Fedora 42 is now released, bringing powerful upgrades to Fedora Workstation. It features GNOME 48, introducing the new Wellbeing feature with screen time tracking, break reminders, and customizable movement break schedules. Accessibility sees a boost as Orca screen reader now supports Wayland. Graphics performance improves with triple buffering, while notifications are now stacked and grouped by app for clarity. The new ibus-speech-to-text enables voice dictation across IBus-supported applications. Fedora 42 also delivers updated Linux images for WSL users. With DNF5, the system now auto-cleans expired and obsolete repository keys. A redesigned Anaconda Web UI installer simplifies setup. Overall, Fedora 42 focuses on performance, usability, and a seamless user experience.
