Fedora 45 ships November 3 with GNOME 51, kmscon, and mandatory RPM signature checks

On November 3, 2026, Fedora Linux 45 is delivered after two delays, bringing GNOME 51, the Linux 7.2 kernel, and a notable hardening: mandatory RPM signatures, reproducible builds, and ptrace restricted by default. Administrators should prepare for enforced package signature verification and the move of RPM repository configs out of /etc.