By this point, it’s no secret of the love I hold for Linux. I had a few posts a bit prior to my hiatus that started back in May of 2025. You can take a peak at the previous posts: A Hobbit’s journey in Linux, so far…, and Hobbit’s Journey Home: Linux Mint here should you be interested.
I struggled to find what I really wanted with my use of Linux for some time as you can probably see from just the two posts listed above. Ultimately, I found the Linux operating system that suits my needs the most at last. I settled on Fedora 42 KDE Plasma Desktop, and I’ve been on it now for some time. I’ll admit, I might not be quite as quick to move to the latest releases in the future.
My jump from Fedora 41 to Fedora 42 was a bit rocky on the initial install. In the future, I plan to be a bit more conserved about jumping over from the previous version. At least at this time. After all, on release you still have support for the previous version for a decent amount of time.
At some point after moving back to Linux Mint, I found I just missed far too much about what Fedora brings to the table for ‘me’. It has a very nice blend of bleeding edge (but not too much), it isn’t exactly a rolling release (which I prefer), and it does have stability if you are just a bit cautious.
KDE Plasma has become my favorite desktop environment, and while there are certainly things I love about Linux Mint, I’m not quite as fond of the Cinnamon desktop environment as I once was. Fedora allows me to make use of Wayland, KDE, newer repositories and packages, later Linux Kernels, and at least from my perspective better performance for things I like to do on my devices.
I can’t promise I won’t change my mind at some point in the future. I mean it is one of the many freedoms of using Linux after all. For now though, Fedora is certainly at the top of my favorite distribution list.
I’ve tried Debian, Linux Mint, and even KDE Neon as a daily driver (KDE Neon was on my laptop for a short-ish period). Of the distros I’ve managed to run as a daily driver, for me, nothing compared to all that Fedora was able to bring to the table.
I had a small Windows 11 install on a separate SSD for a time, but I’ve since ditched that, and my desktop and laptop are both on Fedora 42 KDE Plasma Desktop. I wasn’t making use of the Windows 11 install enough to warrant the space or SSD it was using. I had it as a backup for games that I wasn’t able to run on Linux.
Of that list, only Once Human has given me struggle to run in Linux and while I like the game, and I’d love the opportunity to play it, it just won’t run in Linux and that game alone wasn’t enough for me to keep the Windows 11 install. For me, it’s mostly come down too, if it doesn’t run on my favorite operating system, I don’t really care to play it. I know there are games you cannot play on Linux due to the publishers or devs not allowing play on Linux: Destiny 2, Apex Legends, League of Legends, Fortnite, Battlefield V (and upcoming releases, including some of the previous series), GTA V, and I imagine a long list of games otherwise. Other than GTA V and perhaps the opportunity to play Battlefield V, most of the games that are like that, I simply have no interest in in any case.
On a semi related note, Windows 10 comes to End of Life in October of 2025. Error (my son) decided to move to Linux as well to get a bit more out of his desktop for a time. We had a discussion, and he asked what my favorite Linux distribution was. I told him honestly, it was Fedora. I offered to install whatever he preferred, and did make a suggestion for Linux Mint, however, he decided to give Fedora a try as well. It hasn’t been a perfect transition thus far, but he is still early on in the move. My suggestion to him is if for whatever reason Fedora doesn’t work out, we could install Linux Mint to see if it might be a better fit.
I am excited to be back into posting on the site, looking forward to more Hobbit Play posts, patch notes, and maybe the occasional post of what I’m up too.
Game long my friends, game hard!
-Hobbit
