Developers evaluating non-commercial sources of Linux to serve as the basis of embedded development projects now have a new option to consider, with the first release today from the open source Fedora Project. Fedora is a Red Hat sponsored, community supported open source project providing a “complete technology platform” built exclusively from open source software.

The Fedora Project is meant to provide early visibility and testing for “the latest open source technology,” according to Red Hat. The Project will have a faster release cycle than Red Hat's commercial, supported Linux products, which it will serve as a testing ground for.

Red Hat says it contributes “development resources, editorial direction, and management” to the Fedora Project, and the company recommends Fedora Red Hat to users of Red Hat Linux, support for which will be discontinued soon.

“The Fedora Project is exclusively open source, no strings attached,” according to a Red Hat spokesperson. “It is developed by and for the open source community, sponsored by Red Hat.”

Fedora's “Core 1” release is available now, free of charge. A release date has not yet been set for Fedora Core 2, which will feature a 2.6 kernel provided the new stable kernel meets its target release date before year's end.

 
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