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Fedora Annual Contributor Survey 2023
This survey is targeted to Fedora Contributors and Community Members. Fedora contributors and community members are those that participate in the project in any way, be it coding, bug testing, docs, graphic design, translations, outreach, etc.

Hello and thank you for taking the Fedora Annual Contributor Survey! We hope to use the data from this survey to understand the usage, engagement, and development patterns to further enrich our community. We will be sharing our findings at Flock 2023.

This survey is being ran by the Fedora Council to better understand our Fedora Contributors and Community Members, and to better steward the Fedora Project based on data.

Who gets to see the raw data: Fedora Council members
Who gets to see the summary data: Public
How to contact someone about issues with the survey: Send an email to siddharthvipul1@fedoraproject.org

Don’t forget to claim your Survey Taker badge after you click “Submit”!

There are 42 questions in this survey.
About You
What are your current role(s) in Fedora Project? *

Please choose all that apply:

Developer
Design
DEI Team
Documentation
Infrastructure
Localization
Outreach (Ambassadors, Join, Advocates)
Package Maintainer
Quality Assurance/Testing
Support
User
Other:

What do you use Fedora for? *

Please choose all that apply:

Data analysis
Development
Gaming
Generic desktop
Graphics/photo/video/design
Media playing
Office tasks
Operations (SysAdmin, DevOps) tasks
Other:

On a scale of 1-5 how familiar are you with Linux-based operating systems? (1 being new to Linux and 5 being a power user) *

Please choose only one of the following:

1
2
3
4
5

Which social networks do you regularly use? *

Please choose all that apply:

Diaspora
Facebook
Instagram
LinkedIn
Fediverse (Mastodon and other ActivityPub compatible services)
Twitter
Reddit
I don’t use social networks
Other:

Which messaging services do you regularly use? *

Please choose all that apply:

Discord
Google Hangouts/Chat
IRC
Jabber
Matrix/Element
Signal
Slack
Telegram
WhatsApp
I don’t use messaging
Other:

Which Fedora communication channels do you follow? *

Please choose all that apply:

Fedora Community Blog
Fedora Magazine
Fedora News on Telegram
Fedora Planet
Fedora on Facebook
devel-announce@ and other *-announce mailing lists
devel@ mailing list
Fedora at Fosstodon.org (via ActivityPub)
discussion.fedoraproject.org
r/fedora on Reddit
I don’t follow Fedora news
Other:

How comfortable do you feel speaking up about your ideas/opinions/theories or asking questions in Fedora spaces?(chat platforms, pagure, discussion) *

Please choose only one of the following:

Completely comfortable
Somewhat comfortable
Neutral
Uncomfortable
Varies depending on space
Other

Is English your first language? *

Please choose only one of the following:

Yes
No

Generic
Which Fedora Editions, Flavors or Variants do you use? *

Please choose all that apply:

Cloud
CoreOS
IoT
Kinoite (KDE, rpm-ostree)
Labs
Minimal or custom
Server
Silverblue (GNOME, rpm-ostree)
Onyx (Budgie, rpm-ostree)
Spins
Workstation (GNOME, default)
Other:

Which architectures do you use? *

Please choose all that apply:

aarch64
arm
ppc64/ppc64le
s390x
x86_64
riscv
i686
Don't know
Other:

Do you use Fedora Modules? *

Please choose only one of the following:

Yes
I tried, but then disabled them
I have never tried
Don’t know

Have you tried to use Fedora variants based on rpm-ostree (Silverblue, Kinoite..)? *

Please choose only one of the following:

Yes, and I still use it.
Yes, and I use it rarely.
I tried it, but then switched back to RPM-based system
I have never tried using it

Do you develop on single board computers for Fedora? If yes, which ones?

Please write your answer here:

Desktop
Do you use Fedora as desktop. (If you select No, this section will be skipped) *

Please choose only one of the following:

Yes
No

What is your preferred desktop environment? *

Please choose only one of the following:

Cinnamon
Gnome
KDE
LXQT
Mate
Sway
XFCE
dwm
i3wm
Other

Do you use Flatpaks? *

Please choose only one of the following:

Yes, regularly
Occasionally
I tried, but then removed them
I have never tried
Don’t know

Would you recommend Flatpaks?, and why? *

Please choose only one of the following:

Yes
No
I don't know what Flatpaks are

Make a comment on your choice here:
What is your preferred office suite? *

Please choose only one of the following:

