Fedora Linux 31 Beta is Here

An anonymous reader shares a report: Fedora 31 is due later this year, but first, there needs to be some beta testing. And so, today, Fedora 31 Beta is made available for download. Unfortunately, details surrounding version 31 are a bit sparse. With that said, one big change involves Fedora users with ARM 64-based single board computers, such as a Raspberry Pi. Those folks will get access to an additional desktop spin -- the lightweight Xfce. Workstation users will be treated to GNOME 3.34, but not the final version that was released recently. Don't worry -- when Fedora leaves beta status, and is officially released, you can be sure the stable GNOME 3.34 will be included. Remember, Fedora is one of the best ways to experience a vanilla GNOME desktop environment.

vanilla GNOME

[jfdavis668]

but it comes with your choice of topping.

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[jfdavis668]

That's bad

Isn't Fedora kind of irrelevant these days?

[Rosco P. Coltrane]

I mean Debian-based distributions seems to have pretty much won out. And Fedora runs on RaspPi? Big whoops... Years after everybody else...

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[brickhouse98]

This has to be a joke.

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[cristiroma]

Well, as a Fedora user for a decade, after the last hardware refresh few years ago, I switched to Linux Mint because:

1. 1. The new system was using NVME drive and under my configuration Fedora was freezing - once/twice a day. Never happened under Mint btw
2. 2. Linux Mint came with Cinnamon spin, a much better experience than vanilla Gnome 3. (I think now it is available under Fedora as well)
3. 3. Didn’t like DNF/YUM transition - but will have to live with it anyway in CentOS 8

After these years I still hate

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[thegarbz]

I mean Debian-based distributions seems to have pretty much won out.

Won out where? On your little toy computer at home? Debian certainly hasn't made the largest and most valuable Linux company to date.

Re: Isn't Fedora kind of irrelevant these days?

[Zero__Kelvin]

Ubuntu is Debian based. Kali is Debian based. Google uses a Debian derivative in house. It's pretty popular these days. Fedora is great and I use it. Saying they "won" is ridiculous. But in 2019 you have to be pretty ill informed to challenge the idea that it is extremely popular.

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[_merlin]

RHEL and SuSE are still pretty popular for doing real work.

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[Zero__Kelvin]

Fedora is a desktop distribution, and the entire thread is about desktop use, so bringing RHEL and SuSE into the discussion is attempting to change the subject.

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[Tora]

I use Fedora daily. I like that it's the leading edge of Redhat/Centos. I cannot stand the Debian based OSes. I'm still a huge fan of YUM -- far easier to use than 'apt' and it's ugliness.

Although as I do deployments now days, I'm using Alpine for my server container OS. It's really slick.

ARM distros and Android phones.

[couchslug]

Given semi-permanent Android dominance in phone space there will be no flagship quality Linux phones for many years, but ARM distros can be run atop Android. As phone performance improves they will become ever more usable.

UserLAnd and (moribund because Samsung sabotage demand for its own product by lack of press) Linux on DeX are early examples. I run Debian on UserLAnd and am looking forward to trying Fedora.

KDE Plasma will be there soon

[Teun]

Gnome is so 20st century, the KDE Plasma beta is available.
https://spins.fedoraproject.or... [fedoraproject.org]

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[slack_justyb]

Gnome is so 20st century, the KDE Plasma beta is available

Vi is better. Suck it EMACS.

Quickly runs and hides

Ah, never change Slashdot.

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[samwichse]

Yes, this is the best spin. IMO, of course :).

A nice vanilla KDE install. But frankly, installing any of the DE's is as easy as selecting that DE's package group, for instance, you can add Cinnamon by choosing it in the GUI package manager or doing

sudo dnf groupinstall -y "Cinnamon Desktop"

No need to really worry about what spin unless you're worrying about gdm vs kdm vs xdm or what have you.

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[thegarbz]

KDE Plasma will be there soon

I've been seeing this title for over 10 years.

Re: KDE Plasma will be there soon

[Zero__Kelvin]

That's wierd since nobody else has and KDE Plasma has been awesome for years. It is certainly superior to Gnome.