Fedora 40 Beta will be Released Soon
The team behind Fedora has announced the official release date for the beta version of Fedora 40. The date of this release is March 26, 2024 and will give us a first glimpse at how the latest iteration of the desktop has shaped up.
Included with this release will be GNOME 46 (and all the performance improvements that come along with it), as well as KDE Plasma 6 (for the KDE spin), which solidifies the desktop as one of the best on the market.
As for the KDE Plasma version, X11 support has been limited to a COPR repository and maintained on a best-effort basis. This means, however, that both desktops will default to Wayland.
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Fedora 40: The 4 new features I'm most excited about
Fedora has evolved into an outstanding operating system that can be used by just about any type of user. It's simple, reliable, secure, and beautifully designed. Soon, the latest release (version 40) will be available. Although some of the new features will be more exciting to power users, there's something for everyone.
Let's dive right in.
From RedHat.com:
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Fedora 40 Beta now available
Today, the Fedora Project is excited to announce the beta availability of Fedora 40, the latest version of the free and open source Fedora Linux operating system. Fedora 39 Beta isn’t short on new and updated features that bring open source innovations to our end users. While we’ll have more to share with the general availability of Fedora 40 later this spring, there’s plenty in Fedora 40 Beta to get excited about.
BetaNews:
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Fedora Linux 40 Beta now available
The Fedora Project has just rolled out the Beta version of Fedora Linux 40. One of the most noteworthy aspects of the pre-release operating system is its versatility. The release comes in various editions, catering to different user preferences and needs.
Whether you’re looking for a robust workstation, a reliable server, a nimble IoT platform, a streamlined cloud experience, or the cutting-edge Fedora CoreOS, this Beta release has you covered. Additionally, Fedora Linux Spins offers a variety of desktop environments, including KDE Plasma, Xfce, and Cinnamon, for those who prefer a customized user experience.
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Fedora Magazine: Announcing Fedora GNU/Linux 40 Beta
The Fedora Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Fedora GNU/Linux 40 Beta, the next step towards our planned Fedora GNU/Linux 40 release at the end of April.
- Fedora Workstation 40 Beta
- Fedora Server 40 Beta
- Fedora IoT 40 Beta
- Fedora Cloud 40 Beta
Or, try one of our many different desktop variants (like KDE Plasma, Xfce, or Cinnamon) from Fedora GNU/Linux Spins.
Some key things to try in this release!
PyTorch is a popular open-source machine learning framework. We want to make using this tool in Fedora GNU/Linux as easy as possible, and it’s now available for you to install with one easy command: sudo dnf install pytorch
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Fedora Linux 40 beta released with GNOME 46 and Linux kernel 6.8
As usual with Fedora Linux, the first beta version of Fedora 40 was released with a slight delay on 26 March, bringing the desktop environments GNOME 46 for the workstation edition and KDE Plasma 6 for the KDE spin as the biggest new features. Apart from the new Linux 6.8 kernel, the other changes are rather minor, as neither the new Anaconda WebUI installer nor the updated version 5 of the Fedora package manager DNF made it to the release of Fedora 40.
The Fedora Linux 40 Workstation Edition with GNOME 46 includes a global search in the file manager and experimental support for variable refresh rates (VRR), while the KDE spin of Fedora 40 has to do without an optional X11 session for the first time and relies entirely on Wayland. The current Linux 6.8 kernel that ships with Fedora 40 primarily extends hardware support, and Fedora usually receives new kernel updates within a release version.
UbuntuHandbook:
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Fedora Linux 40 Beta is Released
Fedora Linux announced the Beta release of the next version 40 one day ago on Tuesday!
Fedora is a popular free open-source Linux Distribution owned by Red Hat, which acts as an upstream release for CentOS Stream and RHEL. It features Iot, Cloud, Server, CoreOS, and Workstation defaults to GNOME (and other Desktops as spins).
Like Ubuntu, Fedora has 2 releases every year, but each has only about 13 months support! The next is Fedora 40, which now is in Beta stage!
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A new Fedora Linux 40 beta release now available
Introduced in late 2003 as the follow-up to the now-defunct Red Hat Linux project, Fedora Linux is now nearing the release labeled 40. With Fedora 21's arrival, this Linux distribution got three editions, each specifically tailored for a certain area of the market: PCs, servers, and cloud applications. In May 2020, Linus Torvalds mentioned Fedora as his distro of choice. Available as a beta since yesterday, Fedora Linux 40 is scheduled to launch at the end of April, reveals Fedora Magazine.
The editions currently available for testing are the following: Workstation, Server, IoT, Cloud, as well as CoreOS "next" stream. As it usually happens with Linux distros, users can also choose one of the available spins that provide maximum flexibility thanks to different desktop variants (KDE Plasma, Xfce, Cinnamon, and so on). The Fedora Linux Spins page provides quick access to these flavors.
ZDNet:
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Fedora 40 beta is fastest operating system I've tested - and it's full of useful features
On the surface, Fedora 40 beta doesn't really look all that different from any of its predecessors. It's GNOME (at least the default version is), as you'd expect. It's a minimal desktop that offers maximum efficiency. It has the usual top bar, Application Overview, Dash, and a smattering of useful applications (that can easily be added to from the Software store GUI). It's exactly what you've come to expect.