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Mark J. Wielaard (mjw) receives Distinguished Service Award in Software Freedom
by Justin Wheeler 13 Aug '26

13 Aug '26

Hi Fedora folks! 👋🏻 Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) honored *Mark J. Wielaard* (mjw) with the second annual Distinguished Service Award in Software Freedom at *FOSSY 2026*. This award recognizes decades of dedicated service to software freedom in both volunteer and professional capacities. Within Fedora, Mark plays a critical role in maintaining the foundation of our development and debugging stack. He is the package maintainer for several core packages, including: * debugedit * dwz * elfutils * rpm * systemtap * valgrind Beyond his essential packaging work for Fedora, Mark's broader impact on the FOSS ecosystem includes: * *Tooling & Standards*: Long-time maintainer of the Valgrind and elfutils projects, and member of the DWARF Debugging Standard Committee. * *Securing Open Java*: Led the IcedTea project to bridge core Java libraries with free software alternatives. * *Critical Infrastructure*: Voluntarily maintaining Sourceware, a developer hosting platform. Please join in congratulating Mark on this outstanding and deeply deserved recognition! 👏🏻🎉👏🏻 You can read the full SFC announcement and celebration remarks here: https://sfconservancy.org/news/2026/aug/12/mark-j-wielaard-receives-2-annua… -- *Justin Wheeler* (*he/him*) || 📧 jwheel(a)redhat.com || 🔗 jwheel.org *Formerly Justin W. Flory* *AI Alignment* Community Architect, *Fedora* TZ=America/Atlanta (UTC-4) 🕗 *Fedora is a registered Digital Public Good <https://app.digitalpublicgoods.net/a/12003>* While I may be sending this email outside my normal office hours, I have no expectation to receive a reply outside yours.

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Fedora Council Statement on the Future of Community Initiatives and the AI Developer Desktop Proposal
by Justin Wheeler 02 Jul '26

02 Jul '26

*Originally posted on Fedora Discussion <https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/fedora-council-statement-on-the-futu…>.* *TL;DNR: Effective immediately, the Fedora Council is proposing we pause the Community Initiatives process as an official project process. A replacement process will need to be designed, in time, with community input. Existing approved Initiatives will continue to run their scheduled term.* The Fedora Council would like to close the discussion regarding the AI developer desktop proposal, as we have come to the conclusion that the current community initiatives process is ineffective and therefore this work should not be proposed through this mechanism. When/if the AI Desktop work matures, it can follow our current path to becoming an official offering, whether through a proposal as a Remix or otherwise, namely first filing a Council ticket for trademark/branding approval followed by a Change Proposal for FESCo technical review. Until those steps occur, this remains an independent exploration rather than an official Fedora offering. We would like to encourage the proposer and those interested in this work to consider working on this anyway in and for Fedora. This includes having an open space to talk about the work, holding meetings, and collaborating with other groups, such as the AI/ML SIG, that have similar or the same interests. Fedora is such a wonderful project *because* we have so much choice. Should we someday add an AI developer desktop as a Fedora offering, we expect it will be inline with the project's Four Foundations <https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/#_what_is_fedora_all_about>. This would certainly add another interesting flavour to our already diverse ecosystem. The Fedora Objectives/Initiatives framework was never intended as a mandatory prerequisite to do the work in Fedora. It supposed to help by focusing the community on a certain work when needed, not to decide what is allowed. The AI developer desktop initiative proposal highlighted that the Community Initiatives process has failed to serve as a good framework in Fedora where new ideas can surface, receive respectful feedback, and gain Council support for work that fits the project's present and/or future. This is something that the Council must address. As a first step, we would like to halt the community initiative process immediately. Existing initiatives in flight (Fedora Forge, Atomic, and Fedora Docs 2026) will continue with full Council backing. Their underlying work will be completed as planned in their current timeboxed state, though the administrative framework around them may evolve. As a second step, we would like to work out a new mechanism to allow Council to set strategic direction in an open, transparent way that more intentionally includes the community voice. We recognise that we have to be better at being more open in our discussions and decision making. Part of this work will involve addressing our implict social norms. Currently, a lot of great work, happens under the radar before official approval processes kick in. While our current approval pipeline (Council trademark review, then FESCo change proposal) works well, we are missing early and inclusive discussion for everyone across the project. We want to bring these ideas and this work to light at the beginning, where the community can discuss them, so they can be championed earlier (and attract more contributors!). To that effect, Council will be looking at the Initiatives Lifecycle or 'sandbox' proposal <https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/a-modest-proposal-a-technology-innov…> closely, as this may have potential to be either a better way, or be complimentary to another process we may develop, that can surface these initiative-style ideas and work items in Fedora early. Your feedback on this proposal is most welome so we can try to understand how the Fedora Community needs these kinds of processes to behave to be successful. Council intends to return to the conversation of whether Community initiatives should be retired or revamped once this discussion has reached some kind of conclusion. — Aoife, on behalf of the Fedora Council. -- *Justin Wheeler* (*he/him*) || 📧 jwheel(a)redhat.com || 🔗 jwheel.org *Formerly Justin W. Flory* *Fedora* Community Architect TZ=America/Atlanta (UTC-4) 🕗 *Fedora is a registered Digital Public Good <https://app.digitalpublicgoods.net/a/12003>* While I may be sending this email outside my normal office hours, I have no expectation to receive a reply outside yours.

