Fedora Linux
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Fedora Linux[7] is a Linux distribution developed by the Fedora Project. It was originally developed in 2003 as a continuation of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux project. It contains software distributed under various free and open-source licenses and aims to be on the leading edge of open-source technologies.[8][9][10] It is now the upstream source for CentOS Stream and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.[11][12]
Developer | Fedora Project |
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OS family | Linux (Unix-like) |
Working state | Current |
Source model | Open source |
Initial release | November 6, 2003; 20 years ago (2003-11-06)[1] |
Latest release | 40 [2] / 23 April 2024; 4 days ago (23 April 2024)[2] |
Latest preview | 41 / () |
Repository | src |
Marketing target | Desktop computers, servers, supercomputers |
Package manager | RPM (DNF), Flatpak, OSTree |
Platforms | |
Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux kernel) |
Userland | GNU |
Default user interface | GNOME Shell, Bash |
License | GPL and various free software licenses, plus proprietary firmware files[6] |
Official website | fedoraproject |
Since the release of Fedora 21 in December 2014, three editions have been made available: personal computer, server and cloud computing. This was expanded to five editions for containerization and Internet of Things (IoT) as of the release of Fedora 37 in November 2022.[13][14] A new version of Fedora Linux is released every six months.[15]
As of February 2016[update], Fedora Linux has an estimated 1.2 million users,[16] and is also the distro of choice by Linus Torvalds (as of May 2020[update]), creator of the Linux kernel.[17][18][19]