PROPOSAL: Fedora user survey

[Al Dunsmuir]

Hello Seth,

Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 9:37:26 AM, you wrote:



> On Tue, 9 Mar 2010, Al Dunsmuir wrote:

>> Hello Seth,
>>
>> Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 9:23:00 AM, you wrote:
>>
>>> Your primary server runs fedora? May I ask why?
>>> -sv
>>
>> I  have  limited  time to do system installs and maintenance. Sticking
>> with  one  distribution  helps keep that sane. I have a dual boot XP +
>> Ubuntu machine that I do some play with, but I find it strange, having
>> used  Fedora  since  FC3.
>>
>> If  Fedora isn't up to the task of handling the basic services that my
>> server  provides  (dns,  dhcp, samba, ftp and http) for my home office
>> with multiple PCs, what good is it?

> Handle the tasks? Sure fedora can - but it doesn't have the updates 
> lifespan for a server.
> -sv

Until  F8,  I  had  no  problems  with the 6 month release cycle.  I'd
update  my  desktop,  then  update my server once I was confident that
everything was stable.  I don't mind if it works.

I  prefer  to work on the server in X.  The massive X changes over the
last  few  releases  introduced problems were for a good cause (but at
the time were painful).  I expect that to be fairly settled down, as I
don't run any applications that require 3d.

Bind  seems to messy by nature. Starting in F10, configuration changes
were  required each release. These were not necessarily all documented
(selinux,  chroot not working/recommended). Opening problem reports in
Bugzilla helped to get those addressed.

I'd  like  to  get  back to where Fedora "just works", so I could have
some  time to do development work in areas that would help move Fedora
ahead.

Al