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Fedora Linux 34 is officially here

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Re: Fedora Linux 34 is officially here

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Post by dfdz »

I just upgraded from Fedora 33 to Fedora 34 and experienced serious issues making my computer usable. There is a rendering issue making the screen flicker/strange pixels patterns appearing for almost every app (including gnome terminal). Interestingly, the only app that seems unaffected is firefox.

The only non-standard thing about my setup is that I have a 1400p 144hz display. My graphics card is Amd 5600xt so I do not think this is the issue.

Has anyone else experienced this?

I am not a sophisticated linux user, but I have been using Fedora for the last 10 years without issue, and usually upgrade when I hear about a new version.

Re: Fedora Linux 34 is officially here

#62

Post by merb »

dfdz wrote: post #61

I just upgraded from Fedora 33 to Fedora 34 and experienced serious issues making my computer usable. There is a rendering issue making the screen flicker/strange pixels patterns appearing for almost every app (including gnome terminal). Interestingly, the only app that seems unaffected is firefox. The only non-standard thing about my setup is that I have a 1400p 144hz display. My graphics card is Amd 5600xt so I do…

> I just upgraded from Fedora 33 to Fedora 34 and experienced serious issues making my computer usable

I hope you meant unusable.

Re: Fedora Linux 34 is officially here

#63

Post by SubjectToChange »

absove wrote: post #41

Any opinion on the move to BTRFS as the default filesystem? Would it be a transparent change for the user? Obviously it will only apply to fresh installs.

I think it is a good move for Fedora, especially because they stick to the latest kernel releases. Something like ZFS is probably technically superior for a file server, but for a Linux workstation Btrfs is best option, IMO.

Anecdotally, I've been running Btrfs for over five years with zero problems. And it has saved me from data corruption multiple times.

Re: Fedora Linux 34 is officially here

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Post by SemiNormal »

merb wrote: post #62
dfdz wrote: post #61

I just upgraded from Fedora 33 to Fedora 34 and experienced serious issues making my computer usable. There is a rendering issue making the screen flicker/strange pixels patterns appearing for almost every app (including gnome terminal). Interestingly, the only app that seems unaffected is firefox. The only non-standard thing about my setup is that I have a 1400p 144hz display. My graphics card is Amd 5600xt so I do…

> I just upgraded from Fedora 33 to Fedora 34 and experienced serious issues making my computer usable I hope you meant unusable.

I read it as they are having trouble making the computer usable now.

Re: Fedora Linux 34 is officially here

#65

Post by drwu »

merb wrote: post #62
dfdz wrote: post #61

I just upgraded from Fedora 33 to Fedora 34 and experienced serious issues making my computer usable. There is a rendering issue making the screen flicker/strange pixels patterns appearing for almost every app (including gnome terminal). Interestingly, the only app that seems unaffected is firefox. The only non-standard thing about my setup is that I have a 1400p 144hz display. My graphics card is Amd 5600xt so I do…

> I just upgraded from Fedora 33 to Fedora 34 and experienced serious issues making my computer usable I hope you meant unusable.

My mind automatically interpreted that spelling as "unstable". It turned out that "unusable" matches the context better.

Re: Fedora Linux 34 is officially here

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Post by hulitu »

rubyist5eva wrote: post #23
mikevm wrote: post #14

I've been an Ubuntu user for ages, any reasons to switch to Fedora?

Vanilla gnome, more up-to-date software, package management with dnf is superior than apt. You don't have to have snaps shoved down your throat (but you can still use them if you like). Fedora is a "makers" distro. Every big innovation in Linux has happened in Fedora first.

> Fedora is a "makers" distro. Every big innovation in Linux has happened in Fedora first.

That's because is the beta version of RedHat. I wouldn't call SystemD and Pulseaudio innovations but ymmv.

Re: Fedora Linux 34 is officially here

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Post by viraptor »

throwaway74737 wrote: post #35
viraptor wrote: post #4

While pipewire still needs a lot of work and some people will see regressions in their workflow, this change is so much better than the pulseaudio disaster. It already enables things like more reasonable Bluetooth access, BT codec/profile switching, close to real-time audio, etc. With updated pipewire you can run jack applications like guitarix and ardour and they just work. With pipewire updated from copr repositori…

In 34, I've seen a problem with Ardour accessing the JACK API in Pipewire. Apparently one of the API calls is not implemented, which makes Ardour crash from time to time. Sadly, this means I am not comfortable using a completely free/open-source audio production platform yet.

Yup, there's still some things missing. Freewheeling is one of them which makes exports from ardour get stuck. But that's in progress upstream.

Re: Fedora Linux 34 is officially here

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Post by EspadaV9 »

dfdz wrote: post #61

I just upgraded from Fedora 33 to Fedora 34 and experienced serious issues making my computer usable. There is a rendering issue making the screen flicker/strange pixels patterns appearing for almost every app (including gnome terminal). Interestingly, the only app that seems unaffected is firefox. The only non-standard thing about my setup is that I have a 1400p 144hz display. My graphics card is Amd 5600xt so I do…

I have the exact same issue, still on 33. Running Ryzen 3600X and RX 480. I think it could be a kernel update, got bumped to 5.11.16 last night, don't recall any Mesa updates in the list (using update-testing repos).

Re: Fedora Linux 34 is officially here

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Post by TingPing »

mxuribe wrote: post #11
haik90 wrote: post #5

just upgrade from Fedora 32 to Fedora 34. the upgrade really smooth, less than 1 hour.

Interesting...my personal daily driver is on fedora 32,and i was going to go to fedora 33 first...but it seems that you skipped 33? If so, curious why? Was it a sort of "who cares, let's do it", or is there a reason that i should skip 33, etc.??

You really shouldnt skip releases, each transition js well tested in order.

Re: Fedora Linux 34 is officially here

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Post by dfdz »

drwu wrote: post #65
merb wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I just upgraded from Fedora 33 to Fedora 34 and experienced serious issues making my computer usable I hope you meant unusable.

My mind automatically interpreted that spelling as "unstable". It turned out that "unusable" matches the context better.

Ah yes I meant unstable

I blame the flickering screen for the typo.

I had to downgrade to 33 which was slightly annoying but no harm done. I guess I will skip this upgrade cycle and wait for 35

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