4. Global project to create open source
distribution
Provides platform for developers to work on
innovative and latest technologies.
Users get chance to use and test latest
features.
Fedora Introduction
6. Started in 2002 by Warren Togami as “Fedora
Linux” to provide tested 3rd
party packages
repo to Red Hat Linux.
Later in 2003 absorbed into Fedora by
continuing its collaborative approach.
Fedora 7 merged core and extras repo.
Next major change in Fedora.Next happening
with Fedora 21.
History
8. Red Hat provides infrastructure and resources
to enable collaboration in Fedora.
Sponsors flock, FUDCon and FAD.
Mature developments from Fedora become
parts of RHEL.
Supprot from Red Hat
10. Using Fedora means using latest open source
technologies.
Follows “Upstream” first approach.
Rapid cycle of 6 months release. (Fedora 21 is
exception)
Why Fedora?
12. Earlier problem one size fits all.
More kind of just pulling upstream and nothing
from Fedora itself.
Fedora became one repositories for all kinda
packages.
Default user and default offering confusing
with pulling different packages.
Fedora.Next