> and First
Isn't that arch?
> mainstream radical new features like Wayland
Even if you qualify "First" with "mainstream", I think there might be more Steam Decks (running an arch variant) than Fedora installs :)
Re:Fedora Workstation 39
by doublepg23 on Saturday November 11, 2023 @07:56PM
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> and First
>> Isn't that arch?
Arch will have the packages first and I do love Arch, but it's not exactly a holistic, curated distro like Fedora.
Re:Fedora Workstation 39
by doubled112 on Saturday November 11, 2023 @08:30PM
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Arch is not always the most up to date. Fedora and openSUSE occasionally beat it to an update. I've seen Fedora packages from git commits where Arch sticks with latest stable as well.
glibc and GNOME come to mind as frequent "not first" packages.
As a bigger thing, I think Fedora implemented systemd before Arch.
Re:Fedora Workstation 39
by rozenglass on Saturday November 11, 2023 @10:46PM
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Arch focuses on fast packageing of the latest versions of existing applications, but leaves all but the most fundamental architectural decisions to the user. Fedora focuses on implemenring new experimental systems at the architectural level, integrating them with the distro, to make them, hopefully, easy to use out of the box.
Arch may have packages first but generally Fedora will have its packages integrated first; ie, if package A and package B release new versions to work with each other, then Arch may have the new versions first, but when Fedora releases the new versions then they'll be configured to work together, while Arch's packages may take a little longer for them to be configured appropriately
What many don't realize is that the Fedora project is much more than just the Fedora Linux distribution - it is a large and vibrant community of contributors and users with 4 strong values: Freedom, Friends, Features, and First (this last one is why Fedora is often touted as being the first Linux distribution to mainstream radical new features like Wayland, btrfs, and Systemd).
You can find the community forum at https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/