Bazzite Linux has seen an upgrade to the just released Fedora 41, and with it comes lots of extra enhancements to their support of various PC gaming handhelds from AYANEO, ROG Ally and others.
What is Bazzite? It's "a cloud native image built upon Fedora Atomic Desktops that brings the best of Linux gaming to all of your devices - including your favorite handheld". Basically, it's a SteamOS-like based on Fedora that can turn your Windows handhelds into a smooth Linux device.
With the Bazzite F41 update they've got an updated Linux kernel v6.11 that includes patches for Ayaneo, OneXPlayer, Ayn, basic controller support for the MSI Claw and a whole lot more goodies. Some of these changes include:
- Speaker patches for Ayaneo Geek, Geek 1S, 1S, 2, 2S, Kun, Flip KB, Flip DS, and Ayn Loki MiniPro.
- Display quirks for Ayaneo Flip DS, Neo 2S, GEEK, Founder edition and Ayaneo 2.
- ROG Ally has a new patch that "selects the correct firmware for the Ally speakers, offering superior performance for users that used the incorrect firmware previously".
- OneXPlayer X1 and X1 Mini sensors driver updated with "support for charge limiting and charge bypass" plus allowing control of the Turbo LED.
- The MSI Claw also had support added to the "Handheld Daemon, where the front OEM buttons and the controller will work properly in Steam Gaming Mode". Lots of work still needed there though as there's plenty missing like TDP controls and back buttons.
Lots of background work on the Bazzite project as a whole too. Bazzite has grown massively recently, with even the likes of Digital Foundry giving it a spin showing how it can improve on the mess of Windows on handhelds:
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I plan to create a PC console to use with my TV and Bazzite looks like a good choice for OS in that case.
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I wish it wasn't immutable so I could remove stuff I don't want like Lutris. That's the only thing stopping me from doing the Switch on my Steam Deck, really.
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I've also been thinking about doing a console-style mini PC, even though its probably redundant to do so when I already have a Deck and a dock...
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Quoting: ZlopezI plan to create a PC console to use with my TV and Bazzite looks like a good choice for OS in that case.
I tried Bazzite on my PC and it was not a good fit for me. It was great for gaming but the desktop experience was somewhat buggy, however on a couch PC that is less of a concern. Until SteamOS releases I would say Bazzite or ChimeraOS are the best we have for a console PC.
Quoting: kftXI wish it wasn't immutable so I could remove stuff I don't want like Lutris. That's the only thing stopping me from doing the Switch on my Steam Deck, really.
That's Nobara basically. Have you tried it? They have a Steam Deck-build.
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Quoting: PyrateI've also been thinking about doing a console-style mini PC, even though its probably redundant to do so when I already have a Deck and a dock...I was thinking the same thing about getting a console-style mini PC for some time after owning the Steam Deck for a couple of years and recently decided to purchase a PC that was small enough to fit a low profile GPU because I wanted to play games that the Steam Deck struggled to run. That PC will end up using Bazzite on it since I hear good things about it even though I know that ChimeraOS and Nobara exist.
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Quoting: BrokattQuoting: ZlopezI plan to create a PC console to use with my TV and Bazzite looks like a good choice for OS in that case.
I tried Bazzite on my PC and it was not a good fit for me. It was great for gaming but the desktop experience was somewhat buggy, however on a couch PC that is less of a concern. Until SteamOS releases I would say Bazzite or ChimeraOS are the best we have for a console PC.
Quoting: kftXI wish it wasn't immutable so I could remove stuff I don't want like Lutris. That's the only thing stopping me from doing the Switch on my Steam Deck, really.
That's Nobara basically. Have you tried it? They have a Steam Deck-build.
I've been using Batocera recently on an old laptop I was given
Gives a great console-like experience and very plug n play
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Having a desktop pc that just stood there with a decent amd gpu I wanted to put this pc in my living room. Sadly the install for Bazzite is so huge that it wouldn't fit on any of the USB's I have at home, I ended up with chimera OS instead, but that was a real pain to install also. I hade to clean format my hard drives, edit the install script and then I finally manage to get it installed. So if there is one who want so take the market by storm, just make an easy install. I will probably try Bazzite os again once they have some kind of install over the internet. Chimera was painful to install.
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Quoting: ZeloxHaving a desktop pc that just stood there with a decent amd gpu I wanted to put this pc in my living room. Sadly the install for Bazzite is so huge that it wouldn't fit on any of the USB's I have at home, I ended up with chimera OS instead, but that was a real pain to install also. I hade to clean format my hard drives, edit the install script and then I finally manage to get it installed. So if there is one who want so take the market by storm, just make an easy install. I will probably try Bazzite os again once they have some kind of install over the internet. Chimera was painful to install.I used a 16GB USB stick to create the installer for Bazzite and it worked perfectly fine when I tried it on a PC I recently purchased. You don't need anything more than a 16GB USB stick since the installer itself it about 10GB.
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I am really enjoying Bazzite Desktop Edition so far, even with my NVIDIA GPU. I have a few issues here and there (Firefox has to run in XWayland mode, otherwise it just doesn't boot up sometimes), but nothing like what I experienced on Windows.
Actually, I haven't used Windows in ages. I should probably get rid of that dual boot partition soon...
Actually, I haven't used Windows in ages. I should probably get rid of that dual boot partition soon...
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Quoting: PyrateI've also been thinking about doing a console-style mini PC, even though its probably redundant to do so when I already have a Deck and a dock...
I have a Deck and a dock too, but the resolution doesn't look great on TV and the Steam Deck is struggling with some games. So my idea is to build something more powerful, but still a small one.
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