LibreOffice
Google Office
MS Office
Only Office
I don’t use office tools
Other

What is your preferred browser? *

Please choose only one of the following:

Brave
Chrome
Chromium
Firefox
Gnome Web
Vivaldi
I don’t use browsers
Other

What is your preferred e-mail client? *

Please choose only one of the following:

Evolution
Geary
KMail
MailSpring
Thunderbird
claws-mail
emacs
mutt
web-based (GMail, etc)
I don’t use e-mail clients
Other

What is your preferred media player? *

Please choose only one of the following:

Celluloid
Clementine
Lollypop
Rhythmbox
SMPlayer
Totem
Spotify
VLC
mplayer
mpv
I don’t use media players
Other

What is your preferred image viewer? *

Please choose only one of the following:

DigiKam
eog (Gnome Image Viewer)
GIMP
Ristretto
GThumb
Gwenview
feh
geegle
Shotwell
imv
nomacs
sxiv
xnview
I don’t use image viewers
Other

How do you play Games? *

Please choose all that apply:

GOG
Lutris
Native
Steam
Wine
Windows (dual-boot, virtual machine)
I don’t play games
Other:

How satisfied you are with Fedora on Desktop experience? (1 being not satisfied and 5 being extremely satified) *

Please choose only one of the following:

1
2
3
4
5

Code
Do you use Fedora to write code? (If you select No, this section will be skipped) *

Please choose only one of the following:

Yes
No

What programming languages do you use? *

Please choose all that apply:

Bash
C
C#
C++
Fortran
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript, TypeScript,..
Lua
PHP
Perl
Python
R, Matlab,..
Ruby
Rust
YAML
Other:

What version control systems are you working with? *

Please choose all that apply:

Bazaar (bzr)
CVS
Git
Mercurial (hg)
Subversion (svn)
I don’t use version control systems

What forge system are you interacting with? *

Please choose all that apply:

Bitbucket
Codeberg
Gerrit
GitHub
GitLab
Gitea
Pagure
Sourcehut
SourceForge
I don’t use forge systems
Other:

Which text editor do you use (for random small edits) *

Please choose only one of the following:

Atom
Kate
SublimeText
VS Code, VS Codium
emacs
gedit
joe
mcedit
micro
nano
vim, neovim
Other

Which is your primary development environment? *

Please choose all that apply:

Any JetBrains product
Eclipse
emacs
vim, neovim
NetBeans
VS Code, VS Codium
Qt Creator
Atom
Gnome Builder
I don’t have one
Other:

Which container tools do you use? *

Please choose all that apply:

Docker
lxc
podman
systemd-nspawn
Toolbox (toolbx)
I don’t use container tools
Other:

How satisfied you are with Fedora as a developer workstation? (with 1 being not satisfied and 5 being extremely satisfied) *

Please choose only one of the following:

1
2
3
4
5

Community Outreach
Who are you connected with locally? *

Please choose all that apply:

hobbyists
Open Source Communities
Professional
Tech Communities
University/College/Grade School
Government
None
Other:

What kind of participation have you had in the Fedora’s outreach in the past/currently? *

Please choose all that apply:

Attendance/representation at events
Coordinating/organizing events
Demos/Workshops
Outreach at schools/universities
Outreach in professional networks
None
Other:

How accessible do you find Fedora resources to be? (such as docs, wiki pages, pagure repo, IRC/chatroom) (with 1 being not accessible to 5 being easily accessible) *

Please choose only one of the following:

1
2
3
4
5

How satisfied are you with community outreach within and outside of the Fedora Project? (With 1 being not satisfied and 5 being completeley satisfied) *

Please choose only one of the following:

1
2
3
4
5

Project organization
How familiar are you on how Fedora is organized as a project? (With 1 being very little awareness and 5 being “I am Fedora”) *

Please choose only one of the following:

1
2
3
4
5

Who would you first try to contact if you wanted to run a Fedora event/needed swag? *

Please choose only one of the following:

Fedora Community Architect
Fedora Council
Local User Group
Fedora Mindshare Committee
Regional Fedora Ambassador group
Other

Have you considered becoming a member of the FESCo, Mindshare Commitee or Council? And why or why not?

