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Version: 39
Rating: 7
Date: 2023-11-23
Votes: 3
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As per my previous review, I installed an immutable version of F39 on my second machine ... and it was GNOME (Silverblue). My intention to install immutable Budgie (Onyx) failed, as explained later.
What does "immutable" mean? To simplify and probably horrify the purists, it puts the whole operating system under source code control. The operating system is read-only; to update it, it is checked out and made read-write, the updates downloaded then merged into a new snapshot of the OS, then the old snapshot is retired and the machine reboots to the new snapshot. If the reboot fails, the operating system automatically rolls back to the last good snapshot. (It is also possible to boot to previous snapshots from the boot screen).
Making the operating system read-only and knowing exactly what files and folders are in it are clearly huge security improvements in themselves, but there are trade-offs.
The big one is (not) installing RPMs, except by a laborious and tacitly discouraged process of inserting them into the snapshot; RPMs and an immutable system are contradictory as an RPM, on installation, would attempt to add and remove files from the read-only folders! So the immutable system's updater is not dnf/yum, which doesn't exist; it is rpm-ostree. I was nearly stuck because I had to install restic in order to restore backups, but solved that by downloading a binary from restic's Web site and putting it into my home folder.
Hence the default "installation package" is flatpaks; even some standard GNOME applications are flatpaks and I have over 40 flatpaks installed already. Fortunately, somehow, the problems I have had elsewhere where some flatpaks are prone to crashing are not seen here. Interestingly, Firefox is not a flatpak (although there is nothing stopping you installing Mozilla's flatpak) so, when it is updated, it is evidently inserted into the build. The real GNOME basics (nautilus, gnome-terminal and similar) are also insertions.
Update feels different from traditional Fedora as all the action takes place before reboot - pressing the Update & Reboot button in GNOME Software results in a pause of several minutes while the new snapshot is created, then the reboot switches to the new snapshot instantly. It would be useful to have some visual indication of how the snapshot creation is going; the information is there as rpm-ostree update gives a wealth of feedback on the command line.
Unfortunately, the F39 Budgie immutable version (Onyx) is broken - for some reason its updates stop on 3 November (three weeks back at the time of writing), which negates the whole point of immutability (a more secure operating system). I tried twice then gave up and switched to GNOME (Silverblue).
The rating is difficult. I say 7 because, although the technology is superb, I suspect that the constraints on what can be installed will be too much for many home users.
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Version: 39
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-11-21
Votes: 5
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Silverblue 39 user here, tried it a few years ago and had some problems with some flatpaks not working properly or not at all so put it on the backburner for a while and waited for flatpaks to mature and be more consistent. I believe that moment has finally arrived, I started using SB again 6 months or so ago on 38 and recently rebased to 39 and very pleased with the outcome, everything just works like intended now. I used regular Fedora over the years and always liked it but several times ran into problems due to the way Fedora repackaged certain software and ended up having to reload a couple of machines which I dont want to take a chance on having to do every 6-12 months. Silverblue is bulletproof and the future of Linux. Many thanks to the Silverblue team!
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Version: 39
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-11-20
Votes: 1
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I once left a very negative review on Fedora, due to some pretty major issues I had with the system. Fortunately, with the release of Fedora 39 (I am using the KDE Spin) it has come to be the most polished distro I've used yet. Full disk encryption worked perfectly (both OpenSUSE Tumbleweed and Debian 12 failed to do this for me) and everything has worked exactly as expected. The only reason I'm giving it a 9/10 is because of dnf being a fairly slow package manager, which will be fixed by the time the dnf5 rewrite is released. There is an abundance of documentation to be found on the internet regarding Fedora and the repos are good enough. I wish the codecs issue was fixed and more software was packaged in the base repos.
Overall, 9/10. Very cool, Fedora project.
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Version: 39
Rating: 7
Date: 2023-11-18
Votes: 0
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I was Fedora fan for so many yers until all these encoder decoder codecs problems coming up.
Still I give it a try. bam... disappointed/
1. codecs installation still problematic , sometimes VLC not working, sometimes MPV.
2. when reboot, got DRM hang. I am not even using nvidia-driver... odd./
3. the whole instataion process is a mess, very bad user experience.
I got the same problem as the other user finally setting up evertyihing and ran smoothly, but bam
update then crash....
I am switching back to Manjao / Ubuntu as my defacto distro.
bye bye Fedora... instead of making flashing shiny distro, get the basic done first...
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Version: 39
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-11-14
Votes: 8
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Upgraded from F38 to F39. It went smoothly without bricking, though I still backed up my data just in case. Strangely enough, I didn't get the new Loupe, and my Bash prompt is still not colored. Not a big deal since I can fix these myself, just something that I think worth mentioning.
Overall, a premium experience that even proprietary operating systems failed to deliver. GNOME 45 is the one that stole the spotlight for me. If DNF5 was here as well, it would have been perfect. In any case, Fedora is a solid distro that is dependable for production machines.
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Version: 39
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-11-13
Votes: 8
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I don't know why I hesitated to Install Fedora for so long. It is truly the OS that saved my aging iMac 27in (late 2015). I tried other distros and they all presented various problems: either the sound card wasn't recognized or the video card wasn't working correctly. At any rate, everything worked great, and out of the box.
I just installed Gnome Tweaks to get the minimize/maximize buttons. No big deal! Works like a charm. The boot time is impressive, and I've had no issues with waking up the computer from suspend.
This is the distro that finally made me stop distro-hopping.
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Version: 39
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-11-13
Votes: 4
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I installed Fedora 39 KDE Plasma on my laptop because it was able to auto install around my Veracrypt'ed Windows 11 on the same NVMe. The Ubuntu installer did not automatically recognize its existence. Everything works and dual boots. Sure I could have manually installed around the Veracrypt'ed Windows, but I'm lazy. Manjaro will also recognize the Veracrypt Windows, but using Manjaro is like driving in the wrong lane at 100 mph. Fedora 39 is pretty much the same ole, but at least everything I want to install just works.
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Version: 38
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-11-13
Votes: 1
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A solid and stable release. I upgraded easily from Fedora 37 and this weekend upgraded to Fedora 39. Everything worked for me out of the box in F39. In F38, I had to apply a couple new packages for the wifi (Atheros) card to work properly. I'm using an older Dell Inspiron 3000 laptop, maybe five years old. I've been a Fedora user for a long time, perhaps 15 years. I mostly use it for productivity but also do some sound recording and synthesis on there, and Pulseaudio and JACK have definitely come a long way since the early days.
I also really like the Fedora community. Its pretty easy to get involved as a volunteer community member. Lots of bright people to work with who are enthusiastic and fun.
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Version: 39
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-11-11
Votes: 4
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I switched from Ubuntu Budgie to the Fedora Budgie spin. Really, this is the perfect implementation of Budgie, which is no surprise as the principal developer of Budgie is heavily involved.
On the usual install you get a Budgie desktop with no frills and a single bottom bar. The only additions are the two Fedora standard wallpapers and the Materia theme, which is oddly well suited to Budgie - it just looks right. The dark mode is, for once, pure black. There are no additional applets so you don't get the weather applet and similar which Ubuntu Budgie has.
Budgie is not a complete desktop - it has even fewer helping applications than xfce - so a combination of Gnome (Terminal, Calculator, Software gedit and others), MATE (atril, Eye of MATE), xfce (ristretto) and Cinnamon (caja) applications support it. These form a harmonious whole. Firefox, Thunderbird and LibreOffice are the "big three" of browser, email and office applications. As with vanilla Fedora, Software handles dnf updates straight off and Flathub flatpaks after the installation of one repository.
I have only found one bug - the Night Light doesn't find the location, even though location permissions are enabled, so the on/off time must be set manually.
A surprise was that, after starting, there were nearly 600 updates. This was presumably because the build for the gold ISO was frozen some time before the actual release. Fedora coped as it always does - it is built to cope with large, sudden uplifts. Another surprise was that there were two kernel updates in the first three days.
Really, all this is great. Budgie has certain limitations (the desktop is basic, with the contents static - to move something to or from the desktop you have to use caja, the split between Budgie Desktop Settings and System Settings is clunky and it takes too many mouse clicks to change the wallpaper to an arbitrary image) but it is fast, gets out of the way and is a masterpiece of good defaults; after install I could have used it with no reconfiguration whatsoever. If I were installing GNOME, I would feel obliged to install various extensions to fix some of its design choices which, collectively, would take its behaviour close to Budgie's. So why not just start with Budgie?
Fedora is Fedora - the Anaconda installer is awkward and, as noted, the pace of updates can be taxing - but I always feel it is the best engineered Linux distribution. I have never had disasters (machine booting to a command prompt after an upgrade, for example) and, as far as I know it is the only non-rolling release which keeps up with the point releases of GNOME applications and others.
Budgie has an ambitious roadmap (move to Wayland, with huge changes invisible to the user) and, in honour of that, I will try the immutable version (Onyx) on my second machine.
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Version: 39
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-11-07
Votes: 23
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I've been a Fedora guy for a while now. I'm also an unapologetic distro-hopper, but Fedora is what I always come back to when I get homesick usually around the time a new Beta shows up). 39 is no different - it's clean, user friendly, and stable even in beta The installer (Anaconda?) is the same as always, with it's oddly placed continue buttons and such I've kinda otten used to it over the years). All the updated stuff works the way you want it too, and while I wish they'd updated DNF already, the current version is quick enough once you tweak it's configuration a bit. It's not APT or Pacman zippy, but it's also more comfortable to use than either of those, at least in my opinion.
I use the Gnome version, and the new Gnome 45 is fantastic.Robust, stable, and beautiful. I run it mostly extension free (I can't live without Caffeine and Alphabetical App Grid), and it just gets better every version. The new look for FIles is great, even if it seems a bit wasteful of screen real estate at first, it's actually a significant improvement from an organization or usability perspective.
In short, this version of Fedora is great, but there's nothing earth-shattering here. If you disliked Fedora in the past, nothing present in 3 is goging to change your mind. But for us long-time Fedora users, it's yet another in a long line of stable, performant updates. And for us Gnomies, it's even better than that.
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Version: 38
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-10-30
Votes: 6
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Fedora is a good os, i like this because is Modern, clear and facility. Many years ago, i has mint as my default system but actualy i use fedora my favourite. The 'feel' of the distro helped me to just focus on my work for school and not get distracted. I liked that a lot. For some reason, the computer it was on ended up dying. I really don't know if it had anything to do with Fedora. But, that was really the best experience I had with Fedora. Everything I want to do on Fedora almost always works out of the box, and even when I find a bug in a Fedora package I can usually find a fix from the documentation available online from Fedora or the upstream project whose software is packaged by Fedora and propose a solution, and the Fedora package maintainers are professional and quickly fix the bug, which explains why Fedora is such a high quality distribution
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Version: 38
Rating: 2
Date: 2023-10-22
Votes: 1
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I tried Fedora in college (ages ago) and I liked it a lot. At that point, it was using the old GNOME desktop. It was pretty fast on my somewhat cheap laptop and I liked how everything felt very focused and linear (that's the best way I have to describe it). The 'feel' of the distro helped me to just focus on my work for school and not get distracted. I liked that a lot. For some reason, the computer it was on ended up dying. I really don't know if it had anything to do with Fedora. But, that was really the best experience I had with Fedora. Since then, I've periodically come back to the distro to give it a try, but I've found it much buggier and less stable (and I'm not talking about the rawhide releases). This latest version (and a few before) I tried and there were so many issues with the package management GUI. The installs kept getting irreparably damaged. Before I had even updated everything after a fresh install this time, it basically broke itself. It was unusable. I'm not even doing anything wild or crazy here. Most of the software I use isn't particularly on-the-bleeding-edge or demanding in terms of resources. So, it's not asking much for it to work without an issue. Honestly, I've rarely had such a bad experience with a distro. It really did a 180 from the stability and precision I used to get the feel of when using it. It's a shame. It was great for focusing and getting things done.
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Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-10-18
Votes: 7
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Another one of my gnome fedoras. To think that I used to jump around distributions. Ultimately, I chose two: tumbleeed and fedora. It's been like this with the fedora for several years. Once a week or two updates via software. It still works flawlessly and responsively on a 12-year-old laptop. I wholeheartedly recommend it, especially to people who use a laptop to review news, e-mail, banking, social security, etc. I also like Opensuse and Tumbleweed, but I find the fedora more comfortable to use.
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Version: 38
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-10-08
Votes: 9
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Fedora 38 is a great distro, I'm a minimalist and I like how it's not weighed down by lots of bloat. It's got just what it needs to help you instantly get you doing every day tasks and provide a nice smooth user experience.
- Installation was simple and straightforward.
- Leading edge enough to be current but not bleeding edge to the point of instability.
- Works from the get go, no fiddling with it to get a fresh install up and running.
The one thing I subtracted a point for is the software and update experience. The official + fusion repo's just don't have an impressive number of apps available. Also, downloading updates from the official repo is slow.
This is a great option if you're looking for a up to date distribution that's also stable enough to use as a daily driver out of the box.
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Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-10-07
Votes: 2
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I have done some distro hopping since last year to find the best option for my use cases, trying out about four or five other distros and Fedora is the winner and has earned its place as my primary free license open source operating system for both server and desktop and a rating of 10 out of 10 in this review. I first installed Fedora 36 over a year ago both on a server and the workstation edition on a desktop system with the Gnome desktop environment and have been able to upgrade both systems smoothly without any problems through two major upgrades so far.
Everything I want to do on Fedora almost always works out of the box, and even when I find a bug in a Fedora package I can usually find a fix from the documentation available online from Fedora or the upstream project whose software is packaged by Fedora and propose a solution, and the Fedora package maintainers are professional and quickly fix the bug, which explains why Fedora is such a high quality distribution. The package manager, dnf, is so much nicer looking in the messages it prints to the terminal, with the the information about the packages to be installed or removed formatted nicely in columns and color-coded; this is so much better than many other package managers and demonstrates a commitment to a pleasant user experience by the Fedora developers.
The amount of help online from third party sources is not as great as what is available for some other distributions, but I find the information available from official Fedora websites such as ask Fedora and Fedora discussions to be sufficient. There are useful articles highlighting new features from the Fedora developers and power users, and there are many other interesting and innovative things Fedora is doing such as teaming with Asahi to create a Fedora Asahi special interest group to bring Fedora workstation to devices that use Apple silicon and providing an immutable flavor of Fedora Workstation which is currently branded Silverblue. In my opinion, Fedora is a great place to be to learn about the latest innovations in the open source software world.
Pros: Excellent technical quality, very responsive to bug reports, and innovative.
Cons: Six month release cycle results in dealing with the hassle of more frequent major upgrades than some competing options, not as large a repository of software as some other popular distributions.
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Version: 38
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-09-30
Votes: 0
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Fedora 38 has worked like a charm on several architectures I own...ie Macs to mini-PCs. I recently installed a variant -, Fedora MATE-Compiz simply because the compositing features of the desktop cube work for me personally in the way of application switching.( Bear in mind that some distros have dropped or are in the process of dropping support for Compiz).
I started using Linux over twenty-five years ago in the form of Redhat 9....and things have gone full circle,,,after the superb experiences with Mint, Ubuntu, SuSE,PC-BSD and many other worthy Open-Source projects.
Fedora is great starting point for those who want to use a stable Linux for general purposes and perhaps beyond that.
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Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-09-29
Votes: 2
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Looking for an OS that you can install and use and not have to fiddle with it in order to get a complete OS desktop experience? Fedora is a great choice.
If you just want to install an OS and get on with your day instead of tinkering and wasting days on "system mechanic" nonsense, this is the OS to go for.
It's up to date, reliable and has very solid software selection/repos.
Fedora uses the latest in kernel versions and packages and so it offers a very up to speed software ecosystem.
Honestly I'm not sure what else one would want from a Linux distro, Fedora pretty much checks all the boxes.
Not everyone want's to edit config files and customise things in order to get a standard desktop experience. Not everyone has time for this kind of thing. Most people just want to get things done and want the OS to stay out of their way and work for them and not against them.
So yeah if you value your time Fedora is an excellent pick.
