Update changelog and bump version for release (v44.0)

Author: stuarthayhurst

docs/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 ## Changelog:
 
+### v44: - `2026-03-01`
+ - Added GNOME 50 support
+ - Added Ko-Fi donation link
+ - Updated GitHub workflow versions
+ - Stop including CHANGELOG.md in the extension bundle
+
 ### v43: - `2025-08-08`
  - Added GNOME 49 support
  - Added Ukrainian translation - [freeducks-debug](https://github.com/freeducks-debug) (#98)

extension/metadata.json

@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
   "shell-version": [
     "45", "46", "47", "48", "49", "50"
   ],
-  "version": 43
+  "version": 44
 }