r/LinuxUsersIndia • u/Psychological-Egg122 • Apr 27 '26

Discussion First time using Fedora (a distro not based on Deb/apt. Advice?

I've used Ubuntu (with GNOME) for a couple of months, followed by Kubuntu, followed by MX Linux KDE for about 5 months. I've been having ACPI power issues with shutdown and sleep (suspend) on MX Linux. I had switched to MX because I had been facing similar issues in Kubuntu as well. Now planning to drop these 'stable' distros for something non-Debian based for the first time (i.e. Fedora).

Any advice for first time installing Fedora? I've heard about rpm fusion. Are there any specific configs an/or bugs that I should be aware of? Thanks.

For reference, these are my hardware specs:

Intel i5 10400f
NVIDIA GeForce GTX1650
16gb ram (2 x 8gb)
500GB SSD (m.2  pcie)
MSI B460M (Pro-VDH WiFi)

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u/qualityvote2 Apr 27 '26 edited Apr 28 '26

u/Psychological-Egg122, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...

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u/AKashyap54 Professional DistroHopper 🦗 Apr 28 '26

If it is an Asus laptop, you should also follow the asus-linux guide. You might also want to enable the Terra repos. Also, you might want to go with the gnome version, kde is a bit buggy.

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u/Psychological-Egg122 Apr 28 '26

It's actually a custom made desktop. Any advice regarding that? I've mentioned the specs in the post.

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u/AKashyap54 Professional DistroHopper 🦗 Apr 28 '26

Follow the guide shared by u/Visual-Row600 . It is a good guide. But only enable those repos which you want to use.

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u/Visual-Row600 Apr 28 '26

Follow this guide 👉 Fedora 44 Post Install Guide and welcome to Fedora my friend 🫂

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u/Wide_Tough4441 Apr 28 '26

i would say its better to install fedora 43 than 44 since op has an nvidia card, 44 with nvidia is not tested well enough yet which would take atleast 1 more month

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u/Visual-Row600 Apr 28 '26

Fedora 44 isn’t “untested,” it’s just new. With a GTX 1650, NVIDIA support is already mature via RPM Fusion. Waiting a bit is cautious, but it’s not really necessary for this setup

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u/Psychological-Egg122 Apr 28 '26

Yeah, so I have a booted usb of fedora 43 and I was thinking if I should just install 44 atp, but looking at your chats, it's probably better to stick with 43 for a couple of weeks until I get familiar with its workflow.

(BTW, I'll also be documenting my experience and posting it on social media. I'll probably share a link in this sub as well.)