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Fedora vs FreeIPA: What are the differences?

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

What is FreeIPA? Manage Linux users and client hosts in your realm from one central location with CLI, Web UI or RPC access. FreeIPA is an integrated Identity and Authentication solution for Linux/UNIX networked environments. A FreeIPA server provides centralized authentication, authorization and account information by storing data about user, groups, hosts and other objects necessary to manage the security aspects of a network of computers.

Fedora and FreeIPA can be primarily classified as "Operating Systems" tools.

FreeIPA is an open source tool with 317 GitHub stars and 186 GitHub forks. Here's a link to FreeIPA's open source repository on GitHub.

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Pros of Fedora
Pros of FreeIPA
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    Great for developers
  • 10
    Represents the future of rhel/centos
  • 10
    Great integration with system tools
  • 10
    Good release schedule
  • 8
    Reliable
  • 6
    Fast
  • 5
    Has SeLinux
  • 5
    Docker integration
  • 4
    Awesome community
  • 4
    Updated with Bleeding-edge software
  • 4
    Latest packages
  • 3
    Great for ops teams
  • 2
    Python distribution
  • 2
    Complies with International Standard
  • 2
    Manages sudo command groups and sudo commands
  • 1
    Manages host and host groups

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Cons of Fedora
Cons of FreeIPA
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    Bugs get fixed slowly from kernel side
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    Much less support from Wiki
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    Systemd
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    Boring
  • 1
    Less packages in official repository
  • 1
    A bit complicated
  • 1
    Learning curve for new users
  • 0
    Slightly difficult to install for beginners
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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.

    What is FreeIPA?

    FreeIPA is an integrated Identity and Authentication solution for Linux/UNIX networked environments. A FreeIPA server provides centralized authentication, authorization and account information by storing data about user, groups, hosts and other objects necessary to manage the security aspects of a network of computers.

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    What are some alternatives to Fedora and FreeIPA?
    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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