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===Fedora Core 1===

Fedora Core 1 was the first version of Fedora and was released on November 6, 2003.<ref name="fc1-release">{{cite news|url=http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2003-November/msg00000.html|title=Announcing Fedora Core 1|author=[[Red Hat]]|date=November 6, 2003|access-date=October 18, 2007 }}</ref> It was codenamed ''Yarrow.'' Fedora Core 1 was based on [[Red Hat Linux]] 9.

Some of the features in Fedora Core 1 included:<ref name="FC1 RN">{{cite web |title=Fedora Core 1 Release Notes |url=http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/fc1/x86/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031202145058/http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/ |archive-date=December 2, 2003 |access-date=October 19, 2007 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

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Fedora Core 2 was released on May 18, 2004, codenamed ''Tettnang''.<ref name="FC2Rel">{{cite news |author=[[Red Hat]] |date=May 18, 2004 |title=Presenting Fedora Core 2 |url=http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2004-May/msg00010.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902185601/https://listman.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2004-November/msg00002.html |archive-date=September 2, 2022 |access-date=October 18, 2007}}</ref>

Some of the new features in Fedora Core 2 included:<ref name="FC2 RN" />

* Version 2.6 of the [[Linux kernel]];

* Version 2.6 of the [[GNOME|GNOME Desktop Environment]] (GNOME);

* Version 3.2 of the [[K Desktop Environment 3|K Desktop Environment]] (KDE);

* [[Security-Enhanced Linux]] (SELinux);<ref name="FC2Rel" />

* [[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 [[X Rendering Extension|Xrender]], [[Xft]], Xcursor, [[fontconfig]] libraries, and other significant improvements, with XFree86 4.4 RC 2, the final version before the license change.)<ref name="FC2 RN" />

[[Security-Enhanced Linux|SELinux]] was disabled by default due to concerns that it radically altered the way that Fedora Core ran.<ref name="FC2 RN">{{cite web|url=http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/fc2/x86/|title=Fedora Core 2 Release Notes|access-date=October 19, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025045323/http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/fc2/x86/|archive-date=October 25, 2007|df=mdy-all }}</ref>

===Fedora Core 3===

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Some of the new features in Fedora Core 3 included:<ref name="FC3 RN">{{cite web |title=Fedora Core 3 Release Notes |url=http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/fc3/x86/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025045333/http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/fc3/x86/ |archive-date=October 25, 2007 |access-date=October 19, 2007 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

* The [[Firefox|Mozilla Firefox web browser]];<ref name="FC3Rel" />

* Support for Indic scripts;<ref name="FC3Rel" />

* [[GNU GRUB]] boot loader;

* Version 2.8 of the [[GNOME|GNOME desktop environment]] (GNOME);

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* SELinux enabled by default.

This release deprecated the [[LILO (boot loader)|LILO boot loader]] in favor of [[GNU GRUB]].<ref name="FC3Rel" /> [[Security-Enhanced Linux]] (SELinux) now had a new targeted policy, which was less strict than the policy used in Fedora Core 2.<ref name="FC3Rel" />

===Fedora Core 4===

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*Everything – simply an installation tree for use by yum and Internet installations.

Fedora 7 featured GNOME 2.18 and KDE 3.5, a new theme entitled ''Flying High'', [[OpenOffice.org]] 2.2 and [[Mozilla Firefox|Firefox]] 2.0.<ref name="F7 RN"/> This theme included a complete refresh of the various icons and symbols. [[Fast user switching]] was fully integrated and enabled by default.<ref name="F7 RN"/> Also, there were a number of updates to [[Security-Enhanced Linux|SELinux]], including a new ''setroubleshoot'' tool for debugging SELinux security notifications, and a new, comprehensive ''system-config-selinux'' tool for fine-tuning the SELinux setup.<ref name="F7 RN"/>

===Fedora 8===

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Due to criticism regarding inconsistent UI in Fedora 7 and its previous versions, Fedora 8 also included a new desktop artwork entitled ''Infinity'' and a new desktop theme named ''Nodoka,'' replacing the ''Flying High'' theme in the predecessor. Infinity was the first to provide a wallpaper that could change to reflect the time of day,<ref name="F8RelSummary"/> a feature that remained with later editions and spilled over to other Linux 'flavors' and even other operating systems.

