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The Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix is a software distribution based upon the [[:fedora:Architecture/ARM|Fedora ARM secondary architecture project]], which in turn is a part of the [[http://fedoraproject.org|Fedora Project]]. It includes some software which cannot be included in Fedora because it is not licensed under any of the licenses approved by the [http://opensource.org Open Source Initiative].

The Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix 14 is about 1.6GB, so it fits comfortably on a 2GB SD cardwith a few hundred MB available, though you may want a larger one so you have card to leave more room for extra programs or for data. There is a lot of software available for the Remix that isn't in the initial card image -- you can [[Raspberry_Pi_Fedora_Remix_Administration#Updating.2C_Adding.2C_and_Removing_Software|add and remove]] software to get exactly the combination you want.

The compressed image is a little under 600 MB - about the size of a CD. == What's in the Remix? == The Remix package set was selected to provide a good selection of packages for both graphical and non-graphical operation, while providing a manageable download size and installing onto a 2GB SD card. Here are some highlights of the applications included in RPFR14: * Desktop GUI environments** LXDE** XFCE* GUI applications** Abiword** Gimp** Gedit with syntax highlighting and plugins (terminal, python console, file manager, etc)** Graphical file manager** Tools to add/remove and update software** System administration tools* Command-line applications** Vim** Yum to add/remove and update software** Utilities such as wget, curl, units** System administration tools* Scripting languages** python** ruby** perl** basic (brandy)** bash* System services** sshd - remote access** cron - scheduled tasks** cups - printing Other software can be easily added or removed using the graphical (gnome-packagekit) or command-line (yum) tools. == Why is the Remix so slow? ==

* Try alternate apps that provide similar functionality- See [[Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix 14 - Suggested Packages]].

The future of the Remix is closely tied to the plans of the [[:fedora:Architecture/ARM|Fedora ARM]] project. The next major release of Fedora ARM will be [[:fedora:Releases/17|Fedora 17]]. It is intended that the Fedora ARM 17 release will be made concurrently, or very close to, the release of Fedora 17 for primary architectures (x86 32- and 64-bit PCs) in May 2012. By the release of Fedora 18 20 in November 20122013, the ARM architecture will hopefully be promoted to [[:fedora:Architectures|Primary Architecture]] status, meaning that the ARM release will be done in lock-step with the x86 PC release.

A group of students in the Seneca [[SBR600]] class ([[Winter 2012 SBR600 Participants|Winter 2012]]) is working has worked to polish the Remix for the F17/F18 releases. This work is being carried forward by the Fedora-ARM research group at Seneca. The RPFR17 test images are currently available, with a final release expected in October 2012. A further-optimized RPFR18 release is planned for December 2012.

The number of packages in the Raspberry Pi-specific repositories is expected to diminish over time -- by the time that Fedora 18 19 is released (November May 2012), the Raspberry Pi repositories should hopefully contain only mot much more than the VideoCore libraries and headers. (If these were ever to become licensed these under an [http://opensource.org OSI]-approved license then the need for a Remix will be eliminated, and the Raspberry Pi could be directly supported as a Fedora target).