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Preparing to move from Ubuntu to Fedora (lemm.ee)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi! I'm seeking some advice and sanity check on hopping from Ubuntu to Fedora on my personal PC. I've been using Ubuntu LTS for almost two years now, switched from Windows and never looked back. But I cannot say I know Linux well. I use my PC for browsing, some gaming with Steam (I have AMD GPU), occasional video editing, tinkering with some self-hosted stuff that is on separate hardware.

I don't like the way Ubuntu is moving with snaps. And LTS version falls behind too much. So I decided to move to Fedora.

My plan is simple:

I will install Fedora on a fresh nvme drive. I want disk encryption, so I'm going to have LUKS over btrfs for /home, and the root will remain unencrypted.
I will copy all files from old /home to new /home, with the exception of dot-files.
I plan to make use of flatpaks, so I don't think configuration for my apps is easily transferable. I'll have to install and configure apps from scratch, unless I'll have to use an RPM package.

Does all of this make sense? Is there a way to simplify app re-configuration in my case?

And as I never used Fedora extensively (booting from live image doesn't count), are there any caveats I should be aware of?

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[+] [email protected] -15 points 11 months ago (10 children)

Don't move to Fedora. They are Red Hat and recently shat all over Free Software principles and broke the GPL by making Red Hat Enterprise CLOSED SOURCE.

They are dead to the Linux and Free Software world. You'll be going from bad to worse.

I HIGHLY recommend Linux Mint Debian Edition 6. It's based directly on Debian (one of the oldest distros ever and the best), is Free Software loving and 100% Community. No Greedy Corp Inc in sight.

It runs the excellent Cinnamon desktop and the Mint team have set up all the apps etc perfectly. And because it's Debian it's super reliable and has massive amounts of apps etc .

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

They are _ sponsored_ by Red Hat. That isn't an equivalent to being Red Hat.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Literally the majority of the developers working there are full time Red Hat employees. It's Red Hat disguised as community.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The last time the project leader measured it, only about 40% of Fedora contributors were known to be Red Hat employees. So while it's a big chunk, it's not a majority.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

Ok, thanks, good to know. So perhaps for now we can give Fedora a free pass.

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