Jesús Guerrero wrote:
It's not "The community vs. you", you are part of the community since the very moment you start using linux.
Most people don't want to be some part of some weird community. They just want to use a computer. If they were looking for friends, they might try the local sports club.
Linux has reached a point where it tries to appeal to users. You don't ask them anymore to go fix the problems. You have to fix them yourself. I believe any distro that doesn't adopt a development model where user support and QA are important, is going to die at some point. Linux doesn't seem to have gathered new users since ages; 2003 maybe? Or 2004? No visible growth since then. With no new users, and most users converting to Ubuntu and openSUSE, there's simply not enough users left to keep other distros alive.
