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.

Personally, I really like dnf over apt, SELinux over apparmor, and firewalld over ufw, but it's all personal preference.

Ubuntu is based off of Debian, just use Debian instead.

Not enough people in here mentioning how nice a base vanilla DE experience is. I love vanilla gnome and it’s so refreshing to set up a fresh fedora install and have it so clean.

• the corporate side of Red Hat is far less evident on Fedora than Canonical’s on Ubuntu

• vanilla UX

• Atomic editions

• fast yet stable updates

• more lightweight ISO

it also has disadvantages, specially for nontechnical folks

• Free Software Policy (NVIDIA drivers and some codecs not pre-installed)
• non LTS version available (Atomic desktops are easier to manage if keeping un-updated for very long periods)
• it uses RPM packages which are good, but there might be some software only offering DEBs (containers and extraction tools can help with that)

Go ahead and try Ubuntu and let me know how much you love their "App Store" experience. So many broken apps in their Snap store.

Fedora just works. Ubuntu is like the Windows of Linux. They think they know better than their users and, as such, try to force feed you the things they think are better, even when they're worse.

Snap

It's also compatible with Mint, Zorin, Xubuntu, etc, which are another leading distros than Fedora.

What do you mean? Any distro is compatible with any other distro.

Ubuntu forces Snaps (app packaging format) down your throat that take up more space and RAM than Flatpaks, were developed with powerful servers in mind first and common user second and are less commutity-developed standard. Also, last time I checked it had some sponsored bloatware.

Canonical.

Another user mentioned a handful of benefits. I would add that Fedora is more secure than Ubuntu or any of the derivatives you mentioned out of the box. In fact, it’s more secure than most other regular Linux distros.

I also like that it uses vanilla versions of Gnome and KDE. They leave the customization to the end user.

Speaking of KDE, if you prefer it, there are few distros that do it better. Maybe OpenSUSE Tubleweed or ~~Open Mandriva ROME~~. For me, Fedora KDE Plasma fits my needs almost perfectly.

Finally, I think the installer is way better. Ubuntu’s has become less flexible over the years. Fedora’s is still super easy but offers a lot more options.

The one potential drawback I can think of is that official versions of some software are only available as a .deb. That’s more and more rare in my experience.

Ubuntu is the leading distro

Leading in what? By most users? With that argument we should install Windows, because its the leading platform.

The only reason is f*ck snap and Ubuntu for forcing it onto users

Canonical sucks.

I prefer Fedora over Ubuntu because they are more up to date and put Flatpak over Snap.

But the real reason I originally switched was that the Ubuntu installer crashed 5 times in a row and then I tried Fedora and liked it

Biggest benefit to Fedora over Ubuntu would be more up-to-date packages. Debian-based distros tend to run much older versions of everything. Fedora brings you closer to upstream releases.

Ubuntu is the most broken distro I have ever used. From when it first came out until today.

Pick anything over Ubuntu.

I do really like fedora. If you want the latest stuff as fast as a rolling distro, with zero update issues, you want fedora.

I think Ubuntu is a popular distro. Not necessarily leading in any way. There's other popular distros out there, distros with good documentation, simple to use or beginner friendly, distros which are fast or have a lot of software available. And I'm -personally- not a huge fan of Canonical's business decisions and what they're trying to push on a given day... So I pick different Linux distros. YMMV.

#Ubuntu has snaps which are a really annoying way to distribute software updates. I was a long term #Ubuntu user but have moved to #debian, with #Kde if I need a GUI instead of that horrid #gnome rubbish. All the third party software I use works just as well on debian as it did in ubuntu.

How do you feel about an AI agent being in the distro? There is no privacy with a free AI agent.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/the-future-of-ai-in-ubuntu/81130

If you are comfortable using fedora or if you are fine learning about fedora, use fedora.

I personally wouldn't use Ubuntu with it's recent controversy in specific the "explicit AI features" planned to be implemented within ubuntu. I'd suggest avoiding it out of privacy concerns even if it runs locally on your system.

the general trend for AI adoption, is to make it accessible for anyone to onboard, and then slowly control the users by (for example) making users connect to their servers to use their chatbot which then they can train, and have a better profile of you.

Canonical never mentioned that, in fact they mentioned quite the inverse. but any implementation of an AI chatbot, Tech companies aren't doing it because of how revolutionary AI is. The AI is the product and your data is what they want.

I'm not saying canonical is pursuing that initiative, but that's generally how it goes for most tech companies. Don't take my word for it, ask yourself, "what service does Ubuntu provide? what financial backing (sponsorships) do they have?" I've looked far and wide and the only thing I've found is, they offer a free OS install as their consumer grade product, and a subscription service to their enterprise network that is clearly not a sustainable business model (from an engineering perspective) for a multi-thousand employee company.

I think Fedora Kinoite is the best distro for someone coming from Windows due to KDE's flexibility and similarity to Windows and it's immutability. Default Ubuntu is great for people familliar with MacOS, and it can even be themed to be basically indistinguishable.

Fedora does good work on security and it doesn't have snaps. But personally I prefer the stability of Debian (not that I daily drive it).

I just switched from PopOS (Ubuntu) to Nobara (Fedora) and I fucking love it. Its a perfect middle ground between bleeding edge Arch and slow to adopt Ubuntu. Also, flatpack.