On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 1:16 PM, stan <gryt2@xxxxx> wrote: > > 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. I don't think that you can blame GNOME 3 for that drop off; not yet anyway. Ubuntu's had pretty much the same interface up to now. Come F15, I'll be giving up on GNOME (not because I don't like it; I, in fact, like the new look, etc but because I want to vote against the developers' tone deafness) and giving XFCE and LXDE a try - on Fedora. I think that we can blame Ubuntu/Mint for the drop-off (to what extent, I have no idea). And apart from its good PR and cutesy name, I'd put it down to the fact that it's easier to install proprietary drivers and other non-free stuff. -- 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
