Fedora is a helpful, user-friendly Linux-based operating system that brings the latest in free and open source software to your desktop, laptop, and server.  The Fedora Project is a center for innovation in free and open source software that helps you work, play, organize, and socialize.  Consisting of a community where contributors of all kinds come together to advance Linux for the benefit of everyone, the Fedora community contributes the new features it builds back to the free and open source world. Many of these innovative features regularly and rapidly become incorporated into other Linux distributions. Regardless of which Linux distribution you use, you are likely relying on code originally featured in the Fedora operating system. If you want the "cutting edge" of Linux, Fedora is the choice for you.