Fedora 26 beta is out now. The final Fedora 26 release is the coming on July 11, 2017. Fedora 26 have various software upgrades, security patches. This version will be released with GENOME 3.24.
Fedora 26 Updated Features
Fedora 26 have multiple packages upgrade. Followings changes are coming in this release.
- Fedora 26 will ship with GNOME latest upstream release 3.24
- PHP is upgraded to latest version 7.1
- Python stack has been upgrade to 3.6 from Python 3.5
- DNF version 2.0 is available in this release.
- OpenSSL package upgraded to version 1.1.0
- Fedora becomes the superior Ruby development platform using Ruby 2.4
- Rebase the Golang package to latest available version 1.8
- Fedora 26 switch to GCC 7 with packages rebuild.
Upgrade to Fedora 26
Use the following tutorial to upgrade Fedora 25 to Fedora 26 Workstation using DNF.
https://tecadmin.net/upgrade-fedora-25-to-fedora-26/
Fedora 26 Release Schedule
Find below release schedule for Fedora 26. The final version is supposed to be released on Jul 11, 2017.
Date
Stage
Status
Feb 28, 2017
Development Started
Completed
Mar 07, 2017
Alpha Freeze
Completed
Apr 04, 2017
Alpha Release
Completed
May 16, 2017
Beta freeze
Completed
Jun 13, 2017
Beta Release
Completed
Jun 27, 2017
Final Freeze
Awaited
Jul 11, 2017
Final Release
Awaited
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