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Fedora (Linux distribution)

Fedora
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Fedora 25 Workstation with GNOME 3.22.2
Developer Fedora Project (sponsored by Red Hat)
OS family Unix-like
Working state Current
Source model Open source
Initial release 6 November 2003; 13 years ago (2003-11-06)
Latest release 25 / 22 November 2016; 6 months ago (2016-11-22)
Marketing target Desktop, Workstation, Server, Cloud
Update method DNF (PackageKit)
Package manager RPM
Platforms i686, x86-64, ARM-hfp, ARM AArch64, PPC64, PPC64le, IBM Z, MIPS-64el, MIPS-el, RISC-V
Kernel type Monolithic (Linux)
Userland GNU
Default user interface GNOME
License Various free software licenses, plus proprietary firmware files
Preceded by Red Hat Linux
Official website getfedora.org

Fedora /fˈdɒr.ə/ (formerly Fedora Core) is an operating system based on Linux kernel and GNU programs, developed by the community-supported Fedora Project and sponsored by Red Hat. Fedora contains software distributed under a free and open-source license and aims to be on the leading edge of such technologies. Fedora is the upstream source of the commercial Red Hat Enterprise Linux distribution.

As of February 2016, Fedora has an estimated 1.2 million users, including Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel.

Fedora has a reputation for focusing on innovation, integrating new technologies early on and working closely with upstream Linux communities. Making changes upstream instead of specifically in Fedora ensures that the changes are available to all Linux distributions.

Fedora has a relatively short life cycle: version X is supported only until 1 month after version X+2 is released and with approximately 6 months between most versions, meaning a version of Fedora is usually supported for at least 13 months, possibly longer. Fedora users can upgrade from version to version without reinstalling.

The default desktop environment in Fedora is GNOME and the default user interface is the GNOME Shell. Other desktop environments, including KDE Plasma, Xfce, LXDE, MATE and Cinnamon, are available and can be installed.


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