Korora (operating system)

Kororā
Developer Christopher Smart and Ian Firns[1]
OS family Unix-like
Working state Current
Source model Open source
Latest release Korora 24 / July 19, 2016 (2016-07-19)[1]
Update method DNF (PackageKit)
Package manager RPM Package Manager
Platforms i686, AMD64
Kernel type Monolithic (Linux)
Default user interface KDE Plasma Desktop, GNOME, Xfce, Cinnamon, MATE
License Various
Official website kororaproject.org

Korora (previously Kororaa) is a remix of the Fedora Linux distribution. Originally Kororaa was a binary installation method for Gentoo Linux which aimed for easy installation of a Gentoo system by using install scripts instead of manual configuration. The name derives from the Māori word, “kororā” – the little penguin.

History

Kororaa was started by Christopher Smart as a method to quickly reproduce a Gentoo Linux installation on multiple desktop machines. Chris also intended that Kororaa be used to quickly demonstrate the power of Gentoo Linux to users critical of 'compile times.' On November 7, 2007, Chris announced that he was discontinuing his work on the project, and that there would be no new versions of Kororaa.

The introduction of the Kororaa XGL Live CD was intended to demonstrate the capabilities of Novell’s Xgl and Compiz.

On December 23, 2010, Chris Smart has announced rebirth of Kororaa as Fedora Remix.[2]

On May 2, 2013, Korora 18 was released,[3] featuring a revised name spelled with only one A and a new logo.[4]

Kororaa XGL Live CD

Screenshot of the Xgl abilities of the Kororaa Live CD

In March 2006, a Kororaa based Live CD was released, preconfigured with Xgl capabilities. The live CD supports NVIDIA, ATI and Intel graphics cards, and the latest version (0.3) comes with both K Desktop Environment 3 and GNOME.

Development hiatus and restart

On November 7, 2007, Smart announced that development on Kororaa would be ended, and no further versions would be released;[5] reasons given were that

On December 23, 2010, Smart announced the restart of Kororaa with a release of the Fedora-based version of the distro: “I know that you'll be looking for something Linux related to do over your Christmas holidays and New Year, so I've just released the first installable live DVD beta for testing. The final release will be Kororaa 14 (derived from Fedora 14), code-named 'Nemo'. As with the original Kororaa, it's based on KDE. Essentially, Kororaa has been reborn as a Fedora remix, inspired by Rahul Sundaram's Omega GNOME remix. It aims to provide all general computing uses out of the box and it aims to include software packages that most users will want.”

Version history

Version Release Date Underlying System
Beta 2 R1 2005-12-12 Gentoo
XGL Live CD 0.1 2006-03-08
XGL Live CD 0.2 2006-04-06
XGL Live CD 0.3 2006-10-04
14 Beta 2010-12-25 Fedora
14 Beta 2 2011-02-11
14 Beta 3 2011-03-02
14 Beta 4 2011-03-22
14 Beta 5 2011-03-31
14 Beta 6 2011-04-22
Kororaa Linux 14 2011-05-31
15 Beta 2011-07-16
15 Beta 2 2011-07-20
Kororaa Linux 15 2011-09-20
Kororaa Linux 15.1 2011-10-20
Kororaa Linux 16 2011-12-16
Kororaa Linux 17 2012-07-16
Korora 18 2013-05-02[3]
Korora 19 2013-07-02[6]
Korora 19.1 2013-10-08[7]
Korora 20 2014-01-10[8]
Korora 21 Beta 2015-01-03[9]
Korora 21 2015-02-07[10]
Korora 22 2015-08-02[1]
Korora 23 2016-02-07[11]
Korora 24 2016-07-19[12]

References

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