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Fedora

Fedora is a community developed GNU/Linux distribution supported by Red Hat, Inc. It originated from Red Hat Linux and the addon community developed Fedora Linux repository for Red Hat Linux. When Red Hat Linux was discontinued and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the community project was absorbed into the new Fedora Project in 2003.

Fedora is now known as a cutting edge distribution that includes new Linux technologies developed by Red Hat and others and features current software. It is the only Linux distribution that uses Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) kernel module.

Property Value
Estimated Usage Feb. 1, 2016, 9 p.m.:1200000
Inception Year Nov. 15, 2003, 9 p.m.
Country United States of America
Website https://getfedora.org/
Download Portal https://getfedora.org/
Documentation Portal https://docs.fedoraproject.org/
Development Portal None
Property Value
Distribution Base
Base of Distributinos Ultramarine
Architectures 32-bit PC (x86, IA-32) 64-bit ARM (AArch64) 64-bit PC (AMD64, Intel 64, x86_64)
Init System systemd
C Standard Library GNU C Standard Library (glibc)
Property Value
Distribution Default Package Format .rpm
Distribution Default Low Level Package Manager
Distribution Default Package Manager Database
Distribution Default CLI Binary Package Manager dnf
Distribution Default GUI Binary Package Manager GNOME Software
Distribution Default CLI Source Package Manager
Distribution Default GUI Source Package Manager
Distribution Default Build System

Editions/Variants/Spins

Logo Distribution Edition Screenshot Edition Release Type Release Frequency Distribution Base Desktop Environment
Custom [Net Install] Regular Biannually Independent/Original
Fedora KDE Spin Regular Biannually Independent/Original Plasma
Workstation Regular Biannually Independent/Original GNOME

Reviewed Releases

Logo Release Screenshot Release Name Release Version Release Distribution Edition Release Date Review Publication Date Review Title
None 28 Workstation May 1, 2018 June 1, 2018, 9 p.m. Fedora 28 Workstation Review
None 22 Custom [Net Install] May 26, 2015 July 15, 2015, 9 p.m. Fedora 22 Review
None 32 Fedora KDE Spin April 28, 2020 May 21, 2020, 11 p.m. Fedora 32 Review [KDE Spin]