# Bazzite July 2025 Update: Bazaar, Z13, Kernel 6.15, Steam Hardware Survey

**URL:** https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-july-2025-update-bazaar-z13-kernel-6-15-steam-hardware-survey/9501
**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")
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#### Post date: [July 15, 2025, 9:57pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-july-2025-update-bazaar-z13-kernel-6-15-steam-hardware-survey/9501/34 "2025-07-15T21:57:51Z")

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> [@Kirby](#):
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> One piece of feedback here (I’ll hold my peace on Gnome’s UI idiosyncrasies in Bazaar): Removing Discover (or any program) without any user input (or even notification) is not good.  
> One might even call it Microsoft Behavior, if one was feeling mean-spirited.

You can find the first mention that Discover/Software would be replaced 3 months ago [here](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-42-is-now-available/7861#p-20560-future-stuff-5).

It was also in our testing branches exactly as it shipped here for the last month. We would like it if more of our users participated in the testing branches.

Lastly we worked with multiple content creators to showcase Bazaar early on, Gardiner Bryant did a longform video on it over a month ago:

[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/univeral_blue/original/2X/9/99291b301c7a22e45853ef2f57aed25a14fe31b3.jpeg "Bazzite is about to CHANGE (for the better)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moj3PsinuFA)

> [@PenTenDen](#):
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> Bazaar sounds good for Gnome, but not for Plasma. And the way it replaced discover without being told left a bad taste in my mouth. I think the best solution would be to create a ujust script that allows users to switch between (or install alongside) Bazaar and Gnome/Kde store (depending on the DE used.)

This is not something we’ll be exploring as our intent is to continue to grow and improve Bazaar and move away from legacy packaging. Ultimately if you want the old experience all I can recommend to you is spinning a custom image.

> [@PenTenDen](#):
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> For starters, KDE exclusive plugins are no longer a click away, but I have to go deep into the desktop to get what I want.

This is somewhat of a feature, Discover listed theme installers that are fundamentally incompatible with image based operating systems due to running arbitrary scripts that attempt to write to /usr. These had almost no moderation and were a possible security risk.

> [@PenTenDen](#):
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> Other than that, There needs to be a “news teller” or “what’s changed” screen or in the terminal window to know what was changed and when, not figure out by ourselves.

When running `ujust update` or the System Update app you’re always given a full list of changes before you reboot. You can also run `ujust changelog` at any time to see the latest GitHub release changelog, or follow along with our updates here in discourse.

> [@PenTenDen](#):
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> (On that note, why do you still bundle Flatseal when Plasma already has a flatpak permissions menu? It makes sense for Gnome, but not for Plasma)

User-friendliness. Even on SteamOS KDE flatseal is the application of choice for most users. It being present gives users a tool they’re likely already familiar with and it’s something Bazaar will be integrated with going forward.

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