- Updated: November 30, 2025
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Bazzite: Linux Oyun Dağıtımı ve Özellikleri
The next generation of Linux gaming Bazzite makes gaming and everyday use smoother and simpler across desktop PCs, handhelds, tablets, and home theater PCs. Play your favorite games Bazzite is designed for Linux newcomers and enthusiasts alike with Steam pre-installed, HDR & VRR support, improved CPU schedulers for responsive gameplay, and numerous community-developed tools and tweaks to streamline your gaming and streaming experience.Own games outside of Steam?Lutris (Pre-installed) and other launchers can not only run games from most game stores, but cleanly integrate them into Steam Gaming Mode, including: Xbox Game Pass (via battle.net), EA App, Epic Games Store, GOG.com, itch.io, Rockstar Games Launcher, Ubisoft Connect, your dad’s old CDs, and more! Sea of Thieves Shot on Framework Forza Horizon 5 Shot on Steam Deck S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Marvel Rivals New to gaming on Linux? Check out Bazzite’s Gaming Guide for up-to-date tips and tricks.Wondering if your favorite games are compatible? Check the community-maintained compatibility lists: Visit ProtonDB Visit Are We Anti Cheat Yet? Want to protect your games and your ability to play them? Check out Stop Killing Games for information on how to help.On all your favorite devices Bazzite works for you whether you prefer to game on your handheld, chill on the couch with your home theater PC, lug your laptop to the LAN party, surf the subway with your tablet, or pretend you’re getting work done on your desktop – no judgement, we’re hopelessly addicted to Deadlock too. View Compatible Hardware Take your game library anywhere Your MicroSD card game library can be shared between multiple Bazzite installs no matter which devices you’re using.UpgradeRollbackUpgrade fearlessly Bazzite is image based meaning that after every update the previous version of the operating system is retained on your machine. Should an update cause any issues, you can select the previous image at boot time. Images of the operating system are retained in our repositories for ninety days and can be switched to via the terminal. Nvidia driver update broke something you needed?No worries, rebase to the last known good release and pin it so that it’s retained as long as needed. Secure by default Experience enterprise class security with out-of-the-box SELinux, Secure Boot support, signed container images, and LUKS disk encryption with optional automatic TPM unlocking. Modern app stores provide attestation, sandboxing, and the most officially verified applications of any Linux application repository.Work with your hardware, not for it Bazzite focuses on hardware compatibility out of the box, with full support for accelerated video encoding and decoding, built in Nvidia drivers, additional HID drivers, and just about every udev rule you could need.Let your operating system work with your hardware so you don’t have to. Game Controllers Out-of-the-box support for Xbox, Wii, Switch, PS3, PS4, PS5, and numerous other controllers.GPU Support Nvidia drivers and the latest Mesa for AMD & Intel pre-installed, with tweaks applied as needed Additional Drivers Bazzite ships with support for additional Wi-Fi adapters, display standards like DisplayLink, and more! Complete Handheld PC Support Bazzite features Handheld Daemon, offering enhanced functionality and support for handhelds from manufacturers such as ASUS, Ayn, GPD, and Lenovo – all accessible by double tapping the quick access menu button.Customize your handheld experience with in-depth controller emulation, including paddles, touchpad, rumble, face buttons, RGB lighting, and more. Control all aspects of your hardware from a clean and intuitive UI, including GPU frequency, TDP controls, and CPU scheduler. Use your favorite desktop environmenthandheld experiencecouch gaming setupdesktop environment The latest and greatest by the KDE community built from Fedora Kinoite.KDE offers a highly customizable and modern UI that Windows users would find right at home, with a bottom taskbar, start menu, and widgets. Valve’s themes and customizations present in SteamOS come pre-installed. A modern and beautiful desktop by the GNOME Foundation built from Fedora Silverblue. Optimized for touch input, this desktop environment feels right at home on handhelds and tablets, with rounded corners and thoughtful design choices that would make even a die-hard Apple user blush.We provide a lightly customized GNOME experience with