Fedora is one of the best distros out today. The dev team's dedication to keeping Fedora FOSS regardless of upstream developments is very reassuring. Fedora is 2 of the 3 top distros I currently recommend to anyone new to Linux. (Because Nobara is based on Fedora.) The other is Garuda Linux, which is actually my number 1 pick.
To me as a desktop Linux user, Fedora seems to basically be one of the most solid distributions out there! I can easily recommend it to all tech-savvy people coming to Linux. Though personally I also like the DIY or otherwise experimental distros - like Arch, Alpine (postmarketOS) or Guix.
Fedora is not testing ground. It is fast release distro focused on current stable version of all software involved. It does not include experimental versions of software. Centos Stream will have every release as for 9.0 to 9.1 leading ahead before it happens to Redhat. But packages are still very old co, pared to Fedora and are focused on bug fixes. Both red hat and centos stream get high security fixes asap, while non critical security fixes might go asap in centos and on on next 9.x in red hat. Look in packages in the repos. It is very easy to understand it just by seeing the version changes in them.
Fedora was my entry into Linux (after a failed attempt at installing slackware) around 20 years ago. Then came Ubuntu, later Arch Linux and many in between, but a couple of years back now I rediscovered Fedora, and loved it. Recently started playing around with Fedora Coreos for my homelab.
Great video! I've been an off and on Fedora user since its inception. Thanks for the explanation of CentOS Stream as well. It would good to include AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux in future discussions.
Thank you! ) Especially for the suggestion on the next Linux discussion. Believe it or not, I was actually planning to talk about AlmaLinux, since the HPC cluster I am using for my research computations transitioned to AlmaLinux from CentOS Linux a couple of weeks ago:)
Hi. I just found your channel. I just switched over to Fedora for ML for my business. I run an algorithm tech startup. I now is F40 Cinnamon and Xfce for at least 5-6 workstations and using as my DD. Very impressed so far. Came from Debian using Distrobox for newer packages.
Thanks for sharing! I’m currently running Fedora on my uni workstation and will soon be using for my ML project as well. It’s good to hear it’s running smoothly for you. 👍
Very clear presentation. May suggest Fedora 40 as a daily driver? It is on two notebook PCs and my desktop PC with a Hyprland environment. I do have Budgie and Gnome available at logon, but Hyprland is where I live. Fedora is a winner.
I started with Suse in 1996, switched to Ubuntu in 2002. Now I run Debian where I need stability primarily and Fedora (with KDE) on everything else. It is awesome.
I switched from Arch to Fedora mainly because, although Arch LTS is mostly stable, there could one update that does funky things. I had sometimes issues and I managed to fix most issues that came after doing an update. I used Arch for 3 years and Arch is really fantastic and fun. But I don't have the time for it anymore. Which is why I moved to Fedora. It's up-to-date and stable. Atleast doing an update there won't remove my boot loader or mess up my audio driver 🙂
Hey, my school laptop was debian based distro PopOS the school PC was CentOS. So I decide to install fedora. I had to deal with codecs and they did not worked fine on firefox some videos are not being able to run on firefox on brave however, they can run no problem. So I decided to run arch based EndeavourOS xfce which is great distro but again so laggy, so much buggy arch from scratch as well with ARCHINSTALL save problems. So yesterday I have decided to install debian based PopOS again and so much smoother then arch no lagging no bugging very fast believe me or not and the DE is based on gnome while on arch I was using xfce. I tried fedora 40 before installing PopOS because I love CentOS on my scholl PC, but yeah there is nothing on which codecs you should install thanks to rpmfusion for having a good documentation to enable the repos but nothing on codecs even if you install VLC firefox on certains videos just does not work.
Fedora is King. the only issue they have is their codecs are a hassle to isntall, but Nobara & Bazzite take care of that if you want your OS for something specific like Video Editing or gaming.
Wayland has been under way for some time as a project started by Red Hat engineers to replace our use of Xorg. We originally switched to Xorg in Red Hat Linux 7.0 from XFree86. No you’re reading that correct, Red Hat Linux, not Red Hat Enterprise Linux. (This was 2001.) Unfortunately, the community for Xorg is very small, the last full release was in 2012. So Red Hatters have been dutifully patching and working on that final 2012 full release and releasing updated modules and the like for it over the last 10+ years. So to recap, not a ton of development on Xorg since 2012, however Wayland does have a pretty active community (not to brag, but largely due to Red Hat’s engineers). Wayland has been the default for the last few releases of Fedora and is the default for RHEL9. Xorg is on the list of deprecated packages for RHEL, so I wouldn’t expect to see it in RHEL10 when it GAs in mid-2025. Like systemd, you’ll notice that other distros are now defaulting to Wayland as well, you’re welcome 😂
Wow, thanks for dropping by and sharing all this info! It’s great to hear directly from the source about the developments with Wayland and Xorg. Would it be okay if I mentioned your comment in my next video about Wayland and Xorg? I think it would really help get this information out to more people instead of being buried in the comments. Thanks again, Red Hat, for jumping into the conversation!
