# Bazzite July 2025 Update: Bazaar, Z13, Kernel 6.15, Steam Hardware Survey **URL:** \ **Category:** Bazzite\ **Tags:** announcements, bazzite-news\ **Created:** [July 7, 2025, 3:23am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-july-2025-update-bazaar-z13-kernel-6-15-steam-hardware-survey/9501 "2025-07-07T03:23:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kylegospo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/kylegospo/32/375_2.png) [@kylegospo](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/kylegospo)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2025, 3:23am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-july-2025-update-bazaar-z13-kernel-6-15-steam-hardware-survey/9501/1 "2025-07-07T03:23:08Z")
![July Update Banner](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/univeral_blue/original/2X/0/07f2be0764fa67d407237fae0a018947376acdfa.jpeg) Hello gamers! It’s that time again – We’ve got a packed update with the introduction of Bazaar, kernel 6.15, Z13 goodies, a new WiFi daemon to improve game streaming, and some interviews you can binge on. But first, let’s talk about Fedora 32-bit libraries. # Fedora 32-bit Libraries You might have seen some news regarding Fedora wanting to drop 32-bit libraries in the distant future. **This is no longer the case as the proposal has been rescinded without a vote.** This is the beauty of being part in an open source community such as Fedora, where one can raise their concerns and give feedback. In this case, we were able to communicate that dropping 32-bit libraries currently would harm gaming in the broader Fedora ecosystem during a pivotal moment driving Linux adoption. Moving forward, some members of the Bazzite team will be more active in Fedora conversations, particularly in a proposed Gaming SIG, to better represent gamers and gaming under Fedora as a whole and hopefully prevent future avoidable PR disasters. Antheas is also looking into how to improve the Steam Flatpak experience as a long term goal, which will also benefit the Lutris and Heroic flatpaks, as they currently have deficiencies compared to their rpm variants. We’ll share an issue tracker for these changes soon. Making this work will require collaboration between multiple projects. If you’re interested in the full story, you can check out some of the coverage this got over the last few weeks, and the interview with Gardiner (link at the end of this post). > **[Fedora's i686 support gets a reprieve](https://lwn.net/Articles/1026917/)** > > A change proposal to end support for 32-bit x86 (i686) applications on the x86\_64 architecture \[...\] > **[Fedora proposal to drop 32-bit support has been withdrawn](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/fedora-proposal-to-drop-32-bit-support-has-been-withdrawn/)** > > There was a whole lot of discussion recently for the Fedora Linux proposal to drop 32-bit support, with the current plan being dropped. _[(Happy Birthday GamingOnLinux!)](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/happy-birthday-gamingonlinux-16-years-today/)_ # Feature Updates ## Bazaar ![Bazaar Overview](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/univeral_blue/original/2X/0/0de3f259f20f4877a5a46251a55e19ac3f590534.jpeg) [Bazaar](https://github.com/kolunmi/bazaar) is now the default flatpak store for Universal Blue and all images of Bazzite! This is a brand new store with an important core objective: encourage developers to ship and maintain their applications for Linux themselves, while receiving support for this work. This is done by placing a focus on flatpaks and Flathub as the source of applications. There is no RPM here! Important for cases where those are not supported, such as Bazzite. It also allows distributions and images to curate application recommendations. As you can see above, in Bazzite, we make recommendations for the best gaming apps, and if you scroll down, you can find communication apps such as Discord and others. ![OBS Studio Donation Link](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/univeral_blue/original/2X/7/7c54a52761564a6ffd6cb28377fbcae3b9207522.png) It features prominent donation links to encourage you to support your favorite creators and we hope to be able to do more in that regard in the future. And of course, another big focus was performance. Right away you can expect a more fluid update/install/uninstall process without the constant loading bars that plague other stores, within a more focused experience. Lastly it’s allowed us to fix some footguns. Steam and Lutris Flatpaks are no longer listed or installable in the store, meaning users can no longer accidentally downgrade their experience or end up with a copy of Steam or Lutris that doesn’t contain their library. ## Bazzite Portal Restored ![Bazzite