The question is too vague to give a direct answer. About growing: Yes, I want the community and entire eco system around Linux to grow. Why? That means more people using, bigger communities, more help, more developers, more money, more support by companies. That’s good. However, there is a little bit dark side of this aspect too. More popular also means it will attract bad actors. But that’s part of growing up.

About “making progress”, I’m unsure what that actually means. What does “making no progress” in example mean? Wish your question was formulated a bit better in the body text, than this vague headline title.