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Reader supplied reviews for Fedora
Average rating
8.2 from 397 review(s)
Version: 42
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-05-12
Votes: 1
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Awesome experience with Fedora Silverblue 42 (as well as 41). Absolutly rock solid, more than any other linux distro or even any other os (except macOS and ChromeOS). Zero errors or crashes and I am using it as daily driver.
Really easy for beginners, just go to the App Store and install your flatpaks But for most apps I strongly recommend the flathub versions of the apps! You can still install rpms, if you need.
I also love pure stock Gnome, especially on my Surface Tablet.
Best choice if you want an easy to use Linux OS that just works.
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Version: 42
Rating: 2
Date: 2025-05-11
Votes: 1
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I recently tried Fedora 42 and was extremely disappointed with the experience. I intended to set up Fedora as a dual boot alongside Windows 11, but everything turned out to be far from what I expected.
When I reached the partitioning stage, I carefully ensured that I selected the dual boot option and prepared space for Fedora. However, after the installation completed and I rebooted my laptop, not only did I not find an option to boot into Windows 11, but my Windows 11 was completely gone.
This was incredibly frustrating because I was very cautious throughout the installation process and was confident I followed all the correct steps. There were no warnings or prompts to confirm my partition selections, and worst of all, it felt as if Fedora had completely overwritten my system without giving me the option to choose which operating system I wanted to boot into.
While I understand that Fedora is more focused on Linux users, my experience with dual boot on Fedora 42 was terrible. The installation process felt opaque and even ruined my previously working Windows setup.
This has been a very disappointing experience, and I’m left feeling extremely frustrated. Now, I have to find a way to recover my lost Windows 11 and restore my system. I hope the Fedora developers can improve the installation process and provide clearer warnings and more transparent options, especially for users who want to set up dual boot.
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Version: 42
Rating: 5
Date: 2025-05-11
Votes: 0
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I installed Fedora several months ago on a higher kevel, newer, i7 11Gen, laptop.
Current KDE Plasma, Wayland, current kernel, etc, etc...
Generally speaking, well organized distro, but...
... it is frequently freezing, several times per day, with no apparent reason.
First, I had to hard-shut down the comp and restart it. Then, I realized that the freeze goes away after several minutes, so I waited...
I read MANY complains on the Internet about it. Nobody knows the real reason. Some associate it with AMD based comps (not mine), some with power "Performance" option to be changed to "Balanced" to solve the problem (did not solve it!), some with Gnome (not me), some with Wayland (disqualification!!!), etc, etc...
I have to get back to some other options I used previously... Nobara (but it could have the same problem, as it is based on Fedora), Manjaro... Tuxedo... and many other distros I tried and gave up after having some "inconveniences"...
I don't know.
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Version: 42
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-05-11
Votes: 9
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Running on the same machine I tested version 41 on. The differences are apparent right away, as I just set up and use Fedora 42 instead of ATTEMPT to set up (tweak to my liking) and attempt to use as a work station and web browser.
Biggest difference? I downloaded and installed KDE plasma this time instead of Gnome. THAT may be why I'm now seeing Fedora as a "just works" distro instead of the unreliable, rather clunky distro I've experienced for several Fedora versions over the years. I've ALWAYS reported in forums and here about slowness, crashes (random), and overall troubles. Gnome related? Or... ?
The live environment went smoothly and offered all of the choices I'd make with an install of a new distro. It ran well and detected all of my hardware, including graphics/cpu, networking, wifi printer, audio, etc.
The hard install has done the same. I'm happy with this Plasma version of Fedora 42. Less than a 10 would not do it justice.
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Version: 42
Rating: 6
Date: 2025-05-10
Votes: 0
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I have mixed feelings with Fedora, on one hand I like a lot of what 42 has done. I have installed it on a laptop and a desktop PC. Have had no issues installing or running any apps. But on the Lenovo the App store update kept indicating a firmware (bios) update which downloaded fine and requested a restart but could never actually install the firmware update. Even with SecureBoot and TPM turned off. I kept getting a ROM error, so I finally updated the firmware using a bootable USB drive with the ISO firmware image. I also really do not like pure Gnome that much it is bearable when installing Gnome tweaks but I still sometimes feel that I want more tweaks. My rating of 6 sort of defines the fact that I am on the fence with Fedora.
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Version: 42
Rating: 4
Date: 2025-05-08
Votes: 0
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After using Fedora for almost a year, I had to switch to another linux now, to ubuntu. Since fedora version 42 release, the system is buggy, installed apps are crushing, also the fedora file explorer is crushing sometimes when I try to access network hard drive via samba. Unfortunately I had to quit Fedora. It has really good fundamentals like new GNOME version, great wayland support, but since fedora version 42 is hardly usable. In that sense fedora 41 was much more better, but I did not wanted to do a downgrade. It's a shame that fedora does not have a LTS version or something similar.
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Version: 42
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-05-07
Votes: 7
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I tested XFCE for a while, but there were problems with dnfdragora, which became apparent immediately after installation. Despite some help from the forum, this appears to be a problem with the installation itself. This problem has apparently been reported numerous times in the bug tracker. I switched to Fedora Budgie, which was also very quick to install and the updates were problem-free. It looks very appealing graphically, offers many configuration options, and has an innovative design. This makes Linux really fun and there's something for everyone!
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Version: 42
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-05-06
Votes: 1
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Fedora KDE Plasma edition is exceptionally good. I've used Linux for over 2 decades, mostly sticking to the Debian/Ubuntu/Mint distros. After substantial testing of many other distros, I settled on Fedora because: Fedora is one of the most modern in it's design, with OpenSUSE as a fairly close #2, and with Debian/Ubuntu/Mint being very distant in their designs (they are good distros, just not using the latest design concepts that most users won't see). Fedora is notable for using packages that are nearly bleeding edge (up-to-date) yet with enough testing that Fedora is very stable. There are a few downsides to Fedora though: It isn't the perfect distro for a complete newbie to Linux as it requires a small bit of technical know-how to install Xorg instead of Wayland, or to add additional Fedora repositories.
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Version: 41
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-05-02
Votes: 0
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Coming from Debian it is more convenient to use, DNF is fine a mature. I use MATE and while is not as flashy out of the box as Ubuntu's, it's easy to customise.
There was an initial issue with the launch of 41, blank screen (Wayland) but learnt the lesson, waiting for the version update 1-2 months does the trick and you have always have 6 month to do so. It is highly recommended as a desktop distro.
As for the severs Debian remains the king if you want to have a set-up and forget approach and don't mind the outdated but secure packages. Fedora server is fine and very comfortable to use but needs more attention. Out of the box SElinux and BTRFS are welcome, spins and immutable versions are a nice touch if that's your jam.
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Version: 42
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-04-28
Votes: 20
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With Fedora, you get all the latest linux innovations and it's stable. You're on the edge, not the bleeding edge. My favorite distribution.
However, it's annoying you have to add the rpm fusion repo and make sure you manually install the codecs.
Also Fedora workstation provides the vanilla version of Gnome.
Gnome is my favorite desktop environment, but I install gnome-tweaks to add those minimize maximize buttons (in the Window titlebars section).
And you need to add extension manager, in order to add dash to panel.
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Version: 42
Rating: 4
Date: 2025-04-21
Votes: 0
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I have installed Fedora on a Testingsystem with two SSDs and a 2TB harddisk. Installing was a little difficult compared to Mint, MXLinux or SuSE and some other systems I have tested.
But, I don´t wanna use Wayland and there wasn´t an alternativ choice. A no-go for me.
And the KDE-Desktop is not the first choice using with Fedora, I think.
But what kills me is, after installation and downloading over 2GB Update-Files, the system want to restart and I get an restart-screen looking like Windows!
I want a Linux and NOT something looking like Windows!!!
Never!
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Version: 42
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-04-19
Votes: 0
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I downloaded Fedora 42 and put it on a USB with Ventoy. USB had another partition with private stuff. After installing Fedora, I was unpleasantly surprised that my other partition with private stuff and the Ventoy bootable partition were deleted, leaving only free space on the USB.
I didn't believe so. I installed Ventoy again, installed Fedora from USB, to found that the same thing happened again.
This never happened on any other distro.
Needless to say that I didn't stick to Fedora, and installed another distro with Ventoy, and the problem didn't happen.
Leaving a 1 rating for losing the partition with private stuff.
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Version: 41
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-04-16
Votes: 12
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I switched from Kubuntu 24.10 to Fedora 41 KDE recently. I tried it a couple years and just wasnt super impressed with it but also was not as knowledgeable. Now its so stupid easy to get setup and just game on. I had mine setup in about 30 minutes with rpm, flatpaks, btrs assistant, auto mount drives etc. etc. no Issues. Installer is amazing and super simple. Really excited.. I have noticed that my blacks in colors are darker than Kubuntu so I'm not sure what that is, makes it hard to see at night time in games.. not sure how yet to fix that. Overall super solid experience. I want something that just works, feels comfortable, looks clean, has VRR, customizable and more up to date.
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Version: 42
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-04-16
Votes: 33
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I recently upgraded my operating system from Fedora 41 to Fedora 42, marking the first time I opted for an upgrade instead of performing a clean installation. I must admit, the process was seamless, and the results were beyond my expectations. Having used Fedora for quite a while, I've grown accustomed to its reliability and user-friendly nature, but Fedora 42 feels like a significant step forward. It's as if my system has evolved from being good to being truly excellent in both performance and design.
After the upgrade, I immediately noticed how smooth and fluid the system has become. Every interaction feels snappier, and the overall aesthetics have been refined beautifully. Fedora 42 also introduced several under-the-hood improvements that enhance both functionality and stability. The kernel update ensures better hardware support, and the tweaks to the desktop environment make navigating and multitasking more intuitive than ever. Whether I'm working on complex projects or simply browsing online, the system handles it all effortlessly.
One feature that stood out to me is the new Wellbeing functionality in GNOME 48, which was included in this upgrade. This feature resonates deeply with the current need for balance between productivity and self-care. It enables users to monitor screen time, set breaks, and even offers gentle reminders to step away from the screen—a thoughtful addition that reflects the growing awareness of mental health and ergonomics in technology design. It’s incredible how a small feature can have such a positive impact on daily habits and work-life balance.
Additionally, I appreciate the subtle improvements to Fedora's package manager, DNF. Installing and updating software is even more efficient now, reducing downtime and simplifying system maintenance. The developers truly listened to the community and addressed many of the minor quirks that users had been discussing in recent releases. Fedora 42 also appears to have focused heavily on security, with enhanced measures to protect data and ensure a safer environment for users. This is particularly important for someone like me who values privacy and operates in an online world where threats are ever-present.
Overall, Fedora 42 is a masterpiece. It combines practicality with innovation, delivering an operating system that feels both familiar and refreshingly new. This release has strengthened my confidence in Fedora as my go-to Linux distribution. As I continue to explore its features and experience its improvements, I look forward to seeing what Fedora 43 will bring. If it's anything like Fedora 42, I’m certain it will be worth the wait.
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Version: 42
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-04-16
Votes: 4
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I think this is a great and rock solid OS to use.
Also a easy OS for beginners and Experienced users,who will use a different Os Than Windows or other operatingsystems.
I use Fedora on my Pc and i'm very statisfied about it. I use the gnome desktop while i was using Mac Os before on an Macbook pro and Imac,so i't was very easy for me to switch over.
Also Fedora Linux has the newest packages who are available with Linux when they are availale you can easy install or upgrade them with Flatpak,Dnf,Rpm or whatever. I think Fedora is the only Linux distribution who has first the newest packages for linux rather than other Linux distributions.
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Version: 42
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-04-16
Votes: 3
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I try some distros, like Mint 22.1, OpenSUSE 15.6 and tumbleweed, Debian 12... And then I try Fedora 42 Beta. My notebook is very simple, one Acer Aspite A315 (Pentium 4417U, 4Gb RAM, 240Gb SSD and 500Gb HD). And all works!!
Every other distro I've tried have some problem with my note, except Fedora. I start with Live, test most of my hardware, all works fine!
Then I try agais, using dual boot this time. Fedora works ok, only a little slow, when compares with Windows 11, on same notebook.
And then... I remove all Windows from my note and install Fedora 42 Beta on my notebook, as primary SO. All works (as expected...), fast and reliable! Windows on my machine? No more!!!
Now I'm using Fedora Linux 42 KDE edition since April, 13. And I'm very happy!
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Version: 42
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-04-15
Votes: 14
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I my experience Fedora 42 with GNOME 48 is absolutely phenomenal! I love it!! The revamped GNOME Shell is buttery smooth on Wayland, with intuitive workflows and a polished look that’s pure eye candy. The Anaconda Web UI made installation a breeze, and the system screams performance on my AMD Ryzen with the Linux 6.14 kernel. Btrfs keeps things rock-solid, and GCC 15 is a dev’s dream. Fedora 42 is the gold standard for a cutting-edge, stable Linux experience. Huge kudos to the team! 🎉 #Fedora42 #GNOME
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Version: 41
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-04-12
Votes: 11
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Fedora Linux is a modern, community-driven Linux distribution known for its up-to-date software and close alignment with the latest open-source technologies. Backed by Red Hat, Fedora places a strong emphasis on free and open-source principles, making it a favorite among developers, system administrators, and tech enthusiasts. It provides early access to the latest versions of the Linux kernel, GNOME desktop environment, and a wide range of development tools, while still maintaining a high level of stability. Fedora Workstation, the desktop edition, delivers a clean, efficient, and near-vanilla GNOME experience that performs well even on modest hardware. Security is another strong point, with features like SELinux enabled by default, offering advanced protection out of the box. One downside is its relatively short release cycle—each version is supported for around 13 months, requiring regular upgrades. Additionally, some proprietary software and codecs aren’t included by default, though they can be added via repositories like RPM Fusion. While Fedora may be slightly less beginner-friendly than other distributions like Ubuntu, it is well-documented and supported by a helpful community. Overall, Fedora is an excellent choice for those who want a cutting-edge, secure, and reliable Linux environment, especially if they value open-source ideals and enjoy staying on the forefront of technology.
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Version: 41
Rating: 5
Date: 2025-04-10
Votes: 1
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10 to 15 years ago fedora would have been one of my goto's for Linux. Not anymore. I downloaded and installed the latest live workstation gnome ISO onto a flash drive. I used the fedora media creation tool for windows for my first try. When I tried booting up the image checked the drive for errors as it was loading it into ram. The test said the media (drive) was no good and failed to move forward. I then tried using Rufus in DD mode and the same error happened again. I tried rufus in hybrid mode and I couldn't get past the grub screen. I gave up. I could have looked online to see if someone else had the same issues but for the moment i'm putting fedora at the back of the bus. Six months to a year ago I tried fedora kinoite (atomic kde plasma) I was able to install it on the same machine but I had annoying issues using it. I eventually uninstalled it and replaced it with nobara (which is based on fedora) I was happy with nobara 40 but then I updated the machine to nobara 41. Since then I've had issues with the machine and today i had enough with all the update problems on nobara 41 and uninstalled it. On any debian based distributions and opensuse i've had no issues with them.... fedora has really gone down the dumps.
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Version: 41
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-04-05
Votes: 9
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Switched to Fedora around Fedora 18, and have been using it as my daily driver since. Had previously alternated between (K)Ubuntu, Debian and Arch as my daily, but ended up moving all my gear to Fedora and CentOS (later Rocky).
