New Update Fedora Linux 44 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New

[lokamoka820]

Powered by the Linux 6.19 kernel series, the Fedora Linux 44 release ships with the latest and greatest GNOME 50 desktop environment for the flagship Fedora Workstation edition, as well as the latest KDE Plasma 6.6 desktop environment for the Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop edition, which defaults to the Plasma Login Manager display manager.

Some highlights of Fedora Linux 44 include automatic DTB selection for AArch64 (ARM64) EFI systems, support for automatically enabling persistent overlays when flashed to USB sticks, support for the Nix package manager, and support for the DNF5 backend on PackageKit.

On top of that, Fedora Linux 44 adds the Dank Material Shell to the Fedora MiracleWM spin, enables the NTSYNC kernel module for Wine and gaming packages, switches Fedora Cloud to /boot as a Btrfs subvolume, uses swappable “-bin” packages for managing NodeJS symlinks, and hardlinks identical files in packages by default.

Among other noteworthy changes, the Anaconda installer has been updated to no longer populate network profiles for all network devices by default, a post-install Plasma Setup application was introduced for all Fedora KDE variants, and the Wayland-only Budgie 10.10 was added to the Fedora Budgie spin.

Under the hood, Fedora Linux’s toolchain has been updated to GCC 16.1, GNU Binutils 2.46, GNU C Library 2.43, GDB 16.3, LLVM 22, Go 1.26, RPM 6.0, Ruby 4.0, PHP 8.5, MariaDB 11.8, Ansible 13, Boost 1.90, CMake 4.0, GHC Haskell 9.10, IBus 1.5.34, TeXLive 2025, and others.

Fedora Linux 44 Is Now Available for Download, Here's What's New - 9to5Linux

Fedora Linux 44 distribution is now available for download powered by Linux 6.19 and featuring the GNOME 50 and KDE Plasma 6.6 desktops.

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Fedora Linux 44 Is Now Available for Download, Here's What's New - 9to5Linux

Fedora Linux 44 distribution is now available for download powered by Linux 6.19 and featuring the GNOME 50 and KDE Plasma 6.6 desktops.

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That article does not look reliable as written.

Why it stands out

• There is no widely recognized Fedora Linux 44 release in the normal Fedora numbering timeline. Fedora version numbers do not line up with several of the package versions listed there.
• The kernel version mentioned is a red flag. “Linux 6.19” and “Linux 7.0” do not fit normal upstream kernel release naming as currently known.
• Several software versions in the quote also look questionable or at least not safely verifiable without official Fedora release notes.
• Third-party Linux news sites sometimes publish incorrect, premature, or AI-generated summaries, so they should not be treated as authoritative sources on release details.

Safer way to verify

Check Fedora’s official release pages and announcements instead of relying on that article alone:

• Fedora Linux
• Fedora Magazine
• https://docs.fedoraproject.org/
• Fedora Linux Releases

Practical conclusion

I would treat that post as unverified and likely inaccurate until confirmed by Fedora’s official release announcement and release notes. For Linux release information, the safest approach is always to verify against the project’s own website first.

 

[simmerskool]

the software GUI in my fedora 43 offered me upgrade to 44 today. chatgpt made a good suggestion for me -- clone my fedora 43 with VMware and then upgrade 44 on the cloned 43 in a different VM directory, thus keeping a working 43 and will have 44 that I can compare. That's the plan for tonight.

 

[lokamoka820]

I was also planning to install Fedora tonight, but I haven't decided whether to install the Gnome or KDE Plasma versions yet, so I'm still searching the internet for user experience articles.

 

[simmerskool]

I was also planning to install Fedora tonight, but I haven't decided whether to install the Gnome or KDE Plasma versions yet, so I'm still searching the internet for user experience articles.

I just upgraded from fedora 43 to 44 / gnome. one minor hangup easily solved. KDE Plasma is newer to fedora my understanding, so perhaps bigger chance for snafu, but probably will be good. KDE Plasma is slick.

 

[Victor M]

Fedora43 also offered the 44 upgrade to me yesterday. Went smoothly.

GDM authentication still does not work with Yubikey. But Gnome only asks for authentication for useradd and date modifications.

 

[ForgottenSeer 116559]

I did a fresh install for Fedora 44 so that I could migrate to KDE Plasma. Everything's been great.

Fedora has had a community around KDE support for years, so it's really nothing new, but it's now been upgraded to a first-class flagship. New releases aren't shipped until all blocker bugs for KDE are resolved. In fact, Fedora is the first major distro to adopt the Plasma Login Manager. They've also introduced a polished Welcome Wizard.

Fedora Games Lab has officially switched from Xfce to KDE Plasma for maximum performance.

Notably, Fedora has stuck to their upstream-first philosophy, so there's virtually no branding.

 

[simmerskool]

Fedora43 also offered the 44 upgrade to me yesterday. Went smoothly.

GDM authentication still does not work with Yubikey. But Gnome only asks for authentication for useradd and date modifications.

I had minor glitch when installation of 44 hung deleting older kernel, but easily fixed. yubikeys in VMware are a bit of a sticky wicket, so cannot comment re yubi w/44.

 

[Zero Knowledge]

@simmerskool has made Fedora hip again haven't used it in years,maybe time to polish off VirtualBox or VMware?

 

[simmerskool]

@simmerskool has made Fedora hip again haven't used it in years,maybe time to polish off VirtualBox or VMware?

well I dunno about that, but fedora 39 -> 44 have behaved nicely for me in VMware. (some distros supposedly do better in VirtualBox) VMware best thing I've done in several years, don't even regret paying $200 for Workstation before it was free.