{"slug": "fedora", "name": "Fedora", "category": "os", "category_name": "Operating systems and desktop", "description": "Community Linux distribution sponsored by Red Hat, with recent packages and roughly six-month releases.", "recommenders": 44, "commenters": 63, "warners": 3, "score": 41.552, "rising": 11.82, "first": "2025-11-19", "latest": "2026-10-26", "why": "Liked for reliable, low-maintenance updates and up-to-date software without Arch-style upkeep, including as a Windows replacement for gaming.", "why_is_quote": false, "has_verdict": true, "sentiment": {"recommend": 48, "neutral": 18, "compare": 0, "warn": 3}, "spark": [3, 2, 8, 1, 3, 3, 1, 3, 3, 6, 9, 6], "listed": true, "loved": ["Stable updates", "Recent packages"], "caveat": "Hardware quirks", "short_quote": "I switched to Fedora as my first full time Linux OS and it\u2019s honestly changed my life.", "icon": true, "domain": null, "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://fedoraproject.org", "pricing": "open source", "aliases": ["Fedora", "Fedora Linux"], "verdict": [{"text": "Liked for reliable, low-maintenance updates", "cites": [{"id": 803812320, "item_id": 50238270, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50238270", "by": "nullpoint420", "date": "2026-10-26", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Fedora is my daily. I love that I can trust updates when they come out.", "excerpt": "Fedora is my daily. I love that I can trust updates when they come out. I see this as good news", "context": "", "use_case": "daily driver OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "F45 (Fedora 45) Final Is No-Go"}, {"id": 795396624, "item_id": 49712289, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49712289", "by": "here_to_learn", "date": "2026-09-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I have had a great experience i.e it gets out of the way and it doesn't fall apart when I update stuff.", "excerpt": "I moved to Fedora from Ubuntu about a year ago for my laptop. My main motivation was not be defaulted to snap packages. I have had a great experience i.e it gets out of the way and it doesn't fall apart when I update stuff. I was worried about SELinux but find Fedoras defaults just fine and intuitive.", "context": "", "use_case": "laptop OS", "switched_from": "Ubuntu", "story": "Ubuntu 26.10 completes transition to Rust-based coreutils"}, {"id": 784707024, "item_id": 49044189, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49044189", "by": "tmoertel", "date": "2026-07-24", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I have been running Fedora Linux on multiple systems for about two decades", "excerpt": "Counterpoint: I have been running Fedora Linux on multiple systems for about two decades, including on my daily drivers, and it's been pretty much solid.", "context": "long-time Fedora user", "use_case": "daily driver OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "Nothing works and everyone is euphoric"}, {"id": 800582864, "item_id": 50036429, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50036429", "by": "PacificSpecific", "date": "2026-10-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "nothing ever stuck until I tried Fedora. Now Linux is all I use. It's low friction and low maintenance.", "excerpt": "I bounced around distros for a good while and nothing ever stuck until I tried Fedora. Now Linux is all I use. It's low friction and low maintenance. Plus I went and installed a bunch of cool desktop effects so it's cool to me now :)", "context": "", "use_case": "daily Linux desktop", "switched_from": "", "story": "WSL3 Performance is about 5-60% faster than WSL2 depending on the workload"}]}, {"text": " and up-to-date software without Arch-style upkeep, including as a Windows replacement for gaming.", "cites": [{"id": 751463025, "item_id": 46966439, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46966439", "by": "PlatoIsADisease", "date": "2026-02-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I recommend Fedora, which is not Arch, its just up-to-date linux.", "excerpt": ">I started out with Debian >There are still issues with driver and software compatibility but it is getting better in the recent years thanks to projects like Wine and Proton . OP, stop using outdated linux. Debian is intentionally outdated. You will never have a good experience with drivers when you are always using 2 year old kernels and software. 99.9% of humans think the word 'Stable' means bug free, but that isn", "context": "", "use_case": "desktop OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "The Switch to Linux and the Beginning of My Self-Hosting Journey"}, {"id": 791171584, "item_id": 49448224, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49448224", "by": "noir_lord", "date": "2026-08-26", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Fedora because I really don't care that much, it's a reliable tool, it has recent packages", "excerpt": "Your left side of the curve is missing people like me who use Fedora. Been using Linux since 1997, it's been my primary OS since ~2003 (except for gaming and Microsoft seem determine to end their streak on that one) and I use Fedora because I really don't care that much, it's a reliable tool, it has recent packages and I like that it's semi-rolling in that it's a straight forward update every 6ish months. I had my \"I", "context": "Linux user since 1997", "use_case": "primary OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "Omarchy development practices lead to predictable security issues"}, {"id": 779543057, "item_id": 48721441, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48721441", "by": "tuvix", "date": "2026-06-29", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I fully switched to Fedora a while ago because every game I played was either just as performant or ran better on Linux.", "excerpt": "I don\u2019t play multiplayer stuff like Fortnite or Call of Duty, so I might not be your typical user. I use Steam for everything, as well. But I fully switched to Fedora a while ago because every game I played was either just as performant or ran better on Linux. It\u2019s plug and play, too. I just downloaded Steam and that was it. I know there are other commenters saying the same thing, but I\u2019m just super excited because o", "context": "single-player gamer on Linux", "use_case": "gaming desktop", "switched_from": "", "story": "CachyOS June 2026 Release"}, {"id": 778135984, "item_id": 48633499, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48633499", "by": "prhn", "date": "2026-06-22", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I switched to Fedora as a daily driver on my high end gaming rig.", "excerpt": "I want to buy one just to raise the signal that Linux support is important. When these machines were announced I switched to Fedora as a daily driver on my high end gaming rig. It\u2019s been awesome. I still have to go back to Windows for music production unfortunately. I may switch to Mac for that so I can completely abandon Windows. I run an optical HDMI cable from my office to my TV and get to play games and use Linux", "context": "gamer, music producer", "use_case": "gaming daily driver", "switched_from": "Windows", "story": "Steam Machine game testing"}]}, {"text": " The most common complaints are hardware and driver hiccups such as Nvidia, WiFi and printers,", "cites": [{"id": 737538864, "item_id": 46096179, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46096179", "by": "thegaitlessgate", "date": "2025-11-30", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Fedora has been rock solid for a few years (minus Zoom + Nvidia), as my primary work OS.", "excerpt": "Fedora has been rock solid for a few years (minus Zoom + Nvidia), as my primary work OS. I'm always nervous to jump to an Arch-based distro as my daily driver, for fear of having to regularly fix issues. Is this a legitimate concern in 2025? Would my experience (especially with graphics) be improved on something like Cachy?", "context": "", "use_case": "primary work OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "CachyOS: Fast and Customizable Linux Distribution"}, {"id": 737623024, "item_id": 46101439, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46101439", "by": "mvdtnz", "date": "2025-11-30", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Fedora 43 with Plasma is the closest I have been to being completely satisfied with an OS.", "excerpt": "I have been using Linux for well over a decade now but I still dual boot because of my gaming group. If I didn't play online games there would be absolutely nothing keeping me on Windows. Fedora 43 with Plasma is the closest I have been to being completely satisfied with an OS. My next computer-related purchase for sure will be an AMD GPU, as NVidia is one of the few things that makes Linux a big operational challeng", "context": "Linux user for over a decade, dual boots for gaming", "use_case": "daily driver OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "People keep flocking to Linux, not just to escape Windows"}, {"id": 757264449, "item_id": 47329028, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47329028", "by": "konaraddi", "date": "2026-03-10", "stance": "warn", "quote": "tried to use fedora at first but no luck with WiFi out of the box", "excerpt": "I booted chromeos flex on a >12 year old laptop earlier this year and had a good experience with it. I wrote a bit about it here https://konaraddi.com/writing/2026-01-01-chromeos-flex/ (tl;dr tried to use fedora at first but no luck with WiFi out of the box then I used chromeos