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| == Announcing Fedora 23 == | | = Fedora 23 released = |
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| It's (approximately) Halloween, so you know what that means — new Fedora! The [https://getfedora.org/ Fedora 23 release] is here, and it's better than ever before. We're pleased to bring you the latest incarnations of the three main Fedora editions,'''Fedora Workstation, Fedora Cloud, and Fedora Server''', each built with love by the Fedora community to custom-fit your needs in different areas. Fedora 23 is also available in alternate desktop '''Spins''', curated software '''Labs''', and in special images for the '''ARM''' processor architecture. | | It's (approximately) Halloween, so you know what that means — new Fedora! The Fedora 23 release is here, and it's better than ever before. We're pleased to bring you the latest incarnations of the three main Fedora editions — Fedora Workstation, Fedora Cloud, and Fedora Server, each built with love by the Fedora community to custom-fit your needs in different areas. Fedora 23 is also available in alternate desktop Spins, curated software Labs, and special images for the ARM processor architecture. |
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| If that's all you need to hear, download from [https://getfedora.org/ https://getfedora.org/], or if you already use Fedora, follow the [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading simple upgrade steps]. Otherwise, read on for details. | | If that's all you need to hear, download from https://getfedora.org/, or if you already use Fedora, follow the simple upgrade steps at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading. |
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| == A Brief Introduction to Fedora Editions ==
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| === Fedora Workstation ===
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| |If you're a software developer, laptop or home user, hobbyist, enthusiast, or student, Fedora Workstation is perfect for you. Fedora Workstation includes the newest release of the [https://www.gnome.org/gnome-3/ GNOME] desktop, which makes your everyday computing simple, polished, and pleasant. Experience the sleek interface and powerful tools for yourself — [https://getfedora.org/workstation download Fedora Workstation] now!
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| === Fedora Server ===
| | If you're a software developer, laptop or home user, hobbyist, enthusiast, or student, Fedora Workstation is perfect for you. Fedora Workstation includes the newest release of the GNOME desktop, which makes your everyday computing simple, polished, and pleasant. Experience the sleek interface and powerful tools for yourself — download Fedora Workstation now. |
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| |Fedora Server makes service management simple with [https://github.com/libre-server/rolekit RoleKit], a programmatic interface for quick deployment, and [http://cockpit-project.org/ Cockpit], a remote web GUI. Now in Fedora Server 23, you can manage [http://kubernetes.io/ Kubernetes] clusters from the Cockpit Admin Console, or launch a FreeIPA domain controller from a kickstart file. [https://getfedora.org/server Get Fedora Server] this morning and have an identity management solution in place by lunchtime.
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| === Fedora Cloud ===
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| |Build scale-out computing with Fedora Cloud. The Fedora Cloud Base image provides a minimal OS platform which can be downloaded for use in OpenStack, or launched directly into EC2. Fedora Atomic Host takes things in a more radical direction, providing a specialized system for running Docker containers and Atomic Apps. Now with Fedora 23, Fedora Atomic Host will be updated on a two-week cycle to keep at the edge of emerging technology. [https://getfedora.org/en/cloud/ Download or launch] a Fedora Cloud image for your chosen cloud provider, or as a Vagrant box for local development.
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| === Spins, Labs, and ARM === | | == Fedora Server == |
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| |Fedora Spins are [https://spins.fedoraproject.org alternative desktops] for Fedora that provide a different experience than the standard Fedora Workstation edition. For instance, the Fedora KDE and Fedora Xfce spins provide popular alternatives to GNOME for Fedora users who enjoy the KDE or Xfce experience. [https://spins.fedoraproject.org Get Fedora 23 Spins].
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| |Fedora Labs are [https://labs.fedoraproject.org curated collections of software] maintained by members of the Fedora Community where you can find updated live media focused on Games, Design, Robotics, and more. These may be installed on their own or as add-ons to existing Fedora installations. [https://labs.fedoraproject.org Get Fedora 23 Labs].
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| |Fedora ARM project is an initiative to bring Fedora to this processor family. It provides the Fedora operating system tailored for running in on ARM-based systems, which was previously mixed into the Spins page. [https://arm.fedoraproject.org/ Get Fedora 23 Arm].
