14 DAY TRIAL // The Fedora Project announced the final release of the Fedora 29 Linux operating system, a major update that comes six months after the previous version.
Like Ubuntu, Fedora Linux follows a six-month development cycle for new releases, and Fedora 29 is here as the first release of the Linux-based operating system to deploy the recently introduced Fedora Modularity feature across all official flavors, including Workstation, Server, Atomic Host, Spins, Labs, Cloud, and ARM.
"Modularity lets us ship different versions of packages on the same Fedora base. This means you no longer need to make your whole OS upgrade decisions based on individual package versions. For example, you can choose Node.js version 8 or version 10, on either Fedora 28 or Fedora 29," said Fedora Project leader Matthew Miller.
ZRAM support added to the ARM images
Another exciting feature in the Fedora 29 release is the implementation of ZRAM support for the SWAP partition on both the ARMv7 and AArch64 (ARM64) images, which promises to boost the performance and reliability of the Linux-based operating system on single-board computers (SBCs) like the widely used Raspberry Pi.
Besides the usual updates to core components and the inclusion of the latest security patches, Fedora 29 also features the latest GNOME 3.30 desktop environment for the Workstation edition, and it now ships a Vagrant image for the Fedora Scientific edition. All Fedora 29 flavors are powered by the latest Linux 4.18 kernel series.
You can download Fedora 29 right now through our website or update your Fedora 28 installations. Meanwhile, the Fedora Project continues to work on the Fedora CoreOS edition as a drop-in replacement for Fedora Core and Fedora Atomic Host, as well as a Fedora IoT (Internet of Things) edition for the Fedora 30 release.