Linus Torvalds currently uses Fedora with GNOME, which was fun to learn because that's also been my personal choice for a while now.

(source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfv0V1SxbNA )

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quantumfissure 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It's been well known for awhile now that it's his preferred setup.

He seems to want as much stability as possible; while being as minimal as possible; with as little fuss to install and keep up to date as possible. Fedora meets those needs. Gnome is Fedora's main concentration.

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jsk2600 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

He explained that in the linked video - Fedora makes it easy for him to test custom kernel builds.

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mwcz 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

He must not use any gnome extensions.

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Retr0id 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Oh I didn't know Gnome was the official flavour now, last time I paid attention it was still KDE

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quantumfissure 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It's been a long, long time. I think Red Hat 8/9 (from 2002-2003) had a default KDE build. Even in Fedora Core 1 Gnome was default.

Now, there's a separate build to download for KDE. It's likely because Gnome is default install for Red Hat Enterprise Workstation.

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loeg 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I don't think it's ever been KDE.

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sho_hn 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Indeed. In fact, only recently the Fedora KDE version was elevated to "Edition" status and is now on the same tier as the Gnome version.

Most newer popular distros (Bazzite, CachyOS, Zorin, Asahi, etc.) default to KDE now, and it's very nice that Fedora's not only keeping up, but also providing the basis for some of them.

	▲	loeg 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I've been very pleased with KDE on Fedora for the past ~five years.

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Retr0id 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It seems you're right, and now I'm wondering how I ever thought otherwise...

	▲	loeg 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		No worries. I started using Fedora around the 4-5 timeframe and am still using it 40 editions later -- time flies. To my memory, it's always been GNOME-first.

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WD-42 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

He said also because fedora seemed the most amenable to running custom kernels which is basically what he does all day.

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nurettin 8 hours ago | parent [-]

Which is weird, I've compiled and ran custom kernels and modules on debian before fedora 1.0 iso was announced on freenode/#fedora and it wasn't even good.

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WD-42 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Ok have you considered things may have changed in the 40+ releases since then?

	▲	nurettin 13 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Yes, but I've been considering both operating systems to have changed for the better, not just fedora for some weird reason.

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sho_hn 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

He seems to switch every half-decade or so. Waiting for his next KDE era :-)

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preisschild 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yeah mine too (but using Silverblue).

After spending years with Arch/NixOS/Ubuntu/Sway Im quite happy with Fedora+GNOME now. It just works.