Portal](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/univeral_blue/original/2X/4/469767c33381f3b354b121ad46e2fd23388ffca2.png) The Bazzite Portal has finally returned! In this completely new version, made by contributors Cilantro Limewire and Zeglius, you can find all the goodies from the previous one, with nice big buttons and progress indicators this time. Since Bazaar will be providing curated application recommendations moving forward, it no longer includes flatpaks. Instead, treat this as a helpful GUI for our various optional ujust commands. ## Extended Device Support ### Asus Z13 2025 This update also brings full support for the ROG Z13 2025. It is no longer beta! Additions include full RGB support for both the Lightbar and Keyboard. This implements the Asus Aura protocol, and we hope to expand it on more Asus laptops soon (with your help!). The fan key now works for cycling TDP modes as well, with the RGB of the device changing to reflect the new mode. And finally, the Armoury button now opens Handheld Daemon now and is partly remappable, instead of controlling the WIFI. The Handheld Daemon integration is currently preinstalled only on deck images, but you can also install it from the [Github install script](https://github.com/hhd-dev/hhd#installation-instructions) for desktop images and it will work the same way. _By the way, the Steam version shown in the videos above is using Flatpak Steam. We’ll continue investigating it as a possible option for the future._ ### ONEXPLAYER X1 Mini Pro This release also adds support for the ONEXPLAYER X1 Mini (Pro/AMD AI 370) which is now coming out. ![ONEXPLAYER X1 Mini Pro](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/univeral_blue/original/2X/8/808060560d6b3f717cd23e3ef6deccf0ccb41e83.jpeg) ## New Kernel Version This release comes out with kernel 6.15.4, with kernel 6.15 being quite uneventful, which is both a bad thing (no new goodies) and a good thing (it works quite well). There were a few regressions with this one that we have backported fixes for so you should be good. Our patchset was also updated for the Z13 (for the side button to work) and for the X1 Mini Pro (for the display orientation and turbo button). ## IWD Or “iNet Wireless Daemon” _if you’re some kind of nerd_ is a new WIFI service written by Intel that is now included in all images. This new daemon can resolve the streaming issues faced with `wpa_supplicant`. Specifically: - Periodic WIFI scanning causing latency jumps/freezes while streaming games (e.g., Sunshine) - Slower WIFI compared to Windows on mesh networks - Network dropouts in busy areas or under dense mesh networks It is currently not enabled by default as it has some issues with enterprise networks and _ehm_ the **Intel** MSI Claw. You can toggle it via `ujust toggle-iwd` to give it a try. **Note: that toggling it will remove your saved wifi networks.** Do let us know what you think if you choose to give it a try! ## Topgrade changes Our Topgrade updater will no longer perform Distrobox updates. This removes some non-fatal errors that confused users and speeds up updates quite substantially. Moving forward, we recommend using BoxBuddy or DistroShelf to update your Distrobox containers. DistroShelf is now shipped by default in all new installs as well. # Bazzite News ## Steam Hardware Survey Bazzite is now visible in the Steam Hardware Survey for the very first time! It is only the KDE variant, but we plan to change the image name with the Fedora 43 update to unify our images in stat trackers like this. ![Steam Hardware Survey](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/univeral_blue/original/2X/4/429b2cc734573357e230810344b5f82bf6be643e.jpeg) ## General Growth ![Countme Figure](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/univeral_blue/original/2X/7/760d817fbad7b7a8dc73f267f9ade34d6600628a.svg) We have also now crossed 20,000 weekly active users! Universal Blue Discord is now above 18,000 members, the Bazzite Subreddit is now above 15,000 members, and Bazzite as a project is now reaching 403,000 unique monthly visitors with **763 terrabytes** of ISOs delivered **in just the last 30 days**. None of this would be possible without each and every one of you and it’s an incredible honor and privilege, from all of us, to be able to serve you this experience Please keep sending us feedback, every bit helps! ## Stop Killing Games initiative If you’re in the EU or the UK, please consider signing the Stop Killing Games petition. This will go a long way toward protecting your ability to play the games you’ve bought well into the future, and we thank you for it! > **[Stop Killing Games](https://www.stopkillinggames.com/)** ## Videos to keep you busy These are all the updates! Here are some links to interviews I did over the last three weeks. The first one is with Brodie Robertson on Tech Over Tea and the second one with Gardiner Bryant, where we also touch on the Fedora 32 bit support proposal. [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/univeral_blue/original/2X/d/d1a2e6645d3b2f4447b89b36e4b6d1751f8ef9e4.jpeg "So What Is Bazzite Linux") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sELNv8WPf5A) [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/univeral_blue/original/2X/b/be8dd9da5460b46f86261c0b003ec03992d8956d.jpeg "The whole truth about Fedora's 32-bit proposal w/ Kyle from Bazzite") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgabGSI82M0) ### And from all of us in Universal Blue, thank you for being part of this community! ---
