Fedora 36

Mayank Sharma calls the latest Fedora release just as boring as its predecessors. But is that a bad thing?

- Mayank Sharma

Fedora 36 is the latest Linux distribution to offer users a dark mode interface that can be switched on easily with a single click.

SPECS

Minimum CPU: 2GHz

Memory: 2GB

HDD: 20GB

Builds: x86-64, AArch64

Generally speaking, it's difficult to become excited at Fedora releases. And that's a good thing. Unlike its often fidgety peers, the Fedora developers quietly keep cranking out releases. Usually there's hardly any noticeable difference, and most of it can be attributed to the Gnome desktop environment. The majority of changes in Fedora usually happen behind the scenes, and manifest themselves in the nooks and crannies of the userland in very subtle, but important ways.

And the developers don't intend to change this winning formula with the Fedora 36 release. The most obvious evolutionary change in the distro is the inclusion of the Gnome 42 desktop environment, which is also part of the Ubuntu 22.04 release. However, unlike Ubuntu's tweaked rendition, Fedora 36 ships with a more or less pristine Gnome 42 release.