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

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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 30 2019, @10:36PM (9 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 30 2019, @10:36PM (#836925)

    So they mention of gnome 3 being better got me a bit curious, but TFA didn't have many details:

    Fedora 30 ships with GNOME 3.32, including all-new app icons [...] Importantly, the new version of GNOME provides more robust support for HiDPI displays, including experimental non-integer scaling, allowing for applications to be drawn at 150% or 175%, when using Wayland. Likewise, backend improvements to GNOME resulted in "noticeable frame rate improvements," according to the release announcement, resulting in "a faster, snappier feel to the animations, icons and top 'shell' panel."

    So new icons and better FPS? WTF?!

    Anyone using gnome 3 who cares to comment?

  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday April 30 2019, @11:20PM (4 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday April 30 2019, @11:20PM (#836950) Journal

    Anyone using gnome 3 who cares to comment?

    Sorry, LXDE FTW.
    (hey man, at least I cared to comment. It may well be that the set of soylenters who use gnome 3 is empty)

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 01 2019, @08:06AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 01 2019, @08:06AM (#837133)
      • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday May 01 2019, @08:19AM

        by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday May 01 2019, @08:19AM (#837138) Journal

        Already using it on top of Devuan. As a plus, no systemd - makes me a happy camper.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 01 2019, @09:13AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 01 2019, @09:13AM (#837149)

      Gnome3 .. Is that the pile of shit Ubuntu 18.04 LTS uses in place of unity?
      I can't say I hated or liked unity. The close on too left was irritating but other than that it was my desktop for 3 years. A good run.
      Ubuntu 18.04 LTS lasted less than an hour. What the heck were they thinking? Do they use the OS they create?

    • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday May 01 2019, @04:11PM

      by Phoenix666 (552) on Wednesday May 01 2019, @04:11PM (#837339) Journal

      Yeah, I'm with you there. LXDE and XFCE in my case. I was a Gnome fan for years and years, but 3 broke me. It was a difficult time of many betrayals: 3, Unity, Beta, Lollipop.

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  • (Score: 2) by Farkus888 on Tuesday April 30 2019, @11:43PM

    by Farkus888 (5159) on Tuesday April 30 2019, @11:43PM (#836966)

    But can I install i3? I don't think I've used gnome this decade. I can't imagine a user who went to the "hassle" of Linux but couldn't be bothered to get a better desktop.

  • (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday May 01 2019, @12:13AM (1 child)

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Wednesday May 01 2019, @12:13AM (#836976)

    I use Gnome but on Ubuntu, not Fedora.

    As far as I am aware, I am still on 3.2x as I use the 18.04 LTS version. I forced myself to use Gnome in an effort to figure out why it was the default desktop in so many of the biggest distros. After a few months I am really pleased with it and likely won't change anytime soon.

    In it's default state Gnome is not great, but I have never used a GUI that has good defaults going all the way back to Win 95, so I might be hard to please.

    In my humble opinion Gnome 3 doesn't work properly without Tweaks and Dash to Dock installed.

    The default icons in almost every distro are utter rubbish, although Redhat's are nicer than most.

    Systemd is great and easy to use. If something happens to go wrong it is usually easy to diagnose and fix with systemd. (That be an unpopular opinion).

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 01 2019, @05:28PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 01 2019, @05:28PM (#837405)

      I like systemd just fine as an end user. Neckbeard criticisms may be valid, but are beyond my pay grade.

  • (Score: 1) by r_a_trip on Wednesday May 01 2019, @09:02AM

    by r_a_trip (5276) on Wednesday May 01 2019, @09:02AM (#837146)

    Gnome 3.32 in Ubuntu 19.04 feels a bit snappier. It hasn't crashed on me yet. Other than that, I haven't really noticed sweeping changes.

    Then again, I murder the default workflow with Dash to Panel, which makes Gnome 3 a lot more palatable. Also Gnome Tweak Tool is an essential addition.