Why Has Fedora Become So Popular?

Today I talk about Fedora and why it has overshadowed Ubuntu over the last couple of years.
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[ArniesTech]

FYI: Fedora is not run by RedHat. Its run by a Community 100%. It is backed and financed by RH/IBM because they use Fedora as their playground to test things upstream. Just Like OpenSUSE for example is a Community project backed by the real thing SuSE GmbH.

Ubuntus main focus is enterprise where fancy innovation comes second after rock solid stability. Just like in RHEL and SLE.

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[psupogh]

Fedora and Arch are very popular among Linux youtubers because they both are bleeding edge in terms of features and updates and youtubers need that to produce content.

[thingsiplay]

People complaining about Matt talking too much about Fedora.
Matt: Okay, let me talk about Fedora why I am talking too much about Fedora...

Just golden. :D

[jpmyers]

Fedora using Gnome and Wayland on my Minisforum HX-90 is the best experience I've had with Linux. After years of distro hopping it's a no brianer. Good video Matt!

[AstrayCG]

As a 3D artist, I love that Fedora is compatible with most of the commercial CG software (that is made for Linux, of course) and is more suitable for home use than something like CentOS (or Rocky Linux / AlmaLinux now)

[Dudik]

I really like Fedora, but I have a problem with the software. Almost all of the companies and software developers exclusively support Ubuntu stable. This is a huge deal. I know that some of the software is unofficially ported to other distros, but this is not the same as getting an official package from the developers. I hope that we will solve this issue with flatpaks or something similar in the future. We will have way more freedom if there will be one unified package format.

[uMalice]

Fedora is gaining on Ubuntu quickly. I believe Fedora's continued support to Open Source makes the difference and Ubuntu is increasingly incorporating and working with closed source companies. No bueno. What is surprising is that Fedora's stability has continued since about 19-20 till now and I believe it will continue. Proving that working with large companies can pay off without selling out. Excellent video Matt! BTW, fedora on Mac M1 is going to be great. It flies!

[electricandfirerap]

Fedora is that distro that is in the perfect middle of stability and update packages. But if you add to that the nix package manager and bedrock linux it becomes AWESOME

[MichaelDeBusk]

As a former user of (and huge fan of) OS/2, I can tell you: IBM and Microsoft don't get along. Microsoft screwed IBM over with Windows 95, and they still co-hold some patents for pieces of OS/2 that they probably should have released before Windows 95 came out. OS/2 was supposed to be the default operating system shipped on PCs.

[JamesMowery]

Switched to Fedora from Arch a few months ago. Partially influenced by your praise and switch to it. (Was getting tired of small breakages on Arch.) Loving it!

[cheebadigga]

My two cents: Arch simply gives me too much power. I always break Arch (on Desktop). Fedora keeps me just a few steps away from "total control" which tremendously helps me not to break system packages as I can do more easily with Arch. I love Arch, don't get me wrong. Sometimes I just lose control because I have too much of it if that makes any sense.

[shadrackman]

I like arch, but it breaks a little too often for my liking. Sometimes it is only one program and other times its grub (very recent) or something system critical. Either way, Fedora is looking appealing. I might revisit it soon.

[RifterDask]

Gaming is the primary driver of growth in Linux desktop adoption right now. For AMD graphics users, Fedora offers an install-and-go experience and the pace of updates maximizes the chance that new games will be playable at launch. It also happens to be extremely stable, which is a must for a new user just looking to escape Windows. I figure it's about that simple.

[burgerchild]

I tried fedora KDE on my desktop (modern intel cpu and AMD graphics card) and it didn’t work well for me. I don’t remember the details, but I ended up switching to mint and switched it to KDE and I’ve really enjoyed it. I’m willing to give it another try one day because I do like some things about fedora a lot.

[Plyply]

Fedora and Garuda are by far my favorite distro's. Both work well with very few issues.

[bobby]

Just settled on Fedora today. I wanted something more stable than Arch for a production environment, and I couldn't get comfortable on any of the Ubuntu derivatives. Packages were too old, full kernel version behind etc. Honestly glad to have a distro that has reasonably recent software, a KDE flavor, and isn't going to break on me quite as easily.

[EstebanGT]

Forget about what others say. You do you. Keep uploading content you’re excited and proud about!

[roracle]

I started with Redhat 5, and used it through version 9. After that, the Fedora Core project started, but it was pretty terrible in those early days. I hopped around a bit back then until Ubuntu came out. That lasted a long time until they started doing what you're talking about here, and Pop became my main around that time. A few years ago I switched to Fedora on a whim, just because I was getting fed up with the underlying Ubuntu on Pop. I haven't looked back at this point and I hope the only reason to stop using Fedora is either death or because I end up making a dream distro based on Fedora for home users. That's an entirely different post though. Good video, keep it up.

[kefahissa]

I couldn't agree more.
Fedora strikes an amazing balance between stability and being really up to date.

[MyAmazingUsername]

I love Fedora because it's nice to have a distro that doesn't require you to be a 24/7 distro maintainer just to use it.

Fedora differs from other distros in that every change is very deliberate and done with care to ensure stability. It is an enterprise distro so that's to be expected.