Fedora 25 Now Available -- Makes It Easier To Switch From Windows 10 Or Mac (betanews.com)

Reader BrianFagioli writes: After the release of both alpha and beta versions, Fedora 25 is officially here and ready for production machines. If you aren't familiar with the popular Linux-based operating system, please know that it is the distribution of choice for the founder of the Linux kernel, Linus Torvalds. One of the most endearing qualities of Fedora is its focus on only offering truly free open source software. Also, you can always count on a very modern version of the Linux kernel being available. Despite having very up-to-date packages, it is always very stable too. My favorite aspect, however, is the commitment to the GNOME desktop environment; other DEs are available, though. The team says, "Fedora 25 Workstation now makes it easier to for Windows and OS X users to get started, with Fedora Media Writer serving as the default download for those operating systems. This tool helps users find and download the current Fedora release and write it to removable media, like a USB stick, allowing potential Fedora users to 'test drive' the operating system from that media environment. Fedora can then be installed to their systems with the same process".

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Re:How does Fedora compare to Ubuntu?

[Tough Love]

Can anyone who know both Fedora and Ubuntu say how they compare to each other?

Just imho naturally. Fedora/Redhat.... everywhere it departs from the teachings of Debian, it seriously blows. Example: RPM. It's just eye-gougingly bad, particularly rpmbuild. Ask anyone who has had the misfortune of having to deal with it as a maintainer. For users, it's not as bad, but its still bad. Example: still uses mainly file-based dependencies. That's package manager brain-damage more than an RPM deficiency per se, but still it's symptomatic of the mindset that Fedora/Redhat maintainers have. Another example: executable scripts to initialize network interfaces. Come on, that's something you'd expect from Microsoft, not a self respecting Unix guru. Oh wait, there weren't any Unix gurus involved when that garbage was invented. There are just countless more flaws, big and little, along similar lines. Not to say that Fedora/Redhat is a complete steaming pile, after all, it shares a lot of DNA with Debian/Ubuntu. But basically, everywhere it departs from Debian/Ubuntu, there you will find big steaming piles of turd.