1w ago

Lenovo now ship with Fedora

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Fedora is better than Ubuntu?
- Yes
  It has more up to date packages (while being reasonably stable), their implementation of gnome is essentially vanilla so its easier to build off of as a base (unless you like Ubuntus extensions and fonts but tbh you can always add those yourself)
  Their KDE edition (starting from the recently released version 42) is no longer a spin so it should get as much attention as Workstation (Gnome)
  DNF is arguably much better than APT and especially with the new improvements its seen
  Fedora handles snapshots much better (btrfs)
  There are more extensive third party repos on fedora
  They dont shove snaps down your throat
- I currently main Fedora. It is reasonably stable and reasonably cutting-edge. I'm happy about it.
- I'm sure there are opinions both ways. I think the reason Fedora is the headline is because it is the more recent addition. Lenovo has had an Ubuntu option on some machines for a few years now. Fedora is a fairly recent addition.
- Generally yes
- Ubuntu fucking sucks, every distro is better than Ubuntu
  
  I'm using Linux mint, I think it's build on Ubuntu. It's all i know, but I hear arch is awful for beginners.
  
  Mint attempts to reverse questionable changes made in Ubuntu, which makes it good again
  
  Ubuntu is based on Debian so regular Mint is actually 2 levels down from upstream. But Mint has started offering a Debian base recently called LMDE if you want to check it out.
  As for whether Arch is bad for beginners. Kinda. It's a DIY distro, assuming you can follow tutorials and guides it's pretty straight forward, especially with the archinstall script. But if you're uncomfortable with a terminal install, you can try out EndeavourOS which features a full gui install and a few tweaks to make it easier on beginners.
  
  I'm not unhappy.
- It depends. In my experience it’s less stable but has newer packages.
- I switched a while go and haven’t regretted it.

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