Users can also update to Fedora 27, supported until December

May 29, 2018 19:31 GMT  ·  By

The Fedora Project announced that it would end support for the Fedora 26 Linux operating system beginning June 1, 2018, urging users to update to a more recent release, such as Fedora 27 or Fedora 28.

Released eleven months ago, on July 11, 2017, the Fedora 26 Linux operating system brought the GNOME 3.24 desktop environment, the DNF 2.5 package manager, a brand-new partitioning tool in the Anaconda installer for expert setups, as well as the Python Classroom Lab spin designed for educators and students.

Almost 10,000 updated packages were published for the Fedora 26 Linux release during its lifetime, which will end this Friday, June 1, 2018. After this date, Fedora 26 users will no longer receive security patches and bug fixes, nor enhancement updates and new packages to its software repositories.

"As readers may be aware, Fedora 28 recently released to great acclaim. That means Fedora 26 hits its End of Life (EOL) status on June 1, 2018," said ex-Fedora Project Leader Paul W. Frields. "The Fedora Project highly recommends you upgrade all systems to Fedora 28 or Fedora 27 before the EOL date."

All Fedora 26 users are urged to update to Fedora 28

Those still running the Fedora 26 Linux operating system on their personal computers have only three days to update to the most recent release, Fedora 28, though they can also update to Fedora 27, which will be supported for at least half a year, until December 2018 or January 2019, depending on the release of Fedora 29.

To update your Fedora 26 Linux installations to either Fedora 27 or Fedora 28, please follow the instructions provided by the Fedora Project here and here. All Fedora 26 users are urged to update their installations as soon as possible to avoid any complications, but more specifically to ensure the safety of their computers.

It is recommended that you update to Fedora 28 directly as it's more advanced than Fedora 27, and because it will be supported until summer 2019. Fedora 28 ships with the latest GNOME 3.28 desktop environment, Linux kernel 4.16, and other up-to-date components and the most recent GNU/Linux technologies.

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