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Is there a reason to pick Fedora over Ubuntu?
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Ubuntu (which is based on Debian) can be too slow to adopt newer software.
Arch on the other side is too quick.
Fedora is a good balance in-between.
Nearly all other distros are derived from these 3 families.
That and Ubuntu's obsession with Snaps is unhealthy. So many people recommend Debian or Mint over Ubuntu, if you want something very stable.
I was going to say, Fedora is not trying to push a bunch of snap apps up the users ass.
Interesting I would have assumed it was slower than Ubuntu in comparison given it's association with RHEL but looking it up it's sort of their "tip of the spear" when it comes to release testing. TIL