Fedora 31 beta version has already been released, know what's new

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Recientemente the beta version of the Linux distribution "Fedora 31" was released with which the tests have begun. This beta version marked the transition to the final testing phase, in which only critical bugs are allowed.

With this, users who are interested in being able to support in the detection of errors or just know what is in store for the release of the stable version Fedora 31 You can already have the image of the beta version from now on.

Main changes for Fedora 31

With the release of this Beta version of Fedora 31 one of the first changes that can be found is that Gnome desktop has been updated to version 3.34 with support for grouping application icons into folders and a new panel for selecting wallpapers.

In addition to the work being done in Gnome to get rid of dependencies associated with X11, which allows running Gnome without XWayland. The ability to automatically start XWayland is implemented when trying to run an application based on the X11 protocol in a graphical environment based on the Wayland protocol.

Also added the ability to run X11-based root applications running Xwayland. In the Mutter window manager, support has been added for the new Transactional (Atomic) KMS API (Atomic Core Mode Settings), which allows you to verify the correctness of parameters before actually changing the video mode.

For use with the Gnome desktop a default version of the Firefox browser is provided, compiled with support for Wayland.

The Qt library for use in the GNOME environment is compiled by default with Wayland support (Qt Wayland plugin is activated instead of XCB)

Work has been done to bring the Gnome Classic mode to a more native style for GNOME 2. By default, GNOME Classic disables browse mode and updates the interface to switch between virtual desktops.

Another change is in the SDL as the problems with scaling when starting old games that run at low screen resolutions were solved. Work is underway to provide the ability to use 3D acceleration in XWayland on systems with proprietary NVIDIA drivers.

Also in this beta of Fedora 31 work continued to replace PulseAudio and Jack with the PipeWire media server, expanding PulseAudio's capabilities to work with video and audio streams with minimal delays, taking into account the needs of professional sound processing systems, and also offering an advanced security model for streaming and device-level access control individual.

As part of the Fedora 31 development cycle, work has focused on using PipeWire for screen sharing in Wayland-based environments, including using the Miracast protocol.

For the case of the Linux Kernel, Linux kernel image and main repositories for i686 architecture have been discontinued. The formation of multi-lib repositories for x86_64 environments has been saved and the i686 packages in them will continue to be updated.

It is also highlighted that A new official edition of Fedora IoT has been added to complement Fedora Workstation, Server, and CoreOS.

This featured build focuses on the use of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and offers a minimized environment, which is atomically updated by replacing the image of the entire system, without dividing it into separate packages. To form a system environment, OSTree technology is used.

Finally it is important to mention that the launch is scheduled for October 22 or 29. The release covers images for Fedora Workstation, Fedora Server, Fedora Silverblue, and Live, delivered as twists with KDE Plasma 5, Xfce, MATE, Cinnamon, LXDE, and LXQt desktop environments.

The builds are prepared for the x86_64, ARM (Raspberry Pi 2 and 3), ARM64 (AArch64), and Power architectures.

Si you want to know more about this beta version, you can check your changes In the following link.


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