> On 11/05/19 2:05 AM, Simon Matter via CentOS wrote: >>> Am 10.05.2019 um 11:12 schrieb Nux! <nux at li.nux.ro>: >>>> I maintain a desktop oriented repo for CentOS and last I checked a >>>> year >>>> or so ago, I got over 150k+ unique IPs with yum user agent downloading >>>> stuff from it. >>>> >>>> It's a bit anecdotal as perhaps not all are actual desktop users and >>>> some users were using multiple IPs (dhcp), but it shows there are >>>> quite >>>> a few users out there running CentOS for desktop purposes. >>>> >>>> There are desktop focused distros out there who do not even reach this >>>> kind of numbers. How many active users do you think Mageia or Linux >>>> Mint >>>> have? >>> >>> We are moving our workstations from OSX to EL8 right now. We think its >>> time to >>> couple our activities more tight to the new technologies that come with >>> EL8 ... >>> otherwise the user keeps brain-splitted :-) >> Don't get me wrong. At work we are running 99% of all desktop activity >> on >> RHEL/CentOS for much more than a decade. >> >> That's why I'm wondering why such a Firefox breakage has such a low >> priority for upstream. Our users are used to Firefox with several >> add-ons >> like uBlock and others. Suddenly having to run it without them is quite >> a >> mess and asks for an immediate fix. > > I have used CentOS 6 and 7 as workstation core along with EPEL, elrepo > and nux ever since v6 was released. It has just got better and better. > Then we have the likes of gnome and firefox, seeming to think of others > rather than the hard core users that have consistently worked to > streamline work flows in the real paying world. They are making huge > changes, motivated by .... and in the process sacrificing work flow and > efficiency as they pursue other goals. That's why we're using XFCE for more than a decade. That may sound a bit boring but it helps to stay focused on the real work. Regards, Simon