Korora Desktop Rollcall
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The release of Korora 26 is announced on the main website.
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I dropped back to Ubuntu - It was a stability and other issues that pulled me from Korora and Deepin.
Korora had stability issues with a few applications I used...Pithos would stop playing.. no reason that I could tell. The two or three Ham Radio related applications seemed to run okay
Deepin had even more stability issues it seems in that when I had the HF Radio on, and the CAT (controls the radio) and USB audio device (converts the audio to digitaland digital to audio) connected it would cycle the radio transmit at a high rate when you changed the volume off the computer. Not good for the radio.... very not good.
With this - I can't use either. I could try Fedora... but currently Ubuntu is working decently... so I don't see a need to switch right now...
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Got two machines running with Fedora 26. Both have been almost flawless. Really solid.
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@scottalanmiller said in Korora Desktop Rollcall:
Got two machines running with Fedora 26. Both have been almost flawless. Really solid.
It would seem (at least to me) that Fedora is one of the 'main stream' distros, and because of that - it will be more stable then some of the others... like Deepin.
Nothing against Deepin - it had a good appearance and function - but I don't think it has the push and support that Fedora has.
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@gjacobse said in Korora Desktop Rollcall:
@scottalanmiller said in Korora Desktop Rollcall:
Got two machines running with Fedora 26. Both have been almost flawless. Really solid.
It would seem (at least to me) that Fedora is one of the 'main stream' distros, and because of that - it will be more stable then some of the others... like Deepin.
Nothing against Deepin - it had a good appearance and function - but I don't think it has the push and support that Fedora has.
Yeah I still have Fedora 26 on everything. I've done a few Korora 26 live boots to Cinnamon and Gnome 3.24. Thoughts are still going back and forth though. I may have Korora 26 on my laptop, and Fedora 26 on my desktop... mostly due to stability. I can't bring my desktop down long enough to give Korora 26 a try because it's my main Admin workstation and I'm too busy. But I can give it a really good shot on my laptop.
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@penguinwrangler One of us, one of us, one of us
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@scottalanmiller said in Korora Desktop Rollcall:
Got two machines running with Fedora 26. Both have been almost flawless. Really solid.
What qualifies as "almost flawless" ?
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@dustinb3403 said in Korora Desktop Rollcall:
@scottalanmiller said in Korora Desktop Rollcall:
Got two machines running with Fedora 26. Both have been almost flawless. Really solid.
What qualifies as "almost flawless" ?
One of the two machines, the HP Envy, has a weird graphical artefact that happens through a combination of the lock screen and automatic screen rotation when being picked up causing the screen to get weird and show part of hte desktop. Everything still works, the lock screen just doesn't get 100% coverage. Probably Cinnamon only issue.
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@scottalanmiller said in Korora Desktop Rollcall:
@dustinb3403 said in Korora Desktop Rollcall:
@scottalanmiller said in Korora Desktop Rollcall:
Got two machines running with Fedora 26. Both have been almost flawless. Really solid.
What qualifies as "almost flawless" ?
One of the two machines, the HP Envy, has a weird graphical artefact that happens through a combination of the lock screen and automatic screen rotation when being picked up causing the screen to get weird and show part of hte desktop. Everything still works, the lock screen just doesn't get 100% coverage. Probably Cinnamon only issue.
I know with Fedora Gnome, we can switch between Wayland and Xorg. Cinnamon still uses Xorg but it could be happening because Fedora doesn't include any proprietary drivers too.
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I'm replacing my current work desktop and laptop (T3610 and E6440) with a Latitude E7270.
I went that route because it's the last gen that still has the (now legacy) e-port dock slot on the bottom, and because of pricing... out the door with 3-year pro support for under $900.
It has a 6th Gen i7-6600U and 8 gigs RAM (got another 8 gig stick from newegg to make 16gb), which should be good enough to run a few VMs for dev work, and Dell provides Ubuntu 14.04 drivers for it... so Linux (Fedora) compatibility should be excellent... if not, I'll just slap on Ubunto. I don't have time to mess around atm.
