The Fedora Project has come out to confirm that Fedora 31 will expire on 24 November 2020. The announcement comes just weeks after the launch of Fedora 33; which included GNOME 3.38 as well as BTRFS as the default file system.

After next Tuesday, Fedora 31 will no longer get vital security updates; leaving your system open to exploitation as new vulnerabilities are discovered. To make sure that your system stays protected, you should upgrade to a later version; to do this, simply open the Software and go to the Updates tab, there you should see a bigger banner offering you a Fedora upgrade.

Once you begin the upgrade with this method, the required files will be downloaded and then your system will ask to reboot to install the files in a similar fashion to how normal updates work. When the upgrade is complete, the system will automatically reboot into the new release.

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In the Fedora documentation, it says: “Fedora strongly discourages running an end-of-life release on any production system, or any system connected to the public internet. You should never allow a production Fedora deployment to reach end-of-life in the first place.”

If you do not want to upgrade your system, you can likewise elect to download a fresh copy of Fedora 33 which was released last month. Whether you upgrade your system or do a clean install, make certain that you backed up all essential files.

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