F45 Beta Release Announcement

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Article Summary: Brief overview of some of the key features of F45 Beta

Article Description: As above, but a few lines more :slight_smile:

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Editor: rlengland

Image Editor: rlengland

Publication Date: 2026-09-15 (tentative)

Preview Link: Announcing Fedora Linux 45 Beta - Fedora Magazine

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+1, obviously. :slightly_smiling_face:

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Article ready for review here https://fedoramagazine.org/?p=44230&preview=true&preview_id=44230

Please note: The F45 highlights section was assisted by google gemini to pull some highlights from the change set page appropriate for a beta release announcement. I’ve humanly edited it, but if this is not acceptable, please let me know and I will rewrite that section.

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I’d like to change one thing this time around. Can you change the links from ending with ?beta to /beta. The latter will work for clients that do not have JavaScript enabled. There was a complaint about that the last time around.

Also, if you have a template somewhere that you reference to create these posts, update that as well so that all future beta release announcements will use those links.

Thanks.

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Hi Richard. Since I did tell Matthew that I would promote “Fedora Linux” when referring to the OS[1] on Fedora Magazine, would you mind changing that to “Fedora Linux 45”?

Also, I would tie “Beta” more closely to the release name and put it on the same line. IMHO, the “Beta” is part of the version number and part of the name/title of what is being released.

Thanks Richard
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Was a link to https://fedoraproject.org/atomic-desktops/beta intentionally omitted?

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@glb @amoloney I did not find a corresponding page (but I don’t know where to look, for certain)

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@glb Image modified as requested. (Shoulda thought o’ that)

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I don’t believe that site exists (?)
https://fedoraproject.org/atomic-desktops/beta

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It will on release day. :slightly_smiling_face:

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So should I create a link for it in the article?
“Fedora Atomic Desktop 45 Beta”
…and is there an order precedent?

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Well, I’m not sure. I was asking Aoife since she appears to be writing the announcement, but since there are links for the Spins and Labs landing pages, I would think that it would make sense to also list the Atomic Desktops landing page.

…and is there an order precedent?

There is an order for Marketing purposes:

  1. Editions
  2. Atomic Desktops
  3. Spins
  4. Labs
  5. Miscellaneous

I.e., the order things are listed in on the main Fedora Project site.

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I’ve added the “Atomic” item, last on the list, if I understand the order. Let me know if I’ve mis-understood.

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I wouldn’t list it with the Editions (which are listed individually and which are meant to be promoted above all the other download types). Instead, I would add an Atomic Desktops link to the existing paragraph that lists the Spins and the Labs landing pages.

I.e, make it the following:

The Fedora Linux 45 Beta release content is also available for Fedora Atomic Desktops, Spins and Labs …

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Modifications made.

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Thank you both for your help with the article :slight_smile: :fedora:

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It takes a village. :slight_smile: Thanks for getting in early.