Fedora 36: Leading Edge Linux Distro

[@grayfox7306]

Your criticism is right on target. There are standard features users expect to see. Keep up the good work.

[@razorSH]

This might be the case for new users coming from other OS or DE, but actually many people love the stock Gnome workflow. It is just not meant to be used like Windows. It is completely different workflow and requires getting used to.

[@darkiceywolf2953]

@@NiloNova that is also true I want it to be intermediate effort to use a Linux distro. I expect things to just work.

[@razorSH]

@@NiloNova That's why there are many desktop environments

[@AdamWarner]

I think it could be better framed as an explanation rather than a criticism. Gnome doesn't work like exactly like other desktop environments, but that is intended, it is designed to be different. Fedora is focused on being a basic Gnome experience, and it does that very well. If you don't like Gnome, that is fine, a good thing about Linux is how many alternative desktop environments there are. But if you don't like it and suggest it should work like other Desktop Environments, that is missing the point. Its like getting into an Automatic car and saying it doesn't have enough pedals or a gear stick. They are two separate options, and options are good.

[@razorSH]

​@@NiloNova People can pick literally any other DE and have the familiar experience you talk about. Gnome was never about that and many people like it for exactly that reason, it's all about efficiency and simplicity. And plus, what is the point of having 10 different desktop environments if they are the same ? Installing Gnome and criticizing that it is different from say KDE is just ridiculous. Not quite sure what is so hard to understand here.

[@ffieditor]

what I have always like about your reviews is your willing nest to point out the bad as well as the good in the Linux distros. What you like or dislike in the version your reviewing.

[@cloerenjackson3699]

*willingness

[@folksurvival]

Willing nest?

[@katnerd-Glen]

I've actually been contemplating checking out Nobara OS which is based on Fedora. It's a distro made by the guy who has been doing the majority of work on Proton. He said he wants to develop it into a setup that doesn't require the user to keep going back to terminal. It's gaming focused, obviously, but the dev has a good track record and he's actually a Red Hat dev.

[@ExplainingComputers]

This I will take a look at. Thanks for the tip.

[@Grant_S_M]

Seems promising! Going to check this out

[@user-lq3tv4nd8w]

@@ExplainingComputers while your at it check Garuda Linux (Very beautiful Os based on arch)

[@snowhusk]

​​@@user-lq3tv4nd8w I second this. I run Garuda KDE on desktop, and it's a marvelously robust experience for whatever I might do

[@tanujrana8490]

@@user-lq3tv4nd8w bloated arch with an unbearable default theme imo

[@NOPerative]

Got to say that KDE has been getting really good lately and the next two feature updates are supposed to drop some cool features & enhancements; used Gnome almost exclusively for 20 years with XFCE and Cinnamon showing up occasionally, but KDE has recently started to steal the show (with me). I can see why you would opt to go with KDE while testing Fedora. More and more I notice that KDE has a great many features, and behavior simplifying transition into Linux for Windows users. Excellent review btw.

[@ProfessorHoffman]

Agreed, the KDE spin of Fedora is great

[@tonysheerness2427]

Altering the thickness of the scroll bar is a must if you have a cheap or poor mouse, as where it says is the cursor or pointer is not always true, so having a wider one helps enormously.

[@Reziac]

Or if you don't have perfect aim for whatever reason (age, vision, infirmity, or impatience) or are in a hurry and just want to grab it and give it a good yank, not grope the area for that one active pixel (which is not always aligned with the scrollbar). Too often "elegant" means "only perfect people can use it". :(

[@virtuo3612]

Have you forgotten about the scroll wheel?

[@tonysheerness2427]

@@virtuo3612 It does not always work.

[@Reziac]

@@virtuo3612 As Tony says -- doesn't always work, or not as desired.

[@malekal-sharie8845]

You are the one and only who sees, shows, criticizes and introduces operating systems exactly the way we want the way we need, it's like you are our own eyes and hands in doing so, it's like you can read my mind then do the review of the system answering exactly my inquiries and/or fulfilling my curiosity and interest. Thank You thank You thank You!

[@CCoburn3]

Fedora was my first Linux distro -- way back when it was called Red Hat. (Before the split between Fedora and Red Hat.) It's true that back then, Linux was tough to use. But Red Hat was particularly difficult. Drivers were rarely available, so it took days to get printers working, and scanners simply would not work. Red Hat had virtually no media support, so sound was particularly dodgy. But it was the best we could do in those days. I'm glad the "good old days" are long gone.