The only thing that would be nice to see is a full-on rolling release from Fedora for those who like this sort of thing. Currently the versions change every 6 months and although updating is straight forward it would be even better of we just had a pick at a rolling release vs the 6 month release cycle version.
It "kind of" is due to the ease of upgrades but it's not exactly a rolling release model if you really want to call it one.
Other than that I can't really complain about anything here.
Give it a shot and use it for 6 months and for your own opinion, I don't imagine you will encounter any major drawbacks.
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Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-09-15
Votes: 0
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XFCE spin (not the ugly and un-usable Gnome4 version).
Zero problems to report. XFCE is a simple, usable desktop.
Python3 is a fantastic programming environment.
gcc is a fantastic propgramming tool (and clang is also pretty good).
ssh allows me to manage other F38 machines (either on the LAN, or across internet connections).
People complain about X-Windows, but it works fine locally and across the internet (see previous line).
LibreOffice works fine, both with native file formats, but also with RTF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX.
I'm a fan of Chromium....no complaints.
A couple of older Windows programs are running perfectly using WINE.
Nothing - nothing at all - to complain about!!
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Version: 38
Rating: 5
Date: 2023-08-31
Votes: 0
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Fedora version 37 works better...
Above all, do not install the extension for the "Dock" because this extension causes lots of bugs in the apps... "Steam" works badly.
"Firefox" which is preinstalled also has a bug...
Even selecting the fastest download repositories "Fedora" is slow...even "Ubuntu" is faster.
On the other hand, fortunately, the utility which makes it possible to create a boot stick to install a new Linux does not bug it... I'm going to install something other than Fedora now....
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Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-08-29
Votes: 1
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I have been avoiding Fedora for a while because I haven't felt the need of installing it
However I recently had a small problem with my Ubuntu install (nothing major) and I thought it was the perfect excuse to distrohop to Fedora, and I fell in love instantly
Everything just works, I think I have only used the terminal once, everything is friendly and smooth, amazing experience and even the gaming experience has been amazing
Writing this after a couple of weeks with Fedora and I think I found my new daily driver, updates are done automatically, flatpak OOTB, very little maintenence and if you have any problem you can just rollback
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Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-08-23
Votes: 10
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Runs beautifully in every way. MacBook Air 2012. The Gnome version has given this machine a new lease on life. From the installation, which ran flawless, to day to day usage which is superb. It must be noted that the software center and flatpaks is smooth and impressive right out of the box.
I have not added any extensions to the installation, just wanted everything as the devs intended. I only changed the wallpaper and even that is stock. The standard LibreOffice suite does it's job as intended. I have not encountered any glitch or bug after 2 months of day to day usage.
I run updates weekly and these have all run smooth. Great OS, thank you Fedora!
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Version: 38
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-08-20
Votes: 2
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Red Hat 9 was our daily driver at the university back in the days, so I naturally come back to Fedora once in a while and... always get disappointed, removing it after a couple of weeks if not days.
This time with Fedora 38, I couldn't even get it to start. The installation went fine on my setup (separate boot, system on lvm-on-luks), the boot loader finds the kernel, and from there nothing works. Fedora is not asking for the luks password but I got no error message about the root partition not being found, so I guess it crashed very early. No busybox, no initramfs login, just a couple of messages that make no sense and a "press enter to reboot". No way to fix it and no clue about what went wrong. Bricked to the bones. Also, Fedora left some apple garbage files on the root of my ESP. Why? I'm not even using a Mac.
I have no doubt this distro works out of the box for many people, but such problems often show up with Fedora. This is not a distro made for people. This is Red Hat's playground where unpaid employees (us) waste their time beta-testing things for them. I've waited for 20 years for Fedora to become something, to care about its users, to mature a non-toxic community. I now give up.
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Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-08-04
Votes: 24
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I've been with fedora with gnome for a few years now. I actually forgot I was using it. All updates flawless. I update once a week or two weeks. And to think I used to jump around distributions. My laptop is 11 years old! It moves lightly, responsively, without heating. I don't play games, I use only the Internet, mail, gimp and website. I can't say anything bad about the fedora, just a revelation. Previously I used debian, mint, manjaro, ubuntu and a few more but finally settled on fedora permanently and I'm not complaining. The printer is also trouble-free hp laserjet p1102w.
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Version: 38
Rating: 6
Date: 2023-08-04
Votes: 0
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It was just sort of buggy for me with things like Control center launching then instantly crashing. Gnome control crashing when I was not using PC. I get its a cutting edge sort of distribution but I have also read that it was pretty stable which has not been my experience using what I consider rather vanilla type hardware that was easily detected and showed no signs of issues. That just leads me to assume the OS is just unstable which is disappointing. I was hoping that Fedora would be a keeper in terms of running a Linux operating system. But Its back to trying some other distro's to find that one that holds promise of uneventful computing.
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Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-07-31
Votes: 3
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I worked with many distributions of Linux except BSD. Fedora is the best for me. because:
1) Edge of technology
2) The newest of Gnome Version installed for that
3)Good software manager
4)Terminal command like Redhat
5)Easy installation without swap
6)Preinstall VPNs and Proxies
SO I suggest install Fedora for test once at the minimum and enjoy that. Fedora Linux is a Linux distribution developed by the community-supported Fedora Project and owned by Red Hat. Fedora Linux contains software distributed under a free and open-source license and aims to be on the leading edge of such technologies
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Version: 38
Rating: 7
Date: 2023-07-20
Votes: 0
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Well, Fedora seems pretty stable but lacks installing Codec's by default and the install process is more daunting then it should be.
Their should be a more streamlined install with a optional advanced setup. But we are talking about a distro more suited for business and more advanced users. I was not expecting myself to see a Ubuntu or Mint type simple install. Personally I like the pure Gnome look and it performs really well even on my quad Celeron Mini PC. I never felt like it was slow and it even felt a little more responsive then Windows 10 or 11. I probably won't stick with Fedora very long as I find it a little more business oriented then consumer. One interesting note I found it interesting that Fedora foud all the hardware properly and Windows could not and required several drivers to be manually installed. Apparently Geekom the maker of this mini does not register drivers with Microsoft for updating through Windows. This is one area I always took points off for Linux and its drivers. But I think at least in this case it worked very well.
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Version: 38
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-07-12
Votes: 5
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The main issue I find with linux distros is their issues with new hardware which makes finding the right distro difficult and fedora is no different.
Obviously it makes sense in this predicament to install a distro with the most up to date kernels available which limits the distro selection as most distros are still using 5.x.
I chose fedora 38 after trying tumblewwed and some older distros. Tumbleweed resulted kernel panics on boot while a reboot alleviated it which was weird but I did like the speed and memory usage.
I have a ryzen 5 and radeon integrated graphics and that is an issue so I found because the first thing I found is that wayland does not play nice which is default in fedora and it causes system freezes. I use x11 which works perfectly.
The second issue I found was with memory, it actually jumped to 4.2 GB which was weird considering suse was using 2.7 GB, I found this to do with kmail and dependant packages which I removed as I dont use an email client anyway which brought it down to 2.5 GB with browser working and 1.5 without.
The finger sensors dont work because its too new which i dont care about anyway, it does not work on any distro.
The third issue was speed which i loved in suse and I found that this was down to the default animation speed set in each distro. I set it to instant in fedora and it was faster than suse.
Another issue I found was the issue with hd audio which is not using the main driver and when you turn it on the audio stops, again, new hardware has issues. This is a general linux problem though and causes stability issues with newer laptops.
This distro is never for the newbie and never was.
It does require tweaking to get it right and is essential for new hardware as my laptop is 4 months old.
Older hardware should be fine with fedora.
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Version: 38
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-07-10
Votes: 12
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I stopped using Fedora long ago once Gnome 3 was released. I hated Gnome 3. I distro hopped for years using different desktop environments. But I have just tried Fedora 38 and Gnome has come a long way. I actually like Gnome now. It's quite beautiful, easy to use and just works. My only problem with Fedora 38 is there is no email client that comes with it. Sure I can download one from the store, but I would prefer it came with one that Fedora approves and has built in to match with themes and such. But still, a great release. I am gong to roll with this for a while now.
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Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-07-08
Votes: 6
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Wonderful release. Been a Fedora user since the core series (Red Hat days). I love the way one is able to connect to repositories using GUI tools faster and also tweak GNOME 3.x (even though i hate this version of GNOME). When you use Gnome-tweak-tool it looks much better but i really think the desktop developers were trying to get Mac's look and feel on Linux. That said, everything works perfect,; sound check is great, more stable than most debians when you through it on a Network of computers and the internet plus it makes life easier as i prefer using Linux native apps than WINE. A lot of native Apps are available via flat-pak, Github and other repositories alike.
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Version: 38
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-07-01
Votes: 5
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Many folk (like me) hate GNOME3 with a passion. The solution: use Fedora 38 XFCE Spin edition. XFCE gets the user back to something like GNOME2.....simple, sensible, easy to use.......
F38 is also really good with older Windows applications.....just install WINE and you will be good to go!
OK...nothing is perfect! Make sure you do a clean install of F38 with the ext4 file system. Fedora defaults to btrfs.....a serious mistake in my opinion.
That's it.....9 out of 10.....close to perfection!!
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Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-06-23
Votes: 16
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ok this distro is absolutely fantastic, it's very stable even though it's cutting edge and you need to try to be able to break it, it is probably the best GNOME experience and it is also very customizable with all the extensions, although i do admit that if you want to customize it you have to do your own research and look for ways to do it, it doesn't present the customization options immediately unlike KDE or Cinnamon but if you do enough research you can make it look exactly how you want to, the potential is illimited thanks to the community extensions, you can make it look like any OS while still retaining the benefits of the cutting edge technology and the stability of fedora, i've seen people having their systems break after an update but i personally never had that problem, and people who had that problem just reinstalled and their systems got back to normal,
i honestly don't see why you should use arch if you're going to use GNOME anyways, arch is good for other DEs but if you're gonna use GNOME then you can use fedora without the fear of completely breaking it every month or so
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Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-06-11
Votes: 17
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Features of Fedora
Since it's been around for a long time and is still supported, it has a lot of features, but let's focus on the main points:
Comes with the standard GNOME
One of the biggest advantages is the standard GNOME desktop (the advanced desktop environment popular for Linux). Although GNOME is one of the main Linux desktop environments, very few distributions contain a standard desktop. Predominantly GNOME comes with various modifications that try to mimic the graphical interface of the 90s.
Fedora provides one of the cleanest, modern examples of GNOME.
User-friendly
Many operating systems try to help new users adapt with graphical installers and welcome screens, but no one expected the same from the free Fedora. Nevertheless, it supports a ready-made Flatpak in addition to RPM files.
Third-party repositories can be enabled during installation, and after installation, users are greeted with a welcome screen that talks about interface basics, working with gestures, shortcuts.
Provides cutting-edge software
Fedora has updates every 6 months, with no LTS version, so users get up-to-date changes, with the latest version always being the flagship version.
Unlike most competitors, Fedora delivers cutting-edge open source software. It was the first major distribution to switch from ext4 to Btrfs, from X11 to Wayland, from PulseAudio to PipeWire.
Reliable
When radical changes are made to Fedora, you can be sure they are ready for active mass use.
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Version: 38
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-05-20
Votes: 7
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This is my main distribution after I started distrohopping. A fine and polished distribution with a minimal installation out of the box while also providing many QoL features that could be considered minor for the average user, but for my Optimus laptop, the fact that most applications that require my NVIDIA card use that by default, make this distribution my favorite.
In version 38, unfiltered flathub was added when selecting third-party repositories on first-boot, which is another plus from me.
What I don't find appealing is the installation process. From a new user perspective, it is a little difficult to understand everything. This is where Ubuntu is better in my opinion. Ubuntu's installation process in the recent 23.04 is very appealing, has a nice and polished UI and an easy way to install the system: just clicking next a bunch of times. For the new user this is optimal for the Operating System experience.
Besides the installation process, another thing they don't do that Ubuntu does is having the ability to enable Multimedia codecs in the installer. Ubuntu does that and still says that they are third-party and subject to licenses
Even with these very small complaints, this is my favorite distribution by far and recommend it to everyone willing to put their time into either learning Linux, or using it as a personal desktop Operating System
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Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-05-19
Votes: 3
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I used Uubuntu since 19.04 until 23.04 versions. When I bought new SSD, I started to install 23.04 from scratch over the existing Btrfs partition. And there was the problems with Ubuntu installers:
1. New installer doesn't create subvolumes for home and root partitions.
2. Legacy installer is buggy and after installation Ubuntu 23.04 doesn't boot and fall into initramfs.
I decided to try Fedora 38 installed it without any issues and fall in love with it. At first look Fedora is more minimalistic and better polished. Vanilla GNOME w/o Dash looks great and provide different user experienece than Ubuntu's GNOME with Dash.
My Ubuntu 23.04 rating is 8/10 and Fedora 38 - 10/10.
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Version: 38
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-05-17
Votes: 6
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If there was a button during setup to enable the various extra codecs/VA acceleration, it would've been the best Linux experience. Right now, you need to manually install rpmfusion to have a first-class desktop experience, as compared to Windows and macOS.
Unfiltered Flathub installed by default is a great choice; the distro also continues to provide near-latest versions of packages and new features, while remaining stable.
I'm looking forward to when the Silverblue version starts getting primetime attention - I honestly believe Fedora is the future of Linux.
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Version: 37
Rating: 4
Date: 2023-05-10
Votes: 1
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It is a fine distro, but it is far from been a Distro for linux nubies. The installer is really messy, specially if you have more than two partitions and you need to use the custom partition configuration, it is probably the worst among all other most used distros like Mint, Ubuntu, SuSe, Rose, Open Mandriva.
Pros: Stability, huge commnunity, you can get easy help
Cons: not straight forward support for Nvidia cards (it does not have something similar to Ubuntu or Mint to install the Nvidia Drivers --- Driver Manager---
I promised myself not to install it again until there is a decent Installer available for the Distro. Anaconda is really ridiculous. I think Anaconda is just fine for installing Servers, usually you don´t have to deal with multipartitions, you probably create volumes, etc.
Long time user of most of major Distros: SuSe, PCLinuxOs, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Rosa Linux, Mageia, etc
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Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-05-10
Votes: 11
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This is a desktop user review.
I've distrohopped these last couple of years like I had nothing else to do.
All day, almost every day these last few months.
I've tried most of the top 20 distros on Distrowatch (thank you Distrowatch)
If you're looking for stability, get Debian stable. Old software, tested ad infinitum. Won't break.
If you want to run on really old hardware, MX Linux might be your go to. It's the top rank solely because of this.
*If*, although, you're looking for a balance of the latest and greatest with a solid foundation, Fedora is the distro of choice. Fedora 38 has hit that sweet spot in release cycles that even for Fedora is an achievement.
The default desktop is Gnome 44, dubbed Kuala Lumpur. Gnome right now is the Desktop Environment (DE) that has the most cash investment in its development. More than KDE. It's starting to show. I'm not the biggest fan of super tweaking the DE from a bunch of different sources, but when you get the hang of it, you can get a desktop that is more aesthetic than Windows 11.
Give it a go if you want something stable and new. Fedora's not going anywhere. It's backed by Redhat Enterprise Linux (REL) a big company, and Fedora developpers, as of today, are running a tight ship.
Kudos Fedora on Fedora 38!
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Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-05-07
Votes: 6
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Fedora is a distro that holds up over time, over months and years.
I use Fedora 38 and Fedora Silverblue. This last distro is a great success, if you take the time to understand it and really look into it (toolbox)
For :
- Great stability
- In case of problem, big reactivity for updates
- Latest versions of software
- Team vision, lots of communication, fairly strong transparency (example: discussions on the 2028 agenda)
- Seriousness of the team: thus version 37 had been postponed for a security / stability problem
Cons:
- Obligation to use RPM fusion for certain codecs (simple, explained in videos or the wiki)
- No LTS version for fedora server, it's incomprehensible.
I put a 10 because it turns out to be powerful, efficient over time. 10 for this long-term stability, security, novelties and quality of Fedora Silverblue.
