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Software and technical details of Fedora Server 39 including cockpit screenshots

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cockpit overview on Fedora Linux 39

This article is for those of you who do not want to install a whole new operating system only to discover some technical details about the default installation like disk layout, packages included, software versions, and so on. Here we are going to review in several sections what is like to have a default installation of Fedora 39 Server using a real not virtual machine!
The kernel is 6.2.15 it detects successfully the Threadripper 1950X AMD and the system is stable (we booted in UEFI mode).
The installation procedure uses default options for all installation setups – Minimal network installation of Fedora 39 Server.

Software

With Fedora Server 39 you can have

  • linux kernel – 6.5.10-300 (6.5.10-300.fc39.x86_64)
  • System
    • linux-firmware – version: 20231030, release: 20231030-1.fc39.
    • libc – 2.38 (2.38-10.fc39)
    • GNU GCC – 13.2.1 (13.2.1-4.fc39)
    • OpenSSL – 3.1.1 (3.1.1-4.fc39) and 1.1.1q (1.1.1q-5.fc39)
    • coreutils – 9.3 (9.3-4.fc39)
    • yum – Depricated and replaced with dnf
    • dnf – 4.18.0 (4.18.0-2.fc39). The dnf5 is available, too (5.1.5-1.fc39)
    • rsyslog – 8.2310.0 (8.2310.0-1.fc39)
    • NetworkManager – 1.44.2 (1.44.2-1.fc39)
  • Servers
    • Apache – 2.4.58 (2.4.58-1.fc39)
    • Nginx – 1.24.0 (1.24.0-4.fc39)
    • MySQL server – 8.0.34 (8.0.34-2.fc39)
    • MariaDB server – 10.5.22 (10.5.22-1.fc39)
    • PostgreSQL – 15.4 (15.4-1.fc39)
  • Programming
    • PHP – 8.2.12 (8.2.12-1.fc39)
    • python – The default is 3.12.0 (3.12.0-1.fc39) and many more available – 3.13.0 (3.13.0~a1-1.fc39), 3.11.6 (3.11.6-1.fc39), 3.10.13 (3.10.13-1.fc39), 3.9.18 (3.9.18-1.fc39), 3.8.18 (3.8.18-1.fc39), 3.7.17 (3.7.17-3.fc39), 3.6.15 (3.6.15-20.fc39) and also includes the older 2.7.18 (2.7.18-35.fc39)
    • perl – 5.38.0 (5.38.0-501.fc39)
    • ruby – 3.2.2 (3.2.2-181.fc39)
    • OpenJDK – the latest 21 – 21.0.0.0.35 (21.0.0.0.35-1.rolling.fc39) and also includes 17.0.8.0.7 (17.0.8.0.7-1.fc39), 11.0.20.0.8 (11.0.20.0.8-1.fc39) and 1.8.0.382.b05 (1.8.0.382.b05-2.fc39)
    • Go – 1.21.3 (1.21.3-1.fc39)
    • Rust – 1.73.0-1.fc39 (1.73.0-1.fc39)
    • llvm – the latest 17.0.3 (17.0.3-1.fc39), 16.0.6 (16.0.6-5.fc39), 15.0.7 (15.0.7-4.fc39), 14.0.5 (14.0.5-6.fc39), 13.0.1 (13.0.1-5.fc39), 12.0.1 (12.0.1-9.fc39), 11.1.0 (11.1.0-11.fc39), 8.0.1 (8.0.1-5.fc39) and 7.0.1 (7.0.1-7.fc39.8)
    • Subversion – 1.14.2 (1.14.2-20.fc39)
    • Git – 2.41.0 (2.41.0-2.fc39)

Note: Not all of the above software comes installed by default. The versions above are valid as of November 2023, these are the minimum versions you get with Fedora Server 39 now, and updating it after the initial date may update some of the above packages with newer versions.
Installed packages are 682 occupying 1.7G space:. Note, this is Fedora Server Install, not minimal install. The server install includes the web console – cockpit version 254.

root@srv:~# dnf list installed|wc -l
682
root@srv:~# df -h /
Filesystem               Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/fedora-root   15G  1.7G   14G  12% /

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Software and technical details of Fedora Server 38 including cockpit screenshots

