Ubuntu 24.04 Vs Fedora 40 - The ULTIMATE Linux Distro Battle! (2024)

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It’s that time of the year again and we have a brand new Ubuntu and a new Fedora, both released at the exact same time. Fedora 40 and ubuntu 24.04 LTS have dropped with refreshed desktops, updated kernels and the newest of everything.

Ubuntu and Fedora, both are two of the biggest and hottest Linux distos in the world. But the question that everyone has is, which one of these is the best? Which one of these two should I pick?

To help you answer that, I’ll take you on a deep dive with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Fedora 40. We’ll compare their performances, the user interfaces, stability, software availability, the gaming scene and a lot more, side by side. We’ll also objectively see- which of these two is the best.

I’ve been playing with the newest of Ubuntu and Fedora since they both hit beta and I’m really excited to share this video with you, because there’s a lot of interesting stuff that these two distros bring.

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1:47 User Interface
5:18 Software Availability
9:45 Performance
12:21 Stability & Usability
15:28 Gaming
16:38 Installation and Setup
18:34 Community Support
20:00 Personal Thoughts

22:18 His Linux Course

[NOTHING-yury]

Ubuntu currently getting many errors in my desktop so i use fedora

[rufaromutepfa]

Currently using ubuntu 24.04 have had an error free experience, it just works

[guilherme]

Fedora is a great distro, but Canonical does a good job with GNOME, making it more usable with less work.

[AamerHaq]

*Yesterday (25th May 2024) I installed Ubuntu 24.04 LTS*
1. NVIDIA drivers installed automatically (I was facing issues with fedora and previous ubuntu)
2. I observed the improvements in font rendering (Now I can read the Arabic and Urdu text clearly, both in apps and browsers)
3. Dark mode is looking awesome, switching between light and dark is so fast (But in browsers, page needs to be refresh manually)
4. I observed improvement in performance (response time, which we click or do anything)
5. I can see phonetics keyboard but it is working like macOS (still needs some work)
6. Apps are improved like, files, settings, notification panel, etc and some other minor improvements like padding and margin in Dock and other places

Overall... its really worth to upgrade the Ubuntu ❤️

[baracusba]

The Spiral Linux version of Ubuntu's parent Debian beats Ubuntu on ease of installation and stability. It pulls exclusively from Debian repos, but the developer has customized it to make it extremely user friendly. It pulls from several Debian repos that Debian doesn't have as default installation options.

Its the only thing that could install the proper wifi driver on a Macbook and another old PC I had, after trying several major distros first, including Ubuntu and Fedora. Debian used to offer an unofficial ISO that had more drivers but Spiral Linux appears to be the only option for that now without using a distro pulling from non-Debian repos. Really old laptops can run it too if you install and switch to LXDE desktop at the login menu, which Spiral Linux XFCE did with no complications.

If the Debian people had made this kind of desktop distro a long time ago, we probably wouldn't have seen nearly as many distros in the .deb world as we do today.

[mauriciorodrigues]

Minha primeira impressão do ubuntu 24.04 não foi boa estava cheio de erros inclusive no instalador, após algumas semanas as coisas se ajustaram e sinceramente não tenho problemas, hoje as coisas funcionam como deveriam, no Fedora 40 as coisas são mais estáveis logo de cara mas tive alguns pequenos bugs de áudio principalmente delay no chrome que me fizeram desistir do mesmo por hora.

[davebassi]

Running Ubuntu w deb, snap, flatpak, exe files.
Ubuntu for the win w out of the box dock, accent colors, driver manager and auto installation (along with everything the video mentioned).

[bottlerat]

Can you review Oreon Linux? It's a really cool distro! 😀

[oleakokaubeam]

Old MacBook Pro Mid 2010 could I run either of these os? Should I use a more lightweight Linux? Thank you for your thoughts.

[Kyle-Jade]

I just realised I've been using Ubuntu for 20 years. Gosh I feel old.

Funnily I still see haters online speaking mostly falsehoods of Canonical thinking its cool or hip to do so. Look at unity for example, everyone whined about it, now they want it back.

Truth is, canonical and ubuntu are awesome and its about time i say so. I've watched them make linux for human beings and their innovation is why I still use them today and plan to for the foreseeable future.


Random tip for new user to quit distro hoping. Just pick from a major distribution that you like best and forget the rest. oh and timeshift can be a life saviour.

[bgavin]

Nice video comparison. I agree with your comment about Nvidia having problems on Fedora. It matches my experience. I like flatpak better, but bad Nvidia keeps me away from Fedora.

[StartupMediaProduction]

hi, I run a video production house. I have davinci resolve studio and also use Blender for professional work. so for video and VFX what os you suggest, the Ubuntu or the fedora? especially from davinci resolve point of view. thanks if you can help me out with this decision

[abirmuhtasim]

I have been using Zorin OS for 1 year. Too tired to switch at this point

[khaled_hossain]

Fedora did not work on my 8 y/o laptop. It was too buggy and unstable. The UI kept crashing and I was stuck on a black screen.

[mahendrasrivastava]

My laptop has intel i3 processor 2nd generation. Which linux os would be best for me? Ubuntu 24.04 is good but I am facing slow boot problem.

[RealMangaAddict]

This comparison was perfect, exactly what I needed. Decided to go with Ubuntu mainly due to updates. I tried you Linux Mastery course as well. The content was extremely informative and I learnt soo much. Thank you!

[cybernit]

This morning a1rm4x explained about the new Nvidia 555 drivers which fix issues when using a Wayland desktop; I think Gnome 46 is ready for this. I have an AMD 7800xt not Nvidia; so would be nice if someone could confirm their Nvidia gpu works properly using Wayland, would be nice, thanks.

[RLTIII]

You made your ask before providing value. Rues opposite to the principle of reciprocity.

[greater]

Your "Ubuntu" pronounciation is on point like the natives