Chapeau, a Fedora remix

So, let me preface this by saying that I'm not really a Linux user, more like a dabbler. I have a test bench setup with some hardware left over from old gaming pc builds. I threw them together so I would have a place to test out new hardware and OS before installing them in my main rig. My gaming rig is water cooled. I drained and dissembled the loop recently to reconfigure it with some new fittings and tubes. Unfortunately, I was not diligent enough in my measurements and chose the wrong fittings. Instead of rebuilding the old loop, I decide to dedicate the down time I have waiting on parts to my test bench running Linux.

In doing so I discovered Chapeau based on Fedora or it is Fedora re-branded and pre-packaged with several programs. It comes with Steam, Wine, and Play on Linux already installed as well as codecs and players for media consumption. I don't know if anyone else in the community has tried it out (I did a search in the forum to see if it had been mentioned) but I figured I would put it out there if anyone else might want to give it a go. It's maintained by one guy who has been using Fedora for about 10 years based on the FAQ in his about section on the website so I assume it's a small community of users. I'm currently trying out the Chapeau 23 beta which, of course, is based on Fedora 23 Workstation.

Website Link:
http://chapeaulinux.org/

System Specs I'm running this on:

CPU: i7-3770K
GPU: Sapphire Radeon R9 290
MB: AsRock H77M H77 LGA1155
RAM: Crucial 8GB 1600
SSD: OCZ Vertex 240GB
HDD: Seagate 2.5 500GB

Well IDK how this post says it was made a few months ago and yet the main website says it was made 3 hours ago.....but what ever.

Chapeau is based on fedora. It is literally fedora with extra bits installed. It is nice for those times you do not want to fight fedora's stupid ideologies, but you still want the reliability of fedora.

Maybe because he made an edit? Sometimes when I make an edit on a post I made, the thread gets bumped to the top and other times it does not. The interesting question would be, would this thread be closed now. Hmmm.

But ya Chapeau makes Fedora easier for new users.

Yeah, sorry. I added a line on the hardware spec. Chapeau 23 has also been out of beta since early December.

If I'm not mistaken, Chapeau is what Mint is to Ubuntu... It's entry level Fedora 23 Workstation, but so is Korora

https://kororaproject.org/

http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=korora

I like Korora, myself.

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