On Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at 5:52:11 AM UTC-5, Rob Collins wrote: > Hello , I recently became a full Linux convert from Windows. Over the past > two months I have hopped from Linux Mint to Ubuntu Mate to Opensuse KDE. > While they all have advantages I found Ubuntu Mate to be the easiest user > experience for someone fairly new like myself. I tried Linux variations > around 5 years ago but never found a distro that matched my hardware at the > time and went back to Windows. Two days ago I came across a blog post that > mentioned Korora 24 Linux (Gnome) which is a spin of Fedora 24. While I had > Ubuntu Mate all set up nice the way I like it I decided to try Korora and so > far I am very glad that I did. It has only been two days but so far I have > been very impressed. I was leary about going to an RPM based distro and had > read that Fedora was not really a good new user experience. The Korora 24 > team has totally changed my mind about ease of use in Fedora. It was very > easy to install, everything works out of the box and the UI tweaks that are > baked in are outstanding in my opinion. I am a fan of Android phones and have > several Android tablets and the Gnome UI tweaks in Korora remind me of the > same themes I use in my custom Nova Launcher theme. I know it is strictly a > matter of opinion but to me the design Korora baked into Gnome looks better > than any distro I have tried. As for RPMs they are as easy to install as any > DEB file from Ubuntu. The thing that has really surprised me about Korora is > how fast it is. I didn't think anything would run as fast as Ubuntu Mate but > I was wrong. Korora is just as fast and I think some things launch even > faster. So far there have been no crashes or hang ups. Really it has been > smooth sailing. I did struggle to get Insync for Google drive installed but a > few searches showed me what I had done wrong and how to fix it. > > > I really think this distro is a hidden Gem , if you like the flat design and > are tired of your current Linux OS this might be worth a look. Hope this > helps someone new out there who wants a nice clean easy Linux distro to > install. > > > Regards, > Rob
Thanks for the review, Rob. In the RedHat arena, I always found system maintenace/administration straight-forward with their common sense, "system-config-(hardware/services)" console commands. For rpm maintenance, "yum" in a console was my best friend--it's quick and easy to learn and use. Have fun and thanks again for the review! -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rules or http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Linux Users Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
