Fedora

Fedora

(operating system, project)

An open source project, sponsored by Red Hat, Inc., and potentially feeding into their products.

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Fedora

A free distribution of the Linux kernel from Red Hat along with a variety of open source utilities. Technical support is not provided for any of the Fedora distribution, only for Red Hat's full fee-based subscription of Linux. The SELinux security subsystem is also included, starting with Fedora Core 2. Fedora is offered by Red Hat as a community-based project to encourage development of new features. See Linux and Red Hat.

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