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Reader supplied reviews for Aurora
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8.5 from 13 review(s)
Version: 43.20260107
Rating: 7
Date: 2026-01-08
Votes: 0
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Aurora is based on fedora, but it has bugs. As a long time Fedora user, I have experienced issues with my mouse. A problem I have never seen before on any Fedora based distro I have used in the past.
Aurora was good until then. I plan to try Helium OS next. See if their take on a an immutable Fedora based distro is better. I am a big Fedora fan due to that mouse issues on other distros. I haven't been able to use many distros due to the mouse issue. Something to do with Elano keyboard battery low. I've only encountered this issue with non-Fedora based distros.
I really thought my search for the perfect distro was over with Aurora. So disappointing, I was enjoying Aurora for a short while.
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Version: 43.20251216
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-12-22
Votes: 5
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I'm really setting in to Aurora. I toggled into DX mode and I am enjoying the latest release of VS Code, which works great right out of the box. I think the documentation that comes with Aurora well written, and helped me understand the design philosophy behind the distro. I had to adapt to the immutable nature of the OS, which was easy to do once I be better understood Distrobox (also pre-installed) and it's ability to export graphical applications, that are literally indistinguishable from those running directly on the host, in terms of speed and responsiveness. Universal-Blue does a good job of keeping the under-lying OS updated, so I'm off the upgrade treadmill, therefore, more productive. Highly recommended!
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Version: 43.20251216
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-12-21
Votes: 6
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I want to express my absolutely positive opinion for this distro. I used Fedora where I found myself very well, but I was unable to configure the system the way I wanted it. Fedora was really great in all other aspects: speed, compatibility, fresh software, stability. But for me that piece was still missing. So, remaining close to the Fedora branch, I chose the immutables of the UBlue project and in particular Aurora. I'm very happy with it and I'm sure that Aurora now integrates that extra piece that was missing in the configuration automatically. I feel much more confident. If I had to define Aurora I would say it is Fedora with armor: more general stability and more security. The system doesn't break, I don't have to think about updates and if something goes wrong I have a rollback ready just around the corner. Everything works, and the user simply has to use it without worrying about fiddling with the terminal. For those who are not used to this way of working on Linux, it will take some getting used to. There is a learning curve but nothing impossible. I recommend it to everyone, try it
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Version: 42.20251111
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-12-18
Votes: 1
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Hi
Have made three unsuccessful attempts at installing onto hard-drive, with the last being the worst, causing myself to have to scramble to fix the problem it created. At least with the first two tries it failed to progress, so after a time I just stopped the installation
The live desktop sport a highly colourful background image, which of course you may not like. I downloaded the XFCE edition, but I was given the distint impression that I got the distinct impression that I was running a modified Cinnamon desktop due to it not being the tradintional xfce desktop. The live desktop was fast and responsive (something postive to say), but I would not and am not attempting to have another go at installing.
Thank god for Knoppix!
Version not shown above, but I was using aurora-stable-x86_64.iso
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Version: 43.20251125
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-27
Votes: 3
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really have no complaints with this distribution, previously i was using ubuntu 25.10, which i also liked, i have tried others, but i am very happy staying right here with aurora, i wish all the best to the developers and hope everyone gets behind them, all the apps i use, i also found here in bazzar, their software app, everything works very well, and is well polished, have not come across any problems, the install is kind of slow, but well worth the wait, i think you should try it out, immutable, and very, very cool.
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Version: 42.20251111
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-18
Votes: 3
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The future is here! Fedora with automatic updates. No need for terminal commands. Although you probably could with rpm ostree which is not recommended. Or as recommended you could use brew. For me, I like it this way. I use appimages and webapps via Brave Browser. The app store used is Bazaar which seems polished by Aurora. On more Ultramarine for me lol. I found my minimal bloatware free Fedora distro. The initial installation process takes about 30 minutes due to the fact it's a different install, an image. But be patient and the future of Linux will be available for you too! I haven't used distrobox yet, even tho Aurora provides a graphical interface for it via Boxbuddy. With flatpaks, appimages and my webapps, I don't feel the need to use distrobox. Other than that, my distrohopping is over thanks to Aurora!
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Version: 42.20251024
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-10-30
Votes: 7
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I've been running Aurora as my daily driver for over two years, and I can honestly say it's the most reliable system I've ever used. My experience has been a solid 10/10. The core appeal is simple: my system just works, day in and day out. I haven't had a single instance of a bad update, dependency-hell, or a random crash that plagued my time on other distributions. The peace of mind this provides is incredible.
