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Mark Ewing used to wear a red Cornell lacrosse cap and when he would help in computer labs people would look for a the man in the red hat. The company was called Red Hat after Mark but their logo has been a person in a fedora for a long time.
Fedora is a community continuation of Red Hat Linux, which was discontinued in favor of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Back when I was starting out Fedora wasn't a thing, you downloaded Red Hat Linux for free directly from the company or could buy it in a box.
Didn't know the backstory, thanks for sharing!
I'm relieved to hear he didn't walk around in a red fedora.
M'computer
But he was wearing just a red hat...
sudo put some pants on
Red hat’s logo is a red fedora. It’s not that deep.
Red Hat was the corporate distro, Fedora is the casual version of it
*testing :)
Ma lady…
I can't deny that the name's connotation in internet culture is what turned me away from Fedora for many, many years. It is an unfortunate coincidence.
I believe the meme to postdate the name of the distro.
M'kernel is euphoric.
And I don't look even slightest like Humphrey Bogart no matter what kind of fedora I'd wear.
Haha same here...
M’Linux
The RedHat installer used to have conflicting versions of the origin of the name RedHat.