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Celeron 8 GB Fedora 24 Workstation Gnome 3 Part 1

Celeron 8 GB Fedora 24 Workstation Gnome 3 Part 1

A developer once commented in a Linux interview that he doesnt understand why users "make it harder on themselves" and prefer Red Hat-based Linux distributions like CentOS, Fedora, and openSUSE. The gentleman, who is obviously an Ubuntu user, clearly hasnt tried any of the recent releases from Fedora, or at least spent a few hours and then unjustly reverted back to a Debian-based distribution.

The perception that Fedora is experimental and unfit as a desktop is pretty narrow-minded and misplaced, considering how Fedora has improved greatly over the years and how there is still a number of openSUSE and Fedora users still existing today. Just because Red Hat-based distributions are "different" from mainstream NSync "Pop"-style distributions like Linux Mint and Elementary OS, it doesnt mean its unusable.


Although Debian and Ubuntu are excellent, there is no reason to avoid Fedora just because a small portion of the community has this idea its "difficult" and "unstable" to use. In fact, the Cloud, Workstation, and Server releases of Fedora 24 are generally safer options than implementing a rolling-release distribution in some scenarios. As a current FreeBSD user and long-time fan of openSUSE KDE, I can confirm that Fedora 24 Workstation is a pretty good release. In fact, Fedora 24 works as well as Ubuntu 16.04 on modest hardware such as a Zotac ZBOX Nano with 8GB of RAM and a Celeron processor.

For those worried about SELinux and birthing pains associated with the alleged "cutting-edge" reputation of Fedora 24, rest assured Fedora 24 Workstation with the default Gnome 3 environment works as well as Ubuntu 16.04 with the Unity desktop environment. In fact, Ive had more errors with the Unity Launcher and Ubuntu updates than the whole of Fedora 24.


Although I still use dnf on the Terminal (which is performing fine as a replacement to yum), the Fedora Software manager included with Fedora 24 is quite stable. Looking back on years of slow-loading YaST on openSUSE, the somewhat bland GUI-based package manager is surprisingly safe and reliable enough for basic software installation and updates.

Fedoras software manager is just simple named Software.

Since FreeBSD is my platform of choice for servers at the moment, I cant attest to Fedoras reliability for daily basic server tasks. However, Fedora 24 has behaved better than my previous Ubuntu installation when it comes to mundane desktop tasks. I currently use Fedora 24 Workstation for surfing and downloading, casual video editing with OpenShot, remote file management/backups with rsync, and rudimentary photo management with Shotwell and Gimp.

Dnf and rpm commands can actually work side-by-side.

The Fedora developers have stuck to their guns and still eschews any hand-holding found in other distributions (simple file sharing for example is invisible). Most veteran Linux users prefer it this way anyway. Plus, students and new users will benefit greatly from learning the nuances of a Red Hat-based distribution, which can come in handy considering that Red Hat is a leading choice for many software and services companies.

Note: I can rattle off a few companies and clients here, but I signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA).   

Continued in Celeron + 8 GB + Fedora 24 Workstation + Gnome 3 Part 2