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

Posted by EditorDavid on 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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  1. Re: there is no Korora 25 ISO for you by ArmoredDragon · · 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 · · Score: 1

    Spin up an instance on your favorite cloud service. You don't need hardware.

  3. I don't understand the reason for this by mea2214 · · Score: 2

    How does Korora know what packages I need installed?

    1. Re:I don't understand the reason for this by Joce640k · · 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 TheRealMindChild · · 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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    3. Re:I don't understand the reason for this by sgage · · 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...

    4. Re:I don't understand the reason for this by sgage · · 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".

    5. Re:I don't understand the reason for this by Caedite+Eos · · Score: 1

      Slashdot user, so ...

  4. Re:there is no Korora 25 ISO for you by sims+2 · · 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 · · 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: code-named 'Gurgle' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    What the fuck is wrong with your butt? I'd get that checked out!

  7. Re:there is no Korora 25 ISO for you by haruchai · · 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. Seems a retrograde step by DrXym · · 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.