Thx for this!
Though sadly most of the ones you've listed seem dead, very small, or inactive. I'm guessing there's still not much on here yet, so do you know of anything outside of Lemmy? I've been trying to search but can't find anything besides strictly regional stuff.
That sucks a bit I won't lie, no idea how somebody like me is supposed to already know exactly what they need, from who, how, where, etc. but I guess I'm in the minority here haha, no worries. Also thx!
Just anything that can act as a hub/referral place of sorts to direct me to where is most appropriate for my needs or for whatever I need to consult with an expert on; legal, financial, employment/work, immigration, social, mental, safety, etc.
It's totally fine, no worries!
And again as I've said before I don't wanna distro hop anymore, this isn't my first distro (but am not a linux expert or anything, very much a normal/casual user here), jumped around a lot for a good while now before eyeing up Fedora to be my main, have a good idea of what I want and so am focused on the long term and reliability of the thing.
And well, you kinda said it yourself haha, it's up to date but stable, and it's basically taken the place that Ubuntu originally held as a jack of all trades of sorts, that's literally it, that's my reason for being interested in it, Ubuntu has been extremely hit or miss for me in regards to stability and updates (literally the system at one point nearly bricked itself when trying to upgrade and am now stuck on a specific Ubuntu version forever because of it, the updating thing seems completely borked for me, can't upgrade it without wiping the whole thing and this isn't the first or last time anything Ubuntu based has done this to me before, updating it is very dreadful for me because it's a complete gamble), and as far as I know Fedora seems to be a lot more stable and polished on that front, haven't heard anything majorly bad about it.
That's good to hear, well alright then, what legal stuff would be concerning if I may ask? Heard at one point they were gonna get rid of hardware acceleration or something because of legalities or whatever?? But then changed their minds? Idk, stuff like that worries me a bit haha.
Really appreciate the in-depth explanation, thx! I'll take a look at the links then.
So with all of this considered, do you personally think it's safe to go with Fedora long term? Even in a worst case scenario? And if not then what else should be considered for me?
I also am curious about Fedora's whole "leading edge" thing, do they push for new technologies even when it'll cause issues or are they careful with it?
You are so incredibly kind omg, thank you!
I have tried posting in some of the communities on here, no responses or very unhelpful comments only sadly. Hopefully it'll change with time yeah.
I'm struggling irl so unfortunately I can't donate, barely have enough for myself as it is, I'm really sorry. I'm sure others who're in a better place can help out though! If that's fine then I'll message you on matrix soon, your a lifesaver!