F23 Final release announcement

Highlights in the Fedora 22 release

Fedora Cloud

Fedora Server

Fedora Workstation

Fedora 23 is an exciting release for desktop users, with numerous improvements both above and beneath the proverbial hood.

No Fedora release would be complete without the latest GNOME release, and GNOME 3.18 is part of Fedora 23, and easier to use than ever. There are also many enhancements included, such as:

• Improvements to Wayland, the next-generation graphics stack, preparing it to be the default graphical server in a future release -- F24? MOAR DETAILS PLZ
• As the lighting in your environment changes, if you have a newer laptop with ambient backlight sensor, the brightness of your laptop display will adjust accordingly.
• REWRITE THIS LINE TO BE USER-CENTRIC. ("If you are worried about software downloads on a metered Internet connection, you can... (etc)") The Software application is smarter about metered Internet connections, and can now update system firmware
• You can access your user data, including on Google Drive, through GNOME apps thanks to refreshed support for Google APIs

You can be more productive than ever when using LibreOffice on Fedora, since LibreOffice 5 is included in Fedora 23. The new release includes many new features and improvements:

• Style previews in the sidebar
• Microsoft Word-compatible text highlighting
• Built-in image crop
• UI for data bars in Calc
• Support for Time-Stamp Protocol in PDF export
• Support for Adobe Swatch Exchange color palettes
• Import of Apple Pages files
• Improved support for HiDPI screens
• Significantly improved support for MS Office formats

Other changes of note

Every software written in Python shipped by default on Fedora Workstation DVD and Fedora Cloud images is now running on Python3. Fedora Workstation doesn't even include Python2 in the default installation (it is still possible to install Python2 through dnf). Note that /usr/bin/python binary remains unchanged and still points to Python2.

Downloads, upgrades, documentation, and common bugs

You can start by downloading Fedora 23:

https://getfedora.org/

If you are upgrading from a previous release of Fedora, refer to:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading

Documentation

Read the full release notes for Fedora 23, guides for several languages, and learn about known bugs and how to report new ones:

http://docs.fedoraproject.org/

Fedora 23 common bugs are documented at:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F23_bugs

This page includes information on several known non-blocker bugs in Fedora 23. Please be sure to read it before installing!

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