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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> Hi All, +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I'm new here (a couple months) but I registered on the forum so I +</I>><i> could vote. However I agree with Antoine in that there are quite a few +</I>><i> more than 3 of those choices that are "deal breakers". My reasons for +</I>><i> coming to Mageia weren't listed specifically, so I thought this might +</I>><i> be an appropriate time and place to tell you why I use Mageia. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I'm a longtime Linux user (Redhat 6.2 was my first boxed set, but I +</I>><i> tried a few before that). Over those years I've used a handful of +</I>><i> distros and demoed a dozen others. I started with Redhat, then SUSE, +</I>><i> Mandrake, openSUSE, Fedora, and now Mageia. That may sound like I'm +</I>><i> fickle or hard to please, but as someone who manages a number of +</I>><i> desktops and servers I assure you there were solid reasons for each +</I>><i> switch. I'm not going to go OT with all the gory details of each +</I>><i> change, but I can sum it up in a couple points that I hope are more +</I>><i> valuable to the community that my vote on the forum. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> First, why I leave a distro: This is easy to describe but probably +</I>><i> hard to accomplish. Regressions. When something that worked in the +</I>><i> last release stops working in this one, that's a problem. If it's +</I>><i> trivial to fix, then it's a small issue. If it takes days to fix or +</I>><i> can't be fixed at all it's a deal breaker. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Second, why I chose a distro: This is also easy to describe, but much +</I>><i> harder to accomplish. It needs to install cleanly. Minor things like +</I>><i> changing a checkbox during installation are no big deal. A failed +</I>><i> install or a barebones desktop with no/poor configuration tools is a +</I>><i> big deal. Also, I don't use any unusual or poorly supported software, +</I>><i> so the software that I use must be in an official repo and easy to +</I>><i> install. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Third, my humble suggestion: If I were to describe a dev/release +</I>><i> policy that was sure to make me happy it would be this: +</I>><i> +</I>><i> 1) Zero regression policy - I know this isn't possible, but I think it +</I>><i> should be the highest priority. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> 2) If there will be a known regression or deprecated feature, it +</I>><i> should be announced one release prior to being effective. This would +</I>><i> give users time to adjust, find other software, or find another distro +</I>><i> if need be. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> 3) Stable. With Linux I consider this a given, but it needs to be +</I>><i> listed so that it doesn't get ignored. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> 4) Keep the community friendly and vibrant. I listed this as one of my +</I>><i> 3 choices on the survey, not because it was a deal breaker, but +</I>><i> because I think it is the strongest feature of Mageia and it would be +</I>><i> truly unfortunate to lose it. This is the most respectful and friendly +</I>><i> online community I've come across and you should all be very proud of +</I>><i> what you've done in a short time. I wish my life were different and I +</I>><i> could contribute. +</I>><i> +</I>Well, 12 hours ago you did contribute! Thanks a lot for telling about +your experiences and giving your opinion :) +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="006358.html">[Mageia-discuss] Quartus on Mageia +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="006375.html">[Mageia-discuss] Install +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#6359">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#6359">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#6359">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#6359">[ 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> |