flex and it worked out of the box)", "context": "", "use_case": "old laptop OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "$3 ChromeOS Flex stick will revive old and outdated computers"}, {"id": 745080224, "item_id": 46567514, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46567514", "by": "0xperke", "date": "2026-01-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "wanted to have the newest kernel and updates due to new hardware - so far i am really satisfied", "excerpt": "For all who switched to Linux: which distro did you choose and why? Fedora: wanted to have the newest kernel and updates due to new hardware - so far i am really satisfied; the only issue i have is that the printer does not work everytime\u2026 as a workaround i print with my iphone instead.", "context": "", "use_case": "desktop OS", "switched_from": "Windows", "story": "I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great"}]}, {"text": " and a few users report upgrades that broke their system.", "cites": [{"id": 800542322, "item_id": 50033895, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50033895", "by": "newsoftheday", "date": "2026-10-10", "stance": "warn", "quote": "the issue you described has happened to me on:", "excerpt": "> Too many times even in the past I do an update the distro and then something stops working and then I have to spend a day fixing. On Ubuntu starting in 2006 and Kubuntu the last several years, what you're describing doesn't and hasn't happened to me. When I've tried other distros over the years, the issue you described has happened to me on: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Fedora SuSE Debian (yes, even Debian but it was w", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "WSL3 Performance is about 5-60% faster than WSL2 depending on the workload"}, {"id": 792373106, "item_id": 49523319, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49523319", "by": "davsti4", "date": "2026-09-01", "stance": "warn", "quote": "upgrades would break things", "excerpt": "That was about the time of the Redhat 9 to Fedora shift and I felt the pain too. I was using RH9 for the stability, but then switched to Fedora like everyone was supposed to. Well, that was a big bag of something left on the doorstep. I had to spend countless evenings messing with configs to get the system useable; then upgrades would break things. Finally found stability with Ubuntu after a few years, and still use ", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Get your Windows license refund"}]}], "praise": [{"label": "Stable updates", "summary": "Commenters say updates are trustworthy and long-lived installs survive many upgrades.", "quotes": [{"id": 803812320, "item_id": 50238270, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50238270", "by": "nullpoint420", "date": "2026-10-26", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Fedora is my daily. I love that I can trust updates when they come out.", "excerpt": "Fedora is my daily. I love that I can trust updates when they come out. I see this as good news", "context": "", "use_case": "daily driver OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "F45 (Fedora 45) Final Is No-Go"}, {"id": 802923536, "item_id": 50182721, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50182721", "by": "prmoustache", "date": "2026-10-21", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I believe my current Fedora install started as a Fedora 26 so rougly 10 years without issues on 2 different laptops", "excerpt": "I believe my current Fedora install started as a Fedora 26 so rougly 10 years without issues on 2 different laptops with same install? On servers I have changed providers so it never lasted as long but at work we upgraded ubuntu LTS at least twice on same hardware. Before Fedora I had similar experience with slackware, freebsd, openbsd and ubuntu on my daily drivers. The only upgrade that ever broke a system of mine ", "context": "", "use_case": "daily driver OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "OpenBSD 8.0"}, {"id": 795396624, "item_id": 49712289, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49712289", "by": "here_to_learn", "date": "2026-09-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I have had a great experience i.e it gets out of the way and it doesn't fall apart when I update stuff.", "excerpt": "I moved to Fedora from Ubuntu about a year ago for my laptop. My main motivation was not be defaulted to snap packages. I have had a great experience i.e it gets out of the way and it doesn't fall apart when I update stuff. I was worried about SELinux but find Fedoras defaults just fine and intuitive.", "context": "", "use_case": "laptop OS", "switched_from": "Ubuntu", "story": "Ubuntu 26.10 completes transition to Rust-based coreutils"}]}, {"label": "Recent packages", "summary": "Recommended for current kernels and software without the upkeep of a rolling distro.", "quotes": [{"id": 751463025, "item_id": 46966439, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46966439", "by": "PlatoIsADisease", "date": "2026-02-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I recommend Fedora, which is not Arch, its just up-to-date linux.", "excerpt": ">I started out with Debian >There are still issues with driver and software compatibility but it is getting better in the recent years thanks to projects like Wine and Proton . OP, stop using outdated linux. Debian is intentionally outdated. You will never have a good experience with drivers when you are always using 2 year old kernels and software. 99.9% of humans think the word 'Stable' means bug free, but that isn", "context": "", "use_case": "desktop OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "The Switch to Linux and the Beginning of My Self-Hosting Journey"}, {"id": 791171584, "item_id": 49448224, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49448224", "by": "noir_lord", "date": "2026-08-26", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Fedora because I really don't care that much, it's a reliable tool, it has recent packages", "excerpt": "Your left side of the curve is missing people like me who use Fedora. Been using Linux since 1997, it's been my primary OS since ~2003 (except for gaming and Microsoft seem determine to end their streak on that one) and I use Fedora because I really don't care that much, it's a reliable tool, it has recent packages and I like that it's semi-rolling in that it's a straight forward update every 6ish months. I had my \"I", "context": "Linux user since 1997", "use_case": "primary OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "Omarchy development practices lead to predictable security issues"}, {"id": 745080224, "item_id": 46567514, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46567514", "by": "0xperke", "date": "2026-01-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "wanted to have the newest kernel and updates due to new hardware - so far i am really satisfied", "excerpt": "For all who switched to Linux: which distro did you choose and why? Fedora: wanted to have the newest kernel and updates due to new hardware - so far i am really satisfied; the only issue i have is that the printer does not work everytime\u2026 as a workaround i print with my iphone instead.", "context": "", "use_case": "desktop OS", "switched_from": "Windows", "story": "I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great"}]}, {"label": "Low friction", "summary": "Users describe it as low-maintenance and something that just works.", "quotes": [{"id": 800582864, "item_id": 50036429, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50036429", "by": "PacificSpecific", "date": "2026-10-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "nothing ever stuck until I tried Fedora. Now Linux is all I use. It's low friction and low maintenance.", "excerpt": "I bounced around distros for a good while and nothing ever stuck until I tried Fedora. Now Linux is all I use. It's low friction and low maintenance. Plus I went and installed a bunch of cool desktop effects so it's cool to me now :)", "context": "", "use_case": "daily Linux desktop", "switched_from": "", "story": "WSL3 Performance is about 5-60% faster than WSL2 depending on the workload"}, {"id": 790849040, "item_id": 49428065, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49428065", "by": "dismalaf", "date": "2026-08-25", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "For something that just works I recommend Fedora or Ubuntu. It's what I'd put on my mom or wife's PC.", "excerpt": "Pretty much all of them. None require online accounts or anything like that. Browser choice is probably more important. For something that just works I recommend Fedora or Ubuntu. It's what I'd put on my mom or wife's PC. Currently using Omarchy on my laptop though which is a tad more exotic, it's Arch + Hyprland and is pretty polished for that stack (at least the current version, 4.0) but still a tiny bit of jank.", "context": "", "use_case": "beginner-friendly desktop", "switched_from": "", "story": "MS Paint and Photos inivisibly watermark even locally generated output with GUID"}, {"id": 798554496, "item_id": 49909656, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49909656", "by": "noisy_boy", "date": "2026-09-30", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Best decision I made.", "excerpt": "When I was trying to go upstream having used Pop!