tweaks that can easily be undone if desired. From your handheld to your home theater PC, Steam Gaming Mode offers the premier console-like experience, and can be extended with community-developed plugins and themes thanks to Decky Loader. Waydroid brings the Android apps and games you love to Bazzite, working side by side with your other Linux applications. Visit our Waydroid setup guide for more information.Run your favorite applicationscontainerseverythingapplications Bazzite utilizes the Bazaar app store, allowing for easy installation and management of all your favorite applications from Flathub and a curated list of apps we think you’ll love. Additionally, Bazzite brings Brew and the tools and techniques created by the cloud native community to your desktop. Built in container support means packages for any Linux distribution can be installed and used as if they were native applications.The included Ptyxis terminal and DistroShelf provide first-class access to your Distrobox containers, letting you focus on what matters – your software.Running a game, a development environment, a container for your Jellyfin server, or a utility only available on the Arch User Repository? You can rest assured it works here. Bazzite is developed on Bazzite.View apps on Flathub Software Management Guide Video provided by Brandon Lester and the Oreon Project Join the community Documentation Looking for support? View our documentation site for up-to-date guides on installation, general use, game setup, and troubleshooting. View Documentation View FAQ Ametrine, the Bazzite mascot, was gifted to us by Poulpi. Konqi design originally by Tyson Tan, credit to KDE.Discord Join our Discord for game nights, live community support, and discussion about games and the project. Join our Discord Discourse Join our Discourse for asynchronous discussion of Bazzite, and newsletters covering newly added features. Join our Discourse Reddit Join our subreddit for community discussions, news updates, announcements, showcases, and more. Visit our Subreddit Become a Supporter Support the continued development of Bazzite by sponsoring us on Open Collective!Your contributions help cover hosting and hardware expenses, as well as travel for our team to present, collaborate, and engage with the broader Linux community. Contribute USD Contribute Euro Contribute Assist in Bazzite’s development by contributing code, reporting bugs, or making feature requests. You can also sponsor individual contributors if you’d like to contribute monetarily. Visit our GitHub Statistics provided by DNF Count Me Press & Testimonials [.] if I already owned an Asus ROG Ally X, or regular Ally, or the Lenovo Legion Go, I would absolutely install Bazzite on it right away, perhaps using a dual-boot configuration to make sure I can easily swap back. You might be surprised by how little you’ll miss Windows. You might be surprised by just how much better the portable experience can get. Sean Hollister The Verge We believe that 2025 is truly the year of the Linux Gaming Desktop. Yeah, might be. Decades coming.For gaming on Linux Bazzite’s awesome [.] Nirav Patel Framework Since I installed Bazzite, I have not had to mess with drivers, hook up to a monitor and keyboard for desktop mode, or do anything other than play games. Kevin Purdy Ars Technica Other people may recommend Bazzite strictly on principle, as cheerleaders of Linux and open source. I’m recommending Bazzite because it’s objectively better than Windows for [the ROG Ally], and delivers a true handheld gaming experience.Jason Evangelho Forbes PC gamers can now experience Linux gaming the way Valve intended it to be Aaron Klotz Tom’s Hardware While Bazzite is branded as a gaming distro—and is known as a pretty solid alternative OS for the Steam Deck, something I still need to test—it is also a very capable GNOME-based desktop experience, one where many of the hardware and software headaches are solved for you by the time you plug it in. Ernie Smith Tedium [.] based on the test results we’re seeing, you’d be mad if you didn’t choose to take the red pill and breathe new life into your machine by turning it into a vastly more powerful Steam Deck. Jason England Tom’s Guide Universal Blue has done its homework. Considering it’s a non-official Steam OS it works surprisingly well and is fairly easy to install and set up.Chip Loder Apple Insider Many users have reported better battery life and gaming performance with Bazzite over Windows – but we think the biggest advantage is not having to wait for Windows to load before gaming. GENKI