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Fedora vs elementary OS: What are the differences?
What is Fedora? Operating system based on the Linux kernel, developed by the community-supported Fedora Project. Fedora is a Linux-based operating system that provides users with access to the latest free and open source software, in a stable, secure and easy to manage form. Fedora is the largest of many free software creations of the Fedora Project. Because of its predominance, the word "Fedora" is often used interchangeably to mean both the Fedora Project and the Fedora operating system.
What is elementary OS? A privacy-respecting replacement for Windows and macOS. It is the flagship distribution to showcase the Pantheon desktop environment. The distribution promotes itself as a “fast, open, and privacy-respecting” replacement to macOS and Windows.
Fedora and elementary OS belong to "Operating Systems" category of the tech stack.
elementary OS is an open source tool with 921 GitHub stars and 540 GitHub forks. Here's a link to elementary OS's open source repository on GitHub.
Pros of elementary OS
- Free to use5
- Fast4
- Stable4
- MacOs like feel4
- Elegant3
- Excellent replacement for Windows2
- Very easy to use2
- Good for beginners2
Pros of Fedora
- Great for developers17
- Represents the future of rhel/centos8
- Good release schedule7
- Great integration with system tools6
- Reliable5
- Fast4
- Docker integration3
- Has SeLinux2
- Latest packages2
- Awesome community1
- Complies with International Standard1
- Python distribution1
- Updated with Bleeding-edge software1
- Great for ops teams1
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Cons of elementary OS
- Less customization1
Cons of Fedora
- Bugs get fixed slowly from kernel side1
- Much less support from Wiki1
- Boring1
- Systemd1
- Less packages in official repository1
- A bit complicated1
- Slightly difficult to install for beginners0
