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Bazzite is a custom image of Fedora Linux 39 utilizing Universal Blue's custom image framework designed to bring users the best in Linux gaming for their PCs, including the Steam Deck and other handheld PCs. Bazzite's newsletters highlight all of the work we have been doing to bring gamers the best features ready to go for their PCs, home theater setups, and handheld gaming devices.
If you are new to the project, then here's how this technology works: Bazzite and other Universal Blue images follow the continuous delivery methodology of development, which means we're constantly adding new features and squashing bugs to the image through updates. These updates also include anything directly from upstream (Fedora and Universal Blue) and upgrades from the packages we include.
The Steam Deck OLED has released and Bazzite now has support for it in the :testing branch thanks to a collaboration with GloriousEggroll! You can switch to this branch in Game Mode under system settings. Bazzite also now has HDR and color support in Game Mode which means we have reached feature parity with SteamOS.
The DeckHD screen hardware modification for the Steam Deck is also now supported by Bazzite with its own firmware is now part of Bazzite when this hardware is detected. BIOS updates for the Steam Deck are disabled when this hardware modification is detected to resolve any conflicts that those updates may have with the modded screen. DeckHD's BIOS is supported however to compensate for this.
Other hardware utilzing the Steam Deck image(s) no longer need to worry about the "Auto" option in resolution settings in Game Mode being hardcoded at 1280x800 resolution. It now should display the game at the native resolution of the screen. This is beneficial for DeckHD users, HTPC users running a home theatre PC to their television, and other handheld PCs that have a higher resolution than 1280x800.
WineZGUI has been added to Bazzite to easily allow users to right click an .exe file and instantly launch a Windows application in WINE if there are no special considerations for the prefix. This is useful for applications that can quickly function without a WINE manager like Lutris, Bottles, or Heroic.
The prefix data for each application is located in ~/.var/app/io.github.fastrizwaan.WineZGUI/data/winezgui/Prefixes if you need to access it.
GOverlay is also now part of the image which is a GUI for MangoHud and vkBasalt. Desktop users can now easily have MangoHud running globally for Vulkan and OpenGL games using this application. Users can also easily apply Reshade post processing effects using this tool.
There's a couple of bugs in the latest stable release, but this should be fixed very soon by the maintainer of the project since the -git release, which is not included with Bazzite, fixes a ton of issues including the "Missing MangoHud" error message when it is installed.
ASUS ROG Ally should have working audio in the :testing branch of Bazzite. However, none of the maintainers own an Ally and would like a tester to confirm this by getting in contact with us with the results. We can be reached on Universal Blue Discord or Discourse forums.
AMD/Intel Desktop images no longer use CoreCtrl in the Bazzite Portal. It has been now replaced with LACT. Users who still prefer CoreCtrl over LACT can keep it installed, and it can still be obtained with rpm-ostree install corectrl and rebooting.
There is now a "Limited Edition" Bazzite logo that follows the orange color scheme of the limited edition OLED Steam Deck.
During the development of this newsletter, it was mostly a housekeeping update, but since the release of the Steam Deck OLED, it became a massive project to implement support for. Luckily collaboration between other similar open source projects and the Linux community have made implementation for the OLED easier.
A recent milestone has also happened! We have passed 300,000 pulls for Bazzite! Thank you to our community for the continued support.
The current plans for the next major release are as follows:
-deck imagesInstall the latest Bazzite here. Check out the documentation for installation instructions, troubleshooting, and frequently asked questions. Report issues on our issue tracker if you experience any major issues with Bazzite.
ujust command.iomem=relaxed kernel argument automatically on handhelds that require RyzenAdj for TDP control on Steam Deck images.just files, so broken builds never make it to production.rpm-ostree errors when the package version being replaced on the system matches the replacement. Given Pipewire versions are mismatched relatively frequently, it's better we keep the fix and return true.redhat-lsb-core to resolve issue with EmuDeck depending on lsb.bluez to fix bluetooth devices.ujust scripts for BIOS handling.xwaylandvideobridge, fixes white box issue.jupiter-hw-support package.enable-supergfxctl.
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