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submitted 1 year ago by GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Are they so different that it's justified to have so many different distributions? So far I guess that different package manager are the reason that divides the linux community. One may be on KDE and one on GNOME but they can use each other's packages but usually you are bound to one manager

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[-] andruid@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Dnf-5 was/is supposed to be a big speed improvement, no?

[-] penquin@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Not sure. I have fedora 38 in a VM and it's still very slow.

[-] andruid@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Not targeted to be default until Fedora 41. So if you wanted to try it out you would have to install it your self.

[-] penquin@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Ok then, I'll search it up and install it.

[-] andruid@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Sweet I hope it really is better for you then!

[-] penquin@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I actually did install it. I hate to judge it in a virtual machine, but I've noticed a small difference. It's still slow, but not as slow as the other one. Fun fact, the only reason why I don't use fedora is that I hate their installer. I have 3 drives on my PC, and I'm so scared that I'd mess things up and lose my photos/videos/games etc 😂 The installer is so confusing. I remember figuring it out once then just forgot it again.

[-] andruid@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I custom install every time, partially to preserve my user data partition, partially because I don't like the defaults (I like mirroring my disks and leaving space to grow into later if I want)

[-] penquin@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Same here, that's why I have 3 different drives in my PC, 512GB nvme ssd for root, 1TB SATA SSD for home, and 2 TB SATA SSD just for games/emulation and steam

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