Fedora doesn't have the Ubuntu-style nagware asking for money, it's much better with more complicated storage setups like RAID+LVM, and it's a good mix of stable and current. You get a relatively reliable system that still has the latest version of KDE Plasma, Firefox and the latest drivers courtesy of a current Linux kernel. It's fairly easy to use but with more secure defaults than some other desktop-focused distros.
My personal experience has been that packaged software in Fedora's repo is closer in quality to Debian than Ubuntu, but more current. Ubuntu packages tend to ship broken more frequently, at least the ones I see and use. The flip side of that is sometimes Fedora ships with major pieces of infrastructure that aren't fully baked, like PulseAudio and Wayland, and there is an adjustment period as people find and fix the bugs.
Fedora is Red Hat based, so if you work in the enterprise space and will be dealing with RHEL/likes, Fedora is a good way to stay ahead of the curve and not be blindsided when a new release comes out. Fedora users are ready for technologies like SELinux and Wayland well before they hit the enterprise space. However, since Fedora is a Red Hat centric project, IBM could decide to neuter it like they did with CentOS if some MBA in middle management decides Fedora is a threat to RHEL.
Every OS has its strengths, annoyances, and WTFs, and it always comes down to which one is the least difficult to live with. For me and my use case, Fedora sucks less.
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Version: 42-beta
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-04-02
Votes: 0
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Bad distro . When updating packages there is no progress seen . Then i cancel it and reboot the computer and then i get a black screen with no error . I can not fix that . Big thanks Fedora for a useless computer . Avoid it . This is not user friendly and not my way to bring linux to new comers . Fedora is not good for beginners and break the system with updates without any warning . For a workstation distro this is gonna a big deal breaker for many serious users . I wonder if Fedora test updates
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Version: 41
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-03-24
Votes: 53
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I've done a lot of distro hopping and I just keep coming back to Fedora. I've been a linux user for over a decade; I started on Fedora and here I am 15 years later still using it as my daily driver. Fedora is the perfect combination of latest features, available packages, and stability. The Fedora team does an incredible job of making sure that things just work while still pushing the envelope of what linux is and will be in the future. The only real issue I've had in the past is the lack of media codex which seems to be less of an issue with newer releases. Some people complain that the package manager is slow and they are kind of correct, but the important thing to me isn't the speed, it's the reliability and all you need to know is that dnf = does not fail. Overall I think Fedora is the most complete and well maintained distro out there, suitable for everyone from beginner to experienced user.
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Version: 42-beta
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-03-22
Votes: 5
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I tried Fedora beta with the COSMIC desktop environment, which is a new spin and a surprise given that COSMIC is at alpha 6 at the time of writing. I don't think that Fedora has ever released a spin before based on a non-production desktop environment, but there is a great deal of interest and goodwill towards COSMIC and, as it turned out, it made the right decision to support it early.
Why COSMIC? I am an old Ubuntu person and not since Unity have I experienced a desktop environment which is so efficient - for my use, it simply takes fewer mouse and keyboard actions to perform a specific task than others. It is also midway between GNOME (low) and KDE (high) in the degree of customisation, which is just right. There is some muttering that it "is too much like GNOME". It certainly looks rather like it, but the "feel" is completely different.
Producing and maintaining the spin is helped by COSMIC being decoupled - it is small, made up of relatively few packages, because it has little technical debt. Wayland and Pipewire, among others, are mandatory with no fallback to older technology.
The installer (Anaconda) is the same as it has been for many releases and behaves in the same way. However, after the initial screens have been navigated it is a few minutes, and a reboot, to the COSMIC desktop. This has one Fedora wallpaper (which vanishes from the wallpaper chooser and cannot be picked again if you switch to one of COSMIC's wallpapers, a minor bug) but is otherwise as developed by System76. Firefox, LibreOffice, [GNOME] Disks, [GNOME] System Monitor and [GNOME] Calculator are supplied to fill in the gaps left by COSMIC's own utilities (Files, Media Player, Screenshot, Settings, Store, Terminal, Text Editor). Rather oddly, Okular [KDE] is also preinstalled to support PDF file reading; I replaced it with Papers [GNOME].
In general the COSMIC utilities are GNOME-like but, as is common throughout, have sensible defaults and their customisation options do not generally have to be changed. The Store is actually very good; it is fast and to the point and supports dnf and Flathub. An omission in COSMIC is that there is no indicator for software updates. The developers have made the correct decision not to include the rather clunky dnfdragora; either the command line or the Store can be used to check. Another minor omission is that there is no night light; this is explicitly stated as being a post-first-release option in COSMIC. Unfortunately, sct (an elegant solution) doesn't appear to be available for up-to-date versions of Fedora, so I will compile it myself.
On actual use, window tiling, the best feature of the old pre-COSMIC Pop! OS, is there and working splendidly. I find the whole desktop fast, slick and well-integrated, which is a great achievement; there is nowhere I could find where a feature or appearance sticks out as inappropriate or not in keeping with the rest of the environment. I have had no crashes in two days of heavy use, which is an even more remarkable achievement for a beta operating system with an alpha desktop environment!
I suspected that Fedora would do a good job here, as I have always thought that its engineering is the best of the major Linux distributions, and I was right. I see a lot of complaints about Pop! OS with COSMIC, many of which are misguided given that it is at alpha; ironically, someone else took System 76's desktop environment and stabilised it.
Rating? 9. There are a few - but only a few - quirks, as is expected in an alpha version of any software, but Fedora has done a stupendous job in making a sound environment using COSMIC and it is usable day-to-day, which surprised me. It also has the assurance that, because of the semi-rolling release, alphas, betas and the final release ("epoch 1") will follow, although I have to add "eventually" to that. Developing a completely new desktop environment is as hard as it gets and the development process has been drawn out.
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Version: 42-beta
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-03-22
Votes: 2
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I really like this build currently dual boot with windows 11 all is going great grub did pick up windows on a separate HD , this current 42 beta is just fantastic , I suggest any one wanting to give Linux a try this is your time to try , installation was a breeze, a nice walk through as you install makes it easy , for a non computer illiterate ,for a older person thats not a guru this in my op ion is simpler then windows 11 to install , easy to use and a simple layout not over coming and confusion , just simplicity at it's best , I did install gnome tweaks to always show the taskbar , just hands down a great OS with out the telemetry of Windows, get it a try you will not be disappointed . At the current state I'm enjoying this more then windows 11..
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Version: 42-beta
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-03-20
Votes: 10
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Fedora KDE offers a polished and modern KDE Plasma experience with Fedora’s reliability and up-to-date software. The Plasma desktop is sleek, customizable, and lightweight, making it a great choice for users who prefer a traditional yet modern interface. While it benefits from Fedora’s strong security and frequent updates, the rolling nature of updates may not suit those looking for long-term stability. Overall, Fedora KDE is an excellent option for users who want a cutting-edge Linux distro with a beautiful and highly configurable desktop.
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Version: 41
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-03-19
Votes: 8
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installed as virtual machine using Parallels desktop on Apple Mac Studio M2 Max (aarch64, arm), KDE. works flawlessly. even as VM, is more responsive that native Intel Fedora 41 on i9 cpu system. Mac users, even though VMware FUsion is now free, Parallels is worth the money and far superior to Fusion, running Linux and macOS VMs on ARM (Fusion does not support MacOS VMs on ARM, only Intel). Parallels will actually download Fedora directly and install, you don't need to search for ISO. In addition to Fedora, Parallels will directly download Ubuntu, Debian and Kali. I tried installing otther distros and had no problem, there is an option for installing other distros using 6,.x or 5.x kernels, Arch, Red Hat, etc. with your own provided ISO images.
I chose Fedora because I want up to date Firefox etc, directly, IOW not Snap or Flatpack. Ubuntu GNOME interface seemed slow as a VM under Parallels, which surprised me. no problem with KDE Wayland through Parallels video nterface
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Version: 41
Rating: 8
Date: 2025-03-13
Votes: 1
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I have been using Fedora Silverblue 41 for a few weeks now and I am pleasantly surprised. I have already tried it in earlier versions and found it unsustainable. That has now changed. With the new “Refine” tool, you can also make limited changes to the appearance. Finally, you no longer have to resort to the “Extensions”. Unfortunately, the default setting in Gnome is still not set to “Dash to Dock” and so every new user sees a screen without a panel at first, until he possibly gets the idea to click to the top left to discover the panel. What nonsense! And stubbornness. The portals that Fedora maintains are extensive, but unfortunately quite confusing until you find answers. On the positive side, if you find it, it is gladly provided. However, the response times in the software center are annoying. Sometimes you really have to go for a coffee. This is faster in the Linux Mint software center. Unfortunately, there is still no sign of the announced new Fedora installation medium. Therefore 8/10 points.
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Version: 41
Rating: 2
Date: 2025-03-10
Votes: 0
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It is by far the worst distro I have ever tried in my life. I know it has many fans, but this distro only crashes, it doesn't work. Therefore, it is unstable and unreliable, which is something unusual for a Linux distro.
I don't know if this bad experience was because of my hardware, but I don't think so, because I tested it on a PC and on my laptop, and on both the experience was equally bad.
And look, I have tried it several times, every time they change the version I try, but I regret it later because I remember that everything is difficult.
I apologize to the fans, but this distro is not good for me.
É de longe a pior distro que já testei na vida. Sei que ela tem muitos fãs, mas essa distro só quebra, não funciona. Logo, ela é instável, não confiável, o que para uma distro linux é algo incondizente.
Não sei se essa má experiẽncia foi por causa do meu hardware, mas acho que não, pois testei em PC e em meu laptop, em ambos a experiência foi igualmente péssima.
E olha que já tentei várias vezes, sempre que mudam a versão eu tento, mas me arrependo depois porque lembro que é tudo difícil.
Peço desculpa aos fãs, mas essa distro não é boa para mim.
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Version: 41
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-03-09
Votes: 26
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Fedora: The first distribution that I installed in 2009, and it remains the last one I gonna install.
Over the years, new technologies like systemd, Wayland, PipeWire, Btrfs, and even GNOME 3 were in their early stages, and Fedora, being a leading-edge distribution, often had issues that made it challenging to use daily. I couldn't last more than 3-4 months on any distribution for years, constantly switching back and forth among various options, mostly Ubuntu (up to version 12.10), Arch, and Debian. However, I always found myself returning to Fedora. I remember Fedora 17 as a rock-solid daily driver, but things went awry with versions 18, 19, and 20. Version 21, however, Fedora leads forward.
Nowadays, almost all the fundamental changes needed for the new Linux desktop era are complete, making Fedora a reliable and well-updated system.
- Leading-edge (a drawback in the past, but now a positive aspect)
- Reliable
- A large community worldwide
- Committed to open-source and free software
- Offers the best GNOME experience (from version 42, no more lags on Intel iGPUs; GNOME 48 finally merged the triple buffering merge request)
-brilliant backward compatibility, allowing it to be installed on both MBR BIOS and UEFI-only systems
- Fedora Friends Freedom Free
- If you have a laptop that needs to run smoothly without any issues, enywhere, there are Silverblue and Atomic versions available.
Choosing a distribution as your main one involves personal preferences, hardware, and use cases. However, from a technical standpoint, you can't go wrong with Fedora if you decide to pick it.
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Version: 41
Rating: 7
Date: 2025-03-06
Votes: 0
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Controversial attitude towards Fedora 41 distribution. On the one hand, it is an excellent and user-friendly system for a simple user, but on the other hand, it has many pitfalls.
At first glance, the system looks polished, but problems do occur. I had a case of complete video driver failure. It was working fine, then suddenly stopped working altogether, and never worked again. The system simply stopped recognizing both the driver and the graphics card.
This incident upset me greatly because in all other respects this is a worthy system. However, it too succumbed to the influence of Flatpak, which I do not approve of.
I can recommend this distribution if you are not interested in games or if you are quite an advanced user who enjoys tinkering with endless settings and video driver issues.
7 out of 10
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Version: 41
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-03-06
Votes: 0
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Fedora feels like a complete OS and a worthy answer to Windows and MacOS. I've been using it for a few years now, the longest I've used any single distribution, and I find most things work very well. It seems to me the closest to an "everything just works" desktop in a Linux distro. The main issues I run into seem to be more related to Wayland and fractional scaling or to programs themselves (niche issues in Chromium, occasional broken desktop extensions).
GNOME is snappy and stable, though I prefer adding a more traditional taskbar, which is easy to do through extensions.
DNF has been easy to navigate, and the latest version has been especially quick for updates.
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Version: 41
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-02-28
Votes: 9
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Let me say I usually run Debian and still do on servers. Recently I wanted a newer version of an application for compatibility with another system. I couldn't get it without going to unstable/testing Debian. I took that as an opportunity to try another distro or 2.
I installed Fedora and have been very happy. The install is easy and works with a wide range of hardware (I installed it on multiple other systems). It has been my daily driver for a couple months now and I am very pleased.
My servers will continue to run Debian just for the stability of it, but I will run Fedora on my workstations. The Gnome interface is nice and works well, but I have been messing with Hyprland and am enjoying it. everything has worked well with IBM, AMD and Nvidia graphics.
Updating has been very easy and no issue.
Software is readily available. If not in the repo, the vendor will usually have it. I see a lot of availability of flatpaks, but to be honest I dislike flatpak and snaps so I dont use them.
Looking for a distro, give Fedora a try.
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Version: 41
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-02-26
Votes: 26
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I don't change Fedora for nothing, reliable, fast, bleeding edge, secure, free, community of users and developers, documentation and tutorials online, easy of use, configurable, not bloatware, perfect installation in 3 different computers, beautiful. I use and prefer Gnome but you can made a choice in most desktops.
I use too one program made for Windows running in Bottles without problems.
Cover near all what I need and always improve.
I know and I tried the most popular distros and others, to me the best.
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Version: 41
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-02-15
Votes: 5
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Well after over 14 months of Distro hoping , i think it's finally over. It was an eye opening experience and on the whole not a good one.
Installing went smooth and updating was fine. i am not normally a fan of KDE , but i thought i'd give it one more try. after a day of using and tweaking it i have grown to like it.
Also , nice to see flatpak installed during the install process . i would recommend fedora kde to anybody who wants a nice and easy install and setup.
I will keep using and testing and come back for a month and if i am happy with it i will chance 9/10 to 10/10.
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Version: 41
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-02-10
Votes: 48
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Fedora Linux cures my distro hop on my Dell preicison workstation running Intel® Xeon® W-2125 and nVidia Quadro P400 . Everything works perfectly
I've tried them all. Ubuntu, Manjaro, Debian, MX Linux, Mint....all of which has one or more fatal flaws that do not work in one of the scenarios limited Printer driver , unable Suspend/Sleep, lack of nVidia driver out of box, no VPN app, no wifi driver, no Google online accounts, LUKS encryption..
Fedora is the only distro that work for everything enabled with Nvidia proprietary driver
No more distro hop. It stops right here.
It's simply the BEST. 10/10
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Version: 41
Rating: 8
Date: 2025-02-09
Votes: 0
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My previous distro was PopOS. Although I think it's a great platform, I felt that they were getting behind on Gnome with most of their focus on Cosmic desktop. I tried Cosmic and believe it will be a great desktop env in the future, but I did not want to wait around for it to mature. The Cosmic team is making great strides, but not fast enough for me.
Before switching, I tested several distros on a VM platform and watched many reviews. Hence I decided to try Fedora 41-Gnome. I tried the KDE and although it's extremely configurable, I still like simple for my development environment. For me, Mr OCD, KDE will have me going down endless customization rabbit-holes. But it's nice they have many "spin" options.