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| | Build scale-out computing with Fedora Cloud. The Fedora Cloud Base image provides a minimal OS platform which can be downloaded for use in OpenStack, or launched directly into EC2. Fedora Atomic Host takes things in a more radical direction, providing a specialized system for running Docker containers and Atomic Apps. Now with Fedora 23, Fedora Atomic Host will be updated on a two-week cycle to keep at the edge of emerging technology. Download or launch a Fedora Cloud image for your chosen cloud provider, or as a Vagrant box for local development. |
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| == Desktop Software Improvements ==
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| As with every Fedora release, almost every component has a new version, with improvements across the board. Of particular note:
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| === GNOME 3.18 ===
| | Fedora Spins are alternative desktops for Fedora that provide a different experience than the standard Fedora Workstation edition. For instance, the Fedora KDE and Fedora Xfce spins provide popular alternatives to GNOME for Fedora users who enjoy the KDE or Xfce experience. Fedora 23 also introduces a Cinnamon spin, which provides a "traditional" desktop layout with the modern GNOME 3 shell. |
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| The Workstation release is shipped with '''''GNOME 3.18''''' and the first relevant improvement for a user is due to the possibility of accessing the files stored in Google Drive via the Nautilus file manager. Just enable the GNOME Online Accounts (in initial setup or via the settings panel), and access will be granted — now Google Drive will appear just like a network share.
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| === Boxes ===
| | Fedora Labs are curated collections of software maintained by members of the Fedora Community where you can find updated live media focused on Games, Design, Robotics, and more. These may be installed on their own or as add-ons to existing Fedora installations. |
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| '''''Boxes''''' is a simple, beautiful application for managing virtual machines — allowing you to run other operating systems under Fedora, or to develop against Fedora Cloud or Fedora Server from your Workstation. The new version has a much improved user interface, with a new list view with filtering.
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| === LibreOffice 5 ===
| | We also provide a version of the Fedora operating system tailored for running in on ARM-based systems, previously mixed into the Spins page but now with a dedicated download page. |
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| And, for everyone who writes papers, creates presentations, or deals with spreadsheets, Fedora 23 includes '''''LibreOffice 5''''', which brings increased accuracy in importing files from other office suites and over 25,000 bugfixes.
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| == Improvements Across the Editions == | | = Updated Components = |
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| === Fedora-Wide Changes ===
| | As with every Fedora release, almost every component has a new version, with improvements across the board. Of particular note, Fedora Workstation includes the GNOME 3.18 desktop environment and the Libre Office 5.0 office suite. |
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| Fedora 23 includes a number of changes that will improve all of the editions. For example, Fedora 23 makes use of compiler flags to improve security by "[[Changes/Harden_All_Packages|hardening]]" the binaries against memory corruption vulnerabilities, buffer overflows, and so on. This is a "behind the scenes" change that most users won't notice through normal use of a Fedora edition, but will help provide additional system security. | | Fedora 23 also has important under-the-hood security improvements, with increased hardening for all compiled software and with insecure SSL3 and RC4 protocols disabled. We've also updated all of the software installed by default in Fedora Cloud Base Image and Fedora Workstation to use Python version 3, and the Mono .NET compatible framework is now at version 4. |
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| Likewise, Fedora 23 has disabled SSL3 and RC4 by default due to known vulnerabilities in the protocols. This means all applications that use GNUTLS and OpenSSL libraries have had the SSL3 protocol and RC4 cipher disabled.
| | Perhaps most importantly, Unicode 8.0 support now enables the crucial U1F32D character. |
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| Fedora 23 comes with the latest version of [[Changes/Mono_4|Mono 4]]. This means a big improvement because we were stuck with an ancient version of Mono (2.10) for too long. All packages within Fedora that are based on Mono have been adjusted and rebuilt, to target the 4.5 version of the .Net framework. Mono 4 does not support solutions targeting v1.0, v2.0 or v3.5 of .Net, but usually they can be easily upgraded to v4.5.
| | = Downloads, upgrades, documentation, and common bugs = |
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| Fedora 23 also includes support for [http://blog.unicode.org/2015/06/announcing-unicode-standard-version-80.html Unicode 8.0], which includes new emojis — including the all-important [http://beefymiracle.org/ U1F32D]. There are also improvements in sorting Unicode text and processing non-ASCII URLs.
