Fedora 25: features, upgrade from Fedora 24

Fedora 25 is a Linux operating system created and maintained by the Fedora Project community in cooperation with Red Hat. It is free and open to anyone who wishes to use it or contribute to its development. It contains new software versions, bug fixes, and performance improvements. It is designed to provide a convenient, secure and functional working environment for desktop and server users.

Benefits of the Fedora 25 distribution

Among the key advantages of the distribution we should note:

1. Fedora is an open system and completely free to use.
2. Offers freedom of choice to customize the system for specific user needs.
3. The distribution provides an extensive set of software packages, including office applications, multimedia tools, software development tools, games, and more.
4. The system is a very secure OS that is updated regularly and has a wide range of tools to protect against viruses and intruders.
5. It has a very compact size, which allows it to be installed on powerful servers or weak computers.
6. It is easy to install and customize and its interface is simple and easy to use.
7. It is very popular in the community of users and operating system developers, which provides additional support and help in using the system.
8. Is one of the best operating systems for software developers, and it provides extensive support for new technologies and programming languages.
9. It is constantly being updated and developed with new features and improvements.

In addition, Fedora allows you to customize the system to your liking, having a large set of settings to optimize system performance.

Distribution Overview

Like many other Linux distributions, Fedora 25 comes with updated kernels and support for new technologies in the system. The developers continue to improve the user interface and optimize performance.

One of the new technological advances in Fedora 25 is support for Wayland, which replaces Xorg as the default graphics system. Wayland provides a clean, lightweight, and transparent user interface, improved security, and more accurate window rendering.

The system defaults to the DNF package manager, which was introduced in Fedora 22 to replace the old yum. DNF provides a faster and more functional way to manage packages. The system integrates open source Eclipse and NetBeans, which can be used to develop Java applications in Linux.

Fedora 25 is not the most stable version and may seem unreliable to some users. However, it provides full access to all the latest developments from developers and can be used for development or compatibility testing.

How do I upgrade from Fedora 24?

To upgrade from version 24 to version 25, you need to follow these simple steps.

Verify that your Fedora 24 system is updated to the latest version using the command:

sudo dnf upgrade --refresh

Verify that you have installed all the repositories required to upgrade to Fedora 25 using the command:

sudo dnf install dnf-plugin-system-upgrade

Start the upgrade process with the command:

sudo dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=25

Wait for all packages to be downloaded.

Once the packages are downloaded, start the upgrade process using the command:

sudo dnf system-upgrade reboot

This will reboot the system and start the Fedora upgrade process from version 24 to version 25. After the reboot, log in and wait for the upgrade process to complete. This may take 20-30 minutes or longer, depending on your internet connection speed and computer power.

Once the upgrade process is complete, verify that all packages are installed and working properly using the command:

sudo dnf check

Reboot your system and enjoy Fedora 25.