_OS for a while, I installed Kubuntu first and even though the install went through, the distro had problems getting to the desktop after post-install reboot. Even though my laptop is a Thinkpad which is supposed to be very well supported. I took this as a sign of things to come and shrugged off my hangover of rpm hell(!) and tried with Fedora+KDE instead. Best decisio", "context": "Thinkpad user", "use_case": "laptop desktop with KDE", "switched_from": "Kubuntu", "story": "Upgrade your desktop: Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS is now available"}]}, {"label": "Gaming", "summary": "Several switched their gaming rigs from Windows and report games running as well or better.", "quotes": [{"id": 779543057, "item_id": 48721441, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48721441", "by": "tuvix", "date": "2026-06-29", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I fully switched to Fedora a while ago because every game I played was either just as performant or ran better on Linux.", "excerpt": "I don\u2019t play multiplayer stuff like Fortnite or Call of Duty, so I might not be your typical user. I use Steam for everything, as well. But I fully switched to Fedora a while ago because every game I played was either just as performant or ran better on Linux. It\u2019s plug and play, too. I just downloaded Steam and that was it. I know there are other commenters saying the same thing, but I\u2019m just super excited because o", "context": "single-player gamer on Linux", "use_case": "gaming desktop", "switched_from": "", "story": "CachyOS June 2026 Release"}, {"id": 778135984, "item_id": 48633499, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48633499", "by": "prhn", "date": "2026-06-22", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I switched to Fedora as a daily driver on my high end gaming rig.", "excerpt": "I want to buy one just to raise the signal that Linux support is important. When these machines were announced I switched to Fedora as a daily driver on my high end gaming rig. It\u2019s been awesome. I still have to go back to Windows for music production unfortunately. I may switch to Mac for that so I can completely abandon Windows. I run an optical HDMI cable from my office to my TV and get to play games and use Linux", "context": "gamer, music producer", "use_case": "gaming daily driver", "switched_from": "Windows", "story": "Steam Machine game testing"}, {"id": 782559152, "item_id": 48909947, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48909947", "by": "prhn", "date": "2026-07-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I switched my daily driver / gaming rig to Fedora a few months back.", "excerpt": "Awesome article. I switched my daily driver / gaming rig to Fedora a few months back. Everything seems snappier compared to Windows, but not sure if it\u2019s in my head, and I\u2019ve been very curious about gaming input latency. This helps answer some questions. I recently switched to hyprland and I\u2019m very interested how that fits in these results. hyprland uses Wayland so I hope the author might revisit now that hyprland is", "context": "plays competitive fighting games, on nvidia", "use_case": "daily driver and gaming", "switched_from": "Windows", "story": "Measuring Input Latency on Linux: X11 vs. Wayland, VRR, and DXVK"}]}, {"label": "No Windows nags", "summary": "Former Windows users value the absence of ads, pop-ups and prompts.", "quotes": [{"id": 799332832, "item_id": 49958302, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49958302", "by": "skydhash", "date": "2026-10-04", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I wipe the whole thing and installed Fedora.", "excerpt": "I got an old disk with a win10 installation on it. It lasted only three days. It was because of all the pinging from notifications and all the CTA buttons (like Sign in to Onedrive in the settings). It felt like a minefield where a click can blow your whole setup. I wipe the whole thing and installed Fedora. I could tolerate windows if I needed a particular set of software on it, but no way that I could use it as a d", "context": "", "use_case": "daily driver OS", "switched_from": "Windows 10", "story": "Turn off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 and get its disk space back"}, {"id": 798118208, "item_id": 49882388, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49882388", "by": "accrual", "date": "2026-09-28", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I switched to Fedora in January and have no plans to look back.", "excerpt": "This is insanely good and mimics my personal experience of Windows these days. I literally say \"pop-up! pop-up! pop-up!\" out loud during a normal workday where one pop-up or prompt is rapidly replaced by another. Same app or different, doesn't matter, there's always something trying to grab attention on a Windows desktop unless you configure the hell out of it (and even that is no longer enough). My favorite \"joke\" f", "context": "only day job relies on Windows", "use_case": "daily OS", "switched_from": "Windows", "story": "Windows 11\u00bd"}, {"id": 745243552, "item_id": 46577722, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46577722", "by": "jwpapi", "date": "2026-01-11", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I switched to fedora and I\u2019m so happy it\u2019s so chill not ads and bullshit everywhere.", "excerpt": "I switched to fedora and I\u2019m so happy it\u2019s so chill not ads and bullshit everywhere. All my littler hacking projects are faster setup and my idea is faster However I think if you do video editing you need Mac or Windows", "context": "", "use_case": "hacking projects", "switched_from": "Windows", "story": "I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too"}]}, {"label": "Hardware longevity", "summary": "Commenters run it well on old or varied laptops, including ThinkPads and Frameworks.", "quotes": [{"id": 793462209, "item_id": 49591388, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49591388", "by": "cfstras", "date": "2026-09-06", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "because of distros like Fedora and Ubuntu, I can keep using a 15y old Samsung notebook", "excerpt": "It\u2018s going to be a godsend for people with M1 macs when Apple or App vendors decide to drop support for them. The hardware is super capable and will make a great fileserver, TV box or HomeAssistant instance once I\u2018m done using it as daily driver. Similarly, because of distros like Fedora and Ubuntu, I can keep using a 15y old Samsung notebook with a modern firefox, whereas Windows 8 already broke Samsung\u2018s display br", "context": "", "use_case": "reviving old laptop", "switched_from": "", "story": "Asahi Linux on M3"}, {"id": 770411696, "item_id": 48150731, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48150731", "by": "soperj", "date": "2026-05-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "has used fedora as a daily driver since Fedora 19, I've rarely had any issues with Linux", "excerpt": "I'll keep knocking on wood, but as a Thinkpad user who has used fedora as a daily driver since Fedora 19, I've rarely had any issues with Linux. Battery lasts way longer than the Thinkpad I use for work (windows machine), and mine is older. I don't game though, so there's nothing that I've wanted on windows.", "context": "Thinkpad user, doesn't game", "use_case": "daily driver on Thinkpad", "switched_from": "", "story": "I love Linux, but I can't quit Windows"}, {"id": 745070928, "item_id": 46566933, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46566933", "by": "ktallett", "date": "2026-01-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I have been using Fedora comfortably as my main os on a framework for the last 18 months and I have had no issues.", "excerpt": "I have been using Fedora comfortably as my main os on a framework for the last 18 months and I have had no issues. I do just think for all that I do, lab work, coding, and gaming. I also run debian on mnt pocket reform and tbh I think it is OSes' like Linux that allow devices like that to exist. Windows and Mac just aren't options.", "context": "", "use_case": "lab work, coding, gaming", "switched_from": "", "story": "I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "Hardware quirks", "summary": "Some report WiFi, printer, ethernet or dock issues on specific hardware.", "quotes": [{"id": 757264449, "item_id": 47329028, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47329028", "by": "konaraddi", "date": "2026-03-10", "stance": "warn", "quote": "tried to use fedora at first but no luck with WiFi out of the box", "excerpt": "I booted chromeos flex on a >12 year old laptop earlier this year and had a good experience with it. I wrote a bit about it here https://konaraddi.com/writing/2026-01-01-chromeos-flex/ (tl;dr tried to use fedora at first but no luck with WiFi out of the box then I used chromeos flex and it worked out of the box)", "context": "", "use_case": "old laptop OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "$3 ChromeOS Flex stick will revive old and outdated computers"}, {"id": 745080224, "item_id": 46567514, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46567514", "by": "0xperke", "date": "2026-01-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "wanted to have the newest kernel and updates due to new hardware - so far i am really satisfied", "excerpt": "For all who switched to Linux: which distro did you choose and why? Fedora: wanted to have the newest kernel and updates due to new hardware - so far i am really satisfied; the only issue i have is that the printer does not work everytime\u2026 as a workaround i print with my iphone instead.", "context": "", "use_case": "desktop