Did I mention how much I am loving Fedora KDE Plasma 42 Beta? It seems I am a bit smitten.

https://fedoraproject.org/kde/

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"Good morning," said Deep Thought at last.

"Er... Good morning, O Deep Thought," said Loonquawl nervously, "do you have... er, that is..."

"An answer for you?" interrupted Deep Thought majestically. "Yes. I have."

The two men shivered with expectancy. Their waiting had not been in vain.

"There really is one?" breathed Phouchg.

"There really is one," confirmed Deep Thought.

"To Everything? To the great Question of Life, the Universe and Everything?"

"Yes."

Both of the men had been trained for this moment, their lives had been a preparation for it, they had been selected at birth as those who would witness the answer, but even so they found themselves gasping and squirming like excited children.

"And you're ready to give it to us?" urged Loonquawl.

"I am."

"Now?"

"Now," said Deep Thought.

They both licked their dry lips.

"Though I don't think," added Deep Thought, "that you're going to like it."

"Doesn't matter!" said Phouchg. "We must know it! Now!"

"Now?" inquired Deep Thought.

"Yes! Now..."

"Alright," said the computer and settled into silence again. The two men fidgeted. The tension was unbearable.

"You're really not going to like it," observed Deep Thought.

"Tell us!"

"Alright," said Deep Thought. "The Answer to the Great Question..."

"Yes...!"

"Of Life, the Universe and Everything..." said Deep Thought.

"Yes...!"

"Is..." said Deep Thought, and paused.

"Yes...!"

"Is..."

"Yes...!!!...?"

"Forty-two," said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm.

The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Chapter 27

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Fedora is wonderful. I'm glad you're liking it.

It is. I've been a longtime Fedora GNOME user, it's specifically Fedora KDE Plasma 42 that I am on about.

It is wonderful.

I retry KDE every couple years to see if it's usable yet. Maybe it's about that time again if you're liking it so much.

Give it a spin. Should be ready to launch by mid April.

First time in a long time I liked a gnome experience was testing 42.

Long long time plasma user

Hmm well I do feel it may be time for a rebuild..

42 !?!

But then what was the question?

That will take much longer to calculate?

Fedora sounds mighty appealing lately. I just updated my PopOS machine and it nuked itself. I'm so sick of playing russian roulette with updates with Ubuntu-based systems. And any time I bring it up and ask for help, I basically get accused of "holding it wrong". I've been on Ubuntu for over a decade and it's always been like this, I honestly don't know why I still bother.

Sorry, just had to vent 😅

No worries. I feel your frustration. As a longtime Fedora Workstation user, I keep coming back to it. Linus uses Fedora, and QubesOS uses Fedora as their default template, and I have been quite pleased with it over the years.

Give the live OS a spin; Workstation or KDE Plasma, pick your preference—you might like it. 42 beta is shaping up to be a fantastic Edition release.

As you most likely can tell, I am really enjoying this KDE Plasma beta. The integration and customization options make it feel personalized, more welcoming, and improve my experience—I actually find myself wanting to use my computer more.

Ubuntu is generally a good recommendation for beginners, but I couldn't imagine daily driving it in lieu of Debian. Pop!_OS is ready-made for gamers, but it didn't last long on my system. If you like System76's COSMIC desktop environment, there is also a Fedora Cosmic Spin.

Pop is so out of date now because they've failed to ship 24.04, which makes it a really bad gaming distro. Been really liking Bazzite on a dedicated gaming console I built, which is Fedora-based and immutable. I'm a big fan of KDE Plasma and am definitely leaning toward Fedora! Is there a good spin for development work as well as gaming?

Immutable OSes are very interesting, but I know dealing with workarounds can be more trouble than it's worth on a dev system, hence why I'm thinking of plain ole Fedora.

Lots of gamers like Nobara—it's an independently released modified version of Fedora with a bunch of user-friendly fixes and tweaks. They don't just preinstall stuff; they actually patch and modify things to make gaming performance better. They have five different versions: Official KDE, clean GNOME, clean KDE, and two Steam Deck-like options for HTPC and handheld devices.

Admittedly, I haven't yet tested it out, but people seem to love it. I am not a big desktop gamer, so I prefer the thoroughly tested Fedora Edition releases for my daily driver. Fedora only supports and includes free and open-source software, so 3rd-party proprietary packages are always absent from a fresh install, but they are easily enabled.

Oh dang I just installed pop! OS on an older Intel iMac. Actually went more smoothly than I expected and seems to work well. Now I want to check out Fedora. iMac is def not a daily driver though.