[@dougr.8653]

Great video, Mr. Barnett. I’ve been using Fedora KDE for a long time. It is not a distribution that I normally recommend for beginners, but it is a solid Spin from the community. I am not a big fan of Gnome desktop😂. I rather use MATE. Good Sunday to all. Cheers!

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks for this. I found Fedora KDE to be the best!

[@JFDSmit-rm6tw]

@@ExplainingComputers Do you have a video of the difference and pro/con of, each of the desktops? As a wannabe convert from Windows, I would like to start Linux with one that is familiar.

[@wassim-akkari]

Gnome is the default for a reason. 😎

[@CodexSan]

@@JFDSmit-rm6tw by levels of familiarity you should use KDE. GNOME (at least its more modern iterations) is a beast of its own.

[@JFDSmit-rm6tw]

@@CodexSan Thank you

[@perrymcclusky4695]

It is impressive on how far many of the distros of Linux have come. Looking forward to your next video!

[@NijiDash]

Great video once again! I actually installed Fedora 36 GNOME a day ago on my primary desktop computer and I'm loving it so far. Using the Magic Trackpad 2, it's the best experience I've had so far with the gestures GNOME offers. It feels fresh and modern to me, and with the advent of increasing Wayland usage it's also quite a big deal that gaming is now also working very well while using it. Most people do indeed expect the maximize and minimize buttons to be available, but the minimalist (no pun) in me actually does like only having the close button being there. It would be a good option for this to be customizable in the options (and not just the Tweak Tool). All in all, a great Linux distribution and a nice release. It's also good that spins are a thing, so people can choose their DE without having to deal with system bloat.

[@seraphim1833]

Fedora with Gnome has been my daily driver for a while and I love it. I hopped over from Arch with Dwm. I love how Fedora combines bleeding edge technologies while being comparatively stable (I’m also not skilled enough to constantly deal with configuring Arch lol). Gnome is very keyboard centric, as any good DE should be. It uses a lot of common keybindings. Mod +1,2,3,4 etc launch applications on the dock. If you want to quickly access all your applications, then press the mod key two times quickly. If you want to resize your applications on the current workspace, then use mod+arrow keys. Crtl + alt and left/right arrows switch between workspaces. Alt +f4 closes an application. Alt+f11 toggles full screen for an application. Mod+d hides all open applications. And finally, ctrl+alt+delete opens the system shutdown dialog. Hope this helps.

[@stanpotter7764]

6:20 Mr Scissors makes an appearance! 😃 Always loved Fedora and Mandrake/Mandriva. Thanks for the sneak peek and reminder to take latest Fedora for a spin! 🙏

[@ExplainingComputers]

Ah yes, you are right! I missed Mr Scissors there. He gets around.

[@kk0dj]

Chris - your comments about the missing bits are spot-on. Few may want to spend hours adding bits that should have been included. A good distribution indeed other than that!

[@JCO2002]

Man, I've been using Mint with Cinnamon for a while and didn't realize I could adjust the width of the scroll-bar until I watched this. Thank you!

[@bevintx5440]

Thanks for a frank review of Fedora 36 with the GNOME 42 desktop. Last week I watched a different review of that Linux distribution, but nothing was said about all the missing basic configurations. While those can be added later, I have no desire to spend my time adding what IMO should have been included in the first place.

[@mikefinn2101]

Glad to watch another exciting video from you. I learn so much and helps with my Linux mint and Raspberry Pi. always enjoy watching and learning many thanks

[@renobodyrenobody]

Ha, yes, I was waiting for another video from Chris! Thanks a lot! And I hope to see one more video veeeery sooon!

[@sbc_soc_tinkerer]

Impeccable timing as usual sir! It is time for me to upgrade my Dell Venue 11 tablet from Fedora 34. Will attempt the in place upgrade. I generally do not use GNOME but when I do, the first thing I do is install GNOME Tweaks which gives you the capabilities you are mentioning, minimize, maximize windows, desktop icons etc. This is a GNOME thing as they keep things “clean” and not a Fedora shortfall. On one PC I use Kubuntu with the KDE desktop and another PC has Fedora with Cinnamon. Thank you and hope you are doing well.