OS", "switched_from": "Windows", "story": "I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great"}, {"id": 765798512, "item_id": 47862407, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47862407", "by": "bloq66", "date": "2026-04-22", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I have Framework 13 AMD with Fedora (as Arch was almost unusable on it for me).", "excerpt": "As I love the idea of modular and repairable laptop, I've got some issues with it. I have Framework 13 AMD with Fedora (as Arch was almost unusable on it for me). Connecting external hardware to it, especially dock stations and monitors - which work flawlessly with another laptops - sometimes works, sometimes not...", "context": "Framework 13 AMD owner", "use_case": "Framework laptop OS", "switched_from": "Arch Linux", "story": "Framework Laptop 13 Pro"}]}, {"label": "Nvidia", "summary": "Nvidia GPUs are named as a source of trouble.", "quotes": [{"id": 737538864, "item_id": 46096179, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46096179", "by": "thegaitlessgate", "date": "2025-11-30", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Fedora has been rock solid for a few years (minus Zoom + Nvidia), as my primary work OS.", "excerpt": "Fedora has been rock solid for a few years (minus Zoom + Nvidia), as my primary work OS. I'm always nervous to jump to an Arch-based distro as my daily driver, for fear of having to regularly fix issues. Is this a legitimate concern in 2025? Would my experience (especially with graphics) be improved on something like Cachy?", "context": "", "use_case": "primary work OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "CachyOS: Fast and Customizable Linux Distribution"}, {"id": 737623024, "item_id": 46101439, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46101439", "by": "mvdtnz", "date": "2025-11-30", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Fedora 43 with Plasma is the closest I have been to being completely satisfied with an OS.", "excerpt": "I have been using Linux for well over a decade now but I still dual boot because of my gaming group. If I didn't play online games there would be absolutely nothing keeping me on Windows. Fedora 43 with Plasma is the closest I have been to being completely satisfied with an OS. My next computer-related purchase for sure will be an AMD GPU, as NVidia is one of the few things that makes Linux a big operational challeng", "context": "Linux user for over a decade, dual boots for gaming", "use_case": "daily driver OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "People keep flocking to Linux, not just to escape Windows"}, {"id": 756806850, "item_id": 47300428, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47300428", "by": "behnamoh", "date": "2026-03-08", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "once I'm inside my Fedora WSL, that feels like home", "excerpt": "I wish it was a TUI. Windows is a plague I try to stay away from as much as possible, and it already gives me headaches to setup WSL and manage them over ssh. Some things you just can't do w/o remote desktop... And sometimes WSL crashes and there's literally no way to recover except to restart the whole machine. The only reason I use Windows is because Nvidia drivers are easier to setup. But once I'm inside my Fedora", "context": "", "use_case": "Linux inside WSL", "switched_from": "", "story": "WSL Manager"}]}, {"label": "Broken upgrades", "summary": "A few users say updates broke things and required fixing.", "quotes": [{"id": 800542322, "item_id": 50033895, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50033895", "by": "newsoftheday", "date": "2026-10-10", "stance": "warn", "quote": "the issue you described has happened to me on:", "excerpt": "> Too many times even in the past I do an update the distro and then something stops working and then I have to spend a day fixing. On Ubuntu starting in 2006 and Kubuntu the last several years, what you're describing doesn't and hasn't happened to me. When I've tried other distros over the years, the issue you described has happened to me on: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Fedora SuSE Debian (yes, even Debian but it was w", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "WSL3 Performance is about 5-60% faster than WSL2 depending on the workload"}, {"id": 792373106, "item_id": 49523319, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49523319", "by": "davsti4", "date": "2026-09-01", "stance": "warn", "quote": "upgrades would break things", "excerpt": "That was about the time of the Redhat 9 to Fedora shift and I felt the pain too. I was using RH9 for the stability, but then switched to Fedora like everyone was supposed to. Well, that was a big bag of something left on the doorstep. I had to spend countless evenings messing with configs to get the system useable; then upgrades would break things. Finally found stability with Ubuntu after a few years, and still use ", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Get your Windows license refund"}, {"id": 788354976, "item_id": 49272186, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49272186", "by": "aki237", "date": "2026-08-12", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use fedora on my work machine. It is a pain.", "excerpt": "Yes. But I would bet, people who use a cli editor would not mind manually updating their package. I use fedora on my work machine. It is a pain. But hey, freedom of choice has its drawbacks too.", "context": "", "use_case": "work machine OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "I hate packaging my software for Linux"}]}, {"label": "Media codecs", "summary": "Media codecs need to be set up manually.", "quotes": [{"id": 797429009, "item_id": 49839313, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49839313", "by": "lightchaser08", "date": "2026-09-25", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "If you\u2019re a bit braver and don\u2019t mind setting up the media codecs yourself then I recommend Fedora", "excerpt": "Depends what you need it for. If you want something similar to Windows but a bit simpler then I would recommend Mint. If you\u2019re a bit braver and don\u2019t mind setting up the media codecs yourself then I recommend Fedora Share your machine\u2019s specs and if it\u2019s got NVIDIA and someone on here might be able to give you a more precise answer", "context": "", "use_case": "desktop Linux", "switched_from": "", "story": "What OS should I pick?"}]}, {"label": "Creative software", "summary": "Some still need Windows or Mac for music production or video editing.", "quotes": [{"id": 778135984, "item_id": 48633499, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48633499", "by": "prhn", "date": "2026-06-22", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I switched to Fedora as a daily driver on my high end gaming rig.", "excerpt": "I want to buy one just to raise the signal that Linux support is important. When these machines were announced I switched to Fedora as a daily driver on my high end gaming rig. It\u2019s been awesome. I still have to go back to Windows for music production unfortunately. I may switch to Mac for that so I can completely abandon Windows. I run an optical HDMI cable from my office to my TV and get to play games and use Linux", "context": "gamer, music producer", "use_case": "gaming daily driver", "switched_from": "Windows", "story": "Steam Machine game testing"}, {"id": 745243552, "item_id": 46577722, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46577722", "by": "jwpapi", "date": "2026-01-11", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I switched to fedora and I\u2019m so happy it\u2019s so chill not ads and bullshit everywhere.", "excerpt": "I switched to fedora and I\u2019m so happy it\u2019s so chill not ads and bullshit everywhere. All my littler hacking projects are faster setup and my idea is faster However I think if you do video editing you need Mac or Windows", "context": "", "use_case": "hacking projects", "switched_from": "Windows", "story": "I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too"}]}, {"label": "Slow dnf", "summary": "One user finds dnf slower than apt.", "quotes": [{"id": 791301442, "item_id": 49456340, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49456340", "by": "runjake", "date": "2026-08-26", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Fedora seems much higher quality than Ubuntu these days and faster!", "excerpt": "I don't. Ubuntu forcing snap and other non-standard junk on server was the last straw. I've moved to Debian for servers and Fedora (usually KDE) and Omarchy for desktops. Fedora seems much higher quality than Ubuntu these days and faster! dnf seems comparatively slow compared to apt, but that's the least of my worries.", "context": "", "use_case": "desktop", "switched_from": "Ubuntu", "story": "Ask HN: Why do you use Ubuntu?"