@@juliaifrank Absolutely! Always happy to help out, despite the Internet's assertion to the contrary 😅 - @scottmcbrien6535 & friends in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux channel
Interesting and useful stuff, but I cannot listen for long as background music stresses me and makes it very hard to learn / take in information as it is a distraction, continually pulling my mind away from the speech content. What is the purpose of adding background music to instructional videos? I genuinely have no clue.
Thank you for your feedback! Actually, all my recent Linux-related videos don’t have any background music, and I don’t plan on adding it in the future. While many suggest that background music is a must for TH-cam videos, I’ve realized that it isn’t always necessary. My experiment of omitting music has shown me that the content itself is far more important. If the content isn’t engaging or useful, no amount of music or flashy effects will improve it. Your comment helps confirm that I’m on the right track by focusing on clear and useful information. Thanks again for your input! ( If I find a way to remove the music using TH-cam editor without re-uploading the video, I’ll do it).
Buy any set of dirt-cheap earbuds with a 3.5mm jack, for a price not higher then 5 american dollars. You will hardly hear any background at all, and they are all good enough to understand any speaker of the particular youtube videos. Cheers!
@@juliaifrank Thank you so much for taking the time to consider my comments and respond both in word and in deed. I really appreciate your openness to thinking about this issue.😄
@wizardfix You’re welcome :) After all, it’d be nice to build a community of people who feel comfortable sharing their honest feedback. It helps me understand what makes the content truly valuable and enjoyable for everyone. I’m glad my changes made a difference for you, and I appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts!
Yes fedora is very new it has some minor problems here n there nothing major but is very fast running on Asus Rog Stix G512Wl i7 32gig with NVIDIA stx 2027 and running Podman, Distrobox and BoxBuddy. That way i can run Arch, Ubuntu, Damien, RedHat what ever i want just the loading it all cause no one really knows how to do it.
No No No centos stream is a recipe for disaster on servers sorry, Centos stream is very very slow rolling release this is not good for server of any kind
@@juliaifrank hmm no one at RedHat actually calls it RedHat EL. It's either RHEL or RedHat.. mostly RedHat. but okay. for me I find it harder to keep saying RedHat EL 100 times a day.. hence the preference.. but that's fine.. to each his own. :)
@56InchPakoda-vh7lp since there are many products under Red Hat umbrella, the sole purpose of using this abbreviation (RedHat EL) is to differentiate which product I refer to. And it felt weird to me to just say RHEL acronym as it is (that’s maybe a result of me constantly being reminded not to use acronyms too much in my scientific writing :) Do people really not mind hearing just the abbreviation?
@@juliaifrank I guess it depends on the situation and I am guessing where you might be coming from. For external communications, documented/more formal terms are preferred as opposed to internal communication where abbreviations seem more practical considering for the most part it is usually within small group/team and current product/version is sort of given.. and since the context is set everyone kind of knows what that abbreviation is pointing to. Moreover, the verbosity starts to get tiring. Of course the same doesn't work for external communications (which is where I suppose you are coming from) but then to use it everyday.. (can't think of a better analogy but) it feels like riding a bicycle with wooden sqaure wheels on a rough terrain. :)
How has your experience been with Fedora? Any interesting stories or challenges?
@ARCx9 Anything in particular that’s bothering you?
And what is your preferred Linux distro?
On Fedora 40 Kde day one. Everything just works!
Nice! My son just changed to this distro yesterday:) My uni workstation VM is currently running Fedora Scientific Lab (atop of the KDE as well).
@@juliaifrankActually mother, I’ve been using it since the Fedora 40 release, but made it my main workstation yesterday 🤓
Fedora is one of the best distros out today. The dev team's dedication to keeping Fedora FOSS regardless of upstream developments is very reassuring.
Fedora is 2 of the 3 top distros I currently recommend to anyone new to Linux. (Because Nobara is based on Fedora.) The other is Garuda Linux, which is actually my number 1 pick.
To me as a desktop Linux user, Fedora seems to basically be one of the most solid distributions out there! I can easily recommend it to all tech-savvy people coming to Linux. Though personally I also like the DIY or otherwise experimental distros - like Arch, Alpine (postmarketOS) or Guix.
