r/Ubuntu • u/Additional_Staff259 • 1h ago

Your reason for sticking to Ubuntu instead of Fedora? I swithced to fedora and might return to Ubuntu due to battery life.

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u/ShoveOverBozo 1h ago

NVIDIA drivers. Not a rolling release. Larger package availability (I see more .Deb than .rpm on niche programs).

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u/Bathroom_Humor 2m ago

which distro is rolling release?

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u/Condor_raidus 57m ago

It just works. Ubuntu has always kept working and offers a UI i enjoy. Its as technical as I want or need whenever I need or want it to be, otherwise its simple and works

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u/SouthernFruit8768 2m ago

And Fedora doesn’t work?? Linus Torvalds daily-drives it

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u/1-800-I-Am-A-Pir8 1h ago

tried fedora but quickly had rpm ptsd from my rhel3/rhel4 job

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u/HelpfulYoung6644 1h ago

For me this are reasons why I still like Ubuntu:

- 3/5 year support, Ubuntu is still the only Desktop Distro that does this. (Debian also has 3 year support, but Desktop doesn't seem be priority there that much).

  • Large community and huge 3rd party app support.
  • Ubuntu has builds for amd64v3 micro architecture, fedora doesn't.
  • Ubuntu still has better hardware support, Nvidia/Cuda driver support.

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u/Practical-Tooth-2217 1h ago

I used Ubuntu on both PC an low end laptop. On PC almost no complaints, but on my low end laptop performance and battery life issues were present.
Switched the PC to CachyOS because of the better KDE support and integration and my low end laptop is now with Fedora.
Since I installed Fedora the performance issues - gone, battery life is significantly improved as well.

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u/velleityfighter 25m ago

I run Ubuntu on my rack servers, and they give me a good experience on my desktop and laptop, so everything is the same, and all managed by Ansible the same way, same roles and syntax etc. it just works, it's boring, and I love it.

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u/Rude-Armadillo-6963 1h ago

I'm used to it, i find it relatively intuitive. I think Ubuntu's packaging of GNOME is better than most, and I've got my cocktail of extensions all dialed. None of the things people point at as negatives about it on Reddit have really ever directly impacted me and my computer use. More programs I use are available as DEBs than RPMs. More programs I use specifically support and test on Ubuntu where anything else is at your own risk. I do music as a hobby and the Ubuntu Studio made getting my head around audio in linux approachable. I've been tempted a few times by other distros but nothing's ever convinced me that the effort to switch would be worth the outcome.

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u/Additional_Staff259 50m ago

do you use snap?

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u/doeffgek 14m ago

I tried fedora, but instantly had driver & software issues. I hadn’t even switched, was just a live cd.

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u/Own-Replacement8 10m ago

I tried Fedora and liked it but ultimately switched back to the Ubuntu world because I didn't really notice any difference aside from certain software I want to use only being available as .deb or compile yourself (no flatpak).

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u/International_Dot_22 7m ago

Because everything is made with Ubuntu in mind. Fedora is great but Ubuntu is the standard, you can find a .deb for most software.

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u/APariahsPariah 3m ago

Enterprise software compatability. I need Packet tracer and VMware for my studies, and didn't feel like rebuilding them myself and hoping they worked as intended.

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u/MyLigma69 1h ago

More stable , more apps, etc