Bazzite gets a big update with KDE Plasma 6.6, Mesa 26.0.1 and more

Bazzite has a big new update available for your PC gaming handhelds and desktops with some major packaging upgrades to play with.

Unfortunately though, the initial roll-out came with a major problem. The 43.20260302 version had a bug that could cause "100% disk usage on gamemode specific images", but they've already rolled out 43.20260303 that fixes the problem.

The main highlights of what's new:

• As of this update we are now shipping KDE 6.6, minus the new login manager. That will come with the next major Fedora release.
• Mesa 26.0.1 is now present in all images.
• KDE users will find this to be the first stable release that returns Konsole. Ptyxis will remain on our KDE images for a short time to make it easier for users to transition any terminal configs they’ve made. This change is being done because Konsole will very soon have container support on-par with Ptyxis. If you enjoy Ptyxis and want to continue to use it, please install the Ptyxis flatpak from Bazaar after it’s removed.
• Kontainer is now installed on new installs of our KDE images, replacing DistroShelf.
• Latest version of Bazaar with a ton of great improvements.
• All images are now 200MB smaller.

In the announcement they said the next release they'll be focusing on the new "OGC" kernel (Open Gaming Collective) for desktops, with handhelds to receive it at a later date along with Input Plumber. In addition to improvements coming for steering wheels and Elgato capture cards in the next release.

See more about Bazzite on the official site.