Bazzite Linux gets a spring cleaning update to end 2025

The very popular gaming-focused Bazzite Linux has a fresh release out that ended 2025 with a little spring cleaning, and I've finally joined the ranks.

Over the holiday period I managed to find a rather nice deal on the original Lenovo Legion Go, so I decided to treat myself to a dedicated Bazzite machine - and as a bonus have a little more power for certain games compared to the Steam Deck. I'll have more to say on that all soon, because it has been a very interesting time while testing it.

Speaking about the update Bazzite founder Kyle Gospodnetich said:

Happy Holidays & Happy New Year everyone! This month’s update is a smaller one but marks the start of a cleanup effort that will end with us synchronizing with a number of other projects in the Linux Gaming space, sharing resources and patch sets wherever possible. We’ll have much more to share on this in the near future.

The main changes are:

• Moved IWD to be the default wireless connection handler in Bazzite for improved wifi speed and connection stability
  • This will reset your Wireless Connections one time - we promise it’s worth it,
• Promoted the Live ISOs to the default for future Bazzite installs
• Implemented Greenboot which will automatically rollback in the event of a problem after updating.
  • You can see the status of this system in the terminal MOTD.
• Replaced BTRFS duperemove with bees - a faster and more stable solution for file deduplication.
• Fixed performance issues with the Legion GO 2 when using auto-vram
• Added VRR support for the UGREEN DisplayPort to HDMI 2.1 adapter.
• Fixed raytracing on Intel Arc and Xe cards
• ScopeBuddy is now installed as an rpm package

Source: Bazzite Forum

Bazzite land had some unfortunate community issues lately too as a contributor ended up being removed from the project for repeated violations of their Code of Conduct.

Hopefully the Bazzite team and project as a whole will have a stronger 2026.