I’ve been using Linux since the 90s, and my journey began with Mandrake. Over the years, I discovered a special affinity for Debian, and it’s been my go-to for a long time. Then, I ventured into Arch, and since version 36, Fedora has become my home.
Last Sunday, I had to face a reinstallation, and I decided to try Fedora 42 KDE. I didn’t stay there for long, though, because I switched back to Fedora 42 Workstation after just two hours.
I think the installation process has improved a lot, and I have to say that I found the KDE version clearer and simpler.
My main issue with Anaconda is the disk partitioning, which I find a bit confusing. In my experience, the best partitioning I know is Debian’s, which is a bit more technical, but it makes it much easier to use RAID, LVM, and other options. On the other hand, I think it would be really helpful to include an option to select packages to install. I’ve already set it up to be automated, but I’d really love to take advantage of the installation process to include my Emacs, VLC, and other packages that I use regularly. I think that would make it even better.
Furthermore, I want to thank the community for their help and work. I hope that this version 42 is the first one in which I start to contribute something to the community.
It’s still pretty limited. You can choose a group, but then you usually have to install that entire group. Anaconda is probably my least favorite of all Linux installers, not only the partitioning–almost any other installation program is easier for beginners to understand, as well as much easier for the experienced user to use, IMHO
I missed the Custom partitioning → Standard partitioning flow making non-Btrfs/LVM easy. I wasn’t a fan of manual partitioning (haven’t seriously done it since Arch in 2016 probably) but 1GB /boot/efi and ext4 rest / was easy through new Anaconda GUI.
I noticed F2FS wasn’t available as an option (it was presented in F30s if f2fs-tools was installed but was auto-available somewhere in later F’s up to F41).