}]}], "who": [{"by": "noisy_boy", "context": "Thinkpad user", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49909656", "date": "2026-09-30"}, {"by": "accrual", "context": "only day job relies on Windows", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49882388", "date": "2026-09-28"}, {"by": "avhception", "context": "Linux user with ThinkPad x13s", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49827717", "date": "2026-09-24"}, {"by": "prmoustache", "context": "long-time Linux/BSD user", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49716134", "date": "2026-09-15"}, {"by": "noir_lord", "context": "Linux user since 1997", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49448224", "date": "2026-08-26"}, {"by": "martinald", "context": "recently switched to desktop Linux", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49418914", "date": "2026-08-24"}, {"by": "mikebelanger", "context": "Linux user since the late 90s", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49146936", "date": "2026-08-02"}, {"by": "tmoertel", "context": "long-time Fedora user", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49044189", "date": "2026-07-24"}, {"by": "prhn", "context": "plays competitive fighting games, on nvidia", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48909947", "date": "2026-07-14"}, {"by": "tuvix", "context": "single-player gamer on Linux", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48721441", "date": "2026-06-29"}, {"by": "soperj", "context": "Thinkpad user, doesn't game", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48150731", "date": "2026-05-15"}, {"by": "ButlerianJihad", "context": "ThinkPad T580 owner", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47886994", "date": "2026-04-24"}], "tags": ["for gamers", "for Windows switchers", "for Linux newcomers", "for work machines", "for laptops"], "use_cases": ["desktop os", "daily driver os", "linux distro", "daily os", "desktop linux", "laptop os"], "compared": [{"slug": "ubuntu", "name": "Ubuntu", "co": 22, "switched_from": 5, "switched_to": 2}, {"slug": "windows", "name": "Windows", "co": 11, "switched_from": 10, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "debian", "name": "Debian", "co": 16, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "arch-linux", "name": "Arch Linux", "co": 8, "switched_from": 2, "switched_to": 1}, {"slug": "cachyos", "name": "CachyOS", "co": 6, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 2}, {"slug": "kde-plasma", "name": "KDE Plasma", "co": 6, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "gentoo", "name": "Gentoo", "co": 4, "switched_from": 1, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "gnome", "name": "GNOME", "co": 6, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49447682", "title": "Omarchy development practices lead to predictable security issues", "mentions": 3}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46574707", "title": "I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too", "mentions": 3}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46566465", "title": "I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great", "mentions": 3}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46099985", "title": "People keep flocking to Linux, not just to escape Windows", "mentions": 3}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49998801", "title": "WSL3 Performance is about 5-60% faster than WSL2 depending on the workload", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49908757", "title": "Upgrade your desktop: Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS is now available", "mentions": 2}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 1}, "2025-12": {"neutral": 2, "recommend": 2}, "2026-01": {"neutral": 4, "recommend": 8}, "2026-02": {"recommend": 1, "neutral": 1}, "2026-03": {"recommend": 3, "warn": 1}, "2026-04": {"recommend": 3}, "2026-05": {"recommend": 1, "neutral": 1}, "2026-06": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 1}, "2026-07": {"recommend": 3}, "2026-08": {"recommend": 6, "neutral": 4}, "2026-09": {"warn": 1, "recommend": 9, "neutral": 3}, "2026-10": {"recommend": 6, "warn": 1, "neutral": 1}}, "quotes": [{"id": 803812320, "item_id": 50238270, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50238270", "by": "nullpoint420", "date": "2026-10-26", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Fedora is my daily. I love that I can trust updates when they come out.", "excerpt": "Fedora is my daily. I love that I can trust updates when they come out. I see this as good news", "context": "", "use_case": "daily driver OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "F45 (Fedora 45) Final Is No-Go"}, {"id": 802923536, "item_id": 50182721, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50182721", "by": "prmoustache", "date": "2026-10-21", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I believe my current Fedora install started as a Fedora 26 so rougly 10 years without issues on 2 different laptops", "excerpt": "I believe my current Fedora install started as a Fedora 26 so rougly 10 years without issues on 2 different laptops with same install? On servers I have changed providers so it never lasted as long but at work we upgraded ubuntu LTS at least twice on same hardware. Before Fedora I had similar experience with slackware, freebsd, openbsd and ubuntu on my daily drivers. The only upgrade that ever broke a system of mine ", "context": "", "use_case": "daily driver OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "OpenBSD 8.0"}, {"id": 801666211, "item_id": 50104138, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50104138", "by": "c7b", "date": "2026-10-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "or Fedora if you want to be more up to date", "excerpt": "CachyOS is probably the new hip one (Arch-based). The new \"I use x, btw\" would be nixOS. Arguably, the distro matters a lot less if you use containers or flatpaks for most things (which I'd recommend). So there's nothing standing against using just boring Debian stable these days, or Fedora if you want to be more up to date. If you like fancy UI, check out the COSMIC desktop environment, should work on all mentioned.", "context": "", "use_case": "Linux distro", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ubuntu 26.10 (Stonking Stingray) released"}, {"id": 800853505, "item_id": 50053344, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50053344", "by": "janvlug", "date": "2026-10-12", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "very similar to the Fedora (GNOME) distribution that I have on my desktop and laptop", "excerpt": "I have been using the Librem 5 as my daily phone since 1 May 2022 (https://janvlug.org/blog/one-week-librem-5-field-trial-day-1/). And the Librem 5 is getting better and better, and its PureOS Linux operating system is actively maintained, and patches are still upstreamed (https://puri.sm/posts/tag/pureos/). I really enjoy having a phone that gives me full root control, and that is very similar to the Fedora (GNOME) ", "context": "", "use_case": "desktop and laptop OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "Will Linux phones become a viable alternative to the Android/iOS duopoly?"}, {"id": 800582864, "item_id": 50036429, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50036429", "by": "PacificSpecific", "date": "2026-10-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "nothing ever stuck until I tried Fedora. Now Linux is all I use. It's low friction and low maintenance.", "excerpt": "I bounced around distros for a good while and nothing ever stuck until I tried Fedora. Now Linux is all I use. It's low friction and low maintenance. Plus I went and installed a bunch of cool desktop effects so it's cool to me now :)", "context": "", "use_case": "daily Linux desktop", "switched_from": "", "story": "WSL3 Performance is about 5-60% faster than WSL2 depending on the workload"}, {"id": 800542322, "item_id": 50033895, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50033895", "by": "newsoftheday", "date": "2026-10-10", "stance": "warn", "quote": "the issue you described has happened to me on:", "excerpt": "> Too many times even in the past I do an update the distro and then something stops working and then I have to spend a day fixing. On Ubuntu starting in 2006 and Kubuntu the last several years, what you're describing doesn't and hasn't happened to me. When I've tried other distros over the years, the issue you described has happened to me on: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Fedora SuSE Debian (yes, even Debian but it was w", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "WSL3 Performance is about 5-60% faster than WSL2 depending on the workload"}, {"id": 799332832, "item_id": 49958302, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49958302", "by": "skydhash", "date": "2026-10-04", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I wipe the whole thing and installed Fedora.", "excerpt": "I got an old disk with a win10 installation on it. It lasted only three days. It was because of all the pinging from notifications and all the CTA buttons (like Sign in to Onedrive in the settings). It felt like a minefield where a click can blow your whole setup. I wipe the whole thing and installed Fedora. I could tolerate windows if I needed a particular set of software on it, but no way that I could use it as a d", "context": "", "use_case": "daily driver OS", "switched_from": "Windows 10", "story": "Turn off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 and get its disk space back"}, {"id": 798805216, "item_id": 49925326, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49925326", "by": "christophilus", "date": "2026-10-01", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I love Fedora", "excerpt": "I hope not. I love Fedora, and it's kind of heavily reliant on Red Hat being a good citizen (as are many other distros). Red Hat is still the (benevolent?) king of the Linux world.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Red Hat being phased out of existence?"}, {"id": 798554496, "item_id": 49909656, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49909656", "by": "noisy_boy", "date": "2026-09-30", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Best decision I made.", "excerpt": "When I was trying to go upstream having used Pop!