However, I wouldn't recommend it to a complete beginner. It's not a critique, but a crucial point of managing expectations. You absolutely need to get familiar with the 'atomic-distro' mindset to be successful. This means understanding that your base system is read-only and that you'll be using tools like Flatpaks or containers for the vast majority of your applications.
This is where the learning curve comes in. Some things that are second nature on 'normal' distros will require a bit more time and a different approach here. You can't just install a random package you find online. But this 'limitation' is precisely what guarantees the stability. Once you adapt your workflow, the trade-off is absolutely worth it. The stability is unparalleled, and I can finally focus on my work without ever worrying about my tools breaking underneath me
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Version: 42.20251012
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-10-18
Votes: 1
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Shhhh! Don't tell it to anyone. But this is probably the best OS if you are a developer, in any category. It also works superb as a general-purpose OS if you're an intermediate-to-advanced Linux user. Flatpaks works out of the box, but some terminal usage is required, if you want to get the most out of Aurora. With a combination of ujust+brew+distrobox commands, pretty much any software is possible to install. Immutable (read-only) system also makes Aurora super stable, and very hard to accidentelly break.
Score: a rock solid (litterally) 10/10
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Version: 42.20251012
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-10-15
Votes: 3
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Having used it for over a year on multiple devices, this seems like the perfect distribution.
KDE provides a very good user experience, it's definitely been my favorite DE over the past few years. Fedora as a base strikes the perfect balance between a system that's stable and one which delivers feature updates at a reasonably fast rate which matches the user needs.
This is the only distribution where a system update hasn't messed something up for me. For example, I have an old Optiplex which is running Aurora. It wasn't updated in 8 months because it is primarily an offline machine. When I finally performed a system update (from v41 to v42) everything just worked? Other distributions would have required some manual intervention either before or after the update.
And it runs on the Optiplex pretty well considering it's an 8 GB RAM device with a weak dual core CPU and a slow HDD. Initially I thought I'd have to get a very lightweight distribution with a minimalist DE, but Aurora worked out just fine.
At first I was skeptical, but now I'm convinced that atomic and immutable distributions are the future. Aurora is a very user friendly distribution and I never had such a smooth long term user experience.
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Version: 42.20251012
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-10-14
Votes: 0
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So far running flawlessly on my old Dell laptop. Was running stock Fedora Workstation before but this is way more breaking-proof and easier to update. If you want a distro to "just work" oob you should check this out, lots of quality of life options and scripts to handle the immutable system. Brew works great for CLI applications and you can run just about anything using flatpak+brew+distrobox, it evens handle KVM/QEMU installation with one command, it's great, zero headaches setting passthrough shenennigans. Using as my main workstation distro now and probably gonna migrate my HTPC to some ublue variant too.
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Version: 42.20250921
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-09-24
Votes: 3
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This has quickly become my go-to "appliance" distro when I need a box to just work and don't want to tinker with it. Converted my HTPC over to Aurora over 6 months ago and it has been running flawlessly since then. It also just worked out of the box on a handful of older laptops. All of my Aurora installs handled the update from Fedora 41 to 42 without a hitch. I've tried a handful of other immutable before, but this was the first one that just clicked for me. If you are already familiar with Fedora, this is a great all-around immutable option.
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Version: 42.20250819
Rating: 5
Date: 2025-08-19
Votes: 0
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Installer is confusing like all Fedora based distro installers. After installing to the drive, Bazaar the app "store" does not work displaying a long complicated error which after Googling comes up with nothing. Bazaar works in a live session though. Updates seems to work alright and I can download and use Flatpaks via the browser on the installed distro. Windows is not added to grub for dual booting.
When attempting to fix the Bazaar app store I somehow managed to uninstall all Flatpaks. Decided that a reinstall would be faster than figuring out the mess but...
On second install it refused to use the free space on the drive and failed to install.
Looks like a polished distro but has some dents look elsewhere, give this one more time.
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Version: 42.20250601
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-06-06
Votes: 13
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This is the best distro I have ever used. I've tried most of them and newer ones as they've come and gone. Debian based, Arch based, Ubuntu based and fedora, based.
This one is fedora based and it is the smoothest most stable distro that I have ever used. I'm even thinking of converting a macbook pro to it.
I thought they were going to discontinue it at one time but I guess I was wrong and I'm glad I was. It's fast, stable plays the few windows games I play, plays videos without hitches, seems to be compatible with any browser you want to use. I'm not very good at reviews but I honestly think that you should give this one a try.
