I would prefer something based on Debian, like Ubuntu or PopOS, but I’m open for other suggestions as well, as I’m looking for a distro to daily-drive on my new Framework laptop.

  • Alatain ( Alatain@lemmy.world ) 
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    3 years ago

    So, I know I could just look this up and get answers off google, but for the sake of conversation, why do you prefer Fedora over something like say, Mint?

    I have bounced around through several distros (Mint, Ubuntu, Arch, Pop, a bit of Slack), and have always found something in each that could draw me in. What does it for you in Fedora?

    • lp0101 ( lp0101@lemmy.world ) 
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      3 years ago

      Fedora is pretty cutting edge (updating package versions every 6 months), while still being rock solid. The release upgrade is also the most reliable one I’ve had to deal with - I successfully upgraded an ancient install by 10 versions once.

      • Alatain ( Alatain@lemmy.world ) 
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        3 years ago

        Gotcha. For those that are happy with the upgrade process and stability of what they are on though, is there anything that makes it more enticing?

        I may end up giving it a go just to round out my experience with the various flavors and get some real experience with RPM.

        • winety ( winety@dataterm.digital ) English
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          3 years ago

          Here are my two eurocents:

          • Fedora Workstation, the main spin of Fedora which uses Gnome, is a very polished experience. I’d use it, if I were a fan of Gnome.
          • Fedora Silverblue is an “immutable desktop”, i.e. the operating system is read-only while all user applications isolated from it via flatpaks. It is supposed to make the system more secure, stable, easier to update etc. It’s a cool idea, but I haven’t tried it myself.

          Other than that? Not much. As you probably know, most distributions feel pretty much the same, Fedora included.