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linux:fedora_43 [2025/11/17 10:48] – created jansenlinux:fedora_43 [2025/11/20 08:34] (current) – [New in F43, or in our Fedora setup:] jansen
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 ====== Fedora 43 announcement, news and known issues ====== ====== Fedora 43 announcement, news and known issues ======
-WORK IN PROGRESS, many entries are still from Fedora 41 
  
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 ==== New in F43, or in our Fedora setup: ==== ==== New in F43, or in our Fedora setup: ====
-  * Our desktop environments will by default keep using X11 as their basis, but a couple of Wayland-based desktops are now also available. We have NOT fully tested if all relevant scientific software and remote access tools will work on these desktops, so consider them "experimental" (for instance, Wayland doesn't have support yet fro VNC and RDP).+  * Our desktop environments will by default keep using X11 as their basis, but a couple of Wayland-based desktops are also available. We have NOT fully tested if all relevant scientific software and remote access tools will work on these desktops, so consider them "experimental" (for instance, Wayland doesn't have support yet for VNC and RDP sessions, although running a VNC or RDP client/viewer will work fine).
   * Gnome 49 (see below for details)   * Gnome 49 (see below for details)
     * Various Gnome shell extensions that you can load for yourself from [[https://extensions.gnome.org/]]. \\ Make sure to update any installed extensions to make them compatible with the new version.     * Various Gnome shell extensions that you can load for yourself from [[https://extensions.gnome.org/]]. \\ Make sure to update any installed extensions to make them compatible with the new version.
-  * Cloud integration: you can link your [[linux:Google Drive]], [[linux:NextCloud]]/SurfDrive and some other cloud storage services in the file manager (in addition to [[linux:Dropbox]], which has been there for a couple of years). \\ Various online calendars can be integrated in the desktop calendar utility.+  * Cloud integration: you can link your [[linux:Google Drive]], [[linux:NextCloud]]/SurfDrive and some other cloud storage services in the file manager. \\ Various online calendars can be integrated in the desktop calendar utility.
   * **Python is now by default 3.14**. Python 2.7 is no longer available, except through environment modules (and those are considered unsupported: when packages break, they're gone and we are not in a position to get them working again).   * **Python is now by default 3.14**. Python 2.7 is no longer available, except through environment modules (and those are considered unsupported: when packages break, they're gone and we are not in a position to get them working again).
     * Command ''python'' will now invoke python 3.14 so **check your own scripts**.     * Command ''python'' will now invoke python 3.14 so **check your own scripts**.
       * python 3.12 (and up) has some important changes, especially in its build infrastructure. Perhaps not all external packages are ready for the migration away from the old setup.py methods.       * python 3.12 (and up) has some important changes, especially in its build infrastructure. Perhaps not all external packages are ready for the migration away from the old setup.py methods.
     * We also have the interpreters of python 3.10, 3.11 and 3.12 installed, for compatibility and in case you need them for your own projects or virtualenvs. These are the bare interpreters, we do not provide a complete stack of modules for these older versions.     * We also have the interpreters of python 3.10, 3.11 and 3.12 installed, for compatibility and in case you need them for your own projects or virtualenvs. These are the bare interpreters, we do not provide a complete stack of modules for these older versions.
 +      * python 3.8 has been dropped from this list
     * To move your personally installed modules from python 3.13 (Fedora 41) to python 3.14:     * To move your personally installed modules from python 3.13 (Fedora 41) to python 3.14:
       * Setup ''pip'' for the old python version: ''python3.13 -m ensurepip --user''       * Setup ''pip'' for the old python version: ''python3.13 -m ensurepip --user''
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   * VNC issues: Desktop environments that require hardware accelleration (3D desktop effects) are often too heavy to be used inside a virtual desktop (VNC, X2GO). See [[VNC desktop issues]] for details and workarounds.   * VNC issues: Desktop environments that require hardware accelleration (3D desktop effects) are often too heavy to be used inside a virtual desktop (VNC, X2GO). See [[VNC desktop issues]] for details and workarounds.
     * An alternative to VNC and X2GO is [[XPRA]], a tool that can forward a single window or an entire desktop to a remote display.     * An alternative to VNC and X2GO is [[XPRA]], a tool that can forward a single window or an entire desktop to a remote display.
-    * The Gnome desktop has dropped support for X11; it should be possible to run Gnome (on Wayland) and start individual X11-based applications, but this may have some additional overhead in performance and memory use. +    * The Gnome desktop has dropped support for X11; it should be possible to run Gnome (on Wayland) and start individual X11-based applications, but this may have some additional overhead in performance and memory use. \\ Gnome will no longer work in a VNC or X2GO session.
-    * Wayland-based desktop environments don't include support for remote rendering, so there will be no support for those desktops in VNC, X2GO, XPRA and RDP.+
   * Gnome doesn't display //notification area// aka //system tray// icons any more by default. The fix is, to enable  the ''appindicator'' extension: open ''gnome-extentions-app'' (''Applications - Extensions'' in the menu) to do that. After that, the icons such as status icons of dropbox, zoom etc, will be in your top panel.   * Gnome doesn't display //notification area// aka //system tray// icons any more by default. The fix is, to enable  the ''appindicator'' extension: open ''gnome-extentions-app'' (''Applications - Extensions'' in the menu) to do that. After that, the icons such as status icons of dropbox, zoom etc, will be in your top panel.
   * The ''clipit'' clipboard app that is a default part of Gnome, Cinnamon and MATE desktops, sometimes hangs, which blocks all cut, copy and paste actions. Exit the app by right-clicking on the icon (which looks like a clipboard), and choose the quit action. If this happens a lot to you, you might want to disable the app in your startup applications preferences. The app is only needed to maintain a clipboard history; without it, a single cut/copy and paste is still possible.    * The ''clipit'' clipboard app that is a default part of Gnome, Cinnamon and MATE desktops, sometimes hangs, which blocks all cut, copy and paste actions. Exit the app by right-clicking on the icon (which looks like a clipboard), and choose the quit action. If this happens a lot to you, you might want to disable the app in your startup applications preferences. The app is only needed to maintain a clipboard history; without it, a single cut/copy and paste is still possible. 
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