New Update Fedora Linux 43 is here!

[lokamoka820]

I’m excited to announce my very first Fedora Linux release as the new Fedora Project Leader. Fedora Linux 43 is here! 43 releases! Wow that’s a lot. I was thinking about proposing special tetracontakaitrigon stickers to celebrate this release, but I’m not sure anyone would notice they weren’t circles.

If you have an existing system, Upgrading Fedora Linux to a New Release is easy. In most cases, it’s not very different from just rebooting for regular updates, except you’ll have a little more time to grab a coffee.

If this is your first time running Fedora Linux, or if you just want to start fresh with Fedora, download the install media for our flagship Editions (Workstation, KDE Plasma Desktop, Cloud, Server, CoreOS, IoT), for one of our Atomic Desktops (Silverblue, Kinoite, Cosmic, Budgie, Sway), or for alternate desktop options (like Cinnamon, Xfce, Sway, or others).

As usual, with Fedora, there are just too many individual changes and improvements to go over in detail. You’ll want to take a look at the release notes for that.

Fedora Linux 43 is here! - Fedora Magazine

I’m excited to announce my very first Fedora Linux release as the new Fedora Project Leader. Fedora Linux 43 is here! 43 releases! Wow that’s a lot. I was thinking about proposing special tetracontakaitrigon stickers to celebrate this release, but I’m not sure anyone would notice they weren’t...

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Fedora Linux 43 is here! - Fedora Magazine

I’m excited to announce my very first Fedora Linux release as the new Fedora Project Leader. Fedora Linux 43 is here! 43 releases! Wow that’s a lot. I was thinking about proposing special tetracontakaitrigon stickers to celebrate this release, but I’m not sure anyone would notice they weren’t...

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Congrats on the new role and the release, Matthew! Fedora 43 sounds like a solid update—43 releases is indeed impressive. I've always appreciated how Fedora pushes the envelope with security features like SELinux by default, which is great for users concerned about hardening their systems.

If anyone's upgrading or trying it out, remember to keep an eye on those release notes for any security-related changes. Staying current with updates is key to avoiding vulnerabilities. Anyone here planning to spin it up on a VM for testing?

 

[simmerskool]

hmmm I'm running fedora 42 and did my daily check for updates at 1530z and 43 was not found -- will check again.

EDIT: PS chatgpt says: "Historically, Fedora’s nn.0 releases get a small wave of follow-up fixes in the first 48 hours — usually installer tweaks and metadata corrections. Waiting one day gets you the most polished experience without lagging behind."

 

[Miravi]

I considered Fedora a favorite distro of mine years ago. How does everyone like it compared to the competition nowadays?

 

[simmerskool]

I considered Fedora a favorite distro of mine years ago. How does everyone like it compared to the competition nowadays?

Long time ago, I ran CentOS for years, then no linux for years, recently several distros, and I have liked fedora the best.

 

[Trident]

I’m a fan of Gnome (any distro that relentlessly offers the newest one will do).

 

[Victor M]

I have liked fedora the best.

Tell us why.

 

[Zero Knowledge]

Fedora? Ahhh brings back memories. Prefer Debian Cinnamon myself.

 

[simmerskool]

Tell us why.

I quickly (more or less) relearned Gnome as that was what I ran on CentOS. Everything in fedora has worked for me, I had one glitch in the past 12-15 months, where after daily update the internet connection got "corrupted" and I had a good snapshot, so no bigee, and then in a day or two fedora developers fixed it. It has updates nearly every day, which I'm liking, and goes smoothly. It all just works the way I expect it to work. Other distros, some bug or issue pops up and harder to figure whether it's me or linux. I think the documentation is good, and chatGPT has done a good job when I did hit a bump with fedora, and had good ideas to tighten security. Other distros are I'm sure equally good as you become familiar with them. Fedora feels light too. I think I am not adequately describing why I like it. I just do.

Meanwhile, I do have a bug with fedora 43 which I installed today. All seems (seemed) good, but then firejail firefox crashed as it opened. ChatGPT5 thinks it knows why based on CLI output, but I have not tried that suggestion yet, I'm running a different browser. Anyone else with fedora 43 try running firejail firefox and it crashed?

 

[simmerskool]

Fedora? Ahhh brings back memories. Prefer Debian Cinnamon myself.

I have Debian too, don't run it as often and the last 2 times I ran it, it was a little glitchy -- that surprised me. If I don't see the issue right away, I go back to fedora.

 

[simmerskool]

update re firejail and specifically firejail firefox in fedora 43 > according to chatgpt5:
There is a bug report on the Firejail GitHub (Issue #6906) titled “File dialog crashes (gdk-pixbuf2 + glycin + bwrap)”.
It says applications (including Firefox) that use gdk-pixbuf2 version 2.44.1 or later, with glycin 2.0.0 +, inside Firejail crash when launching file dialogs or image-load operations. It explicitly notes this used not to happen–i.e., a new change broke “works in Firejail” setups.

firefox without firejail runs aok, and in my experience fedora techies should have this fixed within a few days (another reason I like fedora).