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Latest Reviews
Project: Aurora
Version: 43.20260107
Rating: 7
Date: 2026-01-08
Votes: 0
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Aurora is based on fedora, but it has bugs. As a long time Fedora user, I have experienced issues with my mouse. A problem I have never seen before on any Fedora based distro I have used in the past.
Aurora was good until then. I plan to try Helium OS next. See if their take on a an immutable Fedora based distro is better. I am a big Fedora fan due to that mouse issues on other distros. I haven't been able to use many distros due to the mouse issue. Something to do with Elano keyboard battery low. I've only encountered this issue with non-Fedora based distros.
I really thought my search for the perfect distro was over with Aurora. So disappointing, I was enjoying Aurora for a short while.
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Project: Aurora
Version: 43.20251216
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-12-22
Votes: 5
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I'm really setting in to Aurora. I toggled into DX mode and I am enjoying the latest release of VS Code, which works great right out of the box. I think the documentation that comes with Aurora well written, and helped me understand the design philosophy behind the distro. I had to adapt to the immutable nature of the OS, which was easy to do once I be better understood Distrobox (also pre-installed) and it's ability to export graphical applications, that are literally indistinguishable from those running directly on the host, in terms of speed and responsiveness. Universal-Blue does a good job of keeping the under-lying OS updated, so I'm off the upgrade treadmill, therefore, more productive. Highly recommended!
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Project: Aurora
Version: 43.20251216
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-12-21
Votes: 6
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I want to express my absolutely positive opinion for this distro. I used Fedora where I found myself very well, but I was unable to configure the system the way I wanted it. Fedora was really great in all other aspects: speed, compatibility, fresh software, stability. But for me that piece was still missing. So, remaining close to the Fedora branch, I chose the immutables of the UBlue project and in particular Aurora. I'm very happy with it and I'm sure that Aurora now integrates that extra piece that was missing in the configuration automatically. I feel much more confident. If I had to define Aurora I would say it is Fedora with armor: more general stability and more security. The system doesn't break, I don't have to think about updates and if something goes wrong I have a rollback ready just around the corner. Everything works, and the user simply has to use it without worrying about fiddling with the terminal. For those who are not used to this way of working on Linux, it will take some getting used to. There is a learning curve but nothing impossible. I recommend it to everyone, try it
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Project: Aurora
Version: 42.20251111
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-12-18
Votes: 1
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Hi
Have made three unsuccessful attempts at installing onto hard-drive, with the last being the worst, causing myself to have to scramble to fix the problem it created. At least with the first two tries it failed to progress, so after a time I just stopped the installation
The live desktop sport a highly colourful background image, which of course you may not like. I downloaded the XFCE edition, but I was given the distint impression that I got the distinct impression that I was running a modified Cinnamon desktop due to it not being the tradintional xfce desktop. The live desktop was fast and responsive (something postive to say), but I would not and am not attempting to have another go at installing.
Thank god for Knoppix!
Version not shown above, but I was using aurora-stable-x86_64.iso
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Project: Aurora
Version: 43.20251125
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-27
Votes: 3
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really have no complaints with this distribution, previously i was using ubuntu 25.10, which i also liked, i have tried others, but i am very happy staying right here with aurora, i wish all the best to the developers and hope everyone gets behind them, all the apps i use, i also found here in bazzar, their software app, everything works very well, and is well polished, have not come across any problems, the install is kind of slow, but well worth the wait, i think you should try it out, immutable, and very, very cool.
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Project: Aurora
Version: 42.20251111
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-18
Votes: 3
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The future is here! Fedora with automatic updates. No need for terminal commands. Although you probably could with rpm ostree which is not recommended. Or as recommended you could use brew. For me, I like it this way. I use appimages and webapps via Brave Browser. The app store used is Bazaar which seems polished by Aurora. On more Ultramarine for me lol. I found my minimal bloatware free Fedora distro. The initial installation process takes about 30 minutes due to the fact it's a different install, an image. But be patient and the future of Linux will be available for you too! I haven't used distrobox yet, even tho Aurora provides a graphical interface for it via Boxbuddy. With flatpaks, appimages and my webapps, I don't feel the need to use distrobox. Other than that, my distrohopping is over thanks to Aurora!
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Project: Aurora
Version: 42.20251024
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-10-30
Votes: 7
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I've been running Aurora as my daily driver for over two years, and I can honestly say it's the most reliable system I've ever used. My experience has been a solid 10/10. The core appeal is simple: my system just works, day in and day out. I haven't had a single instance of a bad update, dependency-hell, or a random crash that plagued my time on other distributions. The peace of mind this provides is incredible.
