A felt hat vs. Red Hat's community distro.
Which meaning of Fedora is the original, and which one is the duplicate riding on its name? Fedora (hat) came first (c. 1882). Fedora Linux arrived in 2003. The data below shows which one owns the word now.
Wikipedia pageviews since 2015
Fedora (hat)Fedora Linux
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Original · c. 1882
Fedora (hat)
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Duplicate · c. 2003
Fedora Linux
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