I've been using Debian 13 with KDE, but recently noticed that some Debian developers recommend Fedora instead. While I checked out Kinoite, I found the codec issues and updating troubles concerning. I've heard that Fedora tends to have better support for KDE yet is often labeled as a risky distribution. I want to know the actual risks—are there chances that the OS will stop working, or KDE could break? How frequent are these issues, and is there a stable version of Fedora that isn't immutable or one that already includes non-free stuff? Also, what kinds of breakages have users experienced? I've seen reports of people losing sleep/hibernation functionalities on their devices.
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I updated my Fedora KDE setup today, and now it won’t boot at all! Initially, I got an error about a missing library, and after multiple attempts to fix it, the system just crashes. It's been pretty rough, especially with other machines crashing during games or when going idle. So yeah, that 'risky' label seems justified sometimes!
In the last two years, I've only had one update break something, and it got fixed within 24 hours. So, while issues can happen, they don't occur often.
That sounds terrifying! Hope you can sort it out soon.