Nice! Fedora was one of the first distros I used all those years ago, before switching to openSUSE and later Ubuntu/Debian.
I didn't realise that when I started using it in high school, it was still a relatively young distro (2006-7)!
I did expect there to be a bit more about the history and development in the article though. After the heading "A history lesson" I was expecting it to trace through some major changes in the past 15 years.
Fedora Core had a history as Redhat Linux (not Redhat Enterprise Linux), with nine major releases. I left rpm based distributions with FC1 (only to return in the 20-something releases).
15 years... seems like both a long time and not long ago at all. I remember quite fondly using Fedora Core 2 and enjoying it, it was the natural path from Red Hat Linux after all.
Congratulations to Fedora! I admit that you are not my preferred distro any longer, but I am still quite happy that you have made it this far, and I hope that you have many years to come.
I've been a big fan of the RedHat line, Yellowdog included, and Fedora has made for an even better experience. From "Core 1" to here it's been quite an experience.
Thanks for pushing the bleeding edge for fifteen years!
I hope there hasn't been much blood in all of that. Sometimes we err on that side, but overall, the intention is to provide an integrated operating system that leads but doesn't actually cause injury!
Oracle already has their own Redhat knockoff they would have to put work into making the product which is something they would not want to ever do. Also Oracle would send Fedora out to the ethers anyways.
Got it attached to some local Linux magazine - juggling installation CDs was "fun"; I really liked Bluecurve theme - it really fit those times and while it was cartoonish it was giving more pleasant vibes than plastic XP Luna
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[ 4.2 ms ] story [ 22.2 ms ] threadI didn't realise that when I started using it in high school, it was still a relatively young distro (2006-7)!
I did expect there to be a bit more about the history and development in the article though. After the heading "A history lesson" I was expecting it to trace through some major changes in the past 15 years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedora_(operating_system)
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedora_Project
There _is_ a lot of interesting history, both technical and in the project structure and culture.
I'd update the page myself, but, you know. :)
Congratulations to Fedora! I admit that you are not my preferred distro any longer, but I am still quite happy that you have made it this far, and I hope that you have many years to come.
Thanks for pushing the bleeding edge for fifteen years!
Always interesting to see what's next. Fedora 29 just shipped:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/29/ChangeSet
RIP Fedora PPC.
IBM's Fedora doesn't seem like something that will survive 10 years?
Seriously I can't even think of a worst company to buy Red Hat for Fedora then IBM.
That would be on my top 3 to buy list.
Oracle already has their own Redhat knockoff they would have to put work into making the product which is something they would not want to ever do. Also Oracle would send Fedora out to the ethers anyways.
That was literally half a lifetime ago.