Fedora Linux release history: Difference between revisions

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*''Better laptop support'' – enhancements to the kernel to reduce battery load, disabling of background [[Crontab|cron]] jobs when running on the battery, and additional wireless drivers.

Due to criticism regarding inconsistent UI in Fedora 7 and its previous versions, Fedora 8 also included a new desktop artwork entitled ''Infinity'' and a new desktop theme named ''Nodoka,'' replacing the ''Flying High'' theme in the predecessor. AInfinity uniquewas featurethe offirst Infinityto wasprovide that thea wallpaper that could change to reflect the time of day.<ref name="F8RelSummary"/>, a feature that remained with later editions and spilled over to other Linux 'flavors' and even other operating systems.

In February 2008, a new [[Xfce]] Live CD "spin" was announced for the [[x86]] and [[x86-64]] architectures.<ref name="f8-xfce">{{cite news|url=http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-February/msg00005.html|title=Announcing Fedora 8 Xfce Spin|author=Rahul Sundaram|publisher=[[Fedora Project]]|date=February 13, 2008|access-date=May 17, 2008 }}</ref> This [[Live CD]] version uses the Xfce desktop environment, which aims to be fast and lightweight, while still being visually appealing and easy to use. Like the GNOME and KDE spins, the Xfce spin can be installed to the hard disk.<ref name="f8-xfce"/>

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*''[[PackageKit]]'' is included as a front-end to yum, and as the default package manager.

*''One Second X'' allows the [[X Window System]] to perform a cold start from the command line in nearly one second; similarly, shutdown of X should be as quick.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/OneSecondX|title=One Second X|publisher=[[Fedora Project]]|access-date=May 9, 2008 }}</ref>

*Introduction of [[Upstart (software)|Upstart]] introduced

*Many improvements to the [[Anaconda (installer)|Anaconda]] installer;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/9/Beta/ReleaseNotes#head-eaadbfea30e5d3ca0b72a51953519d6f8fd53d3c|title=Fedora 9 (Beta) Release Notes|publisher=[[Fedora Project]]|access-date=January 4, 2008 }}</ref> among these features, it now supports resizing ext2, ext3 and NTFS file systems, and can create and install Fedora to encrypted file systems.

*[[Mozilla Firefox|Firefox]] 3.0 beta 5 is included in this release, and the 3.0 package was released as an update the same day as the general release.

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===Fedora 10===

Fedora 10, codenamed ''Cambridge'', was released on November 25, 2008.<ref name="F10-ReleaseSchedule">{{cite web|url=http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/10/Schedule?oldid=50362|title=Fedora 10 Release Schedule|publisher=[[The Fedora Project]]|date=September 24, 2008|access-date=September 25, 2008 }}</ref> It flaunts the new ''Solar'' artwork. Its features include:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/10/FeatureList|title=Fedora 10 Feature List|work=[[The Fedora Project]]|access-date=November 30, 2008}}</ref>

*Faster startup using one [[Plymouth (software)|Plymouth]] splash screen for all future releases (instead of the version-specific Red Hat Graphical Boot specificthat forwas each versionpreviously used, in previous versions)including [[Red Hat Enterprise Linux#RHEL 6|Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6]] and other derivatives that are based on Fedora 10 and higher.

*Support for [[ext4]] filesystem

*[[Sugar (GUI)|Sugar]] Desktop Environment

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*[[Netbeans]] 6.5

*[[nVidia]] kernel modesetting through the open source [[nouveau (graphics)]] driver.<ref name="F11Accepted">{{cite web|url=http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/11/FeatureList|title=Fedora 11 Accepted Features|publisher=Fedora Project|access-date=May 18, 2009}}</ref>

*OpenOffice 3.1

*[[Python (programming language)|Python]] 2.6

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Some of the features in Fedora 12 are:

*Optimized performance. All software packages on 32-bit (x86_32) architecture have been compiled for i686 systems

*Improved Webcamwebcam support ([[Cheese (software)|Cheese]])

*Better video codec with a newer version of [[Ogg]] [[Theora]]

*Audio improvements

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*GNOME 2.28

*GNOME Shell preview

*KDE Plasma 4.3,. Plasma 4.4 was pushed to the updates repository on February 27, 2010<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=http://download.fedora.redhat.com:80/pub/fedora/linux/updates/12/SRPMS/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091121005806/http://download.fedora.redhat.com:80/pub/fedora/linux/updates/12/SRPMS/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-11-21|title=Fedora Project|access-date=2011-04-25|df=mdy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kdebase-4.4.0-5.fc13|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121220205253/https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kdebase-4.4.0-5.fc13|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 20, 2012|title=kdebase-4.4.0-5.fc13 bugfix update|author=kkofler|date=February 27, 2010|publisher=Red Hat, Inc.|access-date=May 31, 2010 }}</ref> (KDE Spin)

*2.6.31 [[Linux kernel]],; Kernelkernel version 2.6.32 was pushed to the updates repository on February 27, 2010<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

*X server 1.7 with Multi-Pointer X (MPX) support

*NetBeans 6.7

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Features of Fedora 13 include:<ref>[http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/13/html/Release_Notes/index.html Fedora 13 Release Notes] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501131218/http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/13/html/Release_Notes/index.html|date=May 1, 2011 }} Fedora Project, May 25, 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.skuggen.com/?p=2203 Fedora 13 – See What’s New!] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420160049/http://www.skuggen.com/?p=2203 |date=April 20, 2010 }} April 6, 2010</ref>

