I was reading today about how the Korora spin on Fedora includes Handbrake, the popular cross-platform video transcoding/DVD-ripping utility.
But I am running regular Fedora 19, albeit with proprietary-package assistance from RPM Fusion and a few other repositories.
Still, Handbrake isn’t in any of those repos.
So I searched and found HandBrake for Fedora GNU/Linux on Sourceforge.
The installation from the RPM was quick, and now I have Handbrake.
In a very much related matter, Korora looks like a great way to get Fedora with all the multimedia bits set up for you. The distribution’s What’s Inside page discusses what Korora adds to Fedora in a sort of roundabout way.
Aside from automatic installation of all the multimedia codecs and outside repositories, Korora includes the Jockey proprietary driver manager, which I could really use given all the trouble I’ve been having with my AMD APU’s video component.
Thanks for this! I switched to Fedora, when 19 came out. Installation was painless.
Fedora has been remarkably stable lately. You do have to watch out for new kernels since Fedora is constantly moving them as updates to releases. Ubuntu pretty much follows the Debian method of sticking with a kernel version for the life of a release and backporting security fixes.
Fedora just ships the latest kernels.
Since I’m dealing with new hardware and need new kernels to improve hardware recognition and compatibility, that’s great for me.
I’m a huge fan of Debian, but what happens is that you’re stuck with old software for a very long time, and it’s the luck of the draw in regard to how “good” any upstream release is when Debian “freezes” that package for the stable release. In Fedora, you’re always getting a new upstream package, often even mid-release, and the upstream developers tend to make improvements to their newer releases.
It sounds counterintuitive, but newer software can be less buggy if the developers who create it are not focused on maintaining older releases and instead focused on the latest version.