I’ve been using Debian-based distros most of my adult Linux life, but I read recently that KDE has a better experience on Fedora than Kubuntu, so I want to try it out.

I already know that I won’t be able to use apt, but what other differences should I expect with fedora?

The do not have an LTS release? What is upgrading like? When should you upgrade if you want stability?

  • ibot@feddit.orgEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Hey there!

    I used Mint for the last years and it is my main distro for Desktops for more than a decade with the exception of Manjaro for a couple of years. Since I wanted to try KDE, I was looking for another Distro for my new notebook.

    I really like Debian based distros, because I’m very familiar with it. And I do like Ubuntu. I do not like all of Canonicals desicions, but have to admit, that they do a lot of good stuff for the linux community too.

    Still, there were some reason why I did not want to use Kubuntu. I also wanted to have up to date software and kernel and therefore Debian itself was out. Time to look for a new distro.

    After trying Nobara, Auroora, openSUSE Tumbleweed and PikaOS and finding some super anoying stuff in all of them, I thought I should give Fedora a try. That should have been the obvious choice in the first place, but I think I wanted something more “special”.

    And what should I say? It just works. Installation and setup was easy, all my hardware was detected, I got used to dnf super quickly and I’m super happy with it. It has only been a week and therefore I have no long term experience, but my first impression is, that it is a super clean and well defined distro. I’m super positive that it will be solid choice for a daily driver.

  • derbolle@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    switched to fedora coming from windows and ubuntu. I update when I feel like it (every one to two weeks). It is largely rock solid and the only times i had Trouble was because of xone, which I installed via the source and then forgot to remove/update for quite a while.

    dnf and apt are quite alike, took only a short while to adjust and now i like it as much if not more.

    The KDE Plasma experience is very nice. I can fully recommend Fedora

  • Eeyore_Syndrome@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Consider a Universal Blue image instead.

    Chromebook easy Fedora out of the box experience. Batteries, Bells and Whistles included.

    Easy peasy rollbacks and upgrades.

    No more needing to manually add RPM Fusion just to get working hardware acceleration for Media in Firefox or to install Steam. Or extra steps for Nvidia drivers.

    I started on Fedora KDE 32 eventually migrated to Fedora Kinoite 38 and have been a happy Bazzite enjoyer ever since. 🎮🐧🥹

    Baked in #Distrobox, #Homebrew and #Bazzar Make installing and exporting .rpm or .deb files painless. Integrated Homebrew and Flatpak installers for installing apps.

    And super useful and convenient #ujust commands you won’t find on Fedora.

    Can even Fork/Make your own Image, or checkout some Community images.

    George made a Project Bluefin LTS image. Or you can also be more bleeding edge with testing branches.

    Developer Experience images are also available.

    • Kabe@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      💯 this.

      I’ve tried Fedora multiple times and to be honest I’ve always found it to be a pain in the ass. The out of the box experience is also severely lacking for the average user who just wants a modern operating system with all the apps and codecs pre installed and ready to go.

      These days, any laptop or desktop machine in my house gets Bluefin, while gaming/media devices get Bazzite.

      • glitching@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        4 months ago

        not this. you need to reboot every time to get new shit. that’s antithetical to how I’ve used desktopS (plural, yo) since the early aughts. my shit gets suspended in the evening and woken in the morning with all apps and windows how I left them. rebooting and breaking my flow makes this thing is a non-starter.

        • Kabe@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          4 months ago

          I mean, are you so desperate to get system updates that you can’t manually restart, say, every few days? You should be rebooting every time you get a kernel update, anyway.

          • glitching@lemmy.mlEnglish
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            4 months ago

            who’s “desperate”? I don’t wanna reboot to get new package updates. that’s a stupid concept that was done with in like Windows 98 days. I don’t reboot my desktop or my phone for weeks, that’s hella comfortable and I’m not going back from that.

            if the crowd pushing the immutable stack would lead with that, or at very least mention it, I’d keep shtum.

    • Limerance@piefed.socialEnglish
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      4 months ago

      I’m not quite sure what the differences between Aurora and Bazzite are, besides pre-installed Steam.

      What else is important do you think? Are there reasons beside gaming to choose Bazzite?

      As an aside, most websites for Linux distros have utterly meaningless and interchangeable descriptions on their websites: user friendly, powerful, etc.