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OSNews: Getting to Know Fedora Core 1

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 7, 2003

“I have installed Fedora Core 1 (Yarrow) to see what has changed
between it and Red Hat Linux 9 and to get a feel for this new and
powerful Linux operating system. For some people, the name Fedora
will not be a familiar name, for others (Red Hat Linux or OS
enthusiasts), Fedora could (In some ways) be considered to be the
‘new’ Red Hat Linux 9.x or 10 release, the not so long awaited
sequel to Red Hat Linux 9, which came out in late March 2003.
However, Fedora Core 1 is not Red Hat Linux 10 (as I try to explain
below), and to quote from the front page of the Fedora Project
website:

“‘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…'”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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