The great news from Red Hat did not stop developing Fedora 29. As we mentioned yesterday the distribution was released today with the stable version 29.
Fedora 29 as usual comes in three versions. These are Fedora Server, Fedora Workstation for home users and Fedora Atomic Host, for users cloud and Linux containers.
All three versions come with common basic features. For example, all run with Kernel Linux 4.19.
So, as always, the new edition of Fedora comes with the latest versions of preinstalled applications, bug fixes, and improvements to system performance and functionality (*). The Fedora 29 base package includes updated compilers and programming languages such as Python 3.7, Perl 5.28. glibc 2,28, Gloang 1,11 and MySQL 8.
All Fedora 29 releases come with a modular repository. This is an optional software repository that enables you to install additional software versions. This way you can keep your operating system up to date system διατηρώντας παράλληλα την έκδοση μιας applications you need even when the default version installed on the distribution changes. So you can keep the apps you've tested, work, and don't want to upgrade.
The latest version of Fedora includes GNOME 3.3.1 as the default desktop. The new version offers better performance using less pconditions systemic. This allows you to run multiple applications simultaneously without performance issues.
This release also brings a new Podcasts app and automatically updates Flatpaks, Red Hat's global distribution system.
All three editions of Fedora 29 are ready for download instantly.
(*) The asterisk refers to the fact that it improves functionality. Usually as in the last version 28, it took the first minor release for everything to work properly. But this is not a problem for the distribution, as the updates are immediate.
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