Please choose only one of the following:

Yes
No
I was/am a member now

Make a comment on your choice here:
Close-up
How satisfied are you with the Fedora Project overall? (1 being not satisfied and 5 being completely satisfied) *

Please choose only one of the following:

1
2
3
4
5

How likely are you to recommend contributing to Fedora to a friend? (1 being unlikely to 5 being very likely) *

Please choose only one of the following:

1
2
3
4
5

Is there anything else you would like to share with the Fedora Project?

Please write your answer here:

Thank you for taking out the time to complete this survey. We will be sharing the insights from this survey at Flock 2023. See you there!

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Fedora Annual Contributor Survey 2024 [2024]

This survey is targeted to Fedora Contributors and Community Members. Fedora contributors and community members are those that participate in the project in any way, be it coding, bug testing, docs, graphic design, translations, outreach, etc.

Hello and thank you for taking the Fedora Annual Contributor Survey! We hope to use the data from this survey to understand the usage, engagement, and development patterns to further enrich our community. We will be sharing our findings at Flock 2023.

This survey is being ran by the Fedora Council to better understand our Fedora Contributors and Community Members, and to better steward the Fedora Project based on data.

  • Who gets to see the raw data: Fedora Council members
  • Who gets to see the summary data: Public
  • How to contact someone about issues with the survey: Send an email to siddharthvipul1@fedoraproject.org

Don’t forget to claim your Survey Taker badge after you click “Submit”!

There are 42 questions in this survey.

About You

What are your current role(s) in Fedora Project? *

Select all that apply

Please choose all that apply:

  • Developer
  • Design
  • DEI Team
  • Documentation
  • Infrastructure
  • Localization
  • Outreach (Ambassadors, Join, Advocates)
  • Package Maintainer
  • Quality Assurance/Testing
  • Support
  • User
  • Other:

What do you use Fedora for? *

Select all that apply

Please choose all that apply:

  • Data analysis
  • Development
  • Gaming
  • Generic desktop
  • Graphics/photo/video/design
  • Media playing
  • Office tasks
  • Operations (SysAdmin, DevOps) tasks
  • Other:

On a scale of 1-5 how familiar are you with Linux-based operating systems? (1 being new to Linux and 5 being a power user) *

Please choose only one of the following:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Which social networks do you regularly use? *

Select all that apply

Please choose all that apply:

  • Diaspora
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Fediverse (Mastodon and other ActivityPub compatible services)
  • Twitter
  • Reddit
  • I don’t use social networks
  • Other:

Which messaging services do you regularly use? *

Select all that apply

Please choose all that apply:

  • Discord
  • Google Hangouts/Chat
  • IRC
  • Jabber
  • Matrix/Element
  • Signal
  • Slack
  • Telegram
  • WhatsApp
  • I don’t use messaging
  • Other:

Which Fedora communication channels do you follow? *

Select all that apply

Please choose all that apply:

  • Fedora Community Blog
  • Fedora Magazine
  • Fedora News on Telegram
  • Fedora Planet
  • Fedora on Facebook
  • devel-announce@ and other *-announce mailing lists
  • devel@ mailing list
  • Fedora at Fosstodon.org (via ActivityPub)
  • discussion.fedoraproject.org
  • r/fedora on Reddit
  • I don’t follow Fedora news
  • Other:

How comfortable do you feel speaking up about your ideas/opinions/theories or asking questions in Fedora spaces?(chat platforms, pagure, discussion) *

Choose one of the following answers

Please choose only one of the following:

  • Completely comfortable
  • Somewhat comfortable
  • Neutral
  • Uncomfortable
  • Varies depending on space
  • Other

Is English your first language? *

Please choose only one of the following:

  • Yes
  • No

Generic

Which Fedora Editions, Flavors or Variants do you use? *

Select all that apply

Please choose all that apply:

  • Cloud
  • CoreOS
  • IoT
  • Kinoite (KDE, rpm-ostree)
  • Labs
  • Minimal or custom
  • Server
  • Silverblue (GNOME, rpm-ostree)
  • Onyx (Budgie, rpm-ostree)
  • Spins
  • Workstation (GNOME, default)
  • Other:

Which architectures do you use? *

Select all that apply

Please choose all that apply:

  • aarch64
  • arm
  • ppc64/ppc64le
  • s390x
  • x86_64
  • riscv
  • i686
  • Don’t know
  • Other:

AI question here *

Choose one of the following answers

Please choose only one of the following:

  • Yes
  • I tried, but then disabled them
  • I have never tried
  • Don’t know

Have you tried to use a Fedora Atomic Desktop (Silverblue, Kinoite…)? *

Choose one of the following answers

Please choose only one of the following:

  • Yes, and I still use one.
  • Yes, and I use one rarely.
  • I tried one, but then switched back to RPM-based system
  • I have never tried using one

Do you develop on single board computers for Fedora? If yes, which ones?

