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Finally done with the distro-hop: My return to Fedora

2026-08-01 13:26 UTC

Two years into full-time Linux and I’m finally burning the distro-hopping cycle. I fell for the Arch/AUR trap for a while, but I got tired of spending my weekends debugging file manager crashes instead of maintaining my home lab. Switched back to Fedora, and it’s boring in exactly the way I need it to be. It’s a stable launchpad for my projects, not the project itself.

Replies (11)

  • @Nibodhika@lemmy.world 2026-08-02 05:38

    I fell for the Arch/AUR trap for a while, but I got tired of spending my weekends debugging file manager crashes instead of maintaining my home lab. What sort of file manager crashes were you having?

    Open ##4323388

  • @Mistiygirl@lemmy.zip 2026-08-01 16:52

    What is it with everyone going to Fedora? New Ubuntu apparently.

    Open ##4323665

  • Debian for everything.

    Open ##4324546

  • @Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 2026-08-02 03:19

    I’ve recently had some issues with Fedora (KDE). After I install any update it tells me to restart to finish installing. So I restart and it still tells me the same thing. Probably time I distrohop again. With the usual restriction of “either upstream or Mint, otherwise you’re doing it wrong”. There are 6 options. Ubuntu is obviously out. Arch is not my cup of tea. Fedora is already ruled out. Debian/Mint aren’t as secure as Fedora/OpenSUSE. That leaves me with going back to OpenSUSE Leap. But the proprietary media codecs on OpenSUSE come from the AUR … looks like I’m out of options.

    Open ##4325102

  • @orioler25@lemmy.world 2026-08-02 16:57

    Fedora for fun, OpenSUSE for work.

    Open ##4338831

  • @SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 2026-08-01 15:37

    Debian for servers and fedora for desktop for me. Some people I will put on Mint for desktop use, if they are super non-technical.

    Open ##4339383

  • @Asonyxi@sh.itjust.works 2026-08-02 04:21

    Luckily for me, I switched from Cachy to Fedora kde right before the AUR attacks started happening. Fedora honestly feels like home to me now. I customized it to have a very Gnome like workflow, and its working flawlessly for me.

    Open ##4340239

  • @l3mming@lemmy.world 2026-08-02 07:24

    Don’t get comfy, I used to be fedora, then debian, then arch. Mint + Cinnamon is my final resting place.

    Open ##4340664

  • @jjlinux@lemmy.zip 2026-08-02 21:02

    I went thought the exact same process for about 3 months, on CachyOS. Went back to Fedora about 3 weeks ago on both my laptop and PC, and it is refreshing.

    Open ##4342757

  • @muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 2026-08-03 03:06

    Selinux Rootless podman networking These things are awful on their own to comprehends for those of us without comp-sci degrees, but fedora has me boxing with them more than I expected and fuck everyone involved with that!

    Open ##4345893

  • @DieserTypMatthias@lemmy.ml 2026-08-03 14:27

    NixOS for everything except my phones (one clean iPhone with Lockdown mode enabled and one Pixel 9a with GrapheneOS).

    Open ##4356856