Fedora Linux 44 released with GNOME 50, KDE Plasma 6.6, NTSYNC, and installer tweaks

Fedora Linux 44 is now available, with fresh installation media and upgrade options for Workstation, KDE Plasma Desktop, Server, Cloud, CoreOS, IoT, Atomic Desktop variants such as Silverblue and Kinoite, and alternate spins including Cinnamon and Xfce. Existing users can upgrade through the standard release process, similar to a regular update and reboot.

Fedora Workstation now ships with GNOME 50, bringing updates to accessibility, color management, remote desktop, and core apps like Document Viewer, File Manager, and Calendar. Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop 44 moves to Plasma 6.6, adding Plasma Login Manager and Plasma Setup for a more integrated first boot experience, along with QR code Wi-Fi setup, per app volume controls, a new on screen keyboard, broader customization options, accessibility filters, screen magnification, per window screencast filtering, and OCR in Spectacle.

Other changes include Anaconda only creating network profiles for devices configured during installation, improved OpenSSL certificate loading, MariaDB 11.8 as the new default, automatic NTSYNC setup for Wine and Steam to improve Windows app and game compatibility, and Fedora Cloud images moving /boot to a Btrfs subvolume for better space efficiency. Fedora Asahi Remix 44 is also available for Apple Silicon Macs, with KDE Plasma 6.6, a GNOME 50 variant, Server and Minimal images, and a move from vendored Mesa and virglrenderer packages to upstream Fedora versions.