The Fedora Project
The Fedora Project is a Red Hat-sponsored
and
community-supported open source project. It is also a proving ground
for new technology that may eventually make its way into Red Hat
products.
It is not a supported product of Red Hat, Inc.
If you're a long-time user of Red Hat
Linux or a newcomer looking for an alternative to Microsoft Windows,
The Fedora Project may be for you. The goal of The Fedora Project
is to work with the Linux community to build a complete, general
purpose operating system exclusively from free software. The Red
Hat engineering team participates in the building of Fedora Core and
invites and encourages more outside participation than was possible in
Red Hat Linux..
The major difference between The Fedora
Project and Red Hat Linux is that The Fedora Project uses time-based
releases, rather than stability-based releases. What does that
mean for you? It will let you stay on the cutting edge of Linux
development.
The Fedora Project also signals the end of
Red Hat Linux and The NOSPIN Group's offering of Red Hat Linux
CDs. Red Hat Linux is moving toward a different goal as a
provider of a more commercially oriented and supported software
solution, but you'll find that The Fedora Project incorporates a
superset of Red Hat's new product, Red Hat Enterprise Linux. That
means that the relationship that we enjoyed with Red Hat to distribute
their software has come to an end. But, since Red Hat Enterprise
Linux will be derived from The Fedora Project, you'll be able to enjoy
the latest and most technologically advanced version of Linux
available, fully tested and packaged by Red Hat's engineers.
At this point, you may
be asking, "Should I buy The Fedora Project from The NOSPIN Group or
Red Hat Enterprise Linux from Red Hat?" The answer should be
pretty simple. If you are a home user or a business user who does
not require extremely high availability of your computer system, then
The Fedora Project is perfect for you. If you are an enthusiast
who wants to have the latest and greatest technology at your
fingertips, then The Fedora Project is for you. If you're looking
for an operating system that can replace MIcrosoft Windows on your
desktop, then, again, The Fedora Project is for you.
If, however, your computers are servers in
a business environment where uptime and stability are absolutely
essential, then you may want to consider Red Hat Enterprise
Linux. On the other hand, our main web server systems here at The
NOSPIN Group run Fedora Core 1 just as stably and reliably as they ran
Red Hat Linux 9.
The Fedora Project has release Fedora Core
1, the initial release of the operating system. While it is most
definitely not Red Hat Linux, it is a logical follow-on to Red Hat
Linux 9, even to the point of being able to upgrade from virtually any
version of Red Hat Linux.
You can find out more about The Fedora
Project at its website, or by
reading the review
at FreePCTech.com. And once you've made up your mind, you can
order your seven CD set of Fedora Core 1 (three installation CDs, three
souce code CDs and a documentation CD) right here... or on two DVDs.