During and just after installation, I just about ditched Fedora. I experienced several unexplainable problems that raised a red flag as to proceed or not. However, after updating and a little investigative work, I now have a stable platform. I am running a "mature" Asus Workstation motherboard with an AMD 16 core Zen 4 CPU along with 64GB or DDRAM.
For now, Fedora WS works for me although I may return to PopOS in the future. I had zero issues with Pop and I feel their documentation is best.
Many thanks to all for the reviews and feedback. Very helpful.
Happy hunting!
David.
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Version: 41
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-02-09
Votes: 13
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Fedora is overall the best distro with everyone having to live their lives approach without being overly complex to give reasons why Microsoft still dominates and lower distributions offer more disrespectful remarks on how to solve issues the distro developers should fix before release.
Nvidia drivers are painless to install with dnf, sound & wifi works since it is part of the godfather of Linux - Red Hat. So yes Fedora, Mint, and Ubuntu are where any newcomer wants to be and will ultimately stay or come back to since the distros actually have development internets instead of petty internal fighting.
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Version: 41
Rating: 7
Date: 2025-02-09
Votes: 0
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Fedora is OK, but I wouldn't recommend it to someone new to Linux. The installing might be a bit confusing and this release is a cutting edge rolling release. It might be great for newer hardware to get good support. But it also might include more bugs that may or may not affect you. I have always found it to be mostly stable but in the past I have had WiFi issues, and audio issues. Sometimes this is more about the hardware configuration since most laptop makers are solely concerned about Windows compatibility not Linux. I always recommend booting into a distro with USB drive and give it a trial test to see if everything works before installing. I tend to not use Fedora for two reasons. One is Wayland, and the other is the rolling release cadence of Fedora. I prefer a LTS release that provides a more stable but less cutting edge Linux experience.
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Version: 41
Rating: 5
Date: 2025-02-08
Votes: 2
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Fedora: A Playground for Red Hat, Not for Everyday Users
Fedora, backed by Red Hat, positions itself as the guinea pig of the Linux world. It’s where new technologies and features are tested—often at the cost of user convenience. While it’s cutting-edge, it’s not exactly “ready for prime time.”
First, the commitment to free and open-source software sounds noble, but it means basic things like media playback aren’t ready to go out of the box. Want to watch an MP4? Get ready to install codecs yourself, a task that’s more tedious than it should be. For something billed as “ready for everyday use,” Fedora makes you work for it.
The setup process isn’t much better. It’s not a simple, plug-and-play experience. If you want your system to actually function properly, be prepared to spend hours installing third-party software and fixing minor glitches. It’s great if you’re a developer or enjoy tinkering, but for a normal user? Not so much.
Then, there’s the constant updates. Fedora’s rapid release cycle means you’re always upgrading—sometimes breaking your system along the way. It’s like being a guinea pig in Red Hat’s lab: you get the latest and greatest features, but you also get the bugs and crashes that come with them.
And let’s not forget about stability. Fedora is often in a state of flux. Hardware support can be shaky, and some features just don’t work right out of the box. It's far from the polished, enterprise-ready experience you’d get with Red Hat’s other offerings, like RHEL.
In the end, Fedora is a great playground for Red Hat’s experiments, but not so much for the average user. If you love being on the bleeding edge, it’s perfect. But if you just want a system that works without hours of tweaking, you might want to look elsewhere.
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Version: 41
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-01-16
Votes: 55
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I entered the world of Linux about 10 years ago. The best distro for me was always Linux Mint which made my transition from Windows smooth and quite easy. Of course I was experimenting with other distros, but I always returned to Mint as most safe and reliable base. Some 5-6 years ago I bought Asus laptop with a new Wifi from Intel and I found that I started to lose connection frequently. This happened because the driver for this hardware was not incorporated yet. I tried many distos including Debian (which until now has a bug with this wifi card and often doesn't even detect it after reboot). The only solution I found was FEDORA! Which always supports most fresh hardware. It's amazingly stable and reliable. Well thought and not bloated with junk. Recently, I installed Cinnamon spin of Fedora and it's the best of two worlds : it has a Cinnamon desktop which I like more than GNOME and it is FEDORA which I like most among all linuxes. Everything works ideally! And after update the version of Cinnamon turned out to be even fresher than Linux Mint itself. Fedora deserves 10 out of 10!
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Version: 41
Rating: 8
Date: 2025-01-12
Votes: 1
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The install makes LUKS full disc encryption easy. My wifi printer just worked. The software is up-to-date without accumulating 'held back' packages.
Things that didn't work ootb:
I couldn't connect to Eduroam wouldn't connect and required a manual intervention in config files or removing a package. Fedora placed my swap on zram and hibernation was disabled by default. I added a swap partition and enabled hibernation, requiring manual configuration. I had to install nvidia drivers manually.
Limited repositories:
Fedora comes as a 'spin' that commits one to a particular DE. I installed KDE. However, there were things I missed from Gnome, so I wanted to install both but this required additional manual intervention of a 'hidden' group. I have been altogether unable to find a Xorg option to install, which I would strongly like to have as an option for compatibility reasons.
All told, I have Fedora running two laptops without any imminent plans to change and I would probably recommend it over others for a new user, but the limited repositories excluding Xorg make it very highly unlikely that I will stick with it in the medium-long term.
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Version: 41
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-01-10
Votes: 22
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Fedora stands out as a fast and reliable Linux distribution, catering to a wide range of users, from developers to everyday desktop enthusiasts. Its streamlined performance is immediately noticeable, with quick boot times, responsive applications, and efficient resource utilization. Whether you're running the GNOME desktop environment or working with its server edition, Fedora ensures a smooth and snappy experience.
Reliability is another hallmark of Fedora. Backed by the robust Red Hat ecosystem, it offers cutting-edge technologies while maintaining remarkable stability. Regular updates ensure you always have access to the latest features without compromising the system's dependability. Fedora's focus on open-source innovation also means you’re getting a secure and transparent OS that you can trust for both work and personal projects.
If you're looking for a Linux distribution that combines speed, reliability, and a commitment to open-source principles, Fedora is an excellent choice.
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Version: 41
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-12-27
Votes: 0
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Update from my review I did on Date: 2024-12-16. I switched to KDE desktop from Cinnamon. I still use Cinnamon Desktop to configure "Onedrive" and "Google Drive" with the Auto Startup app in Cinnamon after creating onedrive and google drive in Rclone.
I found KDE to be very responsive, and stable with Fedora 41. I also can configure the bottom panel to look like Windows 11 / Apple MAC OS desktop screen with all my goto Apps and with the Menu (Application Launcher) placed in the middle of the panel. I find this to be bvery practical and convenient if you use a mouse to select and opening apps.
Cinnamon is still very functional ... but compared to KDE looks less classy and polished.
When I used Redhat years ago,when it was still free, I used KDE desktop then. However I quit using KDE because on the other Linux distributions when using KDE were always less responsive and sometimes not as stable. Cinnamon was simpler and straignt foward to use and configure. Kde still requires a little adaptation moving from Cinnamon but I'm finding KDE to be a rock solid desktop for daily use with Fedora 41.
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Version: 41
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-12-16
Votes: 40
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So far do good. I moved off Manjaro recently. Manjaro was good but always became buggy and unstable after a few "rolling-releases" were made to it Thiis happened to me a few times so I decided to move on to something else. I used Manjaro at least 3 years. I did try to install Mint again, but always experienced the same install issue, Mint always installed great and always decteded my WIFI and connected on the install iso. But after the reboot the WIFI never would connect. Strange. So far Fedora has been fairly stable after the install. Not a bad installer to understand, fairly simple. I always use Cinnamon Desktop. Always liked using Cinnamon, it configures just as I want it to be. Installing WINE was a bit tricky but I got it to work. Not much else to say. I use to used Red Hat years ago when it was free. But that has been a while now, so picking up Fedora is like revisiting a old neighborhood I grew up in, but the houses have remolded and is much is nicer.
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Version: 41
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-12-06
Votes: 70
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best performance i ever get on Linux, im so happy to be user of Fedora 41, back in the day i was using Ubuntu 24.10, but for the latest and best performance Fedora 41 is needed, latest nvidia drivers, amd drivers, no problems, always stable and good, i liked it and im recommending it for who reading this, gnome 47 makes this UI better too, and latest almost latest linux kernel is best for my acer nitro 5 laptop which is pretty bad at linux support but new kernel makes this better you know, i liked it, i will recommend it to use
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Version: 41
Rating: 5
Date: 2024-11-23
Votes: 0
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I was excited about Fedora 41. Kinoite installed with ease and I loved the concept of an immutable distribution. All worked well for a month and I thought I had finally found a stable, reliable, favor of Red Hat for my Dell laptop. Then things started to go wrong. Fedora failed to run my HP printer, even though it could connect to, and recognize the printer. No problem. I don't do much printing anyway, Then Firefox stopped connecting to the internet. So I started using Chrome. Then Chrome began only connecting the internet sporadically, and finally not at all. Gone are the days when I would spend hours working on correcting problems with a linux distro I'm much older now and don't want to spend the time, So I installed Ubuntu Mate, and everything works fine, So long Fedora.
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Version: 41
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-11-20
Votes: 8
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I am truly excited after switching from Debian Bookworm to Fedora 41 as my daily driver desktop OS. I have been in the Debian/Ubuntu world since I switched from Red Hat 9, when they first went to the Fedora/Red Hat relationship. I gave up on Ubuntu when they started forcing snap packages (among other issues) and switched to Debian stable for a few years, but I don't like the idea of waiting forever for current software/firmware. I have been monitoring Fedora for a few years now, contemplating the switch, and I must say that with Fedora 41 push came to shove. Performance is snappy, the software/firmware is very up to date (almost cutting edge), and for the most part, everything just works. My only caveat is no X11 is included in the initial install (it can still be downloaded and installed from the repositories), so if you want a remote desktop connection you are SOL unless you revert to X11. I would be happy if someone could please correct me if I'm wrong.
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Version: 41
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-11-16
Votes: 8
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Fedora has made some marked improvements since the last time I used it, some years back. Nvidia installation is quite straight forward now. I like the 8GB default swap allocates (debian only does 1 GB). I also like, the feature when you type an app in terminal, which may not be available, it goes and searches for the app and return with a request to install the app. This is feature is very nice. For e.g. I typed cmatrix in terminal which was not installed previously, and it automatically searched, installed and even ran the app. Anaconda installer is a bit counter intuitive to understand and may not be the best for noobs especially when they dual boot, but its not that hard. I was able to trouble shoot without reading a doc, and I guess they going to update anaconda soon with a web version. All in all I think this is using as a daily driver. Fedora is an un opinionated. I used to love Ubuntu (still do) but with everything moving to snaps I find it a bit constraining for daily use especially when snap can run a jobs while you are running something else. Debian is equally good but software updates are slow, which may be a good thing for servers but for desktops there is no risk using cutting edge Distros. For eg. fastfetch is not available in debian repo
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Version: 41
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-11-09
Votes: 30
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The installation of Fedora 41 is straightforward as usual. As with previous versions, Fedora relies on Anaconda installation program. Anaconda is relatively easy to navigate for both experienced users and newcomers. Fedora offers a clear structure of the various steps in the installation process. Fedora 41 ships improved support for Secure Boot, which is particularly relevant when using NVIDIA graphics cards. One of the most notable changes in Fedora 41 is the switch to DNF5 as the default package manager. DNF5 is faster than DNF4: package installations, updates and upgrades are noticeably smoother and faster, even with large system updates. Particularly impressive is the improved speed when resolving dependencies and the lower memory utilisation, which increases the overall performance of Fedora 41. As far as the indispensable RPMfusion repository is concerned, there are minor syntactical differences between the DNF5 and DNF4 commands, but these are adequately documented on the website. KDE Plasma Desktop already presents itself as a stable desktop environment, but the most interesting thing is that (by popular demand) from the next Fedora 42, the KDE Plasma Desktop version will be officially supported, on a par with Fedora Workstation and Fedora Server.
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Version: 41
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-10-30
Votes: 16
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I use Fedora for a long time because it always is supporting the latest hardware and it is reliable - I don't recall any hangup at all. With the recent update I noticed that all GUI programs are starting up with a noticeable delay, and booting time is a bit up vs Fedora40. I didn't make a fresh installation, but used #dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=41 which worked out smoothly. This is why I discounted one from 10 rating. Everything looks great. Although I didn't noticed anything new particularly worth mentioning.
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Version: 40
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-10-23
Votes: 23
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I was using Kubuntu 23.04 when I tried to update it to 23.10. After the update, it could not boot. I was furious because the reason I chose Kubuntu in the first place was its stability. Then I moved to Fedora. It is newer, but in my experience, it is more stable than Kubuntu. I have been using it for one year, and it has NEVER broken on me, not even once. On top of that, you get the newest KDE. If you want to use the newest KDE without sacrificing stability, then this is the distro to choose. Absolutely the best.
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Version: 40
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-10-17
Votes: 32
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Fedora 40 Workstation is recommended for those who want to try out GNOME in its purest form (for recent PCs). Fedora 40 KDE and Fedora 40 LXQt are also suitable for older PCs. I use Fedora 40 LXQt and I think it is the best implementation of LXQt 1.4.1 around. Fedora's strengths (apart from the GNOME desktop environment) are: vanilla versions of alternative desktop environments, recent software with a good level of stability, research and development in the Linux field, excellent documentation, rpm package format (slow, but more affordable than deb package format). Fedora is extremely interesting, and is unfairly undervalued among Linux users (that prefer "less reliable but all-included-out-of-the-box distros").Don't forget that - in the Linux world - Debian is the pillar of stability, while Fedora is the pillar of innovation.
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Version: 40
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-09-23
Votes: 13
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This distro has a fast development team with management of the released , even on design. Good repos and tested area with the good community areas for issues. I tested from 2006 , I used a lot of distro: debian, ubuntu, gentoo but this is the only one with a good and new packages and team development progress. The distro comes with many builds ways - some custom fedora linux distros named Fedora Spins for device hardware type. As any linux disto you can have some gaps but these are under development every day.
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Version: 40
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-09-20
Votes: 12
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Fedora 40 is a solid choice for users who seek a cutting-edge Linux distribution that balances innovation with stability. Best KDE spin I have tried, and has implemented sane defaults. KDE Plasma gives you a sleek, responsive interface that’s lightweight yet packed with features, allowing you to tweak almost everything to fit your workflow. In my opinion, the KDE implementation beats both Ubuntu and Opensuse. The distro has also been rock stable for me, even though it received so many updates that you would think it was a rolling distro.
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Version: 40
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-09-15
Votes: 8
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Fedora was the first Linux distribution I ever tried about 8 years ago. I spent a lot of time swapping to different distributions, seeing what was different about them and what made them special. Ultimately, I realized that most distributions aren't that different for a surface level user like me. So now I am back on Fedora on my laptop and I can't find much to complain about. There's a few packages missing from the repos that I would like, and I'm personally not a huge fan of using flatpak. But other than that, there's really not much I can say. Great distribution for someone that just needs a laptop to do word processing and listen to music.
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Version: 40
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-08-26
Votes: 18
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Fedora is one of the best distros I used so far. It is super stable but unlike other stable distro you got more updates and more new software versions in the repos. Besides from that you can build your own custom fedora iso with kickstart. I think fedora is one of the best overall distros for all people out there. The only things i experienced that was bad on my machine was thr long loading time when i restarted to install an update and that a lot of software you need to develop android apps is missing in the repos.
