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There are multiple desktops available for use with Fedora. Each has a slightly different look and feel and offers varying levels of customization. Desktops affect how windows, icons, menus, and various basic desktop interfaces look and feel. You may want to try a few different ones and figure out which one is best for you!
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Read full export regulationsBy downloading Fedora software, you acknowledge that you understand all of the following: Fedora software and technical information may be subject to the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (the “EAR”) and other U.S. and foreign laws and may not be exported, re-exported or transferred (a) to any country listed in Country Group E:1 in Supplement No. 1 to part 740 of the EAR (currently, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan & Syria); (b) to any prohibited destination or to any end user who has been prohibited from participating in U.S. export transactions by any federal agency of the U.S. government; or (c) for use in connection with the design, development or production of nuclear, chemical or biological weapons, or rocket systems, space launch vehicles, or sounding rockets, or unmanned air vehicle systems. You may not download Fedora software or technical information if you are located in one of these countries or otherwise subject to these restrictions. You may not provide Fedora software or technical information to individuals or entities located in one of these countries or otherwise subject to these restrictions. You are also responsible for compliance with foreign law requirements applicable to the import, export and use of Fedora software and technical information.
Fedora Live Media images may be used via bootable CD, DVD, or USB drives, and also may be used to install Fedora to hard disk. They are a great way to give Fedora a try, low-risk.
A directory of alternate Fedora images called Spins may be found at:
The DVD edition of Fedora is not Live Media, but it is bootable. When you boot from this media, you will be running the installation program. The DVD requires less memory (RAM) on your computer and contains more software. This media may be useful if the machine on which you install Fedora is not connected to the Internet.
4.4GB ISO disk image for 32-bit PC
4.3GB ISO disk image for 64-bit PC
The Network Install CD edition of Fedora is useful if you have a fast Internet connection available. When you boot from this media, you will be running the installation program and you get the selected packages directly from the repositories. The CD ensures you having the latest stable versions of the packages installed.
327MB ISO disk image for 32-bit PC
294MB ISO disk image for 64-bit PC
For help determining what architecture your system is, please view our architecture help guide.
No internet connection? You can get a copy of Fedora media sent via postal mail through local and online vendors, as well as via the Fedora Free Media program.
Can't afford the price of installation media? Request Fedora installation media from the Fedora Free Media Program.
Learn MoreBy clicking on and downloading Fedora, you agree to comply with the following terms and conditions:
Read full export regulationsBy downloading Fedora software, you acknowledge that you understand all of the following: Fedora software and technical information may be subject to the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (the “EAR”) and other U.S. and foreign laws and may not be exported, re-exported or transferred (a) to any country listed in Country Group E:1 in Supplement No. 1 to part 740 of the EAR (currently, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan & Syria); (b) to any prohibited destination or to any end user who has been prohibited from participating in U.S. export transactions by any federal agency of the U.S. government; or (c) for use in connection with the design, development or production of nuclear, chemical or biological weapons, or rocket systems, space launch vehicles, or sounding rockets, or unmanned air vehicle systems. You may not download Fedora software or technical information if you are located in one of these countries or otherwise subject to these restrictions. You may not provide Fedora software or technical information to individuals or entities located in one of these countries or otherwise subject to these restrictions. You are also responsible for compliance with foreign law requirements applicable to the import, export and use of Fedora software and technical information.
Fedora spins are alternate versions of Fedora, tailored for various types of users via hand-picked application sets and other customizations. Learn more about spins >
Below is just a sampling of the Fedora spins that are available. Visit http://spins.fedoraproject.org for a full listing of all available Fedora spins.