[@k.b.tidwell]

I agree with all of the basic interface detail omissions comments you've made, and that's why any distro I've tried with a standard GNOME installation have been instead used with XFCE. There's no point whatsoever in using a GUI that forces you to work harder. Especially, I use small screen laptops, 1366x768 mostly, and a scale factor of 1.35 gives me an ideal (for my eyes) mix of readability and screen real estate. Got to be able to scale! Great video, ol pal.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks for this, appreciated. I sometimes get the impression that some developers think that scaling is only a thing for 4K screens or multi-monitor setups. And it isn't true! I, like you, always need to apply a scale factor on a laptop, and know I am not alone in this.

[@tarmaque]

I'm a huge fan of xfce, simply for its configurability. I used to be a Gnome fan, but there hasn't been a Gnome release in ten years that I really liked. Plasma and Cinnamon both try too hard to emulate a Windows environment. I do have an SBC running Mate as well, because for some reason nobody has ported xfce to it. I've learned to live with it.

[@maxarendorff6521]

Gnome is especially great on Laptops due to the powerful keyboard shortcuts and touchpad gestures which XFCE doesn't have. Maybe you should take the time to learn how Gnome works before you criticize?

[@ExplainingComputers]

@@maxarendorff6521 I am well aware of how GNOME works, and did stress and show in the video how it is tended for keyboard-centric use. But this is a review of Fedora 36 on a general computing channel were most people will have reasonable expectations of UI elements and function. And any OS and desktop that requires the adoption of a new way of working rightly deserves some light criticism in a world in which there is strong convergence between, eg, Windows, macOS and most Linux desktops in terms of basic UI functionality. As for using GNOME on laptop, for me (and others who have commented here) that would be a complete non-starter, as -- at least pre-extensions -- I would have no means of comfortably reading the screen! :) Many people, require a fractional scale setting, and/or scaling of fonts, to use any OS on a laptop! :)

[@tarmaque]

@@maxarendorff6521 I have zero problems with xfce on my laptop. I don't understand what you're talking about. You sound like the typical gnome apologist who thinks everyone should do absolutely everything from the keyboard.

[@fahadus]

After months of digging about and procrastinating, I had finally chosen Fedora KDE as my first serious Linux setup on my work laptop. I was just having fun with the live environment and ready to install, when I found out they released 36, so I went aheard and installed that. Since the release though, I was expecting a lot more love for the KDE spin. It's a little buggy, but ultimately great! One thing that stood out and played an important role in my decision is the battery life. I had tried a couple of Linux versions last year on the same laptop and battery life was terrible even after installing TLP and whatnot. Had to go back to Windows. This time it appears the battery life is significantly better, even compared to Windows and that's out of the box. Great job by Fedora team! Let's hope it stays that way.

[@yash1152]

what's TLP? have u tried LXQT DE with fedora?? i've heard the LXQT is lightest DE

[@fahadus]

@@yash1152 KDE Plasma seems to be really well optimized. So much so that I don't find a need to find an alternative at the moment. TLP is a battery optimization tool.

[@yash1152]

@@fahadus ohkay, i thought u were using it with SSDs

[@fahadus]

@@yash1152 I am. What do you mean?

[@yash1152]

@@fahadus you said that KDE is optimised in the battery sense. I was talking in the sense of their daily read-write cycles which do effect SSD life. LXQT is lighest in that sense as well (i have heard that, not personal exp yet).

[@TalesOfPeople]

Great episode. I switched to Fedora when 35 was released after developing on Ubuntu for many years. I'm happy since upgrading to 36 so much that I've installed it on my gaming PC now too!

[@JoseFernandez-yz1sf]

I have been using Opensuse for a while, now I am thinking to go back to Fedora, which I used before for a long time, excellent video as usual, thanks EC.

[@lenniegodber7805]

Linux is so amusing. Even after decades of development the greatest points of interest on new version releases seems to still be the location of the status bars, colour themes and search options. It’s no wonder the OS has such limited reach despite all their efforts

[@ExplainingComputers]

Whilst I agree with this, the same can be said when you watch reviews of a new version of Windows or macOS! :)

[@canonwright8397]

An honest review. Thank you. It's refreshing to see content creators who are not afraid to give their own opinion. Keep up the good work, and have a nice day.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks. :)

[@alexprice8339]

Your points are very genuine...hope they improve these things in next version updates....fedora is light operating system which work fine in low hardware device....mini windows laptop lags and hangs very much so i installed fedora 36 and it gives me fast experience and my all work done very fast

