Comments on: The 10 Best Reasons to Use Fedora Linux

By: Danny

Danny — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 19:59:03 +0000

I’ve tried Arch, Manjaro, Mint. Initially, they are OK but with time the updates, upgrades, repositories work better in Fedora.

By: Danny

Danny — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 19:55:45 +0000

I’ve been using Fedora for at least 15 years. Fedora with the Cinnamon desktop environment has worked great for me. I appreciate solid, reliable updates and upgrades.
System: Kernel: 5.7.8-200.fc32.x86_64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 2.34-3.fc32)
Desktop: Cinnamon 4.6.5 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Fedora release 32 (Thirty Two)
Machine: Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 2522AZ4 v: ThinkPad T410

By: tgm1024

tgm1024 — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 15:24:58 +0000

In reply to Wendell Anderson.

Wendell, I think you could have posited your case without the ridiculous America hatred, don’t you?

By: Eddie O'Connor

Eddie O'Connor — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 04:03:36 +0000

In reply to tgm1024.

I have:
Lenovo ThinkCentre M-83
i5/32GB RAM/1TB ssd
(running Fedora 32)

Lenovo ThinkPad T-430
i5/16GB RAM/500GB ssd
(running ElementaryOS)

Lenovo ThinkPad T-420
i5/16GB RAM/320GB HDD
(running Ubuntu)

Dell XPS 15
i7/16GB RAM/1TB ssd
(running Pop-OS)

Lenovo ThinkPad T-450
i5/16GB RAM/500GB ssd
(tester)
And on that “tester” machine?….I’ve installed and used (with three to five month time frames!)
Gentoo Linux
Arch Linux
BlackArcch
ArcoLinux
Debian – all desktop versions
Ubuntu – all desktop versions
Linux Mint
Calculate Linux
Sabayon Linux
Pear OS (miss this one!)
Pearl OS (Pear’s successor?)
PureOS
OpenSuSE
NetBSD
Ghost BSD
PCLinux-OS
Zorin-OS
Deepin-OS
CEntOS
Emmabuntus
KDENeon
Nutyx
Korora (are they even still around?)
Peppermint OS
Puppuy Linux

and a few that aren’t around anymore (Fuduntu was my favorite!…it was a fusion of Fedora and Ubuntu!…wonder if they have archived screenshots or a web page somewhere!?).
So that would be my answer as to how I would know what other distros are like. And the only reason why I put the specs for the machines?…is to show that I run these distros on both older and somewhat newer hardware…

What about you?…what Linux distro did you start with?…what’s your favorite?…maybe it’s one I’ve never tried?…LoL!

Cheers!

By: tgm1024

tgm1024 — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 02:07:18 +0000

In reply to James.

Most printer companies screw up into thinking that they can rely on open source driver support to be solid. For instance, my HP color laser printer relies on some hokey thing that then sits on top of CUPS. You want to see gross? Try getting that thing to work solidly over wifi.

*IF* you don’t find a distro that gives you turnkey support for your AIO printer, look into what the TurboPrint (paid software) guys have. Promote free software all you want, but when push meets shove, nothing supports a driver better than a money-making organization creating the driver themselves, or a money making product line designed to fill that void.

Both printer and kernel-level drivers are, and always will be, the endlessly lagging behind Achilles heel of linux distros.

By: tgm1024

tgm1024 — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 01:50:09 +0000

In reply to Eddie O’Connor.

If all you’ve ever “stuck with” was Fedora, then how do you know what the other distros are like?