{
    "title": "Upgrading from Fedora 41 to Fedora 42",
    "slug": "upgrading-from-fedora-41-to-fedora-42",
    "excerpt": "If someone were to ask me which Linux distro has provided the best desktop experience, I wouldn't hesitate to answer: Fedora Workstation 41. So of course I upgraded to Fedora 42.",
    "body": "If someone were to ask me which Linux distro has provided the best desktop experience, I wouldn't hesitate to answer: Fedora Workstation 41. Seriously, Fedora 41 has been a real pleasure to use - it's been as close to perfect as I could have hoped for.\r\n\r\nThat said, I think it’s understandable that I felt a bit nervous or cautious about upgrading to Fedora 42. These nervy feelings were intensified by the fact that I'm currently in the middle of working on a large project and I cannot afford any downtime to fix any system issues caused by a borked upgrade.\r\n\r\nI did it anyway.\r\n\r\nThankfully, as with the [upgrade from 40 to 41](https://blog.philipnewborough.co.uk/posts/upgrading-from-fedora-40-to-fedora-41), the process was straightforward and trouble free, as I mentioned in a [status update](https://indieweb.social/@corenominal/114347965409050716):\r\n\r\n> Daily driver (Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 3) upgraded to Fedora 42. No issues to speak of. I love that I can do a release upgrade and then just get on with my day. Perfect.\r\n\r\n## The upgrade process\r\n\r\nThe upgrade process is fairly straightforward and when performed via a terminal, it consists of 3 commands.\r\n\r\n### Step 1 - Update system and reboot\r\n\r\nIssue the following command:\r\n\r\n```\r\nsudo dnf --refresh upgrade && sudo reboot\r\n```\r\n\r\n### Step 2 - Fetch packages for new release\r\n\r\nIssue the following command:\r\n\r\n```\r\nsudo dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=42\r\n```\r\n\r\n### Step 3 - Reboot and install the new packages\r\n\r\nIssue the command:\r\n\r\n```\r\nsudo dnf5 offline reboot\r\n```  \r\n\r\nDone.  \r\nI'm hoping Fedora 42 proves to be as good as its predecessor.",
    "tags": [],
    "published_at": "2025-04-16 17:17:00",
    "url": "https://blog.philipnewborough.co.uk/posts/upgrading-from-fedora-41-to-fedora-42",
    "featured_image": "https://blog.philipnewborough.co.uk/media/og-898baac6-643f-42a7-9050-eaa3c8db23aa.png"
}