_OS for a while, I installed Kubuntu first and even though the install went through, the distro had problems getting to the desktop after post-install reboot. Even though my laptop is a Thinkpad which is supposed to be very well supported. I took this as a sign of things to come and shrugged off my hangover of rpm hell(!) and tried with Fedora+KDE instead. Best decisio", "context": "Thinkpad user", "use_case": "laptop desktop with KDE", "switched_from": "Kubuntu", "story": "Upgrade your desktop: Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS is now available"}, {"id": 798552673, "item_id": 49909542, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49909542", "by": "Retr0id", "date": "2026-09-30", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Fedora is my current go-to in instances where I used to reach for Ubuntu", "excerpt": "It used to be my \"it just works\" distro for systems I didn't want to spend time configuring, but they managed to make me feel like a second-class citizen as a not-enterprise-customer (not really anything specific, just a lot of small cuts). I appreciate that they're running a business, but the Fedora/RHEL split feels much cleaner, and Fedora is my current go-to in instances where I used to reach for Ubuntu. (Or I use", "context": "", "use_case": "general desktop OS", "switched_from": "Ubuntu", "story": "Upgrade your desktop: Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS is now available"}, {"id": 798118208, "item_id": 49882388, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49882388", "by": "accrual", "date": "2026-09-28", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I switched to Fedora in January and have no plans to look back.", "excerpt": "This is insanely good and mimics my personal experience of Windows these days. I literally say \"pop-up! pop-up! pop-up!\" out loud during a normal workday where one pop-up or prompt is rapidly replaced by another. Same app or different, doesn't matter, there's always something trying to grab attention on a Windows desktop unless you configure the hell out of it (and even that is no longer enough). My favorite \"joke\" f", "context": "only day job relies on Windows", "use_case": "daily OS", "switched_from": "Windows", "story": "Windows 11\u00bd"}, {"id": 797429009, "item_id": 49839313, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49839313", "by": "lightchaser08", "date": "2026-09-25", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "If you\u2019re a bit braver and don\u2019t mind setting up the media codecs yourself then I recommend Fedora", "excerpt": "Depends what you need it for. If you want something similar to Windows but a bit simpler then I would recommend Mint. If you\u2019re a bit braver and don\u2019t mind setting up the media codecs yourself then I recommend Fedora Share your machine\u2019s specs and if it\u2019s got NVIDIA and someone on here might be able to give you a more precise answer", "context": "", "use_case": "desktop Linux", "switched_from": "", "story": "What OS should I pick?"}, {"id": 797243472, "item_id": 49827717, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49827717", "by": "avhception", "date": "2026-09-24", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "here are the workarounds and config changes I had to make just to get Fedora running last year", "excerpt": "I don't think that ARM Laptops have a chance in Linux land as long as each model requires stuff like a custom DT. I'm typing this on a Thinkpad x13s Gen1, \"21BX000XGE\". I really really like the device, best laptop I've owned so far, speaking strictly from a hardware perspective. No vents mean I can use it on a pillow, and it's dead silent. It never runs hot, great battery life. Thin and light, yet has all the perform", "context": "Linux user with ThinkPad x13s", "use_case": "Linux on ARM ThinkPad X13s", "switched_from": "", "story": "Linux support is coming to Snapdragon X2 series"}, {"id": 796838656, "item_id": 49802416, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49802416", "by": "cosmic_cheese", "date": "2026-09-22", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Fedora (which I\u2019ve found mostly makes the right tradeoffs to suit my preferences)", "excerpt": "Because Linux is full of sharp edges which nobody seems to find it fit to fix. I\u2019ve been dabbling in Linux since the early 2000s with Yellow Dog, SUSE, and Ubuntu, tried making it my daily driver in the early-mid 2010s, and for the past 5 or so years have been using it in a secondary/tertiary role. Recently I\u2019ve been trying to move my gaming box from Windows to Fedora (which I\u2019ve found mostly makes the right tradeoff", "context": "", "use_case": "gaming box OS", "switched_from": "Windows", "story": "I said no and Apple said yes"}, {"id": 796734881, "item_id": 49795930, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49795930", "by": "thewhitetulip", "date": "2026-09-22", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Yes I use cosmic DE on Fedora.", "excerpt": "Yes I use cosmic DE on Fedora. I didn't find it a downgrade at all! Despite not running an M chip it is butter smooth", "context": "", "use_case": "desktop OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "macOS 27: Workaround to avoid downloading AI models and save storage"}, {"id": 795911666, "item_id": 49744479, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49744479", "by": "selicos", "date": "2026-09-17", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Just moved from Ubuntu to Fedora 44.", "excerpt": "So I have to connect over MCP or log into github through the page to share anything? How about being able to post a markdown summary of my setup instead of plugging my credentials and tools into a third party site? Strix HALO 128gb - Framework mainboard in a custom SFF PC. Just moved from Ubuntu to Fedora 44. Using: LM Studio (primary), Lemonade, not yet got into vLLM and llama.cpp directyly after moving to Fedora. R", "context": "", "use_case": "LLM server OS", "switched_from": "Ubuntu", "story": "Show HN: Share your AI Setup, Learn from others"}, {"id": 795458144, "item_id": 49716134, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49716134", "by": "prmoustache", "date": "2026-09-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "my current Fedora 44 install dates back from Fedora 25 or 26", "excerpt": "While I used to.distrohop a bit at the beginning of the century, my current Fedora 44 install dates back from Fedora 25 or 26 which I believe was released somewhere around 2017. It has moved from one laptop to another as I couldn't be bothered to reinstall. I don't define myself as a linux user either. Using some kind of Linux or BSD has simply been the pragmatic choice for around 3 decades compared to what always lo", "context": "long-time Linux/BSD user", "use_case": "daily laptop OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "Leaving Linux"}, {"id": 795396624, "item_id": 49712289, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49712289", "by": "here_to_learn", "date": "2026-09-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I have had a great experience i.e it gets out of the way and it doesn't fall apart when I update stuff.", "excerpt": "I moved to Fedora from Ubuntu about a year ago for my laptop. My main motivation was not be defaulted to snap packages. I have had a great experience i.e it gets out of the way and it doesn't fall apart when I update stuff. I was worried about SELinux but find Fedoras defaults just fine and intuitive.", "context": "", "use_case": "laptop OS", "switched_from": "Ubuntu", "story": "Ubuntu 26.10 completes transition to Rust-based coreutils"}, {"id": 794085106, "item_id": 49630319, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49630319", "by": "nobody9999", "date": "2026-09-09", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "the distribution (Fedora) I use have been very good at patching/releasing updates", "excerpt": ">I don't believe in Jellyfin being secure enough to put on the public Internet. In my case, Jellyfin is on my home network, and the box has access to a lot of files and devices. Fair enough. IME, Jellyfin and (just as importantly -- at least for me) the distribution (Fedora) I use have been very good at patching/releasing updates to both the clients and servers when vulnerabilities are found. Initially, I stuffed jel", "context": "", "use_case": "server OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "Jellyfin 12.0"}, {"id": 793462209, "item_id": 49591388, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49591388", "by": "cfstras", "date": "2026-09-06", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "because of distros like Fedora and Ubuntu, I can keep using a 15y old Samsung notebook", "excerpt": "It\u2018s going to be a godsend for people with M1 macs when Apple or App vendors decide to drop support for them. The hardware is super capable and will make a great fileserver, TV box or HomeAssistant instance once I\u2018m done using it as daily driver. Similarly, because of distros like Fedora and Ubuntu, I can keep using a 15y old Samsung notebook with a modern firefox, whereas Windows 8 already broke Samsung\u2018s display br", "context": "", "use_case": "reviving old laptop", "switched_from": "", "story": "Asahi Linux on M3"}, {"id": 792373106, "item_id": 49523319, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49523319", "by": "davsti4", "date": "2026-09-01", "stance": "warn", "quote": "upgrades would break things", "excerpt": "That was about the time of the Redhat 9 to Fedora shift and I felt the pain too. I was using RH9 for the stability, but then switched to Fedora like everyone was supposed to. Well, that was a big bag of something left on the doorstep. I had to spend countless evenings messing with configs to get the system useable; then upgrades would break things. Finally found stability with Ubuntu after a few years, and still use ", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Get your Windows license refund"}, {"id": 791301442, "item_id": 49456340, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49456340", "by": "runjake", "date": "2026-08-26", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Fedora seems much higher quality than Ubuntu these days and faster!", "excerpt": "I don't. Ubuntu forcing snap and other non-standard junk on server was the last straw. I've moved to Debian for servers and Fedora (usually KDE) and Omarchy for desktops. Fedora seems much higher quality than Ubuntu these days and faster! dnf seems comparatively slow compared to apt, but that's the least of my worries.", "context": "", "use_case": "desktop", "switched_from": "Ubuntu", "story": "Ask HN: Why do you use Ubuntu?"