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| The Fedora Server release includes improvements for server role deployment and management.
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| The rolekit service now supports setting up three roles. In addition to the previously supported Domain Controller (powered by FreeIPA abd Database Server (powered by PostgreSQL) roles, Fedora Server 23 features a '''cache server for web applications (powered by memcached)'''.
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| '''Rolekit can also now be used from the anaconda kickstart''' by passing the <code>--deferred</code> arguments to <code>rolectl</code>. For example: <code>rolectl deploy domaincontroller --name=example.com --deferred</code> will instruct the system to deploy the Domain Controller role on the next boot.
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| * Support for [http://files.cockpit-project.org/guide/latest/authentication.html SSH key authentication]
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| * Set the timezone for your Fedora Server from the Cockpit User Interface (UI).
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| * Cockpit has also been made safe to use with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_DM_Multipath multipath disks].
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| While there's a lot going on under the hood, desktop users are also going to find Fedora 23 pretty exciting for all the obvious goodness coming to the desktop. The easiest way to experience the preview of these technologies is to download and try the Fedora 23 Workstation edition.
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| Naturally, GNOME is getting an upgrade, with Fedora 23 containing a preview of the upcoming '''GNOME 3.18''' release, which is easier to use than ever. There are also many enhancements on the way, such as:
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| * Support for '''ambient backlight drivers''', so brightness responds to the environment on laptops with the required hardware
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| * The Software application can now '''update system firmware'''
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| * Refreshed support for Google APIs to provide access to user data through GNOME apps (including '''Google Drive''' integration)
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| Users trying to get a little work done on Fedora will be happy to see '''LibreOffice 5''' in Fedora 23. The new release includes a lot of new features and improvements:
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| Fedora 23 Cloud Base image includes many updates and enhancements to the underlying Fedora base packages. For example, Fedora 23 now has the latest Docker release, '''docker 1.8'''. We can now verify the publisher of an image before running. This gives the users the power to identify that the image publisher published has not been tampered with.
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| Stay tuned for news about Fedora Atomic Host in the not too distant future!
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| == Other notable changes in Fedora ==
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| There's a new spin in town for Fedora 23. Want a classic take on a modern desktop? If so, the '''Cinnamon spin''' may just be what you're hoping to find. Cinnamon provides a "traditional" desktop environment similar to that of GNOME 2, but using the modern GNOME Shell from GNOME 3.x. Learn more at [http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/ Cinnamon].
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| Sugar on a Stick is a stand-alone implementation of the desktop environment originally designed for the One Laptop per Child project. Fedora's SoaS spin has been updated to '''Sugar 0.106''', for better performance, updated activities, and a new "social help" feature for collaborative learning.
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| == Downloads, upgrades, documentation, and common bugs ==
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| If you are upgrading from a previous release of Fedora, refer to: | | If you are upgrading from a previous release of Fedora, refer to: |
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| Read the full release notes for Fedora 23, guides for several languages, and learn about known bugs and how to report new ones: | | Read the full release notes for Fedora 23: |
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| Fedora 23 common bugs are documented at: | | Fedora 23 common bugs are documented at: |
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| | This page includes information on several known bugs in Fedora 23. Please be sure to read it before installing! |
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| This page includes information on several known non-blocker bugs in Fedora 23. Please be sure to read it before installing!
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| == Contributing ==
| | We hope you're as excited as we are about Fedora 23 and look forward to exploring it yourself. Don't forget — Fedora never stands still as we're always working towards a new and better release by sharing our work with the world. Want to be part of the fun? It's easy to get involved. There are many ways to contribute to Fedora, even if it's just bug reporting. You can also help translate software and content, test and give feedback on software updates, write and edit documentation, design and do artwork, help with all sorts of promotional activities, and package free software for use by millions of Fedora users worldwide. |
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| It's finally here! We hope you're as excited as we are about Fedora 23 and look forward to exploring it yourself. Don't forget — Fedora never stands still we're always working towards a new and better release and sharing our work with the world. Want to be part of the fun? It's easy to get involved.
| | To get started, visit http://whatcanidoforfedora.org/ today! |
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| There are many ways to contribute to Fedora, even if it's just bug reporting. You can also help translate software and content, test and give feedback on software updates, write and edit documentation, design and do artwork, help with all sorts of promotional activities, and package free software for use by millions of Fedora users worldwide. To get started, visit http://join.fedoraproject.org today!