SavePoint Kickstarter GENKI / Human Things [.] nothing is more authentic than using a SteamOS-based system like Bazzite to control your PC with your controller. Plus, you avoid the headaches of managing a Windows computer.Here, everything is plug & play; no configuration is necessary. EmuDeck Machines Indiegogo Campaign EmuDeck The entire saga of trying to get a new SSD into my Legion Go took longer than it took for Bazzite to install. Like seriously, I didn’t realize how quick the installation process is. That’s why there aren’t more pictures for you to see what it looks like.Andrew (Retro Handhelds) Retro Handhelds It’s super fast, it’s snappy, it’s reliable, you know it is just a blessing to have coming from Windows and that is priceless for so many of you that like to play on the go Cyber Dopamine I installed it on my Lenovo Legion Go and I actually haven’t been able to put the Go down since I got the operating system installed.This is definitely one of the more stable, better performing Linux operating systems for your handheld gaming PC, and in my opinion it’s totally worth trying out. ETA PRIME By my testing so far, I’m not sacrificing any performance by using Bazzite. Both performance and battery life seems to be roughly equivalent to using Ally X in Windows. Fan The Deck Even a veteran like me, I still run into problems when I’m messing around in Linux with certain things and having a team of gamers [.] sitting there gaming every day, and when they find things wrong they go ahead and tweak the system so it works easily for you so you don’t have to spend time tinkering, and I think that’s amazing Chris Titus Tech This distro is great for any type of HTPC or any type of PC you want to transform into a console. This is for me the best of the best, the crème de la crème, I’m not even kidding. A1RM4X SteamOS itself shouldn’t be installed on other hardware.This however can, and it gives you a really close experience. Hi-Tech Lo-Life I’m extremely impressed with Bazzite OS on my Lenovo Legion Go. It has transformed this handheld PC into an incredibly versatile gaming machine that can play titles from Steam, Battle.net, Epic, GOG and more — all with optimizations that include battery life, thermals, and the overall user experience.Gadget Pilipinas Including Waydroid configured by default is a pretty interesting choice, could expand what you can do on Steam Deck rather a lot don’t you think? There’s a lot of things there making me quite keen to try it out on one of my Steam Decks. Liam Dawe GamingOnLinux Would you be interested in a distro that is tailored for Linux gaming? If yes, then we have just the thing for you.Sourav Rudra It’s FOSS Project News Our team Bazzite is built with Universal Blue on GitHub by a dedicated group of maintainers, and contributors like you. Featuring alumni from companies like: Our sponsors: Additionally, Bazzite contributes to and includes work from our friends: Sentry’s kernel-fsync, The Fedora Project, Podman, The Nobara Project, ChimeraOS, Jovian-NixOS, and evlaV’s GitLab.We are immensely thankful for their support and collaboration.Download Bazzite Use the form below to get the correct ISO download link for your hardware and use case.If you’re already using a Fedora Atomic Desktop, you can rebase to Bazzite without reinstalling.Are you a developer? Check out Bazzite Developer eXperience for images focused on your use case! What hardware are you using?Select your hardware Desktop Home Theater PC Framework Desktop Steam Deck (LCD & OLED) Lenovo Legion Go & Go 2 & Go S ASUS Ally & Ally X & Xbox Allies GPD OneXPlayer AOKZOE AYN Ayaneo MSI Claw (BETA) Other Handheld PC Framework Laptop ASUS Laptop Other Laptop Apple Silicon (Coming soon) ASUS ROG Flow Z13 Minisforum V3 Virtual Machine If you’re having issues booting this ISO, ensure the Setup Utility -> USB Configuration -> USB Dual Role Device setting in your BIOS is set to XHCI and not DRD.Your hardware utilizes Handheld Daemon to handle button mapping, RGB, and TDP control. Please refer to our Handheld Wiki for usage guides. Your hardware has issues booting the installation media and requires Ventoy in GRUB2 mode to boot properly. Please use Ventoy and follow these instructions. Secure boot must be disabled for the installation, but can be re-enabled after our MOK key is enrolled and installation is complete. Who is the vendor of your primary GPU?Select your primary GPU vendor AMD (RX 4xx+ | AI) Nvidia (RTX Series | GTX 16xx Series+) Intel (ARC+) AMD (HD/200/300/R9) Nvidia (GTX 9xx-10xx Series) Intel (UHD/HD/Iris) “Now this will run on my 