*Automatic printer- driver installation

*Automatic language pack installation

*Redesigned user- account tool

*Color management to calibrate monitors and scanners

*Experimental 3D support for [[NVIDIA]] video cards

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Fedora 15, codenamed ''Lovelock'', was released on May 24, 2011. Features of Fedora 15 include:<ref name="the H">{{cite web|url=http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Alpha-version-of-Fedora-15-released-1203900.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918115650/http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Alpha-version-of-Fedora-15-released-1203900.html|archive-date=September 18, 2012|title=Alpha version of Fedora 15 released - The H Open: News and Features|publisher=H-online.com|date=March 8, 2011|access-date=April 30, 2013}}</ref><ref name="digitizor">{{cite web|url=http://digitizor.com/2011/05/24/fedora-15-released-includes-dynamic-firewall-gnome-3-among-others/|title=Fedora 15 Released – Includes Dynamic Firewall, GNOME 3 Among Other Features|publisher=Digitizor.com|date=May 24, 2011|access-date=April 30, 2013}}</ref><ref>[https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTE5Ng LLVMpipe Gallium3D Is Used In Fedora 15] [[Phoronix]], March 10, 2011 (Article by [[Michael Larabel]])</ref><ref name="esecurityplanet">{{cite web|url=http://www.esecurityplanet.com/news/article.php/3934151/Fedora-15-Boosts-Linux-Security.html/|title=Fedora 15 Boosts Linux Security|publisher=eSecurity Planet|date=May 20, 2011|access-date=April 30, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122231054/http://www.esecurityplanet.com/news/article.php/3934151/Fedora-15-Boosts-Linux-Security.html/|archive-date=January 22, 2013|df=mdy-all }}</ref>

*Inclusion of [[GNOME 3]] desktop

*[[LibreOffice]] replacedas a replacement of [[OpenOffice.org]]

*Inclusion of [[GNU Compiler Collection]] 4.6

*Responsibility for booting is taken up by [[Systemd]]

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*Inclusion of [[PowerTOP]] 2.x

*Adoption of [[Consistent Network Device Naming]]

*BetterImproved support for encrypted Homehome directories

===Fedora 16===

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*Inclusion of GNOME 3.2.1 desktop

*Updated to latest [[KDE Software Compilation]] 4.7.2

*[[GRUB2]] became the default boot-loader[[bootloader]]

*[[Ext4]] driver used for [[Ext3]] and [[Ext2]] file systems

*[[HAL (software)|HAL daemon]] removed in favour of udisks, [[upower]], and libudev

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Some of the features of Fedora 17 include:

*Linux kernel 3.3.4

*Integrated UEFI support.<ref>{{cite web|title=Anatomy of a Fedora 17 ISO image|url=http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/11285.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Fedora 17 on Macbook Air Native EFI Boot| website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEa7xI0tdcY}}</ref>

*Inclusion of GNOME 3.4 desktop, offering software rendering support for [[GNOME Shell]]

*Updated to latest [[KDE Software Compilation]] 4.8.3

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Fedora 21, the first version without a codename,<ref name=":0">{{cite mailing list|url=https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/advisory-board/2013-October/012209.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530034505/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/advisory-board/2013-October/012209.html|archive-date=2024-05-30|title=Release Name process ended|date=2 October 2013|access-date=11 May 2014|mailing-list=Fedora community advisory board|last=Boyer|first=Josh}}</ref> was released on December 9, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/21/Schedule|title=Releases/21/Schedule|publisher=Fedora Project|access-date=25 March 2014}}</ref>

*[[GNOME]] desktop 3.14 with several minor visual enhancements

*Due to concerns regarding lack of direction, Fedora introduced three flavors, each providing different specialized setsets of preinstalled packages depending on use purpose: Workstation, Server, and Cloud.

===Fedora 22===

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Fedora 28 was released on May 1, 2018.<ref name="f28_released">{{cite web|url=https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/28/Schedule|title=Fedora 28 Schedule}}</ref> [[Red Hat Enterprise Linux#RHEL 8|Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8]] and other derivatives are based on Fedora 28.

Notable new features: a modular software repository, and curated third-party software repositories.<ref name="f28_announcment">{{cite web|url=https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-28/|title=Announcing Fedora 28|date=May 2018 }}</ref>

===Fedora 29===

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=== Fedora 41 ===

Fedora 41 was released on October 29, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2024-10-29|title=Fedora Linux 41 is here!|url=https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-41/|access-date=2024-11-02|website=Fedora Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref> Its change set is [[fedora:Releases/41/ChangeSet|here]].

=== Fedora 42 ===

Fedora 42 was released on April 15, 2025. <ref>{{Cite web|date=2025-04-15|title=Fedora Linux 42!|url=https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-42/|website=fedoraproject|language=en-US}}</ref> Its change set is [[fedora:Releases/42/ChangeSet|here]].

This version saw the [[KDE Plasma]] Spin promoted to an edition on the same level as Fedora Workstation with [[GNOME]] (which is now at version 48).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Issue #504: Request to upgrade Fedora KDE Desktop Spin to Edition status under the Personal Systems WG - tickets - Pagure.io |url=https://pagure.io/Fedora-Council/tickets/issue/504 |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=pagure.io}}</ref>

It will use GNOME 48 as one of its desktop environments.

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