Introduction to Fedora project and Fedora.Next
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Fedora is an open source project that provides a platform for developers to work on innovative and latest technologies. Users can use and test these latest features. The document discusses the history of Fedora starting in 2002, its support from Red Hat, why users choose Fedora like access to latest open source technologies, and the Fedora.Next initiative to address issues with the "one size fits all" approach by creating distinct base, workstation, server, and cloud editions.
Introduction to Fedora project and Fedora.Next
- 1. Pravin Satpute Presented by Fedora project Introduction to Fedora and Fedora.Next
- 2. Today's Topics 1. Introduction to Fedora 2. Fedora History 3. Why Fedora? 4. Fedora.Next
- 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
- 5. History
- 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
- 7. Project supported by Red Hat
- 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
- 9. Why Fedora?
- 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?
- 11. Fedora.Next
- 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