It should be a nice change from the T3610... although it was a beast, I just don't think the Xeon in it played well with KVM, plus hardware issues with Windows, and some parodic freezing in Linux (I think related to Firefox and Chrome).
My E6440 has been excellent all around, so I'm expecting the same from the E7270.
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@tim_g said in Korora Desktop Rollcall:
I'm replacing my current work desktop and laptop (T3610 and E6440) with a Latitude E7270.
I went that route because it's the last gen that still has the (now legacy) e-port dock slot on the bottom, and because of pricing... out the door with 3-year pro support for under $900.
It has a 6th Gen i7-6600U and 8 gigs RAM (got another 8 gig stick from newegg to make 16gb), which should be good enough to run a few VMs for dev work, and Dell provides Ubuntu 14.04 drivers for it... so Linux (Fedora) compatibility should be excellent... if not, I'll just slap on Ubunto. I don't have time to mess around atm.
It should be a nice change from the T3610... although it was a beast, I just don't think the Xeon in it played well with KVM, plus hardware issues with Windows, and some parodic freezing in Linux (I think related to Firefox and Chrome).
My E6440 has been excellent all around, so I'm expecting the same from the E7270.
I have an e7270 at home and at work. I'm running Fedora on both. Runs great.
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@stacksofplates said in Korora Desktop Rollcall:
@tim_g said in Korora Desktop Rollcall:
I'm replacing my current work desktop and laptop (T3610 and E6440) with a Latitude E7270.
I went that route because it's the last gen that still has the (now legacy) e-port dock slot on the bottom, and because of pricing... out the door with 3-year pro support for under $900.
It has a 6th Gen i7-6600U and 8 gigs RAM (got another 8 gig stick from newegg to make 16gb), which should be good enough to run a few VMs for dev work, and Dell provides Ubuntu 14.04 drivers for it... so Linux (Fedora) compatibility should be excellent... if not, I'll just slap on Ubunto. I don't have time to mess around atm.
It should be a nice change from the T3610... although it was a beast, I just don't think the Xeon in it played well with KVM, plus hardware issues with Windows, and some parodic freezing in Linux (I think related to Firefox and Chrome).
My E6440 has been excellent all around, so I'm expecting the same from the E7270.
I have an e7270 at home and at work. I'm running Fedora on both. Runs great.
That's good to hear and know!
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@stacksofplates said in Korora Desktop Rollcall:
@tim_g said in Korora Desktop Rollcall:
I'm replacing my current work desktop and laptop (T3610 and E6440) with a Latitude E7270.
I went that route because it's the last gen that still has the (now legacy) e-port dock slot on the bottom, and because of pricing... out the door with 3-year pro support for under $900.
It has a 6th Gen i7-6600U and 8 gigs RAM (got another 8 gig stick from newegg to make 16gb), which should be good enough to run a few VMs for dev work, and Dell provides Ubuntu 14.04 drivers for it... so Linux (Fedora) compatibility should be excellent... if not, I'll just slap on Ubunto. I don't have time to mess around atm.
It should be a nice change from the T3610... although it was a beast, I just don't think the Xeon in it played well with KVM, plus hardware issues with Windows, and some parodic freezing in Linux (I think related to Firefox and Chrome).
My E6440 has been excellent all around, so I'm expecting the same from the E7270.
I have an e7270 at home and at work. I'm running Fedora on both. Runs great.
Does it have the touch screen? If so how does it fair in Fedora?
I don't remember if the one I got has touch screen or not... wasn't paying attention to that feature.
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@tim_g said in Korora Desktop Rollcall:
@stacksofplates said in Korora Desktop Rollcall:
@tim_g said in Korora Desktop Rollcall:
I'm replacing my current work desktop and laptop (T3610 and E6440) with a Latitude E7270.
