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    Upstream of RHEL · six-month cadence · bilingual

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    A community distribution sponsored by Red Hat and the upstream innovation source for RHEL and CentOS Stream: new kernels, toolchains and desktop technology land here first. The fast cadence is the point, not a defect.

    Release cadence & support window Between-release upgrades

    Follow a complete task

    Cadence
    ~6 months
    Support
    ~13 months
    EOL rule
    N+2 + 4 weeks
    Packaging
    DNF5 / RPM

    01 — Start

    Three paths, pick by situation

    First work out how much time you have, then how to upgrade; if it must serve, price the cadence in.

    1. 01 Cadence & support window Six-month cadence, ~13 months support, the N+2 rule See the window
    2. 02 Between-release upgrade The supported system-upgrade flow and what is unsupported Upgrade flow
    3. 03 Current release status Supported / Upcoming / EOL and the date table Version table

    02 — Features

    What each Fedora release brings

    The last three released versions plus the one in development, from Fedora’s own announcements and ChangeSet, each item with its source.

    Fedora 45 Released 2026-11 Releases and editions
    kmscon replaces the in-kernel console Fedora Linux 45 replaces the legacy in-kernel console with kmscon, with better rendering and font support
    Package signatures enforced by default Valid package signatures are required by default before installation; unsigned packages are blocked
    GNU toolchain update gcc 16.2, binutils 2.47, glibc 2.44, gdb 17.2
    Python 3.15 Python is updated to 3.15
    RPM 6.1 RPM is updated to 6.1

    The upstream chain: Fedora → CentOS Stream → RHEL

    • Fedora remains the first upstream of RHEL; after RHEL branches off, CentOS is upstream for ongoing work on those RHEL versions
    • Targeted releases land on the third Tuesday of April and October — a hybrid of time and quality
    • Each release is supported until four weeks after the release two versions later (about 13 months)

    03 — Versions

    Six-month cadence, window set by N+2

    “About 13 months” means Release N is supported until four weeks after Release N+2 ships. Dates follow the official schedule and may move.

    Major Status GA EOL Kernel
    45 Current 2026-11 — —
    44 Current 2026-04 — —
    43 Current 2025-10 — —
    42 End of life 2025-04 — —

    Lifecycle dates are the planned end of support (YYYY-MM); status badges are evaluated at build time. The upstream project is authoritative: Official project website.

    04 — Mirrors

    Official images and nearby mirrors

    Use the official download pages for ISOs and repositories, and always verify checksums and OpenPGP signatures.

    MirrorRepository root
    Official mirror list (metalink)https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org
    Fedora primaryhttps://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux
    Official downloadhttps://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux

    05 — Index

    Documentation sections

    Fedora installation, upgrades and desktop/server guides — 88 pages in total.

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