On 26 January 2017 at 07:54, ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com> wrote:
> Hi All, > > Korora is a live spin Fedora Core 25 and Xfce 4.12. > Its goal is to provide a working desktop right off the spin. > > https://kororaproject.org > korora-live-xfce-25-x86_64.iso > > I had a customer call me who was running M$ Vista. Well Fargo > bumped him for being unsupported by M$. > > [editorial comment] > If Wells Fargo cared a wit about security, they wouldn't allow > Internet Explorer or Windows for that matter at all, but ... > [/editorial comment]. > > When I arrived, I found that his system had reverted to factory > default. Everything was gone. He did not know what he did > to cause this (he selected factory reinstall on boot in bios). > > So I showed him Korora live (it has ublock orgin in Firefox). > He likes it and told me to put it on. > > Review: > > Pluses: It is a nice package with several of the things customer's > use already loaded. Libre Office was a real plus as it is a large > download. > > Minuses: > > 1) in an attempt to be cute, it is way, way too "artsy fartsy". The icons > are not what you expect to see. You have to hover over them to see > what they are. This is cute, but anti intuitive. They do not include > the regular icons so you can change them back. > > 2) in desktop setting, I was unable to select an alternate file path > for the back drops. The file system was grayed out. > > 3) Xfce Pol-Kit was not working. This means I had to fire up the > printer setup utility from the command line as root. When run > as a user, everything was grayed out and Xfce Pol-Kit did not > prompt for elevation. The lack of elevation was not limited > to the printer setup utility > > Next time, I will stick with the regular live spin. > > https://spins.fedoraproject.org/xfce/#downloads > > I carry Libre Office with me on a stick, so its size is not a > big issue. And I can easily dnf shotwell and kpat. > > That being said, the customer said his computer was multiple > times faster and was tickled. He really only uses Firefox, > and once he figured out the artsy farsty blur ball icon, > he was very happy. > > -T > > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Computers are like air conditioners. > They malfunction when you open windows > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > _______________________________________________ > xfce mailing list -- xfce@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to xfce-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Best to ask on Korora's support Engage https://kororaproject.org/support/engage However I) I think the default icons are there, although the Fedora name disappears with Fedora branding (a legal requirement). it defaults to Numix Circle 2) that is a known issue that affect Xfce generally although I can't find a bug report for it. My Fedora Xfce system has the same problem. there is a workaround as detailed at https://kororaproject.org/support/engage/question/korora-25-xfce-setting-wallpaper-from-desktop-settings-fails-1 3) unable to reproduce that one, works fine here, were you running on live system? -- Jim Dean Email - jdea...@gmail.com
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