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Fedora 26 released

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Re: Fedora 26 released

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Post by reitanqild »

RandomKid wrote: post #38

Everyone is praising GNOME here. Am I the only one who thinks that it's not polished enough? I'm using it on my laptop and it kind of works most of the time. But there are occasional bugs arising here and there. I even sometimes think that I'm the first user otherwise how come nobody noticed those (sometimes very obvious) bugs. If 26 isn't fixing them, apparently I'll have to move back to the Cinnamon spin.

No, you are not alone.

Or at least I spotted a number of usability issues last time I tried gnome (last week, latest Ubuntu).

Re: Fedora 26 released

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Post by reitanqild »

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.

KDE Neon is wonderful IMO.[0] I like the Ubuntu base but I never liked Kubuntu and I really didn't like Unity so I never used it much after they left Gnome 2.

[0]: but then again I always liked KDE except the 4.x series which was too experimental IMO.

Re: Fedora 26 released

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Post by reitanqild »

BenjiWiebe wrote: post #23
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.

I guess this means it now gets enough attention? Last I tried (n years ago) it felt like a second class citizen.

Re: Fedora 26 released

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Post by sandGorgon »

AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #34
sandGorgon wrote: post #13

The best part of fedora 26 is built in f.lux /redshift. No need to install or setup third party apps. Just that feature makes it worth it

I have mixed feelings on it. GNOME Nightlight only exists because a number of people complained that the lack of screen-temperature API made Redshift on Wayland impossible. On the one-hand, the feature is incredibly useful, and great to have it included in all GNOME installs. On the other hand, this is exactly what Google and Apple did when they kicked apps like f.lux out of the appstore, and then rolled out their ow…

this is untrue for Gnome. Because Gnome made the api available .. its still not in their javascript api . But people have created early redshift forks for wayland: https://github.com/Lourens-Rich/redshift/commit/295c8fa7ef53...

Re: Fedora 26 released

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Post by rantanplan »

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.

Been using KDE on Fedora for almost 8 years now. It's been mostly a smooth experience.

Personally I would recommend it to any KDE fan.

Re: Fedora 26 released

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Post by boondaburrah »

rayiner wrote: post #15

So what's the Linux remote desktop story these days? It seems like modern versions of GNOME running on Wayland don't support VNC?

I really want to know about how this is solved in Wayland. I've still seen nothing that beats X11 forwarding with compression (nomachine nx), but not only are nomachine not supporting it anymore, nobody seems interested in taking up the torch.

Re: Fedora 26 released

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Post by dizzystar »

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'm using a lab that is built on top of a KDE spin. I really disliked GNOME, and I was a LXDE user for many years.

For me, KDE has been working great. It has sane hot-keys, fully customizable, fast, and good looking.

I've had no issues with upgrades on Fedora yet.

Re: Fedora 26 released

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Post by xorcist »

Ever since Ubuntu went all NIH with Mir and Unity, I looked for other desktops to recommend to people who want something that "just works". The wishlist includes non-breaking upgrades and not changing interface unnecessarily.

There are a few modern distributions like Mint and Elementary, but none pay much attention to upgrades. Fedora Workstation it is. The tools have matured a bit since esr's wife famously wanted to use her printer with it.

The past four or five years with it have been pretty uneventful, just as was hoped.

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