:Fedora Project

The Fedora Project was founded in November 2003{{Cite web |title=Red Hat parades Fedora Core 1 |url=https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240053365/Red-Hat-parades-Fedora-Core-1 |access-date=2022-06-22 |website=ComputerWeekly.com |language=en}} when Red Hat decided to split Red Hat Linux into Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and a community-based operating system, Fedora.{{cite web | url=http://www.fedora.us/ | title=Announcement: Red Hat Linux Merging with Fedora Linux | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031001204515/http://www.fedora.us/ | archive-date=October 1, 2003}} [https://www.redhat.com/en/resources/linux-for-workstations-datasheet Red Hat Professional Workstation] was created at this same time.{{cite web | url=http://www.linux.com/articles/34346?theme=print | publisher=Linux.com | title=Red Hat Professional Workstation: More Expensive, Fewer features |access-date=December 21, 2007 |date= February 14, 2004 }}

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Fedora Linux, then known as "Fedora Core," was a fork of RHL launched in 2003. It was introduced as a free-of-cost, community-supported alternative intended for home use, shortly after Red Hat discontinued RHL in favor of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).{{cite mailing list |last=Johnson |first=Michael K. |title=Fedora Project: Announcing New Direction |mailing-list=Fedora development |date=22 September 2003 |url=http://www.redhat.com/archives/rhl-list/2003-September/msg00064.html |access-date=18 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071120053411/http://www.redhat.com/archives/rhl-list/2003-September/msg00064.html |archive-date=20 November 2007 |url-status=live}} RHEL branches its releases from versions of Fedora.{{cite web |last=Burke |first=Tim |date=August 2006 |title=The Fedora Project and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, part 4 |url=http://www.redhat.com/magazine/022aug06/features/fedora_rhel_4/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012162113/http://www.redhat.com/magazine/022aug06/features/fedora_rhel_4/ |archive-date=12 October 2007 |access-date=18 October 2007 |series=Red Hat Magazine, Issue #22 |publisher=Red Hat |df=dmy-all}}

Since the release of Fedora 21 in December 2014, three editions have been made available: personal computer, server and cloud computing. This was expanded to five editions for containerization and Internet of Things (IoT) as of the release of Fedora 37 in November 2022.{{cite web |last=Gilbertson |first=Scott |date=16 January 2015 |title=Fedora 21 review: Linux's sprawliest distro finds a new focus |url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/01/fedora-21-review-linuxs-sprawliest-distro-finds-a-new-focus/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130114711/https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/01/fedora-21-review-linuxs-sprawliest-distro-finds-a-new-focus/ |archive-date=30 November 2018 |access-date=15 July 2017 |publisher=ArsTechnica.com}}{{cite web |title=Fedora |url=https://getfedora.org/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106140006/https://getfedora.org/ |archive-date=6 January 2016 |access-date=18 February 2023}} A new version of Fedora Linux is released every six months.{{Cite web |title=Fedora Linux Releases |url=https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/releases/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230831003744/https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/releases/ |archive-date=Aug 31, 2023 |publisher=Fedora Project}}

The current release is Fedora 42, which was released on 15 April 2025.{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Matthew |date=2025-04-15 |title=The answer is 42! Fedora Linux 42, that is. |url=https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-42/ |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=Fedora Magazine |language=en-US}}

In August 2008, several Fedora servers were compromised. Upon investigation it was found that one of the compromised servers was used for signing Fedora update packages. The Fedora Project stated that the attacker(s) did not get the package signing key which could be used to introduce malicious software onto Fedora users' systems through the update process. Project administrators performed checks on the software and did not find anything to suggest that a Trojan horse had been introduced into the software. As a precaution the project converted to new package signing keys.{{cite web|url=http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11532 |title=Security Breach—securityfocus.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-August/msg00012.html |title=Security Breach—Red Hat Mailing list}} Fedora published the full details on March 30, 2009.{{cite web|url=https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2009-March/msg00010.html |title=Update and Report on Fedora August 2008 Intrusion—Red Hat Mailing list}}

The Fedora Project is not a separate legal entity or organization; Red Hat retains liability for its actions.{{cite web | url = http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/17/177220 | title = Fedora Project Leader Max Spevack Responds to Slashdot Questions | access-date=February 12, 2007 | date = August 18, 2006}} The Fedora Council is the top-level community leadership and governance body. The Council is composed of a mix of representatives from different areas of the project, named roles appointed by Red Hat, and a variable number of seats connected to medium-term project goals.{{Cite web|url=http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Council|title=Council - FedoraProject|website=fedoraproject.org|access-date=May 27, 2016}} The previous governance structure (Fedora Board) comprised five Red Hat appointed members and five community-elected members. Additionally, Fedora Project leader had a veto power over any board decision; in the current model, all voting members can block on issues, with a valid reason. Red Hat at one point announced intentions to create a separate Fedora Foundation to govern the project,{{cite web | url = http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Red-Hat-Creates-Fedora-Foundation/ | title = Red Hat Creates Fedora Foundation | author = Peter Galli | date = June 3, 2005 | access-date = March 29, 2014 }} but after consideration of a variety of issues, canceled it in favor of the board model currently in place.{{cite web | url = http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Foundation | title = The Fedora Foundation | access-date = February 6, 2007 }}{{cite web | url = http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00016.html | title = Fedora Foundation | author = Max Spevack | date = April 4, 2006 | access-date = February 6, 2007 }}

The community is also involved in organizing lower levels of leadership, both the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo) and the Mindshare Committee (responsible for technical and community oversight, respectively) are community-elected bodies which manage significant portions of the project.{{Cite web |title=Fedora Engineering Steering Committee |url=https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fesco/#_common_tasks_and_responsibilities |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=Fedora Docs |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Fedora Mindshare Committee |url=https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/mindshare-committee/#responsibilities |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=Fedora Docs |language=en}}

The project facilitates online communication among its developers and community members through public mailing lists and wiki pages. It also coordinates two main events, known as the Fedora Users and Developers Conference (FUDCon) and Flock (or Flock to Fedora). FUDCon is a free software event held at different locations in the two designated regions of Latin America and Asia/Pacific. Typically, it revolves around some combination of conferencing, social events, and a hackathon.{{cite web | url=http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon/ | title = FUDCon | access-date=February 12, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071008123509/http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon/ |archive-date = October 8, 2007}} Flock is a similar event which replaced FUDCon in North America and Europe/the Middle East.{{cite web |url=https://flocktofedora.org/ |title=Flock to Fedora |access-date=May 25, 2017 |publisher=Fedora Project}} Task-specific, flexibly scheduled events known as Fedora Activity Days also gather many project contributors together in various regions.{{cite web |url=https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Activity_Day_-_FAD

|title=Fedora Activity Day |access-date=May 25, 2017 |publisher=Fedora Project}}

EPEL is a repository of extra packages published by the Fedora project, which can be expected to work in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux derivatives systems.

EPEL is organised by a [https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/epel/ Fedora Special Interest Group]. EPEL packages are usually based on their Fedora counterparts and will never conflict with or replace packages in the base Enterprise Linux distributions. EPEL uses much of the same infrastructure as Fedora, including buildsystem, Bugzilla instance, updates manager, mirror manager and more.{{Cite web |url=https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL |title=Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) :: Fedora Docs |access-date=29 July 2021 |archive-date=20 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720171944/https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL |url-status=live }}

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