This article is about the operating system. For the digital repository manager application, see Fedora Commons. For other uses, see Fedora (disambiguation).
Fedora /fɪˈdɒr.ə/ (until version 7 known as Fedora Core) is a Unix-like operating system based on the Linux kernel and GNU programs (a Linux distribution), developed by the community-supported Fedora Project, and sponsored by the Red Hat company.[6] Fedora contains software distributed under various free and open-source licenses and aims to be on the leading edge of such technologies.[7][8][9] Fedora is the upstream source of the commercial Red Hat Enterprise Linux distribution.[10]
Since the release of Fedora 21, three different editions are currently available: Workstation, focused on the personal computer, Server for servers, and Atomic focused on cloud computing.[11]
As of February 2016, Fedora has an estimated 1.2 million users,[12] including Linus Torvalds, creator
Since the release of Fedora 21, three different editions are currently available: Workstation, focused on the personal computer, Server for servers, and Atomic focused on cloud computing.[11]
As of February 2016, Fedora has an estimated 1.2 million users,[12] including Linus Torvalds, creator
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