**Author:** ![j0rge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/j0rge/32/8_2.png) [@j0rge](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/j0rge)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2025, 10:44pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-july-2025-update-bazaar-z13-kernel-6-15-steam-hardware-survey/9501/2 "2025-07-07T22:44:29Z")
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**Author:** ![CyborgZeta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@CyborgZeta](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/CyborgZeta)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-july-2025-update-bazaar-z13-kernel-6-15-steam-hardware-survey/9501/3 "2025-07-08T15:36:57Z")
I don’t like that you guys keep replacing KDE programs with GNOME/GTK programs; I even noticed Partition Manager was recently replaced by GNOME Disks. I guess I’ll just have to suck it up though, since I do like Bazzite and really don’t want to go through the hassle of replacing it with something else on my desktop. ---
**Author:** ![kylegospo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/kylegospo/32/375_2.png) [@kylegospo](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/kylegospo)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-july-2025-update-bazaar-z13-kernel-6-15-steam-hardware-survey/9501/4 "2025-07-08T15:39:32Z")
When we replaced KDE partition manager it was crashing on load and it has a long-term problem where the way it applies mount options is broken by design. Users can mark a disk as mountable by a user and executable, and their partition manager will happily put those mount options in an order that results in it never having the execute permission applied. Ultimately our position is we ship what works, I am blind to application frameworks. ---
**Author:** ![anoderay](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/anoderay/32/3787_2.png) [@anoderay](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/anoderay)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-july-2025-update-bazaar-z13-kernel-6-15-steam-hardware-survey/9501/5 "2025-07-08T19:30:51Z")
I am impressed with bazaar. So much faster and more intuitive than Discover! Some constructive criticism: I am not a fan of it’s icon though as it reminds me of spam/malware/spam/temu-slop. Also the dark purple background on the curated page is rather jarring on a bright KDE theme. Still great work! Love living, gaming and working with bazzite and enjoyed your chat with Tech Over Tea 🙂 ! ---
**Author:** ![stubbornconductor285](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/stubbornconductor285/32/7020_2.png) [@stubbornconductor285](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/stubbornconductor285)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 10:52am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-july-2025-update-bazaar-z13-kernel-6-15-steam-hardware-survey/9501/6 "2025-07-09T10:52:43Z")
Oh, so that was you! I used to layer gnome-disks on the image anyway, just because GNOME Disks make it super easy to automount and decrypt my second drive at boot (something that KDE Partition Manager didn’t do). Re Bazaar, I found that I needed to install Flatseal on Plasma for the “Edit permissions” to work, as it didn’t call the native flatpak-kcm for this operation. Other than that it looks great (love the 3d penguins!), runs super fast, and the prominent “Support” buttons are a great addition. It would be great to have them on the “Installed” tab, too. As always - amazing work and awesome to see the growth! Just came across [JayzTwoCents video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa8nMiEoti0&pp=ygUSamF5enR3b2NlbnRzIGxpbnV4) and it was great to see Bazzite was their pick! ---