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Version: 38
Rating: 7
Date: 2023-05-05
Votes: 0
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The OS itself seems a little slow, but tight and usable, but continuing a rather nasty habit in recent Fedora releases, the backgrounds and graphics in the interface leave a helluvalot to be desired. The screen art (similar to F37) looks like a random screen grab from a bad manga cartoon, and the flat-style icons and interface graphics make it look like an OS interface built by Playskool with icons supplied by Fisher Price.
Do yourself a favor and grab the MATE version, and then fetch Enlightenment after the install.
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Version: 38
Rating: 2
Date: 2023-05-04
Votes: 6
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Despite Fedora's potential advantages, my assessment revealed several notable concerns..
Performance and Package Management:
Fedora's DNF package manager, while operational, faces difficulties in matching the speed and effectiveness of its counterparts.
Stability and Usability:
My Fedora experience was negatively impacted by system instability, which significantly influenced my overall perception. Moreover, Fedora's Gnome desktop environment is resource-demanding and missing crucial features.
Beginner Friendliness:
The limited guidance Fedora offers for installing codecs, basic utility softwares etc results in a challenging learning curve for new users. The possibility of updates disrupting Gnome extensions is an additional source of problem.
Compatibility and Support:
Fedora encounters compatibility issues such as boot complications with specific graphics cards. Furthermore, software developers might not offer extensive support for this distribution. Problems with driver compatibility, WiFi connectivity, and faulty DNS resolution exacerbate the user experience.
Software Center and Pre-installed Applications:
While Fedora's software center boasts an appealing interface, it falls short in search functionality, compelling users to rely on command-line approaches. Pre-installed apps suffer from missing codec problems and lag, necessitating extra post-install tasks to ensure the system is suitable.
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Version: 38
Rating: 6
Date: 2023-05-04
Votes: 4
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I have been a long-time user of Fedora Linux and have recently encountered performance issues with Fedora 38, as it appears to be significantly slower and less responsive when compared to its predecessors. Despite numerous attempts to reinstall the software on various machines, the performance remained unsatisfactory. In my humble opinion, Fedora 37 performs much better. It seems that Fedora 38 lacks optimization, and exhibits qualities of a beta or alpha product. Additionally, I have also encountered issues with its boot process as the panels or top bar do not load correctly, rendering the software unusable. This is unfortunate and disappointing.
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Version: 38
Rating: 3
Date: 2023-04-30
Votes: 0
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The installer is too simplistic and doesn’t offer enough options.
Only vanilla GNOME is offered.
Fedora is noticeably slower and more power hungry than other distros, both on bare metal and in a VM.
Despite it’s reputation as a distro for developers, important development tools are missing in the default install.
Fedora is also the mother distribution of the controversial systemd.
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Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-04-22
Votes: 21
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Fedora remains the benchmark for Linux. The projects that make it up are the most advanced and risky, but it still manages to be a stable distribution. Ideal for those who want to venture into the future of Linux.
The immutable systems offered by the distribution (Silverblue, with Gnome; Kinoite, with Plasma; Sericea, with Sway), are among the most advanced projects of their kind.
PROS:
1. Stability between versions.
2. Updated software.
3. New technologies.
4. Support of a great company.
CONS:
1. Medium difficulty.
2. Need to add proprietary drivers and codecs.
3. Limited support time.
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Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-04-21
Votes: 15
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All in all, a very pleasant experience so far. I have always used Ubuntu before, but since Canonical does not support Flatpak, I have decided to use Fedora. Despite the fairly recent software, Fedora is very stable. What I like most is the integration of Flathub out-of-the-box. Which means I don't need most of the other sources, like Chrome or Steam repositories. You can get all that from Flathub and it works without any problems.
Gnome 44 is a great desktop environment and has been implemented very well. The dark mode is also great and you can easily enable dark mode for legacy applications thanks to Gnome tweaks. This is especially useful for some flatpaks. Very simple. The fonts are also very pleasant.
What I do not like is the default file system BTRFS. The default partinioning is also incompatible with timeshift. Snapshots cannot be created with it. You have to specify @ and @home in the installer first, only then a snapshot with Timeshift works without problems. This could be improved. Apart from that, there is not much more to say.
All in all, the first impression is great and a serious alternative to Ubuntu.
Thanks a lot.
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Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-04-20
Votes: 3
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I have installed Fedora 38 Budgie Spin on a HP All In One Desktop 2-3GHZ AMD CPUs, Raedon GPU, 1 TB hard drive, and 4 GB of RAM. The Fedora 38 Budgie install in UEFI and found all of the hardware and firmware listed. I only had to enable the RPM Fusion repos and install multimedia codecs for sound and video. I was using this desktop as a daily driver with Fedora 37 Comp Mate Spin for the last three months. No problems encountered at all. It fact, is was a very fast and stable experience.
I hope to have the same success with Fedora 38 Budgie Spin. I am a huge fan of the Budgie desktop. So far, I have installed the following software from the Fedora Software Center: Gnome Chess, IDLE3, TOR Browser, and VLC. VScodium was installed via vscodium.com and GIT. As you can see, I am using this desktop as a daily driver. I prefer Fedora because of its reputation, documentation, and US support. I hope to see more reviews on the recently added Fedora 38 Budgie Spin.
Thank you DistroWatch and Fedora !!
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Version: 38
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-04-19
Votes: 1
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I tried the Mate spin and the default Workstation versions. Both versions reported an "Oops, something went wrong" at regular intervals. And in both versions my Soundblaster soundcard was recognized, but it didn work. (Where in other distros like Debian, OpenSuse and Debian I had no problems
And though the Mate spin should be faster than the Gnome version it was quite sluggish compared to the latter. In fact compared to any other version of Mate I used in other distros.
In short, I fired up Debian, listened to some relaxing music and wiped Fedora from the disk.
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Version: 37
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-04-16
Votes: 5
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An overall pretty good distribution if you opt for the GNOME desktop. Haven't personally used any of the spins such as the immutable version, however the standard distribution is amazing. The repositories are really up to date and stable at the same time, the default environment is lean and uses modern technologies such as Wayland and Pipewire. The two reasons I can't give it a 10/10 even though it's my daily driver is:
- The installer is absolutely awful as of 37. Apparently this will be changed in the next update
- No Flathub by default, or no complete Flathub at all. Although this is minimized by the fact they mantain their own flatpak repositories.
Overall I recommend the distribution, but you should be aware that you will need to tinker with it a bit to get a good experience, this is not the best distribution "out-of-the-box" but is instead a really good base for your Linux desktop.
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Version: 37
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-04-15
Votes: 2
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Fedora is one of the best distros in my opinion, but has a couple of issues holding it back although it definitely is heading in the right direction. Before I get into the issues, Fedora and some other distros are in a sweet spot of having corporate funding behind it, yet having a very good philosophy around free software yet it is less dogmatic than FSF endorsed distros. Everything works very well and the packages are also very up to date, especially compared to Debian based distros.
The main issues with it is that DNF feels a little slow and the desktop revolves around GTK DEs, the latter is a matter of personal taste but the former may be a deal breaker for some. However, I have heard that Fedora 38 makes DNF speedier, along with a lot of other anticipated updates. If you aren't a Fedora user already I would wait until 38 comes out before switching
All this being said, it is best for relatively newer computers, it needs nothing cutting edge but even XFCE uses ~800mb of ram. You may get away with LXQt and swap, but Qt feels like a second class citizen on Fedora.
I realize this sounds like a negative review, but I really think it is one of the best distros available, everything works (especially if you are only looking to use Free software) especially with 38 on the horizon.
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Version: 37
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-03-19
Votes: 15
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My distro died so I moved to Fedora, installed Budgie, and haven't looked back.
I am writing after about 5 weeks of daily driving="where have you been all my life"?
I've tried a lot of Budgies and this is the best experience to me.
I use Fedora 37 for home desktop use which is both professional and personal.
PROS:
*incredibly easy to use
*dnf is an easy, sensible package manager with simple syntax
*for CLI peeps like me, rhel concepts/terminology are easier than deb/other
*graphics/menus/windows render beautifully and for linux distros this is not achieved by most imho
*FUNCTIONING package selection better than most
*Pushes Flatpaks in software center (CONS) but makes it incredibly easy to find and install the actual RPM (PROS).
*no program has crashed
*Fedora itself has not crashed and I am a wrecking ball
*if you do your reading/research then installer program becomes friendly. if you go about it blindly then leave rating 1 reviews after failure then it's not valid criticism. see next point
*this PRO is a CON as well: very few distros have so much literature to make life easy and very few distros have so much literature to make life easy that is outdated
*this is a distro a new user and seasoned user can both walk right into.
*big plus for the software center is telling the user right up front what is tested/open source, and what it proprietary. not everyone does this clearly
*unpretentious on the whole. modern, sleek, but no disco ball and glitter
*easy on the eyes
*you get work done on it and it gets out of your way
*extremely customizable ***(depends on flavour I suppose)
*printer and scanner support not instant (where is it instant?) but fastly do-able
*have never seen a distro where info on how to find/install a package/fix something/change something so easy and quick to find. this makes hiccups not hiccups
CONS:
*too many repos. confusing. there are too many 'test' and 'official' and 'unofficial-but-we-mostly-vouch-for-them-kind-of.' I understand variety and pleasing people and disclaimers and liability, but realistically there should be one or two. I have like 7.
*DNF (cli) and GUI software center are not married, do not sync, and do not think alike or even list the same packages. It's a "quirk" I can live with since I prefer CLI for all manners of install except the reading.
*gui software center sluggish to load if you like reading and reviews. turn the back arrow and it puts you back at the top of the small-windowed app list--not the middle where you left off. If you are reading reviews/blurbs about an app (the list of password managers, for instance, in sequence than this is torture.
*they need a 'scrub and kibosh' internet team to purge old useless official information as the distro evolves. transparency is a beautiful thing but the how-to's of Fedora online are perilous and voluminous
I don't enjoy hopping but sometimes you have to see what's out there for a variety of reasons. I am not deducting a single digit in my rating for the CON stuff. Fedora con stuff is small potatoes compared to many of its peers.
This is a solid experience
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Version: 37
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-03-16
Votes: 3
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I have been looking for a distro for normal pc + gaming use for several times.
The Arch-derived distros that I've tried with proprietary GPU drivers (Endeavor OS, Manjaro) are "heavy" in normal use and for gaming...
I certainly have a rather old PC config but I still have an AMD processor at 3.1 ghz + 6 ghz of ram + an NVIDIA GPU at 2 ghz.
Fedora "Workstation" is the only distro that is ultra-light with my PC config, it starts up in less than 30 s, remains fluid in operation and some fairly demanding games that work poorly under WIN** start quite well in low settings with Fedora.
I also forgot my printer/scanner model installs itself ... even if the software library is less extensive than other Linux distros there is the essential so I recommend Fedora Gnome.
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Version: 37
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-03-12
Votes: 3
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I have been trying to install the Fedora Comp Neuro Lab distro. I am now giving up, it is too frustrating and I can't waste any more time on it.
1. The comp neuro iso does not contain the neuro apps claimed by the website.
2. My Fedora login works for the forums, but will not work for the parts of the website that I need to use to report the problem.
3. Some very helpful people on the forum did acknowledge that the wrong iso was being downloaded. However trying to report the problem to Fedora was a total waste of time.
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Version: 37
Rating: 2
Date: 2023-03-11
Votes: 0
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Fedora 37 performs poorly in every aspect. It frequently crashes and when updated, strange error messages such as " /sbin/sysctl: No such file or directory" often appear. It is unfortunate that Fedora has become increasingly complicated to use and its overall performance, including basic internet use and Bluetooth settings, is considerably worse than other Linux distributions. Based on its current situation, I cannot recommend Fedora to anyone. It is a waste of time and installing this distribution will only lead to regret and countless hours spent on the Fedora forums trying to resolve issues. Unless you enjoy the challenge of searching for a needle in a haystack, it is best to avoid Fedora 37 and choose a different distribution with a more supportive user community and more user-friendly features. Currently, Fedora seems more suitable for a vintage operating systems museum rather than a functional operating system for daily use.
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Version: 37
Rating: 2
Date: 2023-03-10
Votes: 6
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Fedora 37 performs poorly in every aspect. It frequently crashes and when updated, strange error messages such as " /sbin/sysctl: No such file or directory" often appear. It is unfortunate that Fedora has become increasingly complicated to use and its overall performance, including basic internet use and Bluetooth settings, is considerably worse than other Linux distributions. Based on its current situation, I cannot recommend Fedora to anyone. It is a waste of time and installing this distribution will only lead to regret and countless hours spent on the Fedora forums trying to resolve issues. Unless you enjoy the challenge of searching for a needle in a haystack, it is best to avoid Fedora 37 and choose a different distribution with a more supportive user community and more user-friendly features. Currently, Fedora seems more suitable for a vintage operating systems museum rather than a functional operating system for daily use.
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Version: 37
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-03-08
Votes: 0
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The "Gnome" version of Fedora bugs "Steam" at times but for gaming tested on an old pc over 11 years old, some games natively or with Proton which bugged with the usual Manjaro, MX... or W distros $$ won't work perfectly but better with Fedora...for gaming it's one of the best distros for me right now.
Some well-known software is missing from the Fedora software library which is present in the usual Linux distros...
For daily use, the "Gnome" workbench may confuse some users and seem impractical, but Fedora will remain perfectly fine for regular use without gaming.
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Version: 37
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-02-27
Votes: 9
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After many years of distro hopping, I finally decided to stick with Fedora.
I have done that since one year now and I can't be more happy.
Currently I am using Fedora 37 and everything works out of the box on all my systems.
I even use Fedora in the cloud, now that CentOS is no longer supported.
Pros:
- stability
- availability of newer kernel (this means newer drivers for relatively new hardware)
- convenient application versions
- GNOME as developers intended (I love GNOME's simplicity and power)
Cons:
- dnf is a little bit too slow compared to apt and even zypper
Fedora is the foundation of RHEL, which is the "king" of enterprise Linux. This means that you will have all the tools you need for efficient management and work.
Did I say that everything just work? It does! No errors, no glitches, no freezes, nothing bad. I can get my work done without hassles. This is also the merit of GNOME, which is simple and powerful.
Fedora should get more love, as it is a very stable and leading edge distro.
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Version: 37
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-02-23
Votes: 0
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I use Fedora 37 Mate, with additional applications like Nautilus, Musescore, Leaf, Gtick, PDf mod, pdf arranger, Audacity, VLC, Lingot, Okular, Kolour Paint, Gparted Softaware center Cairo Dock, Winff, guvciew sound recorder, and many more others. I don't use Gnome because it has incompatibilities with Mate.
I started with old Mandriva, used Ubuntu 7, 8, 9, 10; Zorin 10, 12, 15. I also use Zorin 16.
But since version 22 or 23 of Fedora I always have Fedora Mate on my PC and notebook.
Too bad Fedora doesn't run very well on my ASUS Tux with Ryzen 7 4800H and with Radeon and Nvidia 1650.
Very slow to open and I had to replace Fedora 37 with Mageia 9 beta Mate, Plasma, Gnome. All these Mageia and Zorin environments work best on Asus. Not always the best performer, but as my main pc is now an HP600 mini with i5 6500T, Fedora 37 runs very well. In both my pcs I usually have two systems that I think complement each other.
I thank everyone who contributes to this incredible development, I feel much more comfortable than on Windows whether it's 7, 10 or 11.
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Version: 37
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-02-17
Votes: 3
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I have tried many distributions in the last few years and have actually always come back to Fedora, or switched back to Windows (mostly because of minor problems). Last time I tried Fedora Silverblue and everything runs pretty perfect. You can tinker and try out smaller problems and you can be sure that you can't break anything because of the Silverblue technology. If I want I can try a new Beta release and then roll back to the stable version a few days later. Thumbs up to the Fedora developers! Keep it up!
