Colin Charles wrote: > a) we didn't have a contributory process > b) they don't know how to contribute > c) they feel powerless without being @redhat.com > d) even when they overcome (c), some twat @redhat.com will show them > that they're powerless > e) etc... > 1st post to this list and piggy-backing on the above. A bit of user experience ;-) I am a sysadmin by day, look after a few hundred servers running anything from Windows to Novell, passing by RHEL. Put me in the technically aware user base. I use Fedora for everything on the home network, used it from Severn onwards. Started with RH 5 or 6, cannot recall. I find it difficult to find some answers to my questions as a user but it's ok, i do find answers eventually, it's part of my job - like a 2nd nature. As a user I would like a *central* repository of info - there are too many domains/websites out there. As a poweruser, I would like to contribute but 1. I do not have a lot of time on my hands 2. I am not a developper/coder/programmer or whatever you want to call it 3. Don't really know where to start, who to ask, what to do etc. I am known as a linux advocate within my company, 90% is made out of developpers, even created a LUG there. Most of these guys have never heard of Fedora, they still recall the days of RH 6 to 9. I have a box running Fedora Core on my desk, I show it to them, they grab some CDs now and then or join the torrent at home. Sometimes a punter come to me and ask what there is on the market, what I would recommend. I wish there was a LiveCD to give them, I wish I knew how to make one but i don't have the skills/time to learn the said skills. my 2 cents Thierry
