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Fedora vs Ubuntu: What are the differences?
Fedora: Operating system based on the Linux kernel, developed by the community-supported Fedora Project. Fedora is a Linux-based operating system that provides users with access to the latest free and open source software, in a stable, secure and easy to manage form. Fedora is the largest of many free software creations of the Fedora Project. Because of its predominance, the word "Fedora" is often used interchangeably to mean both the Fedora Project and the Fedora operating system; Ubuntu: The leading OS for PC, tablet, phone and cloud. Ubuntu is an ancient African word meaning ‘humanity to others’. It also means ‘I am what I am because of who we all are’. The Ubuntu operating system brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the world of computers.
Fedora and Ubuntu can be primarily classified as "Operating Systems" tools.
"Great for developers " is the top reason why over 7 developers like Fedora, while over 215 developers mention "Free to use" as the leading cause for choosing Ubuntu.
reddit, Instacart, and Starbucks are some of the popular companies that use Ubuntu, whereas Fedora is used by Real Softservice, Privia, and Power Challenge AB. Ubuntu has a broader approval, being mentioned in 1845 company stacks & 1707 developers stacks; compared to Fedora, which is listed in 12 company stacks and 21 developer stacks.
Ubuntu always let people do what they want to do, it pushes its users to know what they are doing, what they want and helps them learn what they ignore.
Ubuntu is simple, works out-of-the-box after installation and has a incredibly huge community behind.
Ubuntu is lightweight and open, in the way, that the user has access to free AND efficient applications (most of the time, without ads) and, even if learning its folder structure is challenging, once done, you are really able to call yourself "someone who knows what is in your computer".
Windows, in comparison, is heavy, tends to make decision for you and always enable tracking application by default. grr
It has a simple user interface, of course, but on the stability point of view, it is hard to compete with something simpler (even with less features).
Personal preference : I prefer something simple that works 99% of the time, than a full-featured auto-magical system that works 50% of the time (and ask if the good version of the driver is really installed...)
Coming from a Debian-based Linux background, using the Ubuntu base image for my Docker containers was a natural choice. However, the overhead, even on the impressively-slimmed Hub images, was hard to justify. Seeking to create images that were "just right" in size, without unused packages or dependencies, I made the switch to Alpine.
Alpine's modified BusyBox has a surprising amount of functionality, and the package repository contains plenty of muslc-safe versions of commonly-used packages. It's been a valuable exercise in doing more with less, and, as Alpine is keen to point out, an image with fewer packages makes for a more sustainable environment with a smaller attack surface.
My only regret is that Alpine's documentation leaves a lot to be desired.
Ubuntu is much more faster over Windows and helps to get software and other utilities easier and within a short span of time compared to Windows.
Ubuntu helps to get robustness and resiliency over Windows. Ubuntu runs faster than Windows on every computer that I have ever tested. LibreOffice (Ubuntu's default office suite) runs much faster than Microsoft Office on every computer that I have ever tested.
Global familiarity, free, widely used, and as a debian distro feels more comfortable when rapidly switching between local macOS and remote command lines.
CentOS does boast quite a few security/stability improvements, however as a RHEL-based distro, differs quite significantly in the command line and suffers from slightly less frequent package updates. (Could be a good or bad thing depending on your use-case and if it is public facing)
At the moment of the decision, my desktop was the primary place I did work. Due to this, I can't have it blow up on me while I work. While Arch is interesting and powerful, Ubuntu offers (at least for me) a lot more stability and lets me focus on other things than maintaining my own OS installation.
Pros of Fedora
- Great for developers17
- Represents the future of rhel/centos8
- Good release schedule8
- Great integration with system tools7
- Reliable6
- Fast5
- Docker integration4
- Has SeLinux3
- Python distribution2
- Updated with Bleeding-edge software2
- Complies with International Standard2
- Awesome community2
- Great for ops teams2
- Latest packages2
Pros of Ubuntu
- Free to use226
- Easy setup for testing discord bot96
- Gateway Linux Distro56
- Simple interface53
- Don't need driver installation in most cases7
- Many active communities4
- Open Source4
- Easy to custom2
- Many flavors/distros based on ubuntu1
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Cons of Fedora
- Bugs get fixed slowly from kernel side1
- Systemd1
- Much less support from Wiki1
- Boring1
- Less packages in official repository1
- A bit complicated1
- Slightly difficult to install for beginners0
Cons of Ubuntu
- Demanding system requirements4
- Adds overhead and unnecessary complexity over Debian3
- Systemd1
- Snapd installed by default1