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Reminder about the sunset of pagure.io
by Vít Smolík 29 May '26

29 May '26

Hello everyone, we aim to decommision our old forge pagure.io around the Flock conference. We encourage you to migrate all your repositories from Pagure to our new forge[1] or to any other Git hosting service. If you have any questions, you can contact us on Matrix[2] or open a ticket with the Forge team [3]. Discussion and feedback can be held in the Discourse topic[4]. New organisation requests can be filed on the Forge ticket tracker[3] On behalf of the Fedora Infrastructure Team Smolík Vít [1] https://forge.fedoraproject.org [2] https://matrix.to/#/#fedora-forgejo:fedoraproject.org [3] https://forge.fedoraproject.org/forge/forge [4] https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/decommissioning-of-pagure-io-anticip…

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Fedora 42 Has Reached END OF LIFE
by Patrik Polakovic 29 May '26

29 May '26

Hello all, Fedora 42 has reached end of life for updates today, 2026-05-28. It was originally supposed to happen yesterday but there was a slight delay. Apologies. No more updates of any kind, including security updates or security announcements, will be available for Fedora 42 after this date. No pending updates will be pushed to stable. Fedora 43 will continue to receive updates until approximately one month after the release of Fedora 45. The maintenance schedule of Fedora releases is documented here [1]. The documentation also contains instructions [2] on how to upgrade from a previous release to a version receiving updates. Best regards, Patrik Polakovic Fedora Release Engineering [1] https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/releases/lifecycle/#_maintenance_sched… [2] https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/upgrading-fedora-new-releas…

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F44 election nominations now open
by Justin Wheeler 13 May '26

13 May '26

The Fedora Project is now accepting nominations for all elected bodies until May 21, 2026. Candidates can self-nominate or be nominated by others with prior consent. Interviews are mandatory and must be completed by May 28, 2026. Elected members serve a two-release term. https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/f44-election-nominations-now-open/ -- *Justin Wheeler* (*he/him*) || 📧 jwheel(a)redhat.com || 🔗 jwheel.org *Formerly Justin W. Flory* *Fedora* Community Architect TZ=America/Atlanta (UTC-4) 🕗 *Fedora is a registered Digital Public Good <https://app.digitalpublicgoods.net/a/12003>* While I may be sending this email outside my normal office hours, I have no expectation to receive a reply outside yours.

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Fedora Linux 42 will be End of Life next week
by Samyak Jain 07 May '26

07 May '26

Hello all, Fedora Linux 42 will go end-of-life for updates and support on 2026-05-13. No more updates of any kind, including security updates or security announcements, will be available for Fedora Linux 42 after this date. No pending updates for Fedora Linux 42 will be pushed to stable. Fedora Linux 43 will continue to receive updates until approximately one month after the release of Fedora Linux 45. The maintenance schedule of Fedora Linux releases is documented here[1]. The docs also contain instructions[2] on how to upgrade from a previous release of Fedora Linux to a version receiving updates. Regards, Samyak Jain Fedora Release Engineering [1] https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/releases/lifecycle/#_maintenance_sched… [2] https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/upgrading-fedora-new-releas…

