Hi, Just thought I would make an observation about the direction of Fedora after reading some of the comments in the OT morons thread, that has morphed into grumbling about Gnome 3. I was looking at the list archives http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/ for another reason and I noticed a trend that might be relevant. Five years ago the gzipped text for a month of list traffic ran in the 4 to 5 MB range. Today it runs less than a MB. Now, there can be many reasons for that: - the traffic has been split to more specific lists - people are using other means to get help, such as forums and chat - Fedora has become so easy to use there aren't as many issues raised - people are voting with their feet and deserting Fedora If it is the last reason, that is troubling for the future. And it begs the question of *why* people might be deserting Fedora. Is it related to the sort of grumbling and dissatisfaction seen on the OT morons thread? I know there is some truth for me in that. It seems that the people doing the work want it to be trendy, in some cases just for trendiness' sake, while I care more about stability and functionality. That can also be viewed as making Fedora cutting edge, and it is hard to argue with that. Perhaps Fedora is shifting away from the sweet spot of my use, and I'll eventually have to look elsewhere. From another perspective, I suppose it means I'm not keeping up with Fedora. I can view that as an opportunity to change, I guess. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
