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= Relation between Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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= Relationship between Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Open source allows user to modify the software and make it redistributable as and when required. The open source license requires improved versions of the software to carry a different name or version from the original software. Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Fedora both are open source products. If a product or a software is upstream that means it allows the origin author/s to maintain it or perform any bug fixes. Fedora is an upstream of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora Linux both are open source operating systems. They are related projects, with Fedora being "upstream" of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Whereas Fedora Linux is a community-supported project suitable for many types of users, Red Hat Enterprise Linux is enterprise business-oriented software, supported via commercial subscription options.
== Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a commercial enterprise operating system and has its own set of test phases including alpha and beta releases.The cost of Red Hat Enterprise Linux comes from the subscription,which provides assorted certifications and support for additional architectures. You can download the https://www.redhat.com/rhel/details/eval/[evaluation version] for free and https://www.redhat.com/apps/store/developers/rhel_developer_suite.html[developer version] for $99.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux is an enterprise Linux operating system. It is oriented toward enterprise and commercial users, is certified for many hardware and cloud platforms, and supported by Red Hat via various subscription options. In comparison to Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux emphasises stability and enterprise-readiness over the latest technolgies or rapid releases. More information about Red Hat offerings can be found at https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/linux-platforms/enterprise-linux[Red Hat's web site]
Download academic editions at low cost http://www.redhat.com/solutions/education/academic/[academic version] and
http://www.redhat.com/solutions/education/academic/individual/[academic individual version]
Individual software developers can access a free-of-charge subscription as part of the https://developers.redhat.com/about[Red Hat Developer Program]. Developers can use Red Hat Enterprise Linux on up to 16 physical or virtual systems for development, quality assurance, demos, and small production uses. See the Frequently Asked Questions for the https://developers.redhat.com/articles/faqs-no-cost-red-hat-enterprise-linux[No-cost Red Hat Enterprise Linux Individual Developer Subscription].
== Fedora
Fedora is based on Linux kernel and GNU programs. Fedora is developed and sponsored by Fedora Project and Red Hat. Fedora is a general purpose system that gives Red Hat and the rest of its contributor community the chance to innovate rapidly with new technologies. In order to focus Red Hat's efforts and limit support costs, only a selected subset of packages found in Fedora are included in the commercially supported product line. The Fedora Project has a community of people maintaining add-on packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and compatible rebuilds called https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/About_EPEL[Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux], or EPEL.
Fedora is an operating system based on the Linux kernel. Fedora is developed by the Fedora Project and sponsored by Red Hat. Fedora is developed and released on its own echedule with releases approximatley every six months. The emphasis is on providing a modern Linux operating system utilising the latest technologies. It is free for all users and supported via the Fedora community.
To create Red Hat Enterprise Linux, some version of Fedora is forked and enters and extensive development, testing and certification process to become a new version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
== History of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora
Red Hat first offered an enterprise Linux support subscription for Red Hat Linux 6.1. It was not a separate product but the subscription level was branded as Red Hat 6.2E. Subsequently, Red Hat started creating a separate product with commercial service level agreements and longer
lifecyle based on Red Hat Linux and later on Fedora. This was initially called as Advanced Server and rebranded as Red Hat Enterprise Linux in 2003. The following table gives the lineage:
Red Hat first offered an enterprise Linux support subscription for Red Hat Linux 6.1. It was not a separate product but the subscription level was branded as Red Hat 6.2E. Subsequently, Red Hat started creating a separate product with commercial service level agreements and longer lifecyle based on Red Hat Linux, and later on Fedora.
.Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora Lineage
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|Release |Codename |Release Date |Based on
|Red Hat Linux 6.2E |Zoot |2000-03-27 |Red Hat Linux 6.2
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|Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8|Ootpa |2019-05-07 |Fedora 28
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== Difference between Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora
When you purchase Red Hat Enterprise Linux, you are also helping to support Fedora. Since Red Hat sponsors Fedora, what is good for Red Hat is usually good for Fedora. However, following are few differences between both the products:
.Difference between Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora
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|support
|Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a commercially supported product by Red Hat and provides service level agreements that is important for enterprise customers. This support involves product assistance as well as prioritization of bug fixes, feature requests, certified hardware and software.
|Fedora is supported by a wide community of developers and users but it is not commercially supported by Red Hat. Red Hat does http://fedoraproject.org/sponsors[sponsor] a large number of resources and link.
|Fedora is supported by a wide community of developers and users but it is not commercially supported by Red Hat. Red Hat does http://fedoraproject.org/sponsors[sponsor] the Fedora Project.
|releases
|A new version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux comes out every few years and is supported for up to 10 years and can
even be http://www.redhat.com/rhel/server/extended_lifecycle_support/[extended] to 13 years or more with additional subscriptions.
|A new version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux comes out every few years and is supported for up to 10 years.
|New Fedora releases are available about every six months and every release gets updates for about 13 months.
|available software
|Software in Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a limited subset of Fedora and has about 4000 binary packages (RHEL 6). These are the ones enterprise customers demand and are supported by Red Hat.
|Fedora offers a wide range of software packages and the latest release has well over 25000 unique (not counting updates in Fedora 15) binary software packages available in the repository.
|Software in Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a subset of that available in Fedora. These are the packages enterprise customers need and are supported by Red Hat.
|Fedora offers a wide range of software, with many thousands of packages available in the repository.
|update policy
|Red Hat Enterprise Linux updates are more conservative and generally focus on security and bug fixes.