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Version: rawhide
Rating: 1
Date: 2024-08-09
Votes: 0
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Its like windows over linux, i installed it today, The updates are the same as in Windows, you have to restart your computer to update it, and it takes more than 30 minutes to update, then the performance of Blender is terrible, both in RPM and in Flatpak, in both the system did not know how to manage the memory and closed automatically. Access to the store is very slow and clumsy, and during installation it was the slowest OS I have ever installed, unfortunately a terrible experience...........
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Version: 40
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-08-08
Votes: 4
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It's same as Windows for me. I can play games on Steam. But just 4 of my games doesn't work because of kernel based anti-cheat systems. And by the way i installed the KDE Plasma spin. Because it looks like Windows. And you can customize it however you want. You can play games that are on Epic Games with Heroic Games Launcher. I tried it with XDefiant and Rocket League. Fortnite doesn't work on Linux. I can play games like GTA 5, DOOM Eternal, and Forza Horizon 5. And i can use my Xbox Series X/S controller with Bluetooth as well. But don't forget to enable RPMFusion and install Multimedia Codecs. And install Nvidia drivers if you have a Nvidia GPU. Since i have an AMD GPU i don't need it. You should try it if you don't do anything special on your PC like video editing, playing specific games that don't run on Linux. If you don't like it then you can remove Fedora and install Windows again.
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Version: 40
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-07-21
Votes: 21
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Loved it after some considerable effort works flawless and is fast.
Need to install a clipboard Like Pano,
Need to install extentions,
Vanilla Gnome is good but Extentions should be enabled by default.
Cantarell font is outdated, Try Roboto,
Package manager is good has most suff.
Docs and Instructions for most Developer setups of Apps and DBs are really good.
Been using since Fedora 34, had been a really great exerience,
Also I love the Wayland gesture supports, switching apps with 3 finger swipes
instead of workspaces would be really great, 4 finger swipe for workspace would be optimal choice.
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Version: 40
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-07-10
Votes: 62
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On my testing, Fedora 40 was the fastest Wayland desktop I've ever used on my computers.
My machines run as windows manager de Xorg because Wayland always proved to be slower... Till this day. When I was using Wayland thaughting I was using X and thincking how fast things where running.
Apps are responsive, and quick to open and GNOME software is working faster now.
I like GNOME very much but never used it as much as KDE due to the package manager looking to be slower. But now it is preety much as resposive if not faster.
10 out of 10!
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Version: 40
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-07-04
Votes: 17
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I'm using destkop edition and server as well. There is nothing better - cockpit on server is amazing, even better that paid solutions.
Everything you need is here flatpaks are amazing. I need at least 250 words to submit my review so w will copy and paste something found bellow
I would define Fedora 40 Workstation as the distribution that drives GNU/Linux development. It has extensive hardware support, extensive documentation and a wide choice of software (with RPMfusion enabled). Moreover, it is the distribution that comes closest to the concept of 'recent, but sufficiently stable software'. Try it and see.
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Version: 40
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-07-03
Votes: 11
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Fedora Workstation 40 features GNOME 46, the latest version of the GNOME desktop environment. Key updates include a notable upgrade of the Files app, introducing new features and enhancements. The 'Settings' app and other core apps have been refined for better usability. Other features: Linux kernel 6.8.5, Wayland Communication Protocol 1.23, Libreoffice 24.2.2, Gimp 2.10.38. EOL May 23, 2025 (suported for 13 months).
I would define Fedora 40 Workstation as the distribution that drives GNU/Linux development. It has extensive hardware support, extensive documentation and a wide choice of software (with RPMfusion enabled). Moreover, it is the distribution that comes closest to the concept of 'recent, but sufficiently stable software'. Try it and see.
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Version: 40
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-06-30
Votes: 8
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I previously reviewed the GNOME immutable flavour of Fedora 40 (silverlight). Now for the KDE (kinoite) equivalent.
After installation there is a near-vanilla KDE. The only obvious customisation I can find is a Fedora theme and boot screen. There is a good set of KDE Applications installed without running wild; the only one I disagree with is Elisa for music, which would be far better served by Haruna.
I was GNOME Man for years but am very impressed with KDE 6, which is astonishingly fast on my machine and has smoothed off a lot of the previous rough edges: for example, the System Settings are much more logically arranged than before and the edit mode for the desktop, panels and widgets is a model of clarity, which previous attempts certainly weren't.
Discovery is used for updates and comes with two flatpak repositories (Flathub and Fedora's own), the kinoite tree and the lvfs firmware repository pre-configured.
Big updates are quickly made available. I got KDE 6.1, KDE 6.1.1 and the 6.9 kernel (from 6.8) in short order and, at present, there seems to be a mesa update almost daily.
A previous observation is even stronger here - Discovery gives no indication at all of what is in the kinoite daily update, so I do a "rpm-ostree update" from the command line which lists the updated packages. It will probably require changes to Discovery to fix that, but it should be done as blind updates are a bad thing.
I gave silverlight 7. Kinoite gets 9; it is even more polished than silverlight and the 1 off is because immutable builds will not be for everyone - that said, I found it easier to find instructions on how to insert (non-flatpak) applications into the build now.
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Version: 40
Rating: 6
Date: 2024-06-27
Votes: 0
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The newest Fedora is the closest thing to a cutting-edge, generic Gnome environment that you can get. Apps are updated frequently and hardware is recognized pretty near perfectly. It's certainly very satisfactory in that regard.
Unfortunately, because of the antics of RedHat to monetize RHEL at the expense of free alternatives, I'm moving away from the RedHat tree entirely, back to the Debian lineage. Give me a Debian descendant with apt and flatpak (but not snap) and I'm fine. (Something without systemd would be a plus, but I'm not wedded to that requirement.)
As my old boss used to say, it takes a lot of effort to gain a customer but one second to lose one. Fedora has lost me. Not their fault, of course, but RedHat now leaves a bad taste and taints distros associated with it. I'm happy to try something else.
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Version: 39
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-06-18
Votes: 1
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Running Asahi Fedora remix 39 gnome version on a Mac mini M2, never been so happy. It's stable, fast, and developer friendly. Installed gnome shell extensions and gnome tweaks. Flathub is a great source for Linux software. Really likes Fedora distro now. The only issue I met is ibus for Chinese keyboard is not working completely, e.g. If I press Shift key, the input method is confused, and always output English characters, even though I press Shift key again, it will not go back to Chinese status.
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Version: 40
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-06-12
Votes: 33
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The cleanest and most reliable distro for my use case (latest gnome, as vanilla as possible; integrated graphics; no hassle dual boot with other OS). I appreciate that it comes with little to no bloat or customizations, and that it is easy to get up and running. Also, that it is close enough to bleeding edge. It also feels well supported and looks like updates will keep on coming in for a long time - which is an unknown for smaller projects that peak my interest (e.g. Vanilla OS).
A little boring, but maybe that's a good thing haha.
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Version: 40
Rating: 1
Date: 2024-06-10
Votes: 0
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I don't know what has happened to Fedora, and Linux in general, in 2024 nor am I technically proficient to solve these issues, but every linux distro I have tried on a my laptop in 2024 crashes. Fedora 40 crashes, Mint crashes. There is no longer any consistency between themes which each app not adhering to theme choices, particularly window managers. Adwaita is has horrendous contrast ratio and the text is blurry, even after installing font tweaks, causing eye strain. Memory consumption is higher with lower performance, video codecs that worked flawlessley in the past no longer work or work with glitches in rendering. I installed Fedora 28 to see if it would run on a modern laptop. Surprisingly, not only did it run but ran faster and the font rendering and themes were consistent. I have been using Linux since 2004 and I believe Linux has gone downhill both in customization and usability since around GNOME 3 was introduced - ever since then all we've had is more fragmentation. Probably my biggest gripe with Linux is the touchpad driver "libinput" which replaced synaptics. Ever since then every laptop I have installed Linux on with the default libinput driver has been erratic and unstable. Replace it with synaptics and it's perfect, more so, in fact, than Windows Precision drivers. Why this degrade in performance and usability?
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Version: 40
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-06-07
Votes: 2
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I wanted a distro that I could install onto a USB flash drive and be bootable between my laptops without touching Windows at all, and start up without turning off Secure Boot, and not involve too much mucking around in the BIOS. Unlike various other distros I tried, Fedora handled these requirements with ease (the only issue I encountered is the Fedora installer wanted the flash drive to be unformatted or it would say there's no room).
So I'm writing this now from Fedora which is running happily off my flash drive without bothering the Windows harddrive or hanging during startup and shutdown. When I'm finished I just unplug it and take it to whatever computer I want to use and there it is.
I really wanted to like the default Gnome but just can't get into it. I get where they're coming from with a minimalist aesthetic but it always leads to some annoyance or other when you want to do things your way. Of course you can customise to some extent via Gnome shell extensions, but manipulating the desktop environment via browser extensions just seems an odd way of doing things.
But don't worry, Fedora has you covered here with different "spins" of their distro... all the main desktop environments are available as spins. I ended up going with the KDE (currently version 6) spin. At the time of writing KDE 6 can feel like riding an easily-startled horse but I love it.
Whether you're new to Linux or tired of distro hopping and looking for somewhere to land, I can happily recommend Fedora.
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Version: 40
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-05-29
Votes: 9
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After using severeal apt-based distributions for many years I returned to Fedora. It's hard to regret this decision. On my newer hardware those distributions struggle a bit, I had some errors especially during using Gnome. I think that LUKS encryption had some contribution to periodic slowdowns. And then I gave Fedora a try. It's like changing the car to newer one :) Everything runs smoothly, dnf is surprisingly a lot faster than apt. Probably newer kernel also contributed to resolving issues with slow disk operation despite the encryption still in place. Tested on the same disk drive as previous systems.
Now KDE under Wayland. It works just great. Encouraged by that I have installed KDE to my very old laptop and it is still smooth and responsive. Of course there are limits which I cannot cross without a performance penalty but in comparison with my previous linux distro the positive change is just big.
One of the disadvantages is that I had to install also RPM Fusion repository to have some things available here.
There's no docker in the standard repository, but podman is still great.
Tested standard desktop edition as well as atomic one :)
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Version: 40
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-05-23
Votes: 6
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Installed on a Thinkpad X280, everything works fine out of the box, including Wayland and Pipewire. Gnome is not my cup of tea, but, with the help of some extensions I could customize it to my liking.
A couple of points for improvement:
- OneDrive through Gnome Online Accounts has some issues (but they're working to fix those)
- gstreamer1-vaapi is not installed by default; when done (manually) it allows Gnome Wireless Displays to cast with good framerate to a TV on the same network.
Once these two points are solved, my vote might go up to 10; I am not sure what more to ask to a Linux Distribution.
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Version: 40
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-05-15
Votes: 14
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Fedora 40 is an exceptional operating system that stands out for its impressive functionality and performance. The sleek and intuitive interface, combined with robust features, makes it a joy to use for both everyday tasks and more advanced operations. The community-driven philosophy behind Fedora ensures continuous improvements and innovation, keeping it at the cutting edge of technology.
One of the highlights of Fedora 40 is its stability and reliability. It handles multitasking with ease, providing a smooth and efficient user experience. The software repository is extensive, offering a wide range of applications that cater to all needs. The integration of the latest technologies ensures that users have access to the best tools available.
Although the installer can be a bit challenging for newcomers, once past that hurdle, Fedora 40 delivers an unparalleled user experience. The system is highly customizable, allowing users to tailor it to their specific requirements. The commitment to open-source principles and security makes Fedora a trustworthy and ethical choice for both personal and professional use.
Fedora 40 is a top-tier operating system that combines performance, innovation, and a user-centric philosophy. It’s an excellent choice for anyone seeking a reliable and versatile OS. Highly recommended!
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Version: 40
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-05-12
Votes: 9
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One year in Linux and one year of distro hopping. Ubuntu Budgie, Pop!, Debian 12, Sid, Trixie, KDE Neon, Tumbleweed KDE and Hyprland, Arco Hyprland. Finally landed in Fedora and it is the perfect place for me and Hyprland. I did install Budgie DE as a companion environment. All of my hardware, favorite apps and Hyprland toys work very well in Fedora 40. This has been an outstanding experience. Stable. Hassle-free.
With this success on my HP EliteDesk with i5 CPU and 16 gb RAM, I did duplicate the experience on an ASUS 17 inch Intel i7 notebook, with 16 gb RAM, HP 15 inch TouchScreen notebook with an old AMD A4 CHIP and 8 gb RAM, and an old Dell i5 desktop (12gb RAM) with excellent results. No problems.
Tumbleweed is very good and so is Debian. But, this Fedora 40 experience tops them all. Impressive.
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Version: 40
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-05-10
Votes: 4
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Soon after Red Hat killed CentOS, I walked away from Fedora. I tried Ubuntu again, and came to the same conclusion: too much bloatware. I also tried Debian and loved it, but being the bad user I am, I broke it beyond repair, and since I had to reinstall it from scratch, I moved on to Arch.
And I broke it too.
And then I got bored.
And so I decided to give Fedora a try. Sericea worked well, but it seemed more of an afterthought than anything else. As soon as Fedora 40 was released, I went straight to Silverblue, which blew me away! It's a very well thought of product where everything works. I had several post-installation issues, which I was unable to resolve; because I didn't want to give up on it, I installed Silverblue 39 and upgraded it to 40.
As I was going through the documentation, I saw something curious: if I wanted to, I could board the time tunnel and go back to 2017 to try Fedora 27. Hmm… I could also jump to the near future to try Silverblue Testing or Updates, or towards the far future and get my hands on Rawhide. All of that, without breaking my system? Count me in!
I have more pressing matters to tend to, so I decided to remain in 2024 with Fedora 40 Silverblue. Unless something terribly bad (or awesome) happens, I'll stop distro hopping.
Which doesn't mean I can't do desktop environment hopping. In fact, I converted my laptop to Sway, which I prefer, and might convert my desktop to Kinoite (KDE/Plasma), depending on my wife's preference. I know for a fact that I can still do dwm and hyprland, in case I wanted but, as of now, I have everything I need.
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Version: 40
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-05-07
Votes: 2
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I've always been a little leery of Fedora, but I have to say, it's gotten a lot better since I last used it.
Easy to install, well documented, a ton of packages. It works with all my hardware, AMD Radeon, Intel Wifi, Broadcom NIC, SoundBlaster audio, everything just works striaght out of the box. No special repos, no special packages to install. It just works.
I was a little afraid of using a rolling release with newer packages on it, but after a week or two, I haven't had a single problem with it.
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Version: 40
Rating: 8
Date: 2024-05-03
Votes: 1
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Easy to install and use. It can be an excellent alternative to distributions such as Mint, Ubuntu, which are recommended for the first adventure with Linux.
Fully foss, however, you can run non-free repositories for, among other things, video codecs. DNF package manager works ok. unfortunately fedora makes it impossible to choose init, it is tied to systemd. The software in the repo is extensive and new. Errors in my service did not occur. Spin KDE plasma is not for low-performance computers 4GB is too small.
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Version: 40
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-05-02
Votes: 6
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Thinkpad users here. My device is certified for both Ubuntu and Fedora.
Ubuntu always has an issue that forces me to troubleshoot. Fedora has never caused me such issues.
No matter what DE I use, KDE, Gnome, XFCE, etc.. It works so well whilst being a rolling release with very frequent updates.
If you are looking for a stable distro frequently updated. Fedora is the one!
I only wish developers would prioritise RPM packages as much as they do DEB.
Excited for the future with Fedora. Worth a spin!
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Version: 40
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-05-01
Votes: 12
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Another excellent release by the Fedora Project.
As time passes on more and more, I've come to believe the fact that Fedora stands to serve both big Desktops with the utmost care and polish, unlike OpenSUSE Tumbleweed which ships outdated or abandoned apps by default on GNOME, or neutering KDE applications like Kate or Dolphin, or their mediocre PackageKit implementation breaking things every once in a while. Fedora generally packages things well and sticks close to upstream.
The Workstation side of things might be more boring this time around, but the KDE spin is easily the best Plasma 6 distro out there now, bar none. Don't let the live image fool you, Frameworks, Qt6 and Plasma are all fully up to date (after you update anyways), and while Fedora isn't a rolling distro, it always strikes a great balance between bleeding edge and other stable distros. There's also a good reason why many important figureheads within KDE and GNOME daily Fedora on their main machines. (hint: it's a great distro)
Even though "leading edge" is what OpenSUSE Tumbleweed claims itself to be, Fedora is what I'd consider "leading edge", with first class treatment of Wayland on both desktops, excellent communication between itself and upstream alongside fantastic integration (as far as a project could go without actively applying in depth patches and breaking things anyways), and the courage to actively seek giant, beneficial changes (perhaps a little early sometimes.) before any other distro is what I'd truly consider "leading edge".
Is it perfect? Absolutely not. It's not as user friendly as Ubuntu or Mint in regards to Codecs or Nvidia drivers (this one *especially* sucks if you don't read instructions right), and no, it doesn't hold the same hip kid status as Arch, but if you ignore all the FUD, and look for yourself, you'll find what I consider to be one of the best Linux distros out there, and wow, is it as good as it gets for one. (unless you find yourself obsessed with the idea of a rolling release...)
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Version: 40
Rating: 1
Date: 2024-04-30
Votes: 0
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The worst version of Fedora since I don't remember!
Nothing works here! Laptop sleep doesn't work, nVidia driver doesn't work, copy/paste middle mouse button doesn't work!
I'm thinking about reinstalling version 39 because version 40 is a misunderstanding! I have some idea about configuration and navigating the Linux ecosystem, a person who wants to start their adventure with Linux after installing Fedora 40 will already finish it! For the first time I am disappointed! I do not recommend updating the installation for the next two weeks because it is a beta version
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Version: 40
Rating: 1
Date: 2024-04-27
Votes: 1
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The installation menu options are not visible. To address the issue, I opted to start from the Fedora-Everything-netinst-x86_64-40-1.14 version. I managed to install it, but after having the basic Fedora installation, the menu option windows appear blank again, rendering them unusable. I tried it with both X11 and Wayland from Fedora's startup options. This has never happened to me with other GNU/Linux distributions. I encountered a similar issue with Fedora Workstation 39 as well.
I do not recommend this distribution.
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Version: 40
Rating: 2
Date: 2024-04-24
Votes: 1
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Another testing distribution release for Red Hat.
Something like Arch or openSUSE Tumbleweed with KDE Plasma has already newer versions of Plasma, KDE Frameworks and Qt, despite the Fedora KDE Spin was released today!
Unlike Fedora openSUSE TW and Arch care about what the user base wants - not what Red Hat wants to test for their future enterprise releases.
By the way: Fedora's disk I/O speed is very poor compared to other distributions.
And installing working Nvidia drivers is a mess.
If you want to use something like Fedora at least use Nobara…
1 extra point for reasonably good design.
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Version: 40
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-04-24
Votes: 0
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I'm on 40 since beta.
* Everything is flawless except the OEM bluetooth adapter which is a Linux kernel issue that should be fixed in 6.10 later this summer. I'm too lazy to compile in a patch. I'm simply uing a USB bluetooth adapter for now.
* Geekom IT13 with the Gen 13, i7 CPU and 32GB RAM.
* I love flatpaks
I also tried Silverblue 40 which is very good except it seems to want a reboot for a lot of installs and updates. Windows users should feel right at thome. Silverblue makes me love flatpaks even more!
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Version: 39
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-04-20
Votes: 2
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I've been using Fedora Workstation for around a year at this point (since version 37) and it definitely it stopped my distro hopping, I tried many distros and Fedora is the only one that I ended up returning to for a long period of time, so far I haven't encounter any problems
And that was on my desktop, after dabbling around many distros in my main laptop I also ended up switching up to Fedora (it was my original plan but the battery life wasn't as good as Ubuntu) but now the battery life is amazing as maybe it was the older kernel at the time, but because I wanted to try something different I settled on KDE (so my desktop has GNOME and my laptop has KDE) and the experience has been a perfect 10 out of 10 again
For me, along with Debian, Mint and openSUSE are the simply the best, but the crown goes to Fedora, keep doing an amazing job Fedora Team!
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Version: 39
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-04-19
Votes: 0
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I have an instance of Fedora on VirtualBox since version 36. Every time the new version came out, I upgraded it and to this date, there has not been any issues. I have installed the newer versions separately as well, and the experience has been great. I have used i3, awesome, Gnome, LXDE, OpenBox and they all work great. I have opted to DM's and use i3 and Awesome now. This is not to say the others are not good.
I love the fact that I get the latest of pretty much everything as soon as they come out and most of the time they are solid.
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Version: 39
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-04-18
Votes: 1
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Disk configuration in the installer (confusing) is the only miss in this overwhelmingly impressive Linux offering. I am using Hyprland and Budgie environments. And, all is well. My favorite apps are available with the exception of OcenAudio and Waterfox, but both were accessible elsewhere. OcenAudio's CentOS RPM worked fine. The Fedora RPM did not. Waterfox offers a fine compressed edition which works great in Hyprland and Budgie. After distrohopping in my first year in Linux loading Ubuntu, Pop, LMDE, Debian12, Sid, Trixie (I really like Debian---but no Hyprland yet), OpenSuse, Arco 'B' and a few others, Fedora is checking all the boxes. It is running on an old iMac, HP EliteDesk, HP TouchScreen notebook, and a Dell Optiplex. Smooth distro.
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Version: 39
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-04-15
Votes: 0
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This is my first fedora distro on kde installed. I can say it works quite nice and I didn't notice any major brake ups. So I'm pleased my first usage of this system is without any problems, than I'll keep using it as long I see it usable.
- Simple installation
- kde working without problems or hickups
- easy updating
- after installation you must edit conf file to add more simultaneously downloads because default is set to one
- there should be another software shop except discover on kde because I need to use terminal to install from repositories and discover for flatpak installation
inner
Overall it is good system stable and reliable for fedora beginner like me.
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Version: 39
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-04-13
Votes: 1
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Pros:
- It feels strong, secure and elegant.
Cons:
- Slow booting
- dnf is very slow. I had to install dnf5 and make it default. Untill F41.
- Not quite beginner friendly yet, I would say.
- It would be better to have some sort of app center with the option to click and install exp: codecs,...
- To install timeshift you need to consider the changes before the install by changing the labels: @ for /, and @home for /home.
- snapper should come by default with the OS and enabled on the grub as in opensuse.
- There should be some app like TuxedoOS (TUXEDO Fan Control app) to control the fans. Fortunately, it can be can be borrowed and installed on fedora.
- KDE should be the default for fedora.
Excellent OS indeed. Keep it up!
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Version: 39
Rating: 4
Date: 2024-04-08
Votes: 1
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Not working out of the box in Acer Nitro 50 at all. Many issues with wifi, printer, sound...
Somethings were workinf fine untill it started not to work, for example.
I know, and understand, that I have to learn how to do somethings to fix easy problems in my computer, but I don't want to start with a new OS dealing with issues, becase I am not a persos who studied things related to computers: My studies are related to Human sciences. I need a useful computer to work, so I installed finally Ubuntu, who is working really good for 3 months right now: 0 Issues.
I hope the commom people will be able to use Fedora in a near future.
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Version: 39
Rating: 8
Date: 2024-04-01
Votes: 1
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How do you rate a distro as important and influential as Fedora? I mean, it is what it is, which encompasses good and not so good elements depending on your viewpoint on things like systemd or Gnome. It does what it sets out to do, pretty consistently now for a long long time. As a Plasma user, I've been pleasantly surprised over the years at just how well put together their implementation of Plasma has been, and 39 (the last hurrah for Plasma 5 on Fedora) is no exception. It all just works, and for a distro so laser focused on Gnome/wayland that's pretty impressive.
Dislikes? Well, I'm still not big on dnf. Does the job, but it could be a lot friendlier, and there really should be a decent gui that's not an app store wannabe - gnome-software and Discover are both inadequate for many tasks. And back when I had throttled Verizon internet I had real problems with dnf not being able to complete updates. 75k/s was a pretty extreme level of throttling, but still...
Other than that? Nothing really. Fedora is a nice option if you want up to date software with a corporate flavor of stability and you don't mind doing the upgrade thing every so often. I'll probably keep 39 installed until EOL, just for Plasma 5.
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Version: rawhide
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-03-26
Votes: 5
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version 40
just installed and very solid . love the simplicity layout . everything worked off the bat. the installation was a breeze, installed a long Mint on the same HD just had to shrink volume and installed and mint was still their on the grub , ran some updates work as should , installed kaffine worked with my TV tuner card no problem , I really like this distro . The simplicity and the layout in my opinion beast window and mint that I have currently installed , a great OS for a person that's not a computer wizz like grandma and grandpa I would point them in this direction, I highly recommend this version , the new KDE Plasma 6 looks beautiful and simple!
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Version: 14
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-03-11
Votes: 6
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"What are your thoughts on Fedora?"
A Unix user since 1985, on maniframe, VME10, PDP11, SUN & IBM workstations
Used Redhat & Fedora since the 20th Century, also use other Linuxes : Suse, Ubuntu, and several more.
Of all the distros I used, Fedora is not the most user friendly, but has great qualities:
* The most usable,mostly with robust and functional MATE Desktop
* The most up-to-date repositories, excepted for plublishing (Latex etc... are oudated)
* The most reliable on use of local network with HP and Brother printers, but not user's friendly therer=.
Documentation : one of the best... sor far, Manjaro is getting there too, now.
RPM package managers, from CLI, now DNF4 and DNF5 : excellent, but GUI is a far cry fron OpenSuse Yast, I really like the history, the undo, a published API, there... and OpenSuse now offering DNF !
What Fedora could do better ?
* Obviously make it easier to use for "non nerds". Especially the installer.
* More and better "group install" for complex to install Web Server apps, like say for example "Drupal","Wikimedia"
What dos not work well:
GRUB 2,is a sorry mess, I am glad the systemd boot (for UEFI) is being offered now.
Meta package for Latex (the old hack still works!)
Installer:
* Anaconda works, but is difficult to use for "non nerds" (and even nerds!)
* BTRFS needs better support, and the default kernel needs to be compiled to support meta-data (it does NOT)
* Grade on Distrowatch: Fedora is not rated at the level it deserves, because it is in my view under-documented and therefore under-understood. I could blame myself for not helping, but I admit not liking the user's group, too focused of frivolities over substance
That's all folks.
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Version: rawhide
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-03-03
Votes: 38
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KDE6.0.0 on Wayland with Nvidia card hardware video acceleration in the browser works very well for me.
However, it already works fine in the old KDE5.27.xx.
Distribution for advanced users? So that's Fedora.
I have used many distributions. Like:
Linux From Scratch
Gentoo
Ubuntu
OpenSuse
and many others but...
Only with Fedora did we remember that I had somehow become more comfortable in recent years and already had a problem with the installation.
- Distributions are starting to use the Calamares shared installer.
However, there is something crazy about this Fedora installer. And you will find it in the section, disk partitioning.
Very unintuitive thing. Which also leads to dead ends. Then you have to restart the installer and start over. But there is still some time left before the release of version 40.
Or is it simply given by Fedora and her politics?
Nothing will be easy! Your Fedora/RedHat. For byznys only!
+ Installation of additional drivers and packages went well. Including RPM Fusion.
DNF is a great thing.
+ KDE6.0.0 on Wayland with Nvidia card hardware video acceleration in the browser works well for me.
(You need to change your browser settings, exec settings and install few packages.)
However, it already works fine in the old KDE5.27.xx.
+ It just works. So good that it's RAW.
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Version: 39
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-02-24
Votes: 23
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Many things have been said about this distro (see previous comments). In use, over the years, I remember two points:
- Great stability with the latest version of the software, even if there is a latency compared to Arch and Tumbleweed (but in return, more tests in general of the system, tests shared by the community). Over 12 years Fedora is one of the distros that have crashed the least for me (a one-off problem in two years)
- Less emphasized, but important for planning ahead: transparency of exchanges within the Fedora Project while many distros are opaque. Ideal for projecting yourself into work, associative (many sites detail current projects + Fedora Magazine, online)
Fedora has flaws: If Gnome and KDE are well integrated, the others (notably XFCE) are dry in their Vanilla form (which certainly pleases some users).
The biggest flaw remains the difficulties with Nvidia drivers. Fedora works very well with AMD. With Intel (my case) it's at the top. But don't use it without investigating thoroughly if you have NVIDIA drivers. Whatever the community (in which I participate) says, it often underestimates this problem.
Apart from NVIDIA you can go for it: there aren't tons of gadgets like MX Linux, when you open FEDORA the presentation is very sober. But this distro lasts over time, without breaking, while innovating!
Here is my opinion, as honest as possible.
(NOTE : 10 me concernant, 9 à cause de NVIDIA serait plus juste, mais pour moi cela reste la meilleure n'utilisant pas NVIDIA)
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Version: 39
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-02-21
Votes: 0
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Fedora is the Queen or King of Stability. Recently I gave a try to a 'more highly rated' distro and after I installed chrome the system broke up. Ooops! With Fedora this never happens - you simply can't break it - it works super reliably. It's as easy as Ubuntu, but more reliable and without any hidden surprises. Good for newbie and professional programmer. Highly recomend not to look at the 'ratings', but give a try to the distro backed by RedHat/ IBM. Especially if your hardware is new - Fedora has the latest software avail.
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Version: 39
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-02-15
Votes: 14
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I've been daily-driving Fedora Workstation Edition for quite some time. It's surprisingly stable (as in not breaking) despite being on the leading edge. Gotta love how Flatpak was pre-installed as well. All I needed to do was installing the Flathub repository file, and I was good to go. All my hardware works OOTB, although I've been intentionally avoiding Nvidia for years.
Can't wait to see DNF5 on Fedora 40 or something. Once it's on, Fedora along with Mint is arguably the best and most polished Linux distros you can get today. You can't go wrong with either one of them.
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Version: 39
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-02-09
Votes: 7
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The biggest visible change comes with the inclusion of GNOME 45. This latest iteration of the popular desktop environment brings a revamped Activities button, improved multitasking features, and various visual polishings. Reviews on GNOME 45 itself are mixed, with some praising its intuitiveness and others finding the new workflow less familiar.
While the surface may seem familiar, Fedora 39 packs a punch under the hood. Numerous internal updates, ranging from kernel improvements to updated software packages, promise better performance, security, and compatibility. While these aren't immediately noticeable changes, they contribute to a smoother and more robust experience.
Reviews highlight positive developments for accessibility. Support for patent-encumbered codecs and easier access to proprietary software like Google Chrome make Fedora 39 more user-friendly for newcomers. However, some users report issues with the official Chrome repository.
Users generally report a smooth upgrade process from previous Fedora versions. The familiar installer and configuration tools ensure a hassle-free transition.
While many appreciate the stability, some find Fedora's bleeding-edge approach too fast-paced. Users seeking rock-solid, unchanging environments might favor distributions like Linux Mint.
Fedora 39 emerges as a solid, stable release with exciting developments simmering beneath the surface. It caters to users who value a reliable platform for development and power usage, while offering improved accessibility for newcomers. While it may not be perfect for everyone, its focus on stability and internal improvements earns it positive nods from the community.
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Version: 39
Rating: 8
Date: 2024-02-08
Votes: 1
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I've to admit while I use Fedora for some years, 38 and 39 were probably the most rocky ones I had, mutter and gnome-shell seem to decrease in stability with each major update until they fix it up again. Maybe the Fedora-Release is too close to the Gnome releases to work out those issues.
Usually a month after release it's fine. I'll have to consider to update later in the release cycle I think.
Nvidia is always a mess - but that's hardly fedoras fault, since 535 and 545 were probably the most messy releases we got in quite some time. Due to fedora really being up-to-date on the kernel side there is not even an option to use 535 now since there once again is an issue with the 6.7 kernel and 535 nvidia driver compilation... a Nvidia classic. And 545 really has issues with Wayland, they managed to make it worse by trying to fix the sync.
Still hope nouveau and NVK will be properly usable in a few years.
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Version: 39
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-02-01
Votes: 18
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Fedora since I started using it on a daily basis never failed me by freezing, hanging or with problems with Wifi or graphics card. Not a single time as far as I can remember. I tried a few others from the top ten distros and only Ubuntu was more or less comparable to it. Other distros may glitch from time to time, or often, may have very outdated kernel which prevents to work my new laptop wifi, e.g. or other software which is way old.
Fedora is very reliable and solid from inside, and slick outside. Easy to install and update.
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Version: 39
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-01-18
Votes: 2
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I tried Mint - too many snaps and flatpacks.
Manjaro - problems with the AUR repository.
EndeavorOS, Garuda, MX Linux - unstable driver problems.
Fedora KDE Spin - the best I've found, all drivers easy to find and install, works stable and fast. Booting is a bit slower than Arch or Ubuntu-based distributions, but acceptable. I use it as a basic system in my daily work.
Thanks to Fedora, I stopped jumping around distributions - and finally found the best one that was right for me.
I chose and recommend KDE Spin because I don't like GNOME... it lacks many elements of customizing the system to your needs.
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Version: 39
Rating: 3
Date: 2024-01-17
Votes: 2
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I have to admit that I'm still sad about my time spent with Fedora 39. I have used Fedora for the last 10 years and never has it been such a mess. This is the first time that I actually lost files I had on my laptop. It completely crashed after an update and took down the entire system so hard that it became unable to boot. After this dissaster, I installed Silverblue and I'm not happy at all. Slow and still shipping handicaped Firefox without codecs with numerous unnecessary apps out of the box. I finally switched to openSUSE Aeon as a result. It's just a better system that Silverblue.
Suggestions for Silverblue:
- abolish your version of Firefox and provide the one from Flathub with full codecs,
- remove unnecessary bloat (numerous GNOME apps and Boxes),
- trim down the running services... battery life is not great,
- rpm-ostree is waaaaay slower that transactional-update,
- replace toolbx with distrobox. It's on a whole new level of excellence.
Overall, 3 out of 10.
I'll stay on openSUSE:
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Version: 39
Rating: 1
Date: 2024-01-16
Votes: 1
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I've never abandoned an installation before it finished until now.
I used the netinstall of the Everything ISO and selected the Deepin choice. Holy cow! Everything is a great word for this ISO because that's exactly what it was installing! It was running for almost two hours and the progress bar hadn't even gone up to the quarter point. It was still configuring! I don't think that Windows 10 takes this long to install-- and it takes forever.
Whoever designed the installer needs to find another job. This is just awful.
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Latest Reviews
Project: Fedora
Version: 42
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-05-12
Votes: 1
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Awesome experience with Fedora Silverblue 42 (as well as 41). Absolutly rock solid, more than any other linux distro or even any other os (except macOS and ChromeOS). Zero errors or crashes and I am using it as daily driver.
Really easy for beginners, just go to the App Store and install your flatpaks But for most apps I strongly recommend the flathub versions of the apps! You can still install rpms, if you need.
I also love pure stock Gnome, especially on my Surface Tablet.
Best choice if you want an easy to use Linux OS that just works.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 42
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-05-11
Votes: 9
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Running on the same machine I tested version 41 on. The differences are apparent right away, as I just set up and use Fedora 42 instead of ATTEMPT to set up (tweak to my liking) and attempt to use as a work station and web browser.
Biggest difference? I downloaded and installed KDE plasma this time instead of Gnome. THAT may be why I'm now seeing Fedora as a "just works" distro instead of the unreliable, rather clunky distro I've experienced for several Fedora versions over the years. I've ALWAYS reported in forums and here about slowness, crashes (random), and overall troubles. Gnome related? Or... ?
The live environment went smoothly and offered all of the choices I'd make with an install of a new distro. It ran well and detected all of my hardware, including graphics/cpu, networking, wifi printer, audio, etc.
The hard install has done the same. I'm happy with this Plasma version of Fedora 42. Less than a 10 would not do it justice.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 42
Rating: 5
Date: 2025-05-11
Votes: 0
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I installed Fedora several months ago on a higher kevel, newer, i7 11Gen, laptop.
Current KDE Plasma, Wayland, current kernel, etc, etc...
Generally speaking, well organized distro, but...
... it is frequently freezing, several times per day, with no apparent reason.
First, I had to hard-shut down the comp and restart it. Then, I realized that the freeze goes away after several minutes, so I waited...
I read MANY complains on the Internet about it. Nobody knows the real reason. Some associate it with AMD based comps (not mine), some with power "Performance" option to be changed to "Balanced" to solve the problem (did not solve it!), some with Gnome (not me), some with Wayland (disqualification!!!), etc, etc...
I have to get back to some other options I used previously... Nobara (but it could have the same problem, as it is based on Fedora), Manjaro... Tuxedo... and many other distros I tried and gave up after having some "inconveniences"...
I don't know.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 42
Rating: 2
Date: 2025-05-11
Votes: 1
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I recently tried Fedora 42 and was extremely disappointed with the experience. I intended to set up Fedora as a dual boot alongside Windows 11, but everything turned out to be far from what I expected.
When I reached the partitioning stage, I carefully ensured that I selected the dual boot option and prepared space for Fedora. However, after the installation completed and I rebooted my laptop, not only did I not find an option to boot into Windows 11, but my Windows 11 was completely gone.
This was incredibly frustrating because I was very cautious throughout the installation process and was confident I followed all the correct steps. There were no warnings or prompts to confirm my partition selections, and worst of all, it felt as if Fedora had completely overwritten my system without giving me the option to choose which operating system I wanted to boot into.
While I understand that Fedora is more focused on Linux users, my experience with dual boot on Fedora 42 was terrible. The installation process felt opaque and even ruined my previously working Windows setup.
This has been a very disappointing experience, and I’m left feeling extremely frustrated. Now, I have to find a way to recover my lost Windows 11 and restore my system. I hope the Fedora developers can improve the installation process and provide clearer warnings and more transparent options, especially for users who want to set up dual boot.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 42
Rating: 6
Date: 2025-05-10
Votes: 0
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I have mixed feelings with Fedora, on one hand I like a lot of what 42 has done. I have installed it on a laptop and a desktop PC. Have had no issues installing or running any apps. But on the Lenovo the App store update kept indicating a firmware (bios) update which downloaded fine and requested a restart but could never actually install the firmware update. Even with SecureBoot and TPM turned off. I kept getting a ROM error, so I finally updated the firmware using a bootable USB drive with the ISO firmware image. I also really do not like pure Gnome that much it is bearable when installing Gnome tweaks but I still sometimes feel that I want more tweaks. My rating of 6 sort of defines the fact that I am on the fence with Fedora.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 42
Rating: 4
Date: 2025-05-08
Votes: 0
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After using Fedora for almost a year, I had to switch to another linux now, to ubuntu. Since fedora version 42 release, the system is buggy, installed apps are crushing, also the fedora file explorer is crushing sometimes when I try to access network hard drive via samba. Unfortunately I had to quit Fedora. It has really good fundamentals like new GNOME version, great wayland support, but since fedora version 42 is hardly usable. In that sense fedora 41 was much more better, but I did not wanted to do a downgrade. It's a shame that fedora does not have a LTS version or something similar.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 42
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-05-07
Votes: 7
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I tested XFCE for a while, but there were problems with dnfdragora, which became apparent immediately after installation. Despite some help from the forum, this appears to be a problem with the installation itself. This problem has apparently been reported numerous times in the bug tracker. I switched to Fedora Budgie, which was also very quick to install and the updates were problem-free. It looks very appealing graphically, offers many configuration options, and has an innovative design. This makes Linux really fun and there's something for everyone!
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Project: Fedora
Version: 42
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-05-06
Votes: 1
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Fedora KDE Plasma edition is exceptionally good. I've used Linux for over 2 decades, mostly sticking to the Debian/Ubuntu/Mint distros. After substantial testing of many other distros, I settled on Fedora because: Fedora is one of the most modern in it's design, with OpenSUSE as a fairly close #2, and with Debian/Ubuntu/Mint being very distant in their designs (they are good distros, just not using the latest design concepts that most users won't see). Fedora is notable for using packages that are nearly bleeding edge (up-to-date) yet with enough testing that Fedora is very stable. There are a few downsides to Fedora though: It isn't the perfect distro for a complete newbie to Linux as it requires a small bit of technical know-how to install Xorg instead of Wayland, or to add additional Fedora repositories.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 41
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-05-02
Votes: 0
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Coming from Debian it is more convenient to use, DNF is fine a mature. I use MATE and while is not as flashy out of the box as Ubuntu's, it's easy to customise.
There was an initial issue with the launch of 41, blank screen (Wayland) but learnt the lesson, waiting for the version update 1-2 months does the trick and you have always have 6 month to do so. It is highly recommended as a desktop distro.
As for the severs Debian remains the king if you want to have a set-up and forget approach and don't mind the outdated but secure packages. Fedora server is fine and very comfortable to use but needs more attention. Out of the box SElinux and BTRFS are welcome, spins and immutable versions are a nice touch if that's your jam.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 42
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-04-28
Votes: 20
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With Fedora, you get all the latest linux innovations and it's stable. You're on the edge, not the bleeding edge. My favorite distribution.
However, it's annoying you have to add the rpm fusion repo and make sure you manually install the codecs.
Also Fedora workstation provides the vanilla version of Gnome.
Gnome is my favorite desktop environment, but I install gnome-tweaks to add those minimize maximize buttons (in the Window titlebars section).
And you need to add extension manager, in order to add dash to panel.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 42
Rating: 4
Date: 2025-04-21
Votes: 0
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I have installed Fedora on a Testingsystem with two SSDs and a 2TB harddisk. Installing was a little difficult compared to Mint, MXLinux or SuSE and some other systems I have tested.
But, I don´t wanna use Wayland and there wasn´t an alternativ choice. A no-go for me.
And the KDE-Desktop is not the first choice using with Fedora, I think.
But what kills me is, after installation and downloading over 2GB Update-Files, the system want to restart and I get an restart-screen looking like Windows!
I want a Linux and NOT something looking like Windows!!!
Never!
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Project: Fedora
Version: 42
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-04-19
Votes: 0
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I downloaded Fedora 42 and put it on a USB with Ventoy. USB had another partition with private stuff. After installing Fedora, I was unpleasantly surprised that my other partition with private stuff and the Ventoy bootable partition were deleted, leaving only free space on the USB.
I didn't believe so. I installed Ventoy again, installed Fedora from USB, to found that the same thing happened again.
This never happened on any other distro.
Needless to say that I didn't stick to Fedora, and installed another distro with Ventoy, and the problem didn't happen.
Leaving a 1 rating for losing the partition with private stuff.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 42
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-04-16
Votes: 3
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I try some distros, like Mint 22.1, OpenSUSE 15.6 and tumbleweed, Debian 12... And then I try Fedora 42 Beta. My notebook is very simple, one Acer Aspite A315 (Pentium 4417U, 4Gb RAM, 240Gb SSD and 500Gb HD). And all works!!
Every other distro I've tried have some problem with my note, except Fedora. I start with Live, test most of my hardware, all works fine!
Then I try agais, using dual boot this time. Fedora works ok, only a little slow, when compares with Windows 11, on same notebook.
And then... I remove all Windows from my note and install Fedora 42 Beta on my notebook, as primary SO. All works (as expected...), fast and reliable! Windows on my machine? No more!!!
Now I'm using Fedora Linux 42 KDE edition since April, 13. And I'm very happy!
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Project: Fedora
Version: 42
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-04-16
Votes: 4
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I think this is a great and rock solid OS to use.
Also a easy OS for beginners and Experienced users,who will use a different Os Than Windows or other operatingsystems.
I use Fedora on my Pc and i'm very statisfied about it. I use the gnome desktop while i was using Mac Os before on an Macbook pro and Imac,so i't was very easy for me to switch over.
Also Fedora Linux has the newest packages who are available with Linux when they are availale you can easy install or upgrade them with Flatpak,Dnf,Rpm or whatever. I think Fedora is the only Linux distribution who has first the newest packages for linux rather than other Linux distributions.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 42
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-04-16
Votes: 33
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I recently upgraded my operating system from Fedora 41 to Fedora 42, marking the first time I opted for an upgrade instead of performing a clean installation. I must admit, the process was seamless, and the results were beyond my expectations. Having used Fedora for quite a while, I've grown accustomed to its reliability and user-friendly nature, but Fedora 42 feels like a significant step forward. It's as if my system has evolved from being good to being truly excellent in both performance and design.
After the upgrade, I immediately noticed how smooth and fluid the system has become. Every interaction feels snappier, and the overall aesthetics have been refined beautifully. Fedora 42 also introduced several under-the-hood improvements that enhance both functionality and stability. The kernel update ensures better hardware support, and the tweaks to the desktop environment make navigating and multitasking more intuitive than ever. Whether I'm working on complex projects or simply browsing online, the system handles it all effortlessly.
One feature that stood out to me is the new Wellbeing functionality in GNOME 48, which was included in this upgrade. This feature resonates deeply with the current need for balance between productivity and self-care. It enables users to monitor screen time, set breaks, and even offers gentle reminders to step away from the screen—a thoughtful addition that reflects the growing awareness of mental health and ergonomics in technology design. It’s incredible how a small feature can have such a positive impact on daily habits and work-life balance.
Additionally, I appreciate the subtle improvements to Fedora's package manager, DNF. Installing and updating software is even more efficient now, reducing downtime and simplifying system maintenance. The developers truly listened to the community and addressed many of the minor quirks that users had been discussing in recent releases. Fedora 42 also appears to have focused heavily on security, with enhanced measures to protect data and ensure a safer environment for users. This is particularly important for someone like me who values privacy and operates in an online world where threats are ever-present.
Overall, Fedora 42 is a masterpiece. It combines practicality with innovation, delivering an operating system that feels both familiar and refreshingly new. This release has strengthened my confidence in Fedora as my go-to Linux distribution. As I continue to explore its features and experience its improvements, I look forward to seeing what Fedora 43 will bring. If it's anything like Fedora 42, I’m certain it will be worth the wait.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 41
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-04-16
Votes: 12
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I switched from Kubuntu 24.10 to Fedora 41 KDE recently. I tried it a couple years and just wasnt super impressed with it but also was not as knowledgeable. Now its so stupid easy to get setup and just game on. I had mine setup in about 30 minutes with rpm, flatpaks, btrs assistant, auto mount drives etc. etc. no Issues. Installer is amazing and super simple. Really excited.. I have noticed that my blacks in colors are darker than Kubuntu so I'm not sure what that is, makes it hard to see at night time in games.. not sure how yet to fix that. Overall super solid experience. I want something that just works, feels comfortable, looks clean, has VRR, customizable and more up to date.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 42
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-04-15
Votes: 14
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I my experience Fedora 42 with GNOME 48 is absolutely phenomenal! I love it!! The revamped GNOME Shell is buttery smooth on Wayland, with intuitive workflows and a polished look that’s pure eye candy. The Anaconda Web UI made installation a breeze, and the system screams performance on my AMD Ryzen with the Linux 6.14 kernel. Btrfs keeps things rock-solid, and GCC 15 is a dev’s dream. Fedora 42 is the gold standard for a cutting-edge, stable Linux experience. Huge kudos to the team! 🎉 #Fedora42 #GNOME
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Project: Fedora
Version: 41
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-04-12
Votes: 11
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Fedora Linux is a modern, community-driven Linux distribution known for its up-to-date software and close alignment with the latest open-source technologies. Backed by Red Hat, Fedora places a strong emphasis on free and open-source principles, making it a favorite among developers, system administrators, and tech enthusiasts. It provides early access to the latest versions of the Linux kernel, GNOME desktop environment, and a wide range of development tools, while still maintaining a high level of stability. Fedora Workstation, the desktop edition, delivers a clean, efficient, and near-vanilla GNOME experience that performs well even on modest hardware. Security is another strong point, with features like SELinux enabled by default, offering advanced protection out of the box. One downside is its relatively short release cycle—each version is supported for around 13 months, requiring regular upgrades. Additionally, some proprietary software and codecs aren’t included by default, though they can be added via repositories like RPM Fusion. While Fedora may be slightly less beginner-friendly than other distributions like Ubuntu, it is well-documented and supported by a helpful community. Overall, Fedora is an excellent choice for those who want a cutting-edge, secure, and reliable Linux environment, especially if they value open-source ideals and enjoy staying on the forefront of technology.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 41
Rating: 5
Date: 2025-04-10
Votes: 1
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10 to 15 years ago fedora would have been one of my goto's for Linux. Not anymore. I downloaded and installed the latest live workstation gnome ISO onto a flash drive. I used the fedora media creation tool for windows for my first try. When I tried booting up the image checked the drive for errors as it was loading it into ram. The test said the media (drive) was no good and failed to move forward. I then tried using Rufus in DD mode and the same error happened again. I tried rufus in hybrid mode and I couldn't get past the grub screen. I gave up. I could have looked online to see if someone else had the same issues but for the moment i'm putting fedora at the back of the bus. Six months to a year ago I tried fedora kinoite (atomic kde plasma) I was able to install it on the same machine but I had annoying issues using it. I eventually uninstalled it and replaced it with nobara (which is based on fedora) I was happy with nobara 40 but then I updated the machine to nobara 41. Since then I've had issues with the machine and today i had enough with all the update problems on nobara 41 and uninstalled it. On any debian based distributions and opensuse i've had no issues with them.... fedora has really gone down the dumps.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 41
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-04-05
Votes: 9
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Switched to Fedora around Fedora 18, and have been using it as my daily driver since. Had previously alternated between (K)Ubuntu, Debian and Arch as my daily, but ended up moving all my gear to Fedora and CentOS (later Rocky).
Fedora doesn't have the Ubuntu-style nagware asking for money, it's much better with more complicated storage setups like RAID+LVM, and it's a good mix of stable and current. You get a relatively reliable system that still has the latest version of KDE Plasma, Firefox and the latest drivers courtesy of a current Linux kernel. It's fairly easy to use but with more secure defaults than some other desktop-focused distros.
My personal experience has been that packaged software in Fedora's repo is closer in quality to Debian than Ubuntu, but more current. Ubuntu packages tend to ship broken more frequently, at least the ones I see and use. The flip side of that is sometimes Fedora ships with major pieces of infrastructure that aren't fully baked, like PulseAudio and Wayland, and there is an adjustment period as people find and fix the bugs.
Fedora is Red Hat based, so if you work in the enterprise space and will be dealing with RHEL/likes, Fedora is a good way to stay ahead of the curve and not be blindsided when a new release comes out. Fedora users are ready for technologies like SELinux and Wayland well before they hit the enterprise space. However, since Fedora is a Red Hat centric project, IBM could decide to neuter it like they did with CentOS if some MBA in middle management decides Fedora is a threat to RHEL.
Every OS has its strengths, annoyances, and WTFs, and it always comes down to which one is the least difficult to live with. For me and my use case, Fedora sucks less.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 42-beta
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-04-02
Votes: 0
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Bad distro . When updating packages there is no progress seen . Then i cancel it and reboot the computer and then i get a black screen with no error . I can not fix that . Big thanks Fedora for a useless computer . Avoid it . This is not user friendly and not my way to bring linux to new comers . Fedora is not good for beginners and break the system with updates without any warning . For a workstation distro this is gonna a big deal breaker for many serious users . I wonder if Fedora test updates
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Project: Fedora
Version: 41
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-03-24
Votes: 53
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I've done a lot of distro hopping and I just keep coming back to Fedora. I've been a linux user for over a decade; I started on Fedora and here I am 15 years later still using it as my daily driver. Fedora is the perfect combination of latest features, available packages, and stability. The Fedora team does an incredible job of making sure that things just work while still pushing the envelope of what linux is and will be in the future. The only real issue I've had in the past is the lack of media codex which seems to be less of an issue with newer releases. Some people complain that the package manager is slow and they are kind of correct, but the important thing to me isn't the speed, it's the reliability and all you need to know is that dnf = does not fail. Overall I think Fedora is the most complete and well maintained distro out there, suitable for everyone from beginner to experienced user.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 42-beta
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-03-22
Votes: 2
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I really like this build currently dual boot with windows 11 all is going great grub did pick up windows on a separate HD , this current 42 beta is just fantastic , I suggest any one wanting to give Linux a try this is your time to try , installation was a breeze, a nice walk through as you install makes it easy , for a non computer illiterate ,for a older person thats not a guru this in my op ion is simpler then windows 11 to install , easy to use and a simple layout not over coming and confusion , just simplicity at it's best , I did install gnome tweaks to always show the taskbar , just hands down a great OS with out the telemetry of Windows, get it a try you will not be disappointed . At the current state I'm enjoying this more then windows 11..
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Project: Fedora
Version: 42-beta
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-03-22
Votes: 5
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I tried Fedora beta with the COSMIC desktop environment, which is a new spin and a surprise given that COSMIC is at alpha 6 at the time of writing. I don't think that Fedora has ever released a spin before based on a non-production desktop environment, but there is a great deal of interest and goodwill towards COSMIC and, as it turned out, it made the right decision to support it early.
Why COSMIC? I am an old Ubuntu person and not since Unity have I experienced a desktop environment which is so efficient - for my use, it simply takes fewer mouse and keyboard actions to perform a specific task than others. It is also midway between GNOME (low) and KDE (high) in the degree of customisation, which is just right. There is some muttering that it "is too much like GNOME". It certainly looks rather like it, but the "feel" is completely different.
Producing and maintaining the spin is helped by COSMIC being decoupled - it is small, made up of relatively few packages, because it has little technical debt. Wayland and Pipewire, among others, are mandatory with no fallback to older technology.
The installer (Anaconda) is the same as it has been for many releases and behaves in the same way. However, after the initial screens have been navigated it is a few minutes, and a reboot, to the COSMIC desktop. This has one Fedora wallpaper (which vanishes from the wallpaper chooser and cannot be picked again if you switch to one of COSMIC's wallpapers, a minor bug) but is otherwise as developed by System76. Firefox, LibreOffice, [GNOME] Disks, [GNOME] System Monitor and [GNOME] Calculator are supplied to fill in the gaps left by COSMIC's own utilities (Files, Media Player, Screenshot, Settings, Store, Terminal, Text Editor). Rather oddly, Okular [KDE] is also preinstalled to support PDF file reading; I replaced it with Papers [GNOME].
In general the COSMIC utilities are GNOME-like but, as is common throughout, have sensible defaults and their customisation options do not generally have to be changed. The Store is actually very good; it is fast and to the point and supports dnf and Flathub. An omission in COSMIC is that there is no indicator for software updates. The developers have made the correct decision not to include the rather clunky dnfdragora; either the command line or the Store can be used to check. Another minor omission is that there is no night light; this is explicitly stated as being a post-first-release option in COSMIC. Unfortunately, sct (an elegant solution) doesn't appear to be available for up-to-date versions of Fedora, so I will compile it myself.
On actual use, window tiling, the best feature of the old pre-COSMIC Pop! OS, is there and working splendidly. I find the whole desktop fast, slick and well-integrated, which is a great achievement; there is nowhere I could find where a feature or appearance sticks out as inappropriate or not in keeping with the rest of the environment. I have had no crashes in two days of heavy use, which is an even more remarkable achievement for a beta operating system with an alpha desktop environment!
I suspected that Fedora would do a good job here, as I have always thought that its engineering is the best of the major Linux distributions, and I was right. I see a lot of complaints about Pop! OS with COSMIC, many of which are misguided given that it is at alpha; ironically, someone else took System 76's desktop environment and stabilised it.
Rating? 9. There are a few - but only a few - quirks, as is expected in an alpha version of any software, but Fedora has done a stupendous job in making a sound environment using COSMIC and it is usable day-to-day, which surprised me. It also has the assurance that, because of the semi-rolling release, alphas, betas and the final release ("epoch 1") will follow, although I have to add "eventually" to that. Developing a completely new desktop environment is as hard as it gets and the development process has been drawn out.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 42-beta
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-03-20
Votes: 10
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Fedora KDE offers a polished and modern KDE Plasma experience with Fedora’s reliability and up-to-date software. The Plasma desktop is sleek, customizable, and lightweight, making it a great choice for users who prefer a traditional yet modern interface. While it benefits from Fedora’s strong security and frequent updates, the rolling nature of updates may not suit those looking for long-term stability. Overall, Fedora KDE is an excellent option for users who want a cutting-edge Linux distro with a beautiful and highly configurable desktop.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 41
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-03-19
Votes: 8
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installed as virtual machine using Parallels desktop on Apple Mac Studio M2 Max (aarch64, arm), KDE. works flawlessly. even as VM, is more responsive that native Intel Fedora 41 on i9 cpu system. Mac users, even though VMware FUsion is now free, Parallels is worth the money and far superior to Fusion, running Linux and macOS VMs on ARM (Fusion does not support MacOS VMs on ARM, only Intel). Parallels will actually download Fedora directly and install, you don't need to search for ISO. In addition to Fedora, Parallels will directly download Ubuntu, Debian and Kali. I tried installing otther distros and had no problem, there is an option for installing other distros using 6,.x or 5.x kernels, Arch, Red Hat, etc. with your own provided ISO images.
I chose Fedora because I want up to date Firefox etc, directly, IOW not Snap or Flatpack. Ubuntu GNOME interface seemed slow as a VM under Parallels, which surprised me. no problem with KDE Wayland through Parallels video nterface
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Project: Fedora
Version: 41
Rating: 8
Date: 2025-03-13
Votes: 1
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I have been using Fedora Silverblue 41 for a few weeks now and I am pleasantly surprised. I have already tried it in earlier versions and found it unsustainable. That has now changed. With the new “Refine” tool, you can also make limited changes to the appearance. Finally, you no longer have to resort to the “Extensions”. Unfortunately, the default setting in Gnome is still not set to “Dash to Dock” and so every new user sees a screen without a panel at first, until he possibly gets the idea to click to the top left to discover the panel. What nonsense! And stubbornness. The portals that Fedora maintains are extensive, but unfortunately quite confusing until you find answers. On the positive side, if you find it, it is gladly provided. However, the response times in the software center are annoying. Sometimes you really have to go for a coffee. This is faster in the Linux Mint software center. Unfortunately, there is still no sign of the announced new Fedora installation medium. Therefore 8/10 points.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 41
Rating: 2
Date: 2025-03-10
Votes: 0
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It is by far the worst distro I have ever tried in my life. I know it has many fans, but this distro only crashes, it doesn't work. Therefore, it is unstable and unreliable, which is something unusual for a Linux distro.
I don't know if this bad experience was because of my hardware, but I don't think so, because I tested it on a PC and on my laptop, and on both the experience was equally bad.
And look, I have tried it several times, every time they change the version I try, but I regret it later because I remember that everything is difficult.
I apologize to the fans, but this distro is not good for me.
É de longe a pior distro que já testei na vida. Sei que ela tem muitos fãs, mas essa distro só quebra, não funciona. Logo, ela é instável, não confiável, o que para uma distro linux é algo incondizente.
Não sei se essa má experiẽncia foi por causa do meu hardware, mas acho que não, pois testei em PC e em meu laptop, em ambos a experiência foi igualmente péssima.
E olha que já tentei várias vezes, sempre que mudam a versão eu tento, mas me arrependo depois porque lembro que é tudo difícil.
Peço desculpa aos fãs, mas essa distro não é boa para mim.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 41
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-03-09
Votes: 26
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Fedora: The first distribution that I installed in 2009, and it remains the last one I gonna install.
Over the years, new technologies like systemd, Wayland, PipeWire, Btrfs, and even GNOME 3 were in their early stages, and Fedora, being a leading-edge distribution, often had issues that made it challenging to use daily. I couldn't last more than 3-4 months on any distribution for years, constantly switching back and forth among various options, mostly Ubuntu (up to version 12.10), Arch, and Debian. However, I always found myself returning to Fedora. I remember Fedora 17 as a rock-solid daily driver, but things went awry with versions 18, 19, and 20. Version 21, however, Fedora leads forward.
Nowadays, almost all the fundamental changes needed for the new Linux desktop era are complete, making Fedora a reliable and well-updated system.
- Leading-edge (a drawback in the past, but now a positive aspect)
- Reliable
- A large community worldwide
- Committed to open-source and free software
- Offers the best GNOME experience (from version 42, no more lags on Intel iGPUs; GNOME 48 finally merged the triple buffering merge request)
-brilliant backward compatibility, allowing it to be installed on both MBR BIOS and UEFI-only systems
- Fedora Friends Freedom Free
- If you have a laptop that needs to run smoothly without any issues, enywhere, there are Silverblue and Atomic versions available.
Choosing a distribution as your main one involves personal preferences, hardware, and use cases. However, from a technical standpoint, you can't go wrong with Fedora if you decide to pick it.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 41
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-03-06
Votes: 0
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Fedora feels like a complete OS and a worthy answer to Windows and MacOS. I've been using it for a few years now, the longest I've used any single distribution, and I find most things work very well. It seems to me the closest to an "everything just works" desktop in a Linux distro. The main issues I run into seem to be more related to Wayland and fractional scaling or to programs themselves (niche issues in Chromium, occasional broken desktop extensions).
GNOME is snappy and stable, though I prefer adding a more traditional taskbar, which is easy to do through extensions.
DNF has been easy to navigate, and the latest version has been especially quick for updates.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 41
Rating: 7
Date: 2025-03-06
Votes: 0
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Controversial attitude towards Fedora 41 distribution. On the one hand, it is an excellent and user-friendly system for a simple user, but on the other hand, it has many pitfalls.
At first glance, the system looks polished, but problems do occur. I had a case of complete video driver failure. It was working fine, then suddenly stopped working altogether, and never worked again. The system simply stopped recognizing both the driver and the graphics card.
This incident upset me greatly because in all other respects this is a worthy system. However, it too succumbed to the influence of Flatpak, which I do not approve of.
I can recommend this distribution if you are not interested in games or if you are quite an advanced user who enjoys tinkering with endless settings and video driver issues.
