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Unfortunately until today this poll has not received +</I>><i> enough attention to draw any reasonable and remarkable information +</I>><i> about the topic. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> The poll aims at YOU, the users of Mageia. It wants to find out your +</I>><i> top 3 MUST HAVEs of a distribution - not single packages and/or +</I>><i> applications but the 3 features a distribution MUST have to become or +</I>><i> stay YOUR distribution. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> If you have missed this poll so far, please have a look, read the +</I>><i> initial posting and give your 3 votes. The poll is about to be closed +</I>><i> next week (Jan 31) and after this I will compile a report with the +</I>><i> results. The more votes are cast, the better it will show what you +</I>><i> need. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Thx for participating. +</I>><i> (Thx claire for reminding me that there is such a thing as a mailing list! :) ) +</I>><i> +</I>Hi All, + +I'm new here (a couple months) but I registered on the forum so I could +vote. However I agree with Antoine in that there are quite a few more +than 3 of those choices that are "deal breakers". My reasons for coming +to Mageia weren't listed specifically, so I thought this might be an +appropriate time and place to tell you why I use Mageia. + +I'm a longtime Linux user (Redhat 6.2 was my first boxed set, but I +tried a few before that). Over those years I've used a handful of +distros and demoed a dozen others. I started with Redhat, then SUSE, +Mandrake, openSUSE, Fedora, and now Mageia. That may sound like I'm +fickle or hard to please, but as someone who manages a number of +desktops and servers I assure you there were solid reasons for each +switch. I'm not going to go OT with all the gory details of each change, +but I can sum it up in a couple points that I hope are more valuable to +the community that my vote on the forum. + +First, why I leave a distro: This is easy to describe but probably hard +to accomplish. Regressions. When something that worked in the last +release stops working in this one, that's a problem. If it's trivial to +fix, then it's a small issue. If it takes days to fix or can't be fixed +at all it's a deal breaker. + +Second, why I chose a distro: This is also easy to describe, but much +harder to accomplish. It needs to install cleanly. Minor things like +changing a checkbox during installation are no big deal. A failed +install or a barebones desktop with no/poor configuration tools is a big +deal. Also, I don't use any unusual or poorly supported software, so the +software that I use must be in an official repo and easy to install. + +Third, my humble suggestion: If I were to describe a dev/release policy +that was sure to make me happy it would be this: + +1) Zero regression policy - I know this isn't possible, but I think it +should be the highest priority. + +2) If there will be a known regression or deprecated feature, it should +be announced one release prior to being effective. This would give users +time to adjust, find other software, or find another distro if need be. + +3) Stable. With Linux I consider this a given, but it needs to be listed +so that it doesn't get ignored. + +4) Keep the community friendly and vibrant. I listed this as one of my 3 +choices on the survey, not because it was a deal breaker, but because I +think it is the strongest feature of Mageia and it would be truly +unfortunate to lose it. This is the most respectful and friendly online +community I've come across and you should all be very proud of what +you've done in a short time. I wish my life were different and I could +contribute. + +Good Luck, +Jeff + + +</PRE> + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="006350.html">[Mageia-discuss] [Poll] What are your top requirements? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="006348.html">[Mageia-discuss] Can't access floppy drive +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#6351">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#6351">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#6351">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#6351">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |