Fedora

Reader supplied reviews for Fedora Average rating 8.3 from 458 review(s) Please select a rating in the range of 1-10. Please write at least a few sentences about the distribution while limiting your review to 4080 characters. What are your thoughts on Fedora? Please include a few pros and a few cons, along with your overall impression of the operating system. Our FAQ page has tips on writing a good mini-review. Version: -- rawhide43424140393837363534333231302928272625242322212019181716151413121110987654321 Rating:    -- 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 out of 10 Your review (minimum 250 words): Past reviews - sort by: DateVotes Version: 43 Rating: 9 Date: 2026-01-13 Votes: 6 Fedora 43 with KDE Plasma is about as close to a perfect Linux distro as I have ever found. I recently made the upgrade from 42 to 43 and everything worked perfectly. I even switched to using Wayland from X11, and everything works properly (except a very specific QEMU VM). I've been using Linux since mid-2000's and wish I made the switch to Fedora sooner than version 42. What doesn't work? Well, I'm struggling with Steam and the Proton WINE interface. It was working wonderfully and then something bad happened and I haven't taken the time to figure it out. Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 43 Rating: 9 Date: 2026-01-09 Votes: 8 Pros: *Worked with my current generation hardware from initial install (AMD 9000 series CPU and GPU) *Clean interface and desktop (using GNOME) which I immediately preferred over the KDE version *Gives me everything I need for basic productivity and can also support gaming really well. I haven't found a single game that doesn't run well and even got Wow running flawlessly via Lutris. *Minimal need for using the terminal commands but I am forcing myself to learn so I do use it for system updates, fstrim, and to download packages I can't find in the built in software store. Cons: *As a refugee from the Win10 EOL, I have opted to not purchase the spyware that MS has replaced it with. I am still learning about FOSS and have very limited past experience outside of Ubuntu which I did not wish to use again. From my research on this site and others, it sounds like there are simpler distros for new users since this is very different from the Windows platform and the learning curve is something to consider. *Online competitive gaming using Kernel-Level anti-cheats are apparently problematic but I don't play them and it hasn't been a concern of mine. Just trying to think of Cons since I have not really had any issues. *I also installed this on an older Dell Inspiron laptop so my son could use it and learn the OS and just could not get the WiFi to work. Turned out that the particular chip in the laptop was a problematic one (pretty sure it was a Broadcom adapter) and I had to hard-wire the device to get online and locate the driver(s) it needed. Now it works but an error regularly pops up during boot since I am using 3rd party drivers instead of the default kernel ones. General experience: After trying Ubuntu in the past, and then Mint - Cinnamon, and Fedora KDE, I have come to really like Fedora Workstation and GNOME. It does everything I need it to do and works smoothly and quickly for gaming which was the main goal but also for my other basic tasks like browsing, document creation, and communications. I chose to completely cut the cord with windows and do not dual boot so this is an all-in situation for me. I have no regrets at this point and would definitely recommend this to other Win10 refugees. Just make sure you do you research before hand since some hardware may not work without some tweaking (or at all?); Linux mint has a great hardware compatibility database and there appear to be others which would also help. I was building a fresh machine so this was a crucial step when I was picking out my motherboard since that seemed like it would need to work with minimal fuss. Thanks for reading and I hope this helps someone. Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 43 Rating: 10 Date: 2025-12-24 Votes: 131 Fedora turned out to be the best distribution for my laptops (Lenovo and Asus), primarily because all hardware works impeccably out of the box. I have had persistent issues with one of my Wi-Fi cards on Debian and Linux Mint for years, while on Fedora everything simply works without any extra effort. From time to time I feel tempted to try something new. This usually happens when a new Fedora release is about to be published — I prefer to wait a week or two before upgrading. During this short period, I often experiment with other distributions, effectively doing a bit of distrohopping. Yet I always come back to Fedora. In my experience, Fedora is the most polished and well-thought-out distribution available today. It strikes an excellent balance between modern technology, stability, and usability. Merry Christmas to everyone! Was this review helpful? Yes No See all 458 reader reviews of Fedora...