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Fedora Linux was a Engineering and technology good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Major edit on lead

Latest comment: 3 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The lead read like promotional material with a lot of secondary information clutter. I made it more compact through several edits. Comments are welcome. Nxavar (talk) 12:34, 31 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

42 (Adams)

Latest comment: 1 year ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The article says that the current release of Fedora Linux is "42 (Adams)". Has Fedora started using codenames again? JIP | Talk 23:55, 1 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

Remove of system installer section

Latest comment: 4 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I removed the System Installer sub-section, as it only had a single sentence saying the installer used Anaconda (without any reference) and a screenshot of the installer. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 15:29, 17 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

Fedora KDE is not a spin.

Latest comment: 1 month ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The KDE edition is now labelled alongside of gnome as one of the principal editions. ~2026-23484-28 (talk) 16:36, 16 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

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