The State of Fedora2017 Edition

Matthew Miller, Fedora Project LeaderCape Cod, MassachusettsAugust 29, 2017

The Register:– Fedora 25: “The best Linux distro of 2016 simply arrived at the last

moment.” – “Fedora 26, released recently, is a welcome update on the already very

nice 25.”

PC World:– Fedora 25 makes Linux easy enough for anyone to try. […] I’ll be

recommending Fedora over [another popular distro] for newbies and novices.

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““It feels like everything is on fire, It feels like everything is on fire, and not in a good way.” and not in a good way.”

— someone on devel list — someone on devel list a few days ago a few days ago

Geologic Ages of Fedora

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THE GEOLOGIC ERAS OF FEDORA

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WHATWE HAVENOW:

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Atomic Host CI/CD DiagramAugust 2017

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Recap, redux!

Is this scary? Yes.

Can we do it? Also yes!

And here we are at Flock, so… let’smake it happen!