On Monday 08 May 2006 13:08, Pascal Bleser wrote: > At least that's my vision on how we should evolve as a community, and > I've been using SUSE since 5.0 (= quite some time), waiting for these > opportunities to happen. Maybe I'm just too impatient, I probably am, > but I objectively think we're pretty much stuck in inertia right now. > > Feedback and comments are very much appreciated :) > > cheers
While I share your vision for the community and I agree we can improve in lots of ways I do think being "sick" of our community is a bit harsh. The whole openSUSE thing is only 7-8 months old. A lot of people still don't even understand what it's all about - hence all those tech-questions on the opensuse-mailinglist. Most people I'm afraid think openSUSE is just the OSS version of SUSE Linux (including Michael Meeks judging from the latest issue of Linux Format) Also people need to learn that there's a real possibility of influencing the distro and community through their community efforts. Building a community takes time - and I believe we're moving in the right direction and we're growing. Maybe SuSE's history of being not so open is part of the reason that the community is pretty fragmented. But I expect it'll get better. I'm pretty sure that any other distro/community also has a lot of people who don't give a rat's ass about the big picture and only care about getting xgl on their box as fast as possible. That's just something you have to live with. Other than spending a lot of time beta-testing these last few months I've also been working on a beginner's guide to SUSE Linux. In it I try to encourage users to take part in the openSUSE community as I certainly enjoy being part of it. cb400f --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
