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Fedora 30/Ubuntu 19.04

Pitting Fedora against Ubuntu isn’t a straightforward task. You can’t compare them in terms of the included components since the list is almost identical. For instance, they both use kernels from the 5.0 release branch, and draw their desktops with Gnome 3.32; most of the highlights of both of these distros originate from these.

Kernel numbers don’t really have any importance any more, and the 5.x series included in both doesn’t bring any headline improvements. However, it does boast support for Intel Cannonlake graphics and AMD’s Radeon RX Vega M graphics processor. Another highlight is the reduced impact of the performance hit that came

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