Ok been off the blog for a while sorry Christmas/work caught up with me.
This is one of the more interesting fields. Something I find most people don't know.
Lot of people think Distributions. Report bugs to them will change future direction of Linux. Most case no. Reason lot of distributions don't send there bugs upstream to the projects that you are using.
Linux kernel developers come from all sorts of companies and all sorts of fields. Each of these fields have different needs. Problem for many years most of the fields that made up the Linux kernel had no need of a graphical environment. So yes the make up of developers in the Linux kernel sets part of the path.
Some thing that personally makes me laugh. When people say they use a Linux Desktop and X year will be the year of the Linux Desktop. I am sorry there is no such thing. Linux graphical environments are mostly X11 environments who future is highly effected by freedesktop.org. Freedesktop.org is OS neutral any one is welcome to take part in there mailing lists. Of course you have distribution alterations on top of the default X11 enironment but under it all its still a X11 desktop.
Same with xfce gnome kde and others. Users are welcome to take part in there mailing lists. To request features complain about features or even thank developers for adding features.
Simple answer to what sets the path of Linux is who ever takes the interest. Yes sometimes you ideas get out votes but that is the way of life.
The words of the three wise monkeys apply to Linux. Speek no evil, Hear no evil, and See no evil. Does evil still exist? Answer is yes. Just no one is looking or listerning for it. Or everyone is seeing evil and not talking about it.
Lot of people try Linux and leave Linux without ever posting 1 bug report or feature request. Then wonder why when they come back after years have passed the same fault remains. Of course not all bugs will get fixed at least by posting the report you can say truthfully you tried. If programmer sees few hundred users wanting the same feature fixed it moves up list.
Same problem effects the Open Source world. I really don't know what need to be done to make it happen more? Yes a open topic what would you suggest to increase feedback to developers from end users.
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what would you suggest to increase feedback to developers from end users.
I suggest a sort of "Customer Experience Improvement Program" just like Microsoft does with its products.
That would give developers hints about what end users want and what they need.
Your english is horrible, reading this is hurting my eyes.
Its been worse. Yes english is my native language and yes I sux at it.
At least now only 1 in 1000 words is unreadable. One day I will for sure to worse. Have not done a dyslexia scramble yet.
Your english is not bad at all, it's just mixed up and you have the odd word missing or in the wrong place. Give the author a break, I too have a slight form and some days can be hard work.
Anyhow, heres my beef, I do use a lot of open source, I also run an open source project (web based CMS), not going to mention it's name as I'm not a shameless plugger.
The trouble I get is participation, or even simple feedback, my way to overcumb this is to use simple english, make the report system more frinedly, simplified.
I find the issue with most things these days is over complication, we need to go back to the drawing board and start again with fresh ideas, when there is half a dozen ideas, the simplest can sometimes beat the quickest.
To this end, why do people not leave bug reports, well I have pasted loads in my time, and what gripes me is the way that you have to read a manual to work out the exact way you have to go about creating the bug report.
People are intimidated, they try to fill it in or write it best they can then get moaned at for something.
My bug reporting is simple, in plain english and if you don't fill it in correctly, then no problem, i'll contact you back.
Yes this approach is more work, and yes it drags it out a bit, but I get more bugs filed, and that is the whole reason isn't it.
I find this elitist attitude more and more, the biggest problem in the linux world (and not everyone) is they need to lighten up a bit, stop being so stuck up, stop flameing people for attempting to ask for help, and stop over complicating things.
It's human nature for an engineer to try and over engineer something, this doesn't allways equal better.
just my thoughts, far too much fighting in the linux world that it turns people away and it's sad really.
smiffy6969
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