}, {"id": 791191248, "item_id": 49449453, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49449453", "by": "rbanffy", "date": "2026-08-26", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I have been using Fedora for the past few years and all I can say is that the lack of distractive options is a relief.", "excerpt": "I have been using Fedora for the past few years and all I can say is that the lack of distractive options is a relief. I can focus on work and ignore the wallpaper and the themes. Between the Windows 3 days and the mid 2000s I've spent countless hours customizing the UI of every tool I used. Now I realize I was paying attention to the wrong thing.", "context": "", "use_case": "daily work OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "Omarchy development practices lead to predictable security issues"}, {"id": 791173764, "item_id": 49448360, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49448360", "by": "troupo", "date": "2026-08-26", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Ubuntu. Debian. Fedora especiall via Bazzite. Arch via CachyOS.", "excerpt": "> It\u2019s a really strong UX that\u2019s rapidly improving without a profit motive and people are excited about it. /r/unixporn is all about that. They don't get a $10 million fund though. > Closest thing to the \u201cit just works\u201d experience that Mac was always known for and it runs great on older hardware. Ubuntu. Debian. Fedora especiall via Bazzite. Arch via CachyOS. > Small example, running Zoom on i3 caused a tile cascade ", "context": "", "use_case": "it just works desktop", "switched_from": "", "story": "Omarchy development practices lead to predictable security issues"}, {"id": 791171584, "item_id": 49448224, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49448224", "by": "noir_lord", "date": "2026-08-26", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Fedora because I really don't care that much, it's a reliable tool, it has recent packages", "excerpt": "Your left side of the curve is missing people like me who use Fedora. Been using Linux since 1997, it's been my primary OS since ~2003 (except for gaming and Microsoft seem determine to end their streak on that one) and I use Fedora because I really don't care that much, it's a reliable tool, it has recent packages and I like that it's semi-rolling in that it's a straight forward update every 6ish months. I had my \"I", "context": "Linux user since 1997", "use_case": "primary OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "Omarchy development practices lead to predictable security issues"}, {"id": 790871985, "item_id": 49429499, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49429499", "by": "mikae1", "date": "2026-08-25", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Just installed plain Fedora two days ago for this reason.", "excerpt": "> Vanilla OS is built on Debian sid Tuxedo settled for Testing. Reason for Sid? > Additionally, with Vib (Vanilla Image Builder), anyone can customize their own system image, or even create their own distro with minimal effort. This sounds very intriguing! Been using Aurora (Universal Blue) for years, but there's always a package or two you need to layer. Updates have crapped out more than once because of these packa", "context": "", "use_case": "desktop OS", "switched_from": "Aurora", "story": "Show HN: Vanilla OS 3 Reunion \u2013 Immutable and Reproducible Operating System"}, {"id": 790849040, "item_id": 49428065, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49428065", "by": "dismalaf", "date": "2026-08-25", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "For something that just works I recommend Fedora or Ubuntu. It's what I'd put on my mom or wife's PC.", "excerpt": "Pretty much all of them. None require online accounts or anything like that. Browser choice is probably more important. For something that just works I recommend Fedora or Ubuntu. It's what I'd put on my mom or wife's PC. Currently using Omarchy on my laptop though which is a tad more exotic, it's Arch + Hyprland and is pretty polished for that stack (at least the current version, 4.0) but still a tiny bit of jank.", "context": "", "use_case": "beginner-friendly desktop", "switched_from": "", "story": "MS Paint and Photos inivisibly watermark even locally generated output with GUID"}, {"id": 790702625, "item_id": 49418914, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49418914", "by": "martinald", "date": "2026-08-24", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "by default swap on fedora was in memory", "excerpt": "I don't think that's true. I only finally switched to desktop linux when coding agents could fix the endless small problems I came across. For example, there is a bug in the logitech mouse driver (combined with a specific AMD USB chipset) that occasionally does not restart properly after suspend. Coding agent fixed it (two lines of code) with a kernel module that automatically rebuilds after kernel upgrades. Another ", "context": "recently switched to desktop Linux", "use_case": "desktop Linux", "switched_from": "", "story": "Omacom Foundation funding hits $10M"}, {"id": 790070931, "item_id": 49379433, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49379433", "by": "mmh0000", "date": "2026-08-20", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I am currently running Fedora 43/KDE Plasma", "excerpt": "That's a new take: Project with new release 1 day ago declared deprecated! I've been using Linux for around 2 decades. I am currently running Fedora 43/KDE Plasma ... and wait for it ... Xorg. Why? Because it works. It works well! Why don't I use Wayland? Because it breaks everything. - Screensharing is just wonky and inconsistent across applications. It has gotten better in the last 2 years, but it's still quite won", "context": "", "use_case": "desktop OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "Xorg-Server 26.0.99.901"}, {"id": 788354976, "item_id": 49272186, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49272186", "by": "aki237", "date": "2026-08-12", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use fedora on my work machine. It is a pain.", "excerpt": "Yes. But I would bet, people who use a cli editor would not mind manually updating their package. I use fedora on my work machine. It is a pain. But hey, freedom of choice has its drawbacks too.", "context": "", "use_case": "work machine OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "I hate packaging my software for Linux"}, {"id": 786350976, "item_id": 49146936, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49146936", "by": "mikebelanger", "date": "2026-08-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "both my mini-PC and my laptop are running Fedora, and I swear by them", "excerpt": "I've been using Linux on/off since the late 90s. And now, both my mini-PC and my laptop are running Fedora, and I swear by them. So as much as I want to believe that others share my taste, I'm not sure how to interpret the two statistics in this article. Sadly, I'd lean towards this article's attribution: \"Cloudflare\u2019s unfiltered figures may include automated requests unless human traffic is classified. This is espec", "context": "Linux user since the late 90s", "use_case": "desktop OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "Linux Desktop Market Share Surpasses 10% in North America"}, {"id": 784707024, "item_id": 49044189, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49044189", "by": "tmoertel", "date": "2026-07-24", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I have been running Fedora Linux on multiple systems for about two decades", "excerpt": "Counterpoint: I have been running Fedora Linux on multiple systems for about two decades, including on my daily drivers, and it's been pretty much solid.", "context": "long-time Fedora user", "use_case": "daily driver OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "Nothing works and everyone is euphoric"}, {"id": 783272912, "item_id": 48954557, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48954557", "by": "christophilus", "date": "2026-07-17", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Fedora + Niri + Foot + Podman + Neovim is better with each release.", "excerpt": "iOS has gotten worse. No doubt about it. I don\u2019t think k that\u2019s AI induced. I think Apple have lost the plot. On the other hand, Fedora + Niri + Foot + Podman + Neovim is better with each release.