Fedora Linux release history
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Fedora Linux is a popular Linux distribution developed by the Fedora Project. Fedora attempts to maintain a six-month release schedule, offering new versions in spring and fall, although some releases have experienced minor delays.
Release history
Fedora Core 1
Fedora Core 1 was the first version of Fedora and was released on November 6, 2003. It was codenamed Yarrow. Fedora Core 1 was based on Red Hat Linux 9.
Some of the features in Fedora Core 1 included:
Version 2.4.19 of the Linux kernel;
Version 2.4 of the GNOME Desktop Environment (GNOME);
Version 3.1 of the K Desktop Environment (KDE).
Fedora Core 2
Fedora Core 2 was released on May 18, 2004, codenamed Tettnang.
Some of the new features in Fedora Core 2 included:
Version 2.6 of the Linux kernel;
Version 2.6 of the GNOME Desktop Environment (GNOME);
Version 3.2 of the K Desktop Environment (KDE);
Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux);
X.Org Server replaced XFree86 due to license changes with the latter project. (X.Org Server is a merger of the previous official X11R6 release, which additionally included a number of updates to Xrender, Xft, Xcursor, fontconfig libraries, and other significant improvements, with XFree86 4.4 RC 2, the final version before the license change.)
SELinux was disabled by default due to concerns that it radically altered the way that Fedora Core ran.
Fedora Core 3
Fedora Core 3 was released on November 8, 2004, codenamed Heidelberg.
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