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Discussion on: Is Ubuntu Or Fedora A Better Distro For Programmers?

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Daniel

I think Ubuntu is one of the most consistent systems for developers, especially for things like this: github.com/ubuntu/ubuntu-make.

In Arch I always have problems with Docker and in Fedora/openSUSE unfortunately there's always something that doesn't work right for me.

But it's just my opinion and my experience.

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Prahlad Yeri • Edited

That's true, I also use Ubuntu because of consistency. If you consider the LTS journey from Trusty (14.04) to Bionic (18.04), the only major change has been a shift from upstart to systemd (which was a global change in all linux distros).

But in Fedora, every little thing changes drastically every six months! Their very package manager has changed from yum to dnf!

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Ben Sinclair

The only problem I've had in Arch with docker is the way it overwrites (or inherits? I forget) resolv.conf unless you remind it not to, meaning your containers can't get out to any other web services.