Red Hat Linux Project Merges With Fedora

An anonymous reader writes "Red Hat has announced a merger of its Red Hat Linux Project with Fedora Linux, a group that has specialized in providing high-quality RPM packages for Red Hat. According to Red Hat, 'The Fedora Project is a Red-Hat-sponsored and community-supported open source project. It is also a proving ground for new technology that may eventually make its way into Red Hat products.' From the FAQ: 'Rather than being run through product management as something that has to appear on retail shelves on a certain date, Fedora Core will be released based on schedules, set by a steering committee, that will be open and accessible to the community, as well as influenced by the community.'"

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"Red Hat Artwork"

[soren42]

I think it's interesting that there is what appears to be a "core" part of the Fedora team focused on artwork.

This, alone, is an excellent move by RedHat to compete with Microsoft in a space they clearly lead the market - desktop UI.

As the Fedora site says, "Making things look pretty is the name of the game."

No more "Red Hat Linux" product.

[Mr_Icon]

Red Hat Linux 9 was the last in the line. Instead of being "Red Hat Linux 10" it's going to be "Fedora Linux 1[.0]" when it's released within the next few weeks/months.