Aurora

Reader supplied reviews for Aurora Average rating 8.5 from 13 review(s) What are your thoughts on Aurora? Please include a few pros and a few cons, along with your overall impression of the operating system. Our FAQ page has tips on writing a good mini-review. Version: -- 43.2026020342.20251111 Rating:    -- 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 out of 10 Your review (minimum 250 words): Past reviews - sort by: DateVotes Version: 43.20260107 Rating: 7 Date: 2026-01-08 Votes: 0 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. Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 43.20251216 Rating: 10 Date: 2025-12-22 Votes: 4 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! Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 43.20251216 Rating: 10 Date: 2025-12-21 Votes: 1 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 Was this review helpful? Yes No See all 13 reader reviews of Aurora...