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| == What is Fedora? ==
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| Fedora is all about freedom and rapid innovation.
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| Fedora is a Linux based operating system that provides users with access to the latest
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| [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html free and open source software], in a [[QA | stable]], [[Security/Features | secure]] and easy to manage form. We strongly believe in the bedrock principles that created all the components of our operating system, and
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| because of this we [[Objectives | guarantee]] that Fedora will always be free for
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| anybody, anywhere, to use, modify and distribute.
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| Fedora is a center for innovation in free and open source software, and creates a community where developers and open source enthusiasts come together to advance free and open source software. The Fedora community contributes everything it builds back to the free and open source world and continues to make advances of significance to the broader community, as evidenced by the regular and rapid incorporation of its features into other Linux distributions.
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| Fedora is more than just software, though. It is a [[Statistics| community of contributors]] from
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| [http://fedoraproject.org/maps around the world] who work with each other to advance the interests of the
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| free culture movement. Everyone is invited to join, and no matter what your skills are, we have a place for you in our community! The Fedora community includes software engineers, artists, system administrators, web
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| designers, writers, speakers, and translators -- all of whom will be happy to help you get started.
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| == Who uses Fedora? ==
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| Linus Torvalds, the creator and primary maintainer of Linux [http://news.oreilly.com/2008/07/linux-torvalds-on-linux-distri.html does]
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| NASA [http://jaboutboul.blogspot.com/2008/02/fedora-on-final-frontier.html systems]
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| Roadrunner, the number one [http://www.top500.org/system/9485 Supercomputer] in the world
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| Wikipedia [https://wikitech.leuksman.com/view/Category:Servers_running_Fedora_Core servers]
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| Over a hundred [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DerivedDistributions derivative distributions] including [[RHEL | Red Hat Enterprise Linux]] and [[OLPC | OLPC]]
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| Even some [http://www.press.redhat.com/2008/05/20/a-new-goal-for-open-source/ Robots] do
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| [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Statistics Millions] of other users
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| == What makes Fedora different? ==
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| We try to always do the right thing, and provide only free and open source software. We will fight to protect and
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| [[Objectives | promote]] solutions that anyone can use and redistribute. With this in mind, all of our developers are focused on working closely with [[PackageMaintainers/WhyUpstream | upstream]], so everyone can benefit from our work and get access to our changes as soon as possible. Due to the huge amount of [[RedHatContributions | innovation]] that Fedora drives, this focus has had significant and long lasting effects. Some of the recent developments in free and open source software that Fedora has driven include:
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| * [http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/ NetworkManager]
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| * [http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus D-Bus]
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| * [http://hal.freedesktop.org/docs/PolicyKit/ PolicyKit]
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| * [http://packagekit.org/ PackageKit]
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| * [http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal HAL]
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| * [http://freeipa.org FreeIPA]
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| * [[SELinux | SELinux]]
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| * [http://www.pulseaudio.org PulseAudio]
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| The reverse is also true: by sticking close to upstream development teams, Fedora often gets the latest software before anybody else. Not only does this benefit our community, but it also benefits the upstream
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| teams by providing a much larger audience and more feedback for them.
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| Another striking difference of Fedora is our goal to empower others to pursue their vision of what a free operating system should be like. Fedora now forms the basis for [[DerivedDistributions | derivative distributions]] such as [[RHEL | Red Hat Enterprise Linux]] , the [[OLPC | One Laptop Per Child XO]] and Creative Commons' [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/LiveContent Live Content] DVDs.
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| And that's not all. It is just as easy for individuals to create their own distribution, thanks to Fedora's easy [[CustomSpins | spinning tools]] . These tools allow you to quickly select the packages you want, and create live images for CD/DVD or USB, or installation discs. Some official versions of Fedora have grown up this way, including:
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| * Fedora Electronic Lab
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| * Fedora Xfce Spin
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| * Fedora Developers Spin
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| * Fedora Games Spin
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| == How do I get Fedora? ==
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| Easy, just visit this [http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora page] and download it. You can try it without
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| installing anything on your computer, thanks to our Live images on CD or USB - in fact, you can even create a Live USB stick from within [http://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator Windows] !
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| If you have a slow internet connection, or no internet connection at all, then you can still get Fedora thanks to our volunteer [[ Distribution/FreeMedia | Free Media]] program.
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| == How do I join Fedora? ==
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| Like what you see and want to help out? That's easy too! This [http://fedoraproject.org/join-fedora page] has
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| all the information you need, and don't forget that all our contributors get access to some awesome tools to help them get their work done:
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| * Fedora People provides free webspace for hosting Fedora related content
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| * Fedora Planet is an aggregation of contributor blogs so you can see what everyone is up to
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| * Fedora Hosted is the perfect location for hosting your free and open source projects
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| * Fedora's own [[Communicate/GobbyHowTo| Gobby server]] , so we can collaboratively work on documents in real time
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| * Fedora [[Koji| Build System]] to build your software across multiple architectures
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| * The skills and experience of hundreds of fellow Fedora contributors!
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