The Bazzite 44 update is here for our desktop users! This is the big one – new kernel, new versions of GNOME/KDE, and more!
Major changes include:
- KDE Plasma 6.6 w/ new Plasma Login Manager
- GNOME 50
- OGC Kernel 6.19.x, with 7.0 coming in the near future. (Yes, we will include the Valve VRAM patchset with 7.0)
- Mesa 26.0.5
- Bazaar 0.7.15
- Ptyxis has been dropped from our KDE images, and the new Konsole terminal is available with container support.
- SBOMs (Which now power our changelogs), Build Attestation, OpenSSF security scanning, and signed ISOs.
- Built in support for Elgato 4K capture cards
- Images reduced by 1GB thanks to moving in-image QEMU and ROCM to Bazzite-DX for users who need them
- Access to the latest and greatest ASUS Linux patches for use with ASUSCtl (A brew package for this is being explored to make it even easier)
- New brew installer for Sunshine via ujust. Sunshine is no longer preinstalled in-image.
For our deck users, we will be opening Bazzite 44 builds for deck in testing in the near future. We are slow-rolling this update due to the nature and amount of changes present in it to ensure that the vast majority of our existing users have a good experience. We’ll update you on our progress in the coming weeks and look forward to testing it with you!
For more information about deck builds, see our previous post here.