums.opensuse.org/forums/frana-ais-french/dautres-forums/communauta/eva-nements-et-ra-unions/472486-stand-au-salon-solutions-gnu-linux-2012-recherche-volontaires-pour-aider.html#post2466480
    • On Alionet french forum: http://www.alionet.org/content.php?257-Alionet-et-openSUSE-%C3%A0-Solutions-LInux-!
  • Any Interesting Story you will like to share with us?
    • We met people from SUSE and it was very nice! :)
    • People were enjoyed with our demo of openSUSE on ARM board.
    • Most people enjoyed our openSUSE cool tools (OBS, YaST/zypper, etc.)
  • Did you have a booth?
    • Of course!
  • Who staffed the booth?
    • Dr who, Guillaume_G: all the 3 days
    • jluce, agemen, Torrent, oh!rocks: the 1st two days

• • Would you go again?
    • Of course!
  • What more can you do to make it better?
    • Have some openSUSE Tee shirts
    • Have more DVD
    • Have more space. We were 6 people for one table and 2 chairs for the 1st two days. (Last day we were 2).
    • Maybe have a better demo of openSUSE running on ARM. (Not only playing a video but have software to use it as a little computer).
    • Make some conferences (some ideas: Suse studio, open build service, prepare a server (FTP, HTTP, DHCP, etc) in 2 minutes with YaST, ...)
  • And next year?
    • Everyone enjoyed, so we will be there again!

• More on some blogs:
  • Agemen: http://www.alionet.org/entry.php?7-Solutions-Linux-We-had-a-lot-of-fun-!-o (in french)
  • Guillaume: http://guillaume.gardet.free.fr/index.php?page=SSL_2012 (in french)

Common Questions Asked edit

• (Showing the promo DVD) Is it a CD/DVD? 32/64-bit? Live/installer? KDE/GNOME?
  • It is a "magic box". Two faces DVD, one for 32-bits, the other one for 64-bits, and you have an installer, a Live KDE and a live GNOME!
• What is this board, is it the Raspberry Pi?
  • NO!! It is a Beagleboard xM (details on product). (Why most people only know about the Raspberry Pi (product details) and nothing else on other boards?)
• Why openSUSE?
• What is the difference between SUSE and openSUSE?
• What makes the difference between openSUSE and other Linux distributions?