Fedora 40 - What's New?

Fedora 40 is officially released, this is more than just a Desktop Linux, it is a Server, a Clout and IoT operating system. You can choose Spins (and Labs) for your particular use case or your favorite Desktop Environment or Windows Manager. Fedora 40 is based on the 6.8.x kernel which was also available in the previous version 39 (via updates). However, Fedora brings GNOME 46, KDE 6, Cinnamon 6, and there are immutable versions such as Silverblue, Kinolite, Budgie and Sway.

So many choices you might want to search for the Fedora 40 Everything ISO file so you can try them all.

Chapters
00:00 - Intro
00:31 - Fedora Releases
01:32 - Fedora System Requirements
02:52 - Kernel 6.8 Changes
05:51 - What's New in Fedora 40
11:01 - Fedora Walk-through
17:47 - Fedora Performance
24:55 - Final Thoughts
24:56 - Outro

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[Appalling]

DJ, you’re lookin more and more like Santa. That said, love the channel!

[JohnCastleSmokeless]

I downloaded the KDE Spin live image just to play with it, and holy 5h17, I think I'm in love.

[imbvpow]

i've been watching for a couple of years now, nice to see you still going strong !

[QuikTechSolutions]

Great informational review DJ. Thanks for sharing.

[PressThatButton]

Great video! It’s so thorough; that’s why I love watching your channel. You go beyond surface level and it’s so refreshing to see someone do that! ❤🎉

[keyboard_g]

@18:25 Mixing hardware types, OS, and both VM and baremetal on the same graph. Not sure what we should deduce from this graph.

[StaffyDoo]

I’ve been rocking on Universal Blue Kinoite building my own templates since F36 and can’t get enough of it! 💙

[HistoricaLinux]

amazing, thanks uncle, for giving us the sneak view of Fedora 40

[gigabit]

Just installed it yesterday and it's my favorite Linux Distro for workstations.

[MinaSchloch]

A really good review, very informative beginning, good explanations of the ostree variants, RAM usage etc.

Really nice!

[wSCOTTw]

The first distro I’ve tried that works with my Nvidia 4070 Ti Super! I typically run Linux Mint or Ubuntu, but I’ll have to give Fedora a try now. Of course I’ll try Ubuntu 24.04 when it gets released in a couple of days.

[JEgkt]

I've been daily driving OpenSuse Slow-Roll and what i like about Fedora is Silverblue with Bluefin its perfect for my family members that don't want to mess with codecs and updates and hopefully i won't be their tech support for on a daily basis crossing my fingers.

[keyboard_g]

Fedora 39 also had Cinnamon 6.04. There is already Wayland support semi-working.
Mint won't push it until its rock solid, and I don't expect it this year.

[scottselkey]

DJ is this theoretically what RHEL 10 will/could be?

[arghyaprotimhalder]

1 and only question is there any major issues, what about KDE, I use KDE plasma 6 for fedora 39 . last time someone mentioned thier pipewire audio not working, someone came with hyperland issues . should I upgrade now or wait ??

[jonathan]

this thing keeps crashing everytime i hope the file manager 40 is all messed up how do i go back to 39

[GuyonthePhone]

Did they put the EOS spyware trash in it?

[零云-ue]

40 is nice. Stickin' with it. DNF and the repos are too solid to let go. Toolbox is working for me. It's just clean. I have to work and not mess with my system everyday.

[michaelthompson]

i just switched to tumbleweed lol. might have to check this out

[jakobw]

Can Fedora, or any Linux distro, modify the microcode off certain hardware in your desktop, so that Windows will not work properly, or at all?