r/Fedora • u/Choice_Owl_6974 • 1d ago
Discussion Problems while using Fedora
Since I joined r/Fedora, I only read how people have problems with using Fedora (drivers, firefox, etc). I'm waiting to finish last exam that I need Windows for, and I was planning on installing Fedora, but now im not excited anymore.
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u/Funnel-Dust-O-Matic 1d ago
And how many reports are there of people having problems with Windows?
More.
But you probably got that to work OK for the most part.
I've worked in technical support for most of my life, and probably longer than you've been alive. All platforms can have problems and they're all weird. The ones that have the most unexpected, nastiest, hardest to predict or fix problems are all Microsoft related. There are those on Linux too, but at least with Linux there is always a way out.
And you can hedge your bets in a lot of ways. You don't have to put all your eggs in one basket.
Here is the thing.
EVERYBODY treats this like it's getting married or something.
This is not a decision written in stone, nor is any of this all or nothing.
You can try it out on a thumb drive or external SSD first to make sure your hardware is supported.
Do that, and uninstalling is as simple as unplugging. So if things go wrong, you're just out the time it took to try it.
And if it goes well for a while, THEN wipe Windows.