| Debian | Fedora |
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| Category | Linux distribution | Linux distribution |
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| Developer | Debian Project | Fedora Project (Red Hat) |
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| Created by | Ian Murdock | — |
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| First release | 1993 | 2003 |
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| License | GPL and other free licenses | GPL and other free licenses |
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| Open source | Yes | Yes |
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| Pricing | Free | Free |
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| Website | https://www.debian.org | https://fedoraproject.org |
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| Family | Debian | Red Hat / Fedora |
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| Based on | Independent | Independent |
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| Package manager | APT | DNF |
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| Package format | deb | rpm |
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| Release model | Fixed releases | Fixed releases |
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| Release cadence | About every 2 years | Every 6 months |
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| Support lifetime | 3 years, 5 with LTS | About 13 months |
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| Init system | systemd | systemd |
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| Default desktop | GNOME (choice in the installer) | GNOME |
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| Immutable | No | No |
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| Made for | Desktop, Server, Containers | Desktop, Server, Cloud |
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| Backed by | A community | A company |
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| Beginner friendliness | 3 of 5 | 4 of 5 |
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| Architectures | amd64, arm64, armhf, ppc64el, riscv64, s390x | x86_64, aarch64, ppc64le, s390x |
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