Fedora Linux Distribution

Fedora is a free and open-source Linux distribution developed by the community-supported Fedora Project and sponsored by Red Hat (now part of IBM), serving as the upstream for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). Known for innovation and early adoption of new technologies, Fedora has over 1.5 million users and contributors worldwide, releasing approximately every 6 months with 13 months of support per release. Key features: Innovation-first approach, being first to adopt Wayland display server (Fedora 25), systemd init system, PipeWire multimedia server (Fedora 34), Btrfs as default filesystem (Fedora 33), zRAM swap, and early kernel features. Three editions: Workstation for desktops with GNOME 45 and refined developer experience, Server for headless servers with rolekit and Cockpit web management, and IoT for Internet of Things devices with rpm-ostree atomic updates. dnf5 package manager replaces yum with faster dependency resolution, modular package streams (Modulemd), and rich metadata. SELinux enabled and enforcing by default with targeted policy providing mandatory access control. Wayland display protocol as default since Fedora 25 with improved security and multi-monitor handling. PipeWire replaces PulseAudio and JACK with unified audio and video handling and low-latency processing. Flatpak support for sandboxed desktop applications via Flathub. Fedora Silverblue variant uses rpm-ostree for immutable transactional system updates with rollback capability. Fedora CoreOS provides container-focused minimal OS with automatic atomic updates. COPR (Cool Other Package Repo) enables community-maintained repositories. Excellent ARM single-board support including Raspberry Pi 4 and 5.