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Considering switching away from Fedora and to another distribution. Does anyone have any suggestions for distributions I should consider?

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[–] joel_feila@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Neon right now i will try pop os when the new cosmic desktop drops

[–] nestEggParrot@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Has a release date been announced for cosmic?

[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Nah, it's more of a "when it's ready" type thing. You can see updates on their blog but by the looks, it'll be another 6 months or so before a real release candidate is ready.