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OS or distribution

Is Fedora an Operating System or a distribution of Linux ? DG12 (talk) 19:47, 23 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's both. A Linux distro is a collection of software which comprises an operating system. 71.65.94.23 (talk) 08:55, 17 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, Linux is (from the linked WP article of the same title);

...a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of Linux is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released 5 October 1991 by Linus Torvalds...

Under the terms of the appropriate license, the kernel may be modified, if one desires, and packaged with other software (like libraries and utilities which make the software work properly, or better, as the case may be) when appropriate and, if desired, additional application software. The entire package (kernel, libraries, and applications) is called a distribution. As an example, the Fedora 17 (operating system) kernel plus supporting utility libraries plus application software customized for use with the Fedora 17 kernel constitutes the Fedora 17 distribution. NorthCoastReader (talk) 04:30, 14 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Notable plus plus interesting distributions

The section Distributions was copy edited while I re-added Omega and PLS Linux from previous discussion #Listing of derivatives.

fix formatting on the dashes that go after the links and before the description. the will never be needed if it so close to the bullet that it never gets to the other edge of the page.
move the 'distro watch' and 'Fedora wiki' sources (in small print) underneath the distribution bullet so I could put a See also link to List_of_linux_distributions#Fedora-based
Change 'Active' to 'Notable list of Fedora distributions'.

The list should be not only notable, as are the items at the above mentioned List_of_linux_distributions#Fedora-based, but also more interesting than them.

In order to keep the size of the list down, per previous discussion mentioned above, please discuss un-interesting list items for removal.

- Berry Linux – a medium-sized Fedora based distribution that provides support for Japanese and English.
- BLAG Linux and GNU – a stripped down 1-CD Fedora with Debian's APT system.
- Fuduntu – Optimized for netbooks, development headed by Jupiter creator Fewt. ^[1]
- Hanthana Linux – from Sri Lanka
- Linpus – made by Taiwanese company Linpus Technologies for the Asian market.
- MythDora – based around MythTV's media center capabilities.
- Ojuba Linux – an Arabic Linux distribution.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux – enterprise Linux offering from Red Hat, which branches from the current Fedora baseline.
- Omega Linux – remix with full multimedia support ^[2]
- Russian Fedora Remix – version of Fedora, adapted for Russia. Contains proprietary drivers and software.
- PLS Linux – high client-server-performance version issued by the Government of Venezuela.^[3]
- Xange – (formerly Simplis and Vixta) is an easy-to-use, Fedora-based desktop Linux distribution featuring the KDE desktop.
- Moblin – a distribution mainly for MIDs, netbooks and embedded devices

— Cpiral Cpiral 23:01, 23 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Fedora (operating system)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Jamesx12345 (talk · contribs) 22:23, 4 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'll review this in the next week or so. James^x12345 22:23, 4 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

First up, this article is really short. It is around a sixth of the size of the Debian and Ubuntu articles, which suggests that there is a lot of detail not present here. There is no section on hardware requirements or the development process, and details about kernels and packages are left out. The GAC don't require it to be too long, but without significantly more detail I wouldn't pass it. Sorry. James^x12345 22:03, 6 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Since there was no response, I'm failing it this time, but if another GAN is opened I will happily review it. James^x12345 16:26, 19 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Multiple version numbers in the infobox?

There is currently a discussion of whether Template:Infobox OS should be used with multiple version numbers - for example, to list both a "software update" and "next major release" beta, or to list betas from more than one release stream. If you believe that multiple {stable, preview} releases should never appear in that infobox, or if you believe that they should appear under some or all circumstances where there's more than one beta of the OS in question available, you might want to comment there. (I have no strong belief either way; I'm OK with the main OS page listing only the "next major release" beta, but listing betas from multiple streams if they exist, but I'd also be OK with other choices.) Guy Harris (talk) 08:18, 11 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Updated reference to Linus Torvalds as Fedora user.

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Matthew Miller (talk) 15:52, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

^ Fuduntu - Punny Name, Serious Distro, accessed 2011-03-18.
^ Rahul Sundaram (Red Hat's Community Engineer) includes MP3 and DVD playback support by adding software from RPM Fusion and Livna software repositories by default.
^ Designed and developed in Venezuela. The Web site is in Spanish.

[1] Fuduntu - Punny Name, Serious Distro, accessed 2011-03-18.

[2] Rahul Sundaram (Red Hat's Community Engineer) includes MP3 and DVD playback support by adding software from RPM Fusion and Livna software repositories by default.

[3] Designed and developed in Venezuela. The Web site is in Spanish.

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