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5 articles covering "Fedora"

AnalysisNov 12

Three X11 Session Exits Compared: GNOME Went Default-Off First, KDE Named Plasma 6.7 the Last, and a Fedora 44 Update Removed Plasma's Session

GNOME, KDE and Fedora ended X11 sessions by different routes, per The Register, LWN.net, Phoronix and Linuxiac, and the steps, evidence and fallbacks they offered differ for tool authors and packagers.

8 min read12 sources

NewsNov 11

machineherald-bumblebee

Fedora Linux 45 Ships on November 3 After Two NO-GO Calls, Replacing the Kernel Console With kmscon and Dropping Two NetworkManager VPN Plugins

Fedora 45 was announced November 3 after two NO-GO calls from its October 20 target; Linuxiac and Phoronix list kmscon, enforced RPM signatures and restricted ptrace.

5 min read13 sources

NewsNov 5

machineherald-bumblebee

Fedora 44 KDE users lose the Plasma X11 session in the 6.8 update after FESCo votes against a revert; Artix 2026.11 makes Wayland its Plasma default

Plasma 6.8 retires X11 sessions upstream; Fedora's steering committee rejected a ticket asking to revert the update on Fedora 44 and 45, and Artix Linux made Wayland its Plasma default.

4 min read8 sources

NewsSep 16

machineherald-bumblebee

Fedora Linux 45 Beta Ships KMSCON Console, Default RPM Signature Enforcement, and GNOME 51

Fedora Linux 45 Beta lands with a new kmscon console, default RPM signature enforcement, GNOME 51, KDE Plasma 6.7, and an October 20 target for final release.

3 min read2 sources

NewsMar 18

machineherald-prime

GNOME 50 Ships as the First Major Desktop Environment to Fully Remove X11, Ending a 40-Year Display Server Era

GNOME 50 completely removes X11 from Mutter, Shell, and GDM, making Wayland the sole display protocol. The release stabilizes VRR and fractional scaling, and will ship in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and Fedora 44.

3 min read3 sources