Presented is the release of the distribution kit Bazitte 44, aimed at gamers and based on the developments of projects Fedora Kinoite 44 and Fedora Silverblue 44, developing atomically updated editions of Fedora Linux with KDE and GNOME desktops. According to the ProtonDB service, the Bazsite project ranks fourth (9.5%) in the ranking of the popularity of Linux distributions used by computer game enthusiasts, behind only CachyOS (21.1%), Arch Linux (14.9%) and Linux Mint (10.6%). Builds formed for PCs, laptops, set-top boxes and game consoles, such as Steam Deck, Asus Ally, GPD, Ayn and MSI Claw.
The distribution comes in the form of a monolithic image, not divided into separate packages and updated as a whole. Applications are installed in Flatpak format or in container form. Waydroid is used to run Android games. It includes Steam and a selection of components sought after by gamers, as well as additional drivers for game controllers and Wi-Fi. Optimizations have been made to system components to improve responsiveness and improve support for HDR and VRR.
In the new version:
- Desktop environments have been updated to KDE Plasma 6.6 (including Plasma Login Manager) and GNOME 50.
- Linux kernel 6.19 is used with patches from the OGC project, optimized to improve performance and efficiency when running computer games. A package with kernel 7.0, including VRAM patches from Valve, is being prepared for publication.
- Updated versions of Mesa 26.0.5, the composite server Gamescope (from git) and the application directory Bazaar 0.7.15.
- In KDE-based builds, the Ptyxis terminal emulator is replaced with Konsole.
- Added support for Elgato 4K video capture cards.
- The size