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Fedora Security LabSecurity analysis tools.More details at spins.fedoraproject.org > |
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Fedora Design SuiteOpen Creativity.More details at spins.fedoraproject.org > |
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Fedora SoaS SpinDiscover. Reflect. Share. Learn.More details at spins.fedoraproject.org > |
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Fedora Electronic LabFedora's high-end hardware design and simulation platform.More details at spins.fedoraproject.org > |
By clicking on and downloading Fedora, you agree to comply with the following terms and conditions:
Read full export regulationsBy downloading Fedora software, you acknowledge that you understand all of the following: Fedora software and technical information may be subject to the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (the “EAR”) and other U.S. and foreign laws and may not be exported, re-exported or transferred (a) to any country listed in Country Group E:1 in Supplement No. 1 to part 740 of the EAR (currently, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan & Syria); (b) to any prohibited destination or to any end user who has been prohibited from participating in U.S. export transactions by any federal agency of the U.S. government; or (c) for use in connection with the design, development or production of nuclear, chemical or biological weapons, or rocket systems, space launch vehicles, or sounding rockets, or unmanned air vehicle systems. You may not download Fedora software or technical information if you are located in one of these countries or otherwise subject to these restrictions. You may not provide Fedora software or technical information to individuals or entities located in one of these countries or otherwise subject to these restrictions. You are also responsible for compliance with foreign law requirements applicable to the import, export and use of Fedora software and technical information.
Fedora publishes system images for Amazon Web Services' (AWS) virtual machine platform, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), which allows one to create virtual machines in the cloud with very little effort.
These images, known as AMIs (Amazon Machine Images), are available in a variety of zones and architectures, and are identifiable by their unique identification number. This ID can then be utilized to locate and launch an image.
Fedora's EC2 images follow standard EC2 login conventions, meaning that root login is disabled, but sudo access is granted. The default username for the images is ec2-user.
| Region | Architecture | Root store | AMI ID | Launch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ap-southeast-1 | x86_64 | EBS-Backed | ami-4c327c1e |  |
| ap-southeast-1 | i386 | EBS-Backed | ami-f8357baa | |
| ap-southeast-2 | x86_64 | EBS-Backed | ami-33d24109 | |
| ap-southeast-2 | i386 | EBS-Backed | ami-f5d340cf | |
| ap-northeast-1 | x86_64 | EBS-Backed | ami-33b23b32 | |
| ap-northeast-1 | i386 | EBS-Backed | ami-51bc3550 | |
| us-east-1 | x86_64 | EBS-Backed | ami-b71078de | |
| us-east-1 | i386 | EBS-Backed | ami-6f640c06 | |
| us-west-1 | x86_64 | EBS-Backed | ami-674f6122 | |
| us-west-1 | i386 | EBS-Backed | ami-634f6126 | |
| us-west-2 | x86_64 | EBS-Backed | ami-fd9302cd | |
| us-west-2 | i386 | EBS-Backed | ami-67930257 | |
| eu-west-1 | x86_64 | EBS-Backed | ami-43809137 | |
| eu-west-1 | i386 | EBS-Backed | ami-2d819059 | |
| sa-east-1 | x86_64 | EBS-Backed | ami-08eb4e15 | |
| sa-east-1 | i386 | EBS-Backed | ami-d2e84dcf | |
| Region | Architecture | Root store | AMI ID | Launch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ap-northeast-1 | i386 | EBS-backed | ami-b1f37db0 | |
| ap-northeast-1 | x86_64 | EBS-backed | ami-45bd3444 | |
| ap-southeast-1 | i386 | EBS-backed | ami-6af1be38 | |
| ap-southeast-1 | x86_64 | EBS-backed | ami-54f0bf06 | |
| ap-southeast-2 | i386 | EBS-backed | ami-210a9a1b | |
| ap-southeast-2 | x86_64 | EBS-backed | ami-850999bf | |
| eu-west-1 | i386 | EBS-backed | ami-f14e5f85 | |
| eu-west-1 | x86_64 | EBS-backed | ami-234c5d57 | |
| sa-east-1 | i386 | EBS-backed | ami-aa7da7b7 | |
| sa-east-1 | x86_64 | EBS-backed | ami-567da74b | |
| us-east-1 | i386 | EBS-backed | ami-4b0b6422 | |
| us-east-1 | x86_64 | EBS-backed | ami-2509664c | |
| us-west-1 | i386 | EBS-backed | ami-d7be9192 | |
| us-west-1 | x86_64 | EBS-backed | ami-01bf9044 | |
| us-west-2 | i386 | EBS-backed | ami-e70a9cd7 | |
