Why is Fedora called Fedora? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[-] [email protected] 151 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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.

[-] [email protected] 36 points 6 months ago

Didn't know the backstory, thanks for sharing!

I'm relieved to hear he didn't walk around in a red fedora.

[-] [email protected] 27 points 6 months ago

M'computer

[-] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago

But he was wearing just a red hat...

[-] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago

sudo put some pants on

[-] [email protected] 78 points 6 months ago

Red hat’s logo is a red fedora. It’s not that deep.

[-] [email protected] 39 points 6 months ago

Red Hat was the corporate distro, Fedora is the casual version of it

[-] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago

*testing :)

[-] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago

Ma lady…

[-] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago

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.

[-] [email protected] 30 points 6 months ago

I believe the meme to postdate the name of the distro.

[-] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago

M'kernel is euphoric.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

And I don't look even slightest like Humphrey Bogart no matter what kind of fedora I'd wear.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Haha same here...

[-] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

M’Linux

[-] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

The RedHat installer used to have conflicting versions of the origin of the name RedHat.

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