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Version: 37
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-01-27
Votes: 3
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I deleted the "Gnome" version of "Fedora" and I installed "Cinnamon" instead thanks to a tutorial found on the net I have much less bugs (only one bug of the "Menu" bar solved by disabling an option in "Settings")
For the moment of all the distributions that I have tried based on "Debian" or "Arch" I have found that:
-My printer which is in Bluetooth configured and installed itself even the scanner works.
-My audio headset also in Bluetooth after being paired works better than on other distributions even if there too it disconnects sometimes but much more rarely.
-Some games that work a little badly under Win$$ and even more badly on the usual Linux distros...will work better even if it's not perfect under "Fedora".
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Version: 37
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-01-24
Votes: 12
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Okay, let me break it down for you guys...
After 20 years of using Linux, there are only FOUR Linux distros worth using: Slackware, Debian, Mint and Fedora. These are the ONLY distros that actually get out of your way and resemble an OS made by a professional organisation. Fedora, in particular, has a gorgeous, understated elegance; the only distro that's default install looks better than Windows and Apple. Other distros try to be different but just add unnecessary clutter and bling that is beyond obnoxious or try to be "linuxy" by making it an absolute to install and run.
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Version: 37
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-01-14
Votes: 7
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What an absolute amazing distro! Has the great balance of being stable for performance but still having up to date with it's "semi-rolling release" structure. Security is well known as well with SELinux implemented by default and common firewall applications installed with frequent updates from a greatly funded and well known organization being Fedora Project/Red Hat, following with great documentation about further hardening security and basic pracitices with also recent vulnerabilities/issues being posted. Further speaking of documentation, I'd say it's decent and large enough and getting even more extensive with it expanding rapidly since it's recent rise in popularity the past couple of years. So finding support without having to risk asking a question on a platform to get b****ed at by the toxic portion of the community is a great aspect to consider. Not saying this is unique to Fedora Linux, but any major desktop Linux operating system has great support and documentation so common issues can be quickly/easily remedied, Fedora is a great example as well as Ubuntu, Debian, and OpenSUSE. Getting drivers and utilizing proprietary hardware is easy to enable and set up (literally a menu with some options to tick in RPM manager) so getting Nvidia drivers isn't a massive headache of a hunt to go through and get then to install if you need it. The community with Fedora luckily hasn't been as bad/toxic of an experience when having to ask for help and general questions on their OFFICIAL platforms/forums and the like, not saying they don't exist every community/group has that aspect but as said previously mentioned this doesn't seem to be as often. Another mention I'd like to mention is switching desktop environments is pretty much an absolute breeze and can get the most up to date version (I usually main Cinnamon) and default packs the most up to date GNOME which I'd argue is now a great experience in it's own right. And of course it's official page leads to spins you can download which is just base Fedora but with a different DE loaded if you're a bit lazy. I'd highly recommend this for a stable, up to date, and secure desktop operating system.
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Version: 37
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-01-05
Votes: 2
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My Machine is a Lenovo Thinkcentre M92 Desktop with 8GB RAM and an i5 processor (somewhat old).
I'm probably a little bit above average (in normie land) when it comes to being computer and internet savvy but at the end of the day I'm just a script kiddy. I can't be bothered learning the nuts and bolts of Linux to any great degree.
I tried installing Debian (as I believed it to be similar to Fedora in terms of privacy and security, and I was aware a lot more apps, such as Signal, are built for Debian) but just found it to be too time consuming and overly complicated to install, so abandoned it.
I'm currently using Fedora 37 Compiz Mate and so far it's the best of all worlds.
Default Fedora 37 (Gnome) is great but slows this machine too much. Even XFCE Fedora 37 is a bit laggy on this machine.
LXQT and LXQT Fedora 37 are good to use on this machine speed wise but nowhere near as crisp and enjoyable to look at as Fedora 37 Compiz Mate.
Installing Fedora 37 Compiz Mate was a breeze for me. However I would say an absolute Linux beginner would probably get confused at the partitioning stage of the installation. That probably could be made a little more "dummy-proof" for a default setup.
One thing I can't seem to install is Signal Messenger (not a version maintained by Signal itself anyway).
All in all as a relative Linux dummy, after having tried maybe a dozen or so distros, I'm really liking Fedora 37 Compiz Mate.
I also like what I read about Fedora's privacy policy.
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Version: 37
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-01-03
Votes: 3
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In 1999 I started using the Red Hat retail distribution, RH5.1. I've used Red Hat retail through RH9. Fedora was pretty uneven from FC1 through FC4, but I've used Fedora since FC5. GNOME 2.0 was fine. The only major glitch in my Fedora use came in 2011 with Fedora adopting GNOME 3.0. I hated (and still hate) GNOME 3.x and its successors. Since then, and up to the present (F37), the standard install here has been Fedora/XFCE. On the software front, there have been few problems:
(1) gcc has been reliable throughout
(2) xBASE support has been reliable, even though I've changed the compiler: Flagship -> xHarbour -> Harbour
(3) Python has been mostly reliable (except for the pretty rough transition Python2 -> Python3 (.... not caused by the Fedora team) )
One serious problem has been the transition from GTK3 to GTK4.....which is a problem caused by Red Hat. I have a lot of Glade/GTK3 applications written in both Python and C. GTK4 (adopted by Red Hat) is not backward compatible with GTK3. As a consequence the Glade team refuse to move off GTK3. So I am forced to consider two options: a) stay on Glade/GTK3 .... or b) rewrite everything using GTK4. I've chosen option a).....even though it will probably mean I'm stuck in a dead end! It seems to me that the RH/Fedora team are doing nothing to help me with this problem.
Overall, Fedora has been an excellent environment since FC5 up till F37 today. Recommended! .... but see comments above!
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Version: 37
Rating: 8
Date: 2022-12-23
Votes: 4
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I'm using KDE Spin for my daily use for 3 months. It works flawlessly on my hardware (cpu ryzen 5 3500x, gpu rx6600)
I play steam games, get some JS development done, dockerize some stuff...
So far I havent got any breaking bugs, kde version is way better than gnome in terms of stability.
You have to configure dnf and add fusion packages. as people have mentioned its better not to mix fusion with flats, update center can get finicky after that.
Absolutely recommend this distro's kde spin for daily use and get stuff done.
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Version: 37
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-12-17
Votes: 4
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I started using Red Hat at 5.1 but drifted away to the lure of Debian's apt and synaptic package management. Fedora has come a long way and now is my daily use system. It has been very reliable but time and upgrades will tell. Having used MX for a few years i can say this Fedora version is offers some interesting features:
* Bios settings are evaluated post install for security
* Suspend and resume function as it should
* Skype and Zoom are supported
* Flatpak is supported, and this is a game changer
* Gnome bias, but very well done.
Some things that need improvement:
* Software install via GUI is slow, console using dnf for installing is fast, they really need synaptic
* Multimedia codecs need to be installed manually, after enabling Fusion repository is enabled
* Firewall needs to be installed manually
This distribution has good hardware support and is very stable. Most popular packages are a click way and tons of support online. great to see Fedora come out with a great base. This distribution is the Cheerios version of Linux which is all right by me.
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Version: 37
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-12-12
Votes: 5
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Installed just fine on three laptops and one desktop computer.
Opted for the KDE Spin and it's awesome. Too many issues with GNOME.
Once I got the Fusion Free, Fusion Non-Free and Flathub repositories put in place that's all I needed to do.
Don't have nVidia graphics thankfully so didn't have to deal with that headache.
It recognized all my hardware except the WiFi on my old MacBook. Just had to install broadcom-wl and after reboot, I was in business.
I use this for casual, work and play. No issues no complaints.
Thanks!
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Version: 37
Rating: 1
Date: 2022-12-09
Votes: 0
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Fedora 37 breaks immediately after install
Yesterday, I wanted to install some editions of Fedora on my device, Lenovo Legion 5 AMD Ryzen 5 4600H with NVIDIA RTX 2060 GPU. Once I checked live user environment, everything seemed to run fine. I spared some space on my SSD to install Fedora and used default partition for Fedora. After installation process had already done, I proceed to reboot my device. Everything ran OK when my device booted to GRUB menu. But, it could not continue booting as initial setup process didn't run fluently and could not continue to desktop after login! I tried for second time using rescue kernel, but it was scarier: My device's fan started screaming and seemed to kill itself, so I shut it down immediately.
It was not once and I tried many spins of Fedora: Cinnamon, MATE, XFCE, and KDE, all of that ran awfully. It was a TERRIBLE experience to use a such stable distro. What a shame!
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Version: 37
Rating: 4
Date: 2022-12-06
Votes: 0
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Fedora has a big problem for users. I just installed it and normally it worked out of the box on everything. My new Ryzen HP Omen 30 Nvdia 3080 16 GB Ram. Under Fedora 37 it CANNOT play it's connected external speakers as loud as they can play in windows. I have now spent several hours of my life that I can't get back and many days on the forums trying to figure this out and how to fix. No one seems to know either why my volume is so limited. THIS IS TERRIBLE!
There is no reason why a more modern and more powerful computer cannot outdo Windows out of the box under a linux distribution. Apparently this problem is not limited to Fedora but the same issue occurs under MInt. I have spent several days now exchanging communication with the community and no one has any answers. It is not a hardware issue involving the same speakers. The same speakers work excellent and as expected under windows.
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Version: 37
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-12-06
Votes: 1
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Spin Cinnamon
I'll make it short: Just as fast as the Fedora workstation (with Gnome) the Cinnamon edition can be installed. Cinnamon is tailored for daily use, very stable and never gets in the way of daily use. Hardware (printer, scanner, wifi) work out of the box.
In this respect everything is fine.
Only: Why instead of the Linux Mint Software Center the old-fashioned dnfdragora is installed, I cannot understand. It's slow, confusing, unattractive and doesn't offer much. Flatpak or Flathub cannot be created in dnfdragora. Solution 1: Install the needed software via the webface of Flathub (via terminal). Solution 2: Install the Gnome Software Center. This way Flathub can be installed and used. Therefore one point deduction from the ten it would have deserved. Overall, I find the combination of Cinnamon and Fedora great for daily use: Both very stable and up to date.
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Version: 37
Rating: 5
Date: 2022-12-04
Votes: 0
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Not able to install. When a new partition is being created its size is automatically fixed at 256 MB, I do not how and why. This is when the user actually puts a size of 75GB, even then it does not take it and relapses to 256 MB. Another issue is that it does not go to next step if an additional partition for boot/efi is not created/not available!
I am currently using debian based Emmabuntus and I want another one RPM based distro. The fedora and many based on it demand a similar situation for installation as stated above, that is they all have the common installer, anaconda, and it does not make a difference what the distro is, if it is based on RPM. I just tried nobara and it meets the same end.
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Version: 37
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-12-01
Votes: 10
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I recommend Fedora, because it is getting better and better with each release, but without any major unpleasant surprises. It is very open source focused, so some things may seem like an unpleasant surprise, but then you understand the reasons and it seems fine. Anyways, there are always some workarounds.
I feel that Fedora also listens to the community very much. Those who make decisions about this distro listen to the community feedback, and the distro seems to be very coherent with needs of professionals and enthusiasts who use Fedora.
Fedora users and developers care and love this distro, that is why the releases may be delayed, so the system is released with everything secure and working fine,
It is very stable, works fine on my Dell laptop. I installed workstation, but I am very interested to test and use Silverblue for a while, and other versions. With new ARM and CoreOS versions Fedora is adding to its own "ecosystem".
I recommend this distro, but it is not for super beginners. You need to know how to configure it fine. Once it is configured, it will work perfectly well, the updates do not break (from my experience in previous years).
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Version: 37
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-11-28
Votes: 0
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For me a lot of improvements have been made to this version 37 compared to the previous one which I hated.
"Fedora" 37 works pretty well if you don't mix RPM and flatpak packages.
For usual use of a pc: office automation, internet etc... "Fedora" works without problems.
My printer after downloading and installing the manufacturer's RPM drivers also works without problems.
My Bluetooth headset like every Linux distribution sometimes disconnects for no reason whatever I do...
For gaming I was surprised to find that some games that work quite badly with some distros work quite well with "Fedora 37".
On the other hand I found Steam quite buggy but it may be my fault because I mixed my system with RPM and Flatpak packages...
I recommend this distro.
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Version: 37
Rating: 8
Date: 2022-11-28
Votes: 0
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I am posting this because I do not know where else to post it and I thought it would be of interest. I bought, after running an I5 for 10-12 to years. an I7-12700, and I bought it because it was rehabbed and it was a good price. I had some problems with cheap flash drives and errors, so testing is not completed, but so far Fedora 37 is the first distro that sort of works except for sound, but I think that may be fixed soon. I was very surprised because it was the first distro to work and I tried several. I also tested some rolling releases, and ClearOS, but the rolling releases did not have live ones to try, and I had problems with Etcher failing and trusting it when it worked. I am running Ubuntu on the I5, and Tumbleweed on a laptop. It may be amusing to know that when it started working I saw so many distros that I thought it rebooted and that Windows 11 was running, but it was not and it was Fedora 37 after all.
Because I thought Windows 11 was working and I had no sound I tried to fix it and then I tried all my old headsets including usb ones, playing with sound, and trying to fix the speakers. Finally when I could not solve the problem, I had no recourse, but to give up trying to fix the problem and reboot Windows and hope that solved the problem, only then I noticed it was not Windows 11, but Fedora that was running.
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Version: 37
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-11-27
Votes: 9
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I thought Fedora was a "fad", I was reluctant to try it, but I did and I'm in love. It is a deep love. Fedora does everything right: it has the stability and dependability of Debian, it has the speed to install packages and update like Arch. I have had no problems with Wi-Fi, hardware, or printer. All good, all fast on the Cinammon desktop (I don't like Gnome). Like Debian or Opensuse, you have to configure things after installing the distro, but learning is very easy (it's not Gentoo). I have 4 different distros on my pc sharing the "home" folder: arch, debian, opensuse and fedora. On another pc I have gentoo. I give fedora a 10. I'm sorry I fell in love with you so late, Fedora!!!! Eternal love!!! Eternal Flame!!!!
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Version: 37
Rating: 1
Date: 2022-11-26
Votes: 3
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I wished moving to Fedora for the reason that apps are mostly up to date. BUT what can I say!! A BIG NOOOO. It is not for me.
First, I installed Fedora 36, because I want to install MikTeX (there is no F37 repository). But after upgrading to F37, MikTeX was marked with unresolved dependencies. So, I do a fresh F37 install and install Texlive.
My wifi card connect only to 2.4GHz frequency, the 5Ghz band is not working (however, it works fine with ubuntu).
The clarity of the fonts, and the contrast, are terrible. Just open a (long) text in the text editor and see how dull are the colors-black (your eyes get tired). Switching to dark mode solve the problem, BUT in the other hand, reading PDF become very painful and the office writer become ridiculous.
I have also invested too much time installing extensions apps, the fonts, install new icons, Dash to panel, ... Finally, my desktop can actually be used (not really satisfied because random wallpaper is not working). Also, some file icon not working, e.g. I installed keepassxc but no icon for the .kdbx files, same thing for the Tex files (so, it is difficult to find a Tex file because it is similar to the others auxiliary generated files).
Sometimes, I get a pop-up with this message: "Oops, it looks like a problem has occurred ..." (unexpected system error; nautils quit unexpectedly; totem-video-thumnailer quit unexpectedly).
I've installed the audio and video codecs, still some movies crashes. So, I installed VLC; no crash but video lag.
I know that these things (and maybe others) can be solved (manually), but I'm afraid when upgrading, I return to the starting point again !!
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Version: 37
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-11-24
Votes: 3
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As a few years linux user (ubuntu, debian, linuxmint, manjaro, opensuse leap and tumbleeed etc.) Fedora with gnome environment and spin with kde for about 2 months. As for the gnome workstation, it's literally a revelation, generally without bugs. Easy to install and use, updates from F36 to 37 flawlessly without using terminal via gnome software. I have a 12 year old laptop with an i5 processor and 4gb ram. Minimum temperatures, responsive, when I run the video it automatically directs me to install the H.265 codec, a few seconds and it works. There are no problems with the media. As for me, an ordinary user, Worstation is a simple and stable machine.