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System Overview

This article is for those of you who do not want to install a whole new operating system only to discover some technical details about the default installation like disk layout, packages included, software versions, and so on. Here we are going to review in several sections what is like to have a default installation of Fedora 38 Server using a real not virtual machine!
The kernel is 6.2.15 it detects successfully the Threadripper 1950X AMD and the system is stable (we booted in UEFI mode).
The installation procedure uses default options for all installation setups – Minimal network installation of Fedora 38 Server

Software

With Fedora Server 38 you can have

  • linux kernel – 6.2.15 (6.2.15-300.fc38.x86_64)
  • System
    • linux-firmware – version: 20230515, release: 20230515-150.fc38.
    • libc – 2.37 (2.37-4.fc38)
    • GNU GCC – 13.1.1 (13.1.1-2.fc38)
    • OpenSSL – 3.0.8 (3.0.8-2.fc38) and 1.1.1q (1.1.1q-4.fc38)
    • coreutils – 9.1-12 (9.1-12.fc38)
    • yum – Depricated and replaced with dnf
    • dnf – 4.15.1 (4.15.1-1.fc38)
    • rsyslog – 8.2210.0 (8.2210.0-4.fc38)
    • NetworkManager – 1.42.6 (1.42.6-1.fc38)
  • Servers
    • Apache – 2.4.57 (2.4.57-1.fc38)
    • Nginx – 1.24.0 (1.24.0-1.fc38)
    • MySQL server – 8.0.33 (8.0.33-2.fc38)
    • MariaDB server – 10.5.19 (10.5.19-2.fc38)
    • PostgreSQL – 15.1 (15.1-2.fc38)
  • Programming
    • PHP – 8.2.6 (8.2.6-1.fc38)
    • python – The default is 3.11.3 (3.11.3-2.fc38) and many more available – 3.12.0 (3.12.0~a7-1.fc38), 3.10.11 (3.10.11-1.fc38), 3.9.16 (3.9.16-3.fc38), 3.8.16 (3.8.16-3.fc38), 3.7.16 (3.7.16-3.fc38), 3.6.15 (3.6.15-17.fc38) and also includes the older 2.7.18 (2.7.18-31.fc38)
    • perl – 5.36.1 (5.36.1-497.fc38)
    • ruby – 3.2.2 (3.2.2-180.fc38)
    • OpenJDK – the latest 20 – 20.0.1.0.9 (20.0.1.0.9-8.rolling.fc38) and also includes 17.0.7.0.7 (17.0.7.0.7-5.fc38), 11.0.19.0.7 (11.0.19.0.7-1.fc38) and 1.8.0.362.b09 (1.8.0.362.b09-2.fc38)
    • Go – 1.20.4 (1.20.4-1.fc38)
    • Rust – 1.69.0 (1.69.0-2.fc38)
    • llvm – the latest 16.0.4 (16.0.4-1.fc38), 15.0.7 (15.0.7-4.fc38), 14.0.5 (14.0.5-5.fc38), 13.0.1 (13.0.1-4.fc38), 12.0.1-8.fc38 (12.0.1-8.fc38), 11.1.0 (11.1.0-10.fc38), 8.0.1 (8.0.1-4.fc38) and 7.0.1 (7.0.1-7.fc38)
    • Subversion – 1.14.2 (1.14.2-13.fc38)
    • Git – 2.40.1 (2.40.1-1.fc38)

Note: Not all of the above software comes installed by default. The versions above are valid as of May 2023, these are the minimum versions you get with Fedora Server 38 now, and updating it after the initial date may update some of the above packages with newer versions.

Installed packages are 679 occupying 1.8G space:. Note, this is Fedora Server Install, not minimal install. The server install includes the web console – cockpit version 254.

[root@srv ~]# dnf list installed|wc -l
674
[root@srv ~]# df -h /
Filesystem               Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/fedora-root   15G  1.7G   14G  12% /

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Software and technical details of Fedora Server 37 including cockpit screenshots

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System Overview

This article is for those of you who do not want to install a whole new operating system only to discover some technical details about the default installation like disk layout, packages included, software versions, and so on. Here we are going to review in several sections what is like to have a default installation of Fedora 37 Server using a real not virtual machine!
The kernel is 6.0.11 it detects successfully the Threadripper 1950X AMD and the system is stable (we booted in UEFI mode).
The installation procedure uses default options for all installation setups – Minimal network installation of Fedora 37 Server

