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I've found Fedora to strike a good balance between working out-of-the-box and getting out of my way when I want to customize it. I can't say how well KDE works

I've found Fedora to strike a good balance between working out-of-the-box and getting out of my way when I want to customize it. I can't say how well KDE works because I don't use it but it is supported. With the half-year release cycle it stays fresher than Debian and I prefer DNF over APT anyway. I've never had any issues with application support, but even in the worst case you can always run an Ubuntu container or something.

BenjiWiebe 5y ago
KDE on Fedora works great. I'm one of those people that has a hard time figuring out why people are complaining about desktop Linux. My Fedora+KDE does have some problems occasionally, but they are problems of my own making, such as compiling the entire graphics stack and kernel myself so I can use the cutting edge development versions...
- chousuke 5y ago
  Yeah, that's my experience too. Fedora generally just works unless I break it myself. This system has seen 5 or 6 major release upgrades and the only time I've had issues was when I let the root disk fill up mid-upgrade, and even then it was easy to fix without a reinstall thanks to dnf distro-sync. Granted, I specifically chose my hardware to be Linux-compatible, which meant no nvidia and a bit of googling when choosing the motherboard, but even Windows would have issues with a lot of the shoddy hardware that's out there.
  - BenjiWiebe 5y ago
    My hardware wasn't even selected for Linux compatibility. Also, I've done in-place upgrades on this PC for the last 6 years. I did skip some versions though. As far as I can remember, nothing actually broke when doing upgrades ever. I love Fedora's in-place system upgrade, and it just keeps getting better.
    - grey_earthling 5y ago
      I persuaded my partner to switch to Linux, because Windows is increasingly hostile if you don't want online services, accounts and offers. We went with Silverblue, because it Just Works™, it's simple to upgrade, and it's difficult to break (and it's what I've used for years now). One of my criteria when recommending a distro is "if I leave them alone with it for 10 years, would it be EOL (or broken)?" and IMO Silverblue makes major version upgrades much simpler than Ubuntu.

BenjiWiebe 5y ago

KDE on Fedora works great. I'm one of those people that has a hard time figuring out why people are complaining about desktop Linux. My Fedora+KDE does have some problems occasionally, but they are problems of my own making, such as compiling the entire graphics stack and kernel myself so I can use the cutting edge development versions...

chousuke 5y ago
Yeah, that's my experience too. Fedora generally just works unless I break it myself. This system has seen 5 or 6 major release upgrades and the only time I've had issues was when I let the root disk fill up mid-upgrade, and even then it was easy to fix without a reinstall thanks to dnf distro-sync. Granted, I specifically chose my hardware to be Linux-compatible, which meant no nvidia and a bit of googling when choosing the motherboard, but even Windows would have issues with a lot of the shoddy hardware that's out there.
- BenjiWiebe 5y ago
  My hardware wasn't even selected for Linux compatibility. Also, I've done in-place upgrades on this PC for the last 6 years. I did skip some versions though. As far as I can remember, nothing actually broke when doing upgrades ever. I love Fedora's in-place system upgrade, and it just keeps getting better.
  - grey_earthling 5y ago
    I persuaded my partner to switch to Linux, because Windows is increasingly hostile if you don't want online services, accounts and offers. We went with Silverblue, because it Just Works™, it's simple to upgrade, and it's difficult to break (and it's what I've used for years now). One of my criteria when recommending a distro is "if I leave them alone with it for 10 years, would it be EOL (or broken)?" and IMO Silverblue makes major version upgrades much simpler than Ubuntu.