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Just use Fedora. It just werks (most times).

by bundie 18d ago

kennywinker 18d ago
I like the very non-windows very non-mac ui of omarchy.
- tomrod 18d ago
  UI is desktop environment and (usually) ports to large-use distros cleanly. - JaKooLit’s Fedora-Hyprland Repository: https://github.com/JaKooLit/Fedora-Hyprland https://github.com/JaKooLit/Fedora-Hyprland. The most popular automated setup guide and installer for Fedora, bundling Hyprland alongside pre-configured bars, launchers, and - Official Hyprland Wiki: wiki.hypr.land/Getting-Started/Installation/. The main reference guide for core configuration options, environment variables, and Wayland portal requirements. - Solopasha Fedora COPR copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/solopasha/hyprland. The primary community repository hosting cutting-edge builds of Hyprland and its ecosystem packages for - Fedora Discussion Tutorials: discussion.fedoraproject.org. Community walkthroughs covering minimal netinstall setups and distro-specific Wayland troubleshooting.
- christophilus 17d ago
  I run Niri and Dank Material Sell on Fedora. It’s perfect, and better than Omarchy from what I’ve seen. I much prefer scrolling window managers to tilers.
  - porkloin 17d ago
    Yup. I've been on zirconium (https://github.com/zirconium-dev/zirconium https://github.com/zirconium-dev/zirconium) for a while, and it's great. Fedora atomic/bootc under the hood with Niri+DMS. Basically bombproof.
- prmoustache 17d ago
  Fedora (or debian, or archlinux or whatever distro you choose) doesn't force you into an UI. All of them have minimal, server and/or "flavored" versions and you can always uninstall and install whatever you want.
- mandeepj 17d ago
  So you need a new theme, and not a new OS :-)
agumonkey 18d ago
is there a fedora 44 ws with non free package built in ?
- jm4 18d ago
  You still have to use rpmfusion, which isn’t a huge deal. It’s maybe 5 min one time and then you are set. Or you could use one of the Universal Blue spins. Bluefin and Aurora have non-free stuff built in and you can install pretty much any package from anywhere.
  - agumonkey 18d ago
    oh thanks a ton
KaiserPro 18d ago
Fedora is an arse to use. most of the distros for non free software are targeted at stable RHEL, so are miles out of date. You only get 6 months of updates, at which point everything break subtly, or not if you use nvidia. ubuntu with a custom GUI is the way forward, at least compared to fedora.
- jasomill 17d ago
  Counterpoint: I've had very few (and always minor) problems upgrading between major Fedora releases over the years with no more effort than following the well-documented steps to do so, including both traditional and atomic variants, the latter with a wide variety of layered packages as specifically not recommended due to potential problems when upgrading. And on the server side of things, I ran a Fedora CoreOS VM with a Pihole container that silently and successfully auto-updated both the OS and the service container for years with no intervention on my part.
  - KaiserPro 17d ago
    I had to support fedora on desktop and laptop for a large company. Worse, it wasn't my job to support those machines, its just my department needed cuda and I was the slowest person to run away when they called for help.

Just use Fedora. It just werks (most times).

by bundie 18d ago

Just use Fedora. It just werks (most times).

kennywinker 18d ago

I like the very non-windows very non-mac ui of omarchy.

tomrod 18d ago
UI is desktop environment and (usually) ports to large-use distros cleanly. - JaKooLit’s Fedora-Hyprland Repository: https://github.com/JaKooLit/Fedora-Hyprland https://github.com/JaKooLit/Fedora-Hyprland. The most popular automated setup guide and installer for Fedora, bundling Hyprland alongside pre-configured bars, launchers, and - Official Hyprland Wiki: wiki.hypr.land/Getting-Started/Installation/. The main reference guide for core configuration options, environment variables, and Wayland portal requirements. - Solopasha Fedora COPR copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/solopasha/hyprland. The primary community repository hosting cutting-edge builds of Hyprland and its ecosystem packages for - Fedora Discussion Tutorials: discussion.fedoraproject.org. Community walkthroughs covering minimal netinstall setups and distro-specific Wayland troubleshooting.
christophilus 17d ago
I run Niri and Dank Material Sell on Fedora. It’s perfect, and better than Omarchy from what I’ve seen. I much prefer scrolling window managers to tilers.
- porkloin 17d ago
  Yup. I've been on zirconium (https://github.com/zirconium-dev/zirconium https://github.com/zirconium-dev/zirconium) for a while, and it's great. Fedora atomic/bootc under the hood with Niri+DMS. Basically bombproof.
prmoustache 17d ago
Fedora (or debian, or archlinux or whatever distro you choose) doesn't force you into an UI. All of them have minimal, server and/or "flavored" versions and you can always uninstall and install whatever you want.
mandeepj 17d ago
So you need a new theme, and not a new OS :-)

agumonkey 18d ago

is there a fedora 44 ws with non free package built in ?

jm4 18d ago
You still have to use rpmfusion, which isn’t a huge deal. It’s maybe 5 min one time and then you are set. Or you could use one of the Universal Blue spins. Bluefin and Aurora have non-free stuff built in and you can install pretty much any package from anywhere.
- agumonkey 18d ago
  oh thanks a ton

KaiserPro 18d ago

Fedora is an arse to use. most of the distros for non free software are targeted at stable RHEL, so are miles out of date. You only get 6 months of updates, at which point everything break subtly, or not if you use nvidia. ubuntu with a custom GUI is the way forward, at least compared to fedora.

jasomill 17d ago
Counterpoint: I've had very few (and always minor) problems upgrading between major Fedora releases over the years with no more effort than following the well-documented steps to do so, including both traditional and atomic variants, the latter with a wide variety of layered packages as specifically not recommended due to potential problems when upgrading. And on the server side of things, I ran a Fedora CoreOS VM with a Pihole container that silently and successfully auto-updated both the OS and the service container for years with no intervention on my part.
- KaiserPro 17d ago
  I had to support fedora on desktop and laptop for a large company. Worse, it wasn't my job to support those machines, its just my department needed cuda and I was the slowest person to run away when they called for help.