Fedora Linux 38 stands out for introducing new Spins
The new version of Fedora Linux 38 has already been released And in this new version we will be able to find a large number of significant changes, quite interesting news and above all the introduction of new compilations and more.
And is that inside the news of this new version, what stands out the most is the introduction of the first stage of the transition to the modernized boot process, in which the differences with classic booting are reduced to using instead of the initrd image generated on the local system when installing the kernel package, the unified kernel image UKI (Unified Kernel Image) generated on the distribution infrastructure and certified by the digital signature of the distribution.
UKI combines a driver to boot the kernel from UEFI (UEFI boot stub), a Linux kernel image, and an initrd system environment loaded into memory in one file. By calling the UKI image from UEFI, it is possible to verify the integrity and validity of the digital signature not only from the kernel, but also from the content of the initrd, the validation of which is important because in this environment keys are extracted for decryption. In this first stage, UKI support is added to the bootloader.
Also noteworthy is the implementation of the first stage of Microdnf, which is replacing the DNF currently used. Microdnf has been significantly upgraded and now supports all the main features of DNF, but at the same time it is characterized by high performance and compact size.
Another novelty of this new version of Fedora 38 is that now RPM uses the Sequoia package to analyze keys and digital signatures, which offers an implementation of OpenPGP in the Rust language. Previously, RPM used its own OpenPGP parsing code.
In addition to this, we can also find the new version of GNOME 44, which continues to migrate applications for use GTK 4 and libadwaita library (The GNOME Shell user shell and the Mutter composite manager, among other things, have been translated to GTK4.) Icon grid content display mode has been added to the file selection dialog, numerous changes have been made to the configurator, and a section for Bluetooth control has been added to the settings menu. fast change.
In this new version of Fedora 38 builds with KDE, the initial configuration wizard has been removed from the distribution, as most of its features are not used in KDE Spin and Kinoite, and the Anaconda installer configures the initial configurations during the distribution. installation stage.
Moreover, in Fedora 38 Flathub disabled the filter that removed unofficial packages, proprietary programs and applications with restrictive license requirements. If there are flatpak and rpm packages with the same programs, when using GNOME Software, the Flatpak packages from the Fedora project will be installed first, then the RPM packages, and then the Flathub packages.
We also cannot ignore the fact that in this new version of Fedora 38 the compiling for mobile devices with the Phosh shell, which is based on GNOME technologies and the GTK library and uses the Phoc composite server running on top of Wayland, as well as its own squeekboard on-screen keyboard.
And it is that speaking of new compilations we cannot forget the new Fedora Spins, one of which is Budgie Spin with the Budgie graphical shell, which is based on GNOME technologies, Budgie Window Manager (BWM) and GNOME's own implementation Shell.
The other Spins that was added is the one of "Fedora Sway Spin" with Sway custom environment built with Wayland protocol and fully compatible with i3 and i3bar manager.
From the almost completes other news that introduces this new version of Fedora 38:
- The Xfce user environment has been updated to version 4.18.
- Assembly training with the LXQt user environment for the AArch64 architecture has started.
- The SDDM display manager has a default login interface with Wayland. The change allows the login manager to be migrated to Wayland on builds with the KDE desktop.
- Added a simplified installer for installing Fedora IoT Edition images on IoT devices. The installer is based on coreos-installer and uses a direct copy of a stock OStree image with no user interaction.
- Live images have been updated to support the automatic inclusion of a layer for persistent data storage when booting from a USB drive.
- On X server and Xwayland, due to potential security issues, by default, clients cannot connect from systems that have a different byte order.
- Reduced the timer to force systemd units to close during shutdown from 2 minutes to 45 seconds.
Finally, if you are interested in knowing more about it, you can consult the details In the following link.
Download and get Fedora 38
For those interested in downloading the new version of Fedora 38 to install or test on their computers, they can obtain the system image with Gnome or its different variants (Spins) from the distribution's official website. The link is this.