Fedora  
At a glance
Publisher
Red Hat, Inc.
Web
Status
Available, Supported
Introduced
1994
Latest
8.0
Design
Text & GUI, Multitasking
Type
Workstation, Server
 
Summary News Requirements Compatibility Interface Installation Variants
Versions Downloads Links Publisher Support Alternatives Secrets Pricing
 
Details
Summary Fedora Core is an open source Operating System based on Linux sponsored by Red Hat's Linux and guided by the Fedora Foundation.
News 4-Nov-2007 Fedora 8 Release Notes
31-May-2007 Fedora 7 Release Notes
24-Oct-2006 Fedora Core 6 Now Available
21-Mar-2006 Fedora Core 5 Now Available
Requirements
Product Fedora 8
Processor Pentium 200 MHz or better (text mode)
Pentium 400 MHz or better (graphics)
32 and 64-bit versions
RAM 128 MB text mode, 192 MB for graphics (256 MB recommended); More for 64-bit version
Drive space 90 MB minimal installation to 9 GB to install everything
Drives Runs from hard disk
Video VGA or better
File systems ReiserFS, Ext3, Ext2, read/write access to FAT
Compatibility Linux programs
Interface Native text based interface. GUI support included with various desktops.
Installation Can be installed on primary or logical partitions, first two drives only
Variants n/a
Versions 2003 Core 1
2004 Core 2
2004 Core 3
2005 Core 4
Mar-2006 Core 5
Oct-2006 Core 6
May-2007 v7.0
Oct-2007 v8.0
Downloads Download Fedora 7
Links Fedora Home page
Documentation
Books All books on Linux

Top titles
Publisher Red Hat, Inc.
2600 Meridian Parkway
Durham, NC 27713
USA

Phone 919-547-0012
Web www.redhat.com
Support Web
Alternatives Other Linuxes, Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista, Solaris
Secrets Command Line Windows/DOS equivalents
Pricing Free
Compare n/a

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