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Fedora 26 released

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Re: Fedora 26 released

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Post by champagnepapi »

lima wrote: post #2

Fedora has been great lately. QA is so much better than other distros. Things "just work".

I've been using Fedora since 23. I started using it because of work, but it quickly became my main OS. I've installed it on a MBP, and now an Alienware. Only have had a couple problems, on the MBP webcam didn't work. On the Alienware, I have to run a script to get the 3.5mm jack to work. Other than that, no problems. I enjoy using it, and its also really easy to upgrade. Prior, I was a life long Mac OS user (since the 6th grade lol).

Re: Fedora 26 released

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Post by BenjiWiebe »

flannelhead wrote: post #20

Congratulations Fedora! Everyone is praising the GNOME (default) edition. Does anyone use the KDE spin? Also, how are Fedora version upgrades nowadays? I'm trying to decide between KDE neon and Fedora.

I've used the KDE spin since GNOME 3 came out, and I love it. I wouldn't dream of going back.

Re: Fedora 26 released

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Post by joelinuxyx »

flannelhead wrote: post #20

Congratulations Fedora! Everyone is praising the GNOME (default) edition. Does anyone use the KDE spin? Also, how are Fedora version upgrades nowadays? I'm trying to decide between KDE neon and Fedora.

I would stick with KDE neon unless there is something that you cant live without in Fedora. The KDE developers and enthusiasts seem to be rallying around KDE neon so it's only going to get better and it has a hybrid rolling release model which is nice.

Re: Fedora 26 released

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Post by nickserv »

Been hearing a lot of positive feedback from Fedora lately. Wondering how good the KDE integration is before trying it out though ( no machine to spare). Anybody have some experience with KDE and Fedora, in particular!at Wayland and multi monitor support?

Re: Fedora 26 released

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Post by astrodust »

meddlepal wrote: post #3
lima wrote: post #2

Fedora has been great lately. QA is so much better than other distros. Things "just work".

Agreed. I readopted Fedora as my distro of choice around 19 and haven't looked back.

I've been using Fedora since they forked from RedHat for the simple reason that clicking "Next" through the installer or mashing F12 always did the right thing by default.

Ubuntu and Debian, by comparison, would always ask stupid questions that had even dumber defaults. Nothing would ever work unless you went out of your way to look things up.

The Fedora team has done a really great job of keeping the distribution coherent and functional even though they've fully embraced the "move fast and break things" mentality.

The only down-side to Fedora is they iterate really quickly and there's no LTS option, as that's what RedHat is for, but if you can turn over your installations on a regular basis (e.g. cloud servers) it's not really a big deal.

Re: Fedora 26 released

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Post by rhblake »

flannelhead wrote: post #20

Congratulations Fedora! Everyone is praising the GNOME (default) edition. Does anyone use the KDE spin? Also, how are Fedora version upgrades nowadays? I'm trying to decide between KDE neon and Fedora.

I upgraded from Fedora 25 to 26 alpha a few months ago and even then the process was smooth and the resulting system stable.

Haven't tried the KDE spin but I did try KDE neon briefly earlier this year. Quite slick but I quickly ran into broken package dependencies when trying to install some random stuff I needed (QGIS and sqlitebrowser IIRC); apparently it's been an open bug since September last year [0]. Didn't leave me with a good first impression but I'm rooting for the project - KDE is fantastic these days.

[0] https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=368792

Re: Fedora 26 released

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Post by schnevets »

lima wrote: post #2

Fedora has been great lately. QA is so much better than other distros. Things "just work".

So interesting... I gave up on Fedora around the "Beefy Miracle" silliness. I remembered seeing comment threads that combined community exasperation alongside genuine technical complaints. It's nice to see the team has rebuilt itself! Maybe I'll give 26 a spin in a VM.

Re: Fedora 26 released

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Post by mastax »

I was a bit cynical when GNOME started writing new 'modern' desktop apps. It seemed like a lot of wasted effort chasing Windows/Mac. Who really needs a native desktop maps app?

But I actually really like the new apps they've put together. They're simple, clean, and lightweight. I'm a bit surprised that they're made with GTK.

Still hate "hot corners," though.

Re: Fedora 26 released

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Post by fulafel »

astrodust wrote: post #26
meddlepal wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed. I readopted Fedora as my distro of choice around 19 and haven't looked back.

I've been using Fedora since they forked from RedHat for the simple reason that clicking "Next" through the installer or mashing F12 always did the right thing by default. Ubuntu and Debian, by comparison, would always ask stupid questions that had even dumber defaults. Nothing would ever work unless you went out of your way to look things up. The Fedora team has done a really great job of keeping the distribution co…

They didn't fork, RH just rebranded it.
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