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Fedora

Operating system based on the Linux kernel, developed by the community-supported Fedora Project
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What is Fedora?

Fedora is a Linux-based operating system that provides users with access to the latest free and open source software, in a stable, secure and easy to manage form. Fedora is the largest of many free software creations of the Fedora Project. Because of its predominance, the word "Fedora" is often used interchangeably to mean both the Fedora Project and the Fedora operating system.
Fedora is a tool in the Operating Systems category of a tech stack.

Who uses Fedora?

Companies
61 companies reportedly use Fedora in their tech stacks, including Quezx.com, 5G Systems, and NKI.

Developers
406 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Fedora.

Fedora Integrations

Pylint, Jenkins X, Apache Traffic Server, Mercurial, and Liquid are some of the popular tools that integrate with Fedora. Here's a list of all 25 tools that integrate with Fedora.
Pros of Fedora
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Great for developers
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Great integration with system tools
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Represents the future of rhel/centos
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Good release schedule
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Reliable
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Fast
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Docker integration
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Has SeLinux
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Latest packages
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Updated with Bleeding-edge software
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Great for ops teams
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Awesome community
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Python distribution
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Complies with International Standard

Fedora Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to Fedora?
CentOS
The CentOS Project is a community-driven free software effort focused on delivering a robust open source ecosystem. For users, we offer a consistent manageable platform that suits a wide variety of deployments. For open source communities, we offer a solid, predictable base to build upon, along with extensive resources to build, test, release, and maintain their code.
Debian
Debian systems currently use the Linux kernel or the FreeBSD kernel. Linux is a piece of software started by Linus Torvalds and supported by thousands of programmers worldwide. FreeBSD is an operating system including a kernel and other software.
openSUSE
The openSUSE project is a worldwide effort that promotes the use of Linux everywhere. openSUSE creates one of the world's best Linux distributions, working together in an open, transparent and friendly manner as part of the worldwide Free and Open Source Software community.
Ubuntu
Ubuntu is an ancient African word meaning ‘humanity to others’. It also means ‘I am what I am because of who we all are’. The Ubuntu operating system brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the world of computers.
Linux Mint
The purpose of Linux Mint is to produce a modern, elegant and comfortable operating system which is both powerful and easy to use.
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Fedora's Followers
500 developers follow Fedora to keep up with related blogs and decisions.