Install Fedora 44 This Way and Never Break Your System Again

In this video, I show how to set up automatic Btrfs snapshots and full rollback support on Fedora 44 using Snapper, grub-btrfs, and Btrfs Assistant. This is especially important in Fedora 44 because PackageKit now switches to the new DNF5 backend built on libdnf5, allowing proper Snapper integration for both terminal installs and GUI package installs from GNOME Software and KDE Plasma Discover. That means automatic PRE and POST snapshots are now created not only when using DNF in the terminal… but also for RPM packages installed directly from the graphical software center. This setup gives you: ✔ Automatic PRE and POST snapshots during package installs, updates, and removals ✔ Full Snapper support for both root and home subvolumes ✔ Support for DNF5 terminal installs and GUI RPM installs ✔ Easy rollback using snapper undochange ✔ Full system recovery using grub-btrfs from the GRUB boot menu ✔ GUI-based snapshot management using Btrfs Assistant ✔ Fix for Fedora 44 SQLite WAL issue for reliable rollback This makes Fedora 44 updates much safer and gives you a reliable way to recover from broken packages, failed updates, or system issues. Command to enable Btrfs compression in /etc/fstab (compress=zstd:1): sudo sed -i.bkp '/ btrfs / s/subvol=[^ ,]*/&,compress=zstd:1/' /etc/fstab GitHub repository used in this video: https://github.com/SysGuides/sysguide... ⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction 00:30 - DNF5 & Snapper Integration Explained 01:09 - Starting the Fedora Installation 02:24 - Advanced Disk Partitioning (Btrfs) 07:34 - Setting up Btrfs Subvolumes (Root, Home, Opt) 18:19 - Enabling Btrfs Transparent Compression (ZSTD) 20:50 - Automating Snapper Setup with SysGuides Script 22:13 - Testing Automatic Snapshots (CLI) 24:29 - Testing Automatic Snapshots (GUI) ☕ If you found this helpful, you can support my work: Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/sysguides