Mauriat Miranda     mjmwired

Download Older Versions of Fedora

A frequently asked question is: Where can I find a specific older version of Fedora? The correct answer is: If you CANNOT find it on the official Fedora Mirror List, then chances are it is too old and not supported.

Unless you need an older version for some very specific task, I strongly recommend that you use a recent version of Fedora.

To find an older version, start by going through the mirrors to see if you can find a site that is physically closer to you (for faster downloads). If you cannot find the version on a mirror, try downloading from Redhat’s site (below).

Some things to note:

  • If a DVD image is not available try to generate your own DVD from CD’s.
  • The SRPM ISO images are for source code and not useful for running and/or installing.
  • The follow links could be removed at any point in the future.
  • The rescue-CD is not needed for installing/running but maybe helpful to boot or fix an existing installation.
  • Since you need to download each ISO individually, make sure to verify the MD5SUM or SHA1SUM.

Download Links:

Fedora Version Architecture Install CD’s Rescue-CD DVD
Fedora Core 1 i386 3
  x86_64 3
Fedora Core 2 i386 4 yes yes
  x86_64 4 yes
Fedora Core 3 i386 4 yes yes
  x86_64 4 yes
Fedora Core 4 i386 4 yes yes
  x86_64 5 yes yes
  ppc 5 yes
Fedora Core 5 i386 5 yes yes
  x86_64 5 yes yes
  ppc 5 yes yes
Fedora Core 6 i386 5 yes yes
  x86_64 6 yes yes
  ppc 6 yes yes

Fedora 7 and newer no longer use “Core” as part of the release name.

Fedora Version Architecture Media Type
Fedora 7 i386 DVD + Rescue CD
  i386 Live CD
  x86_64 DVD + Rescue CD
  x86_64 Live DVD
  ppc DVD + Rescue CD
Fedora 8 i386 DVD + Rescue CD
  i686 Live CD
  x86_64 DVD + Rescue CD
  x86_64 Live DVD
  ppc DVD + Rescue CD
  ppc Live CD
Fedora 9 i386 DVD, 6-CD Set
  i686 Live CDs (Gnome, KDE)
  x86_64 DVD, 7-CD Set
  x86_64 Live CDs (Gnome, KDE)
  ppc DVD, 7-CD Set
Fedora 10 i386 DVD, 6-CD Set
  i686 Live CDs (Gnome, KDE)
  x86_64 DVD, 6-CD Set
  x86_64 Live CDs (Gnome, KDE)
  ppc DVD, 7-CD Set
Fedora 11 i386 DVD, 6-CD Set
  i686 Live CDs (Gnome, KDE)
  x86_64 DVD, 6-CD Set
  x86_64 Live CDs (Gnome, KDE)
  ppc DVD, 7-CD Set
Fedora 12 i386 DVD, 5-CD Set
  i686 Live CDs (Gnome, KDE)
  x86_64 DVD, 5-CD Set
  x86_64 Live CDs (Gnome, KDE)
  ppc DVD, 6-CD Set
Fedora 13 i386 DVD, 5-CD Set
  i686 Live CDs (Gnome, KDE)
  x86_64 DVD, 5-CD Set
  x86_64 Live CDs (Gnome, KDE)
Fedora 14 i386 DVD, 5-CD Set
  i686 Live CDs (Gnome, KDE)
  x86_64 DVD, 5-CD Set
  x86_64 Live CDs (Gnome, KDE)

Related: Fedora Public Mirror List How to download Fedora

Older versions of CentOS can be found here: https://vault.centos.org/

UPDATE: 10/04/2008 - Updated all links to archives.fedoraproject.org

UPDATE: 03/31/2009 - Updated for Fedora 7 and later. No installation CD sets are available.

UPDATE: 02/22/2010 - Added Fedora 9 and 10.

UPDATE: 03/23/2012 - Added Fedora 11-14.

Posted in: Distributions, F10, F7, F8, F9, FC4, FC5, FC6, Fedora,

6 Comments:

  • Mikey Fr33 on October 6, 2008 - 09:09 AM

    I finally found it. I’ve been looking for a list of Fedora 3 ISO’s for about 2 hours now. i finally found them here… Thanks, for having older versions of Linux.

  • Xenofex on February 28, 2009 - 10:22 PM

    Wish there were torrents, though. My connection is slow and a torrent would improve stability.

  • nekcab on March 31, 2009 - 06:06 AM

    Thank you for taking so many troubles. I need “Core 5 version” and, there is it.

    You’re fantastic.

  • Vinai on October 29, 2010 - 11:11 AM

    Thank you for listing older releases.

  • Vaibhav on February 4, 2011 - 01:01 AM

    Thank you for older versions

  • Cris de Lara on July 28, 2011 - 06:06 AM

    Thanks this page is a big help, older fedora versions are hard to find, im glad that, there is page hosting it. Thank you again very much…….