Software

With Fedora Server 37 you can have

  • linux kernel – 6.0.11 (6.0.11-300.fc37.x86_64)
  • System
    • linux-firmware – version: 20221109, release: 20221109-144.fc37.
    • libc – 2.36 (2.36-8.fc37)
    • GNU GCC – 12.2.1 (12.2.1-4.fc37)
    • OpenSSL – 3.0.5 (1:3.0.5-3.fc37) and 1.1.1q (1:1.1.1q-2.fc37)
    • coreutils – 9.1 (9.1-6.fc37)
    • yum – Depricated and replaced with dnf
    • dnf – 4.14.0 (4.14.0-1.fc37)
    • rsyslog – 8.2204.0 (8.2204.0-3.fc37)
    • NetworkManager – 1.40.6 (1:1.40.6-1.fc37)
  • Servers
    • Apache – 2.4.54 (2.4.54-5.fc37)
    • Nginx – 1.22.1 (1:1.22.1-1.fc37)
    • MySQL server – 8.0.31 (8.0.31-1.fc37)
    • MariaDB server – 10.5.18 (3:10.5.18-1.fc37)
    • PostgreSQL – 14.3 (14.3-8.fc37)
  • Programming
    • PHP – 8.1.13 (8.1.13-1.fc37)
    • python – The default is 3.11.0 (3.11.0-1.fc37) and many more available – 3.10.8 (3.10.8-3.fc37), 3.12.0 (3.12.0~a2-1.fc37), 3.9.15 (3.9.15-3.fc37), 3.8.15 (3.8.15-2.fc37), 3.7.15 (3.7.15-2.fc37), 3.6.15 (3.6.15-14.fc37) and also includes the older 2.7.18 (2.7.18-25.fc37)
    • perl – 5.36.0 (4:5.36.0-492.fc37)
    • ruby – 3.1.3 (3.1.3-172.fc37)
    • OpenJDK – the latest 19 – 19.0.1.0.10 (1:19.0.1.0.10-2.rolling.fc37) and also includes 1:17.0.5.0.8 (1:17.0.5.0.8-1.fc37), 11.0.17.0.8 (1:11.0.17.0.8-1.fc37) and 1:1.8.0.352 (1:1.8.0.352.b08-2.fc37)
    • Go – 1.19.3 (1.19.3-2.fc37)
    • Rust – 1.65.0 (1.65.0-1.fc37)
    • llvm – the latest 15.0.4 (15.0.4-1.fc37), 14.0.0 (14.0.0-1.fc36) and the old 7.0.1 (7.0.1-7.fc36.4), 8.0.1 (8.0.1-3.fc37), 9.0.1 (9.0.1-15.fc35), 10.0.0 (10.0.0-13.fc35), 11.1.0 (11.1.0-6.fc35), 12.0.1 (12.0.1-2.fc35) and 13.0.1 (13.0.1-2.fc37)
    • Subversion – 1.14.2 (1.14.2-8.fc37)
    • Git – 2.38.1 (2.38.1-1.fc37)

Note: Not all of the above software comes installed by default. The versions above are valid as of December 2022, these are the minimum versions you get with Fedora Server 37 now, and updating it after the initial date may update some of the above packages with newer versions.

Installed packages are 679 occupying 1.8G space:. Note, this is Fedora Server Install, not minimal install. The server install includes the web console – cockpit version 254.

[root@srv ~]# dnf list installed|wc -l
679
[root@srv ~]# df -h /
Filesystem                      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/fedora_fedora-root   15G  1.8G   14G  12% /

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Software and technical details of CentOS Stream 9 minimal install

This article is for those of you who do not want to install a whole new operating system only to discover some technical details about the default installation like disk layout, packages included, software versions, and so on. Here we are going to review in several sections what is like to have a default installation of CentOS Stream 9 using a real not virtual machine!
Here are some useful URLs:

How to install CentOS Stream 9 – Network installation of CentOS Stream 9 (20220606.0) – minimal server installation
The kernel is 5.14.0 it detects successfully the Threadripper 1950X AMD and the system is stable (we booted in UEFI mode).
The installation procedure uses default options for all installation setups – Network installation of CentOS Stream 9 (20220606.0) – minimal server installation

