Bazzite, the Universal Blue gaming distro, just released its first stable image built on Fedora 45 (45.20261103), landing at 23:01 UTC on November 3, mere hours after Fedora 45 reached general availability. The rebase jumps GNOME from 50 to 51, KDE Plasma from 6.7.5 to 6.8.2, and the OGC kernel to 7.2.15-ogc1.1, plus upgrades PowerStation, Mesa, and Nvidia LTS drivers. A follow-up patch (45.20261104) arrived just an hour and a half later, adding only a one-line Secure Boot warning for Steam Deck and Steam Machine users. Universal Blue advises pinning your current deployment before upgrading, since crossing a Fedora major-version boundary can complicate rollbacks despite a 90-day image retention window.
Bazzite shipped version 44.20261026 of its stable branch on October 26, 2026, an incremental update that lifts the OGC kernel from 7.2.9 to 7.2.11-ogc4.1. The graphics stack sees the biggest gains, with Mesa hitting 26.2.4-1, Gamescope moving to the 3.17.0 line, and both open (615.78.08) and LTS (580.178.04) Nvidia drivers refreshed. GNOME 50.4 and KDE Plasma 6.7.5 also land, though the whole release was driven by just two commits, making it a lean stack refresh rather than a feature milestone. Existing users can jump on it with a single bazzite-rollback-helper rebase command, and rollback to this version stays possible since the image is retained for 90 days.
Bazzite has pushed a new stable image tagged 44.20261023, built October 23 and landing on its usual brisk weekly cadence. The build bumps the core gaming stack, moving Gamescope to 3.16.31^6. On the same day, the project opened public testing for the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X20 and the Acer Predator Atlas 8, both still missing features like RGB lighting and gyroscope support. Existing users can rebase to the new image via bazzite-rollback-helper or the Bazzite Portal, with images retained for 90 days.
Bazzite has shipped stable build 44.20261012.1, a patch update riding Fedora 44 that nudges the kernel, graphics drivers, and gaming stack while fixing a handful of under-the-hood issues. Rather than a milestone release, it's another step in the project's fast build stream that keeps Bazzite 44 healthy. Highlights include the OGC kernel bump to 7.2.9-ogc3.1 plus ongoing benefits like SteamOS-style VRAM management that Valve engineer Natalie Vock's code brings to budget hardware.
Bazzite, the Universal Blue–built Linux distro that turns gaming PCs and non-Valve handhelds into console-like machines, released stable build 44.20261012 today. The incremental update rides Fedora 44 and bumps the OGC kernel to 7.2.9-ogc2.1, Mesa to 26.2.4, and Nvidia open drivers to 615.78.08. Alongside the version bumps it brings real fixes, including a capped Steam updater, cleaner Deck desktop-session behavior, and VRAM management inherited from Valve that reportedly triples framerates on budget cards. You can rebase an existing install with bazzite-rollback-helper rebase stable, or pull a fresh ISO from bazzite.gg.
Bazzite 44.20261006.1 shipped on the evening of October 6th, arriving roughly 15 hours after the morning's base image. It bumps the Open Gaming Collective gaming kernel from ogc4 to ogc5 while leaving the Nvidia LTS kernel untouched at 6.18.52-ogc1.1. The release quietly reverts PR #5906, the fix that stopped ASUS ROG Ally units from getting stuck in an infinite sleep loop. Existing users can roll forward with bazzite-rollback-helper rebase stable or pin the exact build, and ostree snapshots support rollback within about 90 days.
Bazzite Linux 44.20261006 has been released today, capping a rapid week of builds in the Bazzite 44 cycle. The headline change is a kernel bump from 7.2.7-ogc1.1 to 7.2.8-ogc4.1, though the Nvidia LTS kernel stayed frozen at 6.18.52-ogc1.1. Alongside that come hardware fixes for Ayaneo LEDs, ASUS ROG Ally power buttons, and the new "Ally X20," plus a removed plasma-setup.service and a MediaTek WiFi tweak. Existing users can move over with bazzite-rollback-helper rebase stable, with rollback available for the last 90 days.
Bazzite Linux 44.20260929 has been released. The headline change bumps Gamescope to 3.16.31, while real code fixes tackle HDMI CEC across multiple TVs, add a TouchUp touch-screen extension for GNOME tablets like the Framework 12, and repair a Sunshine streaming-host setup path. Steam and core drivers got their usual minor bumps too, though nothing here is a reason to upgrade unless you want the latest kernel and graphics stack.
Bazzite shipped 44.20260928.1, another new stable image for its Fedora 44-based gaming Linux distro. This is a minor patch release that fixes just one issue: a stray msedit desktop icon that Bazzite normally strips from terminal-based apps. Some background maintenance accompanied it, including default editor config tweaks, GNOME extension updates, and a Sunshine on Brew script fix. Existing users can move over using the bazzite-rollback-helper, while fresh installs and Fedora Atomic users can rebase through the official site or the terminal.
Bazzite shipped its latest stable build, 44.20260928, today adding official support for the Anbernic Win600 handheld. The release bumps the Open Gaming Collective kernel to v7.2.7 while updating Gamescope to 3.16.29 and NVIDIA drivers to 615.71.09-2. It also swaps in the default editor msedit for a handheld-friendly option and pulls key packages from the Terra repository. Existing users can update with the rollback helper, and images stay available for ninety days, allowing easy rollbacks if something breaks.
