Fedora Workstation 42 is now obtainable, the Fedora challenge has introduced. Whereas it was solely on the finish of October that the final model was launched, Fedora Workstation 42 comes with plenty of nice new options, together with a model new model of GNOME, animation enhancements, well-being options, and even devoted set up media for Home windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) customers.

Essentially the most notable change with Fedora Workstation 42 is the inclusion of GNOME 48, which was launched simply final month. It comes with two new fonts: Adwaita Sans and Adwaita Mono. It helps dynamic triple buffering for smoother animations and has digital well-being options within the Settings. The well-being options embrace display screen time utilization monitoring, display screen limits with grayscale mode, and break reminders for eye and motion breaks.

Different new options that come as a part of GNOME 48 are Wayland accessibility enhancements with Orca shortcuts working appropriately and notification stacking, the place notifications from the identical utility are stacked to maintain the notification space tidy.

There are a number of Fedora-specific updates, too. A giant one for Neowin readers is that Fedora photographs at the moment are obtainable for WSL customers. Fedora stated:

“Latest variations of Home windows help working Linux company by way of Home windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). These could be distributed by way of tarballs, Appx packages, or by way of the Home windows Retailer. Beginning with this Fedora Linux 42 launch, we now produce Fedora Linux photographs for WSL customers. A devoted picture with documentation permits individuals to simply check out a Fedora Linux setting on their Home windows installations, so when it comes time to put in a Linux distribution on their laptop, they are often extra assured when selecting Fedora Linux.”

Fedora 42 additionally comes with enhancements to DNF5, Fedora’s package deal supervisor. It now options new logic that removes expired or out of date repository keys out of your system to scale back the possibilities of errors.

To get the newest model of Fedora Workstation 42 or any of the opposite editions of Fedora, simply head over to the challenge’s web site and get the model you need. If you have already got Fedora, examine the Software program’s updates tab.