[@gunthermergel8529]

Hello Chris, thank you very much for this great video on Fedora! As with all previous Fedora versions, the installer is a disaster if you want to install Fedora alongside other distros you already have on your hard disk.. In order not to risk data loss, I installed Fedora 36 on a separate hard drive - just like you. It would have been more helpful to show the installation step by step alongside other distros. Who likes to give a whole hard disk for a single distro? But all in all, thanks again for this great video! Karl (Aachen, Germany)

[@AyaWetts]

eh... my current install is just Fedora 36 alone on a drive since its my daily driver now, but when I tried the Beta I had Windows 11, Manjaro, and Arch, and added in Fedora and it went in fine and had no issues, updated Grub with an option for each and they all booted fine.

[@RobertBoerner]

Excellent video as always. I would very much like to see Chris do a review of i3 window manager, as is available in one of the Fedora spins.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Noted. :)

[@aaronbedell3753]

Always love your Linux content, thank you for this. Our house is currently researching Distros for a newish secondary gaming (on Linux OS) rig, not as a daily driver,. My desktop is Win and laptop is Mint, the boy's primaries are the same,. Gaming without Win seems harder, but we going to try over the summer, fedora is on our short list, thought it seems like a decent number of extensions and flat pack management to get us there. But should be interesting. Thanks for another great video.

[@VulpisFoxfire]

Hate to say it, but depending on your gaming interests, your best bet for a gaming rig might not be Linux, but Windows, especially if you're a Steam user. Even with Proton, the support isn't quite there yet--and even their own SteamOS doesn't properly run a good portion of games, much less a regular Linux distro. :-/

[@KerbalSpaceCommand]

I've been using fedora for a couple years now, I just installed 36 yesterday. When I update the OS I do a clean install, how do you update it without doing a clean install?

[@garyedwards9800]

Thanks for the video, Chris. I hadn’t tried Fedora for many years due to hardware issues. The new distro feels much more solid. I think I will prefer Xfce rather than the very minimalist default GUI. All the best.

[@gaptastic]

Watching the beginning of this video (up to ~11minutes) I was getting very frustrated. Then, of course, you addressed it ... the keyboard. Thank you! Bless your kind soul! I do everything via keyboard. In fact, I think the mouse should be removed (kinda). Anyways thank you for the video. Keep looking up and providing us great videos!

[@OM-bs7of]

The criticism 12:40 sounds like they are spanning from heavy usage of the Windows operating system and similar Linux counterparts. Just because Gnome doesn't have say a maximize or minimize button of the window bar or other windows originated UI features doesn't mean that it's wrong. If someone were to use Gnome as their first desktop environment they would not complain about a thing.

[@ExplainingComputers]

You are right, some of my criticism (like the max/min buttons) is because pure GNOME as in Fedora is different. So yes, it is not "wrong" in this sense, and in many ways I applaud it for being different. But in a world in which Windows, macOS and most Linux desktops are converging to common UI elements and standards, it is not unreasonable to point out that default Fedora is not as easy to use for most users as almost every other desktop on the planet. And even if somebody used pure GNOME first it and did not complain, it would not mean it has as efficient UI, it would just be that the user had not experienced a more efficient system. :) On scaling, the default Fedora desktop is rendered unusable due to a lack of font and/or interface size control. So using GNOME first would make any difference for me and many othr people. If an OS delivers an interface that is not comfortable to read, this is not an issue of which OS you use first!

[@Realswagoverlord]

Chris back again with another awesome linux vid

[@stephenoran2019]

Great review. Thanks for your honest evaluation of this and other operating systems (as well as hardware). Informative and enjoyable.

[@souravas]

I agree. You shouldn't need to manually add these features using extensions. Once you add maximize/minimize buttons, app indicator icons and a dock, it becomes similar to Ubuntu. Fedora doesn't have snaps, which makes app load times slightly faster than Ubuntu.

[@faro_inc]

I really think this channel as informative, impartial and enjoyable to watch. Thank you for sharing your views Christopher 👍

[@ExplainingComputers]

Much appreciated.

[@chriholt]

Thank you for the review, and explaining the relationship between Fedora and Red Hat. Red Hat was my first attempt at using Linux a LONG time ago. I didn't have a great experience with it back then, and it was a long time before I dove back into the world of Linux again.

