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Irenes (many)

@mcc Linux users are immersed in a culture that explicitly views software as a communal effort, working towards common purpose. Maybe that idea isn't explicit for everyone, but when people are steeped in it, of course they contribute bug reports! A bug report is an attempt to help the project! It may also feel like a complaint, but the material effect of it is helpful.

1 Nov 2023 at 22:21 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.social
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Escaping Galt's Gorean Gulch

@irenes @mcc brushing the oxidation off my Bugzilla search skils confirms that Linux is responsible for disproportionately more bug reports to the size of the user base as a whole.

Windows is 85% of Firefox users on desktop, see data.firefox.com/dashboard/har.

I can write this up as a blog post if folks are interested.

1 Nov 2023 at 22:28 | Open on orbital.horse
Irenes (many)
Irenes (many)

@emma @mcc also can we just say that it took us a moment to realize you weren't trying to say anything about rust the programming language there :)

1 Nov 2023 at 22:31 | Open on mastodon.social
Matthew Miller
mcc

@irenes Or they value their time less "lol"

1 Nov 2023 at 22:34 | Open on mastodon.social
Janne Moren

@irenes @mcc
It's probably more simple than that. A much higher proportion of Linux users work in jobs related to software development or deployment, or have that as a hobby. That background is likely what attracted them (us) to the OS in the first place.

And so a much higher proportion know that filing bug reports is important, and a much higher proportion is familiar and comfortable with the process.

2 Nov 2023 at 0:44 | Open on fosstodon.org
Siderea, Sibylla Bostoniensis

@jannem

The Golden Rule in action: "Well, I'd certainly hope somebody would file a bug report to let me know about an issue in *my* project!"

@irenes @mcc

2 Nov 2023 at 3:12 | Open on universeodon.com
Irenes (many)

@siderea @jannem @mcc that's honestly a good point. we think it's still compatible with what we said, but yeah that does deserve to be mentioned

2 Nov 2023 at 3:30 | Open on mastodon.social
Klara Binon

@irenes @mcc if you might be able to look at which windows users file bugs, maybe many are involved in open source as well

2 Nov 2023 at 5:56 | Open on fosstodon.org
Irenes (many)

@Klara @mcc interesting thought. seems a little invasive to go digging that up about people, though we don't doubt it's possible these days. cool speculation though

2 Nov 2023 at 5:57 | Open on mastodon.social
Klara Binon

@irenes @mcc
Taking care of the commons is something we do, and it spills over to things that are technically owned but that we use together.

2 Nov 2023 at 8:29 | Open on fosstodon.org
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