--- title: "Grieving With Others" id: "741" type: "post" slug: "grieving-with-others" published_at: "2010-01-19T16:41:29+00:00" modified_at: "2014-04-12T20:31:47+00:00" url: "https://johnpoelstra.com/grieving-with-others/" markdown_url: "https://johnpoelstra.com/grieving-with-others.md" excerpt: "When was the last time something on Fedora Planet made you cry? I mean really weep. It hadn’t happened to me until I read Russell’s post. Russell, my heart and prayers are with you and your wife. I particularly appreciated......" taxonomy_category: - "Software & Technology" taxonomy_post_tag: - "Fedora" --- [Skip to the content](#site-content) [John Poelstra](https://johnpoelstra.com) ### Bringing order to chaos and clarity to confusion - [One Conversation](https://johnpoelstra.com/) - [Podcast](https://johnpoelstra.com/category/podcast/) - [About](https://johnpoelstra.com/about/) Toggle search field - [One Conversation](https://johnpoelstra.com/) - [Podcast](https://johnpoelstra.com/category/podcast/) - [About](https://johnpoelstra.com/about/) # [Grieving With Others](https://johnpoelstra.com/grieving-with-others/) When was the last time something on [Fedora Planet](http://planet.fedoraproject.org) made you cry? I mean really weep. It hadn’t happened to me until I read [Russell’s post](http://blog.russellharrison.com/2010/01/18/information-for-our-friends-and-family/) . Russell, my heart and prayers are with you and your wife. I particularly appreciated your link to the [article on how people can help](http://www.angelfire.com/oh/AbigailMadison/family.html) . I’ve only met Russell once, but I’ll never forget him. It was at [FUDCon in Raleigh, NC](http://barcamp.org/FUDConRaleigh2008) , January 2008. During a hackfest for testing [Anaconda](http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda) , a guy walked in with a roller cart and a large backpack. He said he’d brought 10 laptops from work to test Fedora on. I don’t think we gave all those laptops the work out that they deserved, but I appreciated his heart and was impressed that he hauled all of that gear to FUDCon. I love that Fedora Planet carries more than just news about Fedora. It gives a human face to all of us. I want to hold on to the human part more because it is easy for me to lose sight of it in Fedora, particularly when people hold positions I don’t agree with. We’ve achieved a lot in Fedora with technology that allow us to be in different physical spaces. Situations like this are a definite reminder of its limitations–when human presence is needed most. #### John Poelstra [Author archive](https://johnpoelstra.com/author/john-poelstra/) January 19, 2010 [Software & Technology](https://johnpoelstra.com/category/software/) [Fedora](https://johnpoelstra.com/tag/fedora/) [Previous post](https://johnpoelstra.com/core-fedora-functionality/) [Next post](https://johnpoelstra.com/goals-for-2010/) ## 4 Comments ## [Add yours](#respond) 1. [Russell Harrison](http://blog.russellharrison.com/) [October 2, 2010 at 12:27 pm](https://johnpoelstra.com/grieving-with-others/#comment-175) [Reply](#comment-175) John, I just wanted to say thank you for this post. The support we received from the Fedora community meant so much to my wife and I after our loss. I no longer think of my “Fedora Friends”, I think of you guys as my “Fedora Family”. [Reply](#comment-175) 2. Paul Mellors[January 19, 2010 at 1:35 pm](https://johnpoelstra.com/grieving-with-others/#comment-174) [Reply](#comment-174) I’m glad i’m not the only one that wept…:( [Reply](#comment-174) 3. Chad McCullough[January 19, 2010 at 10:06 am](https://johnpoelstra.com/grieving-with-others/#comment-173) [Reply](#comment-173) I don’t even know what to say. How do you deal with a loss like this? [Reply](#comment-173) 4. [Karlie Robinson](http://karlierobinson.blogspot.com/) [January 19, 2010 at 9:58 am](https://johnpoelstra.com/grieving-with-others/#comment-172) [Reply](#comment-172) I didn’t see it come through the planet, and I wanted to thank you for your post. 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