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I am considering seriously to start using Fedora instead of Windows. And I have not had particular good experiences out of the box with linux (things breaking h

I am considering seriously to start using Fedora instead of Windows. And I have not had particular good experiences out of the box with linux (things breaking here and there for no reason). But lately I have been exactly having the same situation with Windows (start menu stops working, computer refusing to turn off and restarting instead, context menu stop working...) The ads is also another problem, I am a mini sysadmin controlling not only my computers but my parents one. And I need to keep their computer in a safe state that they dont get in trouble by a misleading ad, but also, unable to do something because of an anti-ad pop up or similar. And having them being stressed out because onedrive/office365/nobackups pop up is asking stuff they dont understand is getting on my fucking nerves.

kwanbix 3y ago
I have been using different Linux distros, and I decided to settle on Linux Mint Mate edition: based on debian/ubuntu. I tried Manjaro, the concept is very cool, but adding my Canon Pixma 5051 driver was extremely difficult, and adding OneDrive support was also difficult (getting some errors at compile time, no matter what package from AUR I choose), so I decided not to use it. Furthermore, I also tried Fedora, Mate edition. I was really surprised how unpolished it looks compared to any other Mate editions (Mint, Manjaro, Solus (solus is the most polished of them all), Ubuntu). It is my understanding (and I am not an expert in Linux at all), that deb is better than RPM, so can I ask you, why Fedora? By the way, you can install Windows 10/11 Enterprise (10 IoT will be supported till 2035), which has none of these problems.
- erremerre 3y ago
  Why Fedora? I had a chinese wifi dongle that I bought for a raspberry pi 2B. And when raspbian updated, it stopped working, with fedora, it was recognised immediately. With raspbian, you end up in a page of a community were the drivers are compiled with a script that you run, and that let me tell you I never managed to make it run. That is the only experience I got. But it is a fairly popular cheap wifi dongle, and I think that fedora just has better compatibility. I am not sure about deb/rpm. I am more familiar with deb. But honestly, I prefer that things just work. I have a windows 10 enterprise on my work laptop and I can still see several pop-up and annoyances. I am also not sure where would I be able to get a windows 10 IoT key that I can use and is reasonably priced. But I will have a look. thank you.
  - kwanbix 3y ago
    Yeah, sometimes you need to go with what works for you. I had a similar problem with Fedora some 5 years ago.

kwanbix 3y ago

I have been using different Linux distros, and I decided to settle on Linux Mint Mate edition: based on debian/ubuntu. I tried Manjaro, the concept is very cool, but adding my Canon Pixma 5051 driver was extremely difficult, and adding OneDrive support was also difficult (getting some errors at compile time, no matter what package from AUR I choose), so I decided not to use it. Furthermore, I also tried Fedora, Mate edition. I was really surprised how unpolished it looks compared to any other Mate editions (Mint, Manjaro, Solus (solus is the most polished of them all), Ubuntu). It is my understanding (and I am not an expert in Linux at all), that deb is better than RPM, so can I ask you, why Fedora? By the way, you can install Windows 10/11 Enterprise (10 IoT will be supported till 2035), which has none of these problems.

erremerre 3y ago
Why Fedora? I had a chinese wifi dongle that I bought for a raspberry pi 2B. And when raspbian updated, it stopped working, with fedora, it was recognised immediately. With raspbian, you end up in a page of a community were the drivers are compiled with a script that you run, and that let me tell you I never managed to make it run. That is the only experience I got. But it is a fairly popular cheap wifi dongle, and I think that fedora just has better compatibility. I am not sure about deb/rpm. I am more familiar with deb. But honestly, I prefer that things just work. I have a windows 10 enterprise on my work laptop and I can still see several pop-up and annoyances. I am also not sure where would I be able to get a windows 10 IoT key that I can use and is reasonably priced. But I will have a look. thank you.
- kwanbix 3y ago
  Yeah, sometimes you need to go with what works for you. I had a similar problem with Fedora some 5 years ago.