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Why Did I Switch Back to Fedora 36 After Using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS?

I have been a longtime Ubuntu user, but recently, I switched to Fedora 35. I couldn’t resist Ubuntu 22.04 and installed again. I regretted.

Can Artuc
6 min readJun 18, 2022
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Habits… Human nature… It is so hard to break 16 years old habit: Linux Distro. Ubuntu was not the first linux distro that I have used all these years, but it was definitely my main driver. All these years, I tried a lot of them by also changing core Linux version like Arch but at the end, I am Debian person and I like debian-based Linux distros. Ubuntu was the main driver of it (at least for me) and I even never cared their Unity movement: For me, it was the best. I like Ubuntu font-face, color template, mentality, philosophy of the name… I have Debian and Ubuntu t-shirts, I have always been happy to show off my Ubuntu setup etc. I even didn’t care when Ubuntu took ads and put Amazon to the dock.

We need a good packaging format, there is no discussion about it. Linux is not a popular environment Worldwide, and we are expecting software developers/providers to provide different Linux native packaging format. They are generally providing it for drivers or system softwares, but they are not so happy to provide these packages with third-party user applications. As a result, Linux users…

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Can Artuc
Can Artuc

Written by Can Artuc

Data and AI Architect, Dad, Geek

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I have used Ubuntu for years but have switched from to Mint some time ago. I don't remember which year it was exactly, only that it was when Ubuntu introduced Unity as their desktop. Not very recently as you can notice.

I've never regretted this…

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Completely agree. I'm still using Ubuntu, only because i don't want to reinstall/reconfiguré...

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