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Re:My next Mac might be the last by tapoxi on Monday October 24, 2022 @04:28PM (#33322249)
Fedora deserves a mention as a solid desktop alternative to Ubuntu. It ships very up-to-date packages but doesn't require as much tweaking as, say, Arch. The default 'spin' is GNOME but they provide excellent support for Plasma, Cinnamon, etc.

I also think dnf is a more powerful and easier package manager than apt.

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Re:My next Mac might be the last by never_inline on Monday October 24, 2022 @11:39PM (#33325902)
> I also think dnf is a more powerful and easier package manager than apt.

To anyone reading this - dnf is much slower than apt, on the flip side.

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Re:My next Mac might be the last by RealStickman_ on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @03:45AM (#33327414)
It also does slightly more stuff than apt (maybe unnecessarily)
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Re:My next Mac might be the last by petepete on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @08:03AM (#33329372)
dnf is annoyingly slow but it's greatly improved via DNF Automatic. I just let it keep itself in sync and apply security updates automatically.

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/automatic.html

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Re:My next Mac might be the last by nateb2022 on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @12:51AM (#33339964)
This. Fedora is rapidly turning into what Ubuntu should have been, and is retaking its spot that Ubuntu took shortly after it came around. Ubuntu is turning into a legacy desktop, centered around tailoring Gnome to a Unity-esque desktop every release rather than embracing progress.

When Ubuntu 22.04 was released, I switched to Fedora for good. They get a GNOME distro right.

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