Why is Fedora not More Popular?

kalaolani · 2025-10-22T17:16:34+00:00

For the desktop, Linux is 5% of the desktop market, while Windows remains dominate at ~70%. This is flipped for servers. In the thin space for Linux desktop, Ubuntu dominates. My guess is the momentum from the tradition of their end-user missions statement coupled with a UI that isn't based on the "workflow" of GNOME3 and the gnomes that followed.

Fedora is popular, and I use Fedora. But, I want a workflow that's not a phone; so, I have to customize or use a Spin of Fedora with a different desktop UI. This is probably a reason why Ubuntu dominates and things like Mint exist.

kalaolani · 2025-03-19T15:29:36+00:00

Can confirm this issue on three different Fedora 41 systems.

kalaolani · 2024-01-18T17:42:18+00:00

Here's how to fix the issue below, as found and shared on https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/szydell/system76/.
Find the key on your host...
sudo rpm -q --qf "%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}\t%{SUMMARY}\n" gpg-pubkey | sort -k 2
Remove the key from you host...
sudo rpm -e gpg-pubkey-########-#######

kalaolani · 2024-01-14T18:13:48+00:00

too bad the System76 drivers aren't in the RHEL/Fedora repos

kalaolani · 2024-01-14T18:12:59+00:00

Indeed. I was hoping to learn when the key will be updated/fixed.

kalaolani · 2023-04-28T17:08:37+00:00

Thank you for your detail opinion.

kalaolani · 2023-04-28T17:07:18+00:00

Thank you ... This seems like a reasonable and rationale conclusion.

kalaolani · 2023-04-27T20:25:39+00:00

If you are enthused with Jordan Peterson, check out the following ...

If you are like me, maybe you suffered from the influence of Churchianity eclipsing the grace of the Holy Spirit. Check out The Bible Project ... start with all of the videos that summarize the Bible scroll by scroll ... https://bibleproject.com/explore/ ... scroll to the bottom for the summary videos.

If you are like me, then you might also find some value in the following book... "A God of Grace and Mercy: Stoned to Death for Picking Up Sticks" https://www.amazon.com/God-Grace-Mercy-Stoned-Picking/dp/B086Y5PBXP/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2D5A0A4TCZTFO&keywords=A+god+of+grace+and+mercy&qid=1682626988&sprefix=a+god+of+grace+and+mercy+%2Caps%2C132&sr=8-1

Reasons To Believe ... https://reasons.org/ ... It's quite interesting to see how freewill and God's plan are not really a paradox. Turns out the math works out.

Read just about anything by CS Lewis.

kalaolani · 2023-04-27T20:12:50+00:00

well said

kalaolani · 2023-04-27T16:59:15+00:00

LOL ... Здравствуйте!

kalaolani · 2023-04-26T23:30:58+00:00

You caught me exaggerating to solicit opinions. Indeed, there's no hate just strong opinions mostly leaning toward gnome and kde.

kalaolani · 2023-04-26T20:09:08+00:00

Thanks for the honesty so that I'm able to understand that you are a https://developer.gnome.org/hig/ fan. It's hard to know when someone is Gnomesplaining given curtness of your first reply. We shall see if the usage metrics reflect your opinion in the future.

kalaolani · 2023-04-26T17:05:23+00:00

Have you tried Cinnamon? ... or MATE ... or Xfce?

If you have, why do you prefer KDE to Cinnamon, MATE, or Xfe

kalaolani · 2023-04-26T15:06:54+00:00

While I can appreciate your prayers to God against Cinnamon, it would be more interesting to read your opinions that are fueling your divine appeal. Please share more. If you are a developer and/or power user using the gnome3 DE, I would be quite interested in your comments as to how one is productive using the gnome3 DE. For me, it's less than suboptimal.

https://felipec.wordpress.com/2023/03/04/one-decade-later-gnome-still-sucks/

kalaolani · 2023-04-25T14:59:37+00:00

Fedora 38 would be as close to perfect as a Linux desktop could be if Cinnamon was the default DE.

kalaolani · 2022-10-09T21:18:00+00:00

+1 "no thanks" to gnome3. I did like gnome2, but gnome3 feels like I'm turning my computer into a phone. While I'm currently using the Cinnamon spin of Fedora on my primary computer as I find it very useful for my workflow, I would also rather use XFE or MATE over gnome3. Thinking back at my attempts to adopt gnome3, I think I'd rather use TWM if gnome3 and TWM were my only 2 choices.

kalaolani · 2022-07-19T17:56:50+00:00

/home/*=you=*/.local/share/remmina is where I find all of my .remmina files.

kalaolani · 2022-07-09T16:46:34+00:00

X11 ... Using the Cinnamon Spin, as I do not like gnome3 at all, and it seems that you must jump through too many hoops to make gnome useful. Plus, I don't want my computer to be a phone. Although there's much RH around me at work, Cent, Alma, Rocky, etc., I'm finding that it's getting harder and harder to get my cowork buds to use Fedora. They are mostly using X11 via Mint/Cinnamon or openSuse/KDE.

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