In February 2008, a new [[Xfce]] Live CD "spin" was announced for the [[x86]] and [[x86-64]] architectures.<ref name="f8-xfce">{{cite news |last=Sundaram |first=Rahul |date=February 13, 2008 |title=Announcing Fedora 8 Xfce Spin |url=http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-February/msg00005.html |titleaccess-date=AnnouncingMay Fedora17, 82008 Xfce Spin|author=Rahul Sundaram|publisher=[[Fedora Project]]|date=February 13, 2008|access-date=May 17, 2008 }}</ref> This [[Live CD]] version uses the Xfce desktop environment, which aims to be fast and lightweight, while still being visually appealing and easy to use. Like the GNOME and KDE spins, the Xfce spin can be installed to the hard disk.<ref name="f8-xfce"/>

===Fedora 9===

Fedora 9, codenamed ''Sulphur'', was released on May 24, 2008.<ref name="F9Announce">{{cite news |urllast=Keating |first=Jesse |date=http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-May/msg00007.html 24, 2008 |title=The Prophecy of the 9 comes true (Fedora 9 walks the earth!)|author=Jesse Keating|publisher=[[Fedora Project]]|dateurl=http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-May/msg00007.html 24, 2008|access-date=May 24, 2008 |publisher=[[Fedora Project]]}}</ref>

Some of the new features of Fedora 9 included:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f9preview/en_US/sn-OverView.html|title=Fedora 9 Release Notes|publisher=[[Fedora Project]]|access-date=May 24, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115092057/http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f9preview/en_US/sn-OverView.html|archive-date=January 15, 2009|df=mdy-all }}</ref>

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===Fedora 10===

Fedora 10, codenamed ''Cambridge'', was released on November 25, 2008.<ref name="F10-ReleaseSchedule">{{cite web|url=http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/10/Schedule?oldid=50362|title=Fedora 10 Release Schedule|publisher=[[The Fedora Project]]|date=September 24, 2008|access-date=September 25, 2008 }}</ref> It flaunts the new ''Solar'' artwork. Its features include:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/10/FeatureList|title=Fedora 10 Feature List|work=[[The Fedora Project]]|access-date=November 30, 2008}}</ref>

*Faster startup using one [[Plymouth (software)|Plymouth]] [[splash screen]] instead of the version-specific Red Hat Graphical Boot that was previously used, including [[Red Hat Enterprise Linux#RHEL 6|Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6]] and other derivatives that are based on Fedora 10 and higher.

*Support for [[ext4]] filesystem

*[[Sugar (GUI)|Sugar]] Desktop Environment

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*Optimized performance. All software packages on 32-bit (x86_32) architecture have been compiled for i686 systems

*Improved webcam support ([[Cheese (software)|Cheese]])

*Better [[video codec]] with a newer version of [[Ogg]] [[Theora]]

*Audio improvements

*Automatic bug reporting tool (abrt)

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*Moblin interface

*Yum-presto plugin providing Delta RPMs for updates by default

*New compression algorithm ([[XZ Utils|XZ]], the new LZMA format) in [[RPM packagePackage managerManager|RPM]] packages for smaller and faster updates

*Experimental 3D support for ATI [[Radeon R600|R600]]/[[Radeon R700|R700]] cards

*GCC 4.4

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*Inclusion of virt-v2v tool

*Inclusion of Spice framework for VDI deployment

*Updates to [[Rakudo Star]] implementation of [[Raku (programming language)|Perl 6]]

*[[NetBeans]] IDE updated to the 6.9 release

*Inclusion of ipmiutil system management tool

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Some of the features of Fedora 17 include:

*Linux kernel 3.3.4

*Integrated UEFI support<ref>{{cite web|title=Anatomy of a Fedora 17 ISO image|url=http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/11285.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Fedora 17 on Macbook Air Native EFI Boot| website=[[YouTube]] | date=May 3, 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEa7xI0tdcY}}</ref>

*Inclusion of GNOME 3.4 desktop, offering software rendering support for [[GNOME Shell]]

*Updated to latest [[KDE Software Compilation]] 4.8.3

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*[[GNOME]] 3.10

*[[ARM architecture family|ARM]] as primary architecture in addition to x86 and x86_64<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/ARM_as_Primary|title=Fedora 20 features: ARM as primary architecture|publisher=FedoraProject|access-date=2013-10-05}}</ref>

*Replacement of the gnome-packagekit frontends with a new application installer, tentatively named gnome-software<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/AppInstaller|title=Fedora 20 features: Application Installer|publisher=FedoraProject|access-date=2013-10-05}}</ref>

