Fedora 42 Released as a Fantastic Update to This Leading-Edge Linux Distribution
a year ago
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- Fedora 42 is released as a major update to the leading-edge Linux distribution sponsored by Red Hat.
- Includes GNOME 48 desktop with HDR display support, Wayland improvements, and a new web UI-based Anaconda installer.
- Features better Intel SGX support, Linux DRM Panic screen integration, and the first Fedora COSMIC Spin release.
- Comes with nearly-final GCC 15 compiler, Golang 1.24, LLVM 20 toolchain, PHP 8.4, Ruby 3.4, and other software upgrades.
- Offers alternative desktops like KDE Plasma 6.3, Xfce 4.20, and LXQt 2.1.
- The default desktop background is criticized as cartoonish and unprofessional.
- Overall, Fedora 42 is praised for its quality and performance across various systems.
- Available for download from Fedora mirrors, with more benchmarks and comparisons to come.