#219 Should I Become A Fedora Linux User? | Neal Gompa

IMO you shouldn't look at it as "should I become an x user", because that sort of implies you're getting married to that distro. Instead, you should be asking, "should I use x to solve y?" For instance, I use RHEL, Debian (Raspbian), Fedora (Asahi), Fedora Atomic (Bazzite) and Arch. I also use Windows, macOS and FreeDOS. All solve different needs and problems. There's no rule saying you should only stick to one distro/OS use whatever suits your needs, hardware and environment the best. :)

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I’ve been a Debian downstream guy for as long as Linux has been available via broadband— esp since Ubuntu, but I’ve really embraced what Ubuntu did and enabled, esp after Ubuntu got a bit full of itself and has made some bad decisions as late. I like how Debian/Ubuntu downstreams (like Linux Mint, Pop, Endeavor, and so many others) build upon and improve upon Ubuntu.

But Fedora has been there for sooooo long. And, back in the day, Red Hat was my jam.

Now, nobody has looked at those Atomic spins without thinking, “ooooo….” But… what a shift! (Same for a shift to a SUSE spin). My point is that, nobody who understands the argument won’t be sold by it. But migration… not just data… but of the day-to-day Linux habits needs to be more “friendly”.

See, it’s not simply a matter of “just use rmp instead of apt”. That’s a big deal! if you’re trying to convert or show the benefits, a little more effort will be required than “just do it, because it’s better for XYZ reasons.” Lt. Cmdr. Spock often failed to convince others beyond Kirk of his “immutable logic” without the help of “human metaphors” to make the concepts more relatable. Not a bad lesson here. The “why” of Fedora being better is hard to grasp unless one can make a solid real-world case that applies to the person you’re discussing it with. Something they can personally relate to.

IME, Fedora has lots of these to use, especially wrt backups, overall stability, and advanced binaries, amongst other points of advantage,