Why Korora is my Favorite Distro

Operating Systems & Open Source Linux
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We all have things we put up with on a day to day basis, and in some cases an operating system can make all the difference. I considered Gentoo however there are more programs out there that have to be compiled than there are that are binary. So my point being I have stuff to do and Gentoo gets in the way of that some what; I have work to do sometimes involving a variety of software I've never used an as such Gentoo doesn't fit this as I don't have the time. I admit that I did start on Ubuntu not knowing why the he'll there wasn't a magnifier. Short story is I used it for a day (yes a day) as I tried installing Gnome and uninstalling Unity causing dependency hell. For about a month I ran Mint but the taste of Ubuntu was still sour in my mouth and as such I installed Crunchbang. This was as the time truly over my head so I tinkered with it for a few days (without Wi-Fi mind you) and then tried Debian. This is where my brain became bloated, but being a fast learner I had used Debian itself for a good one to two months (counting my time in testing). However it lacked something; the latest and greatest. Testing wasn't good enough for me. Everything seemed outdated in comparison to what was on Mint. Switching to unstable wasn't an option. This is where Fedora shines; it is somewhat a kid between the stability of Debian testing and the bleeding edgeness of unstable. It truly was perfect. At the time I loved to mess with things such as X that would render my system somewhat unusable. This is where Korora stepped in. I absolutely hated having to constantly re-add RPMfusion repositories and multmedia packages. From there on I've used Korora. Never really cared for Arch as I can't really justify the benefits of switching. The Fedora community is unrivaled by everything out there. I will admit that there are issues such as systemd and what I believe to be the NSA's backdoor, SELinux. No distro is perfect, not even your custom LFS system however there are ones that work better than others depending upon their interests and tastes. As such I'm happy to say as of yet I'm trying to make a community based distro in the hopes that Red Hat and Canonical will be more community reprint in the future; I want to redefine user friendly.

Honorable mentions: Debian testing, Gentoo, Arch, LMDE, SolydXK, Fedora, CentOS, Slackware, Manjaro, Sabayon, and so forth...

I really enjoy having choice and such it really is a disappointment that the only security enhancements are made by the NSA and Novell (as far as I know). Although systemd doesn't allow the flexibility of sysVinit, it is becoming a harsh dependency for some packages and as such it does support sysVinit installments. 

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I too started on Ubuntu back in the early days, been exposed to it in college as Ubuntu 8 Live CD, and the only person who wanted to actually experiment with the system, alas I couldn't due to college running Novell/Windows 7, what a shocking system that was, anyways I returned as of last year, to Ubuntu and while needing something different I settled with it, not knowing how software worked on Linux, what bleeding edge was and how I could actually use it to my advantage.

I then came here, meeting the people in our little corner of this grand forum, been advised with how the system worked, what to do, and how things worked, and while Zoltan can be biased, he came out with some good views on Linux and specific distros, mainly ones been bleeding edge, as well as other people coming out with their systems.

I then moved to Fedora 19, and fell in love with the system, it just worked, I could get AMD Catalyst working, all fonts working, Steam and it just worked, although the installer was rather shocking.
I then moved when Fedora 20 was released, due to no AMD drivers, this is where I begun to distro hop, I started with Manjaro, liked it but it was not for me, just didn't taste right, so I learned how to build Arch, again while it worked very very well, the installer annoyed me a little bit as I wanted pure Arch, but I personally could not be arsed to set up a system, I then tried Sabayon, was nice but just not me, didn't suit me, then moving to Korora, again while it was fine I had some issues with it, and no AMD again, so moved yet once more, and I begun to start stressing on what distro I wanted, I eventually just settled on Debian for a good while, but it became boring, which then prompted me to decide OpenSUSE 13.1, I had tried this previously for like a day, but it just didn't fit me then, but I decided "Heh, why not." and installed it, and so far loving it, I also purchased a Red Hat licence for my laptop, so I have a stable system, the fact it still gets good stability stuff and just works does fine for me, yes it was paid for, but I want Red Hat certification at some point so may aswell get it done with.

Now I have grown up in Linux, I can fend for my self a lot of the times, fixing issues never seen before by me, and gladly say I am rid of Windows fully, I hate even using the dam system, the fact start can break it stupid, and well WindX will be the final nail.

Also the NSA only designed and developed SELinux, the community and Red hat deal with it more now, although the NSA are a bit crap, they do good with security, very very good, also Novell is not too bad, they just make shite software, yeah never use netware, its discusting...
Look at it this way, no matter who adds what into the kernel, it be cooperate dollars, or community volunteers, its all done for our benefit, and innovation,

Also depends on how you look at the systemd v init, admins love init because of its configuration files, I personally love systemd, I just find it that bit easier, but I am sure at some point this will all happen again with what ever replaces systemd, just an arse for everyone on init to move to systemd

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+1. I tried SUSE once, but it constantly glitched out. I plan on trying it again though. I like how releases last a few months longer however the kernel panicked. I'll give it a try.

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Could be to do with your hardware the panic, but I am sure 3.16 would have solved it by now, I just have issues with RPM based systems on my Asus laptop, its rather annoying as Red Hat is based on RPM, and it gives like a screen burning effect after a while, dam sure its a KMS issue..

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I have a Dell E5530. Tried SUSE, but got the same outcome...

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What is the error of the panic, maybe Zoltan can advise you, if not, sure if you can post a question on stack exchange without been flagged as off topic, they will help.

BTW Stack is getting stupidly elitist, if you don't meet to their exact requirements, which is know the answer your self, you may not get far unless the right person in the right mood see it, great minds, shit personalities and mood swings...

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         "...BTW Stack is getting stupidly elitist"


Are you sure the problem isn't with the younger generation expecting to be spoon-fed over every little problem they encounter?

Linux/Programming gurus are extremely elitist, that's a given - we do give noobs a break every now-and-then when we have time enough to post.

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+1. Google it... Tek Syndicate needs a filter... Problem is though that it isn't a common kernel issue and as such I can't find any info on it... I'll look at it tomorrow as I just practically broke Gnome on my install. The panic is something to do with ACPI... Can't find the source for the Gnome shell theme and as such my current setup looks like a blind guys desktop (coming from a guy with vision that's like 450/20).

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It does need a filter lol.

There's too much of the Dunning Kruger effect going on in these forums.