This document provides an overview of the Fedora Project and the Fedora operating system. It discusses that the Fedora Project is a global community that produces the Fedora OS and other open source software. Fedora is described as a free, stable, secure, and innovative Linux distribution. The foundations of Fedora are said to be freedom, community ("friends"), commitment to excellence, close work with upstream developers, and being first to adopt new technologies. The document outlines the different editions, architectures, spins, and labs available within Fedora.

1. Fedora Project
From a community to an Operating System
Fabio Alessandro Locati
27 October 2016

2. Outline
Intro
Fedora Project
Fedora

3. Intro

4. About me

5. About me
• Linux user since 2001

6. About me
• Linux user since 2001
• IT Consultant since 2004

7. About me
• Linux user since 2001
• IT Consultant since 2004
• Fedora contributor since 2013

8. About me
• Linux user since 2001
• IT Consultant since 2004
• Fedora contributor since 2013
• Ambassador
• Infrastructure administrator
• Packager
• Pacakging Sponsor

9. Fedora Project

10. What is Fedora Project?

11. What is Fedora Project?
• The Fedora Project is a partnership of Free software community members
from around the globe.

12. What is Fedora Project?
• The Fedora Project is a partnership of Free software community members
from around the globe.
• The Fedora Project builds open source software communities and produces
a Linux distribution called ”Fedora”.

13. What is Fedora Project?
• The Fedora Project is a partnership of Free software community members
from around the globe.
• The Fedora Project builds open source software communities and produces
a Linux distribution called ”Fedora”.
Mission
The Fedora Project’s mission is to lead the advancement of Free and open source
software and content as a collaborative community.

14. What is Fedora Project?
• The Fedora Project is a partnership of Free software community members
from around the globe.
• The Fedora Project builds open source software communities and produces
a Linux distribution called ”Fedora”.
Mission
The Fedora Project’s mission is to lead the advancement of Free and open source
software and content as a collaborative community.
• Much more than Fedora
• EPEL
• COPR
• Pagure
• 389DS
• ...

15. Fedora

16. What is Fedora?

17. What is Fedora?
• A GNU/Linux distribution

18. What is Fedora?
• A GNU/Linux distribution
• 100% FLOSS

19. What is Fedora?
• A GNU/Linux distribution
• 100% FLOSS
• Innovating

20. What is Fedora?
• A GNU/Linux distribution
• 100% FLOSS
• Innovating
• Stable

21. What is Fedora?
• A GNU/Linux distribution
• 100% FLOSS
• Innovating
• Stable
• Secure

22. What is Fedora?
• A GNU/Linux distribution
• 100% FLOSS
• Innovating
• Stable
• Secure
• Easy to manage

23. Fedora Foundations

24. Fedora Foundations - Freedom

25. Fedora Foundations - Freedom
• Free (as speech)

26. Fedora Foundations - Freedom
• Free (as speech)
• Free (as beer)

27. Fedora Foundations - Freedom
• Free (as speech)
• Free (as beer)
• Legally usable for any scope

28. Fedora Foundations - Freedom
• Free (as speech)
• Free (as beer)
• Legally usable for any scope
• Legally redistributable

29. Fedora Foundations - Freedom
• Free (as speech)
• Free (as beer)
• Legally usable for any scope
• Legally redistributable
• Legally changeable

30. Fedora Foundations - Friends

31. Fedora Foundations - Friends
• The community is the strenght of
Fedora

32. Fedora Foundations - Friends
• The community is the strenght of
Fedora
• Easy to join:
www.whatcanidoforfedora.org

33. Fedora Foundations - Friends
• The community is the strenght of
Fedora
• Easy to join:
www.whatcanidoforfedora.org
• More than 5 thousands active
contributors

34. Fedora Foundations - Friends
• The community is the strenght of
Fedora
• Easy to join:
www.whatcanidoforfedora.org
• More than 5 thousands active
contributors
• More than 13 millions users

35. Fedora Foundations - Features

36. Fedora Foundations - Features
• Commitment to excellence

37. Fedora Foundations - Features
• Commitment to excellence
• Many Linux innovations comes
from the Fedora Community

38. Fedora Foundations - Features
• Commitment to excellence
• Many Linux innovations comes
from the Fedora Community
• Working closely with upstream

39. Fedora Foundations - First

40. Fedora Foundations - First
• Always aiming to the last versions
of applications

41. Fedora Foundations - First
• Always aiming to the last versions
of applications
• Historically first to embrace big
changes

42. Fedora Foundations - First
• Always aiming to the last versions
of applications
• Historically first to embrace big
changes
• Pulseaudio by default in Fedora 8
(2007)

43. Fedora Foundations - First
• Always aiming to the last versions
of applications
• Historically first to embrace big
changes
• Pulseaudio by default in Fedora 8
(2007)
• Systemd by default in Fedora 15
(2011)

44. Fedora Foundations - First
• Always aiming to the last versions
of applications
• Historically first to embrace big
changes
• Pulseaudio by default in Fedora 8
(2007)
• Systemd by default in Fedora 15
(2011)
• Wayland by default in Fedora 25
(2016)

45. Editions

46. Editions
• Cloud

47. Editions
• Cloud
• Server

48. Editions
• Cloud
• Server
• Workstation

49. Architectures

50. Architectures
• Primary

51. Architectures
• Primary
• ARMv7+

52. Architectures
• Primary
• ARMv7+
• x86

53. Architectures
• Primary
• ARMv7+
• x86
• x86_64

54. Architectures
• Primary
• ARMv7+
• x86
• x86_64
• Secondary
• AArch64 (will be upgraded in F26)
• MIPS64-el
• MIPS-el
• Power64 (will be upgraded in F26)
• Power64le (will be upgraded in F26)
• RISC-V
• s390x (will be upgraded in F27)

55. Spins
• KDE Plasma
• XFCE
• LXDE
• Mate and Compiz
• Cinnamon
• SOAS (Sugar)

56. Labs
• Astronomy
• Design Suite
• Games
• Robotics Suite
• Scientific
• Security lab

57. Resources
• Slides: https://slides.fale.io/20161027-en-fedora.pdf
• Fedora Project: https://fedoraproject.org
• Download Fedora: https://getfedora.org