Fedora as a desktop OS is solid,never had a problem with it myself and upgrading every six months is simple to do and painless.
Fedora is not testing ground.
It is fast release distro focused on current stable version of all software involved.
It does not include experimental versions of software.
Centos Stream will have every release as for 9.0 to 9.1 leading ahead before it happens to Redhat. But packages are still very old co, pared to Fedora and are focused on bug fixes.
Both red hat and centos stream get high security fixes asap, while non critical security fixes might go asap in centos and on on next 9.x in red hat.
Look in packages in the repos. It is very easy to understand it just by seeing the version changes in them.
Fedora was my entry into Linux (after a failed attempt at installing slackware) around 20 years ago. Then came Ubuntu, later Arch Linux and many in between, but a couple of years back now I rediscovered Fedora, and loved it. Recently started playing around with Fedora Coreos for my homelab.
Thanks for sharing!
My first Linux distro was Ubuntu. Then I moved to Fedora about 2 years ago.
Great video! I've been an off and on Fedora user since its inception. Thanks for the explanation of CentOS Stream as well. It would good to include AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux in future discussions.
Thank you! )
Especially for the suggestion on the next Linux discussion. Believe it or not, I was actually planning to talk about AlmaLinux, since the HPC cluster I am using for my research computations transitioned to AlmaLinux from CentOS Linux a couple of weeks ago:)
Hi. I just found your channel. I just switched over to Fedora for ML for my business. I run an algorithm tech startup. I now is F40 Cinnamon and Xfce for at least 5-6 workstations and using as my DD. Very impressed so far. Came from Debian using Distrobox for newer packages.
Thanks for sharing! I’m currently running Fedora on my uni workstation and will soon be using for my ML project as well. It’s good to hear it’s running smoothly for you. 👍
i used fedora for more than 3 years as main production machine and it is very good
Very clear presentation. May suggest Fedora 40 as a daily driver? It is on two notebook PCs and my desktop PC with a Hyprland environment. I do have Budgie and Gnome available at logon, but Hyprland is where I live. Fedora is a winner.
I love the posters! :)
And so do I ! :)
I started with Suse in 1996, switched to Ubuntu in 2002. Now I run Debian where I need stability primarily and Fedora (with KDE) on everything else. It is awesome.
I have been using Fedora without a problem for a few years now and cannot fault it as a solid system and use it as my daily driver.
Absolutely agree!
I switched from Arch to Fedora mainly because, although Arch LTS is mostly stable, there could one update that does funky things. I had sometimes issues and I managed to fix most issues that came after doing an update. I used Arch for 3 years and Arch is really fantastic and fun. But I don't have the time for it anymore. Which is why I moved to Fedora. It's up-to-date and stable. Atleast doing an update there won't remove my boot loader or mess up my audio driver 🙂
At some point it’s all about efficiency:)
Fedora + Silverblue + Ublue is absolutely amazing.
Hey, my school laptop was debian based distro PopOS the school PC was CentOS. So I decide to install fedora. I had to deal with codecs and they did not worked fine on firefox some videos are not being able to run on firefox on brave however, they can run no problem. So I decided to run arch based EndeavourOS xfce which is great distro but again so laggy, so much buggy arch from scratch as well with ARCHINSTALL save problems. So yesterday I have decided to install debian based PopOS again and so much smoother then arch no lagging no bugging very fast believe me or not and the DE is based on gnome while on arch I was using xfce.
I tried fedora 40 before installing PopOS because I love CentOS on my scholl PC, but yeah there is nothing on which codecs you should install thanks to rpmfusion for having a good documentation to enable the repos but nothing on codecs even if you install VLC firefox on certains videos just does not work.
Fedora is King. the only issue they have is their codecs are a hassle to isntall, but Nobara & Bazzite take care of that if you want your OS for something specific like Video Editing or gaming.
@Debiano_Banano Thank you for sharing!
The same foo Fedora-Wayland-Gnome
Hey, can you make a video about the Wayland Xorg battle that has been going on.
Yes! Thanks for the idea. I was just thinking what video to make next.
Wayland has been under way for some time as a project started by Red Hat engineers to replace our use of Xorg. We originally switched to Xorg in Red Hat Linux 7.0 from XFree86. No you’re reading that correct, Red Hat Linux, not Red Hat Enterprise Linux. (This was 2001.)
Unfortunately, the community for Xorg is very small, the last full release was in 2012. So Red Hatters have been dutifully patching and working on that final 2012 full release and releasing updated modules and the like for it over the last 10+ years.
