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Both Fedora and Ubuntu are great Linux distributions.
Each distribution has a lot to offer various user types.
Both are free to download and use.
The first Linux distribution I used with any level of success was Red Hat 5.2, which was before Red Hat became RHEL, and Fedora was a hat worn by Marc Ewing in his college computer lab.
By the time Red Hat had become Fedora, I had already departed the land of RPM and found myself happily using the APT-based Ubuntu. I found Ubuntu exponentially easier, more user-friendly. On top of that, Ubuntu had more apps to choose from.
I was sold.
Since then, I've primarily used only Ubuntu-based distributions, but that doesn't mean I believe Fedora is inferior. In fact, Fedora is a brilliant Linux distribution with plenty to offer.
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