| us-west-2 | x86_64 | EBS-backed | ami-150a9c25 | |
By clicking on and downloading Fedora, you agree to comply with the following terms and conditions:
Read full export regulationsBy downloading Fedora software, you acknowledge that you understand all of the following: Fedora software and technical information may be subject to the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (the “EAR”) and other U.S. and foreign laws and may not be exported, re-exported or transferred (a) to any country listed in Country Group E:1 in Supplement No. 1 to part 740 of the EAR (currently, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan & Syria); (b) to any prohibited destination or to any end user who has been prohibited from participating in U.S. export transactions by any federal agency of the U.S. government; or (c) for use in connection with the design, development or production of nuclear, chemical or biological weapons, or rocket systems, space launch vehicles, or sounding rockets, or unmanned air vehicle systems. You may not download Fedora software or technical information if you are located in one of these countries or otherwise subject to these restrictions. You may not provide Fedora software or technical information to individuals or entities located in one of these countries or otherwise subject to these restrictions. You are also responsible for compliance with foreign law requirements applicable to the import, export and use of Fedora software and technical information.
ARM chips are the most widely-produced processor family in the world; they have historically been used in cell phones and embedded applications, and are increasingly used in tablet devices and low-power-consumption servers. The Fedora-ARM project is an initiative to bring Fedora to this processor family.
A list of currently supplied prebuilt images for the Fedora 18 ARM GA release can be found at:
Fedora 18 GA Release Announcement
Note for Raspberry Pi users
Raspberry Pi support is not included in Fedora 18 GA because it does not meet the Fedora release guidelines. Specifically, the Raspberry Pi relies upon a custom kernel version, not upstream, as well as special GPU binary blobs which are not acceptable under the current firmware exception. Nonetheless, an unsupported "nightly" Fedora 18 snapshot is available.
The following images have been tested and are recommended for most users and include Versatile Express (QEMU), Trimslice (TEGRA), Beagleboard (OMAP3), Pandaboard (OMAP4) and GuruPlug (Kirkwood) based hardware platforms. For the whole list of images please visit all the prebuilt images for the Fedora 18 ARM GA release.
The list of known Fedora 18 remixes is catalogued at Architectures/ARM/F18/Remixes. Likewise, root filesystem tarballs are provided to help you make your own remixes.
Fedora Releases for PowerPC have been most extensively tested on IBM Power systems, but is also known to work on Apple Mac G5 systems.
Fedora Release Image based on the s390x architecture.
4.0GB DVD ISO
By clicking on and downloading Fedora, you agree to comply with the following terms and conditions:
Read full export regulationsBy downloading Fedora software, you acknowledge that you understand all of the following: Fedora software and technical information may be subject to the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (the “EAR”) and other U.S. and foreign laws and may not be exported, re-exported or transferred (a) to any country listed in Country Group E:1 in Supplement No. 1 to part 740 of the EAR (currently, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan & Syria); (b) to any prohibited destination or to any end user who has been prohibited from participating in U.S. export transactions by any federal agency of the U.S. government; or (c) for use in connection with the design, development or production of nuclear, chemical or biological weapons, or rocket systems, space launch vehicles, or sounding rockets, or unmanned air vehicle systems. You may not download Fedora software or technical information if you are located in one of these countries or otherwise subject to these restrictions. You may not provide Fedora software or technical information to individuals or entities located in one of these countries or otherwise subject to these restrictions. You are also responsible for compliance with foreign law requirements applicable to the import, export and use of Fedora software and technical information.
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