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Fedora dev: “HN feedback on what they want from their Desktop – We got it”

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Re: Fedora dev: “HN feedback on what they want from their Desktop – We got it”

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Post by xorcist »

RandyRanderson wrote: post #55

My advice: Instead of supporting a bunch of hardware poorly make one laptop like the macbook pro with: * 2 ram slots * 2 M.2 SSD slots * a decent kb * a decent touchpad * a decent screen * discrete graphics * good battery management (you can do this because it's only one) * thunderbolt 3 * at least 3 usb ports * no dvd * ONE TRRS audio port * ethernet * HDMI for legacy reasons forget about * thinnest * lightest * or…

> discrete graphics

Who needs this? It is the one thing I tell people to stay away from when they're shopping for hardware.

If you can get by with integrated graphics, do it. It saves energy and a whole lot of frustration. Stick with upstreamed drivers only if you want to keep your sanity.

Re: Fedora dev: “HN feedback on what they want from their Desktop – We got it”

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Post by mpol »

miloshadzic wrote: post #58

I'm using Fedora again as my desktop after some years on OS X. Things that I'd like to see: * A better email app. Currently none can be said to work very well. I'm actually considering mutt at this point * A better Gnome Calendar. I think this is coming in the next release. * A PDF viewer that supports highlighting.

Did you try Claws Mail for email? I have been using it for years and it is the best thing I ever used. Nothing comes close. There is also Sypheed, of which Claws is a fork. I consider both a 100 times better than Thunderbird.

Re: Fedora dev: “HN feedback on what they want from their Desktop – We got it”

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Post by noja »

Printing in Fedora sucks. Big time. And I use it as my desktop machine.

If I ever want to print anything apart from a website, I go straight to a Mac. The preview is realistic, it does a rotate when I tell it to, it fits the page when I want it to. Printing in Fedora has a life of its own: it takes minutes of troubleshooting and reprinting before I get near what I need.

Re: Fedora dev: “HN feedback on what they want from their Desktop – We got it”

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Post by merb »

RandyRanderson wrote: post #55

My advice: Instead of supporting a bunch of hardware poorly make one laptop like the macbook pro with: * 2 ram slots * 2 M.2 SSD slots * a decent kb * a decent touchpad * a decent screen * discrete graphics * good battery management (you can do this because it's only one) * thunderbolt 3 * at least 3 usb ports * no dvd * ONE TRRS audio port * ethernet * HDMI for legacy reasons forget about * thinnest * lightest * or…

make a 15" version that weights only 2kg and has 1080p or the retina size and maybe for some people the 4k version. with fedora and open hardware. i would buy it on day one.

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Post by pliptvo »

miloshadzic wrote: post #58

I'm using Fedora again as my desktop after some years on OS X. Things that I'd like to see: * A better email app. Currently none can be said to work very well. I'm actually considering mutt at this point * A better Gnome Calendar. I think this is coming in the next release. * A PDF viewer that supports highlighting.

> A PDF viewer that supports highlighting.

Tried Okular?

> A better email app. Currently none can be said to work very well. I'm actually considering mutt at this point

Switching to Mu4e was the best thing I ever did to my emails. If someone doesn't know/doesn't want to pick up Emacs then I'd recommend Mutt all the way.

Re: Fedora dev: “HN feedback on what they want from their Desktop – We got it”

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Post by padraic7a »

Re HiDPI;

A recent episode of the podcast Late Night Linux has a discussion of one of the hosts' experiences with his 4k monitor and a number of Linux distros.

I think it starts at about 30 minutes in: https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-06/

AFAIR the best experience was with Unity 7 on Ubuntu. There is some discussion on why support on different desktops / distros is the way it is, and how automatic configuration might be improved, which might be of interest to HN readers.

The chap doing the testing is the main dev / founder behind Budgie / Solus.

Re: Fedora dev: “HN feedback on what they want from their Desktop – We got it”

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Post by pliptvo »

broodbucket wrote: post #38

If anyone's interested in trying Fedora I'd suggest checking out Korora, it bundles the Fedora base with nice themes and some essential packages/repositories that Fedora refuses to bundle based on their free software guidelines (like VLC) and some more sensible defaults (like Firefox as default browser instead of Epiphany). https://kororaproject.org/

They also give brilliant support, speaking from experience.

Re: Fedora dev: “HN feedback on what they want from their Desktop – We got it”

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Post by lima »

RandyRanderson wrote: post #55

My advice: Instead of supporting a bunch of hardware poorly make one laptop like the macbook pro with: * 2 ram slots * 2 M.2 SSD slots * a decent kb * a decent touchpad * a decent screen * discrete graphics * good battery management (you can do this because it's only one) * thunderbolt 3 * at least 3 usb ports * no dvd * ONE TRRS audio port * ethernet * HDMI for legacy reasons forget about * thinnest * lightest * or…

Partnering with an established vendor like Lenovo would make more sense.

Modern ThinkPads (Carbon X1, T460[s], ...) come pretty close to your requirements.

Re: Fedora dev: “HN feedback on what they want from their Desktop – We got it”

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Post by sandGorgon »

This is incredible. I had written a comment on the original thread on why I had moved to fedora after 14 years of using Ubuntu and this post confirms that I made the right choice.

For some unkNown reason, Fedora is considered "bleeding edge" and unstable..While Ubuntu is considered mainstream. The truth is that fedora is probably the most polished Linux distribution out there right now..Including a brilliant UI experience.

The only doubt I had was whether fedora is taken seriously inside redhat...And this post pretty much takes care of that.

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