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{{As of|2016|February}}, Fedora Linux has an estimated 1.2 million users,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/3038353/linux/fedora-project-leader-matthew-miller-reveals-whats-in-store-for-fedora-in-2016.html | title=Fedora project leader Matthew Miller reveals what's in store for Fedora in 2016 | date=26 February 2016 | last1=Hoffman | first1=Chris | website=PC World | publisher=International Data Group | access-date=1 March 2016 | archive-date=1 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301073628/http://www.pcworld.com/article/3038353/linux/fedora-project-leader-matthew-miller-reveals-whats-in-store-for-fedora-in-2016.html | url-status=live }}</ref> and is also the distribution used by [[Linus Torvalds]], creator of the [[Linux kernel]] ({{As of|2020|May|lc=yes}}).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tuxradar.com/content/interview-linus-torvalds-linux-format-163 | title=Interview with Linus Torvalds from Linux Format 163 | date=29 November 2012 | website=TuxRadar | publisher=Linux Format | access-date=4 August 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140119045740/http://www.tuxradar.com/content/interview-linus-torvalds-linux-format-163 | archive-date=19 January 2014 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://plus.google.com/+LinusTorvalds/posts/Wh3qTjMMbLC | title=The merge window being over, and things being calm made me think I should try upgrading to F21 | date=30 December 2014 | website=[[Google+]] | last=Torvalds | first=Linus | author-link=Linus Torvalds | access-date=3 May 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150809144221/https://plus.google.com/+LinusTorvalds/posts/Wh3qTjMMbLC | archive-date=9 August 2015 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }} {{cite web | url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Torvalds/comments/2qzbyq/linus_upgrades_to_fc21_over_the_holidays/ | title=Full quote from working link | website=[[Reddit]] | date=January 2015 | access-date=20 April 2020 | archive-date=19 November 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119050605/https://www.reddit.com/r/Torvalds/comments/2qzbyq/linus_upgrades_to_fc21_over_the_holidays/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/look-whats-inside-linus-torvalds-latest-linux-development-pc/ |title=Look what's inside Linus Torvalds' latest Linux development PC |author=Vaughan-Nichols, Stephen J. |publisher=[[ZDNet]] |date=27 May 2020 |access-date=8 January 2021 |archive-date=6 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106010901/https://www.zdnet.com/article/look-whats-inside-linus-torvalds-latest-linux-development-pc/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Features ==