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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 coo
by 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 agoWhy 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 agoYeah, sometimes you need to go with what works for you. I had a similar problem with Fedora some 5 years ago.