Why is Fedora called Fedora?
Is there any story or reason behind the name? Or is it just simply a random choice of word? Does it mean anything outside being a hat haha.
edit: i feel stupid for asking now, should have guessed it had to do with Redhat...
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Mark Ewing used to wear a red Cornell lacrosse cap and when he would help in computer labs people would look for a the man in the red hat. The company was called Red Hat after Mark but their logo has been a person in a fedora for a long time.
Fedora is a community continuation of Red Hat Linux, which was discontinued in favor of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Back when I was starting out Fedora wasn't a thing, you downloaded Red Hat Linux for free directly from the company or could buy it in a box.
Didn't know the backstory, thanks for sharing!
I'm relieved to hear he didn't walk around in a red fedora.
M'computer
But he was wearing just a red hat...
sudo put some pants on
Red hat’s logo is a red fedora. It’s not that deep.
Red Hat was the corporate distro, Fedora is the casual version of it
*testing :)
"Fedora - a man's hat, like a trilby but with a wider brim" (source) and Fedora is developed by the Red Hat organization
Ma lady…
I can't deny that the name's connotation in internet culture is what turned me away from Fedora for many, many years. It is an unfortunate coincidence.
M'kernel is euphoric.
Haha same here...
And I don't look even slightest like Humphrey Bogart no matter what kind of fedora I'd wear.
M’Linux
The RedHat installer used to have conflicting versions of the origin of the name RedHat.
It was originally called Neckbeard OS but there was a conflict
M'operating system
And here I thought it was federated. An easy mistake to make I suppose...