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I’ve always been very confused why fedora isn’t the go to distro…I mean I do understand why Ubuntu is so popular to newcomers but I’ve never understood why fedora always goes unmentioned
It’s by far been my easiest out of the box experience for regular desktop use
There's at least a small part of it related to the name 'Fedora'
At least for a long time, you had to set up RPMFusion to be able to play media, and having the additional repos tended to break on major upgrades for a bit after release
So, for beginners, it was a bit painful to suggest
Yes, thank you! Ubuntu, in my opinion, is not a beginner friendly experience. It also tends to break easily, at least in my opinion. I've had ongoing problems with Ubuntu, as soon as I installed Fedora all the problems went away.