[@ArniesTech]

Fell in love with Fedora from day 1 so I decided to dedicate my first video to its installation process 🙏

[@Supernaut2000]

Excellent review Chris. I’m glad I waited for your Fedora review. But it will be Unbutu for me. I feel Fedora is like Beta was, technically better but Unbutu as VHS wins the day. Plus I don’t want to have to upgrade my OS so often with Fedora as inevitably something will get dropped and angst will appear.

[@ExplainingComputers]

A very nice comparison.

[@AnilArya51]

I tried Fedora (35) for some time and I liked the interface although I had a tough time in the terminal as I'm used to Ubuntu and Mint. But I think your criticisms are right as it could be hidden for a advanced user to change according to users personal choice.

[@JessicaFEREM]

fedora has seemed to me to be the most stable and no-frills distro that just gets work done. I'm guessing the corproate backing makes fedora seem more stable, but I guess it's that way also because most developers either develop for ubuntu or fedora, but imo ubuntu has weird bugs and incompatibilities that just don't happen in fedora. like if you download a package for an older version of ubuntu, it refuses and doesn't work a lot of the time. plus RPM Fusion adds a lot of the packages that normal people would want, adding an AUR-like repo to fedora.

[@pavelsosin1554]

Yes, this is true - "The Corporate supporting Fedora" is the same corporation that releases the Enterprise and Cloud computing workhorse - RHEL. So, it is assumed that its development process is built to create very stable and secure releases. Fedora project is used as the testbench for new concepts and produces code for the future Enterprise software.

[@chazdomingo475]

Fedora is the most secure version of Linux as well. It has had almost half the vulnerabilities of Debian over the last 30 years.

[@eljuano28]

Regarding iso's and other images; I've been using RPi's imager instead of balena etcher lately. I used it successfully to put tow-boot and mobian (phosh) on my pinephone pro via microSD reader and to put debian 11 on an ancient duo powered laptop through USB drive, (which is oddly well handling it.) Most might have another software preference for these operations, (I do too,) but it's at least interesting that you probably could if you feel like being different or had no other choice. Download, decompress, open RPi imager, select the option to use your own image from your Pi, choose your iso, gz, whatnot, select destination drive, select write. Easy as, ... um, ... You know what I mean. Nice video today Chris and nice to see you. I don't have any experience with fedora, but that's probably because I'm partial to debian related distros. We all have our preferences.

[@CrustyAbsconder]

Thank you for the video. I have watched several Linux fans make such videos. I think it is fair to point out that Fedora sets the bar for certain things, and with some effort on the part of the user, they can get Fedora installed on their machine to their liking. Also, Fedora is already working on Fedora 37, and there are people working on things that will be new in Fedora 38. I like all the games that Gnome offers. I do not play them often, though. Ironically though, I use Debian Bulleye ( Gnome 3.38 ), in a Crostini container on an old crusty Chromebook running Version 102 Beta of ChromeOS.

[@isaacmadhavan]

" Crostini container on an old crusty Chromebook" Some nice play with words there...

[@RoboNuggie]

Christopher, you were getting a little feisty in this review, I like it :-)

[@jordanferrazza8700]

12:11 Windows has shortcut keys for window options and Alt+Space to open the window context menu with accelerator keys. Does this have similar things? 15:12 Can't just overwrite the desktop extension in the OS?

[@karsten_m]

gnome-tweaks provides more options, like selection of fonts and text-scaling. Shame it isn't included in many default installations.

[@AbteilungsleiterinBeiAntifaEV]

To my knowledge, gnome doesn't want distros to include gnome tweaks with the default gnome.

[@gokhanersumer2273]

@@AbteilungsleiterinBeiAntifaEV then they blame microsoft for their "one size fits all" approach

[@kyoudaiken]

I for myself have decided to use Kubuntu now. The ease of use and the KDE Plasma environment with X11 suits me the most. I am just due to fix 2 issues with my main PC which has an NVidia GPU. I might be lucky to have this fixed soon when the open source NVidia drivers come into fruition.

[@Doobie3010]

About time Nvidia pulled it's finger out!

[@ranjanadissanayaka5390]

I'm new to fedora..this review definitely helped me...thanks man.

[@ExplainingComputers]

No problem 👍

[@oskar3514]

Fedora is not my selected OS, I rahter keep an Ubuntu based distro, currently using MX Linux, and very happy with it. In any case, GREAT VIDEO, AS ALLWAYS.

