In this article you will see how we are using Accessibility as an automation tool to test desktop applications just like a real user would using keyboard key presses and mouse clicks. Although this topic and all of its parts can be talked about for hours to exhaust everything, I will attempt to describe how we are dealing with automation testing in a more digestible form. For those interested there is a link to a full technical solution at the end of this post, with all of our tools and how to use them. We also provide our full GNOME Terminal testing suite for anyone to try. Let us start wit t ..read more

Fedora test days are events where anyone can help make certain that changes in Fedora work well in an upcoming release. Fedora community members often participate, and the public is welcome at these events. If you’ve never contributed to Fedora before, this is a perfect way to get started. There are two upcoming test days in the next week covering two topics: Mon 8 April , is to test the Fedora 40 Upgrade. Tuesday 9 April , is to test the Intel Open CL. Upgrade test day As we come closer to Fedora Linux 40 release dates, it’s time to test upgrades. This release has a lot of changes and it be ..read more

This article introduces projects available in Flathub with installation instructions. Flathub is the place to get and distribute apps for all of Linux. It is powered by Flatpak, allowing Flathub apps to run on almost any Linux distribution. Please read “Getting started with Flatpak“. In order to enable flathub as your flatpak provider, use the instructions on the flatpak site. These apps are classified into four categories: Productivity Games Creativity Miscellaneous Norka In the Productivity section we have Norka. Norka is a distraction free writing app, that allows you to fo ..read more

The Fedora Project was made aware of CVE-2024-3094 on Friday, March 29th related to the xz tools and libraries. At this time, Fedora Rawhide users are likely to have received the tainted package and Fedora Linux 40 Beta users may have received the package if they opted into updating from testing repositories. Fedora Linux 40 Beta users only using stable repositories are NOT impacted. Fedora Linux 39 and 38 users are also NOT impacted. PLEASE IMMEDIATELY STOP USAGE FEDORA RAWHIDE for work or personal activity. Fedora Rawhide will be reverted to xz-5.4.x shortly, and once that is done, Fedora Ra ..read more

You may know the Testing Farm from the article written by David Kornel and Jakub Stejskal. That article highlighted the primary advantages of this testing system. You should review the earlier article, as this article will not go through the basics of the Testing Farm usage. It will only delve into the reasons for utilizing your custom images and explore potential automation methods with Hashicorp Packer. AWS images The Testing Farm automatically deploys Amazon Web Services (AWS) machines using a default set of Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) available to users. This curated subset includes popul ..read more

The Fedora Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Fedora Linux 40 Beta, the next step towards our planned Fedora Linux 40 release at the end of April. Get the the prerelease of any of our editions from our project website: Fedora Workstation 40 Beta Fedora Server 40 Beta Fedora IoT 40 Beta Fedora Cloud 40 Beta Fedora CoreOS “next” stream Or, try one of our many different desktop variants (like KDE Plasma, Xfce, or Cinnamon) from Fedora Linux Spins. You can also update an existing system to the beta using DNF system-upgrade. Beta release highlights Some key things to try ..read more

I thought it would be a good idea to share my experience implementing servers for personal use. It wasn’t easy to know the best fit for my workload and it has been a moving target, so it was critical to understand and update my needs before taking one route or another. There are plenty of articles discussing which OS is more appropriate, some will warn against Fedora Server or even CentOS Stream regarding stability, but all it comes down to the use case. So the context is what makes the difference. RHEL is predictable with Insights as a bonus I started using a RHEL (developer license) to imple ..read more

The kernel team is working on final integration for Linux kernel 6.8. This version was just recently released, and will arrive soon in Fedora Linux. As a result, the Fedora Linux kernel and QA teams have organized a test week from Sunday, March 24, 2024 to Sunday, March 31, 2024. The wiki page in this article contains links to the test images you’ll need to participate. Please continue reading for details. How does a test week work? A test week is an event where anyone can help ensure changes in Fedora Linux work well in an upcoming release. Fedora community members often participate, and the ..read more

Fedora test days are events where anyone can help make certain that changes in Fedora work well in an upcoming release. Fedora community members often participate, and the public is welcome at these events. If you’ve never contributed to Fedora before, this is a perfect way to get started. There are four upcoming test periods in the next two weeks covering four topics: Wed 20 March through Tuesday 26 March, is to test the Podman Desktop. Thursday 21 March through Wed 26 March , is to test the Podman 5 Monday 25 March through Monday 01 April , is to test Fedora CoreOS Wed 27 March, is to test ..read more

Fedora Rawhide test days are events where anyone can help make sure changes in Fedora Linux work well in an upcoming release. Fedora community members often participate, and the public is welcome at these events. If you’ve never contributed to Fedora Linux before, this is a perfect way to get started. For some time, we have been trying to elevate the quality of Fedora by testing things well ahead of time. The Fedora Changes process lets people submit changesets well before the release process starts and many developers try their best to create a timeline for the new changes to land. We in the ..read more