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Fedora Workstation with GNOME is the main edition of the Fedora Linux distribution, but their Fedora KDE Desktop Spin just got approval to become a lot more important.

As noted on their issue tracker, a proposal titled "Request to upgrade Fedora KDE Desktop Spin to Edition status under the Personal Systems WG" has now been approved! From the proposal:

"As discussed at Flock, the Fedora KDE SIG and the newly forming Fedora Personal Systems Working Group that will oversee the SIG are requesting that the Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop spin be upgraded to Edition status for Fedora Linux 42.

This includes the following:

  • Listing Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop Edition at the same level as Fedora Workstation Edition on fedoraproject.org
  • Production of a flagship site page for Fedora KDE similar to Fedora Workstation on fedoraproject.org
  • Marketing support in a similar vein to Workstation at events

The Fedora KDE SIG will withdraw its Change for Fedora Linux 42 to replace GNOME with KDE Plasma on Workstation with the acceptance of this request."

It was opened 2 months ago, and was formally approved about 16 hours ago.

Now the work begins for the KDE maintainers at Fedora to get it all ready, and sometime soon hopefully it will then be prominently listed on the Fedora website.


Pictured - Fedora KDE

As someone who mains KDE Plasma as their desktop environment, because I think it's fantastic, I'm really happy to see this happen.

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3 comments

fenglengshun about 2 hours ago
The fact that replacing GNOME with KDE for Fedora Workstation was even discussed is crazy. I do hope that they really will put both as equals - if one is labeled Fedora Workstation and the other Fedora KDE, then I wouldn't call that equal...
Klaas about 2 hours ago
Quoting: fenglengshunif one is labeled Fedora Workstation and the other Fedora KDE, then I wouldn't call that equal...
Exactly. Workstation vs KDE is like PC vs Linux. I wonder how that happened… Anyone using Linux should know of (and be annoyed by) the horrible habit of using PC as synonym for Windows.
Lanz about 2 hours ago
KDE keeps leaping forward while Gnome spins its wheels. The Gnome Foundation needs to really get it together. A large part of the Linux community is looking at the stagnation and financial trouble going on there with eyes wide open. It would be a shame for mismanagement to kill a project that's pushed the Linux desktop forward, and is a key source of competition for KDE to compare itself against. I see this as Fedora admitting that Gnome is a bit stalled at the moment.
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