Fedora is one of the top 10 linux distribution, they project is sponsored by Redhat. Although Fedora's direction is still largely controlled by RedHat, Inc. and the product is sometimes seen as a test bed for RedHat Enterprise Linux, commercialised prducts, very well-known in server markets. Many server vendors always ensure their hardware are tested and work well with Redhat Enterprise Linux & SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, due to the demand from their corporate customers. So, there is no denying that Fedora is one of the most innovative distributions available today.
Its contributions to the Linux kernel, glibc and GCC are well-known and its more recent integration of SELinux functionality, Xen virtualisation technologies and other enterprise-level features are much appreciated among the corporate customers.
On a negative side, Fedora still lack of clear desktop-oriented strategy that would make the product easier to use for those beyond the "Linux hobbyist" target.
The Fedora Project is an openly-developed project and it is designed by RedHat, led by a meritocracy, following a set of project objectives. The goal of The Fedora Project is to work with the Linux community to build a complete, general purpose operating system, exclusively from open source software.
The project will produce time-based releases, about 2-3 times a year. The RedHat engineering team continue to participate & build Fedora. They also invite and encourage more public participation.
Pros: Highly innovative; outstanding security features; large number of supported packages; strict adherence to the Free Software philosophy
Cons: Fedora's priorities tend to lean towards enterprise features, rather than desktop usability
Software package management: YUM graphical and command line utility using RPM packages
Other Fedora-based alternatives: BLAG Linux And GNU (desktop, free software), Berry Linux (live CD), Yellow Dog Linux (Apple's PowerPC-based systems)
Other RedHat-based alternatives: CentOS, Scientific Linux, StartCom Enterprise Linux, Lineox
Home Page : http://fedoraproject.org/
Documentation : http://docs.fedoraproject.org/ or http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs
Its contributions to the Linux kernel, glibc and GCC are well-known and its more recent integration of SELinux functionality, Xen virtualisation technologies and other enterprise-level features are much appreciated among the corporate customers.
On a negative side, Fedora still lack of clear desktop-oriented strategy that would make the product easier to use for those beyond the "Linux hobbyist" target.
The Fedora Project is an openly-developed project and it is designed by RedHat, led by a meritocracy, following a set of project objectives. The goal of The Fedora Project is to work with the Linux community to build a complete, general purpose operating system, exclusively from open source software.
The project will produce time-based releases, about 2-3 times a year. The RedHat engineering team continue to participate & build Fedora. They also invite and encourage more public participation.
Pros: Highly innovative; outstanding security features; large number of supported packages; strict adherence to the Free Software philosophy
Cons: Fedora's priorities tend to lean towards enterprise features, rather than desktop usability
Software package management: YUM graphical and command line utility using RPM packages
Other Fedora-based alternatives: BLAG Linux And GNU (desktop, free software), Berry Linux (live CD), Yellow Dog Linux (Apple's PowerPC-based systems)
Other RedHat-based alternatives: CentOS, Scientific Linux, StartCom Enterprise Linux, Lineox
Home Page : http://fedoraproject.org/
Documentation : http://docs.fedoraproject.org/ or http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs
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