As for the KDE spin, things are a bit worse here. It generally works and there is no such thing as a blue screen of death with windows. Requires some tweaking in the terminal. Need to add RPM Fusion in terminal (fedora provides detailed what and how). You can also search in the discower software, but it never worked for me, it's supposed to be but you can't upload. The dragon movie player does not work here, you must install the required codecs in the terminal, also described in the fedora help, but it's really simple. However, dragon doesn't meet my requirements (doesn't rotate videos) so I also install vlc in the terminal. The already installed dnfdragora (ala synaptic) will help us to install the libreoffice language file and ffmpegthumbs to preview the videos (later in the file settings you need to select it). I have one error for which I can't find a solution at the moment, i.e. sometimes the screen with the panel disappears for literally a second, two as if it was reloading. In addition, the system is light, fast and everything works smoothly. I've used tumbleweed with kde before, it's also very good and stable, but I'm annoyed by its dependencies when uninstalling programs, e.g. when I uninstall firefox, it automatically installs Mozilla Thunderbird for me. I recommend this system even for beginners especially gnome.
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Version: 37
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-11-23
Votes: 1
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I am a novice linux user, need to make that clear.
Installation is easy but a bit unintuitive as far as storage is concerned. I found it hard to just erase the drive through the installer, it wanted to shrink the partitions, and used the disk tool to clear all partitions. Switched back to the installer, it looked like it understood that the drive contents had changed, but it crashed. Could not find a way to restart the installer through menu's, but I found out it was still running, I think I alt-tabbed. Went smooth from there.
OOB experience is great, installed what I needed, even Steam. Rock solid experience. This was a test install on an older A8 AMD system, to check it out after hearing good things about Fedora. Still much to learn and see as far as linux and Fedora in particular goes, but I think I will make the switch in the near future.
So here it is, a novice users recommendation. Smooth sailing. Fast and rock solid so far. I will use it on the side for a few more days, and if everything goes like the experience I had so far, will switch my main pc to Fedora as well.
Linux has come a long way, I'm glad to say. Great job Fedora devs.
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Version: 37
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-11-23
Votes: 92
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In my opinion, KDE should be the flagship desktop environment for Fedora not GNOME. It's lighter, faster, way more modern and familiar, not prone to the issues of extensions and looks great on a smaller screen (great scalability). GNOME is overly bloated, puffy, fat with its windows theme and is basically unusable on a small screen.
That being said, using Fedora KDE Spin for work and play and couldn't be happier!
OnlyOffice is my office suite of choice and is excellent by the way. With Steam installed I can play Guild Wars 2 along with a ton of other games.
There is nothing to NOT like about Fedora. It really is fantastic. I even installed it on my 2012 MacBook Pro. XD
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Version: 37
Rating: 4
Date: 2022-11-23
Votes: 8
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Fedora Workstation 37.
It is certain that Fedora is getting better, but still far from being a good alternative for Windows users; here are some complaints:
- Basic things should be installed by default (like some popular fonts, otherwise some apps won't work as expected) or for example giving an alternative to 'Timeshift' since it is not compatible with Fedora BTRFS (you do not expect the newbie user to spend hours to figure it out or learning command line BTRFS).
- The Gnome file experience is very limited: no bookmarks, no open as root, no folder color, no emblems, no plugins, ... Also, Gnome extension is a must (Fedora should follow ROSA Linux in this point), a newbie user ignores all this, the names of good extensions even perhaps how to add the weather extension.
- Nvidia's hardware decoding is not working. Also, the default 'Gnome videos' is bad (lagging, no H.265 support) and no good players are provided in the software center !!
- Software center always suggests Flatpak by default instead of the Fedora RPM (why !!)
- Some applications interfaces are not pleasant in Fedora (for comparison, I've tested Maple 2022 in Fedora 37 vs Linux Mint 21)
- In general, Fedora is not well suited for old computers, and users with limited Internet.
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Version: 37
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-11-19
Votes: 8
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For context, my prior Linux experience goes back to 2005 and includes significant time with SUSE, Debian (on a server), ArchBang, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (servers), Lubuntu, and Manjaro. Three months ago, after nine months of running Manjaro Xfce on my Framework (11th Gen Intel) laptop, I decided to hop over to Fedora with GNOME for a variety of reasons.
One of my reasons was wanting better support for both hardware and software. Framework has developed a relationship with Fedora and the Framework-Fedora community of users is relatively large, so it’s well-tested. The installation instructions from Framework include turning on, for example, the experimental fractional scaling feature in Wayland GNOME which works well and helps with the odd 3000x2000 Framework display. I’ve also routinely found that the software I need officially supports only Ubuntu or Fedora, so it’s nice to be in one of those camps.
I broke my first installation of Fedora by screwing around to disable the splash screen, show the GRUB menu on every boot, and increase the font size. After re-installing, I decided to just accept the defaults. The only issue is that maybe 1 in 10 times the graphical text box for my LUKS password doesn’t show up. At first I thought the system was frozen, but it’s just waiting for the password, and I press ESC to enter it on the terminal with its tiny font. I’m deducting one point for this.
Everything else looks and feels slick so far. I’ve come to appreciate the opinionated style of vanilla GNOME and the offline updates feature (where it installs updates after rebooting into a special state) through the graphical GNOME Software.
One thing that pleasantly surprised me is that it gets very frequent updates. It’s a point release distro like something in the Debian family, so I expected somewhat infrequent updates, but its kernels and packages stay about as up-to-date as something in the rolling release Arch family. You could update daily if you wanted, but it only pushes a notification every other week unless there’s a critical security update (which produces an immediate notification).
I was slightly nervous about the release upgrade from 36 to 37, but that went smoothly. It took no longer than a normal offline update of the kernel and packages, and I haven’t found anything broken in the first few days.
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Version: 37
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-11-16
Votes: 9
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Impeccable upgrade to version 37 - KDE desktop
Professional:
Stability
Clarity
The latest news
Support and exchanges on the forums
Cons:
Nothing
Fedora is meant to be reserved primarily for hardcore IT people, yet it can be used by people looking for a complete office and everyday solution.
The distro is less messy than others, we find the info quickly. Desktop integration is perfect, at least for KDE and Gnome.
To be tested in VM or by USB if you wish. Criticism on other messages, I have nothing negative to say about Fedora 37, which I tested for 1 month in Beta.
Yes, for the road: the forums bring together a lot of hardcore computer scientists, polite but less understanding than in other more open and sociable communities. It's cold but they respond very quickly so that's good too...
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Version: 37
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-11-15
Votes: 9
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Upgraded without a hitch!
What can I say, Fedora has been great for as long as I've been using it (KDE Spin) and well deserving of a 10 out of 10 rating. I have dove into other distros to try them out but it's always felt like a step backwards.
Fedora works and works very very well. Stable, fresh and feels very much like a commercial operating system. They care about their product. Meaning, if it isn't ready, they don't deploy it.
This is an every day use, daily driver, whatever you want to call it, system you can rely on. And if it breaks because you're someone that likes to dink with things, that's on you.
Coming from Windows? Give Fedora KDE Spin a try. You may wonder why you didn't sooner.
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Version: 37
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-11-15
Votes: 9
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Simply the best.
Pros -
The install process with Anaconda once you carry it out a few times is one of the best.
It just works.
All of the spins are very usable.
You can install a minimum system from the everything ISO and build what you want.
The forums are all supportive.
Cons -
None really all Linux distributions are good -it is all personal preference.
Gnome 43 is very good and user friendly, for vanilla Gnome you cannot go wrong Gnome as Gnome devs meant it to be.
However, you can tweak it to you own requirements.
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Version: 36
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-11-14
Votes: 3
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*My* distribution. Founded on a leading-edge, not bleeding-edge philosophy, Fedora has great stability, and is well-suited for the desktop; more so than a distribution such as Ubuntu, in my opinion. Workstation (GNOME) and other "spins" (which use KDE Plasma and other desktop environments) all have great support, and are only expanding (there are plans for a dedicated Budgie spin, soon). Fedora has great respect for free software and privacy, and thus has repositories which are solely based on it; if one wants to install non-free software, however, it can easily be done with RPMFusion, which boasts a collection of RPM files for drivers, applications, and other utilities. I personally do not see any issues with Fedora in my regular desktop usage of it, and have found it to be flawless! The DNF package manager, which some people complained about in the past, due to its speed, has now vastly improved, and will be rewritten in C++ for a lightning-fast experience. RPM has proven to be an incredibly useful tool, which tons of features for quality-of-life; installations, kernel updates, etc., have been refined for the user.
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Version: 36
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-11-06
Votes: 3
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Many things have been said. For my part, I appreciate the extreme stability of Fedora while offering advanced software. On this last point Fedora is nevertheless catching up, I think. But the innovation/stability ratio remains excellent. Version 37 is postponed to mid-November to verify a security flaw in OpenSSL, which is a sign of seriousness.
Professional:
- Excellent integration of the Gnome desktop, an efficient KDE version even if objectively we could prefer openSUSE in this area (which consumes more resources on the other hand)
- Very good stability for work and also creation
- A very lively and helpful community.
- A good structuring and coherence, compared to many Debian-like which will seem chaotic next to it.
- And therefore a very high reactivity in the event of a problem, which will be quickly resolved...
Cons:
- Fedora remains "exclusive" for other Linux distros, not easy to install in dual boot...
- The Gnome desktop put forward divides the community: it is in my opinion the best version (excellent integration) nevertheless. Virtualization under Gnome, for example, works with disconcerting ease and speed!
- Some unfortunate choices in DNF concerning a (little) slowness, you have to use nano and some commands to make it faster.
I'm alternating between Gnome and KDE depending on what I'm doing, I haven't tested the other desktops. Cinammon under Fedora enjoys a good reputation...
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Version: 36
Rating: 4
Date: 2022-11-05
Votes: 13
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I really wanted to enjoy Fedora.
I've dabbled with Fedora a few times before, and it way okay. But I quickly moved on to other distros.
Today I decided to try installing it again and, while it ran great at first, it ended up breaking on me fairly quickly.
DNF is overall, a slow package manager, while making some tweaks to its settings does significantly improve it, it will never compete with the likes of Pacman and APT.
Software availability out of the box is limited, although it is not too much work to enable RPM fusion and Flathub (which will require a trip to the terminal), I would much prefer for there to be more software options out of the box.
Maybe it was me who made a mistake which caused the system to break, but the fact that it did means I cannot rate it any higher than a 4.
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Version: 36
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-10-28
Votes: 31
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One thing that I absolutely love about Fedora is its consistency. This is a no nonsense operating system. It does take some effort to get the additional repositories going (Free, Non-Free, Flathub). But the effort is pretty minor. Once that is done, there is nothing else to do except use it. You're good to go!
There are some tweaks you can do. Such as "speed up" DNF. However, they are not necessary. Perhaps for the nit picky...
I've installed this for friends, family and myself (KDE Spin). No complaints, no issues. These are average computer users. Not power users or tinkerers so there has been no breaking anything. They, and myself, just use it as intended.
This is top notch and has a very professional feel. It is it's own thing and not dependent on some other base distribution. It gives Linux a very good name for those getting into Linux.
Hands down my go to operating system and the one I recommend to those asking about Linux.
Very grateful to the Fedora team for this free and awesome OS.
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Version: 36
Rating: 8
Date: 2022-09-30
Votes: 10
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Solid operating system. I can see why many people use it as their main operating system. But not for me.
Setting it up is a pain the arse:
- The installer wasn't very intuitive.
- By default it lacks important software (like codecs to watch videos in the browser) and had to use rmp fussion. I didn't know what was the issue so it was added time for research.
- It was frustrating to install the first packages with a slow internet. I live in a rural area with limited bandwidth (10Mb/s). The software center is slow, and took too long to display available applications. Also flatpak runtimes are heavy.
I have issues with audio devices, they system stopped playing or recorfing audio whenever I pluged/unpluged my headset. Hopefully it'll improve in future versions.
Now, credit where credit is due.:
- Fedora has a solid UEFI integration, updated my BIOS and there were no problems with boot.
- After the initial setup, installing aplications is mostly painless.
- Every 3rd party software I needed outside the repos provided and RPM package which was handled by the software center. It works better than every other debian based distro I've tried.
- I can game PERFECTLY on Steam. I can't emphazise how smooth it is (native steam, not flatpak).
Unfortunately the software center speeds and the audio problems are a deal breaker for me. I'll keep Solus as my main OS (I came to appreciate how good it's package manager is). However I'm very surprised by Fedora and for some people it'll be the perfect distro for their needs. I'll keep it aroung to check how it evolves. No doubt it'll keep improving.
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Version: 36
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-09-24
Votes: 27
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I used Fedora since version 28 or 29. I tried other distros too; bu I always keep coming back to Fedora for it's intuitiveness, ease of installation and user-friendly problem solving via great online documentation, great versatility and compatibility, DNS package manager (which I love) and its constant updates than never make you feel you are on your own (even if once in a while it breaks because of the "Bleeding edge" philosophy inevitably implying bugs), I hope to see Fedora growing in popularity and the amazing work done by its developers to be recognized by its breakthrough to the mainstream, while always retaining its amazing ethos :)
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Version: 36
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-09-20
Votes: 3
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Almost perfect...
Pros : Besides functionality, stability, features, how it works under the hood, and how cutting-edge it is, I think what makes or breaks a distro are those intangibles, like documentation and the community. And Fedora has it all… especially the intangibles.
Fedora Workstation focuses on the desktop, and in particular, it’s geared toward users who want a “just works” Linux operating system experience. As usual, Fedora Workstation features the latest GNOME release: GNOME 42. While it doesn’t completely provide the answer to life, the universe, and everything, GNOME 42 brings a lot of improvements.
Cons: Legacy Installer (Anaconda)
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Version: 36
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-09-19
Votes: 20
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Using Fedora 36 KDE Spin and absolutely love it.
There's a lot of complaints here about the installer but I didn't have any issues with it. But I'm also not an advanced user either so maybe that's why?
I've tried a the usual Debian and Ubuntu based distributions out there but found them just a tad too behind for my taste. Additionally, Ubuntu just has too much controversy behind it as well as GNOME. Too bad cause both have a ton of positives. And Arch based stuff... no thank you. Way too many complications.
All I want is a system that's up to date, stable, drama free and all my hardware works after installation. Fedora KDE Spin gives me that. I'm not a tinkerer nor a control freak. I'm a simple install it and use it user.
So if you're someone looking to explore and eventually break free outside of the Microsoft realm, I recommend Fedora KDE spin. It's easy to install, easy to use, looks great, stable, up to date and relevant. Toss in OnlyOffice and you're good to go!
Thank you Fedora team for such a great product!
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Version: 36
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-09-18
Votes: 1
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I like it. That's it. SELinux is bothering me. Anything else is running just fine. I'm using preferably the Cinnamon spin. Have it installed on several machines including a server with the server edition running on it. Always have the most recent stable kernel here very quick.
When using the workstation installation with Gnome desktop I agree with whom who complains about the annoying update / reboot process reminding me of Windows as well. In Cinnamon I can use dnfdragora and can reboot anytime later on my own as other distros allow as well.
@fedora-project: Keep up the good work!
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Version: rawhide
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-09-15
Votes: 4
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Okay, so I had used Fedora in the past. But for whatever reason, I wasn't aware Silverblue even existed. Someone on a chat forum mentioned it, and after investigating it, I thought, "let's give this one a go."
I opted for the Silverblue rawhide version, which is a very unique distro. You combine bleeding edge with a read only file system and rely on Flathub for apps. It's also very much bloat free. For example, installing Gnome on a standard SUSE install loads up your install with apps I neither want nor asked for.
Updating the system is insanely fast, with the only "downside" being that you must reboot to activate the new read only file system. I can live with that. Also, because it's Rawhide, there are frequent updates. It isn't that bad in practice despite what it sounds like.
I am in love with this distro. Truly amazing and futuristic.
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Version: 36
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-09-08
Votes: 7
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everything works perfect, as simple as installing a program from the terminal or from software, and everything will work.
The only change I usually make is to enable RPMfusion and add flathub, everything else just works.
