Fedora 42 has been released
It’s now 21 years since Fedora Core 1 was originally released in November of 2003, and it’s still maintaining its planned 6-month release cycle. Today, April 15, the Fedora project released Fedora 42.
New features include a new web interface for the Anaconda installer; enhancements to DNF5 that provides better key management; the newest version of Ruby; tools to manage Python packaging; and a new Cosmic desktop from System76, the Colorado hardware company that preloads POP_os! Linux; and more. KDE Plasma will enjoy promotion to full-fledged edition of it’s own rather than a spin.
Here’s a more compete list of what’s new from Fedora Magazine.
- Fedora Workstation 42 — https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-fedora-workstation-42/
- Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop 42 — https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-for-fedora-kde-plasma-desktop-42/
- Fedora Atomic Desktops in Fedora 42 — https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-for-fedora-atomic-desktops-in-fedora-42/
Download Fedora 42 from https://fedoraproject.org or upgrade using dnf system-upgrade.
I’ll be installing Fedora 42 on my systems beginning today.
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