Read the release announcement on Fedora Magazine, and comment here!
(If you have specific questions or problems to report, please start a new topic in Ask Fedora. Thanks!)
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Nice writeup, and I hope a few younger Fedora enthusiasts discover the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy through it 
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I really liked the announcement! 
Thank you to the whole community for such a magnificent job!
I have never upgraded to a new version before. Can you tell me, is Upgrading Fedora Linux Using DNF System Plugin :: Fedora Docs the correct instruction?
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One could read the linked article…
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“Measure twice, cut once”, it is better to ask once and get a useful answer than to look for how to correct mistakes 
This must be the best-written release announcement ever!
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Huge congrats! Looking forward to upgrading once the initial 24 hours pass and everything is safe
Small note, the “common issues” forum link in the announcement seems to still link to the F41 category instead of the F42 one.
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Fixed. Thanks.
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Yes, it works, it’s the way I upgraded my system, and now I’m writing from my Fedora 42 i3 Spin
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fedora releases always come out so quick. Congrats on another one.
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I don’t see a mention of the Codename “Adams” anywhere, was it deliberately left out and should be considered more of an easter egg than an official thing? (On the other hand it appears in /etc/{fedora,redhat,system}-release, just verified that on the podman image.)
Asking because I was fully prepared to add it to some release lists (Wikidata, endoflife.date, tables and graphs of Wikipedia articles) and now I’m not sure if that should be done at all or what source to cite.
thanks for a smooth upgrade, Congrats
Yes this is how I upgraded
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Never mind, some other contributors and me already added the “Adams” to those places I mentioned. It is indeed an awesome release announcement even without explicitly mentioning the Codename 
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I wrote this for a different forum, but realized this might be better!
First, I appreciate all the effort that goes into all the improvements in every version. This one is no exception. I have played with Fedora since before it was Fedora. It was just called Redhat Linux. Back in the day, Redhat used KDE or just x11 ( I think). The one thing that always stood out was the old wall paper. There was the earth from space, green tree frog, the dandelion, so many beautiful desktops. Then you went to Gnome and the backgrounds have not been the same…
A week ago someone told me Linux was terrible because everything was command line. I told him I will show him that is not true.
I installed a Gnome system and then KDE (for the first time in over 10 years) for the fun of it. It was Fedora 41. I was stunned. The login screen was nice and then I logged in and it was a beautiful forest. I almost fell out of my chair.
I absolutely loved the interface. Better than Gnome, better than Windows. I have tried to like Gnome for the last 10-15 years. I can use it, it is ok. But the KDE Plasma interface is beautiful. (Every non-server Linux machine I own is going KDE!)
I showed that friend KDE (skipped Gnome, sorry). He is now interested in trying it out.
I needed to build a computer and so I waited a week for Fedora 42. KDE went the way of Gnome. Crappy desktop picture (no offence). Dang! Now I need to go find a replacement wallpaper picture.
Back to KDE… All the way! I have a handful of computers that the kids use for school. Before the next school season they will be off of Windows and on Fedora with KDE Plasma.
It is easier catch bees with a flower than a rusty nail.
Please consider beautiful backgrounds like Apple does. You have a huge opportunity in just a few short months there will be computers that cannot go to Windows 11. They are perfectly usable systems. Push KDE with Apple like backgrounds. Now is the time for a big push to schools, businesses, and home. Advertise. Fix 42 ( just the wallpaper), 43 is too late. Let’s go!
BTW: I love Fedora. I’ve played with many distros, but I always come back to Fedora.
cheers!!!
I think it’s a sign that we’re in pretty good shape when the wallpaper is the primary complaint!
Personally, I like the soft, friendly feeling of the default wallpapers we’ve chosen recently. I feel like some of the earlier ones tended towards a kind of “techno-gloom” aesthetic, and these are more welcoming. Of course, it’s easy to change for something else if it isn’t your preference.
Anyway, some trivia! Red Hat Linux releases, way back in the day, used fvwm. I think GNOME became the default in Red Hat Linux 6.0 in 1999.
Fvwm is still available in Fedora Linux, by the way — and still developed and maintained upstream.
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In fact, as far as the desktop experience is concerned, I’ve found Win10 → Plasma to be an easier adaptation than Win10 → Win11 would have been. (No vertical taskbar in Win11?!)
Agreed, Fedora has Linux in general has come along way. I was introduced to Redhat way back. Version 2 maybe.
With the improvements in LibreOffice, KDE, and a few fun graphics and game apps, you can definitely make a push forward. I know my kids use Chromebooks at school so Linux at home would not be a bridge too far.
But I tell you, in all frankness, unless you make it stunning with beautiful backgrounds, you will never get the chance to show off this beautiful work of art called Fedora.
Apple spends a ton of money to entice and keep their users. They went to crappy ( really do not mean to offend anyone here) drawings of swaths of ugly soothing colors for a few versions (like Monterey and Ventura). Look at Sequoia! Back to beautiful backgrounds. They did not do that for the fun of it. They did it because it sells! I will tell you, I like Windows for work, Linux for fun and writing code (I suck at it, but it is still fun and my stuff is mostly usable), and am not a fan of Apple computers. However, I still need to support them. As the IT guy at work, when executives see the other executive’s Mac laptops they start asking questions. And often they want to move. It causes me great pain to support the Macs in a Windows environment. But I get it. The backgrounds are beautiful. Beautiful sells. I am a old dude, I twittle and piddle around but my eyes still work. The 41 KDE background is the way to go!
Again, you are right, if the wallpaper is the biggest complaint, then you must be doing something right. I would go so far as saying fantastic! It is clear there is a lot of work that went into this. I am so impressed. As a crappy programmer, I get how much work this is. Everyone evolved should be super proud of this achievement.
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