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1,189 Fedora open-source and Linux related news articles on Phoronix since 2006.

Fedora 27 Looks To Add 32-bit UEFI Support
Fedora 27 Looks To Add 32-bit UEFI Support

While Fedora was among the first Linux distributions shipping with UEFI support, it's only been supported with 64-bit UEFI as is the vast majority of the systems out there capable of. But there remains a minority of systems with 64-bit CPUs that only support 32-bit UEFI and Fedora 27 is looking to finally support that combination.

6 July 2017 - Fedora 32-bit UEFI - 22 Comments
Fedora 27 Aiming To Drop Out Alpha Releases

In a similar effort to Ubuntu itself not issuing alpha/beta releases the past few years as they focused on the quality of their daily ISOs instead, Fedora developers have been discussing a similar maneuver of beginning to drop alpha releases from their schedule.

20 February 2017 - Fedora 27 No Alphas - 13 Comments
Why I Run Fedora Linux On My Main Production System
Why I Run Fedora Linux On My Main Production System

With the Linux benchmarks at Phoronix there is a wide-range of Linux distributions (as well as BSDs, macOS, and the occasional Solaris and Windows) tested, but the operating system I end up running on my most-important production system is still Fedora Workstation. Recently I was interviewed by Fedora Magazine about my thoughts on the Red Hat backed distribution and more.

6 February 2017 - Fedora Interview - 30 Comments
Fedora 26 Planning For A Modular Server Preview

Fedora Linux has been pursuing a path of modularity whereby modules provide different software purpose/functionality and are integrated/tested at the module level and a unit of delivery itself. With the Fedora 26 release they are hoping to provide a Fedora Modular Server preview build.

17 January 2017 - Fedora 26 Modular Server - Add A Comment
DNF 2.0 Package Manager Released

A wonderful Christmas present this year for Fedora users is the release of DNF 2.0 and it's joined by the DNF-PLUGINS-CORE 1.0 release.

20 December 2016 - DNF 2.0 - 6 Comments
Developers Discuss Future Of CD/DVD Optical Images For Fedora

With more laptops abandoning DVD drives, USB-based flash drive installers being well supported and widely-used, and CD/DVDs just being far less popular these days, Fedora developers are discussing the future of the official status for optical images in future Fedora releases.

7 December 2016 - Fedora Optical - 25 Comments
Fedora 25 Finally Makes MP3 Playback Easy, Fedora 26 Might Ship It By Default

Fedora 25 has a lot going for it and yet another benefit for Fedora Workstation users on the desktop is finally having an easy, official path for MP3 playback support. It's 2016 and there's finally good MP3 support coming through official channels, after in Fedora 24 they were able to finally provide H.264 support via OpenH264.

10 November 2016 - Fedora MP3 - 10 Comments
Fedora 25 Is Quite Possibly My Most Favorite Release Yet
Fedora 25 Is Quite Possibly My Most Favorite Release Yet

Fedora 25 is nearly complete and this afternoon we should hear whether it will be formally released next week or will be pushed back one week due to lingering blocker bugs. Nevertheless, I've been carrying out more tests on Fedora 25 on multiple test systems in recent days and have been very pleased with this Red Hat sponsored Linux distribution release.

10 November 2016 - Fedora 25 - 26 Comments
Your Last Chance To Test Out Fedora 25

Fedora 25 is currently scheduled for release next week on 15 November. The Go/No-Go meeting for it is tomorrow so there's still the chance it could be delayed but a (hopefully) final release candidate is now available for last minute testing.

9 November 2016 - Fedora 25 - 5 Comments

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