Fedora Linux

Fedora Linux is a <a href="/facts/Linux_distribution/0vVl4N4f">Linux distribution</a> developed by the <a href="/facts/Fedora_Project/eRVXkdmd">Fedora Project</a>. It was originally developed in 2003 as a continuation of the <a href="/facts/Red_Hat_Linux/kIU5PueU">Red Hat Linux</a> project. It contains software distributed under various <a href="/facts/Free_and_open-source/1cHtjLCB">free and open-source</a> licenses and aims to be on the leading edge of open-source technologies. It is now the <a href="/facts/Upstream_(software_development)/5eKgNGAn">upstream</a> source for <a href="/facts/CentOS_Stream/FGGc2cIx">CentOS Stream</a> and <a href="/facts/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6Cekx2ed">Red Hat Enterprise Linux</a>.
Since the release of Fedora 21 in December 2014, three editions have been made available: <a href="/facts/Personal_computer/koaYfNce">personal computer</a>, <a href="/facts/Server_(computing)/dEaYFD7r">server</a> and <a href="/facts/Cloud_computing/guhg0FGV">cloud computing</a>. This was expanded to five editions for <a href="/facts/Containerization_(computing)/IWhdSYm3">containerization</a> and <a href="/facts/Internet_of_Things/rwwGAxn3">Internet of Things</a> (IoT) as of the release of Fedora 37 in November 2022. A new version of Fedora Linux is released every six months.
As of February 2016<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fedora_Linux&action=edit">[update]</a>, Fedora Linux has an estimated 1.2 million users, and is also the distribution used by <a href="/facts/Linus_Torvalds/EdDKP534">Linus Torvalds</a>, creator of the <a href="/facts/Linux_kernel/dlkduHuA">Linux kernel</a> (as of May 2020<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fedora_Linux&action=edit">[update]</a>).

Fedora Linux open-in-new

Fedora Linux