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. Itβs 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 β 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 β 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 β 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 -- Regards, T.Shrinivasan My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com Free E-Magazine on Free Open Source Software in Tamil : http://kaniyam.com Get CollabNet Subversion Edge : http://www.collab.net/svnedge _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