486?” Your selected hardware does not support Steam Gaming Mode at this time. The Desktop version of Bazzite is still available. What desktop environment do you prefer? Pick a desktop environment KDE (Like SteamOS’s Desktop) GNOME Do you want Steam Gaming Mode?Choose if you want Steam Gaming Mode Yes, I want to load directly into Steam Gaming Mode No, I want a traditional desktop experience When using Steam Gaming Mode in a virtual machine, you must pass-through a GPU. Steam Gaming Mode support is available for your hardware in beta, but multiple known issues exist in these builds. Please note that the majority of bugs cannot be fixed except by your GPU manufacturer.Some devices with two AMD GPUs (iGPU and dGPU) cause gamescope to be unable to detect your display resulting in a black screen. If you are affected, use an image without Steam Gaming Mode or disable your iGPU. See this issue for more information. Use this form to get the correct ISO download link for your hardware and use case. If you’re already using a Fedora Atomic Desktop, you can rebase to Bazzite without reinstalling.Are you a developer?Check out Bazzite Developer eXperience for images focused on your use case! Lenovo Legion Go & Go 2 & Go S A high resolution screen, detachable controllers with dual gyros, sturdy hinge, and hall effect joysticks and triggers, make the Legion Go the highest engineered handheld in the market. With dual per-controller gyro, 4 paddles, RGB, and touchpad that are usable in Steam Input, it matches and exceeds the Steam Deck, there’s nothing to miss from Valve’s offerings.Even better, detach the controllers and enjoy the same experience on the couch and bump to 30W to give that extra oomph to new titles. Pop the stand open, dock, and use yours as a desktop replacement, as many of us are doing. Having the fastest Laptop CPU AMD makes, you’ll forget you even had a laptop. The Legion Go also makes for a great tablet, utilizing our built-in Android container support to take full advantage of that touch screen.Unfortunately, Windows may need to be dual booted to keep the BIOS updated. ASUS ROG Allies Being ASUS’ little ‘hot rod’, the ROG Ally runs at over 40W stock, with a cooling system to match. Combined with its 120hz VRR display and 800Hz gyro, the Ally is a joy to use and a must for the most discerning gamers. Experience 0 latency with your actions and the most consistent frame pacing in the market.With granular TDP controls, fan curves, RGB, and paddle support in Steam Input, Bazzite offers a hand-tuned experience for the Ally, that will have you leaving Windows behind. Valve Steam Deck Bazzite offers a solid alternative to SteamOS, with up-to-date kernel, packages, and a first class desktop experience.Choose between KDE Plasma and GNOME, and layer system packages to turn your Steam Deck into a mini computer while still retaining feature parity with SteamOS, including firmware and BIOS updates. GPD Devices GPD devices offer the smallest form factor laptops out in the market, with high quality controllers built-in. It is intended for the seasoned road warrior. Great for gaming, work, and even light machine learning. The GPD devices are a joy to use, and fully supported by Bazzite.It has out-of-the-box support for the L4, R4 buttons, touchpad, and gyro to be used in Steam Input, and bundled ROCm for your machine learning needs. We support all of GPD devices (2023/2024), including GPD Win 4, GPD Win Mini, Max 2. OneXPlayer OneXPlayer devices are the best 3-in-1 devices on the market, with great build quality, displays, and performance. Snap on the controllers, game, and then replace with a folio keyboard to take your work on the go.We offer great for all OneXPlayer devices. The exception is TDP Control for Intel devices, where the turbo button can be used to switch between 15W and 25W, and the 2 Pro not having speaker support. Supported devices enjoy Gyro, RGB, back button support, fan curves, and charge limitting out of the box. AOKZOE The AOKZOE A1X offers a premium experience, with a nice large 8in 1200p VRR screen, great speakers, and incredible performance.It is fully supported on Bazzite, with Gyro, RGB, fan curves, and charge limitting working out of the box. A1, A1 Pro, and A2 are also partly supported, with basic controls and fan curves. We are looking into improving support for these devices in the future. Ayn Loki The Ayn Loki is our pick for the most portable handheld in the market right now. With a great high resolution screen, controls that feel great, and sick looking RGB handles, there’s a lot to love.We offer RGB