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Fedora Linux 44 is now officially available!
by Samyak Jain 28 Apr '26

28 Apr '26

Hello everyone, We’re excited to announce that Fedora Linux 44 is now officially available! This release continues Fedora’s tradition of delivering the latest open-source innovations, bringing together updated packages, improved performance, and enhancements across the desktop, server, and cloud ecosystems. Whether you’re a developer, system administrator, or open-source enthusiast, Fedora Linux 44 offers a refined and reliable experience built on cutting-edge technology. To get started: - Read the official announcement and release highlights: https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-44/ - For a fresh installation, download the installer images from: https://fedoraproject.org/ - If you encounter any issues or have questions, visit: https://ask.fedoraproject.org/ - Upgrade your existing Fedora system using the standard upgrade process: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/upgrading-fedora-offline/ Thanks to all contributors who made this release possible. Regards, Samyak Jain Fedora Project

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Planned Outage - fedora.im / matrix - 2026-04-06 11:15 UTC
by Vít Smolík 02 Apr '26

02 Apr '26

Planned Outage - fedora.im / matrix - 2026-04-06 11:15 UTC There will be an outage starting at 2026-04-06 11:15 UTC, which will last approximately 30 minutes. To convert UTC to your local time, take a look at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto or run: date -d '2026-04-06 11:15 UTC' Reason for outage: Element matrix services is performing scheduled maintenance on our matrix server (fedora.im). Affected Services: chat.fedoraproject.org fedora.im matrix services Ticket Link: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/13247 Please join #admin:fedoraproject.org / #noc:fedoraproject.org on matrix. or add comments to this ticket for more information or feedback. Updated status for this outage may be available at https://www.fedorastatus.org/

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Planned Outage - fedora.im / matrix - 2026-03-26 11:50 UTC
by Vít Smolík 19 Mar '26

19 Mar '26

Planned Outage - fedora.im / matrix - 2026-03-26 11:50 UTC There will be an outage starting at 2026-03-26 11:50 UTC, which will last approximately 30 minutes. To convert UTC to your local time, take a look at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto or run: date -d '2026-03-26 11:50 UTC' Reason for outage: Element matrix services is performing scheduled maintenance on our matrix server (fedora.im). Affected Services: chat.fedoraproject.org fedora.im matrix services Ticket Link: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/13213 Please join #admin:fedoraproject.org / #noc:fedoraproject.org on matrix. or add comments to this ticket for more information or feedback. Updated status for this outage may be available at https://www.fedorastatus.org/

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Fedora Linux 44 Beta Released
by Anton Medvedev 10 Mar '26

10 Mar '26

The Fedora Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Fedora Linux 44 Beta, the next step towards our planned Fedora Linux 44 release in April. Download the prerelease from our Get Fedora site: * Get Fedora Linux 44 Beta Workstation: https://fedoraproject.org/workstation/download?beta * Get Fedora Linux 44 Beta Server: https://fedoraproject.org/server/download?beta * Get Fedora Linux 44 Beta IoT: https://fedoraproject.org/iot/download?beta * Get Fedora Linux 44 Beta CoreOS: https://fedoraproject.org/coreos/download?stream=stable * Get Fedora Linux 44 Beta Cloud: https://fedoraproject.org/cloud/download?beta * Get Fedora Linux 44 Beta KDE Plasma Desktop: https://fedoraproject.org/kde/download?beta Or, check out one of our popular variants, including Xfce, LXDE, COSMIC, i3, and other desktop environments: * Get Fedora Linux 44 Beta Spins: https://spins.fedoraproject.org?beta <https://spins.fedoraproject.org/?beta> * Get Fedora Linux 44 Beta Labs: https://labs.fedoraproject.org?beta <https://labs.fedoraproject.org/?beta> For more details about the release, read the full announcement at: * https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-44-beta/ or look for the prerelease pages in the download sections at: * https://fedoraproject.org/ Since this is a Beta release, we expect that you may encounter bugs or missing features. To report issues encountered during testing, contact the Fedora QA team via the test(a)lists.fedoraproject.org mailing list or in the #qa:fedoraproject.org Matrix room. Regards, Anton Medvedev Fedora Release Engineering

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