I went that route because it's the last gen that still has the (now legacy) e-port dock slot on the bottom, and because of pricing... out the door with 3-year pro support for under $900.
It has a 6th Gen i7-6600U and 8 gigs RAM (got another 8 gig stick from newegg to make 16gb), which should be good enough to run a few VMs for dev work, and Dell provides Ubuntu 14.04 drivers for it... so Linux (Fedora) compatibility should be excellent... if not, I'll just slap on Ubunto. I don't have time to mess around atm.
It should be a nice change from the T3610... although it was a beast, I just don't think the Xeon in it played well with KVM, plus hardware issues with Windows, and some parodic freezing in Linux (I think related to Firefox and Chrome).
My E6440 has been excellent all around, so I'm expecting the same from the E7270.
I have an e7270 at home and at work. I'm running Fedora on both. Runs great.
Does it have the touch screen? If so how does it fair in Fedora?
I don't remember if the one I got has touch screen or not... wasn't paying attention to that feature.
Non touch. I had one laptop with a touch screen and I think I can count on one hand the number of times I used it. So I decided I wasn’t going to pay for that feature again.
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@stacksofplates said in Korora Desktop Rollcall:
@tim_g said in Korora Desktop Rollcall:
@stacksofplates said in Korora Desktop Rollcall:
@tim_g said in Korora Desktop Rollcall:
I'm replacing my current work desktop and laptop (T3610 and E6440) with a Latitude E7270.
I went that route because it's the last gen that still has the (now legacy) e-port dock slot on the bottom, and because of pricing... out the door with 3-year pro support for under $900.
It has a 6th Gen i7-6600U and 8 gigs RAM (got another 8 gig stick from newegg to make 16gb), which should be good enough to run a few VMs for dev work, and Dell provides Ubuntu 14.04 drivers for it... so Linux (Fedora) compatibility should be excellent... if not, I'll just slap on Ubunto. I don't have time to mess around atm.
It should be a nice change from the T3610... although it was a beast, I just don't think the Xeon in it played well with KVM, plus hardware issues with Windows, and some parodic freezing in Linux (I think related to Firefox and Chrome).
My E6440 has been excellent all around, so I'm expecting the same from the E7270.
I have an e7270 at home and at work. I'm running Fedora on both. Runs great.
Does it have the touch screen? If so how does it fair in Fedora?
I don't remember if the one I got has touch screen or not... wasn't paying attention to that feature.
Non touch. I had one laptop with a touch screen and I think I can count on one hand the number of times I used it. So I decided I wasn’t going to pay for that feature again.
I forget that the devices even have that. I find it totally useless.
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@Tim_G My Inspiron has a touchscreen and works well under Fedora with Cinnamon.
I have never bothered to setup any kind on on screen keyboard for it, but for basic touch to click functionality it works as expected.
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I use straight Fedora on everything i can. I use to switch OS's a lot but everything had more issues than Fedora did. Its just a great product. Running on HP Elitebook, Dell Precision, and an Asus something.
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@jmoore said in Korora Desktop Rollcall:
I use straight Fedora on everything i can. I use to switch OS's a lot but everything had more issues than Fedora did. Its just a great product. Running on HP Elitebook, Dell Precision, and an Asus something.
What desktop environment do use?
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@jaredbusch said in Korora Desktop Rollcall:
@Tim_G My Inspiron has a touchscreen and works well under Fedora with Cinnamon.
I have never bothered to setup any kind on on screen keyboard for it, but for basic touch to click functionality it works as expected.
Good to know. I'm not sure if mine has it, I think that I remember seeing it but may have been another one I was looking at. I'll report back in a week or whatever when it's delivered.
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I switched to XFCE on Fedora... on my desktop and laptop. Once I remove that bottom launcher panel thing... I think this one fits my workflow better. The only thing I wish it had was a searchable application menu. Is there anything I can do to XFCE to get that functionality without altering too much?
