Difference between Fedora and Red Hat

Fedora

Fedora is Linux based and open-source operating system intended for developers and system administrators. It is supported by a huge Red Hat Community. It was introduced in Sep 2003. Initially, it was also known as Fedora Core. Fedora OS uses IPSec to connect to remote machines or networks. It uses Internet Key Exchange, IKE protocol to make secure, robust connections between machines.

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux, RHEL is also Linux based operating system but it is targetted for business usage. It is sold using annual/monthly subscription basis including the technical support and Red Hat network. It was introduced in 1994 as a successor of Fedore Core.

The following are some of the important differences between Fedora and Red Hat.

Sr. No.	Key	Fedora	Red Hat
1	Target	Fedora OS is primarily for developers and system administrators and is a general-purpose operating system .	RHEL OS is intended for businesses, corporate organizations.
2	Cost	Fedora is open source, free to use, modify and distribute linux distribution OS.	RHEL is a subscription-based OS.
3	Release Cycle	Fedora's new versions are released nearly every six months.	Red Hat is updated in 12 to 18 months release cycle.
4	Technical support	Fedora is not supported by Red Hat, so it is not recommended for production environments.	Red Hat provides technical support for a given time period.
5	Stability	Fedora is less stable as compared to Red Hat.	Red Hat is the most stable Linux distribution.

Mahesh Parahar

Updated on: 16-Apr-2020

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