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[–] doink@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Please don't fuck up my beloved fedora. Kind regards.

[–] tubbadu@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

What may this cause to a casual fedora user?

[–] redcalcium@c.calciumlabs.com 1 points 1 year ago

I was wondering when Red Hat enshittification would began the moment IBM announced the acquisition. Turns out it begins today.

[–] flickertail@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

*sigh* Do I have to go abandon Fedora now too? I really hope they don't pull a CentOS on that one

[–] hozl@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I highly doubt this would affect Fedora. Thankfully, it's community driven and self-goverened so Red Hat execs can't go and tell them what to do. (Though I don't know how many ties the Fedora council had to Red Hat)

[–] quortez@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fuck, I really hope this doesn't turn the tides for other Red Hat projects.

Not even my Linux distros can escape the enshittiness. WTF man.

[–] Geometric7792@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

It's ultimately because of capital. Capital controls resource allocation, so any project that requires resources will have to align with capital interests

[–] FrankTheHealer@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah fuck this move. Seems incredibly short sighted and a huge fuck you to the community.

[–] rustbuckett@mastodon.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] domi@lemmy.secnd.me 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is there even a Debian based distro that is up to date like Fedora, does not have snaps and does not have "Unstable" in its name?

[–] BubblyMango@lemmy.wtf 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Siduction. It is rolling release though.

[–] fulano@lemmy.eco.br 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just checked their website and it seems like they're using debian sid packages. What's the difference between using siduction and plain debian sid, besides having a preconfigured desktop?

[–] BubblyMango@lemmy.wtf 1 points 1 year ago

I never used siduction, im juat aware of its existence. I think they add some stability(=reliability) on top of sid and also keep updating packages during sid's freezes. Dont quote me on this.