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Fedora 30 Brings Immense Quality of Life Improvements to Linux on the Desktop

posted by martyb on Tuesday April 30 2019, @10:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the top-hat dept.

jas writes:

Fedora 30, the newest release of the venerable Linux distribution that serves (in part) as the staging environment for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, was released Tuesday, bringing with it a number of improvements and performance optimizations. Fedora 30 uses GCC 9.0, bringing modest performance improvements across all applications that have been recompiled using the new version, as noted by Linux benchmarking website Phoronix.

The new version includes some quality-of-life improvements, for which work began in previous versions. These include the new flicker-free boot process, which hides the GRUB loader/kernel select screen by default, and relies on some creative theming to incorporate the bootsplash image from your hardware into the loading process. This also makes updating software through the Software Center a more seamless process.

If it has been some time since you've taken a look at Fedora, the release of Fedora 30 is a great opportunity to become re-acquainted with the long-running Linux distribution. Improvements to GNOME have redeemed the usability of Fedora well after the initial release of the GNOME 3.x series, while greater attention to usability for users who are not necessarily IT professionals puts it on the same level for ease-of-use as Ubuntu.

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/fedora-30-brings-immense-quality-of-life-improvements-to-linux-on-the-desktop/

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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by aristarchus on Tuesday April 30 2019, @10:13PM (4 children)

    by aristarchus (2645) on Tuesday April 30 2019, @10:13PM (#836913) Journal

    Hiding computer stuff from the sensitive and easily confused user? This is Linux! Give me Command Line, or give me death! And what the heck is a "Software Center"? We asked for death, and Redhat gives us systemd, a living death.

    "What do we want?" "Brainsssss!" "When do we want 'em?" "Brainssss!"

    cite: Zombie protesters against cuts to education in Wisconsin.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday May 01 2019, @12:15AM (3 children)

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Wednesday May 01 2019, @12:15AM (#836979)

    "What do we want?" "Brainsssss!" "When do we want 'em?" "Brainssss!"

    Sounds good! Where do I sign up?

    • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 01 2019, @03:09AM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 01 2019, @03:09AM (#837044)

      Where do I sign up?

      Brainssss!!!!111!!

      • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Wednesday May 01 2019, @08:37AM (1 child)

        by aristarchus (2645) on Wednesday May 01 2019, @08:37AM (#837143) Journal

        As if a reply was necessary! Ow! Hey, Stop gnu-ing on my skull, you corporate sell-out zombie!

        Not quite mandatory Youtube vid:
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQYjZc7gKXc [youtube.com]
            Got to see it in ASL, to really get the nuance!

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 01 2019, @09:08AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 01 2019, @09:08AM (#837147)

          You get YouTube on irc? Ewww dude. Really?