7 out of 10
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Project: Fedora
Version: 41
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-02-28
Votes: 9
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Let me say I usually run Debian and still do on servers. Recently I wanted a newer version of an application for compatibility with another system. I couldn't get it without going to unstable/testing Debian. I took that as an opportunity to try another distro or 2.
I installed Fedora and have been very happy. The install is easy and works with a wide range of hardware (I installed it on multiple other systems). It has been my daily driver for a couple months now and I am very pleased.
My servers will continue to run Debian just for the stability of it, but I will run Fedora on my workstations. The Gnome interface is nice and works well, but I have been messing with Hyprland and am enjoying it. everything has worked well with IBM, AMD and Nvidia graphics.
Updating has been very easy and no issue.
Software is readily available. If not in the repo, the vendor will usually have it. I see a lot of availability of flatpaks, but to be honest I dislike flatpak and snaps so I dont use them.
Looking for a distro, give Fedora a try.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 41
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-02-26
Votes: 26
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I don't change Fedora for nothing, reliable, fast, bleeding edge, secure, free, community of users and developers, documentation and tutorials online, easy of use, configurable, not bloatware, perfect installation in 3 different computers, beautiful. I use and prefer Gnome but you can made a choice in most desktops.
I use too one program made for Windows running in Bottles without problems.
Cover near all what I need and always improve.
I know and I tried the most popular distros and others, to me the best.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 41
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-02-15
Votes: 5
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Well after over 14 months of Distro hoping , i think it's finally over. It was an eye opening experience and on the whole not a good one.
Installing went smooth and updating was fine. i am not normally a fan of KDE , but i thought i'd give it one more try. after a day of using and tweaking it i have grown to like it.
Also , nice to see flatpak installed during the install process . i would recommend fedora kde to anybody who wants a nice and easy install and setup.
I will keep using and testing and come back for a month and if i am happy with it i will chance 9/10 to 10/10.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 41
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-02-10
Votes: 48
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Fedora Linux cures my distro hop on my Dell preicison workstation running Intel® Xeon® W-2125 and nVidia Quadro P400 . Everything works perfectly
I've tried them all. Ubuntu, Manjaro, Debian, MX Linux, Mint....all of which has one or more fatal flaws that do not work in one of the scenarios limited Printer driver , unable Suspend/Sleep, lack of nVidia driver out of box, no VPN app, no wifi driver, no Google online accounts, LUKS encryption..
Fedora is the only distro that work for everything enabled with Nvidia proprietary driver
No more distro hop. It stops right here.
It's simply the BEST. 10/10
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Project: Fedora
Version: 41
Rating: 7
Date: 2025-02-09
Votes: 0
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Fedora is OK, but I wouldn't recommend it to someone new to Linux. The installing might be a bit confusing and this release is a cutting edge rolling release. It might be great for newer hardware to get good support. But it also might include more bugs that may or may not affect you. I have always found it to be mostly stable but in the past I have had WiFi issues, and audio issues. Sometimes this is more about the hardware configuration since most laptop makers are solely concerned about Windows compatibility not Linux. I always recommend booting into a distro with USB drive and give it a trial test to see if everything works before installing. I tend to not use Fedora for two reasons. One is Wayland, and the other is the rolling release cadence of Fedora. I prefer a LTS release that provides a more stable but less cutting edge Linux experience.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 41
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-02-09
Votes: 13
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Fedora is overall the best distro with everyone having to live their lives approach without being overly complex to give reasons why Microsoft still dominates and lower distributions offer more disrespectful remarks on how to solve issues the distro developers should fix before release.
Nvidia drivers are painless to install with dnf, sound & wifi works since it is part of the godfather of Linux - Red Hat. So yes Fedora, Mint, and Ubuntu are where any newcomer wants to be and will ultimately stay or come back to since the distros actually have development internets instead of petty internal fighting.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 41
Rating: 8
Date: 2025-02-09
Votes: 0
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My previous distro was PopOS. Although I think it's a great platform, I felt that they were getting behind on Gnome with most of their focus on Cosmic desktop. I tried Cosmic and believe it will be a great desktop env in the future, but I did not want to wait around for it to mature. The Cosmic team is making great strides, but not fast enough for me.
Before switching, I tested several distros on a VM platform and watched many reviews. Hence I decided to try Fedora 41-Gnome. I tried the KDE and although it's extremely configurable, I still like simple for my development environment. For me, Mr OCD, KDE will have me going down endless customization rabbit-holes. But it's nice they have many "spin" options.
During and just after installation, I just about ditched Fedora. I experienced several unexplainable problems that raised a red flag as to proceed or not. However, after updating and a little investigative work, I now have a stable platform. I am running a "mature" Asus Workstation motherboard with an AMD 16 core Zen 4 CPU along with 64GB or DDRAM.
For now, Fedora WS works for me although I may return to PopOS in the future. I had zero issues with Pop and I feel their documentation is best.
Many thanks to all for the reviews and feedback. Very helpful.
Happy hunting!
David.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 41
Rating: 5
Date: 2025-02-08
Votes: 2
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Fedora: A Playground for Red Hat, Not for Everyday Users
Fedora, backed by Red Hat, positions itself as the guinea pig of the Linux world. It’s where new technologies and features are tested—often at the cost of user convenience. While it’s cutting-edge, it’s not exactly “ready for prime time.”
First, the commitment to free and open-source software sounds noble, but it means basic things like media playback aren’t ready to go out of the box. Want to watch an MP4? Get ready to install codecs yourself, a task that’s more tedious than it should be. For something billed as “ready for everyday use,” Fedora makes you work for it.
The setup process isn’t much better. It’s not a simple, plug-and-play experience. If you want your system to actually function properly, be prepared to spend hours installing third-party software and fixing minor glitches. It’s great if you’re a developer or enjoy tinkering, but for a normal user? Not so much.
Then, there’s the constant updates. Fedora’s rapid release cycle means you’re always upgrading—sometimes breaking your system along the way. It’s like being a guinea pig in Red Hat’s lab: you get the latest and greatest features, but you also get the bugs and crashes that come with them.
And let’s not forget about stability. Fedora is often in a state of flux. Hardware support can be shaky, and some features just don’t work right out of the box. It's far from the polished, enterprise-ready experience you’d get with Red Hat’s other offerings, like RHEL.
In the end, Fedora is a great playground for Red Hat’s experiments, but not so much for the average user. If you love being on the bleeding edge, it’s perfect. But if you just want a system that works without hours of tweaking, you might want to look elsewhere.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 41
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-01-16
Votes: 55
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I entered the world of Linux about 10 years ago. The best distro for me was always Linux Mint which made my transition from Windows smooth and quite easy. Of course I was experimenting with other distros, but I always returned to Mint as most safe and reliable base. Some 5-6 years ago I bought Asus laptop with a new Wifi from Intel and I found that I started to lose connection frequently. This happened because the driver for this hardware was not incorporated yet. I tried many distos including Debian (which until now has a bug with this wifi card and often doesn't even detect it after reboot). The only solution I found was FEDORA! Which always supports most fresh hardware. It's amazingly stable and reliable. Well thought and not bloated with junk. Recently, I installed Cinnamon spin of Fedora and it's the best of two worlds : it has a Cinnamon desktop which I like more than GNOME and it is FEDORA which I like most among all linuxes. Everything works ideally! And after update the version of Cinnamon turned out to be even fresher than Linux Mint itself. Fedora deserves 10 out of 10!
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Project: Fedora
Version: 41
Rating: 8
Date: 2025-01-12
Votes: 1
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The install makes LUKS full disc encryption easy. My wifi printer just worked. The software is up-to-date without accumulating 'held back' packages.
Things that didn't work ootb:
I couldn't connect to Eduroam wouldn't connect and required a manual intervention in config files or removing a package. Fedora placed my swap on zram and hibernation was disabled by default. I added a swap partition and enabled hibernation, requiring manual configuration. I had to install nvidia drivers manually.
Limited repositories:
Fedora comes as a 'spin' that commits one to a particular DE. I installed KDE. However, there were things I missed from Gnome, so I wanted to install both but this required additional manual intervention of a 'hidden' group. I have been altogether unable to find a Xorg option to install, which I would strongly like to have as an option for compatibility reasons.
All told, I have Fedora running two laptops without any imminent plans to change and I would probably recommend it over others for a new user, but the limited repositories excluding Xorg make it very highly unlikely that I will stick with it in the medium-long term.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 41
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-01-10
Votes: 22
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Fedora stands out as a fast and reliable Linux distribution, catering to a wide range of users, from developers to everyday desktop enthusiasts. Its streamlined performance is immediately noticeable, with quick boot times, responsive applications, and efficient resource utilization. Whether you're running the GNOME desktop environment or working with its server edition, Fedora ensures a smooth and snappy experience.
Reliability is another hallmark of Fedora. Backed by the robust Red Hat ecosystem, it offers cutting-edge technologies while maintaining remarkable stability. Regular updates ensure you always have access to the latest features without compromising the system's dependability. Fedora's focus on open-source innovation also means you’re getting a secure and transparent OS that you can trust for both work and personal projects.
If you're looking for a Linux distribution that combines speed, reliability, and a commitment to open-source principles, Fedora is an excellent choice.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 41
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-12-27
Votes: 0
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Update from my review I did on Date: 2024-12-16. I switched to KDE desktop from Cinnamon. I still use Cinnamon Desktop to configure "Onedrive" and "Google Drive" with the Auto Startup app in Cinnamon after creating onedrive and google drive in Rclone.
I found KDE to be very responsive, and stable with Fedora 41. I also can configure the bottom panel to look like Windows 11 / Apple MAC OS desktop screen with all my goto Apps and with the Menu (Application Launcher) placed in the middle of the panel. I find this to be bvery practical and convenient if you use a mouse to select and opening apps.
Cinnamon is still very functional ... but compared to KDE looks less classy and polished.
When I used Redhat years ago,when it was still free, I used KDE desktop then. However I quit using KDE because on the other Linux distributions when using KDE were always less responsive and sometimes not as stable. Cinnamon was simpler and straignt foward to use and configure. Kde still requires a little adaptation moving from Cinnamon but I'm finding KDE to be a rock solid desktop for daily use with Fedora 41.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 41
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-12-16
Votes: 40
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So far do good. I moved off Manjaro recently. Manjaro was good but always became buggy and unstable after a few "rolling-releases" were made to it Thiis happened to me a few times so I decided to move on to something else. I used Manjaro at least 3 years. I did try to install Mint again, but always experienced the same install issue, Mint always installed great and always decteded my WIFI and connected on the install iso. But after the reboot the WIFI never would connect. Strange. So far Fedora has been fairly stable after the install. Not a bad installer to understand, fairly simple. I always use Cinnamon Desktop. Always liked using Cinnamon, it configures just as I want it to be. Installing WINE was a bit tricky but I got it to work. Not much else to say. I use to used Red Hat years ago when it was free. But that has been a while now, so picking up Fedora is like revisiting a old neighborhood I grew up in, but the houses have remolded and is much is nicer.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 41
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-12-06
Votes: 70
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best performance i ever get on Linux, im so happy to be user of Fedora 41, back in the day i was using Ubuntu 24.10, but for the latest and best performance Fedora 41 is needed, latest nvidia drivers, amd drivers, no problems, always stable and good, i liked it and im recommending it for who reading this, gnome 47 makes this UI better too, and latest almost latest linux kernel is best for my acer nitro 5 laptop which is pretty bad at linux support but new kernel makes this better you know, i liked it, i will recommend it to use
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Project: Fedora
Version: 41
Rating: 5
Date: 2024-11-23
Votes: 0
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I was excited about Fedora 41. Kinoite installed with ease and I loved the concept of an immutable distribution. All worked well for a month and I thought I had finally found a stable, reliable, favor of Red Hat for my Dell laptop. Then things started to go wrong. Fedora failed to run my HP printer, even though it could connect to, and recognize the printer. No problem. I don't do much printing anyway, Then Firefox stopped connecting to the internet. So I started using Chrome. Then Chrome began only connecting the internet sporadically, and finally not at all. Gone are the days when I would spend hours working on correcting problems with a linux distro I'm much older now and don't want to spend the time, So I installed Ubuntu Mate, and everything works fine, So long Fedora.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 41
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-11-20
Votes: 8
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I am truly excited after switching from Debian Bookworm to Fedora 41 as my daily driver desktop OS. I have been in the Debian/Ubuntu world since I switched from Red Hat 9, when they first went to the Fedora/Red Hat relationship. I gave up on Ubuntu when they started forcing snap packages (among other issues) and switched to Debian stable for a few years, but I don't like the idea of waiting forever for current software/firmware. I have been monitoring Fedora for a few years now, contemplating the switch, and I must say that with Fedora 41 push came to shove. Performance is snappy, the software/firmware is very up to date (almost cutting edge), and for the most part, everything just works. My only caveat is no X11 is included in the initial install (it can still be downloaded and installed from the repositories), so if you want a remote desktop connection you are SOL unless you revert to X11. I would be happy if someone could please correct me if I'm wrong.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 41
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-11-16
Votes: 8
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Fedora has made some marked improvements since the last time I used it, some years back. Nvidia installation is quite straight forward now. I like the 8GB default swap allocates (debian only does 1 GB). I also like, the feature when you type an app in terminal, which may not be available, it goes and searches for the app and return with a request to install the app. This is feature is very nice. For e.g. I typed cmatrix in terminal which was not installed previously, and it automatically searched, installed and even ran the app. Anaconda installer is a bit counter intuitive to understand and may not be the best for noobs especially when they dual boot, but its not that hard. I was able to trouble shoot without reading a doc, and I guess they going to update anaconda soon with a web version. All in all I think this is using as a daily driver. Fedora is an un opinionated. I used to love Ubuntu (still do) but with everything moving to snaps I find it a bit constraining for daily use especially when snap can run a jobs while you are running something else. Debian is equally good but software updates are slow, which may be a good thing for servers but for desktops there is no risk using cutting edge Distros. For eg. fastfetch is not available in debian repo
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Project: Fedora
Version: 41
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-11-09
Votes: 30
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The installation of Fedora 41 is straightforward as usual. As with previous versions, Fedora relies on Anaconda installation program. Anaconda is relatively easy to navigate for both experienced users and newcomers. Fedora offers a clear structure of the various steps in the installation process. Fedora 41 ships improved support for Secure Boot, which is particularly relevant when using NVIDIA graphics cards. One of the most notable changes in Fedora 41 is the switch to DNF5 as the default package manager. DNF5 is faster than DNF4: package installations, updates and upgrades are noticeably smoother and faster, even with large system updates. Particularly impressive is the improved speed when resolving dependencies and the lower memory utilisation, which increases the overall performance of Fedora 41. As far as the indispensable RPMfusion repository is concerned, there are minor syntactical differences between the DNF5 and DNF4 commands, but these are adequately documented on the website. KDE Plasma Desktop already presents itself as a stable desktop environment, but the most interesting thing is that (by popular demand) from the next Fedora 42, the KDE Plasma Desktop version will be officially supported, on a par with Fedora Workstation and Fedora Server.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 41
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-10-30
Votes: 16
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I use Fedora for a long time because it always is supporting the latest hardware and it is reliable - I don't recall any hangup at all. With the recent update I noticed that all GUI programs are starting up with a noticeable delay, and booting time is a bit up vs Fedora40. I didn't make a fresh installation, but used #dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=41 which worked out smoothly. This is why I discounted one from 10 rating. Everything looks great. Although I didn't noticed anything new particularly worth mentioning.
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