Software

With CentOS Stream 9 (20220606.0) you could have

  • linux kernel – 5.14.0 (5.14.0-109.el9.x86_64)
  • System
    • linux-firmware – version: 20220509, release: 20220509-126.el9.
    • libc – 2.34 (2.34-32.el9)
    • systemd – 250-7 (250-7.el9)
    • GNU GCC – 11.3.1 (gcc-11.3.1-2.el9)
    • OpenSSL – 3.0.1 (3.0.1-33.el9) and 1.1.1k (compat-openssl11-1.1.1k-4.el9)
    • coreutils – 8.32 (8.32-31.el9)
    • yum – deprecated and replaced with dnf
    • dnf – 4.12.0 (4.12.0-2.el9)
    • rsyslog – 8.2102.0 (8.2102.0-105.el9)
    • NetworkManager – 1.39.6 (1:1.39.6-1.el9)
  • Servers
    • Apache – 2.4.53 (2.4.53-2.el9)
    • Nginx – 1.20.1 (1.20.1-10.el9)
    • MySQL server – 8.0.28 (8.0.28-1.el9)
    • MariaDB server – 10.5.13 (10.5.13-2.el9)
    • PostgreSQL – 13.7 (13.7-1.el9)
  • Programming
    • PHP – 8.0.13 (8.0.13-1.el9)
    • python – 3.9.10 (3.9.10-2.el9)
    • perl – 5.32.1 (5.32.1-479.el9)
    • ruby – 3.0.3 (3.0.3-159.el9)
    • OpenJDK – 17.0.3.0.7 (17.0.3.0.7-1.el9), 11.0.15.0.10 (11.0.15.0.10-1.el9) and 1.8.0.332.b09 (1.8.0.332.b09-1.el9)
    • Go – 1.17.5 (1.17.5-1.el9)
    • Rust – 1.61.0 (1.61.0-1.el9)
    • llvm – 14.0.0 (14.0.0-2.el9)
    • Subversion – 1.14.1 (1.14.1-5.el9)
    • Git – 2.31.1 (2.31.1-2.el9.2)

Note: Not all of the above software comes installed by default. The versions above are valid as of June 2022, these are the minimal versions you get with CentOS Stream 9 (20220606.0) now and updating it after the initial date may update some of the above packages with newer versions.

Installed packages are 376 occupying 1.6G space:. Note, this is CentOS Stream 9 Minimal Install, not server or server with GUI.

[root@srv ~]# dnf list installed|wc -l
377
[root@srv ~]# df -h /
Filesystem               Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/cs_srv-root   70G  1.6G   69G   3% /

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Technical details of Fedora Workstation 31 (Gnome GUI)

This article is for those of you who do not want to install a whole new operating system only to discover some technical details about the default installation like disk layout, packages included, software versions, and so on. Here we are going to review in several sections what is like to have a default installation of Fedora Workstation 31 (Gnome) using a real not virtual machine!
The kernel is 5.3.7 it detects successfully the Threadripper 1950X AMD and the system is stable (we booted in UEFI mode).

Software

With Fedora 31 (Workstation Edition) you can have

  • linux kernel – 5.3.7 (5.3.7-301.fc31.x86_64)
  • Graphical User Interface
    • Xorg X server (Xwayland) – 1.20.5
    • GNOME (the GUI) – 3.34.1
    • K Desktop Environment – ships with https://spins.fedoraproject.org/en/kde/ Use this spin to install KDE.
  • System
    • linux-firmware – version: 20190923, release: 20191022-103.fc31.
    • QT – 5.12.5
    • libc – 2.30
    • GNU GCC – 9.2.1
    • OpenSSL – 1.1.1d
    • coreutils – 8.31
    • yum – Depricated and replaced with dnf
    • dnf – 4.2.9
    • cups – 2.2.12
    • rsyslog – 8.1907.0
    • NetworkManager – 1.20.4
  • Servers
    • Apache – 2.4.41
    • Nginx – 1.16.1
    • MySQL server – 8.0.17
    • MariaDB server – 10.3.17
    • PostgreSQL – 11.5
  • Programming
    • PHP – 7.3.10
    • python – 2.7.17 and also includes 3.7.4
    • perl – 5.30.0
    • ruby – 2.6.5
    • OpenJDK – 11.0.4.11 and also includes 1.8.0.222.b10
    • Go – 1.13.1
    • Rust – 1.38.0
    • Subversion – 1.12.2
    • Git – 2.23.0

Note: Not all of the above software comes installed by default. The versions above are valid for the intial release so in fact, these are the minimal versions you get with Fedora 31and installing and updating it after the initial date may update some of the above packages with new versions.
The installation procedure you can find here – Install Fedora Workstation 31 (Gnome GUI).
Installed packages are 1653 occupying 6.9G space:. 

