For anyone who follows the Fedora CLI upgrade path, there's a small but possibly significant change to the process. The dance is initially much the same: - `dnf upgrade --refresh` - `dnf install dnf-plugin-system-upgrade` - `dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=42` But now, when you would have done `dnf system-upgrade reboot` on previous upgrades, it's now `dnf offline reboot`. The previous command was quite clear about what it was doing: this new one is rather less so (apparently the `system-upgrade` subcommand doesn't work any more because it no longer exists - I didn't try). But after I issued the new command it said "The system will now reboot to upgrade to release version 42" so at least that was clear. With that change, the upgrade went cleanly for me as well. On Fri, 18 Apr 2025 at 11:32, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
Fedora 42 was released Tuesday -- on time! <https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-42/> A day later, Ubuntu 25.04 was released.
I've updated Fedora on a few of my machines. It seems painless. I have not updated my main desktop so I haven't much to report.
The new desktop background annoys Michael Larabel of phoronix.com. I haven't yet formed an opinion. But that's a detail easy to change. To be honest, I enjoy that my background gets changed every six months. Here's Michael's review: <https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-42-Released>
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I haven't tried the new ubuntu. Ubuntu's not my normal choice.
I tried a new computer that I bought from AliExpress. A GMKtec G9. <https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008456753400.html>
It came with a 64GB eMMC and with Ubuntu preloaded. I did an update to that system today but I wasn't offered 25.04. If I remember correctly, Ubuntu only offers upgrades after a few weeks.
BTW, a very interesting computer, but Jeff Geerling found cooling problems with it: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_Ft8OAPQ3g> Yuck. --- GTALUG Operations Mailing List operations@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/operations --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
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