Differences between version 5 and predecessor to the previous major change of Fedora.
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| Newer page: | version 5 | Last edited on Sunday, August 31, 2003 8:24:41 pm | by CraigBox | Revert |
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|^A type of hat: |^[http://www.wamc.net/fedora.jpg]
|^Most commonly worn by this gentleman: |^[http://isis.csuhayward.edu/cesmith/incas/indy.jpg]
-Relevant because it is the name of a project to build packages for RedHatLinux. With
the emergence of the RedHatLinuxProject, Fedora will probably be rolled into RedHatLinux - chances are its' standards will be used as the basis for the new community
.
+Relevant because it is the name of a project to build packages for RedHatLinux. (And it is named so because
the fabled Red Hat is a fedora
.)
-In the meantime, they package
a lot of stuff that RedHat won't
, can't
, or didn't
.
+;: Fedora is
a community project dedicated to building high-quality
, 3rd party rpms
, for the RedHat Linux distribution. Our goal is to facilitate easy package installation through automatic update methods such as apt and yum, while at the same time maintaining first rate security procedures
.
-Plus, they're cool cos they use a .us domain, instead of an international one and then claiming that America == The World (NetworkSolutions told me that once.)
+With the emergence of the RedHatLinuxProject, Fedora will probably be rolled into RedHatLinux - chances are its' standards will be used as the basis for the new community. In the meantime, they package a lot of stuff that RedHat won't, can't, or didn't.
Plus, they're cool cos they use a .us domain, instead of an international one and then claiming that America == The World (NetworkSolutions told me that once.)
-http://www.fedora.us/
+Their web site is at
http://www.fedora.us/.
Fedora packages can be gained using AptForRpm. See [their HOWTO|http://www.fedora.us/wiki/FedoraHOWTO].
+
+Buy an official {Red Hat Fedora|http://www.redhat.com/apps/commerce/coolstuff.html].