[root@srv ~]# dnf list installed|wc -l
1653
[root@srv ~]# df -h /
Filesystem                               Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/fedora_localhost--live-root   69G  6.9G   59G  11% /

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Technical details of a default CentOS 8.0.1950 minimal installation

This article is for those of you who do not want to install a whole new operating system only to discover some technical details about the default installation like disk layout, packages included, software versions, and so on. Here we are going to review in several sections what is like to have a default installation of CentOS 8.0.
Despite the kernel is 4.18 it detects successfully the new RYZEN/Threadripper AMD and the system is stable (we booted in UEFI mode).

Software

The CentOS 8.0 (8.0.1950) you can have

  • linux kernel – 4.18.0 (4.18.0-80.7.1.el8_0.x86_64)
  • Graphical User Interface
    • Xorg X server – 1.20.3
    • GNOME (the GUI) – 3.28.2
    • K Desktop Environment – NO, it’s depricated and not included in the release.
  • System
    • linux-firmware – version: 20190111, release: 92.gitd9fb2ee6.el8.
    • QT – 5.11.1
    • libc – 2.28
    • GNU GCC – 8.2.1
    • OpenSSL – 1.1.1
    • coreutils – 8.30
    • yum – Depricated and replaced with dnf
    • dnf – 4.0.9.2
    • cups – 2.2.6
    • rsyslog – 8.37.0
  • Servers
    • Apache – 2.4.37
    • Nginx – 1.14.1
    • MySQL server – 8.0.13
    • MariaDB server – 10.3.11
    • PostgreSQL – 10.6
  • Programming
    • PHP – 7.2.11
    • python – 2.7.15 and also includes 3.6.8
    • perl – 5.26.3
    • ruby – 2.5.3
    • OpenJDK – 11.0.4.11 and also includes 1.8.0.222.b10
    • Go – 1.11.5
    • Rust – 1.31.0
    • Subversion – 1.10.2
    • Git – 2.18.1

Note: Not all of the above software comes installed by default.
The installation procedure you can find here – How to do a network installation of CentOS 8 (8.0.1950) – minimal server installation Minimal install with “Standard” Addons selected.
Installed packages are 547 occupying 1.8G space:. 

[root@srv ~]# dnf list installed|wc -l
547
[root@srv ~]# df -h /
Filesystem               Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/cl_srv-root   50G  1.8G   49G   4% /

Note: if you do not select “Standard Addon” the installation occupies less space – 1.6Gbytes and installs only 397 packages.
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Technical details of a default Fedora 29 Workstation installation

This article is for those of you who do not want to install a how new operating system only to discover some technical details about the default installation like, disk layout, packages included, software versions and so on. Here we are going to review in several sections what is like to have a default installation of Fedora Workstation 29.

Software

The Fedora 29 Workstation you can have

  • Xorg X server – 1.20.1
  • GNOME (the GUI) – 3.30.1
  • linux kernel – 4.18.16
  • linux-firmware – 20180913 (87.git44d4fca9.fc29)
  • QT – 5.11.1
  • libc – 2.28
  • gnu gcc – 8.2.1 / installed by default
  • coreutils – 8.30
  • dnf – 4.0.4
  • cups – 2.2.8
  • MySQL server – 8.0.12
  • PHP – 7.2.11
  • Go Lang – 1.11
  • python2.7 – 2.7.15
  • python3 (default) – 3.7.0 / installed by default
  • perl – 5.28.0 / installed by default
  • ruby – 2.5.1
  • OpenJDK – “11-ea” 2018-09-25 / installed by default

Note: Not all of the above software comes installed by default.
Installed packages are 1613 occupying 5.9G space:

[root@localhost ~]# dnf list installed|wc -l
1613
[root@localhost ~]# df -h /
Filesystem               Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/fedora-root   49G  5.9G   41G  13% /

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