From Timothée Ravier: What’s new for Fedora Atomic Desktops in Fedora 44

30 April, 2026 - Categories: Linux - Tags: Atomic Fedora, Fedora, Fedora Silverblue, Fedora Kinoite, Bluefin

By Steven Rosenberg

Fedora 44 is out, and for the past few releases, I haven't been able to figure out if anything new has been done with the Atomic distros, including Silverblue and Kinoite (and Sway, Budgie and Cosmic).

For F44, Timothée Ravier, who works at Red Hat and is the Atomic Desktops Maintainer, has posted What’s new for Fedora Atomic Desktops in Fedora 44.

Things that are of interest to me:

• New, unified documentation
• GNOME 50 and Plasma 6.6
• He recommends the Universal Blue distros. I use Bluefin and appreciate all the tech from Fedora as well as the spirit of cooperation.

TBH, I wish the list were longer, but it is what it is. I could see myself back with Silverblue or Kinoite, though Bluefin is running so well that it would be hard to switch.