Please write your answer here:

Desktop

Do you use Fedora as desktop. (If you select No, this section will be skipped) *

Please choose only one of the following:

  • Yes
  • No

What is your preferred desktop environment? *

Only answer this question if the following conditions are met:

((q15.NAOK == ‘Y’))

Choose one of the following answers

Please choose only one of the following:

  • Cinnamon
  • Gnome
  • KDE
  • LXQT
  • Mate
  • Sway
  • XFCE
  • dwm
  • i3wm
  • Other

Do you use Flatpaks? *

Only answer this question if the following conditions are met:

Answer was ‘Yes’ at question ’ [q15]’ (Do you use Fedora as desktop. (If you select No, this section will be skipped))

Choose one of the following answers

Please choose only one of the following:

  • Yes, regularly
  • Occasionally
  • I tried, but then removed them
  • I have never tried
  • Don’t know

Would you recommend Flatpaks?, and why? *

Only answer this question if the following conditions are met:

Answer was ‘Yes’ at question ’ [q15]’ (Do you use Fedora as desktop. (If you select No, this section will be skipped))

Choose one of the following answers

Please choose only one of the following:

  • Yes
  • No
  • I don’t know what Flatpaks are

Make a comment on your choice here:

What is your preferred office suite? *

Only answer this question if the following conditions are met:

((q15.NAOK == ‘Y’))

Choose one of the following answers

Please choose only one of the following:

  • LibreOffice
  • Google Office
  • MS Office
  • Only Office
  • I don’t use office tools
  • Other

What is your preferred browser? *

Only answer this question if the following conditions are met:

((q15.NAOK == ‘Y’))

Choose one of the following answers

Please choose only one of the following:

  • Brave
  • Chrome
  • Chromium
  • Firefox
  • Gnome Web
  • Vivaldi
  • I don’t use browsers
  • Other

What is your preferred e-mail client? *

Only answer this question if the following conditions are met:

((q15.NAOK == ‘Y’))

Choose one of the following answers

Please choose only one of the following:

  • Evolution
  • Geary
  • KMail
  • MailSpring
  • Thunderbird
  • claws-mail
  • emacs
  • mutt
  • web-based (GMail, etc)
  • I don’t use e-mail clients
  • Other

What is your preferred media player? *

Only answer this question if the following conditions are met:

((q15.NAOK == ‘Y’))

Choose one of the following answers

Please choose only one of the following:

  • Celluloid
  • Clementine
  • Lollypop
  • Rhythmbox
  • SMPlayer
  • Totem
  • Spotify
  • VLC
  • mplayer
  • mpv
  • I don’t use media players
  • Other

What is your preferred image viewer? *

Only answer this question if the following conditions are met:

((q15.NAOK == ‘Y’))

Choose one of the following answers

Please choose only one of the following:

  • DigiKam
  • eog (Gnome Image Viewer)
  • GIMP
  • Ristretto
  • GThumb
  • Gwenview
  • feh
  • geegle
  • Shotwell
  • imv
  • nomacs
  • sxiv
  • xnview
  • I don’t use image viewers
  • Other

How do you play Games? *

Only answer this question if the following conditions are met:

((q15.NAOK == ‘Y’))

Select all that apply

Please choose all that apply:

  • GOG
  • Lutris
  • Native
  • Steam
  • Wine
  • Windows (dual-boot, virtual machine)
  • I don’t play games
  • Other:

How satisfied you are with Fedora on Desktop experience? (1 being not satisfied and 5 being extremely satified) *

Only answer this question if the following conditions are met:

Answer was ‘Yes’ at question ’ [q15]’ (Do you use Fedora as desktop. (If you select No, this section will be skipped))

Please choose only one of the following:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Code

Do you use Fedora to write code? (If you select No, this section will be skipped) *

Please choose only one of the following:

  • Yes
  • No

What programming languages do you use? *

Only answer this question if the following conditions are met:

((q26.NAOK == ‘Y’))

Select all that apply

Please choose all that apply:

