Fedora (operating system)
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Fedora 25 Workstation with GNOME 3.22.2
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| Developer | Fedora Project (sponsored by Red Hat) |
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| OS family | Unix-like |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Open source |
| Initial release | 6 November 2003 |
| Latest release | 25 / 22 November 2016 |
| Update method | DNF (PackageKit) |
| Package manager | RPM Package Manager |
| 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 |
| Official website | getfedora |
Fedora /fᵻˈdɒr.ə/ (formerly Fedora Core) is an operating system based on the Linux kernel, 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.
As of February 2016[update], 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 in Fedora is the GNOME desktop environment and the default 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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