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.
(Score: 2) by r1348 on Wednesday May 01 2019, @12:41AM (2 children)
You might wait for a while for XServer, Fedora defaults to Wayland since 2 releases now...
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday May 01 2019, @01:11AM (1 child)
Thanks for the tip.
A good thing I'm not using Fedora, then. Based on the advice, it will probably be a (long) time until I get to try it again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by r1348 on Wednesday May 01 2019, @12:38PM
You can change the default display server back to X in literally 2 clicks, but yeah, whatever rocks your boat.