  • Bash
  • C
  • C#
  • C++
  • Fortran
  • Go
  • Haskell
  • Java
  • JavaScript, TypeScript,..
  • Lua
  • PHP
  • Perl
  • Python
  • R, Matlab,..
  • Ruby
  • Rust
  • YAML
  • Other:

What version control systems are you working with? *

Only answer this question if the following conditions are met:

Answer was ‘Yes’ at question ’ [q26]’ (Do you use Fedora to write code? (If you select No, this section will be skipped))

Select all that apply

Please choose all that apply:

  • Bazaar (bzr)
  • CVS
  • Git
  • Mercurial (hg)
  • Subversion (svn)
  • I don’t use version control systems

What forge system are you interacting with? *

Only answer this question if the following conditions are met:

((q26.NAOK == “Y”))

Select all that apply

Please choose all that apply:

  • Bitbucket
  • Codeberg
  • Gerrit
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Gitea
  • Pagure
  • Sourcehut
  • SourceForge
  • I don’t use forge systems
  • Other:

Which text editor do you use (for random small edits) *

Only answer this question if the following conditions are met:

((q26.NAOK == “Y”))

Choose one of the following answers

Please choose only one of the following:

  • Atom
  • Kate
  • SublimeText
  • VS Code, VS Codium
  • emacs
  • gedit
  • joe
  • mcedit
  • micro
  • nano
  • vim, neovim
  • Other

Which is your primary development environment? *

Only answer this question if the following conditions are met:

((q26.NAOK == “Y”))

Select all that apply

Please choose all that apply:

  • Any JetBrains product
  • Eclipse
  • emacs
  • vim, neovim
  • NetBeans
  • VS Code, VS Codium
  • Qt Creator
  • Atom
  • Gnome Builder
  • I don’t have one
  • Other:

Which container tools do you use? *

Only answer this question if the following conditions are met:

((q26.NAOK == “Y”))

Select all that apply

Please choose all that apply:

  • Docker
  • lxc
  • podman
  • systemd-nspawn
  • Toolbox (toolbx)
  • I don’t use container tools
  • Other:

How satisfied you are with Fedora as a developer workstation? (with 1 being not satisfied and 5 being extremely satisfied) *

Only answer this question if the following conditions are met:

((q26.NAOK == “Y”))

Please choose only one of the following:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Community Outreach

Who are you connected with locally? *

Select all that apply

Please choose all that apply:

  • hobbyists
  • Open Source Communities
  • Professional
  • Tech Communities
  • University/College/Grade School
  • Government
  • None
  • Other:

What kind of participation have you had in the Fedora’s outreach in the past/currently? *

Select all that apply

Please choose all that apply:

  • Attendance/representation at events
  • Coordinating/organizing events
  • Demos/Workshops
  • Outreach at schools/universities
  • Outreach in professional networks
  • None
  • Other:

How accessible do you find Fedora resources to be? (such as docs, wiki pages, GitLab repos, Matrix chat rooms) (with 1 being not accessible to 5 being easily accessible) *

Please choose only one of the following:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

How satisfied are you with community outreach within and outside of the Fedora Project? (With 1 being not satisfied and 5 being completeley satisfied) *

Please choose only one of the following:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Project organization

How familiar are you on how Fedora is organized as a project? (With 1 being very little awareness and 5 being “I am Fedora”) *

Please choose only one of the following:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Who would you first try to contact if you wanted to run a Fedora event/needed swag? *

Choose one of the following answers

Please choose only one of the following:

  • Fedora Community Architect
  • Fedora Council
  • Local User Group
  • Fedora Mindshare Committee
  • Regional Fedora Ambassador group
  • Other

Have you considered becoming a member of the FESCo, Mindshare Commitee or Council? And why or why not?

Choose one of the following answers

Please choose only one of the following:

  • Yes
  • No
  • I was/am a member now

Make a comment on your choice here:

Close-up

How satisfied are you with the Fedora Project overall? (1 being not satisfied and 5 being completely satisfied) *

Please choose only one of the following:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

How likely are you to recommend contributing to Fedora to a friend? (1 being unlikely to 5 being very likely) *

Please choose only one of the following:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Is there anything else you would like to share with the Fedora Project?

Please write your answer here:

Thank you for taking out the time to complete this survey. We will be sharing the insights from this survey at Flock 2023. See you there!

Do not forget to claim your badge

01.08.2023 – 21:42
Submit your survey.
Thank you for completing this survey.