Fedora 44 launches with GNOME 50 and major feature upgrades

14 articles · Updated · ZDNet · May 6

The release adds parental controls, broader accessibility tools, default Variable Refresh Rate and Fractional Scaling, plus Wayland HDR and improved colour management.
Accessibility updates include reduced motion, per-app settings, automatic language switching, better Braille support and Mouse Review for Wayland, while Nvidia users get fixes aimed at reducing stutter and frame-timing issues.
The open-source desktop update is presented as faster, smoother and more stable, with Fedora KDE offered as an alternative interface for users who do not want GNOME.

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Fedora 44 claims a seamless experience, but can it truly rival macOS when common work-from-home apps still face glitches?

Fedora 44 boasts superior graphics, so why might popular games still perform worse than on the older X11 system?