On Mon, 2010-09-20 at 17:12 +0900, Satoru Matsumoto wrote:
And as I mentioned above, since most Japanese users are just interested in using openSUSE, they are rarely interested in what are going on in and around global openSUSE community.
Satoru, Thanks for a very enlightening post. This is interesting, because it also translates the Portuguese reality. I know some people who use openSUSE or used heavily in the past, and a whole horde of people who use Linux, mainly sysadmins, and some of them, are people which were deeply committed in bringing Linux out of the obscurity around 10 years ago. Much was done with 'distribution' support, based only on enthusiasts motivation. Now even with nearly full distribution support, people don't want to get enrolled. Most people I know (including myself) use Linux because it's a great tool, most of them have very high skills on networking, programming, etc... things we could use, but have no time and no motivation to get enrolled with FOSS, in fact many of them really don't like the 'linux geeks' from distributions. In a way I could place it easily as this: * The traditional Portuguese linux user is a fan of DJB (DJ Bernstein) and really don't care about RMS (Richard Stallman). That's an interesting approach. If there's anything we can help the Japanese community, though we're far away, we can always try to help. I know situations where European Portuguese localization also depends on mainly 1 contributor (that is the case of GNOME, through Duarte Loreto (happyman) and Fedora by Rui Gouveia). Localization is one of the key points in which every localized community should improve and develop to their best. I know distributions are more concerned about high tech skills, and often miss efforts in those fields, but time will show them that localization is a key factor to building a stronger community. Good to know there is openSUSE in Japan and that it's widely used. Nelson. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help@opensuse.org