[@8ghaly]

12:13 you could double click ribbon to maximize And (super key/ windows key) + H to minimize I know it's annoying to use keyboard to minimize but i kinda like it and don't want it to change.

[@tedoyle61]

I completely agree. Fantastic video. Yep, you do point out the good and the bad i/e your concerns about the subject at hand.

[@ElmerFuddGun]

So Cinnamon has lots of room for the MENU boarders but can only make the scroll bar a few pixels wide and the program icons stay small. - 17:23 Just look at all that space around the icons on the menu's left yet the scroll bar is sooooo narrow!

[@gpalmerify]

Enjoy the detail on this video. Fedora seems to be designed as a development sandbox with as "clean" a UI as possible. I imagine it's used headlessly quite a bit too. Wouldn't be the OS I'd choose for proprietary development due to the relatively short support and required update intervals.

[@ran2wild370]

They gave us CentOS stream.... //Solaris free for personal use// is also is underway, but isn't it too late to do CPR for this sunOS??? :-)))

[@thomasburns1846]

Another good review! My desktop of choice using Fedora, Debian or Linux Mint, has been Cinnamon.

[@paulbirch8576]

Thank you for another great and illuminating linux distro presentation!

[@paulbirch8576]

BTW，I gave you a shout out on LinkedIn.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks. :)

[@doncosner2611]

Kind of makes me appreciate the customization Ubuntu does. I had been thinking about looking at a more pure Gnome release and this for sure changed my mind.

[@ExplainingComputers]

I have to admit that I was very shocked to discover how much better GNOME 42 is implemented in Ubuntu . . .

[@pesomistic7656]

Excellent rundown once again Chris

[@alanthornton3530]

Another enjoyable Sunday video from Chris @ E.C, he always makes content showing the positives & negatives in a clear & concise way. For me personally I'd stick with KDE plasma or Cinnamon spins, having the ability to increase the size of the side scroll bar to a single finger KitKat is quite novel. I always use the USB writer built into Linux Mint for any ISO's I download, it seems to work OK for me! I'm looking forward to your next video. :)

[@parrotraiser6541]

Distribution developers make constant progress with each upgrade, but not always in the right direction. It's really annoying when some favoured feature disappears without warning in an "upgrade. Carefully reading release note deltas before deciding whether to accept one is a chore.

[@MohamedAli965]

Your linux videos are always fantastic

[@ExplainingComputers]

Glad you like them!

[@peteryates308]

I really enjoyed watching this review. I've used GNOME since version 1 and forget about how odd it is compared to other systems. You can drag a window to the top of the screen to maximise it, I find doing that much easier than clicking a maximise button.

[@jgarbo3541]

Thanks Chris, proved my point about Gnome, and why I use Plasma (MX21).

[@treyquattro]

Hi Chris, another great Linux video which will surely help Linux gain wider acceptance. One thing you missed though: checking that the ISO you download is correct against a hash. All Linux distros make this pretty straightforward to do, although there always seems to me to be some editing and other little things that need doing. It might be a little more difficult to check a hash in Windows since it doesn't ship with shasum as far as I can recall. Fedora also required me to download some GPG keys which other distros don't (or haven't in the past). I'm running the Fedora 36 KDE spin as a test installation alongside Debian, Ubuntu 22.04 and Windows 11. It's a very good distro and no wonder that Linus Torvalds reputedly runs Red Hat as his distro of choice.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Fedora's installer does check the hash, so this occurred where I show it in the video. But more generally, I never check a hash (provided I have downloaded from a known source, which I always do). Years ago, when download errors were common, certainly I used such methods. But I find it bizarre to check ISOs when we don't check any other form of downloaded file.

[@jmdennis1967]

I am using the KDE version myself. I have never really liked Gnome as I have used KDE or other desktop environments. Even though I do not make a lot of changes in KDE I like the fact that I can do this with out much trouble. With Gnome it has always been harder to make these changes

[@AndrewAHayes]

Red Hat was my very first Linux distro, I got it on the disk that came with a PC magazine in 1997, it wasn't as good as Windows but showed potential, it ran extremely fast though and was functional as an office computer OS, now I run Linux Mint as my daily driver Chris, is there any chance of you doing a video on the default virus and malware protection on various distros?

[@ExplainingComputers]

Good video idea -- noted. :)

[@yash1152]

0:13 i am kinda liking this gradient background, it feels much easier on the eyes than the plain white.

