Bazzite 44.20260511 Ships Custom Kernel and Steam Controller Wake Fixes
Bazzite's latest stable image swaps in a custom ogc2.1 kernel, fixes Steam Controller wake from sleep, and updates Mesa, Gamescope, and Nvidia drivers across all images.
Added Orange Pi 6 Plus (12-core, dual 5GbE, $199+). Updated Raspberry Pi 5 prices (RAM crisis: 4GB $75, 8GB $115). Updated Radxa X4 to 2.5GbE and corrected pricing. Updated ZimaBoard 2 to retail pricing ($279+).
The best handheld gaming PCs for Bazzite in 2026, with updated prices, the new ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X, Legion Go S tariff price notes, and Valve confirming Steam Deck 2 is years away.
Machdyne's open source FERRIT combines up to 256 F-RAM chips on a modular RP2040 USB device, targeting 200-year data retention with virtually unlimited writes.
Asus ships its first Panther Lake ultraportable with Intel Arc B390 graphics, a tandem OLED display, and a sub-kilogram magnesium-aluminum build.
Carbon Computers' Pi Slate squeezes a full Raspberry Pi 5 cyberdeck into a 574 g handheld with modular HAT expansion, 1920x720 touchscreen, and support for pentesting distros.
Kirigami gets a completely rewritten FormLayout, KCalendarCore adds Python bindings, and Solid gains KDE Connect device integration in this packed monthly release.
Star Labs finally ships its premium StarFighter Linux laptop with a 4K display option, up to 64GB RAM, and a magnetically removable webcam for hardware-level privacy.
DFRobot's 1.2mm-thick flexible AMOLED brings a 2400x1080 bendable smartphone panel to Raspberry Pi and other SBCs over standard HDMI.
Bazzite 44.20260508 updates to kernel 6.19.14-ogc2 with Mesa 26.0.5, adds ASUS ROG tooling, restores Thrustmaster force feedback support, and brings FFmpeg and SDL3 bumps.
Boardcon's new PICOT536 SoM and EMT536 dev board bring the Allwinner T536's quad-core A55, dual RISC-V cores, and 2 TOPS NPU to industrial edge applications.
SONOFF's new in-wall panel combines a Zigbee gateway, Matter bridge, and relay switching with F-Droid sideloading for a dedicated Home Assistant dashboard.
Valve's redesigned Steam Controller ships today with magnetic thumbsticks, four haptic motors, and wireless support for $99.