Desktop Linux Management at Facebook

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Describes Facebook’s move to officially support Fedora (and soon CentOS) on employee laptops and desktops to align desktop workflows with the CentOS server fleet. Covers reuse of server infrastructure such as the package build pipeline, using the desktop fleet as an integration point to introduce features into CentOS, and contrasts desktop management practices with server management.

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