Appendix A. The History of Red Hat and Fedora
The main object of this book has been to give you practical advice on getting up and running with Fedora 8, and as such we haven’t really spent any time looking at the origins of Fedora and how it got to where it is today. This appendix gives you information that will enable you to put Fedora into context and understand the history behind Fedora 8.
Fedora represented an evolution in the business direction of its sponsor, Red Hat. Red Hat itself is the largest commercial Linux developer in the world, and is based in Raleigh, North ...
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