Fedora 41 Beta Released With Many Leading-Edge Linux Enhancements

Written by Michael Larabel in Fedora on 17 September 2024 at 08:00 AM EDT. 68 Comments
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The beta of Fedora 41 is out today ahead of the planned stable release in October for this leading-edge Linux distribution with many new features.

Fedora 41 features a number of package updates like going to LLVM 19, LXQt 2.0, Python 3.13, RPM 4.20, PyTorch 2.4, AMD ROCm 6.2, GIMP 3, replacing Redis with Valkey, and many others.

Fedora 41 also features interesting features like self-encrypting drives support within the Anaconda installer, Intel IPU6 camera support for newer Intel Core laptops, Wayland-only GNOME Workstation media, NVIDIA driver support on Secure Boot systems, a new alternative spin for Fedora Miracle, and more.

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See the Fedora Wiki for more details on all of the exciting changes to find with Fedora 41. Fedora 41 Beta can be downloaded from the Fedora Mirrors. Look for the Fedora 41 stable release by the end of October.
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