#8311·lens

AppImage doesn't work on Fedora 44 Atomic Desktops (Kinoite, Silverblue, ...) any more

Author: plevartCreated May 6, 2026Updated Sep 14, 2026
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Describe the bug Fedora 44 Atomic Desktops (Kinoite, Silverblue, ...) dropped support for FUSE2 libraries

https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/latest/release-notes/desktop/#_atomic_desktops_drop_fuse_2_libraries

As a consequence, latest Lens AppImage (Lens-2026.4.151333-latest.x86_64.AppImage) does not start any more on such systems.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Try starting up latest AppImage on any Fedora 44 atomic desktop
peter@pad:~/Apps/Lens$ ./Lens-2026.4.151333-latest.x86_64.AppImage 
fuse: failed to exec fusermount: No such file or directory

Cannot mount AppImage, please check your FUSE setup.
You might still be able to extract the contents of this AppImage 
if you run it with the --appimage-extract option. 
See https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/wiki/FUSE 
for more information
open dir error: No such file or directory

Environment (please complete the following information):

  • Lens Version: 2026.4.151333
  • OS: Fedora Kinoite 44
  • Installation method (e.g. snap or AppImage in Linux): AppImage