[kwlug-disc] Fun video with Linus and Linus

[Jason Eckert]

> Can you give a more detailed example?

The reason I didn’t list specific examples is that the “seamless and
flexible” feeling really comes from the integration across the entire stack
- packaging standards, update reliability, kernel policies, SELinux, and
the way new technologies land early but responsibly. Fedora makes choices
like using btrfs and Wayland by default because the project has done the
work to make them stable, well-integrated, and predictable in everyday use.
None of these things individually capture what I meant, though. It’s the
consistency across all of them that creates an experience that feels
polished without being restrictive. This is why we have that phrase "When
you go Fedora, you never go back" (or something like that).

When I had to use Arch for a while (back when Asahi Linux only supported
it), I appreciated its flexibility, but the overall cohesion wasn’t the
same. Once Asahi moved to Fedora, the difference in smoothness was
immediately obvious and it felt like coming back to an environment where
everything fits together again.

If you haven’t used Fedora, it’s absolutely worth giving it a try
for a month of daily driving. You’ll likely see what I mean within a week
of real use.

On Mon, 1 Dec 2025 at 19:51, Chris Frey <cdfrey at foursquare.net> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 01, 2025 at 05:49:01PM -0500, Jason Eckert wrote:
> > The reason I prefer this distribution very much mirrors why Linus does -
> > when you use it for a while, you'll appreciate how the Fedora project
> > ensures that everything is both seamless and flexible. For Linus, it's
> easy
> > to run his latest kernel without the distro making it difficult. For me,
> > it's easy to run new things that take a year or two to make their way
> into
> > other distros, and it just works perfectly.
>
> "everything is both seamless and flexible"
>
> Can you give a more detailed example?
>
> It's been a long time since I tried Fedora, and coming from Debian,
> things felt subtly "wrong". :-)  But I could have very well missed some
> winning underlying philosophy.
>
> - Chris
>
>
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