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Fedora 36 Releases With GNOME 42 and Linux Kernel 5.17
Fedora 36 comes packed with new desktop environment upgrades, Linux Kernel 5.17, and some improvements
to its spins.
After six months of development, Fedora 36 is finally here!
This release packs some massive changes, notably GNOME 42 (and all its associated features).
Let’s take a deeper dive into what’s new!
Fedora 36: What’s New?
Fedora 36 includes the latest GNOME desktop environment (GNOME 42).
As such, it includes numerous exciting changes introduced in this upgrade, including:
Updated Desktop Environments System-wide dark mode
Slick new wallpapers New screenshot UI
More libadwaita apps Wayland by default for Nvidia
Linux Kernel 5.17 Desktop Environments
GNOME 42 is the biggest improvement, with several visual upgrades and changes.
You can check out the best GNOME 42 features if you are curious.
Some associated changes are the key highlights of the release.
Accompanying them are Plasma 5.24 and XFCE 4.16 as available editions.
The LXQt desktop environment has been upgraded to 1.0.0 on Fedora 36.
System-wide Dark Mode
Ever since the introduction of libadwaita, users have been unable to easily switch their
whole system to either dark or light modes.
Now, this seems to have been solved with a wonderful new option that does just what the
title says.
Thanks to this single toggle, it is now possible to change the GTK, libadwaita, and wallpaper
theme with a single click.
While it may take some time for all apps to become compatible with this option, it should
be only a matter of time until this is done.
In fact, it is one of the best Fedora 36 features that come packed with the release.
New Wallpapers
As is usually the case, this Fedora release includes some fantastic new wallpapers.
By far my favourite, the default wallpaper appears to be some beautifully illustrated
glass panels that have a somewhat dreamy and mystic look.
To be honest, it actually reminds me of Windows XP’s “Bliss” wallpaper, with its clean
blue and green color scheme.
However, this appearance dissolves when enabling the previously mentioned dark mode, as this
also affects the wallpaper.
By default, many of Fedora 36’s wallpapers have light and dark mode variants that are
automatically applied according to your theme preference.
This results in a more consistent experience.
New Screenshot UI
As someone who takes a lot of screenshots, this improvement is very useful for me.
Although the old screenshot app was definitely functional, this inclusion should make the
process much simpler.
A key reason for this is that it is now built right into GNOME Shell.
As a result, it can give users an overview-like screen for selecting open windows, among other
cool new features.
Although minor, this change is quite cool, and will surely be much appreciated by many
people.
GTK 4 Apps
Despite its significant controversy, GNOME continues to port more apps to libadwaita.
While this limits the user’s theming freedom (as I mentioned in our main coverage), the
resulting apps look quite nice.
One of the latest apps to receive this change is the settings app, which looks far better
now.
For those of you worried about finding your settings, it does keep the same layout.
New Default Applications With GNOME 42, you get a new Text Editor ported
to GTK 4, which is the default editor.
And, there’s also a new console application as the terminal emulator.
Package Updates For sysadmins, the latest release of Ansible
5 should help maintenance easier.
In addition to that you get the latest open-source offerings that include:
Podman 4.0 Ruby 3.1
Golang 1.18 PHP 8.1
Linux Kernel 5.17 As is always the case, this Fedora 36 release
includes the very latest Linux Kernel 5.17 release.
Although this release didn’t have too many major features, it did bring some interesting
changes.
For those of you running Fedora on a Steam Deck, battery life should be improved somewhat.
This is all thanks to a new AMD P-state driver that helps regulate the CPU’s power draw.
This change should also affect laptop users with AMD processors.
The other key change is support for Intel’s upcoming discrete GPUs, which is a must in
this current pricing landscape.
Wayland by Default for Nvidia With Fedora 35, you already had Wayland by
default for desktop sessions, but it did not include proprietary Nvidia drivers.
Now, with Fedora 36, if you use a proprietary Nvidia driver, the GDM sessions will use Wayland
by default.
Wrapping Up As always, it is awesome to see mainstream
distros releasing brand-new software.
Overall, Fedora 36 is looking like an exciting update.
You can learn more about the changes in the official announcement.
If you are already using Fedora 35, you can follow our upgrade guide to make the jump.
If you aren’t already on Fedora, it is quite simple to download the image file from the
official site and follow the simple instructions in our easy Balena Etcher guide or use Fedora’s
new Writer
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