Bazzite Linux 44.20260921 shipped as a rolling incremental update from the previous build 44.20260919, pushed today. The standout fix resolves an Intel AX200/AX210 WiFi D3cold segfault that caused glitches on handhelds like the Ayaneo Air Series and GPD Win 5. It also restores a missing Broadcom wl kernel module and adds community tweaks for Intel Ethernet and AMD PCIe power management. Gamescope jumped to 3.16.28, and existing users can rebase with the bazzite-rollback-helper command.
Bazzite Linux 44.20260919 has been released as a maintenance release that swaps the distro's own WirePlumber audio fork for an upstream "terra" build, cutting internal duplication. Gamescope advanced to 3.16.29^1-1, and a community-driven fix now restores SELinux labels correctly during installation, tightening the security-hardened installer. Meanwhile firmware stays pinned at 20260810-1, favoring handheld stability over the newest vendor builds just as it did two releases ago. Existing users can rebase in place without reinstalling, with images available at download.bazzite.gg and signed with cosign for verification.
Bazzite just released another new stable build, 44.20260916. The release pins linux-firmware to the August 10 snapshot (20260810-1) after the newer version caused audio and performance regressions on handhelds like the Xbox Ally X. It also teaches Bazzite to correctly detect the SuiPlay0X1, an Ayaneo 2S rebadge that had been misidentified as an HTPC, restoring proper controller mapping in Gaming Mode. Despite the firmware downgrade, the entire current gaming and desktop stack is retained, and image-based updates mean users can still roll forward if their hardware doesn't have issues.
Bazzite just released stable build 44.20260915, the daily Linux gaming distro's latest image built on Fedora's atomic desktops. The biggest change is UMU Launcher shipping for the first time, giving non-Steam Windows games a first-class launch path that shares Proton fixes without needing Steam. Bazzite also turned Wi-Fi power saving off by default to cut wireless latency, though you can still flip it back on inside Steam Gaming Mode. Beyond those two, the build bumps GNOME to 50.4, KDE Plasma to 6.7.5, and a handful of gaming packages, existing users can rebase in place via bazzite-rollback-helper.
Bazzite Linux 44.20260914 shipped to the stable channel today, capping another weekly update to Universal Blue's Fedora Atomic gaming Linux. The standout change disables Wi-Fi power saving by default on the Steam Deck to cut latency, with Gamescope jumping to 3.16.28 and Nvidia open drivers reaching 615.71.09. A handful of other fixes round out the release, including MangoHUD VRR throttling, a CEC suspend bug, and KDE 6.7.5 polish. The update also drops four packages from the base image, among them mesa-libOpenCL, over an upstream packaging issue.
Bazzite Linux 44.20260908 has been released. The release is a thin snapshot that inherits the bulk of the prior version, bringing updated kernels, GNOME 50.4, KDE Plasma 6.7.4, and aligned NVIDIA driver stacks to the system. There is exactly one new code commit since the previous image, which patches a broken conditional in the user-setup script to prevent provisioning errors.
Bazzite Linux 44.20260907 is the eighth stable image in the Fedora 44 cycle, bringing a major Linux kernel leap from 7.2.1 to 7.2.3 alongside updated Mesa and Nvidia drivers. The release officially adds the Ayaneo KONKR Fit handheld to the supported lineup and extends PowerStation's TDP control to every major non-Valve handheld, unifying thermal management across the ecosystem. Desktop parity also arrived as GNOME regained native TDP settings, Swedish localization landed at the installer level, and Qt 6.11.2 shipped with a new build-time ABI safety guard. Users can update via Discover or pull the COSIGN-verified container directly from ghcr.io, with the next image expected later this week.
Bazzite 44.20260902 dropped today as part of a rapid post-launch stabilization push for the Bazzite 44 cycle. The new image bumps the Open Gaming Collective kernel to 7.2.1-ogc4, upgrades OpenRazer to its first stable build at 3.12.4, and lands targeted hardware fixes for the MSI Claw. Desktop users get native TDP control extensions for GNOME and KDE Plasma, alongside a 610.57.04 Nvidia Open beta driver. Despite the steady progress, developers had to revert a patched ostree fix, confirming that Flatpak integration on atomic systems remains an active development grind.
Bazzite Linux 44.20260831 shipped today, bringing the Open Gaming Collective kernel up to 7.2.1-ogc3.1 alongside refreshed PowerStation and Gamescope builds. Universal Blue maintainer Kyle Gospodnetich also patched kio-extras for KDE Plasma users and auto-trusted the ublue tap inside Bazzite Portal and ujust. Mesa sits at 26.2.1-5, Nvidia ships both open NVK and proprietary 580 LTS stacks, and the bazzite-updater plus Bazaar game store received minor feature work. You can rebase to the new image today with bazzite-rollback-helper rebase stable to grab the latest gaming performance tweaks on your desktop or handheld.
Bazzite Linux has shipped stable release 44.20260825, pushing the OGC kernel from 7.2.0-ogc4 straight through to ogc6.1 in less than a week. The update lands a critical security patch for SteamOS-Manager to resolve a jssysctl vulnerability, while also rolling out quieter improvements to the Gamescope session wrapper, InputPlumber, and OpenGamepadUI. Contributors addressed specific handheld quirks like the OneXFly F1 boot rotation, restored legacy Nvidia support, and fixed the KDE on-screen keyboard for users relying on touch input. Immutable Fedora Atomic users can pull the new image via bazzite-rollback-helper rebase stable or pin directly to the tag, with full rollback support available if any regressions surface.
