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Fedora 44 promotes fractional scaling from experimental to stable in GNOME 50, alongside variable refresh rate support. The KDE edition gets Plasma 6.6 with the new Plasma Login Manager, making Fedora 44 the first distribution to ship it as default.

Desktop: What Actually Changes

The Workstation version includes GNOME 50, which completes the transition to Wayland by removing X.org sessions from the display manager. For users with high-density or high-refresh-rate displays, the promotion of fractional scaling and variable refresh rate from experimental to stable is the most practical improvement. There are also gains in accessibility, color management, and remote desktop features. Nautilus, the file manager, now adds case-insensitive path completion.

The KDE edition brings Plasma 6.6 with a complete switch from SDDM to the new Plasma Login Manager. Plasma Setup, a post-installation wizard, handles initial configuration and reduces overlap with Anaconda, making first boot smoother. In Fedora 44’s KDE edition, Spectacle, the screenshot tool, gains optical character recognition: you can extract text directly from an image, handy for copying error messages or captions.

Gaming, Tools, and Under the Hood

NTSYNC is enabled automatically for Wine and Steam via package recommendation. The module introduces more efficient thread synchronization, with noticeable gains in Windows game and app performance, requiring no manual setup.

Other updates worth noting: OpenSSL loads certificates faster thanks to directory-hash format adoption for CA certificates; MariaDB 11.8 becomes the default for new installations; the Nix package manager is now in official repos for those wanting to manage additional software in their home directory without touching the base system. The kernel lands at version 6.19. Toolchain updates include Ruby 4.0, Go 1.26, GCC 16, and LLVM 22.

Watch Out if You Have Older NVIDIA Cards

Starting with driver series 590, NVIDIA dropped support for GeForce 10xx (Pascal) and earlier cards, including the 9xx series. Users upgrading to Fedora 44 with one of these GPUs will fall back to Nouveau, the open source community driver, which works but doesn’t match proprietary driver performance. If you have a GTX 1650 or RTX card, no worries. For those stuck with older hardware, legacy drivers are available via RPM Fusion, but require manual installation.

Those already on Fedora 43 can upgrade with dnf system-upgrade without a fresh install.

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# contentMap.en
Fedora 44 promotes fractional scaling from experimental to stable in GNOME 50, alongside variable refresh rate support. The KDE edition gets Plasma 6.6 with the new Plasma Login Manager, making Fedora 44 the first distribution to ship it as default.

Desktop: What Actually Changes

The Workstation version includes GNOME 50, which completes the transition to Wayland by removing X.org sessions from the display manager. For users with high-density or high-refresh-rate displays, the promotion of fractional scaling and variable refresh rate from experimental to stable is the most practical improvement. There are also gains in accessibility, color management, and remote desktop features. Nautilus, the file manager, now adds case-insensitive path completion.

The KDE edition brings Plasma 6.6 with a complete switch from SDDM to the new Plasma Login Manager. Plasma Setup, a post-installation wizard, handles initial configuration and reduces overlap with Anaconda, making first boot smoother. In Fedora 44’s KDE edition, Spectacle, the screenshot tool, gains optical character recognition: you can extract text directly from an image, handy for copying error messages or captions.

Gaming, Tools, and Under the Hood

NTSYNC is enabled automatically for Wine and Steam via package recommendation. The module introduces more efficient thread synchronization, with noticeable gains in Windows game and app performance, requiring no manual setup.

Other updates worth noting: OpenSSL loads certificates faster thanks to directory-hash format adoption for CA certificates; MariaDB 11.8 becomes the default for new installations; the Nix package manager is now in official repos for those wanting to manage additional software in their home directory without touching the base system. The kernel lands at version 6.19. Toolchain updates include Ruby 4.0, Go 1.26, GCC 16, and LLVM 22.

Watch Out if You Have Older NVIDIA Cards

Starting with driver series 590, NVIDIA dropped support for GeForce 10xx (Pascal) and earlier cards, including the 9xx series. Users upgrading to Fedora 44 with one of these GPUs will fall back to Nouveau, the open source community driver, which works but doesn’t match proprietary driver performance. If you have a GTX 1650 or RTX card, no worries. For those stuck with older hardware, legacy drivers are available via RPM Fusion, but require manual installation.

Those already on Fedora 43 can upgrade with dnf system-upgrade without a fresh install.

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# name
Fedora 44 Brings GNOME 50, Plasma 6.6 Redesign, and Better Gaming Performance

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Fedora 44 Brings GNOME 50, Plasma 6.6 Redesign, and Better Gaming Performance

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Fedora 44 ships with GNOME 50, KDE Plasma 6.6, NTSYNC support for Wine and Steam, and a heads-up for users with older NVIDIA 10xx series GPUs.

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Fedora 44 ships with GNOME 50, KDE Plasma 6.6, NTSYNC support for Wine and Steam, and a heads-up for users with older NVIDIA 10xx series GPUs.

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Fedora 44 ships with GNOME 50, KDE Plasma 6.6, NTSYNC support for Wine and Steam, and a heads-up for users with older NVIDIA 10xx series GPUs.