[@raymondorenda7385]

Let me digress a little. From amazing internet speed to graphics enhancements, your content presentation is spectacular. It clearly shows how you love what you do. Keep it up.

[@sid_gm1949]

Another sunday another video. And here we meet again! Greetings! From🇮🇳

[@ExplainingComputers]

Greetings once mopre! :)

[@androth1502]

i tried fedora 36 for a few days and it's one of my favorite distros. i still keep it on an external ssd. for those with nvidia drivers, i would suggest they use the xorg session instead of wayland (you'll be able to select session in your display manager). i find that fedora has the 2nd best software repository and update cycle. but honestly, i would only consider fedora only if i wanted the default gnome 42 experience (which is great and i would've loved it 2 years ago), this and pop-os are the linux OSes i recommend to users wanting to switch from windows. i also like MX (but had problems with hardware support on that distro). my current favorite is endeauvour os. much snappier, lighter on resources and arch has the best quick access to most recent software.

[@nic.63]

Good video as always ! Good advice about changing the default gnome 42

[@thomasgraf1986]

Interesting video! Fun to see all the Linux distros. I agree, out of the box it's not ideal!

[@RiXFortuna]

For me Gnome is very satisfying and I do not need any of that KDE mumbo jumbo…Besides, Gnome is in my opinion a much more pleasant GUI! Cheers and keep up the awesome work

[@rogerkoh1979]

I am using Fedora 36 on my raspberry pi 4B with 4GB ram. Works fine. Agree it need extension for normal user. Great if there is simple guide for the extension. Great show.

[@ArniesTech]

Installing Workstation 36 right now. Such a mature distro. And using the Everything installer there are even desktops for my older/weaker machines 💪🙏

[@WitchRegen]

Thanks for yet another great video! I was looking to give Fedora a try since it's one of the popular distros that I haven't given a proper try yet. Glad to see it's looking really good! I'd have to agree that KDE would probably be the way to go if I were to give it a shot though.

[@chromerims]

Thoughtfully considered and sagaciously articulated 👍 . . . once again. Thank you, EC.

[@patricktrakzel9657]

If you install 'QT-Curve' on KDE you have even more options to configure ( like the with and the color of the scrollbar ). I love KDE-Plasma DE. You can make your distro really yours to fit, like a tailored suite.

[@typingcat]

On other distributions, I could enable fractional scaling using some command lie, but it did not work on Fedora. Is it really disabled in Fedora, or do I need to do something else to enable it?

[@pankajpatro703]

Fedora is known to provide the base minimal (vanilla) Gnome desktop environment. You can pretty much replicate the entire interface of any other modifications to Gnome 3 such as by Ubuntu. Thus, people who wish to customize their desktop can simply choose what they want and apply from their original sources(tweaks, extensions, etc) instead of having to first remove pre-installed modifications. Ubuntu 22.04 ISO is of size 3.4 GB while Fedora 36 ISO is only 1.9 GB in size. You download and install what you want which means you don't have to download anything if vanilla Gnome is all you require. Various distributions, spins, flavours, etc. exist to help the user pick what they desire on their system by default. Fedora caters to people who want an unbloated, responsive and up-to-date distro.

[@NilsNormann]

I think the most interesting feature of this release is the use of btrfs as the default file system.

[@raresmacovei8382]

It's been default since F33

[@vitriowibisono4631]

Holy! Dat gnome switch button reminds me of the X. Nice walkthrough vid sir!

[@khalidalsiyabi6183]

Your criticism is right on target. its so helpful to understand & compare :)

[@night_h4nter]

to be clear: gnome shell expects its users to embrace a little bit different, rather simplified workflow. users aren't supposed to be minimizing their windows, that's why there's no window minimize nor an always displayed panel to restore windows from. maximizing is done by double clicking on the header bar. users are also expected to start their pinned apps with super+{0..9}, and run other apps by hitting super and typing their names

[@akkesm]

The second part is consistent with how windows (and other Linux DEs) behaves as well.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks for this, and I totally understand what you are saying. I did signal this in the video a little when I talked about it being a keyboard-centric distro. But I also think that as UIs converse (Windows, MacOS and most Linux desktop distros are pretty similar these days), so GNOME increasing seems a bit out of kilter.

[@OfficialSilentPLAYS]

That's why I install gnome-tweaks and dash to dock, definitely makes navigation and general use much easier.