Shortly after the release of Fedora 20, the Fedora project team decided to abolish the codename system completely due to inconvenience, which meant that future Fedora releases would only be referred to by their version number.<ref name=":0" />

===Fedora 21===

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===Fedora 22===

Fedora 22 was released on May 26, 2015.<ref name="f22_released">{{cite web|title=Fedora 22 Released, See What's New [Workstation]|date=May 26, 2015 |url=http://www.webupd8.org/2015/05/fedora-22-released-see-whats-new.html|access-date=28 May 2015}}</ref>

Major features include:<ref name="f22_released"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Fedora 22 is here!|date=May 26, 2015 |url=https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2015-May/003265.html|access-date=28 May 2015}}</ref>

*[[GNOME]] 3.16 with a completely redesigned notification system and automatically hiding scrollbars

*[[DNF (software)|DNF]] replacing [[Yellowdog Updater, Modified|yum]] as the default package manager

*The default display server for the [[GNOME Display Manager]] being [[Wayland (display server protocol)|Wayland]] instead of [[X.Org Server|Xorg]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lerch |first=Ryan |date=2015-03-11 |title=Login screen in Fedora 22 Workstation uses Wayland |url=https://fedoramagazine.org/login-screen-in-fedora-22-workstation-uses-wayland/ |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=Fedora Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Fedora 23===

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===Fedora 25===

Fedora 25 was released on November 22, 2016.<ref name="f25_released">{{cite web|title=Fedora 25 Schedule|url=https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/25/Schedule|access-date=25 December 2016}}</ref> Some notable changes (see <ref name="f25_changeset">{{cite web|title=Fedora 25 Change Set|url=https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/25/ChangeSet|access-date=25 December 2016}}</ref> for more) are the use of the [[Wayland (display server protocol)|Wayland display system]], Unicode 9, PHP 7.0, Node.js 6 and IBus Emoji typing.

are the use of the [[Wayland (display server protocol)|Wayland display system]], Unicode 9, PHP 7.0, Node.js 6 and IBus Emoji typing.

===Fedora 26===

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Fedora 33 was released on October 27, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-33/|title=Fedora 33 is officially here!|date=2020-10-27|website=Fedora Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2020-10-27}}</ref> Its change set is [[fedora:Releases/33/ChangeSet|here]].

Fedora 33 Workstation Edition was the first version of the operating system to default to using [[Btrfs]] as its default [[file system]], and replacement of a [[swap partition]] with [[zram]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Vaughan-Nichols |first=Steven J. |date=October 28, 2020 |title=Fedora 33: Honing Linux's cutting edge |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/honing-linuxs-cutting-edge-fedora-33/|title=Fedora 33: Honing Linux's cutting edge|author=Vaughanaccess-Nicholsdate=January 8, Steven2020 J.|publisher=[[ZDNet]]|date=October 28, 2020|access-date=January 8, 2020}}</ref> It featured version 3.38 of the [[GNOME]] [[desktop environment]], and Linux kernel 5.8.15. For the first time since version 7, Fedora defaulted to a slideshow background (four png images of the Earth, from space) that changes hue according to the time of day. [[GNU nano]] became the default [[text editor]] for the [[command-line interface]] in place of [[Vi (text editor)|vi]]. Fedora IoT, while previously available as a "Fedora Spin", was promoted to an official edition of the operating system.<ref>{{cite web |urllast=https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pageLarabel |first=news_item&pxMichael |author-link=Fedora-33-IoT-OfficialPhoronix Test Suite |date=August 20, 2020 |title=Fedora IoT To Be Promoted To An Official Edition With Fedora 33|author=Larabel, Michael|publisherurl=[[Phoronix]]|datehttps://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=Augustnews_item&px=Fedora-33-IoT-Official 20, 2020|access-date=January 8, 2021 |publisher=[[Phoronix]]}}</ref>

===Fedora 34===

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===Fedora 35===

Fedora 35 was released on November 2, 2021.<ref name="fm-35">{{cite web |urllast=https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-35/Miller |first=Matthew |date=November 2, 2021 |title=Worth the wait: Fedora 35 is here! |publisherurl=Fedorahttps://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-35/ Magazine|access-date=November 2, 2021|accessdate=November 2, 2021|authorpublisher=Miller,Fedora MatthewMagazine}}</ref> Its change set is [[fedora:Releases/35/ChangeSet|here]].

===Fedora 36===

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File:Fedora Workstation 40.png|Fedora 40

File:Fedora 41 With Gnome 47.png|Fedora 41

File:Fedora Workstation 42.png|Fedora 42

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