I always thought everyone knew this, but apparently it's new to some.
Most of the newer releases of Redhat are based on an older version of Fedora. (Since Redhat 4 anyway)
On average, the Redhat releases come out about 7 Fedora releases, this means Fedora 41 would be the base for Redhat 10.
(Note this isn't a hard fact, sometimes it's a little longer, sometimes a little less )
It is difficult to argue that Redhat/Fedora has a very high influence on the way things go in Linux, especially in the server arena.
For example Fedora was the first Distro with systemd, wayland, NetworkManager, pipewire audio, and dnf.
But virtually all of these things have found there way down into other distro's. Particularly the Redhat flavors.
Most of the newer releases of Redhat are based on an older version of Fedora. (Since Redhat 4 anyway)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux - Wikipedia
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Now obviously, this goes for alll the Redhat Clones as well. ( Oracle, CentOS, Rocky, Alma, etc... )
- Red Hat Linux 6.2/7 → Red Hat Linux Enterprise Edition 6.2E
- Red Hat Linux 7.2 → Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
- Red Hat Linux 9 → Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
- Fedora Core 3 → Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
- Fedora Core 6 → Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Fedora 12, 13 → Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6[14]
- Fedora 19, 20 → Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7[15]
- Fedora 28 → CentOS Stream 8 → Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8[16]
- Fedora 34 → CentOS Stream 9 → Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9[17]
On average, the Redhat releases come out about 7 Fedora releases, this means Fedora 41 would be the base for Redhat 10.
(Note this isn't a hard fact, sometimes it's a little longer, sometimes a little less )
Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
What is the difference between Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux? Relationship between Fedora and RHEL Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Fedora both are open source operating systems. They…
docs.fedoraproject.org
It is difficult to argue that Redhat/Fedora has a very high influence on the way things go in Linux, especially in the server arena.
For example Fedora was the first Distro with systemd, wayland, NetworkManager, pipewire audio, and dnf.
But virtually all of these things have found there way down into other distro's. Particularly the Redhat flavors.
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