[@maxarendorff6521]

Additionally, it is also possible to maximize windows by simply dragging them to the top of the screen just as they can be tiled when dragged to the left or right of the screen. The Gnome welcome screen could be more explicit about this, but there's also nothing preventing new users from looking at the help app to learn how to do stuff. I like Gnome because it is different but powerful. I'm not interested in it being a cheap copy of whatever Windows or MacOS are currently doing.

[@erriezzanslounge1380]

Computer should work for us.not we are working for computer.troubleshooting or makes task difficult.

[@AxelWerner]

Free RedHat Enterprise Linux Distros are Rocky Linux, Alma Linux and ORACLE Linux.

[@andrewpalm2103]

I've been using the Fedora Xfce spin since version 28 without any problems worth mentioning. An in-place version upgrade is a relatively simple command line process. Not for rank beginners perhaps, but not all that hard. Even so, my main machine is now running Debian because the constant software and kernel updates became tedious for me. But I still keep a fully updatged Fedora Xfce (with the ext4 file system) on my backup laptop and it works great. Cheers from Wisconsin!

[@ExplainingComputers]

Greetings from the UK! :)

[@peterbrown6224]

Thank you. You've shown why Fedora loses traction with some users. As I run RHEL systems at work, I need the commonality on the command line as a form of homework.

[@jhoanrivero7885]

Nice video, I learning in Venezuela every week with you.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Greetings! And thanks for watching.

[@b1zzler]

all criticims are valid, I think stock gnome should encapsulate the functionality of gnome-tweaks and dash-to-panel and include fractional scaling

[@ryanzmuda3167]

Are the missing features present in older versions

[@Graham_Rule]

Thanks for the timely reminder. I forgot to update my home server when Fedora 35 came out so I'd better get on with that now. Have you any thoughts on the Fedora Server offerings?

[@fatbeard8072]

I had no idea they had other styles such as Cinnamon and KDE Plasma....will def give a try later on.

[@keithmiller9665]

Watching your video and how difficult Fedora is to configure I would never use it.

[@helloimatapir]

Great video Chris. Another thing that makes Fedora stand out is it uses the Btrfs file system by default. You can actually see that during your installation. For those unaware, Btrfs (along with ZFS) is a next-gen file system that supports checksums, deduplication, snapshots, and more. The majority of Linux distributions default to ext4, which while a robust file system, lacks all the standout features of Btrfs.

[@nutsnproud6932]

Thanks for the video Chris. I will give Fedora 36 a go on my spare PC. My daily driver is Ubuntu Studio 20.04 because I don't like the 21.04 display.

[@Maisonier]

I totally agree with you. Simple things that should be by default, not to waste the time of the user ... I had A LOT of issues with an old nvidia quadro 600 to make it work. Like & subscribed.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Welcome aboard! :)

[@MrvelvetviruS]

Thank you so much for your review :) Fedora is my daily driver since some months ago and I absolutely love it. Personally I do prefer the gnome desktop. I'm a Keyboard orientiated person, and Gnome offers me a clean, smooth and fast experience that allows me to be very productive with the keyboard and the laptop's touchpad. The default integration of the touchpad in gnome to change and create virtual desktops just works and is very intuitive. However, your criticism is right on the spot, for example, for such a solid distro it might be kind of weird to don't offer a minimize or maximize button as for default. The good thing it's that spins offer you the kind of experience you might want and/or expect that suits your needs. As some people said before me, the default session if you use the Gnome desktop is Wayland. It "worked" for me out of the box until I tried to play with Steam. For know I'll stick to the Xorg session in my Intel/Nvidia HP Laptop.

[@folksurvival]

How is the dark mode "wacky"?

[@peterthecoderd.1210]

Fedora with KDE have been my daily driver since Fedora 25. Sometimes I install the Gnome desktop to remind myself why I love KDE.

[@Reziac]

Masochist :D

[@An.Individual]

Good review. Pace is right and information presented clearly and objectively.

[@Techmagus76]

The discussion gnome vs KDE is for me identical to 1 button mouse vs 2 button mouse. If you are used to one it might be a bit confusing, especially if you just jump over to another system and not being familiar with it and don't take the time to get familiar: But that is the nice one on linux you have all these options and even if there is no spin that matches you favorite desktop you just install the one you prefer (for the sake of the argument let's just ignore the smaller issues you might run into).

[@ExplainingComputers]

Nice comparison.