Currently have Fedora 40 KDE Plasma Desktop - How best to install Bazzite?

I currently have Fedora 40 KDE Plasma Desktop installed, and Plasma/Wayland is crashing all the time. The computer has both an integrated Intel graphics chipset as well as a new NVIDIA discrete graphics card. Bazzite was recommended by others.

How best to install Bazzite? I’ve got KDE all set up and configured as I like.

The system partition is formatted as btrfs (Fedora 40’s default) and the entire volume is encrypted. Is it best to keep that file system?

Unless It’s KDE Atomic, aka Kinoite, I think you’ll have to fresh install unfortunately?

Thanks for your reply. It’s not Kinoite, so needing a fresh install is unfortunate.

Will the fresh install wipe the entire partition?

If you go by standard installation, then yes.
For sure there would be no other option if your /home is inside root.

However, if /home is outside of root and you do have multiple partitions on the disk where one would be only for the /home, then you could go for manual installation and wipe all the others while keeping the new /home onto the new install.

However, Anaconda installer is a pain in the ass and from as far as I know, neither this installer nor Fedora are too great when it comes to partitioning differently, with exceptions or with other operating systems.

I think a fresh install would be the best option :+1:

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I am sorry for playing devil’s advocate where the pattern is to evangelize, but have you considered the possibility that whatever issue is causing your crashes in Fedora will still cause you crashes in Bazzite? Some people get a thrill out of distrohopping, but you seem quite reluctant… I think it’s fair to point out that going from Fedora 40 to an atomic Fedora 40 spin is going to change almost nothing with respect to the things that are likely to be causing your crashes. Same drivers, same DEs, same kernels, etc.
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I recommend you either seek to troubleshoot the crashes or you take a Hail Mary and try a wildly different software environment (eg, Fedora → Windows instead of the lateral Fedora → Kinoite). In general, you have to diagnose a problem before you can solve it.

ps, if your CPU is 13th or 14th gen is it possible that the instability is due to the recently publicized CPU bug?