Fedora Linux 45 Officially Released

The Fedora Project has released the latest version of the popular Linux distro, releasing Fedora 45 on November 3.

Fedora is one of the most popular Linux distros and serves as the upstream base for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). While Fedora is technically a point release distro, as opposed to a rolling release distro like Arch, its six-month release cycle means it is more up-to-date than other point release distros, like Debian. Fedora also updates far more packages between releases than many other point release distros.

The latest version includes a number of major upgrades:

One of the biggest highlights in Fedora Linux 45 is integrated support for Stratis storage right inside the Anaconda installer.

Stratis brings modern enterprise storage features to local storage while wrapping device-mapper, XFS, and LUKS in an easy-to-use interface. These features include thin provisioning (over-provisioning), storage pooling, dynamic filesystem sizing, snapshots, and encryption.

• GUI Installs (Web UI & Cockpit Storage): When performing custom partitioning during installation, you can launch the Cockpit storage module directly from Anaconda. From there, you can build Stratis pools across one or more physical drives and create dynamic / and /home filesystems on demand.
• Automated Installs (Kickstart): For system administrators and automated deployments, Anaconda now supports –type=stratis with autopart, alongside dedicated stratispool and stratisfs kickstart commands.

• Latest Desktop Environments: Updated desktop stacks across GNOME, KDE Plasma, and community spins bring improved performance, refined Wayland support, and better fractional scaling.
• Developer Toolchains: Updated development tools and runtime libraries ensure you have access to the latest language features, compiler optimizations, and core system utilities.
• System & Kernel Enhancements: Powered by recent Linux kernel releases, Fedora 45 includes broad hardware support, improved power management for laptops, and enhanced container performance.

Users can download Fedora 45 here.