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Is it just me, or is software buggier across the board?"}, {"id": 782559152, "item_id": 48909947, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48909947", "by": "prhn", "date": "2026-07-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I switched my daily driver / gaming rig to Fedora a few months back.", "excerpt": "Awesome article. I switched my daily driver / gaming rig to Fedora a few months back. Everything seems snappier compared to Windows, but not sure if it\u2019s in my head, and I\u2019ve been very curious about gaming input latency. This helps answer some questions. I recently switched to hyprland and I\u2019m very interested how that fits in these results. hyprland uses Wayland so I hope the author might revisit now that hyprland is", "context": "plays competitive fighting games, on nvidia", "use_case": "daily driver and gaming", "switched_from": "Windows", "story": "Measuring Input Latency on Linux: X11 vs. Wayland, VRR, and DXVK"}, {"id": 779543057, "item_id": 48721441, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48721441", "by": "tuvix", "date": "2026-06-29", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I fully switched to Fedora a while ago because every game I played was either just as performant or ran better on Linux.", "excerpt": "I don\u2019t play multiplayer stuff like Fortnite or Call of Duty, so I might not be your typical user. I use Steam for everything, as well. But I fully switched to Fedora a while ago because every game I played was either just as performant or ran better on Linux. It\u2019s plug and play, too. I just downloaded Steam and that was it. I know there are other commenters saying the same thing, but I\u2019m just super excited because o", "context": "single-player gamer on Linux", "use_case": "gaming desktop", "switched_from": "", "story": "CachyOS June 2026 Release"}, {"id": 778135984, "item_id": 48633499, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48633499", "by": "prhn", "date": "2026-06-22", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I switched to Fedora as a daily driver on my high end gaming rig.", "excerpt": "I want to buy one just to raise the signal that Linux support is important. When these machines were announced I switched to Fedora as a daily driver on my high end gaming rig. It\u2019s been awesome. I still have to go back to Windows for music production unfortunately. I may switch to Mac for that so I can completely abandon Windows. I run an optical HDMI cable from my office to my TV and get to play games and use Linux", "context": "gamer, music producer", "use_case": "gaming daily driver", "switched_from": "Windows", "story": "Steam Machine game testing"}, {"id": 776246080, "item_id": 48515380, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48515380", "by": "noisy_boy", "date": "2026-06-13", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I think it worked out of the box on Fedora 43.", "excerpt": "I use the same scanner. I think it worked out of the box on Fedora 43.", "context": "", "use_case": "scanning", "switched_from": "", "story": "Using the Epson Perfection V39 II Scanner on Ubuntu"}, {"id": 776086656, "item_id": 48505416, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48505416", "by": "noirscape", "date": "2026-06-12", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Fedora worked better for me: professional, clean, recent software", "excerpt": "To be fair, the advice very rarely is for people to jump onto Arch based distros. The problem is more that the Arch value proposition kinda presupposes the sort of user that's going to \"feel superior\" about having it installed[0]. It leads to people that have no business installing Arch Linux (as it doesn't match their usecase) installing Arch Linux because it makes them feel cool. I don't have a good answer for this", "context": "", "use_case": "desktop distro", "switched_from": "Arch Linux", "story": "AUR Packages Compromised with Infostealer and Rootkit"}, {"id": 773279616, "item_id": 48329976, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48329976", "by": "ntnsndr", "date": "2026-05-29", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Now running Fedora with Cosmic", "excerpt": "I recently got a FW12 and, for a random data point, my kids love it: the color, the ability to do art on the touchscreen, the foldability. And I love all those things too, in addition to getting to play with various flavors of Linux on it. (Now running Fedora with Cosmic, but keeping GNOME for the handful of things Cosmic glitches out on.) It is just a fun computer, and I appreciate that playfulness about it every da", "context": "", "use_case": "laptop operating system", "switched_from": "", "story": "It's hard to justify buying a Framework 12"}, {"id": 770411696, "item_id": 48150731, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48150731", "by": "soperj", "date": "2026-05-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "has used fedora as a daily driver since Fedora 19, I've rarely had any issues with Linux", "excerpt": "I'll keep knocking on wood, but as a Thinkpad user who has used fedora as a daily driver since Fedora 19, I've rarely had any issues with Linux. Battery lasts way longer than the Thinkpad I use for work (windows machine), and mine is older. I don't game though, so there's nothing that I've wanted on windows.", "context": "Thinkpad user, doesn't game", "use_case": "daily driver on Thinkpad", "switched_from": "", "story": "I love Linux, but I can't quit Windows"}, {"id": 757264449, "item_id": 47329028, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47329028", "by": "konaraddi", "date": "2026-03-10", "stance": "warn", "quote": "tried to use fedora at first but no luck with WiFi out of the box", "excerpt": "I booted chromeos flex on a >12 year old laptop earlier this year and had a good experience with it. I wrote a bit about it here https://konaraddi.com/writing/2026-01-01-chromeos-flex/ (tl;dr tried to use fedora at first but no luck with WiFi out of the box then I used chromeos flex and it worked out of the box)", "context": "", "use_case": "old laptop OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "$3 ChromeOS Flex stick will revive old and outdated computers"}, {"id": 751463025, "item_id": 46966439, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46966439", "by": "PlatoIsADisease", "date": "2026-02-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I recommend Fedora, which is not Arch, its just up-to-date linux.", "excerpt": ">I started out with Debian >There are still issues with driver and software compatibility but it is getting better in the recent years thanks to projects like Wine and Proton . OP, stop using outdated linux. Debian is intentionally outdated. You will never have a good experience with drivers when you are always using 2 year old kernels and software. 99.9% of humans think the word 'Stable' means bug free, but that isn", "context": "", "use_case": "desktop OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "The Switch to Linux and the Beginning of My Self-Hosting Journey"}, {"id": 745080224, "item_id": 46567514, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46567514", "by": "0xperke", "date": "2026-01-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "wanted to have the newest kernel and updates due to new hardware - so far i am really satisfied", "excerpt": "For all who switched to Linux: which distro did you choose and why? Fedora: wanted to have the newest kernel and updates due to new hardware - so far i am really satisfied; the only issue i have is that the printer does not work everytime\u2026 as a workaround i print with my iphone instead.", "context": "", "use_case": "desktop OS", "switched_from": "Windows", "story": "I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great"}, {"id": 737623024, "item_id": 46101439, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46101439", "by": "mvdtnz", "date": "2025-11-30", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Fedora 43 with Plasma is the closest I have been to being completely satisfied with an OS.", "excerpt": "I have been using Linux for well over a decade now but I still dual boot because of my gaming group. If I didn't play online games there would be absolutely nothing keeping me on Windows. Fedora 43 with Plasma is the closest I have been to being completely satisfied with an OS. My next computer-related purchase for sure will be an AMD GPU, as NVidia is one of the few things that makes Linux a big operational challeng", "context": "Linux user for over a decade, dual boots for gaming", "use_case": "daily driver OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "People keep flocking to Linux, not just to escape Windows"}, {"id": 737538864, "item_id": 46096179, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46096179", "by": "thegaitlessgate", "date": "2025-11-30", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Fedora has been rock solid for a few years (minus Zoom + Nvidia), as my primary work OS.", "excerpt": "Fedora has been rock solid for a few years (minus Zoom + Nvidia), as my primary work OS. I'm always nervous to jump to an Arch-based distro as my daily driver, for fear of having to regularly fix issues. Is this a legitimate concern in 2025? Would my experience (especially with graphics) be improved on something like Cachy?", "context": "", "use_case": "primary work OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "CachyOS: Fast and Customizable Linux Distribution"}]}