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Fedora 24 Featuring GNOME 3.20, Tons Of Improvements Released (betanews.com)

Posted by msmash on from the new-Linux-delights dept.

After several delays, the Fedora Project on Tuesday released Fedora 24 (download link), the latest version of its Linux-based operating system. Fedora 24 brings with it a number of interesting features and changes, including the GNOME 3.20 desktop environment. The latest version of GNOME comes with media-player controls in the notification panel, and improved search feature in the Files application. New GNOME will also let you easily upgrade to Fedora 25, by simply using its Software application. There's also improved font-rendering. Among other things Fedora 24 has an upgraded version of glibc, or GNU C Library, which comes with improved performance and bug fixes across the entire operating system. You can learn more about the features at TechRepublic..

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  1. fedora 24 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    does it still have systemd and gnome3? If so, don't want.

  2. Re:w00t! by WallyL · · Score: 3, Informative

    Me too: Fedora/RH/CentOS user here. Debian packages just need too much attention (a2enmod a2ensite, wtf?) The command yum provide */file beats anything in apt I've come across. I even have installed a demo instance of FreeIPA to replace my Windows AD domain. I need to start testing it again and go entirely off-MS.

  3. Torrents by l2718 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Grab a torrent now and help your peers!

  4. Re:Fedora 24 is awesome 'cause you can upgrade to by CronoCloud · · Score: 4, Informative

    They're actually referring to doing easy updates via a GUI since IIRC Fedora hasn't had a distro-upgrade gui. Thusly requiring the terminal for distro upgrades....which is easy enough.

    In the terminal you use dnf system-upgrade though you can still use the old "fedup" command (which redirects to dnf system-upgrade)

    Upgrading F23 to F24 in the terminal is as easy as:

    [code]
    sudo dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=24
    sudo dnf system-upgrade reboot[/code]

    Of course, if one waits a couple of days the F23 version of gnome-software will be updated to support graphical distro update.

  5. Re: So why so much anger in the Linux community? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Informative

    There has been some suspicion that "LichtSpektren" also posts here as "AmiMoJo" and "Grishnakh", and possibly as "TripMaster Monkey" back in the day, among other potential aliases.

    A common trait is that they take the unconventional side of any discussion here, possibly just for the sake of arguing against the masses.

    "LichtSpektren" routinely posts in defense of systemd, although systemd is widely disliked here at Slashdot.

    "AmiMoJo" routinely posts in defense of social justice, although social justice is widely disliked here at Slashdot.

    "Grishnakh" routinely posts in defense of right-wing politics, although the rightism is widely disliked here at Slashdot.

    Commonalities have been noticed among the comments posted using those accounts, as well.