I have tried other distributions like ubuntu, manjaro, arch, pop_os! among others. but I usually look for 2 things.
1. The first is that it should be easy to install packages (and that they exist), so it should be a distro with apt or rpm package manager.
2. The second is that it has a vanilla gnome based desktop (I find KDE comfortable, but it's not what I'm looking for, at least for the use I give to my computer), one of the reasons why I usually discard ubuntu (besides the fact that I dislike the current situation with snap, although I'm waiting for a future where my opinion will change).
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Version: 36
Rating: 2
Date: 2022-09-01
Votes: 0
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When in a Live USB, it proved to be ok. But when installed on the machine, it was probably the slowest distro I've ever used.
It updates like Windows, upgrades, reboot and then, ages before booting with "Installing Updates".
Finally, it doesn't run Simutrans very well.
I'm a "fan" of the GNOME desktop, but Fedora exaggerates a bit. Fedora is already a name in the Linux world, but if you already have a little bit of Linux experience, you should know that a name doesn't make a good distro, and saying that it exists since 199x, doesn't make it work better.
Perhaps it will work for you, and will be your life's distro. But for me, it didn't.
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Version: 36
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-08-25
Votes: 20
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Just switched from Ubuntu 22.04 to Fedora 36 and I'm loving it. Don't get me wrong, Ubuntu is alright, but I feel that Fedora is more polished, responsive, and overall more usable than Ubuntu.
It's really fast, stable enough and I like the way it doesn't try to make the user go with neither Snap or Flatpak apps. The latest vanilla GNOME version feels great to use, and it's good to always have all the new stuff in the Linux world available to you.
The only downside is the high resource consumption. I'd recommend not using Fedora if you have less than 8 gigs of memory.
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Version: 36
Rating: 6
Date: 2022-08-07
Votes: 5
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Too many problems, was working perfectly at version 35 but now everything is messed up...
fedora KDE spin version 36:
- sometimes doesn't fully boot (stuck at back screen)
- wireless network adapter didn't work out of the box anymore (managed to compile driver myself but wifi wasn't stable)
- In version 35 it detected my network printer (Brother) now it didn't and it was a big hassle to compile and install the drivers to get it working
- Some updates kept installing over and over again, it would ask for a reboot to complete the update and then the same updates are next boot again installing...
- It doesn't allow to install free software like VLC trough the app store only if you download the rpm or trough terminal...
- After installing Netbeans it didn't show up between my applications like it was never installed
i decided to pull the plug and wasn't gonna wait for any fixes.
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Version: 36
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-08-05
Votes: 0
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Fedora MATE Compiz Desktop is a serious competitor to windows 7 or 10.
My only worry is that the developers will brake things in fedora 37.
Just make this version better by security, as a server and more stable like redhat.
It is stable and pleasure to work with, never saw before such a distribution.
No bugs.
First time I feel I can change from windows 7 ( the king of desktops ).
All small details got the attention, you feel this is it. they finally did it right.
Microsoft desktop real competitor.
This is the winner !
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Version: 36
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-08-04
Votes: 3
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Fantasic Distro
After using many different distros this one worked perfect in every department. Rock solid in stability, performance and features and has very up to date drivers and kernel.
I'm using the KDE SPIN and its great. Once you do all updates and tweaking and such its wonderful and looks better than windows as well stable. More fun to use and gaming is great on it and fast.
So far I'd have to rate my experince thus far as follows;
#1.Fedora KDE
#2.Zorin
#3.Mint Cinnamon
#4.Manjaro KDE
#5.POP_OS
#6.ARCOLINUX
#7.EndeavourOS
#8.Solus
#9.Linux Lite
#10.Ubuntu
Hope my review helps people.
Running mine off a Lenovo Laptop 12Gigs Ram and AMD Ryzen 5500 APU 256SSD
Thank You
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Version: 36
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-08-02
Votes: 6
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Fedora 36 KDE Spin for the win!
PROS
- Independent.
Fedora is it's own thing. Not something from something else therefore not susceptible or effected by politics outside of itself (such as Ubuntu based distributions).
- Easy to use.
Once installed, it's really a no brainer (KDE Spin). Let's you know when there's updates. There's a software center. Everything is there.
- Relevant.
Wayland. PipeWire. Kernels are current. Desktop environments are up to date. Anything newly released is implemented within a few weeks generally.
- Stable.
Updates and upgrades have not been an issue in my experience. Feels very professional like using Windows or MacOS.
CONS
-Desktop Environment.
GNOME is the default. Much like Ubuntu, it makes some questionable decisions that have a damaging effect on many distributions.
-Installer.
What's odd is how the installer doesn't seem to fit the rest of the system. Whilst everything POST install is recent and up to date, the installer is ancient and clunky.
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Version: 36
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-08-01
Votes: 7
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Installed Fedora Workstation 36 on a used laptop. The laptop is 12 years old: Dell, Latitude E6420, i5 2.3 Ghz, 16 Gigs Ram, 256 Gigs SSD memory. Eveything works fine. All hardware peripherals worked. Highly recommended. Completletly removed Windows 10 by deleting all the partitions when I did the permanent install. I am surprised at how easy the installation was. Also, FYI, I tried to install Ubuntu. It got error messages about the audio. It would not even load the test installation. It locked up. However, Fedora Workstation 36 loaded just fine. For me, this one is a keeper.
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Latest Reviews
Project: Fedora
Version: 39
Rating: 7
Date: 2023-11-23
Votes: 3
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As per my previous review, I installed an immutable version of F39 on my second machine ... and it was GNOME (Silverblue). My intention to install immutable Budgie (Onyx) failed, as explained later.
What does "immutable" mean? To simplify and probably horrify the purists, it puts the whole operating system under source code control. The operating system is read-only; to update it, it is checked out and made read-write, the updates downloaded then merged into a new snapshot of the OS, then the old snapshot is retired and the machine reboots to the new snapshot. If the reboot fails, the operating system automatically rolls back to the last good snapshot. (It is also possible to boot to previous snapshots from the boot screen).
Making the operating system read-only and knowing exactly what files and folders are in it are clearly huge security improvements in themselves, but there are trade-offs.
The big one is (not) installing RPMs, except by a laborious and tacitly discouraged process of inserting them into the snapshot; RPMs and an immutable system are contradictory as an RPM, on installation, would attempt to add and remove files from the read-only folders! So the immutable system's updater is not dnf/yum, which doesn't exist; it is rpm-ostree. I was nearly stuck because I had to install restic in order to restore backups, but solved that by downloading a binary from restic's Web site and putting it into my home folder.
Hence the default "installation package" is flatpaks; even some standard GNOME applications are flatpaks and I have over 40 flatpaks installed already. Fortunately, somehow, the problems I have had elsewhere where some flatpaks are prone to crashing are not seen here. Interestingly, Firefox is not a flatpak (although there is nothing stopping you installing Mozilla's flatpak) so, when it is updated, it is evidently inserted into the build. The real GNOME basics (nautilus, gnome-terminal and similar) are also insertions.
Update feels different from traditional Fedora as all the action takes place before reboot - pressing the Update & Reboot button in GNOME Software results in a pause of several minutes while the new snapshot is created, then the reboot switches to the new snapshot instantly. It would be useful to have some visual indication of how the snapshot creation is going; the information is there as rpm-ostree update gives a wealth of feedback on the command line.
Unfortunately, the F39 Budgie immutable version (Onyx) is broken - for some reason its updates stop on 3 November (three weeks back at the time of writing), which negates the whole point of immutability (a more secure operating system). I tried twice then gave up and switched to GNOME (Silverblue).
The rating is difficult. I say 7 because, although the technology is superb, I suspect that the constraints on what can be installed will be too much for many home users.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 39
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-11-21
Votes: 5
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Silverblue 39 user here, tried it a few years ago and had some problems with some flatpaks not working properly or not at all so put it on the backburner for a while and waited for flatpaks to mature and be more consistent. I believe that moment has finally arrived, I started using SB again 6 months or so ago on 38 and recently rebased to 39 and very pleased with the outcome, everything just works like intended now. I used regular Fedora over the years and always liked it but several times ran into problems due to the way Fedora repackaged certain software and ended up having to reload a couple of machines which I dont want to take a chance on having to do every 6-12 months. Silverblue is bulletproof and the future of Linux. Many thanks to the Silverblue team!
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Project: Fedora
Version: 39
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-11-20
Votes: 1
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I once left a very negative review on Fedora, due to some pretty major issues I had with the system. Fortunately, with the release of Fedora 39 (I am using the KDE Spin) it has come to be the most polished distro I've used yet. Full disk encryption worked perfectly (both OpenSUSE Tumbleweed and Debian 12 failed to do this for me) and everything has worked exactly as expected. The only reason I'm giving it a 9/10 is because of dnf being a fairly slow package manager, which will be fixed by the time the dnf5 rewrite is released. There is an abundance of documentation to be found on the internet regarding Fedora and the repos are good enough. I wish the codecs issue was fixed and more software was packaged in the base repos.
Overall, 9/10. Very cool, Fedora project.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 39
Rating: 7
Date: 2023-11-18
Votes: 0
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I was Fedora fan for so many yers until all these encoder decoder codecs problems coming up.
Still I give it a try. bam... disappointed/
1. codecs installation still problematic , sometimes VLC not working, sometimes MPV.
2. when reboot, got DRM hang. I am not even using nvidia-driver... odd./
3. the whole instataion process is a mess, very bad user experience.
I got the same problem as the other user finally setting up evertyihing and ran smoothly, but bam
update then crash....
I am switching back to Manjao / Ubuntu as my defacto distro.
bye bye Fedora... instead of making flashing shiny distro, get the basic done first...
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Project: Fedora
Version: 39
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-11-14
Votes: 8
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Upgraded from F38 to F39. It went smoothly without bricking, though I still backed up my data just in case. Strangely enough, I didn't get the new Loupe, and my Bash prompt is still not colored. Not a big deal since I can fix these myself, just something that I think worth mentioning.
Overall, a premium experience that even proprietary operating systems failed to deliver. GNOME 45 is the one that stole the spotlight for me. If DNF5 was here as well, it would have been perfect. In any case, Fedora is a solid distro that is dependable for production machines.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 38
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-11-13
Votes: 1
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A solid and stable release. I upgraded easily from Fedora 37 and this weekend upgraded to Fedora 39. Everything worked for me out of the box in F39. In F38, I had to apply a couple new packages for the wifi (Atheros) card to work properly. I'm using an older Dell Inspiron 3000 laptop, maybe five years old. I've been a Fedora user for a long time, perhaps 15 years. I mostly use it for productivity but also do some sound recording and synthesis on there, and Pulseaudio and JACK have definitely come a long way since the early days.
I also really like the Fedora community. Its pretty easy to get involved as a volunteer community member. Lots of bright people to work with who are enthusiastic and fun.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 39
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-11-13
Votes: 4
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I installed Fedora 39 KDE Plasma on my laptop because it was able to auto install around my Veracrypt'ed Windows 11 on the same NVMe. The Ubuntu installer did not automatically recognize its existence. Everything works and dual boots. Sure I could have manually installed around the Veracrypt'ed Windows, but I'm lazy. Manjaro will also recognize the Veracrypt Windows, but using Manjaro is like driving in the wrong lane at 100 mph. Fedora 39 is pretty much the same ole, but at least everything I want to install just works.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 39
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-11-13
Votes: 8
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I don't know why I hesitated to Install Fedora for so long. It is truly the OS that saved my aging iMac 27in (late 2015). I tried other distros and they all presented various problems: either the sound card wasn't recognized or the video card wasn't working correctly. At any rate, everything worked great, and out of the box.
I just installed Gnome Tweaks to get the minimize/maximize buttons. No big deal! Works like a charm. The boot time is impressive, and I've had no issues with waking up the computer from suspend.
This is the distro that finally made me stop distro-hopping.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 39
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-11-11
Votes: 4
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I switched from Ubuntu Budgie to the Fedora Budgie spin. Really, this is the perfect implementation of Budgie, which is no surprise as the principal developer of Budgie is heavily involved.
On the usual install you get a Budgie desktop with no frills and a single bottom bar. The only additions are the two Fedora standard wallpapers and the Materia theme, which is oddly well suited to Budgie - it just looks right. The dark mode is, for once, pure black. There are no additional applets so you don't get the weather applet and similar which Ubuntu Budgie has.
Budgie is not a complete desktop - it has even fewer helping applications than xfce - so a combination of Gnome (Terminal, Calculator, Software gedit and others), MATE (atril, Eye of MATE), xfce (ristretto) and Cinnamon (caja) applications support it. These form a harmonious whole. Firefox, Thunderbird and LibreOffice are the "big three" of browser, email and office applications. As with vanilla Fedora, Software handles dnf updates straight off and Flathub flatpaks after the installation of one repository.
I have only found one bug - the Night Light doesn't find the location, even though location permissions are enabled, so the on/off time must be set manually.
A surprise was that, after starting, there were nearly 600 updates. This was presumably because the build for the gold ISO was frozen some time before the actual release. Fedora coped as it always does - it is built to cope with large, sudden uplifts. Another surprise was that there were two kernel updates in the first three days.
Really, all this is great. Budgie has certain limitations (the desktop is basic, with the contents static - to move something to or from the desktop you have to use caja, the split between Budgie Desktop Settings and System Settings is clunky and it takes too many mouse clicks to change the wallpaper to an arbitrary image) but it is fast, gets out of the way and is a masterpiece of good defaults; after install I could have used it with no reconfiguration whatsoever. If I were installing GNOME, I would feel obliged to install various extensions to fix some of its design choices which, collectively, would take its behaviour close to Budgie's. So why not just start with Budgie?
Fedora is Fedora - the Anaconda installer is awkward and, as noted, the pace of updates can be taxing - but I always feel it is the best engineered Linux distribution. I have never had disasters (machine booting to a command prompt after an upgrade, for example) and, as far as I know it is the only non-rolling release which keeps up with the point releases of GNOME applications and others.
Budgie has an ambitious roadmap (move to Wayland, with huge changes invisible to the user) and, in honour of that, I will try the immutable version (Onyx) on my second machine.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 39
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-11-07
Votes: 23
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I've been a Fedora guy for a while now. I'm also an unapologetic distro-hopper, but Fedora is what I always come back to when I get homesick usually around the time a new Beta shows up). 39 is no different - it's clean, user friendly, and stable even in beta The installer (Anaconda?) is the same as always, with it's oddly placed continue buttons and such I've kinda otten used to it over the years). All the updated stuff works the way you want it too, and while I wish they'd updated DNF already, the current version is quick enough once you tweak it's configuration a bit. It's not APT or Pacman zippy, but it's also more comfortable to use than either of those, at least in my opinion.
I use the Gnome version, and the new Gnome 45 is fantastic.Robust, stable, and beautiful. I run it mostly extension free (I can't live without Caffeine and Alphabetical App Grid), and it just gets better every version. The new look for FIles is great, even if it seems a bit wasteful of screen real estate at first, it's actually a significant improvement from an organization or usability perspective.