However, I wouldn't recommend it to a complete beginner. It's not a critique, but a crucial point of managing expectations. You absolutely need to get familiar with the 'atomic-distro' mindset to be successful. This means understanding that your base system is read-only and that you'll be using tools like Flatpaks or containers for the vast majority of your applications.
This is where the learning curve comes in. Some things that are second nature on 'normal' distros will require a bit more time and a different approach here. You can't just install a random package you find online. But this 'limitation' is precisely what guarantees the stability. Once you adapt your workflow, the trade-off is absolutely worth it. The stability is unparalleled, and I can finally focus on my work without ever worrying about my tools breaking underneath me
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Project: Aurora
Version: 42.20251012
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-10-18
Votes: 1
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Shhhh! Don't tell it to anyone. But this is probably the best OS if you are a developer, in any category. It also works superb as a general-purpose OS if you're an intermediate-to-advanced Linux user. Flatpaks works out of the box, but some terminal usage is required, if you want to get the most out of Aurora. With a combination of ujust+brew+distrobox commands, pretty much any software is possible to install. Immutable (read-only) system also makes Aurora super stable, and very hard to accidentelly break.
Score: a rock solid (litterally) 10/10
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Project: Aurora
Version: 42.20251012
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-10-15
Votes: 3
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Having used it for over a year on multiple devices, this seems like the perfect distribution.
KDE provides a very good user experience, it's definitely been my favorite DE over the past few years. Fedora as a base strikes the perfect balance between a system that's stable and one which delivers feature updates at a reasonably fast rate which matches the user needs.
This is the only distribution where a system update hasn't messed something up for me. For example, I have an old Optiplex which is running Aurora. It wasn't updated in 8 months because it is primarily an offline machine. When I finally performed a system update (from v41 to v42) everything just worked? Other distributions would have required some manual intervention either before or after the update.
And it runs on the Optiplex pretty well considering it's an 8 GB RAM device with a weak dual core CPU and a slow HDD. Initially I thought I'd have to get a very lightweight distribution with a minimalist DE, but Aurora worked out just fine.
At first I was skeptical, but now I'm convinced that atomic and immutable distributions are the future. Aurora is a very user friendly distribution and I never had such a smooth long term user experience.
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Project: Aurora
Version: 42.20251012
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-10-14
Votes: 0
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So far running flawlessly on my old Dell laptop. Was running stock Fedora Workstation before but this is way more breaking-proof and easier to update. If you want a distro to "just work" oob you should check this out, lots of quality of life options and scripts to handle the immutable system. Brew works great for CLI applications and you can run just about anything using flatpak+brew+distrobox, it evens handle KVM/QEMU installation with one command, it's great, zero headaches setting passthrough shenennigans. Using as my main workstation distro now and probably gonna migrate my HTPC to some ublue variant too.
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Project: Aurora
Version: 42.20250921
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-09-24
Votes: 3
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This has quickly become my go-to "appliance" distro when I need a box to just work and don't want to tinker with it. Converted my HTPC over to Aurora over 6 months ago and it has been running flawlessly since then. It also just worked out of the box on a handful of older laptops. All of my Aurora installs handled the update from Fedora 41 to 42 without a hitch. I've tried a handful of other immutable before, but this was the first one that just clicked for me. If you are already familiar with Fedora, this is a great all-around immutable option.
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Project: Aurora
Version: 42.20250819
Rating: 5
Date: 2025-08-19
Votes: 0
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Installer is confusing like all Fedora based distro installers. After installing to the drive, Bazaar the app "store" does not work displaying a long complicated error which after Googling comes up with nothing. Bazaar works in a live session though. Updates seems to work alright and I can download and use Flatpaks via the browser on the installed distro. Windows is not added to grub for dual booting.
When attempting to fix the Bazaar app store I somehow managed to uninstall all Flatpaks. Decided that a reinstall would be faster than figuring out the mess but...
On second install it refused to use the free space on the drive and failed to install.
Looks like a polished distro but has some dents look elsewhere, give this one more time.
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Project: Aurora
Version: 42.20250601
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-06-06
Votes: 13
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This is the best distro I have ever used. I've tried most of them and newer ones as they've come and gone. Debian based, Arch based, Ubuntu based and fedora, based.
This one is fedora based and it is the smoothest most stable distro that I have ever used. I'm even thinking of converting a macbook pro to it.
I thought they were going to discontinue it at one time but I guess I was wrong and I'm glad I was. It's fast, stable plays the few windows games I play, plays videos without hitches, seems to be compatible with any browser you want to use. I'm not very good at reviews but I honestly think that you should give this one a try.
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