So to recap, not a ton of development on Xorg since 2012, however Wayland does have a pretty active community (not to brag, but largely due to Red Hat’s engineers). Wayland has been the default for the last few releases of Fedora and is the default for RHEL9. Xorg is on the list of deprecated packages for RHEL, so I wouldn’t expect to see it in RHEL10 when it GAs in mid-2025.
Like systemd, you’ll notice that other distros are now defaulting to Wayland as well, you’re welcome 😂
Wow, thanks for dropping by and sharing all this info! It’s great to hear directly from the source about the developments with Wayland and Xorg. Would it be okay if I mentioned your comment in my next video about Wayland and Xorg? I think it would really help get this information out to more people instead of being buried in the comments. Thanks again, Red Hat, for jumping into the conversation!
@@juliaifrank Absolutely! Always happy to help out, despite the Internet's assertion to the contrary 😅
- @scottmcbrien6535 & friends in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux channel
@@RedHatEnterpriseLinuxstill wayland sucks on nvidia
Interesting and useful stuff, but I cannot listen for long as background music stresses me and makes it very hard to learn / take in information as it is a distraction, continually pulling my mind away from the speech content. What is the purpose of adding background music to instructional videos? I genuinely have no clue.
Thank you for your feedback! Actually, all my recent Linux-related videos don’t have any background music, and I don’t plan on adding it in the future. While many suggest that background music is a must for TH-cam videos, I’ve realized that it isn’t always necessary. My experiment of omitting music has shown me that the content itself is far more important. If the content isn’t engaging or useful, no amount of music or flashy effects will improve it. Your comment helps confirm that I’m on the right track by focusing on clear and useful information. Thanks again for your input! ( If I find a way to remove the music using TH-cam editor without re-uploading the video, I’ll do it).
Buy any set of dirt-cheap earbuds with a 3.5mm jack, for a price not higher then 5 american dollars. You will hardly hear any background at all, and they are all good enough to understand any speaker of the particular youtube videos. Cheers!
Thank you!
@@juliaifrank Thank you so much for taking the time to consider my comments and respond both in word and in deed. I really appreciate your openness to thinking about this issue.😄
@wizardfix You’re welcome :) After all, it’d be nice to build a community of people who feel comfortable sharing their honest feedback. It helps me understand what makes the content truly valuable and enjoyable for everyone. I’m glad my changes made a difference for you, and I appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts!
Yes fedora is very new it has some minor problems here n there nothing major but is very fast running on Asus Rog Stix G512Wl i7 32gig with NVIDIA stx 2027 and running Podman, Distrobox and BoxBuddy. That way i can run Arch, Ubuntu, Damien, RedHat what ever i want just the loading it all cause no one really knows how to do it.
So is Redhat EL a spin of Fedora? 😁
Haha, I never thought about it that way! But now that you say it …🤔
Thanks for the update
I found Fedora kind of slow. May be just my obsolete computer doesn't work well with Fedora.
I’m curious, what did perform better on your computer compared to Fedora?
@@juliaifrank Antix Linux.
No No No centos stream is a recipe for disaster on servers sorry, Centos stream is very very slow rolling release this is not good for server of any kind
Good to know! Thanks!
Try Are-Eh-EE-L.. easier to pronounce.
One should use acronyms sparingly :)
@@juliaifrank hmm no one at RedHat actually calls it RedHat EL. It's either RHEL or RedHat.. mostly RedHat. but okay. for me I find it harder to keep saying RedHat EL 100 times a day.. hence the preference.. but that's fine.. to each his own. :)
@56InchPakoda-vh7lp since there are many products under Red Hat umbrella, the sole purpose of using this abbreviation (RedHat EL) is to differentiate which product I refer to. And it felt weird to me to just say RHEL acronym as it is (that’s maybe a result of me constantly being reminded not to use acronyms too much in my scientific writing :)
Do people really not mind hearing just the abbreviation?
@@juliaifrank I guess it depends on the situation and I am guessing where you might be coming from. For external communications, documented/more formal terms are preferred as opposed to internal communication where abbreviations seem more practical considering for the most part it is usually within small group/team and current product/version is sort of given.. and since the context is set everyone kind of knows what that abbreviation is pointing to. Moreover, the verbosity starts to get tiring. Of course the same doesn't work for external communications (which is where I suppose you are coming from) but then to use it everyday.. (can't think of a better analogy but) it feels like riding a bicycle with wooden sqaure wheels on a rough terrain. :)
I was indeed thinking more about the external communication type. Thanks for your perspective! I’ll keep that in mind in the future.
"Red Hat EL", let's call it "RHEL" :P
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