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I don't know if this is a "correlation vs causation" thing, or if
the political discussion has anything to do with it. Also, this
isn't very true that they can't find candidates, but the election
for their board IS a shallow pool to pick from (4 people for 3
spots).<br>
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But that said, I haven't seen a lot of enthusiasm in OpenSUSE as a
project in awhile one way or another. This is dating back a few
years.<br>
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The things that it is trying to do to stand out just...well, aren't
drawing a lot of community enthusiasm! Especially not compared to
the buzz that System76 has generated with Cosmic Desktop, or the
Universal Blue project as a whole with their immutable spin on
Fedora (Bazzite especially drawing the most buzz), or even Rhino
Linux. The things that OpenSUSE are trying to do are being done by
other projects, but faster and with more press, and have results to
show for it. <br>
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Even taking the flawed Distrowatch with a grain of salt, all metrics
show that OpenSUSE isn't garnering the interest it once did.<br>
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I mean, even Debian is moving faster than OpenSUSE these days, and
getting more attention, and that says something.<br>
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Without project enthusiasm, you aren't going to find a deep pool of
people willing to captain the boat. It may not be sinking, but it's
not moving forward either.<br>
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And really, this is a problem for the entire FOSS community, big and
small.<br>
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-Matt<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/28/25 20:06, Matthew Gibson via
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<div>I recently watched a video on YouTube about openSUSE and
how it is struggling to find candidates to run for its
governing board. </div>
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<div>Is this a leading edge of Linux and open source projects
failing all together or will there be a resurgence of
tolerance in the community for individuality in all its
flavors? or will projects burn to the ground to give space for
new forks to rise from the ashes like phoenix?</div>
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<div>I'm curious what other users have experienced when
differences of opinion get in the way of good things and cause
mass destruction of projects.</div>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4ZKtKGiNq8&t=1s"
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Candidates After Banning Conservatives</a>
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<div>Thanks for your insight and wisdom, should you choose to
share them.</div>
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<div>Matthew</div>
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