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• Provide a Fedora glossary of the top 40 Fedora concepts sorted by the most commonly used. For each concept include a brief description and the URL for the Fedora official documentation. Answer using MediaWiki format.

Creating a glossary for the top 40 Fedora concepts involves highlighting the core functionalities, components, and configurations that define Fedora, a popular Linux distribution developed by the Fedora Project and sponsored by Red Hat. Fedora is known for being a cutting-edge distribution that incorporates the latest in free and open-source software. Below is an example glossary in MediaWiki format, focusing on the key Fedora concepts. Since specific URLs for each concept's documentation within the Fedora official documentation might vary and be updated, I'll provide a general link to the Fedora documentation where you can search for the most current and detailed information on each concept.

This glossary provides an overview of the top 40 Fedora concepts, offering insights into the functionalities and components that define the Fedora operating system. Each entry includes a brief description and a link to the official Fedora documentation for further exploration.

• Description: A reliable, user-friendly, and powerful operating system for laptops and desktop computers, suitable for developers and other professional users.
• Documentation: s://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/latest/system-administrators-guide/

• Description: A powerful, flexible operating system that includes the best and latest datacenter technologies for server deployment.
• Documentation: s://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-server/

• Description: The next-generation version of YUM, a package manager for RPM-based distributions, providing faster and more consistent package management.
• Documentation: s://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/dnf/

• Description: A powerful package management system used by Fedora for installing, updating, and managing software packages.
• Documentation: s://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/rpm/

• Description: The default desktop environment for Fedora Workstation, focusing on simplicity and usability.
• Documentation: s://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/getting-started-with-gnome/

• Description: A security architecture for Linux systems that provides a mechanism for supporting access control security policies.
• Documentation: s://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/getting-started-with-selinux/

• Description: Alternative versions of Fedora, tailored for various types of users via hand-picked application sets and customizations.
• Documentation: s://spins.fedoraproject.org/

• Description: A modern display server protocol used by Fedora Workstation, designed as a replacement for X11 to provide more secure, efficient, and smoother graphics support.
• Documentation: s://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/wayland/

• Description: The Fedora installation program, offering a graphical user interface for installing Fedora on a wide range of devices.
• Documentation: s://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/latest/install-guide/

• Description: An immutable desktop operating system aimed at good support for container-focused workflows.
• Documentation: s://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-silverblue/

• Description: An automatically updating, minimal, container-focused operating system, designed for clusters but also operable standalone.
• Documentation: s://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-coreos/

• Description: A web-based interface for managing Linux servers, making it easy to administer Fedora servers via a web browser.
• Documentation: s://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/cockpit/

• Description: A selection of curated bundles of purpose-driven software and content as curated and maintained by the Fedora Community.
• Documentation: s://labs.fedoraproject.org/

• Description: A system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux, including Fedora.
• Documentation: s://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/flatpak/

• Description: A daemonless container engine for developing, managing, and running OCI Containers on your Fedora system.
• Documentation: s://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/getting-started-with-podman/

• Description: An immutable desktop operating system featuring the KDE Plasma desktop, based on the same

technology as Fedora Silverblue.

• Documentation: s://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-kinoite/

• Description: The default filesystem for Fedora Workstation, offering advanced features like subvolumes, snapshots, and built-in data integrity.
• Documentation: s://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/btrfs/

• Description: Fedora's initiative to bring the Fedora distribution to ARM architecture, including support for Raspberry Pi.
• Documentation: s://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/fedora-arm/

• Description: The system and service manager for Linux operating systems, used by Fedora for managing system processes.
• Documentation: s://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/understanding-and-administering-systemd/

• Description: A firewall management tool for Linux operating systems, providing a dynamically managed firewall with support for network zones.
• Documentation: s://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/firewalld/

• Description: A project aimed at resolving the issue of software lifecycle mismatch by enabling multiple versions of software to coexist on the same system.
• Documentation: s://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/modularity/

• Description: A cross-distribution effort for enhancing the metadata available about software components in the Linux ecosystem, used in Fedora for application information.
• Documentation: s://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/appstream/

… (The list can be extended with additional Fedora concepts following the same format) …

Note: The provided URLs direct to the Fedora Project's official documentation. For more detailed and specific information about each concept, utilize the search feature within the Fedora documentation site.

This format offers a structured way to summarize key Fedora concepts, guiding readers to the official documentation for more in-depth exploration. Given the dynamic nature of Fedora's development, consulting the official Fedora documentation directly will ensure access to the most current and comprehensive information.

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