Fedora-based Linux Distro Korora (Version 25) Now Available For Download (betanews.com)

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Fedora-based Linux Distro Korora (Version 25) Now Available For Download (betanews.com)

Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday December 10, 2016 @09:34AM from the codename-Gurgle dept.

BrianFagioli writes: If you want to use Fedora but do not want to spend time manually installing packages and repos, there is a solid alternative -- Korora. Despite the funny-sounding name, it is a great way to experience Fedora in a more user-friendly way. Wednesday, version 25, code-named 'Gurgle', became available for release.

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code-named 'Gurgle' by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-10 09:39 · Score: 0

Why do these things have code names? Especially stupid ones like this?
1. Re: code-named 'Gurgle' by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-10 09:48 · Score: 0
  
  It's the sound a penis makes when it goes into a butt. It's useful.
2. Re:code-named 'Gurgle' by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-10 10:59 · Score: 0
  
  Why do these things have code names?
  Marketing. My FOSS project was dead in the water until I code named it "TurdBurgler". Then it really took off!
3. Re:code-named 'Gurgle' by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-10 12:56 · Score: 0
  
  It's not stupid, you're just uneducated and neither understand the word nor its tie to the project name.
4. Re: code-named 'Gurgle' by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-10 13:41 · Score: 1
  
  What the fuck is wrong with your butt? I'd get that checked out!
5. Re: code-named 'Gurgle' by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-11 07:19 · Score: 0
  
  Code names are stupid. Mature, professional open source projects, like FreeBSD and LLVM and PostgreSQL, don't use them. We really only see code names used by hipster-oriented projects, many of which have quality problems.
6. Re: code-named 'Gurgle' by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-11 07:21 · Score: 0
  
  I like when open source projects use code names. It makes it more obvious that I shouldn't use them, without me actually having to try them out.
7. Re: code-named 'Gurgle' by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-11 21:47 · Score: 0
  
  Code names can bond smaller dev teams. At least when they are cool code names instead of ridiculous stupid ones.
there is no Korora 25 ISO for you by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-10 09:42 · Score: 0

If you are using a 32-bit only machine, there is no Korora 25 ISO for you. This has been the case since the prior version, and has not changed on this release. Quite frankly, it is almost inexcusable for someone to be using a 32-bit only CPU in 2016 -- it is probably time for an upgrade.
Damn you Brian Fagioli!
1. Re: there is no Korora 25 ISO for you by ArmoredDragon · 2016-12-10 09:53 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  I know, we should take all of the 32-bit users and hide their left shoes and stomp on their pets.
2. Re:there is no Korora 25 ISO for you by WarJolt · 2016-12-10 10:00 · Score: 1
  
  Spin up an instance on your favorite cloud service. You don't need hardware.
3. Re:there is no Korora 25 ISO for you by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-10 10:02 · Score: 0
  
  Fair criticism. This is the free/open world, so why don't you compile a 32-bit version and make it available. It might scratch your itch and get you kudos.
4. Re:there is no Korora 25 ISO for you by sims+2 · 2016-12-10 10:40 · Score: 1
  
  Sounds like a fun project any you would recommend with straightforward pricing?
  
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5. Re:there is no Korora 25 ISO for you by sensei+moreh · 2016-12-10 10:58 · Score: 2
  
  Quite frankly, it's morethan a little arrogant to claim that it is almost inexcusable for someone to be using a 32-bit only CPU in 2016. WTF am I supposed to do with my (admittedly ancient) Acer Aspire One ZG5 netbook? The 120 GB HDD is basically 4x the capacity of the eMMC in my HP Stream 11. And, that 120GB HDD multiboots Win XP, Fedora Mate Rawhide, and Ubuntu Mate 16.04. I happen to prefer Mate to XFCE and LXDE, but those DEs also run just fine. With only 1GB of non-expandable RAM, the ZG5 is somewhat limited in its capabilities. However, as a netbook. I find it adequate.
  
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6. Re: there is no Korora 25 ISO for you by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-10 11:20 · Score: 0
  
  Either a) dont update to a never version or b) upgrade that ridiculous machine
7. Re:there is no Korora 25 ISO for you by haruchai · 2016-12-10 13:57 · Score: 1
  
  Sounds like a fun project any you would recommend with straightforward pricing?
  Some of the cloud providers have freebies. The AWS Free Tier lets you run a Micro Instance & other services for up to 1 year; Google Cloud Platform give us a $300 credit to spend as you please.
  