**Author:** ![fotnite-vevo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/fotnite-vevo/32/4642_2.png) [@fotnite-vevo](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/fotnite-vevo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-july-2025-update-bazaar-z13-kernel-6-15-steam-hardware-survey/9501/7 "2025-07-09T17:51:05Z")
As a GNOME user, Bazaar is definitely a big improvement over GNOME Software. Layout is more sane and distro-customizable, app pages load nearly instantly and don’t periodically make you wait for them to reload the entire view, etc. New users that don’t really know the app ecosystem well are much better-served by this as well, which makes me more likely to recommend Universal Blue to people. There are still a couple hangups for me, though: - **Keyboard Shortcuts & Usage** - Unlike GNOME Software, I can’t easily switch between tabs with Alt+Number or with Alt+Letter shortcuts, things like install buttons can’t be selected with Alt+Letter shortcuts, Alt+Arrow or M4 (as well as two-finger touchpad swipe) don’t go back to the previous view, and searching has to be done with Ctrl+F instead of automatically searching when typing (plus, escape doesn’t exit out of searching). Some of these things are “GNOME-isms”, but really what matters to me is that navigation can be keyboard-based. Especially on a laptop, it’s more ergonomic than pure mouse controls. - **GNOME Integration** - The search provider works well enough, but not having a “Show Details” option in app context menus is a usability downgrade. - **Remember Tab/Page** - Starting the app on the last page or tab that was viewed would be nice, being kicked back to “Curated” every time when I’ve already seen what’s on there is a little annoying. ---
**Author:** ![ddawdler](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/ddawdler/32/7361_2.png) [@ddawdler](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/ddawdler)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 10:58am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-july-2025-update-bazaar-z13-kernel-6-15-steam-hardware-survey/9501/8 "2025-07-10T10:58:20Z")
I have a question about Bazaar. It seems Discover has been completely replaced by it in this update. I love Bazaar so far (maybe not the icon), but I wonder—how will hardware firmware updates and KDE-related downloads, like widgets, themes, and so on, be handled? ---
**Author:** ![nicknamenamenick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/nicknamenamenick/32/4512_2.png) [@nicknamenamenick](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/nicknamenamenick)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-july-2025-update-bazaar-z13-kernel-6-15-steam-hardware-survey/9501/9 "2025-07-10T15:22:49Z")
System updates will handle firmware upgrades if supported by your hardware. Also it was not recommended to use Discover to install KDE addons/themes, you should be installing them manually: > **[Desktop Environment Tweaks - Bazzite Documentation](https://docs.bazzite.gg/General/Desktop_Environment_Tweaks/)** > > Bazzite is a custom image built upon Fedora Atomic Desktops that brings the best of Linux gaming to all of your devices. ---
**Author:** ![ddawdler](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/ddawdler/32/7361_2.png) [@ddawdler](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/ddawdler)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-july-2025-update-bazaar-z13-kernel-6-15-steam-hardware-survey/9501/10 "2025-07-10T16:27:14Z")
Thank you! Much appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_O\_Neill](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/michael_o_neill/32/7370_2.png) [@Michael\_O\_Neill](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/Michael_O_Neill)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-july-2025-update-bazaar-z13-kernel-6-15-steam-hardware-survey/9501/11 "2025-07-10T22:02:21Z")
I absolutely love Bazzite. I am a recent Windows convert, but I am absolutely having a great experience. I have no desire to go back to Windows; I hope this becomes so much more of the norm. ---
**Author:** ![Roman78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Roman78](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/Roman78)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 7:53am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-july-2025-update-bazaar-z13-kernel-6-15-steam-hardware-survey/9501/12 "2025-07-11T07:53:54Z")
Hi there. I have a question about how to install Applications like Mangohud, now discover is gone. I’m just writing a manual in German for Windows switchers. Yesterday while writing it still was Discover and today, after a systemupdate, discover is gone and only Bazaar is there. And on Bazaar the Mangohud application is gone. By the way, here is the Manual still in editing: [Linux fürs Gaming mit Bazzite – Romans Blog](https://www.die-oswalds.de/blog/?p=520&preview=1&_ppp=9711791d94) ---
**Author:** ![Devoras](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/devoras/32/5665_2.png) [@Devoras](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/Devoras)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 9:31am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-july-2025-update-bazaar-z13-kernel-6-15-steam-hardware-survey/9501/13 "2025-07-11T09:31:03Z")
Mangohud is preinstalled, see: [Managing & Modding Games - Bazzite Documentation](https://docs.bazzite.gg/Gaming/Managing_and_modding_games/#enhancements-pre-installed-on-bazzite) ---