control out-of-the-box, and the handheld experience you would expect with such a handheld. We have verified support for the Loki Max, but if you own one of the other variants then get in touch with us. We will make sure the next Bazzite version has great support for your unit too. MSI Claw The MSI Claw is a powerful Intel-based handheld gaming PC with impressive performance and features.With its sleek design, responsive controls, and vibrant display, the Claw delivers an excellent gaming experience. Note that Gyro is not currently supported. Home Theater PCs What makes Bazzite great for handhelds transfers over to Home Theater PCs. Enjoy the PC gaming console-like experience that a setup like that should have from the comfort of your couch. Feel free to bump up the frame-rate and resolution, without the power limitations of a handheld.This experience is powered by Valve’s window manager, Gamescope, which is included in our Handheld/HTPC images. Gamescope has certain hardware requirements with fantastic support for recent AMD GPUs, Intel ARC GPUs, and support for Nvidia GPUs in beta. Desktops & Laptops Bazzite marries Cloud technology, gaming, and developer tools into a compelling package. With Bazzite, you can work and game on the same OS, regardless of what your hardware is or what your work consists of.We make sure our desktop images work on ASUS Laptops, Lenovo Legion Laptops, and on AMD, Intel, and Nvidia GPUs. Out-of-the-box tools such as Distrobox, Flatpak, and package layering, you can install that one missing package like a VPN client you bought a year ago, all while keeping the benefits of an image based operating system. What benefits does Cloud Native bring?A scenario where an update breaks a package occurs, but now you can completely rollback safely and quickly to any Bazzite build that came out within the last 90 days. Delivered straight to you from our image repositories. Rollbacks and rebasing almost act like a cloud save for your operating system. Bazzite is officially supported by Framework, with out-of-the-box support for all of Framework’s hardware, including the custom handhelds community members keep showing off!Enjoy enhanced dGPU support on the Framework 16, no setup, no launch options, no fuss. Applications like Steam and Lutris are automatically configured to run on your dGPU for optimal performance. Thanks to Framework’s modules you can even add a MicroSD card slot and share games with your other Bazzite running hardware – plug and play just like any gaming handheld. Using a Framework Desktop? Be sure to select Steam Gaming Mode for the ultimate console-like gaming experience.Looking to do more than game? Bazzite comes with full support for SELinux & Secure Boot, and contains helpful ujust commands for setting up TPM unlock for LUKS drive encryption and full Ollama AI workload support. Other Handheld PCs Note: Intel and Ayaneo handheld support is still limited. For most Ayaneo handhelds we offer controller support, but certain models either have stability issues or are missing a speaker driver.If your handheld hardware is not listed, then you can still give Bazzite a try with our Handheld/HTPC image. Your mileage may vary with untested hardware. New Users Download Download Live ISO (BETA) FOSS Torrents View the Bazzite initial setup guide. View all Bazzite documentation.Existing Fedora Atomic Desktop Users It is recommended to remove any layered packages before proceeding with this command:rpm-ostree reset You may rebase to Bazzite with this command: rpm-ostree rebase ostree-unverified-registry:ghcr.io/ublue-os/:stable If you’re using secure boot, follow our secure boot documentation before rebasing. You may also follow the rebasing video guide. It’s recommended by upstream that you stick to the same desktop environment as your current install when rebasing.Your flatpaks and flatpak remotes will not be changed during the rebase process. Once rebased, you can optionally install Bazzite’s default flatpaks by running the following in a terminal:ujust _install-system-flatpaks Build your own As an image, Bazzite is able to be consumed, repackaged, and shared. Dislike our choices or want more software pre-installed than we offer? Creating your own image is easy and builds can be scheduled to keep in-sync with us, or forge your own path.Bazzite, its RPM packages, and downstream images are updated autonomously through GitHub Actions and Fedora Copr webhooks. Create an image FROM bazzite Create a fork of Bazzite We recommend the Pull app for GitHub to automatically keep your fork in sync with upstream.