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Probably will switch from Mint to Fedora soon (hexbear.net)

submitted 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) by 9to5@hexbear.net to c/technology@hexbear.net

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I currently use Linux Mint with Cinnamon which is fine. Ive been using it since early December. I had (and still have) some small issues, most of which Ive fixed.

I recently got a new GPU (a 9070 XT) and Im running a similarly cutting-edge CPU. In general, my whole desktop is made up of fairly new hardware.

So my question is: is there anything that speaks against switching to Fedora with KDE? That distro seems like it would make better use of modern hardware and be more “cutting-edge.” As I said, Mint is fine, but it seems rather slow when it comes to adopting modern technologies by comparison at least from a novices perspective.

As a disclaimer one of my best friends recommended I try it out (He has been using Fedora for years ) he also works in IT so should something go wrong I have someone a phone call away that could help me.

Main purpose of this machine is gaming

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[–] Inui@hexbear.net 2 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

I personally think atomic desktops are the way of the future and am 100% sold and on board with what these folks are doing because I think they simplify the experience to such a great degree that is sorely needed to better integrate new users. Others will tell you they hate flatpaks, atomic desktops don't let you tinker (they do, and also 'tinkering' often meaning fixing stuff that shouldn't need to be fixed manually in the first place), etc. Before Bazzite, I used Fedora, OpenSUSE, PopOS, and Arch the longest out of those. I learned a lot doing so, but the learning was unnecessary because it was like how to fix a GRUB boot issue with NVIDIA drivers that nobody should be having to begin with. So it ultimately didn't matter and kept me from actually using my computer. That's why I press them so hard. nerd

[–] 9to5@hexbear.net 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

OK. I guess 9to5 is switching to Bazzite this weekend.

[–] 9to5@hexbear.net 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Oki. I will consider Bazzite or Fedora . I will switch from Mint probably this weekend. Might make an after action report 2 weeks later or soemthing (Thanks for your input)