[PLUG] openSUSE conference 2016 recorded sessions available

Tue Jul 26 15:05:22 IST 2016

Hi,

On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 12:26 PM, Amey Abhyankar <sco1984 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 21 July 2016 at 23:26, Sudhanwa Jogalekar <sudhanwa.com at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Dear Amey,
> >
> > Please share your experiences of attending the conference.
>
> Sure.
>
> This was my 5th consecutive in-person attendance at openSUSE conference.
> Thanks to openSUSE's 'Travel Support Program'.
>
> openSUSE Linux isn't that famous in India compare to other Linux
> distro's like UBUNTU,Fedora,Debian & other.
> I worked in telecom domain for long time & I kept doing R&D about
> which is the best compatible open source distro to push in to
> proprietary software world in telecom domain. [ OSS/BSS both]
> Integration of proprietary software's with open source platform is
> always challenging in corporate world. [Specially in prod env.]
> openSUSE gave me much flexibility in this matter & I continued
> using,promoting & marketing openSUSE. [ For example integration of
> Microsoft products inc Active Directory,Microsoft Exchange, Office 365
> at some extent,Cisco VPN technologies,SAP & etc]
>
> openSUSE introduced TSP back in 2012 for 1st time when I applied for
> the same. [ TSP = Travel Support Program ]
> Just to give a quick hint how TSP works = They evaluate our overall
> contribution to the project & they decide TSP grant.
> Same applies to Debian Conference. So it's not a free trip.
> Contribution has to be visible.
> I am not a programmer or hard core developer.
> So, don't think that only developers & coders get travel support
> sponsorship at such open source conferences overseas.
>
> Now let me jump to the openSUSE conference briefing.
> What happens there? What kind of people attend openSUSE conference?
> What sessions openSUSE conference has? Do they take interview of
> contributor to validate there skillets or asks tons of questions?
> Asian contributors being shy, worry exists in mind although we carry
> same level of expertise as contributors from Europe,North
> America,Australia etc.
>
> Here are some quick answers =  openSUSE is a open source community
> based project & SUSE is always the main sponsor of oSC. Conference
> length is 5 days. You can expect reasonable SUSE employees at oSC's
> who are also part of openSUSE community & individual contributors.
> Sessions are focused on topics related to openSUSE project, Libre
> Office & variety of other open source technologies. openSUSE is a
> community project so on 1 has to get involved himself. No1 going to
> ask any tough interview like questions during the conference. Not even
> openSUSE board members. It's perfectly ok to have a chit chat with
> board members, core developers etc without any hesitation. And also
> there is a live project meeting in each oSC where contributors can
> give suggestions,ideas,complaints etc. There is also live streaming of
> oSC's & recorded sessions are available at opensusetv YouTube channel.
>
> Apart of technical talks, there are fun activities as well. This year
> at oSC there was SUSE band, beer garden with openSUSE beer, sponsored
> food by various sponsors.. Last year there were retro games for free,
> sponsored food, below 10Euro in house accommodation & much more. And
> yes person in blazer,shirt,office shoes is a odd man out at oSC's. ;-)
>
> There are few number of attendees from India at oSC till date. We were
> 2~3 people from India who used to attend oSC. This year it was just me
> from India. Few folks from SUSE lab's Beijing & Taipei office were
> present.
>
> Usually where openSUSE conference helds at? =
>
> i) 2012 oSC was at Czech technical university in Prague , Czech
> Republic / Group photo =
>
> https://news.opensuse.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Day2-Sunday-068_DSC_7651.jpg
> ii) 2013 oSC was at Olympic museum in Thessaloniki, Greece / Group
> photo =  https://news.opensuse.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/MG_4865.jpg
> iii) 2014 oSC was held at Dubrovnik university, Dubrovnik city,
> Croatia / Group photo =
> https://news.opensuse.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/CSC_0177.jpg
> iv) 2015 oSC was held at Den Haag, The Netherlands / Group photo =
>
> http://www.linux-magazine.com/var/linux_magazin/storage/images/issues/2015/176/opensuse-conference-2015/figure-2/651976-1-eng-US/Figure-2_reference.png
> v) 2016 oSC was at Nuremberg, Germany. / Group photo =
> https://thefreecountry.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/dsc_0007_1.jpg
>
> So yes openSUSE conference host cities are within Europe always.
> 3 years back openSUSE started hosting 'openSUSE Asia' summit which
> till date got tremendous response.
> 1st oSC was in Bejing, last year it was at Taipei & this year openSUSE
> Asia summit is at Yogyakarta, Indonesia in November month.
> cFP is still open. If you want to give talks on any open source
> technology topics you can submit your talks.
> Entry to openSUSE conference & openSUSE Asia summit remains FREE of
> charge. ^_^
>
> Feel free to throw in any queries related to openSUSE.
> I'll try to answer.
> Else you can always join opensuse-project mailing list to get answers.  :-)
>
> Lastly I wont forget to mention, I learnt Linux from fellow PLUGies
> back in 2003~2004.
> And that's how I started joining/contributing to various open source
> technology user groups/communities.
> I always promote PLUG at open source conferences overseas. [inc GNUnify
> event]
> Most FOSS enthusiasts/developers from Europe are still under
> impression that Bangalore & South Indian cities are hub of open source
> technology enthusiasts for India region.
>
> Regards,
> Amey.
>
>
Thats a nice write up Amey !!

It will be really nice if you can share this in person in the upcoming PLUG
meeting. Dexter has already indicated and asked for people to take up some
session.
It will be really great to get experiences from 2 Global conferences in
PLUG meeting. You will be one and other could be Shirish Agarawal who
attended Debconf recently.

Requesting both to take up sessions.

Regards
-Sudhanwa

>
> >
> > Regards
> > -Sudhanwa
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 4:53 PM, Amey Abhyankar <sco1984 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> This year openSUSE conference aka oSC was held at Nuremberg, Germany
> >> in last week of June.
> >>
> >> Recorded video sessions from oSC16 =
> >>
> https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_AMhvchzBaeIQntCDiVNUUgmRaAzam1V
> >>
> >> oSC16 group photo =
> >> https://news.opensuse.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/DSC_0007_1.jpg
> >>
> >> openSUSE conference returned back to Nuremberg after 4 years.
> >> Nuremberg is base/HQ of SUSE Linux.
> >> Needless to say, SUSE Linux is always 1 of the main/core sponsor of
> >> openSUSE conference.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Amey.
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