Background Information

Initially released on November 3, 2003, Fedora Linux is a free and open source distribution designed as a contribution of the Red Hat Linux project. Since its release Fedora has become one of the most popular Linux distributions with an estimated 1.2 million users as of 2016, including Linux creator Linus Torvalds, and has become the upstream source for CentOS Stream and the enterprise edition of Red Hat Linux.

Technical Specifications

General Information

  • Developer: Fedora Project
  • Licensing: GNU General Public License
  • OS Family: Linux (Unix-like)
  • Initial Release Date: November 3, 2003
  • Latest Release Date: April 23, 2024

Availability Information

  • Languages: Multilingual
  • Platforms: x86-64, armhf, aarch64, mips64el, mipsel, ppc64le, RISC-V, s390x

System Information

  • Working State: Current
  • Source Model: Open-Source
  • Update Method: DNF
  • Package manager: RPM (DNF), Flatpak, OSTree
  • Userland: GNU
  • Default User Interface: GNOME Shell, Bash

Additional Information