To support enable the current version of Fedora to be used on low-power ARM initiative computer systems. We will do this by creating and managing setting up the Fedora build system, named ''Koji'', on a cluster of ARM computers. These computers will build an ARM-compatible version of each of the approximately 15,000 Fedora software packages. The ''Koji-Shadow'' software will be used to monitor the main Fedora Koji build farm system -- which builds software packages for PCs -- so that every time a new software package is prepared for PCs it will automatically also be built on our Koji system for ARM computers. The resulting packages will kojibe placed in a publicly-shadow the primary architecturesaccessible repository so that they can be used worldwide.

ARM chips are the most popular CPU produced, approximately 32-bit RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer) ''microprocessors'' --the brain of the computer that carries out its most complex functions -- and is mainly used in ''low power applications'' -- not much power is needd to operate the device --. Approximately 1.6 billion are being made each year. They by different manufactures and are being sold under a number of different brand names, brands like ARM, StrongARM, Armada, Cortex, OMAP, Sheeva, Snapdragon and XScale to name a few. Which are all being made by a number of different manufacturers. Most of the The chips created are being used in devices like cellphones and hundreds of millions are being used in other devices such as , routers, NAS boxes, embedded controllers, tablets, netbooks and netbooksmany others. 

The devices listed below are some of the devices that use a ARM processor: * One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) computers is a ''subnotebook'' - model XO-1.75 a subnotebook notebook that is smaller than the average notebook -- that's donated to developing countries at a cost of fifty dollars so , with the hope that each , every primary school child could have their own laptop to explore the world. The OLPC is very inexpensive to produce, a costing developers fifty dollars($50) for everyone produced. * The Touch Book - developed by Always Innovating -- is a lightweight portable device that has a detachable magnetic keyboard and the * The SheevaPlug - a plug computer designed to run network-based software devices are some devices that use an ARM processor. These devices use a Linux based OS and since Fedora is used on the XO units, having a reliable ARM build of Fedora is increasingly important.

Fedora is an open source operating system using ''RPM-based'' -- linux distributions that use a tool to automate the process of installing, upgrading, configuring and removing software packages, built on top of the Linux kernel. ''Software packages'' -- are computer software that are stored in an archived format to install programs.-- ''Archived format'' -- a compressed format of storing files.-- There are presently over 15000 software packages availabe for download to linux community of users. It is developed and maintained by a ''community-support '' -- a group of programmers who contribute to the development of Fedora -- known as the Fedora Project which is sponsored by Red Hat. The Fedora Project's mission is "To lead the advancement of free and open source software and content as a collaborative community." Fedora’s main aim is to be a leader in the use and distribution on software designed as ''open source''-- the source code the proogram is readily available. -- Fedora has a release every six months and a maintenance period of about thirteen months for each of its releases. Fedora 12 was released November 11, 2009 and Fedora 13 has an expected release date of May 18, 2010. 

The plan was to set up a Koji builder on a system of eight virtual ARM machines that is based on the CDOT system HongKong. The ARM builders are using ''QEMU emulation'', -- a processor emulator -- which will be replaced by ARM Hardware when it arrives. The ARM Hardware that was purchased was an OpenRD platform. This platform is powered by the fastest ARM architecture available. The platform allows us to create and complete our designs.