In short, this version of Fedora is great, but there's nothing earth-shattering here. If you disliked Fedora in the past, nothing present in 3 is goging to change your mind. But for us long-time Fedora users, it's yet another in a long line of stable, performant updates. And for us Gnomies, it's even better than that.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 38
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-10-30
Votes: 6
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Fedora is a good os, i like this because is Modern, clear and facility. Many years ago, i has mint as my default system but actualy i use fedora my favourite. The 'feel' of the distro helped me to just focus on my work for school and not get distracted. I liked that a lot. For some reason, the computer it was on ended up dying. I really don't know if it had anything to do with Fedora. But, that was really the best experience I had with Fedora. Everything I want to do on Fedora almost always works out of the box, and even when I find a bug in a Fedora package I can usually find a fix from the documentation available online from Fedora or the upstream project whose software is packaged by Fedora and propose a solution, and the Fedora package maintainers are professional and quickly fix the bug, which explains why Fedora is such a high quality distribution
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Project: Fedora
Version: 38
Rating: 2
Date: 2023-10-22
Votes: 1
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I tried Fedora in college (ages ago) and I liked it a lot. At that point, it was using the old GNOME desktop. It was pretty fast on my somewhat cheap laptop and I liked how everything felt very focused and linear (that's the best way I have to describe it). The 'feel' of the distro helped me to just focus on my work for school and not get distracted. I liked that a lot. For some reason, the computer it was on ended up dying. I really don't know if it had anything to do with Fedora. But, that was really the best experience I had with Fedora. Since then, I've periodically come back to the distro to give it a try, but I've found it much buggier and less stable (and I'm not talking about the rawhide releases). This latest version (and a few before) I tried and there were so many issues with the package management GUI. The installs kept getting irreparably damaged. Before I had even updated everything after a fresh install this time, it basically broke itself. It was unusable. I'm not even doing anything wild or crazy here. Most of the software I use isn't particularly on-the-bleeding-edge or demanding in terms of resources. So, it's not asking much for it to work without an issue. Honestly, I've rarely had such a bad experience with a distro. It really did a 180 from the stability and precision I used to get the feel of when using it. It's a shame. It was great for focusing and getting things done.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-10-18
Votes: 7
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Another one of my gnome fedoras. To think that I used to jump around distributions. Ultimately, I chose two: tumbleeed and fedora. It's been like this with the fedora for several years. Once a week or two updates via software. It still works flawlessly and responsively on a 12-year-old laptop. I wholeheartedly recommend it, especially to people who use a laptop to review news, e-mail, banking, social security, etc. I also like Opensuse and Tumbleweed, but I find the fedora more comfortable to use.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 38
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-10-08
Votes: 9
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Fedora 38 is a great distro, I'm a minimalist and I like how it's not weighed down by lots of bloat. It's got just what it needs to help you instantly get you doing every day tasks and provide a nice smooth user experience.
- Installation was simple and straightforward.
- Leading edge enough to be current but not bleeding edge to the point of instability.
- Works from the get go, no fiddling with it to get a fresh install up and running.
The one thing I subtracted a point for is the software and update experience. The official + fusion repo's just don't have an impressive number of apps available. Also, downloading updates from the official repo is slow.
This is a great option if you're looking for a up to date distribution that's also stable enough to use as a daily driver out of the box.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-10-07
Votes: 2
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I have done some distro hopping since last year to find the best option for my use cases, trying out about four or five other distros and Fedora is the winner and has earned its place as my primary free license open source operating system for both server and desktop and a rating of 10 out of 10 in this review. I first installed Fedora 36 over a year ago both on a server and the workstation edition on a desktop system with the Gnome desktop environment and have been able to upgrade both systems smoothly without any problems through two major upgrades so far.
Everything I want to do on Fedora almost always works out of the box, and even when I find a bug in a Fedora package I can usually find a fix from the documentation available online from Fedora or the upstream project whose software is packaged by Fedora and propose a solution, and the Fedora package maintainers are professional and quickly fix the bug, which explains why Fedora is such a high quality distribution. The package manager, dnf, is so much nicer looking in the messages it prints to the terminal, with the the information about the packages to be installed or removed formatted nicely in columns and color-coded; this is so much better than many other package managers and demonstrates a commitment to a pleasant user experience by the Fedora developers.
The amount of help online from third party sources is not as great as what is available for some other distributions, but I find the information available from official Fedora websites such as ask Fedora and Fedora discussions to be sufficient. There are useful articles highlighting new features from the Fedora developers and power users, and there are many other interesting and innovative things Fedora is doing such as teaming with Asahi to create a Fedora Asahi special interest group to bring Fedora workstation to devices that use Apple silicon and providing an immutable flavor of Fedora Workstation which is currently branded Silverblue. In my opinion, Fedora is a great place to be to learn about the latest innovations in the open source software world.
Pros: Excellent technical quality, very responsive to bug reports, and innovative.
Cons: Six month release cycle results in dealing with the hassle of more frequent major upgrades than some competing options, not as large a repository of software as some other popular distributions.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 38
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-09-30
Votes: 0
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Fedora 38 has worked like a charm on several architectures I own...ie Macs to mini-PCs. I recently installed a variant -, Fedora MATE-Compiz simply because the compositing features of the desktop cube work for me personally in the way of application switching.( Bear in mind that some distros have dropped or are in the process of dropping support for Compiz).
I started using Linux over twenty-five years ago in the form of Redhat 9....and things have gone full circle,,,after the superb experiences with Mint, Ubuntu, SuSE,PC-BSD and many other worthy Open-Source projects.
Fedora is great starting point for those who want to use a stable Linux for general purposes and perhaps beyond that.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-09-29
Votes: 2
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Looking for an OS that you can install and use and not have to fiddle with it in order to get a complete OS desktop experience? Fedora is a great choice.
If you just want to install an OS and get on with your day instead of tinkering and wasting days on "system mechanic" nonsense, this is the OS to go for.
It's up to date, reliable and has very solid software selection/repos.
Fedora uses the latest in kernel versions and packages and so it offers a very up to speed software ecosystem.
Honestly I'm not sure what else one would want from a Linux distro, Fedora pretty much checks all the boxes.
Not everyone want's to edit config files and customise things in order to get a standard desktop experience. Not everyone has time for this kind of thing. Most people just want to get things done and want the OS to stay out of their way and work for them and not against them.
So yeah if you value your time Fedora is an excellent pick.
The only thing that would be nice to see is a full-on rolling release from Fedora for those who like this sort of thing. Currently the versions change every 6 months and although updating is straight forward it would be even better of we just had a pick at a rolling release vs the 6 month release cycle version.
It "kind of" is due to the ease of upgrades but it's not exactly a rolling release model if you really want to call it one.
Other than that I can't really complain about anything here.
Give it a shot and use it for 6 months and for your own opinion, I don't imagine you will encounter any major drawbacks.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-09-15
Votes: 0
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XFCE spin (not the ugly and un-usable Gnome4 version).
Zero problems to report. XFCE is a simple, usable desktop.
Python3 is a fantastic programming environment.
gcc is a fantastic propgramming tool (and clang is also pretty good).
ssh allows me to manage other F38 machines (either on the LAN, or across internet connections).
People complain about X-Windows, but it works fine locally and across the internet (see previous line).
LibreOffice works fine, both with native file formats, but also with RTF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX.
I'm a fan of Chromium....no complaints.
A couple of older Windows programs are running perfectly using WINE.
Nothing - nothing at all - to complain about!!
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Project: Fedora
Version: 38
Rating: 5
Date: 2023-08-31
Votes: 0
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Fedora version 37 works better...
Above all, do not install the extension for the "Dock" because this extension causes lots of bugs in the apps... "Steam" works badly.
"Firefox" which is preinstalled also has a bug...
Even selecting the fastest download repositories "Fedora" is slow...even "Ubuntu" is faster.
On the other hand, fortunately, the utility which makes it possible to create a boot stick to install a new Linux does not bug it... I'm going to install something other than Fedora now....
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Project: Fedora
Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-08-29
Votes: 1
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I have been avoiding Fedora for a while because I haven't felt the need of installing it
However I recently had a small problem with my Ubuntu install (nothing major) and I thought it was the perfect excuse to distrohop to Fedora, and I fell in love instantly
Everything just works, I think I have only used the terminal once, everything is friendly and smooth, amazing experience and even the gaming experience has been amazing
Writing this after a couple of weeks with Fedora and I think I found my new daily driver, updates are done automatically, flatpak OOTB, very little maintenence and if you have any problem you can just rollback
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Project: Fedora
Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-08-23
Votes: 10
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Runs beautifully in every way. MacBook Air 2012. The Gnome version has given this machine a new lease on life. From the installation, which ran flawless, to day to day usage which is superb. It must be noted that the software center and flatpaks is smooth and impressive right out of the box.
I have not added any extensions to the installation, just wanted everything as the devs intended. I only changed the wallpaper and even that is stock. The standard LibreOffice suite does it's job as intended. I have not encountered any glitch or bug after 2 months of day to day usage.
I run updates weekly and these have all run smooth. Great OS, thank you Fedora!
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Project: Fedora
Version: 38
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-08-20
Votes: 2
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Red Hat 9 was our daily driver at the university back in the days, so I naturally come back to Fedora once in a while and... always get disappointed, removing it after a couple of weeks if not days.
This time with Fedora 38, I couldn't even get it to start. The installation went fine on my setup (separate boot, system on lvm-on-luks), the boot loader finds the kernel, and from there nothing works. Fedora is not asking for the luks password but I got no error message about the root partition not being found, so I guess it crashed very early. No busybox, no initramfs login, just a couple of messages that make no sense and a "press enter to reboot". No way to fix it and no clue about what went wrong. Bricked to the bones. Also, Fedora left some apple garbage files on the root of my ESP. Why? I'm not even using a Mac.
I have no doubt this distro works out of the box for many people, but such problems often show up with Fedora. This is not a distro made for people. This is Red Hat's playground where unpaid employees (us) waste their time beta-testing things for them. I've waited for 20 years for Fedora to become something, to care about its users, to mature a non-toxic community. I now give up.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 38
Rating: 6
Date: 2023-08-04
Votes: 0
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It was just sort of buggy for me with things like Control center launching then instantly crashing. Gnome control crashing when I was not using PC. I get its a cutting edge sort of distribution but I have also read that it was pretty stable which has not been my experience using what I consider rather vanilla type hardware that was easily detected and showed no signs of issues. That just leads me to assume the OS is just unstable which is disappointing. I was hoping that Fedora would be a keeper in terms of running a Linux operating system. But Its back to trying some other distro's to find that one that holds promise of uneventful computing.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-08-04
Votes: 24
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I've been with fedora with gnome for a few years now. I actually forgot I was using it. All updates flawless. I update once a week or two weeks. And to think I used to jump around distributions. My laptop is 11 years old! It moves lightly, responsively, without heating. I don't play games, I use only the Internet, mail, gimp and website. I can't say anything bad about the fedora, just a revelation. Previously I used debian, mint, manjaro, ubuntu and a few more but finally settled on fedora permanently and I'm not complaining. The printer is also trouble-free hp laserjet p1102w.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-07-31
Votes: 3
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I worked with many distributions of Linux except BSD. Fedora is the best for me. because:
1) Edge of technology
2) The newest of Gnome Version installed for that
3)Good software manager
4)Terminal command like Redhat
5)Easy installation without swap
6)Preinstall VPNs and Proxies
SO I suggest install Fedora for test once at the minimum and enjoy that. Fedora Linux is a Linux distribution developed by the community-supported Fedora Project and owned by Red Hat. Fedora Linux contains software distributed under a free and open-source license and aims to be on the leading edge of such technologies
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Project: Fedora
Version: 38
Rating: 7
Date: 2023-07-20
Votes: 0
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Well, Fedora seems pretty stable but lacks installing Codec's by default and the install process is more daunting then it should be.
Their should be a more streamlined install with a optional advanced setup. But we are talking about a distro more suited for business and more advanced users. I was not expecting myself to see a Ubuntu or Mint type simple install. Personally I like the pure Gnome look and it performs really well even on my quad Celeron Mini PC. I never felt like it was slow and it even felt a little more responsive then Windows 10 or 11. I probably won't stick with Fedora very long as I find it a little more business oriented then consumer. One interesting note I found it interesting that Fedora foud all the hardware properly and Windows could not and required several drivers to be manually installed. Apparently Geekom the maker of this mini does not register drivers with Microsoft for updating through Windows. This is one area I always took points off for Linux and its drivers. But I think at least in this case it worked very well.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 38
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-07-12
Votes: 5
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The main issue I find with linux distros is their issues with new hardware which makes finding the right distro difficult and fedora is no different.
Obviously it makes sense in this predicament to install a distro with the most up to date kernels available which limits the distro selection as most distros are still using 5.x.
I chose fedora 38 after trying tumblewwed and some older distros. Tumbleweed resulted kernel panics on boot while a reboot alleviated it which was weird but I did like the speed and memory usage.
I have a ryzen 5 and radeon integrated graphics and that is an issue so I found because the first thing I found is that wayland does not play nice which is default in fedora and it causes system freezes. I use x11 which works perfectly.
The second issue I found was with memory, it actually jumped to 4.2 GB which was weird considering suse was using 2.7 GB, I found this to do with kmail and dependant packages which I removed as I dont use an email client anyway which brought it down to 2.5 GB with browser working and 1.5 without.
The finger sensors dont work because its too new which i dont care about anyway, it does not work on any distro.
The third issue was speed which i loved in suse and I found that this was down to the default animation speed set in each distro. I set it to instant in fedora and it was faster than suse.
Another issue I found was the issue with hd audio which is not using the main driver and when you turn it on the audio stops, again, new hardware has issues. This is a general linux problem though and causes stability issues with newer laptops.
This distro is never for the newbie and never was.
It does require tweaking to get it right and is essential for new hardware as my laptop is 4 months old.
Older hardware should be fine with fedora.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 38
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-07-10
Votes: 12
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I stopped using Fedora long ago once Gnome 3 was released. I hated Gnome 3. I distro hopped for years using different desktop environments. But I have just tried Fedora 38 and Gnome has come a long way. I actually like Gnome now. It's quite beautiful, easy to use and just works. My only problem with Fedora 38 is there is no email client that comes with it. Sure I can download one from the store, but I would prefer it came with one that Fedora approves and has built in to match with themes and such. But still, a great release. I am gong to roll with this for a while now.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-07-08
Votes: 6
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Wonderful release. Been a Fedora user since the core series (Red Hat days). I love the way one is able to connect to repositories using GUI tools faster and also tweak GNOME 3.x (even though i hate this version of GNOME). When you use Gnome-tweak-tool it looks much better but i really think the desktop developers were trying to get Mac's look and feel on Linux. That said, everything works perfect,; sound check is great, more stable than most debians when you through it on a Network of computers and the internet plus it makes life easier as i prefer using Linux native apps than WINE. A lot of native Apps are available via flat-pak, Github and other repositories alike.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 38
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-07-01
Votes: 5
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Many folk (like me) hate GNOME3 with a passion. The solution: use Fedora 38 XFCE Spin edition. XFCE gets the user back to something like GNOME2.....simple, sensible, easy to use.......
F38 is also really good with older Windows applications.....just install WINE and you will be good to go!
OK...nothing is perfect! Make sure you do a clean install of F38 with the ext4 file system. Fedora defaults to btrfs.....a serious mistake in my opinion.
That's it.....9 out of 10.....close to perfection!!
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Project: Fedora
Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-06-23
Votes: 16
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ok this distro is absolutely fantastic, it's very stable even though it's cutting edge and you need to try to be able to break it, it is probably the best GNOME experience and it is also very customizable with all the extensions, although i do admit that if you want to customize it you have to do your own research and look for ways to do it, it doesn't present the customization options immediately unlike KDE or Cinnamon but if you do enough research you can make it look exactly how you want to, the potential is illimited thanks to the community extensions, you can make it look like any OS while still retaining the benefits of the cutting edge technology and the stability of fedora, i've seen people having their systems break after an update but i personally never had that problem, and people who had that problem just reinstalled and their systems got back to normal,
i honestly don't see why you should use arch if you're going to use GNOME anyways, arch is good for other DEs but if you're gonna use GNOME then you can use fedora without the fear of completely breaking it every month or so
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Project: Fedora
Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-06-11
Votes: 17
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Features of Fedora
Since it's been around for a long time and is still supported, it has a lot of features, but let's focus on the main points:
Comes with the standard GNOME
One of the biggest advantages is the standard GNOME desktop (the advanced desktop environment popular for Linux). Although GNOME is one of the main Linux desktop environments, very few distributions contain a standard desktop. Predominantly GNOME comes with various modifications that try to mimic the graphical interface of the 90s.
Fedora provides one of the cleanest, modern examples of GNOME.
User-friendly
Many operating systems try to help new users adapt with graphical installers and welcome screens, but no one expected the same from the free Fedora. Nevertheless, it supports a ready-made Flatpak in addition to RPM files.
Third-party repositories can be enabled during installation, and after installation, users are greeted with a welcome screen that talks about interface basics, working with gestures, shortcuts.
