Fedora 43 Silverblue is by far the worst release yet (no offense)

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Issues I’ve been running into since I upgraded a week ago:

  • Can’t update due to a repository bug.

  • After moving the Chrome repository to perform the upgrade and reboot, Nautilus won’t open folders (it just keeps loading endlessly).

  • Constant crashes that send me back to the login screen.

  • Anything Chromium-based causes freezes or crashes.

This is just what I’ve found so far since I started using it. :face_with_peeking_eye:

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At least some of the crashes (drag-and-drop and chromium related) should be fixed by this update: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-98a66bf1df that landed in the stable repos only three days ago - not sure how big the delay is for Silverblue, but if you update your system today you should definitely get that one (I think).

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Thanks Fabio, I think the most critical bug right now is that Nautilus takes ages to open a single folder, do you know if someone is working to fix that?

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As far as I can tell, that’s not a widespread problem, at least I haven’t seen it myself and I haven’t read about it. So it might be worth filing a bug for this specific issue.

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The issue appears on the latest upgrade, when I open a folder the loading icon spins and says loading, the more files I have the longer the wait and I’m talking minutes not seconds:

   Upgraded: SDL3 3.2.20-1.fc43 -> 3.2.24-1.fc43
             cldr-emoji-annotation 1:48~beta1-1.fc43 -> 1:48-1.fc43
             cldr-emoji-annotation-dtd 1:48~beta1-1.fc43 -> 1:48-1.fc43
             elfutils-debuginfod-client 0.193-3.fc43 -> 0.194-1.fc43
             elfutils-default-yama-scope 0.193-3.fc43 -> 0.194-1.fc43
             elfutils-libelf 0.193-3.fc43 -> 0.194-1.fc43
             elfutils-libs 0.193-3.fc43 -> 0.194-1.fc43
             espeak-ng 1.51.1-11.fc43 -> 1.51.1-12.fc43
             firefox 143.0.4-1.fc43 -> 144.0-3.fc43
             firefox-langpacks 143.0.4-1.fc43 -> 144.0-3.fc43
             glib2 2.86.0-2.fc43 -> 2.86.1-1.fc43
             gnome-shell 49.1-1.fc43 -> 49.1-2.fc43
             gnome-shell-common 49.1-1.fc43 -> 49.1-2.fc43
             gstreamer1-plugins-good 1.26.7-2.fc43 -> 1.26.7-4.fc43
             gstreamer1-plugins-good-qt 1.26.7-2.fc43 -> 1.26.7-4.fc43
             iptables-libs 1.8.11-11.fc43 -> 1.8.11-12.fc43
             iptables-nft 1.8.11-11.fc43 -> 1.8.11-12.fc43
             libbluray 1.3.4-9.fc42 -> 1.3.4-11.fc43
             libchromaprint 1.5.1-25.fc43 -> 1.6.0-1.fc43
             libportal 0.9.1-2.fc43 -> 0.9.1-3.fc43
             libportal-gtk4 0.9.1-2.fc43 -> 0.9.1-3.fc43
             libtirpc 1.3.7-0.fc43 -> 1.3.7-1.fc43
             llvm-filesystem 21.1.3-1.fc43 -> 21.1.4-1.fc43
             llvm-libs 21.1.3-1.fc43 -> 21.1.4-1.fc43
             mutter 49.1-1.fc43 -> 49.1.1-1.fc43
             mutter-common 49.1-1.fc43 -> 49.1.1-1.fc43
             nspr 4.37.0-4.fc43 -> 4.37.0-5.fc43
             nss 3.116.0-1.fc43 -> 3.117.0-1.fc43
             nss-softokn 3.116.0-1.fc43 -> 3.117.0-1.fc43
             nss-softokn-freebl 3.116.0-1.fc43 -> 3.117.0-1.fc43
             nss-sysinit 3.116.0-1.fc43 -> 3.117.0-1.fc43
             nss-util 3.116.0-1.fc43 -> 3.117.0-1.fc43
             ptyxis 49.1-1.fc43 -> 49.2-1.fc43
             python3-boto3 1.40.54-1.fc43 -> 1.40.61-1.fc43
             python3-botocore 1.40.54-1.fc43 -> 1.40.61-1.fc43
             unbound-anchor 1.23.1-3.fc43 -> 1.24.1-1.fc43
             unbound-libs 1.23.1-3.fc43 -> 1.24.1-1.fc43
             yaru-icon-theme 25.04.2-2.20250426git25.04.2.0ubuntu1.fc43 -> 25.10.3-1.20251022git25.10.3.0ubuntu1.fc43
      Added: ngtcp2-crypto-ossl-1.16.0-1.fc43.x86_64
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That should be really annoying. I am on F43 Silverblue, rebased from F42, but haven’t noticed such an issue, nor reported by other forum users either. System or user-related maybe?

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Got the cause of the issue: glib2-2.86.1-1 slows nautilus 49.1-1 down to a standstill (#13) · Issues · Arch Linux / Packaging / Packages / glib2 · GitLab

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