Fedora Core
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 Fedora 9 running GNOME |
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| Website: | fedoraproject.org |
| Company/ developer: |
Fedora Project |
| OS family: | Linux |
| Source model: | Various |
| Latest stable release: | 9 / May 13 2008[1] |
| Update method: | Yum, Anaconda |
| Package manager: | RPM Package Manager |
| Supported platforms: | x86, X86-64, PowerPC |
| Kernel type: | Monolithic kernel |
| Default user interface: | GNOME |
| License: | Various |
| Working state: | Current |
Fedora Core is a distribution (or distro) of Linux developed by the community-supported Fedora Project and sponsered by Red Hat. It is designed to be safe and is used by companies and governments. Fedora's mission statement is: "Fedora is about the rapid progress of Free and Open Source software."[2]
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[change] Releases
[change] Fedora Core 1 - 4
Fedora Core 1 was the first version of Fedora and was released on November 6, 2003,[3] and was codenamed Yarrow. Fedora Core 1 was based on Red Hat Linux 9 and shipped with version 2.4.19 of the Linux kernel, version 2.4 of the GNOME desktop environment, and version 3.1.4 of KDE (the K Desktop Environment).
Fedora Core 2 was released on May 18, 2004, codenamed Tettnang.[4] It shipped with Linux 2.6, GNOME 2.6, KDE 3.2.2, and SELinux[5] XFree86 was replaced by the newer X.org, a merger of the previous official X11R6 release, which additionally included a number of updates to Xrender, Xft, Xcursor, fontconfig libraries, and other significant improvements.
Fedora Core 3 was released on November 8, 2004, codenamed Heidelberg.[6] This was the first release of Fedora Core to include the Mozilla Firefox web browser, as well as support for the Indic languages.[6] This release also replaced the LILO boot loader with GRUB.[6] SELinux was also enabled by default, but with a new targeted policy, which was less strict than the policy used in Fedora Core 2.[6] Fedora Core 3 shipped with GNOME 2.8 and KDE 3.3.[6] It was the first release to include the new Fedora Extras repository.
Fedora Core 4 was released on June 13, 2005, with the codename Stentz.[7] It shipped with Linux 2.6.11,[7] KDE 3.4 and GNOME 2.10.[8] This version introduced the new Clearlooks theme, which was inspired by the Red Hat Bluecurve theme.[8] It also shipped with the OpenOffice.org 2.0 office suite, as well as Xen, a high performance and secure open source virtualization framework.[8] It also introduced support for the PowerPC CPU architecture, and over 80 new policies for SELinux.
None of these distributions are maintained by the Fedora Project.[9]
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[change] References
- ↑ Jesse Keating (2008-05-13). The Prophecy of the 9 comes true (Fedora 9 walks the earth!). Fedora Project. Retrieved on 13 May 2008.
- ↑ Max Spevack. Fedora Project Leader Max Spevack Responds. Retrieved on 17 December 2006.
- ↑ Red Hat (2003-11-06). Announcing Fedora Core 1. Retrieved on 18 October 2007.
- ↑ Red Hat (2004-05-18). Presenting Fedora Core 2. Retrieved on 18 October 2007.
- ↑ SELinux was disabled by default due to concerns that it radically altered the way that Fedora Core ran.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Red Hat (2004-11-08). Announcing the release of Fedora Core 3. Retrieved on 18 October 2007.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Fedora Project (2005-06-13). The Amazing Fedora Core 4!. Retrieved on 18 November 2007.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Fedora Core 4 Release Notes. Fedora Project. Retrieved on 18 November 2007.
- ↑ Fedora Project. Releases. Retrieved on 18 November 2007.