Provides cutting-edge software
Fedora has updates every 6 months, with no LTS version, so users get up-to-date changes, with the latest version always being the flagship version.
Unlike most competitors, Fedora delivers cutting-edge open source software. It was the first major distribution to switch from ext4 to Btrfs, from X11 to Wayland, from PulseAudio to PipeWire.
Reliable
When radical changes are made to Fedora, you can be sure they are ready for active mass use.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 38
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-05-20
Votes: 7
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This is my main distribution after I started distrohopping. A fine and polished distribution with a minimal installation out of the box while also providing many QoL features that could be considered minor for the average user, but for my Optimus laptop, the fact that most applications that require my NVIDIA card use that by default, make this distribution my favorite.
In version 38, unfiltered flathub was added when selecting third-party repositories on first-boot, which is another plus from me.
What I don't find appealing is the installation process. From a new user perspective, it is a little difficult to understand everything. This is where Ubuntu is better in my opinion. Ubuntu's installation process in the recent 23.04 is very appealing, has a nice and polished UI and an easy way to install the system: just clicking next a bunch of times. For the new user this is optimal for the Operating System experience.
Besides the installation process, another thing they don't do that Ubuntu does is having the ability to enable Multimedia codecs in the installer. Ubuntu does that and still says that they are third-party and subject to licenses
Even with these very small complaints, this is my favorite distribution by far and recommend it to everyone willing to put their time into either learning Linux, or using it as a personal desktop Operating System
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Project: Fedora
Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-05-19
Votes: 3
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I used Uubuntu since 19.04 until 23.04 versions. When I bought new SSD, I started to install 23.04 from scratch over the existing Btrfs partition. And there was the problems with Ubuntu installers:
1. New installer doesn't create subvolumes for home and root partitions.
2. Legacy installer is buggy and after installation Ubuntu 23.04 doesn't boot and fall into initramfs.
I decided to try Fedora 38 installed it without any issues and fall in love with it. At first look Fedora is more minimalistic and better polished. Vanilla GNOME w/o Dash looks great and provide different user experienece than Ubuntu's GNOME with Dash.
My Ubuntu 23.04 rating is 8/10 and Fedora 38 - 10/10.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 38
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-05-17
Votes: 6
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If there was a button during setup to enable the various extra codecs/VA acceleration, it would've been the best Linux experience. Right now, you need to manually install rpmfusion to have a first-class desktop experience, as compared to Windows and macOS.
Unfiltered Flathub installed by default is a great choice; the distro also continues to provide near-latest versions of packages and new features, while remaining stable.
I'm looking forward to when the Silverblue version starts getting primetime attention - I honestly believe Fedora is the future of Linux.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-05-10
Votes: 11
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This is a desktop user review.
I've distrohopped these last couple of years like I had nothing else to do.
All day, almost every day these last few months.
I've tried most of the top 20 distros on Distrowatch (thank you Distrowatch)
If you're looking for stability, get Debian stable. Old software, tested ad infinitum. Won't break.
If you want to run on really old hardware, MX Linux might be your go to. It's the top rank solely because of this.
*If*, although, you're looking for a balance of the latest and greatest with a solid foundation, Fedora is the distro of choice. Fedora 38 has hit that sweet spot in release cycles that even for Fedora is an achievement.
The default desktop is Gnome 44, dubbed Kuala Lumpur. Gnome right now is the Desktop Environment (DE) that has the most cash investment in its development. More than KDE. It's starting to show. I'm not the biggest fan of super tweaking the DE from a bunch of different sources, but when you get the hang of it, you can get a desktop that is more aesthetic than Windows 11.
Give it a go if you want something stable and new. Fedora's not going anywhere. It's backed by Redhat Enterprise Linux (REL) a big company, and Fedora developpers, as of today, are running a tight ship.
Kudos Fedora on Fedora 38!
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Project: Fedora
Version: 37
Rating: 4
Date: 2023-05-10
Votes: 1
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It is a fine distro, but it is far from been a Distro for linux nubies. The installer is really messy, specially if you have more than two partitions and you need to use the custom partition configuration, it is probably the worst among all other most used distros like Mint, Ubuntu, SuSe, Rose, Open Mandriva.
Pros: Stability, huge commnunity, you can get easy help
Cons: not straight forward support for Nvidia cards (it does not have something similar to Ubuntu or Mint to install the Nvidia Drivers --- Driver Manager---
I promised myself not to install it again until there is a decent Installer available for the Distro. Anaconda is really ridiculous. I think Anaconda is just fine for installing Servers, usually you don´t have to deal with multipartitions, you probably create volumes, etc.
Long time user of most of major Distros: SuSe, PCLinuxOs, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Rosa Linux, Mageia, etc
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Project: Fedora
Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-05-07
Votes: 6
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Fedora is a distro that holds up over time, over months and years.
I use Fedora 38 and Fedora Silverblue. This last distro is a great success, if you take the time to understand it and really look into it (toolbox)
For :
- Great stability
- In case of problem, big reactivity for updates
- Latest versions of software
- Team vision, lots of communication, fairly strong transparency (example: discussions on the 2028 agenda)
- Seriousness of the team: thus version 37 had been postponed for a security / stability problem
Cons:
- Obligation to use RPM fusion for certain codecs (simple, explained in videos or the wiki)
- No LTS version for fedora server, it's incomprehensible.
I put a 10 because it turns out to be powerful, efficient over time. 10 for this long-term stability, security, novelties and quality of Fedora Silverblue.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 38
Rating: 7
Date: 2023-05-05
Votes: 0
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The OS itself seems a little slow, but tight and usable, but continuing a rather nasty habit in recent Fedora releases, the backgrounds and graphics in the interface leave a helluvalot to be desired. The screen art (similar to F37) looks like a random screen grab from a bad manga cartoon, and the flat-style icons and interface graphics make it look like an OS interface built by Playskool with icons supplied by Fisher Price.
Do yourself a favor and grab the MATE version, and then fetch Enlightenment after the install.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 38
Rating: 6
Date: 2023-05-04
Votes: 4
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I have been a long-time user of Fedora Linux and have recently encountered performance issues with Fedora 38, as it appears to be significantly slower and less responsive when compared to its predecessors. Despite numerous attempts to reinstall the software on various machines, the performance remained unsatisfactory. In my humble opinion, Fedora 37 performs much better. It seems that Fedora 38 lacks optimization, and exhibits qualities of a beta or alpha product. Additionally, I have also encountered issues with its boot process as the panels or top bar do not load correctly, rendering the software unusable. This is unfortunate and disappointing.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 38
Rating: 2
Date: 2023-05-04
Votes: 6
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Despite Fedora's potential advantages, my assessment revealed several notable concerns..
Performance and Package Management:
Fedora's DNF package manager, while operational, faces difficulties in matching the speed and effectiveness of its counterparts.
Stability and Usability:
My Fedora experience was negatively impacted by system instability, which significantly influenced my overall perception. Moreover, Fedora's Gnome desktop environment is resource-demanding and missing crucial features.
Beginner Friendliness:
The limited guidance Fedora offers for installing codecs, basic utility softwares etc results in a challenging learning curve for new users. The possibility of updates disrupting Gnome extensions is an additional source of problem.
Compatibility and Support:
Fedora encounters compatibility issues such as boot complications with specific graphics cards. Furthermore, software developers might not offer extensive support for this distribution. Problems with driver compatibility, WiFi connectivity, and faulty DNS resolution exacerbate the user experience.
Software Center and Pre-installed Applications:
While Fedora's software center boasts an appealing interface, it falls short in search functionality, compelling users to rely on command-line approaches. Pre-installed apps suffer from missing codec problems and lag, necessitating extra post-install tasks to ensure the system is suitable.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 38
Rating: 3
Date: 2023-04-30
Votes: 0
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The installer is too simplistic and doesn’t offer enough options.
Only vanilla GNOME is offered.
Fedora is noticeably slower and more power hungry than other distros, both on bare metal and in a VM.
Despite it’s reputation as a distro for developers, important development tools are missing in the default install.
Fedora is also the mother distribution of the controversial systemd.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-04-22
Votes: 21
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Fedora remains the benchmark for Linux. The projects that make it up are the most advanced and risky, but it still manages to be a stable distribution. Ideal for those who want to venture into the future of Linux.
The immutable systems offered by the distribution (Silverblue, with Gnome; Kinoite, with Plasma; Sericea, with Sway), are among the most advanced projects of their kind.
PROS:
1. Stability between versions.
2. Updated software.
3. New technologies.
4. Support of a great company.
CONS:
1. Medium difficulty.
2. Need to add proprietary drivers and codecs.
3. Limited support time.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-04-21
Votes: 15
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All in all, a very pleasant experience so far. I have always used Ubuntu before, but since Canonical does not support Flatpak, I have decided to use Fedora. Despite the fairly recent software, Fedora is very stable. What I like most is the integration of Flathub out-of-the-box. Which means I don't need most of the other sources, like Chrome or Steam repositories. You can get all that from Flathub and it works without any problems.
Gnome 44 is a great desktop environment and has been implemented very well. The dark mode is also great and you can easily enable dark mode for legacy applications thanks to Gnome tweaks. This is especially useful for some flatpaks. Very simple. The fonts are also very pleasant.
What I do not like is the default file system BTRFS. The default partinioning is also incompatible with timeshift. Snapshots cannot be created with it. You have to specify @ and @home in the installer first, only then a snapshot with Timeshift works without problems. This could be improved. Apart from that, there is not much more to say.
All in all, the first impression is great and a serious alternative to Ubuntu.
Thanks a lot.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-04-20
Votes: 3
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I have installed Fedora 38 Budgie Spin on a HP All In One Desktop 2-3GHZ AMD CPUs, Raedon GPU, 1 TB hard drive, and 4 GB of RAM. The Fedora 38 Budgie install in UEFI and found all of the hardware and firmware listed. I only had to enable the RPM Fusion repos and install multimedia codecs for sound and video. I was using this desktop as a daily driver with Fedora 37 Comp Mate Spin for the last three months. No problems encountered at all. It fact, is was a very fast and stable experience.
I hope to have the same success with Fedora 38 Budgie Spin. I am a huge fan of the Budgie desktop. So far, I have installed the following software from the Fedora Software Center: Gnome Chess, IDLE3, TOR Browser, and VLC. VScodium was installed via vscodium.com and GIT. As you can see, I am using this desktop as a daily driver. I prefer Fedora because of its reputation, documentation, and US support. I hope to see more reviews on the recently added Fedora 38 Budgie Spin.
Thank you DistroWatch and Fedora !!
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Project: Fedora
Version: 38
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-04-19
Votes: 1
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I tried the Mate spin and the default Workstation versions. Both versions reported an "Oops, something went wrong" at regular intervals. And in both versions my Soundblaster soundcard was recognized, but it didn work. (Where in other distros like Debian, OpenSuse and Debian I had no problems
And though the Mate spin should be faster than the Gnome version it was quite sluggish compared to the latter. In fact compared to any other version of Mate I used in other distros.
In short, I fired up Debian, listened to some relaxing music and wiped Fedora from the disk.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 37
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-04-16
Votes: 5
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An overall pretty good distribution if you opt for the GNOME desktop. Haven't personally used any of the spins such as the immutable version, however the standard distribution is amazing. The repositories are really up to date and stable at the same time, the default environment is lean and uses modern technologies such as Wayland and Pipewire. The two reasons I can't give it a 10/10 even though it's my daily driver is:
- The installer is absolutely awful as of 37. Apparently this will be changed in the next update
- No Flathub by default, or no complete Flathub at all. Although this is minimized by the fact they mantain their own flatpak repositories.
Overall I recommend the distribution, but you should be aware that you will need to tinker with it a bit to get a good experience, this is not the best distribution "out-of-the-box" but is instead a really good base for your Linux desktop.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 37
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-04-15
Votes: 2
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Fedora is one of the best distros in my opinion, but has a couple of issues holding it back although it definitely is heading in the right direction. Before I get into the issues, Fedora and some other distros are in a sweet spot of having corporate funding behind it, yet having a very good philosophy around free software yet it is less dogmatic than FSF endorsed distros. Everything works very well and the packages are also very up to date, especially compared to Debian based distros.
The main issues with it is that DNF feels a little slow and the desktop revolves around GTK DEs, the latter is a matter of personal taste but the former may be a deal breaker for some. However, I have heard that Fedora 38 makes DNF speedier, along with a lot of other anticipated updates. If you aren't a Fedora user already I would wait until 38 comes out before switching
All this being said, it is best for relatively newer computers, it needs nothing cutting edge but even XFCE uses ~800mb of ram. You may get away with LXQt and swap, but Qt feels like a second class citizen on Fedora.
I realize this sounds like a negative review, but I really think it is one of the best distros available, everything works (especially if you are only looking to use Free software) especially with 38 on the horizon.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 37
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-03-19
Votes: 15
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My distro died so I moved to Fedora, installed Budgie, and haven't looked back.
I am writing after about 5 weeks of daily driving="where have you been all my life"?
I've tried a lot of Budgies and this is the best experience to me.
I use Fedora 37 for home desktop use which is both professional and personal.
PROS:
*incredibly easy to use
*dnf is an easy, sensible package manager with simple syntax
*for CLI peeps like me, rhel concepts/terminology are easier than deb/other
*graphics/menus/windows render beautifully and for linux distros this is not achieved by most imho
*FUNCTIONING package selection better than most
*Pushes Flatpaks in software center (CONS) but makes it incredibly easy to find and install the actual RPM (PROS).
*no program has crashed
*Fedora itself has not crashed and I am a wrecking ball
*if you do your reading/research then installer program becomes friendly. if you go about it blindly then leave rating 1 reviews after failure then it's not valid criticism. see next point
*this PRO is a CON as well: very few distros have so much literature to make life easy and very few distros have so much literature to make life easy that is outdated
*this is a distro a new user and seasoned user can both walk right into.
*big plus for the software center is telling the user right up front what is tested/open source, and what it proprietary. not everyone does this clearly
*unpretentious on the whole. modern, sleek, but no disco ball and glitter
*easy on the eyes
*you get work done on it and it gets out of your way
*extremely customizable ***(depends on flavour I suppose)
*printer and scanner support not instant (where is it instant?) but fastly do-able
*have never seen a distro where info on how to find/install a package/fix something/change something so easy and quick to find. this makes hiccups not hiccups
CONS:
*too many repos. confusing. there are too many 'test' and 'official' and 'unofficial-but-we-mostly-vouch-for-them-kind-of.' I understand variety and pleasing people and disclaimers and liability, but realistically there should be one or two. I have like 7.
*DNF (cli) and GUI software center are not married, do not sync, and do not think alike or even list the same packages. It's a "quirk" I can live with since I prefer CLI for all manners of install except the reading.
*gui software center sluggish to load if you like reading and reviews. turn the back arrow and it puts you back at the top of the small-windowed app list--not the middle where you left off. If you are reading reviews/blurbs about an app (the list of password managers, for instance, in sequence than this is torture.
*they need a 'scrub and kibosh' internet team to purge old useless official information as the distro evolves. transparency is a beautiful thing but the how-to's of Fedora online are perilous and voluminous
I don't enjoy hopping but sometimes you have to see what's out there for a variety of reasons. I am not deducting a single digit in my rating for the CON stuff. Fedora con stuff is small potatoes compared to many of its peers.
This is a solid experience
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Project: Fedora
Version: 37
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-03-16
Votes: 3
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I have been looking for a distro for normal pc + gaming use for several times.
The Arch-derived distros that I've tried with proprietary GPU drivers (Endeavor OS, Manjaro) are "heavy" in normal use and for gaming...
I certainly have a rather old PC config but I still have an AMD processor at 3.1 ghz + 6 ghz of ram + an NVIDIA GPU at 2 ghz.
Fedora "Workstation" is the only distro that is ultra-light with my PC config, it starts up in less than 30 s, remains fluid in operation and some fairly demanding games that work poorly under WIN** start quite well in low settings with Fedora.
I also forgot my printer/scanner model installs itself ... even if the software library is less extensive than other Linux distros there is the essential so I recommend Fedora Gnome.
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