Fedora Workstation Reviews

Pros

Fedora Workstation is an open-source operating system for personal computers. Best suited for developers who want to implement cutting-edge Linux features. Sleek GNOME desktop environment, open-source utilities, scriptable virtualization, and OCI image support are the best features of the Fedora Workstation.

Cons

It's less stable and slower than similar operating systems like Ubuntu and CentOS. Minor display bugs when running applications. Lacks minimize and maximize buttons for a window.

Alternatives Considered

Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Manjaro, Oracle Linux and Windows 10

Reasons for Choosing Fedora Workstation

Fedora Workstation supports the latest software updates, its GNOME desktop environment is clean and user-friendly. The community is active with a promise to update the OS every six months.

Switched From

Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Oracle Linux and Windows 10

Reasons for Switching to Fedora Workstation

We choose Fedora Workstation over other alternatives for its commitment to making a developer-friendly Linux operating system.

Pros

Free. Fedoral Workstation is a free Linux distribution with no subscription fees or restrictions. It is designed with an appealing desktop interface that really compels first-time Linux users. I have used it to teach Operating System courses for undergraduate and graduate students and it provided the low level features of a Linux OS and the awesome Desktop interface. Concepts such as the Kernel, shell, access permissions, Inodes, virtual memory, paging, among others can be effectively demonstrated using this Linux distribution. On the other hand, students finds it very intuitive to use and easy to install, configure, and deploy. Very performance-efficient even on VMs and bootable USB sticks. The Fedora project is based on the stable Redhat linux distribution with more experimental tools and utilities. This makes it highly stable and reliable and open for researchers to inspect with its innovative experimental tools.

Cons

Not sure if this is a limitation, but the Fedora Workstation updates and releases are so frequent an make the user taken whether to keep following up with the release flow or sticking to an earlier stable version. A trade-off should be followed here based primarily on the environment or task involving Fedora.

Pros

Fedora is very good user interface. It is easy to use fedora as compared to other Linux OS. Good for developers to write code and provide all type of service which an Developer need. And even we can deploy our application on fedora. Fedora consume less resources as compared to windows os.

Cons

Something its getting stuck at login screen if you put wrong password. Settings up RDP confirmation is complex.

Pros

What I like the most is its friendly interface and totally oriented towards developers and the different integrations that we can carry out with products and programming tools.

Cons

So far I have only used it for a programming workstation and it has worked

Alternatives Considered

CentOS Linux, Oracle Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop

Reasons for Choosing Fedora Workstation

This gives me a better user interface and integrations with other tools in an easier way to configure and manage

Switched From

Debian

Pros

Easy to install, use, manage, update and upgrade the system. For new Linux users, it has a graphical interface that demands little cognitive load to learn the system.

Cons

Some packages become obsolete in a short time and stop updating in the standard repository, so I recommend using LTS (Long Term Support) versions.

Alternatives Considered

Ubuntu

Reasons for Switching to Fedora Workstation

The system appears to be less burdened with pre-installed software than standard Ubuntu versions.

Pros

with a nice and fresh interface this product is very well finished and challenging, at least for my taste, it is a fast system and in particular it does not consume many resources, it is excellent for managing applications, the user interface makes it easy to use even for people who are not expert using linux.

Cons

I have nothing negative to say right now really, it's a good system

Pros

Love the up to date releases, the quickness of the software and the ease of installation.

Cons

I upgraded to the beta for 36 and had some issues. 35 was very solid but with the issues I had during beta of 36 I opted to install another OS for one of my laptops used in the field.

Alternatives Considered

Ubuntu

Reasons for Switching to Fedora Workstation

Most systems I work on are centos or redhat based operating systems so using a redhat based os seemed prudent.

Pros

a great workspace for developers, a clean desk and very customizable.

Cons

it's a free and effective tool for your data security

Alternatives Considered

Ubuntu

Reasons for Switching to Fedora Workstation

its simplicity guarantees the security of your data

Pros

Very compact, error-free, very fast distribution with a very efficient and comfortable use of flat packages. The ubuntu snap package management was a problem for me because it gave errors from time to time.

Cons

It's not directly a Fedora problem, but the gnome desktop could evolve a bit faster. Year after year the number of features added is less and less and from being an innovative desktop to lagging behind even with windows.

Alternatives Considered

Ubuntu

Pros

It is an easy to use operating system, very safe and stable. It also has a customizable interface.

Cons

At first use it is not very user-friendly, it has a somewhat complex interface, but it is easy to adapt to it.

Pros

Beautiful desktop interface that really surpasses competing desktop environments on Windows, Mac, and even on other Linux distributions. The system is built on open-source apps and services which makes it cost effective and accessible. Many usability and productivity apps makes Fedora Workstation a leading project and a major contributor to the continuous Linux advancements. I used Fedora as an everyday desktop environment. I definitely miss the versatility of a Microsoft Office suite but still many alternative collaboration and productivity apps are available for Fedora. I did a lot of development in Python, C++, and Java. I used different IDEs (NetBeans, Eclipse, PyCharm,...) in app development and Fedora was really providing a great experience. I highly recommend it for users planning to migrate from Windows or Mac OSX.

Cons

I suffered a bit with driver installations mainly for Bluetooth wireless interface cards and audio interfaces. Many tuning, configuration, and workarounds were needed to make devices work smoothly.

Pros

It's a free operating system that has great support and a fantastic community behind it.
The updates are frequent and for a developer, it's a must to be able to grab and install the latest packages easily through the package management system. This makes Fedora my favourite distro over the competitors.
It's has always been very reliable and robust since the day that I've started using it and the team behind the Fedora Workstation are always working hard to keep the os feature-rich and stable.
I love the way that Fedora Workstation manages the resources on my machine as it only takes very little resources to handle the essential processes that the os depends on and leaves you with a massive amount of free resources available at your fingertip.
It's always updated with cutting edge technology and always introduces the most recent ones in a way that its stability, reliability and safety isn't affected.

Cons

There are times that the dependent packages aren't pushed to the repository and you'd have to wait before being able to fully update your installed packages.

Alternatives Considered

Ubuntu, CentOS Linux and Mint

Switched From

Windows 10

Pros

I've been a Fedora Workstation user for the past few years and I love it. It's a perfect balance of power, flexibility, and more. It's easy to use out of the box and you can configure it to be as simple or as advanced as you want. In my opinion, this is the best Linux distro available today.

Cons

Fedora Workstation is perfect for any developer who wants a balance between features and usability. And if you're just looking for a workstation that does it all, Fedora Workstation is ideal.

Pros

The desktop for me made everything easier because that's where I could access almost everything from my files to almost everything in the software

Cons

There is nothing i Donald not like from this software everything is Running smoothly and i would recommend more people to actually use it and try to get it its great!

Pros

Just like other linux based environments, fedora is one of them and works perfectly fine.Whoever worked on linux, will be working in it smoothly.

Cons

Least likable feature is that it is not as famous as ubuntu or centos. And there are so many in the market..

Pros

las característica que mas llaman la atención es su inferías fácil de usar y versátil, los iconos representa son muy claros y van a la par con su función

Cons

Creo que puede mostrar mas inficiona, creo que trata de simplificar mucho

Pros

Es una desarrollador mu potente y su utilización es muy sencilla, es muy facil de manejar.

Cons

Se podría personalizar de buena manera según lo que se ha trabajado hasta ahora.