Today I\u2019m excited to share the results of the hard work of thousands of Fedora Project contributors: the Fedora Linux 38 release is here! With this release, we\u2019re starting a new on-time streak. In fact, we\u2019re ready a week early!<\/p>\n
As always, you should make sure your system is fully up-to-date before upgrading from a previous release. Can\u2019t wait to get started? Download<\/a> while you read!<\/p>\n <\/span> <\/p>\n Did you click the download link above? You may have noticed that the website<\/a> looks different. This is the result of over a year of work by our Websites & Apps Team, in partnership with the Design and Infrastructure team, as well as the community at large. Right now, you\u2019ll see pages for each of our five Editions, but this is only a start. The Spins<\/a> and Labs<\/a> websites will be updated in the future. Eventually, this will provide a foundation for bringing more of our websites together. I\u2019m very excited about the visual refresh and the fact that this will make our websites more self-service for teams within Fedora \u2014 and very proud of the amazing community team that came together to create this.<\/p>\n Fedora Linux 38 introduces several new Spins \u00ad\u2014 variants that showcase different desktop environments. The popular Budgie Desktop environment, first packaged for Fedora in F37, now has its own Spin. The Fedora Budgie Spin aims to provide the premiere Budgie Desktop experience on top of Fedora Linux, the leading edge platform for developers and users alike.<\/p>\n For fans of tiling window managers, we now offer the Sway window manager in a Spin and in an rpm-ostree version we call \u201cSericea\u201d. Sway uses the modern Wayland protocol and aims to be a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager.<\/p>\n If you want to use Fedora Linux on your mobile device, F38 introduces a Phosh image. Phosh is a Wayland shell for mobile devices based on Gnome. This is an early effort from our Mobility SIG<\/a>. If your device isn\u2019t supported yet, we welcome your contributions!<\/p>\n Fedora Workstation focuses on the desktop experience. As usual, Fedora Workstation features the latest GNOME release. GNOME 44<\/a> includes a lot of great improvements, including a new lock screen, a \u201cbackground apps\u201d section on the quick menu, and improvements to accessibility settings. In addition, enabling third-party repositories now enables an unfiltered view of applications on Flathub. <\/p>\n With this release, we\u2019ve shortened the default timeout when services shut down. This helps your system power off faster \u2014 important when you need to grab your laptop and go. <\/p>\n Of course, we produce more than just the Editions. Fedora Spins<\/a> and Labs<\/a> target a variety of audiences and use cases, including Fedora Comp Neuro<\/a>, which provides tools for computational neuroscience, and desktop environments like Fedora LXQt<\/a>, which provides a lightweight desktop environment. And, don\u2019t forget our alternate architectures: ARM AArch64, Power, and S390x<\/a>.<\/p>\n Microdnf \u2014 the lighter-weight version of the default package manager \u2014 is replaced by dnf5. dnf5<\/a> brings performance improvements, a smaller memory footprint, and a new daemon that can provide an alternative to PackageKit. You can start testing dnf5 now before it becomes the default in a future Fedora Linux release.<\/p>\n For mainframe admins, we increased the minimal architecture level for IBM Z hardware to z13. This enables you to benefit from the new features of that platform and get better CPU performance.<\/p>\n We always strive to bring new security features to users quickly. Packages are now built with stricter compiler flags that protect against buffer overflows. The rpm package manager uses a Sequoia-based OpenPGP parser instead of its own implementation.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re profiling applications, you\u2019ll appreciate the framer pointers now built into official packages. This makes Fedora Linux a great platform for developers looking to improve Linux application performance.<\/p>\n Following our \u201cFirst<\/a>\u201d foundation, we\u2019ve updated key programming language and system library packages, including gcc 13, Golang 1.20, LLVM 16, Ruby 3.2, TeXLive2022, PHP 8.2, and many more.<\/p>\n We\u2019re excited for you to try out the new release! Go to https:\/\/fedoraproject.org\/<\/a> and download it now. Or if you\u2019re already running Fedora Linux, follow the easy upgrade instructions<\/a>. For more information on the new features in Fedora Linux 38, see the release notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you run into a problem, visit our Ask Fedora<\/a> user support forum. This includes a category for common issues<\/a>.<\/p>\nNew website<\/h2>\n
New Spins<\/h2>\n
Desktop improvements<\/h2>\n
Sysadmin improvements<\/h2>\n
Other updates<\/h2>\n
In the unlikely event of a problem\u2026<\/h2>\n
Thank you everyone<\/h2>\n