Hello everyone, I've recently been curious to try Fedora Linux. I've been using Linux Mint for a while now, and while I really enjoy Mint, I think it's time to finally give something else a try. I want to go to a different distribution that will allow me to customize it more and have better support for GNOME and KDE.

Any information I should know before trying it out?

  • thetaT [none/use name]
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    6 months ago

    Bazzite does far too much. Out of the box, it "tweaks" GNOME in like 5000 different ways that are each their own unique pain in the ass to disable, and includes far too much bloatware for my taste, and includes like 30 different daemons that are nearly useless.

    For my gaming rig, I ended up trying Nobara instead, which has its own set of problems (custom icon pack, some bloatware) but they're relatively easy to fix (change icon pack back, put all the custom Nobara apps in one folder).

    In the end I just went with regular, stock Fedora. No issues so far. I don't really see the need for these gaming-focused distributions.

    • hello_hello [comrade/them]
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      6 months ago

      Gaming focused distros are designed to have all the software you'd want ootb even if you don't need it and to also have a community dedicated to make gaming on Linux better with fixes and whatnot.

      In your case, why even go with Fedora anyway? Why not NixOS if you're concerned about unnecessary components in your OS and having other people decide what should be included in the distro or not?

      • thetaT [none/use name]
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        6 months ago

        I do have NixOS on my laptop. But that's besides the point. My point is that Fedora ships a "stock" experience, whereas these gaming-focused distros ship their own stuff on top, some of which is bothersome and bloatware.

        Why does Nobara ship its own updater? GNOME Software has one built in. Why does it ship a 3rd party icon pack, that just feels completely out of place? If it stuck to just kernel patches and whatnot, it would be a fantastic distribution. But no - it has to come with a patched Nautilus that breaks search, 9 different apps that do not at all integrate with the desktop, a custom icon pack, and a shitload of problems.

        And don't even get me started on bazzite. It took me half an hour just to undo all the dconf "tweaks" they do to GNOME - and that's just the surface.

        A lot of these gaming distros feel less like distros targeted towards general users, and more towards the creators' personal taste.