KDE Plasma 5.10, MATE 1.18, and Xfce 4.12 are also available

Sep 25, 2017 16:25 GMT  ·  By

Korora developer Jim Dean announced the release and general availability of the Korora Linux 26 operating system for personal computers, a release based on the latest Fedora Linux version and packed full of goodies.

Dubbed "Bloat," Korora Linux 26 comes more than nine months after the release of Korora 25, it's based on Red Hat's Fedora 26 Linux operating system and ships with the latest versions of popular desktop environments, including GNOME 3.24.

Also included are the KDE Plasma 5.10, Xfce 4.12, Cinnamon 3.4, and MATE 1.18 desktop environments, all of them shipping pre-loaded with a brand-new backup tool designed to keep your most important files safe and secure from hackers or government agencies.

"We are always improving the range of included applications in Korora and from 26 all desktop environments now include a Backup solution," said Jim Dean in the release announcement. "We know how important your data is to you so we wanted to make it easier for you to protect it."

Goodbye 32-bit support

Starting with Korora 26, the Fedora-based operating system is only supported only 64-bit machines as support for 32-bit architectures has been dropped due to it no longer being popular. Korora devs strongly encourage users with 64-bit machines to upgrade to the 64-bit version if they're using the 32-bit one.

Korora 26 is also the first version of the GNU/Linux distribution to be created using the project's in-house built Canvas system, which simplifies the customization, distribution, and management of Korora and other Fedora-based operating systems. Canvas is an open-source project and it's available for download on GitHub.

Existing Korora 25 users can update their installations to Korora 26 right now, but newcomers need to download the ISO images from the official website with either GNOME, KDE, Xfce, Cinnamon, or MATE desktops. You can also download Korora 26 from our web portal.