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8. Re:there is no Korora 25 ISO for you by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-10 17:53 · Score: 0
  
  You're taking the ramblings of some anonymous coward way too seriously. There is an element of technical avarice among a lot of people who do not consider the costs of upgrading - physical costs, training costs, costs in terms of security and privacy (I'm looking at you, Windows 10 and your auto-updates, and Google and all the rest, you patch the holes and then take the data wholesale for yourself whether the user wants it or not), and just about everything else.
  Your machine is perfectly adequate. While it is true that it will be harder and harder to upgrade it, since most distros will drop IA32 support over the next several years, there's no reason why you can't continue to use that machine with the software it has for a good while to come. This is particularly so for the Linux distros, since you can likely install 32-bit based packages for a long while yet in many cases, even if they're just manual installations (or in some cases compiling from source).
9. Re:there is no Korora 25 ISO for you by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-11 01:55 · Score: 0
  
  Now if people actually RTFA, it's a quote from there... by Brian Fagioli!
I don't understand the reason for this by mea2214 · 2016-12-10 10:35 · Score: 2

How does Korora know what packages I need installed?
1. Re:I don't understand the reason for this by Joce640k · 2016-12-10 10:42 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  How does Korora know what packages I need installed?
  The NSA gathers that information for them.
  
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2. Re:I don't understand the reason for this by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-10 10:52 · Score: 0
  
  I thought it was alien mind probes.
3. Re:I don't understand the reason for this by TheRealMindChild · 2016-12-10 11:17 · Score: 1
  
  It probably just installs "everything". I'd wager to guess (mere speculation based on decades of behavior), that it will ask you if you want a desktop or a server, and then install every last package it might think you could want to use
  
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4. Re:I don't understand the reason for this by sgage · 2016-12-10 11:37 · Score: 2
  
  The same way Slashdot knows that I've been shopping for whole-house water filters, and presents me with ads for them on Slashdot pages. It starts to feel a bit creepy sometimes...
5. Re:I don't understand the reason for this by sgage · 2016-12-10 11:42 · Score: 3
  
  Actually, that's not what it does. If you glance at their site, what they do is select one package for each major function, but make alternatives available in their repos. Actually, I've noticed that it seems to have become something of a 'selling' point for distros these days - "Only one app installed for each funtion".
6. Re:I don't understand the reason for this by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-10 12:05 · Score: 0
  
  No, the probes go in the other end...
7. Re:I don't understand the reason for this by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-10 21:07 · Score: 0
  
  I also don't understand why this distro exists. I don't know to be honest, and I don't want to discourage anyone but making your own distro is a massive undertaking even if you base it on a large distro like Fedora. If the entire add-on value of Korora is "yoy do not want to spend time manually installing packages and repos" then couldn't the problem be solved with an app that just did that?
8. Re:I don't understand the reason for this by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-11 03:58 · Score: 0
  
  No, the probes go in the other end...
  How do you know where his mind is?
9. Re:I don't understand the reason for this by Caedite+Eos · 2016-12-11 05:10 · Score: 1
  
  Slashdot user, so ...
Who comes up with these names? by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-10 10:45 · Score: 0

I see we're trending back towards making it impossible to evangelize Linux to friends and family.
"So there I was, installing Korora Gurgle on my laptop and then-"
"Wait, what did you say?"
"Korora. Version Gurgle. Its a distro of Lin-"
"I'm calling the cops"
Fuck Korora by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-10 16:51 · Score: 0

Another fucking distro.
Seems a retrograde step by DrXym · 2016-12-10 22:46 · Score: 1

Many earlier distributions, I'm thinking of Mandrake and SUSE mainly, used to install the kitchen sink. It meant the default install had a larger attack surface and was therefore more vulnerable to attack. Aside from that, your dist wastes a lot more diskspace and you have all these packages that you're not entirely sure if you need or not.
I think dists like Fedora almost have it right, offering a functioning desktop out of the box but not going crazy installing crap someone may not want. Even so, I think their store / software app is awful and doesn't exactly make it easy to install additional software if someone wants it. It'd be nice to have a postinstall wizard that lets a user answer a bunch of questions - do they mind closed source drivers, do they play multimedia, do they like games, development, want cloud storage etc. and then offers to do some additional set up based on their install and their answers.