Upgrading from Fedora 41 to Fedora 42

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.

That 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.

I did it anyway.

Thankfully, as with the upgrade from 40 to 41, the process was straightforward and trouble free, as I mentioned in a status update:

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.

The upgrade process

The upgrade process is fairly straightforward and when performed via a terminal, it consists of 3 commands.

Step 1 - Update system and reboot

Issue the following command:

sudo dnf --refresh upgrade && sudo reboot

Step 2 - Fetch packages for new release

Issue the following command:

sudo dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=42

Step 3 - Reboot and install the new packages

Issue the command:

sudo dnf5 offline reboot

Done.
I'm hoping Fedora 42 proves to be as good as its predecessor.

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