Released on 6 Nov 2003, the first version of Fedora called Fedora Core
1 which was based on Red Hat Linux 9 and had Linux kernel 2.4.19 and
Gnome 2.4 and KDE 3.1 as the available desktop environments.
Fedora is one of the most respected GnuLinux distributions around.
It?s been used by leading Linux developers including the father of
Linux, Linus Torvalds himself.
There are so many different elements that sets Fedora apart from the
rest of the GnuLinux distributions ? one of the most notable features
of Fedora is innovation. Fedora is a cutting edge operating system
which keeps it users at the edge by offering latest packages.
Second beauty of Fedora is heavy contribution to upstream ? unlike
many other GnuLinux projects which make changes downstream to benefit
their own users, Fedora developers prefer working upstream so that
everyone benefits from their work including products like Ubuntu.
Third beauty of Fedora is ? promotion of Free and Open Source
software. Once again, unlike many distributions endorsing non-free
software, Fedora offers only those applications which are available
under FLOSS licenses.
Fedora was born when Red Hat decided to change its development and
business model to strike a balance between fast paced innovation and
offering a stable platform for enterprise customers. At the same time
Red Hat also needed a model where they can sustain without adding any
non-free sauce to their offering and remain fully free software.
Read more at
http://www.muktware.com/2013/11/fedora-10-years-leading-linux-development
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