The first four paragraphs slightly modified of the Overview page in fedora. Reference to the base version is http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/overview . The bit below is my additions/manipulations. Thoughts would be great. ////////////////////Overview/////////////////////////////////////////// An operating system, a set of projects, and a mindset. What is Fedora? Fedora is a Linux-based operating system that showcases the latest in free and open source software. Sponsored by Red Hat who aid in developing new and exciting <a href="technologyhttp://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RedHatContributions"; Contributions>. Fedora is always free for anyone to use, modify, and distribute. It is built by people across the globe who work together as a community: the Fedora Project. The Fedora Project is open and anyone is welcome to join. The Fedora Project is out front for you, leading the advancement of free, open software and content. The operating system is Fedora. The predictable bi-yearly releases and the continuing support for over twelve months are able to show you the users and supporters the latest advancements available in the open software world. It's completely free, and we're committed to keeping it that way. It's the best combination of robust and latest software that exists in the free software world. The mindset is doing the right thing. To us, that means providing free, innovative open software content, at no cost, freely usable, modifiable, redistributable, and unencumbered by software patents. Our partnership and sponsorship by Red Hat has enabled us to provide quality open software content to the community. This open software is providing benefits to millions of users around the globe with software contributions such as SELinux, Xen Virtualization and Smolt to name a few. The expansion of architectures have provided support for Sparc, Alpha, IA64 and Arm with many more to follow. The strong participation with the community of volunteers have helped to create improvements in the way you install and maintain Fedora. Some notable additions from the community have been Revisor, pungi and the livecd-tools where you can create your personal spin of Fedora. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// There are a few bits there where I think I might have gone to far. Please critique as to whether I should cut some out and put it in other places. I'm hoping the page(Fedora Feature Overview) that is being discussed on the marketing list will get completed so that can be linked somewhere within this document. Cheers, Marc -- fedora-docs-list mailing list fedora-docs-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-docs-list
