Fedora Linux 40 Beta Released, What To Expect?

• Fedora KDE Desktop now ships with Plasma 6
• You can also find the latest version of GNOME 46.
• You can find the latestCinnamon 6.0 desktop environment for the Fedora Cinnamon Spin.
• Podman 5 for container management.
• The AMD ROCm accelerator framework is updated to version 6.
• Fedora Linux 40 beta comes with an up-to-date GNU toolchain consisting of GCC
• The Fedora Linux 40 Workstation live ISO will be built with Image Builder.
• Fedora Linux 40  will be built with DNF 5 and ported to modern C standards.
• Fedora Linux 40 will ship with an up-to-date  LibreOffice 24.2 office suite and Mozilla Firefox 124 web browser.

The post Fedora Linux 40 Beta Released first appeared on AtoZ Linux.

Fedora Linux 39 is available for download  from the official website . Latest stable version of Fedora Linux 39 is powered by Linux Kernel 6.5 along with GNOME 45. Meanwhile, today we will talking about the method to upgrade Fedora 38 to Fedora 39.

How To Upgrade Fedora 38 To Fedora 39

There are two ways to upgrade to Fedora 39.

Upgrade to Fedora 39 via Command

In Fedora, we need to use dnf package manager. dnf-plugin-system-upgrade is a plugin used to upgrade to the current release of Fedora. Run the following command to make sure that your system packages are updated.

sudo dnf upgrade --refresh

Now Just in case if you don’t have dnf package manager then run the following command to install it:

sudo dnf install dnf-plugin-system-upgrade

Run the following command to upgrade Fedora 38 to Fedora 39. If you are upgrading to Fedora 39, use the number 39 in the command:

sudo dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=39

Once you proceed, it will download the packages. Follow the onscreen instruction like Press y and enter to continue. Once the download finishes, Reboot your system:

sudo dnf system-upgrade reboot

Upgrade to Fedora 39 Via GNOME Software Center

• Start GNOME Software again, and in update section, you should see the availability of Fedora 39.
• Click on Restart and Upgrade.
• Once this process completes, your system will boot into the newer Fedora version.

Note: You cannot downgrade to Fedora 38 from Fedora 39. You will have to reinstall it.

The post How To Upgrade Fedora 38 To Fedora 39 first appeared on AtoZ Linux.

Fedora 39 is loaded with tons of new and exciting features. Without any delay, let’s have a look into the new feature that you will see on Fedora 39 along with steps to upgrade to Fedora 39. It is the latest stable version of this Red Hat-sponsored GNU/Linux distribution. Fedora 39 is powered by Linux kernel 6.5.

Fedora 39 Released Date : How To Upgrade

New Features:

• Fedora 39 ships with Linux Kernel 6.5
• Fedora 39 now provides an option for official Fedora Cloud image on Azure
• Fedora 39 will feature GNOME 45
• Binutils 2.40
• GCC 13.2
• GDB 13.2
• GLIBC 2.38
• Golang 1.21
• Firefox 117
• Python 3.12
• LibreOffice 7.6
• Perl 5.38
• RPM 4.19

Download Fedora 39 ISO

How To Upgrade To Fedora 39

Upgrade Fedora using GUI

• Open Software application and go to Update pane.
• You will see the information about new release when available. If you see any new release, You need to click on the Download button to upgrade files.
• Click on the Download button to start the upgrade process

Upgrade To Fedora 39 using DNF

At first run the following command to update your Fedora:

sudo dnf upgrade --refresh

Install the dnf-plugin-system-upgrade package

sudo dnf install dnf-plugin-system-upgrade

If already installed, you can skip the above step.

Now run the following command to download the latest Fedora updated packages:

sudo dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=39

Once the download is complete run the following command to start the upgrade. You will see the upgrade process in the console during the reboot process. Your fedora will reboot again

sudo dnf system-upgrade reboot

Once the upgrade is finished, Fedora will reboot again.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to upgrade to Fedora 39.

The post Fedora 39 Released : How To Upgrade first appeared on AtoZ Linux.