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Fedora 23 released
It's (approximately) Halloween, so you know what that means — new Fedora! The Fedora 23 release is here, and it's better than ever before. We're pleased to bring you the latest incarnations of the three main Fedora editions — Fedora Workstation, Fedora Cloud, and Fedora Server, each built with love by the Fedora community to custom-fit your needs in different areas. Fedora 23 is also available in alternate desktop Spins, curated software Labs, and special images for the ARM processor architecture.
If that's all you need to hear, download from https://getfedora.org/, or if you already use Fedora, follow the simple upgrade steps at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading.
Otherwise, read on for details.
Fedora Workstation
If you're a software developer, laptop or home user, hobbyist, enthusiast, or student, Fedora Workstation is perfect for you. Fedora Workstation includes the newest release of the GNOME desktop, which makes your everyday computing simple, polished, and pleasant. Experience the sleek interface and powerful tools for yourself — download Fedora Workstation now.
Fedora Server
Fedora Server makes service management simple with RoleKit, a programmatic interface for quick deployment, and Cockpit, a remote web GUI. Now in Fedora Server 23, you can manage Kubernetes clusters from the Cockpit Admin Console, or launch a FreeIPA domain controller from a kickstart file. Get Fedora Server this morning and have an identity management solution in place by lunchtime.
Fedora Cloud
Build scale-out computing with Fedora Cloud. The Fedora Cloud Base image provides a minimal OS platform which can be downloaded for use in OpenStack, or launched directly into EC2. Fedora Atomic Host takes things in a more radical direction, providing a specialized system for running Docker containers and Atomic Apps. Now with Fedora 23, Fedora Atomic Host will be updated on a two-week cycle to keep at the edge of emerging technology. Download or launch a Fedora Cloud image for your chosen cloud provider, or as a Vagrant box for local development.
Spins, Labs, and ARM
Fedora Spins are alternative desktops for Fedora that provide a different experience than the standard Fedora Workstation edition. For instance, the Fedora KDE and Fedora Xfce spins provide popular alternatives to GNOME for Fedora users who enjoy the KDE or Xfce experience. Fedora 23 also introduces a Cinnamon spin, which provides a "traditional" desktop layout with the modern GNOME 3 shell.
Fedora Labs are curated collections of software maintained by members of the Fedora Community where you can find updated live media focused on Games, Design, Robotics, and more. These may be installed on their own or as add-ons to existing Fedora installations.
We also provide a version of the Fedora operating system tailored for running in on ARM-based systems, previously mixed into the Spins page but now with a dedicated download page.
Updated Components
As with every Fedora release, almost every component has a new version, with improvements across the board. Of particular note, Fedora Workstation includes the GNOME 3.18 desktop environment and the Libre Office 5.0 office suite.
Fedora 23 also has important under-the-hood security improvements, with increased hardening for all compiled software and with insecure SSL3 and RC4 protocols disabled. We've also updated all of the software installed by default in Fedora Cloud Base Image and Fedora Workstation to use Python version 3, and the Mono .NET compatible framework is now at version 4.
Perhaps most importantly, Unicode 8.0 support now enables the crucial U1F32D character.
Downloads, upgrades, documentation, and common bugs
You can start by downloading Fedora 23:
If you are upgrading from a previous release of Fedora, refer to:
Read the full release notes for Fedora 23:
Fedora 23 common bugs are documented at:
This page includes information on several known bugs in Fedora 23. Please be sure to read it before installing!
Contributing
We hope you're as excited as we are about Fedora 23 and look forward to exploring it yourself. Don't forget — Fedora never stands still as we're always working towards a new and better release by sharing our work with the world. Want to be part of the fun? It's easy to get involved. There are many ways to contribute to Fedora, even if it's just bug reporting. You can also help translate software and content, test and give feedback on software updates, write and edit documentation, design and do artwork, help with all sorts of promotional activities, and package free software for use by millions of Fedora users worldwide.
To get started, visit http://whatcanidoforfedora.org/ today!
🌭 (The mustard indicates progress.)
