For those who have been waiting for a ‘People of openSUSE’ interview with our openSUSE Community Manager and long time Linux and open source journalist Joe ‘Zonker’ Brockmeier since February, here you have it!

Nickname: Zonker
Homepage: http://www.dissociatedpress.net/
Blog: http://zonker.opensuse.org/
Favorite season: Winter, definitely.
Motto: Do what you love, love what you do.

Please introduce yourself!

I’m the openSUSE Community Manager, just joined Novell in February of this year, and have had a great time so far working with the openSUSE Project.

When and why did you start using openSUSE/SUSE Linux?

I first used SUSE Linux in 1999 or 2000. I was writing about and reviewing Linux distros for many years, so I used SUSE along with many other distros — the biggest thing for me in the early years was how easy SUSE was to configure on multiple monitors.

I’m still a big fan of YaST and the package management in 11.0 is top notch.

When did you join the openSUSE community and what made you do that?

Officially, in February of this year, when joining Novell.

In what way do you participate in the openSUSE project?

Right now, I spend a lot of time trying to get the word out about openSUSE and find ways to help the community grow, and for the existing community to have the tools it needs to get the job done.

I spend time giving talks about openSUSE and helping to promote the project to external groups and at shows.

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