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Fedora creates an innovative, free, and open source platform for hardware, clouds, and containers that enables software developers and community members to build tailored solutions for their users.
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Fedora prides itself in being an early adopter of new technologies and promoting open-source software.
Pros: Easy to install Easy to use package manager Well integrated with GNOME One of the first to include new updates in the Linux community
Cons: Adding software that isn't open-source requires an extra step Not Debian, so proprietary software that is only compatible with Ubuntu and Debian won't work
Debian/Ubuntu software that comes as a .deb file can often be made to work on other distros. Here's how. For a package called example.deb, open the terminal, go to the folder where example.deb is located and type:
ar x example.deb
A handful of files and folders will appear in that folder. One of them is likely called something like data.tar.gz. This is a compressed file which you can decompress using engrampa or whatever is your favourite Linux program for this.
In the decompressed version of that folder you'll find a bunch of stuff, and amongst it somewhere the binary (executable) program you want to run. Possibly in a subfolder called 'bin'. Double click that to start the program.
I did not know that, thanks!
I don't recommend it as a main os. Fedora is an open-source only OS and therefore has some problems e. g. with playback of videos files both local and online.
i am using Fedora for 2 yrs now, i didn't faced any issues with media playback, instead it's very capable to play, you just need to add right repos & codecs, that's it.
Easily my favorite Linux distro! I've tried moving to others, but I always come back to Fedora!
it just work for me.
great for a wide range of linux users including newbies, up-to-date while still being stable. there isn't a single use case i'm aware of that i wouldn't recommend fedora for. excellent daily-driver distro, and i mean, even the founder of linux uses it
Still my favorite Linux for desktop use (followed by Debian as a close second), but every once in a while I'm reminded that IBM (via Red Hat) still has an out-sized influence on it.
It's a good balance between a fast-changing, rolling distribution like Arch and a slower, stability-focused distribution like Debian. You regularly get new drivers and updated apps, with stable checkpoints.
Easy to install and set up, available for lots of processor architectures, and has a wide variety of software in its official repositories. Steam runs well for gaming. Major upgrades tend to be reliable in my experience.
I am apprehensive about the new corporate-pushed policy to allow LLM-generated code. Depending on how that shakes out, I may end up switching my main box to Debian (or doing a new round of distro-hopping) and revising this.
Works great on my school tablet (surface 2 go pro). Even the touch!!! Its not as fast as Mint , but definitely faster than windows. I had to switch from mint because of weird bugs and I don't regret it.