2025-06-06 –, Opal
The available information about the use of Fedora Editions is sparse. It is essentially limited to the download numbers accumulated via “countme”. But even these are only partially meaningful.
The Fedora Server Edition Working Group has therefore conducted a user survey to learn more about the current user profile, as well as the wishes and expectations for future development. A total of 4,241 users participated, although only 574 answered all questions in a completely systematic manner. The evaluation is still ongoing. The results shed a new light on some of our plans for further development.
From our experience, we can also make suggestions for a systematization and regularity of such a survey, which can help not only the Server Edition, but also other editions and spins, in addition to “countme”, to reduce the knowledge gap about our users and their needs.
I’m a social scientist at University of Bremen, specialized in research methodology, statistics, and computational methods & infrastructure.
Personally, I have started using Fedora since release Fedora Core 1. Currently, I am a member of the Fedora Server Edition working group and the Fedora Docs Board.