Review: Serpent OS 0.24.6 and Aurora
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At the start of this review I mentioned a number of issues I have with Aurora. Things like a lack of documentation, multiple ISO files, unusually large ISO files, a lack of a live desktop environment for testing, and not a lot of descriptive writing about the distribution's special features. I also ran into a few minor issues with the Anaconda installer.
With all of this said, once Aurora was installed and running, the experience was mostly good. The distribution appears to be trying to make it easier for Linux enthusiasts, experienced desktop users, and developers to access more tools faster. These goals are, in my opinion, accomplished. While Aurora is a bit of a pain to set up (much like its parent), once it is running it offers some nice conveniences, such as enabling Flathub inside Discover, BoxBuddy, Brew and shortcuts like ujust.
I wouldn't say there is a big difference (yet) between running Fedora Kinoite and using Aurora, but there are some little improvements, some nice shortcuts, and quicker access to more software.
Aurora is still a young distribution and I feel it hasn't really come all the way into its distinct form at this time. However, it is introducing some nice tools for developers and I especially appreciate the BoxBuddy container manager which facilitates setting up test environments.