14 DAY TRIAL // Today, December 20, 2016, was the last day of support for the Fedora 23 Linux operating system, which now officially reached end-of-life (EOL) status and is no longer supported by Fedora Project.
Released last year, on November 3, Fedora 23 introduced several GNU/Linux technologies and Open Source software projects that were popular at that moment in time. These include Linux kernel 4.2, GNOME 3.18 desktop environment, the very first Cinnamon Spin, LibreOffice 5, as well as a flavor designed for ARM-based systems.
Fedora 23 received thirteen months of support, during which users enjoyed the latest versions of the included components. But, as all good things must come to an end, after December 20, 2016, the Fedora 23 software repositories will no longer receive security and software updates, nor new packages.
"Upgrading to Fedora 24 or Fedora 25 before December 20th 2016 is highly recommended for all users still running Fedora 23," said Ryan Lerch in an announcement. "The Fedora Project wiki contains more detailed information about the entire Fedora Release Life Cycle, from development to release, and the post-release support period."
Users are urged to upgrade to Fedora 24 or Fedora 25 now
If you're still using the Fedora 23 Linux distribution on your personal computer or server infrastructure, you are urged to upgrade to the supported Fedora 24 release, which will receive security, enhancement, or bugfix updates until one month after the launch of Fedora 26 on June 6, 2017, or the recently released Fedora 25.
In the same manner, Fedora 25 Linux will be supported up until one month after the release of Fedora 27, which will enter development sometime next year. Last month, we prepared an in-depth tutorial for those of you who will attempt to move to Fedora 24 or Fedora 25 operating systems from Fedora 23, so read it now if you want to upgrade.