**Author:** ![fenglengshun](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/fenglengshun/32/367_2.png) [@fenglengshun](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/fenglengshun)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 9:37am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-july-2025-update-bazaar-z13-kernel-6-15-steam-hardware-survey/9501/14 "2025-07-11T09:37:11Z")
Apps like Bottles and Heroic still wants its own version of Mangohud from Flatpak, right? ---
**Author:** ![Roman78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Roman78](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/Roman78)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 10:25am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-july-2025-update-bazaar-z13-kernel-6-15-steam-hardware-survey/9501/15 "2025-07-11T10:25:16Z")
Indeed… it is there per default. Did not noticed that. So i have to rewrite some parts of the manual… ---
**Author:** ![kylegospo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/kylegospo/32/375_2.png) [@kylegospo](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/kylegospo)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 2:36pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-july-2025-update-bazaar-z13-kernel-6-15-steam-hardware-survey/9501/16 "2025-07-11T14:36:34Z")
Yeah that flatpak is preinstalled too. ---
**Author:** ![kylegospo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/kylegospo/32/375_2.png) [@kylegospo](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/kylegospo)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-july-2025-update-bazaar-z13-kernel-6-15-steam-hardware-survey/9501/18 "2025-07-11T22:40:59Z")
Largely disagree with you that Discover was good or even acceptable, but you can use our image template to roll your own and make any changes you like. > **[GitHub - ublue-os/image-template: Build your own custom Universal Blue Image!](https://github.com/ublue-os/image-template)** > > Build your own custom Universal Blue Image! ---
**Author:** ![fenglengshun](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/fenglengshun/32/367_2.png) [@fenglengshun](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/fenglengshun)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 1:09am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-july-2025-update-bazaar-z13-kernel-6-15-steam-hardware-survey/9501/19 "2025-07-12T01:09:32Z")
IMHO it was good/acceptable enough for Steam Deck, which is a paid product. But it is what it is, Bazzite/Universal Blue team has their own vision and if people don’t like it, then they’ll just have to deal with it yeah. Though isn’t telling people to make their own image just for that a bit much? Is there an issue with using rpm-ostree/dnf for it? It should be trivial to just do an install/uninstall with it. ---
**Author:** ![kylegospo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/kylegospo/32/375_2.png) [@kylegospo](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/kylegospo)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 1:12am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-july-2025-update-bazaar-z13-kernel-6-15-steam-hardware-survey/9501/20 "2025-07-12T01:12:01Z")
I don’t recommend it in this case because we are liable to break that at any time, this is very similar to what happened with Konsole where it can’t be layered because we did a workaround to handle certain apps being hard coded to open the konsole executable. Note that on Steam OS you can install flatpak Steam via Discover and end up in a very awkward place. ---
**Author:** ![Bensterriblescripts](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/bensterriblescripts/32/7396_2.png) [@Bensterriblescripts](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/Bensterriblescripts)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 6:21am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-july-2025-update-bazaar-z13-kernel-6-15-steam-hardware-survey/9501/21 "2025-07-12T06:21:03Z")
Want to give a huge thank you to the team that work on this. I’ve been distro hopping for ages but always end back at Windows because of the random configs I get sick to death of setting up. I bit the bullet and tried this by doing my software dev work in distroshelf and I gotta say it’s _ **FEKKIN FLAWLESS** _. Bazaar is miles ahead of discover, everything works out of the box and flatpak has everything I might be missing. Well done. [Next page](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-july-2025-update-bazaar-z13-kernel-6-15-steam-hardware-survey/9501.md?page=2)