Editing Fedora Project (section)

=== Fedora operating system ===
{{Main|Fedora Linux}}
Fedora Linux, then known as "Fedora Core," was a fork of RHL launched in 2003. It was introduced as a free-of-cost, community-supported alternative intended for home use, shortly after Red Hat discontinued RHL in favor of [[Red Hat Enterprise Linux]] (RHEL).<ref name="newdirection">{{cite mailing list |last=Johnson |first=Michael K. |title=Fedora Project: Announcing New Direction |mailing-list=Fedora development |date=22 September 2003 |url=http://www.redhat.com/archives/rhl-list/2003-September/msg00064.html |access-date=18 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071120053411/http://www.redhat.com/archives/rhl-list/2003-September/msg00064.html |archive-date=20 November 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref> RHEL branches its releases from versions of Fedora.<ref>{{cite web |last=Burke |first=Tim |date=August 2006 |title=The Fedora Project and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, part 4 |url=http://www.redhat.com/magazine/022aug06/features/fedora_rhel_4/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012162113/http://www.redhat.com/magazine/022aug06/features/fedora_rhel_4/ |archive-date=12 October 2007 |access-date=18 October 2007 |series=Red Hat Magazine, Issue #22 |publisher=Red Hat |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Since the release of Fedora 21 in December 2014, three editions have been made available: [[personal computer]], [[Server (computing)|server]] and [[cloud computing]]. This was expanded to five editions for [[Containerization (computing)|containerization]] and [[Internet of Things]] (IoT) as of the release of Fedora 37 in November 2022.<ref name="arstechnica fedora21">{{cite web |last=Gilbertson |first=Scott |date=16 January 2015 |title=Fedora 21 review: Linux's sprawliest distro finds a new focus |url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/01/fedora-21-review-linuxs-sprawliest-distro-finds-a-new-focus/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130114711/https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/01/fedora-21-review-linuxs-sprawliest-distro-finds-a-new-focus/ |archive-date=30 November 2018 |access-date=15 July 2017 |publisher=ArsTechnica.com}}</ref><ref name="official website">{{cite web |title=Fedora |url=https://getfedora.org/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106140006/https://getfedora.org/ |archive-date=6 January 2016 |access-date=18 February 2023}}</ref> A new version of Fedora Linux is released every six months.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fedora Linux Releases |url=https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/releases/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230831003744/https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/releases/ |archive-date=Aug 31, 2023 |publisher=Fedora Project}}</ref>

The current release is Fedora 42, which was released on 15 April 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Matthew |date=2025-04-15 |title=The answer is 42! Fedora Linux 42, that is. |url=https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-42/ |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=Fedora Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>