Korora (operating system)

Korora (previously Kororaa) was 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.

Kororā

Developer	Christopher Smart and Ian Firns[1]
OS family	Linux (Unix-like)
Working state	Discontinued
Source model	Open source
Latest release	Korora 26 / 16 September 2017; 7 years ago (2017-09-16)[2]
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

History

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

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

On December 23, 2010, Smart announced rebirth of Korora as a Fedora remix.^[3]

On May 2, 2013, Korora 18 was released,^[4] featuring a revised name spelled with only one A and a new logo.^[5]

On May 16, 2018, Korora stopped its development.^[6]

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 Korora would be ended, and no further versions would be released;^[7] the reasons given were that:

• Sabayon Linux already serves a purpose as a binary Gentoo distribution
• Gentoo already comes with a GUI installer
• Compiz is already installed by default in the MATE-edition.
• Korora could not compete with other distributions which include non-free drivers by default.
• the weight of the project was too much for a single developer.

On December 23, 2010, Smart announced the restart of Korora 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 Korora 14 (derived from Fedora 14), code-named 'Nemo'. As with the original Korora, it's based on KDE. Essentially, Korora 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[8]	2006-03-08
XGL Live CD 0.2[9]	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[10]	2011-09-20
Kororaa Linux 15.1	2011-10-20
Kororaa Linux 16[11][12]	2011-12-16
Kororaa Linux 17[13]	2012-07-16
Korora 18	2013-05-02[4]
Korora 19[14][15]	2013-07-02[16]
Korora 19.1	2013-10-08[17]
Korora 20[18][19][20]	2014-01-10[21]
Korora 21 Beta	2015-01-03[22]
Korora 21[23]	2015-02-07[24]
Korora 22[25]	2015-08-02[1]
Korora 23[26][27][28]	2016-02-07[29]
Korora 24[30]	2016-07-19[31]
Korora 25	2016-12-07[32]
Korora 26[33]	2017-09-16[2]