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Celeron 8 GB Fedora 24 Workstation Gnome 3 Part 2

Celeron 8 GB Fedora 24 Workstation Gnome 3 Part 2

Continued from Celeron + 8 GB + Fedora 24 Workstation + Gnome 3 Part 1

Unlike resource hungry Unity DE on stock Ubuntu, Gnome 3 on Fedora 24 Workstation has come a long way. Ive never liked Gnome 3, and have always preferred traditional desktops such as Xfce, Cinnamon, and MATE. It carries too much of the annoying elements found in Mac OSX/macOS, particularly when it comes to window management. Gnome 3 is one of those desktop environments that always makes you feel cramped and makes you wish you had a second monitor while working. There are moments when I use Gnome 3 that I wish I was running a window manager only (which in contrast makes you feel you have too much space on your screen).

Note: Admittedly, part of the reason I initially didnt like Gnome 3 was how cramped it felt on a laptop display. It looks and works great on large monitors however.

Running dnf updates, Grsync with a remote file server, using Files, and playing videos using VLC on Fedora 24 Gnome 3 Workstation.

Yes, Gnome 3 is still pretty heavy and you will notice some performance issues when opening the full-screen list of applications (particularly when youre watching videos at the same time). In general, however, Gnome 3 on Fedora 24 Workstation performs as well as Ubuntus Unity as long as you have more than 4 GB of RAM.

Fedora and Ubuntu are two of the Linux distributions that a lot of companies always take note of when providing either support or services. ExpressVPN, for example, provides an RPM specifically for Fedora, as does DropBox, Slack, and Skype. ASUS actually uses Fedora as one of their Linux distributions for testing their motherboards. Obviously, Ubuntu still receives the most attention from the IT industry, but Fedora is a close second.





For users who are concerned about the old issue about codecs and multimedia support, rest assured its no longer a concern with recent releases of Fedora 24. Stock Fedora 24s Rhythmbox easily connected to the DLNA stream of my WD My Cloud server. OpenShot, ffmpeg libraries, and VLC all worked as expected.

For power users that go beyond typical desktop applications, however, you will have to at least add RPM Fusion as an additional repository. Even then, you might not find an application or replacement for utilities you find in abundance on the Ubuntu PPAs or Debian repositories.



Ive been putting Fedora 24 through its paces the last few months and I see no difference between Fedora 24 and any other mainstream distribution out there. In fact, Im keeping it around as my primary home workstation to supplement my FreeBSD machines. On occasions when I have to test Red Hat-based software or procedures, its handy to have Fedora 24 around. I also like how Fedora 24 updates with the system rebooting and installing the updates on boot. Windows was criticized a long time ago for this behavior, but this approach prevents any errors related to the desktop from occurring.

As a final note, if you encounter minor issues mounting external drives or shares using Files, install PCMANFM instead. The lightweight file manager may not share the same theming as Files, but its more reliable, particularly when mounting external USB storage devices.

A comment on RAM and Chromebooks

8 GB of RAM on Ubuntu with Unity is required for a stable desktop user experience, and the same applies to Fedora 24 Gnome 3. In fairness, however, Windows 10 and any Linux distribution running a modern desktop environment are just better off with 8 GB of more RAM. Only macOS, FreeBSD, and users of Linux distros such as Knoppix can get away with 4 GB of RAM. This is one of the reasons why consumers in the market for a Surface Pro should go for the 8 GB version - the 4 GB release is just shooting yourself in the foot. Its not Microsoft or Linux developers fault either. RAM has been affordable for at least a decade now and developers work with a certain amount to provide a better user experience and include more features.

A lot of unreliable "tech sites" report the use of Chromebooks and its alleged widespread use in schools. As with the 2016 US elections, however, Chromebooks are a joke in the enterprise and at school. Ignorant and uneducated so-called "tech writers" who laud Chromebooks clearly never worked with code, wrote drivers, connected properly to a container or Docker application, set up web servers, or did any serious amount of tech work on their machines. You are actually better off with a good Android or iOS tablet with a Bluetooth keyboard or cover than a Chromebook.

Even with Android apps installed, any self-respecting network admin, developer, or IT worker will be laughed out of the room if they brought a Chromebook to a Scrum or Agile meeting. Its just not worth the money to have an underpowered piece of hardware with a crippled operating system (and yes Unix users all agree on this). Forget about Googles advertising, Celeron processors in Chromebooks may be marginally more powerful than Mediatek or Qualcomm processors, but the 2 GB of RAM found in the majority of Chromebooks is a deal-breaker considering smartphones and tablets now come with 2 GB or more of RAM. Even if you set up ChromeOS for developer work, the system just isnt flexible enough to handle even network administrative tasks, much less rudimentary Java compiling operations, or server tasks (just set up FreeBSD instead).

You can do more with a Windows 10 laptop than you can with a Chromebook. If youre in the market for a Chromebook, just purchase any laptop with adequate hardware instead and load any Linux distribution or try FreeBSD.  As for buying a Chromebook for your kid, dont underestimate (and insult) your kids tech IQ. Todays younger generation can learn quite a bit with a Linux distribution, so youre short-changing them with an inadequate piece of computing machine.