I am currently using Ubuntu, and it is pretty good. It had some stability issues regarding my Nvidia GPU and audio, but that’s been fixed with some tinkering. There’s still some small annoying bugs though, mainly tied to the custom GNOME and resizing windows and stuff like that being occasionally glitchy.
I’ve heard some really good things about Fedora, but I’m still not totally sure if I should switch. I’m mainly looking to get rid of snaps, while getting a reliable system. I would use either Pantheon desktop environment or GNOME if there are issues with Pantheon. I already installed Fedora in a VM, but it would be silly to make conclusions from that, since it has limited hardware capabilities and there is no way to test the compatibility with my GPU.
So, since I can’t fully test out the system myself, either because of limited VM capabilities, or because stability issues might take months tto appear, here’s a list of things I was hoping I could get answers for:
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Compatibility with Nvidia cards, as I already mentioned
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Gaming. I’m not gonna be running AAA games on my linux system, since I do have a windows dual boot for that, but it would be nice to not have to restart if I want to play some Binding of Isaac or CS:GO. Also it would be very important for proton to be supported, because if it isn’t, then I can’t use my xbox controller to play games.
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How stable is Fedora in your experience?
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Is there actually performance differences? Are snaps really that much slower?
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How steep is the learning curve? I only ever used Debian based systems, Manjaro for a little bit, but I never used a Red Hat distro. Adding onto that, in case there is a problem, how much support is there online?
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Is using multiple destop environments actually viable? For me it’s important how my desktop looks, and it would be a bonus if I could use a DE like Pantheon instead of the default GNOME. I know stuff like this can cause issues in Ubuntu, which is why I’m asking this question.
Please answer any questions you can, an answer to even one of these would be very helpful. Thanks!