2012/11/26, Joseph Wang <joequ...@gmail.com>: [...] > I suppose it would help if someone tries to "sell" me Mageia. What is > Mageia, and why should I volunteer to work on it? [...]
Hello, I won't tell you that you should be a volunteer to Mageia. You should volunteer to the project that you like, that matches your wishes, and if you like the community around this project. But I can tell you why I'm volunteer for Mageia and not another Linux distro. It's because Mageia is (or I suppose it is) targeted to lambda users that maybe have no programming skills. When I installed my first Mandrake in 2001 (8.0) I even didn't know how to use Windows, it was my first computer, and I just had to clic on "next -> next -> next" and the installation was done with no other skills than been able to read. I do not believe in Linux distro that need skills to install and manage, at least these distro are good but I think that they should only be provided to skilled people. I don't like to see in the LUGs people installing distros for non-programmers that are far beyond their skills. This said I'm only a very humble contributor, I've only packaged 2 things that will insterest lambda users. But if a lot of poeple do the same it would be enough. There are probably other motivations why contribute to Mageia and not another distro. Also I've not read all the thread, but I've read that you like to do things instead of talk to much. I'm the same, you will see very few post of me in the lists, I'm just doing the things I like on my side (very few things I admit), and most often I just don't know everything about what hapens in the mga community. So if it's what you want it's possible, but it seems that the package you did has more interactions, so in this case there is no escape for needing coordination. Best regards