It's been well known for awhile now that it's his preferred setup. He seems to w...

jsk2600 · 2025-12-07T00:04:56 1765065896

He explained that in the linked video - Fedora makes it easy for him to test custom kernel builds.

Retr0id · 2025-12-07T00:15:22 1765066522

Oh I didn't know Gnome was the official flavour now, last time I paid attention it was still KDE

loeg · 2025-12-07T01:08:02 1765069682

I don't think it's ever been KDE.

sho_hn · 2025-12-07T01:32:28 1765071148

Indeed. In fact, only recently the Fedora KDE version was elevated to "Edition" status and is now on the same tier as the Gnome version.

Most newer popular distros (Bazzite, CachyOS, Zorin, Asahi, etc.) default to KDE now, and it's very nice that Fedora's not only keeping up, but also providing the basis for some of them.

loeg · 2025-12-07T02:06:20 1765073180

I've been very pleased with KDE on Fedora for the past ~five years.

Retr0id · 2025-12-07T01:57:57 1765072677

It seems you're right, and now I'm wondering how I ever thought otherwise...

loeg · 2025-12-07T02:04:22 1765073062

No worries. I started using Fedora around the 4-5 timeframe and am still using it 40 editions later -- time flies. To my memory, it's always been GNOME-first.

pwdisswordfishy · 2025-12-09T14:23:22 1765290202

Indeed it is strange. Red Hat is more or less considered the corporate steward/benefactor of modern Gnome.

quantumfissure · 2025-12-07T00:36:00 1765067760

It's been a long, long time. I think Red Hat 8/9 (from 2002-2003) had a default KDE build. Even in Fedora Core 1 Gnome was default.

Now, there's a separate build to download for KDE. It's likely because Gnome is default install for Red Hat Enterprise Workstation.

mwcz · 2025-12-07T06:02:36 1765087356

He must not use any gnome extensions.