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Fedora Linux 45 Released
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What's New in Fedora 45
Building a Fedora release means tracking an enormous amount of formal change proposals planned for each release cycle on a public Change Set page, where every entry carries an owner and a status.
These proposals undergo community review and require approval from the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo), either in batches or individually, depending on their scope.
But approval only means a change is accepted for the planned release, not that it is guaranteed to ship. The beta for Fedora 45 came out last month, and several proposals that were meant for the stable release were pushed to Fedora 46.
Fedora Linux 45 released
Fedora Linux 45 has been released. This includes all editions: Fedora Workstation, Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop, Fedora Server, Fedora Cloud, Fedora CoreOS, and Fedora IoT, as well as the Atomic Desktops and Spins.
This release adds support for installation on Stratis storage using Anaconda or Kickstart installs, retires unmaintained VPN plugins for NetworkManager, and updates Fedora's desktop environments, developer toolchains, and system packages. See the Fedora wiki ChangeSet page for a list of major changes.
Announcing Fedora 45
Enforced RPM signature checking: Fedora 45 switches the default package verification mode in RPM 6.1 to enforcing signature checking by default. Moving to upstream RPM default behavior, packages require a verified signature to install unless explicitly overridden, strengthening baseline system integrity out of the box.
Kernel ptrace restrictions for unprivileged users: To guard against unprivileged malware snooping on sibling tasks, kernel process tracing is restricted by default. When system debugging or diagnostic packages are installed, normal tracing workflows are automatically restored via sysctl, maintaining productivity without compromising default hardening.
GNU Toolchain update: Fedora 45 ships an updated core GNU Toolchain, including GCC 16.2, binutils 2.47, glibc 2.44, and GDB 17.2. This refreshed base brings continuous optimizations, updated language runtime features, and debugging support for upstream developers.
Announcing Fedora Linux 45 - Fedora Magazine
The Fedora Project is pleased to announce the release of Fedora Linux 45!
Whether you use Fedora on your desktop, server, edge device, or cloud instance, Fedora Linux 45 brings polished desktop upgrades, powerful new installer features, and updated toolchains.
Every Fedora release is a major community effort – thank you to everyone in our community who helped build, test, and package this release!
Fedora Asahi Remix 45 is now available - Fedora Magazine
Fedora Asahi Remix is developed in close collaboration with the Fedora Asahi SIG and the Asahi Linux project. This release incorporates all of the exciting improvements brought by Fedora Linux 45. Like previous releases, Fedora Asahi Remix 45 supports Apple M1 and M2 systems. In addition, this release includes out of the box initial support for Apple M3, M3 Pro and M3 Max. Asahi Linux upstream now officially supports these new systems. The GPU drivers enabling performant 3D acceleration on the M3 systems are not included at this point. They will be available via a Mesa update in the future.
Fedora Asahi Remix offers KDE Plasma 6.8 as our flagship desktop experience. All of the new and exciting features brought by Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop 45 are included.
Fedora 45 makes the Linux desktop better with new features and tighter security
The Linux ecosystem has had a busy few months, with Linux 7.4 development getting attention for its unusually active testing cycle, growing use of AI-generated contributions, and continued hardware support improvements. Meanwhile, desktop Linux distributions have been pushing ahead with Wayland adoption, stronger security, and more modern desktop experiences. Fedora Linux 45 is the latest chapter in that evolution.
Fedora Linux 45 is now officially out, after two delays from the original target of October 20. The latest version of the popular Linux distribution is here with GNOME 51, KDE Plasma 6.8, and Linux kernel 7.2. There’s plenty here for developers and power users, but existing Fedora users may want to resist the urge to upgrade immediately.
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Distribution Release: Asahi Linux 45
The Asahi Linux project, which makes it possible to run Linux on M-powered Apple computers, has a new release based on Fedora 45. The release announcement in Fedora Magazine reports: [...]