Sim racers on Linux just got a reason to check their update notifications. Bazzite 44.20260929, the latest stable release of the Fedora Atomic-based gaming distribution, ships with the hid-fanatecff kernel module, bringing native force feedback support for Fanatec racing wheels. The driver, pulled from the community-maintained hid-fanatecff project, lands at version 0.2.3 and covers a range of Fanatec wheel bases and pedal sets that have historically required workarounds or outright lacked force feedback under Linux. It arrives alongside a bump to Gamescope 3.16.31, the Valve-developed compositor that handles per-game resolution scaling and framerate management on both the Steam Deck and desktop handheld PCs.
The release also adds the TouchUp GNOME extension, aimed at improving the tablet and convertible experience on devices like the Framework Laptop 12. TouchUp refines touch input handling in GNOME's shell, a practical addition as more Linux-friendly 2-in-1 hardware hits the market. On the desktop environment front, this build carries GNOME 50.4 and KDE 6.7.5, with an updated Blur my Shell extension digest for GNOME's Silverblue variant. A separate commit reworks the script for enabling Sunshine streaming on Brew images, smoothing out remote play setup for HTPC configurations, and a fix to CEC control ensures TV device IDs are properly handled as arrays, which matters for anyone driving their living room setup over HDMI-CEC.
Underneath, the stack is running kernel 7.2.7 on the mainline track and 6.18.52 for the Nvidia LTS path, paired with Mesa 26.2.2 for AMD and Intel GPU users. Nvidia's open kernel modules sit at 615.71.09, with the LTS branch on 580.178.04. Other gaming-focused packages hold steady at recent versions: MangoHUD 0.8.4, InputPlumber 0.81.0, OpenGamepadUI 0.46.1, and UMU Launcher 1.4.4. Distrobox 1.8.2.5 and Waydroid 1.6.3 remain available for container and Android app compatibility.
Existing Bazzite users can rebase to the new image by running bazzite-rollback-helper rebase stable or target this specific build with bazzite-rollback-helper rebase 44.20260929. The distribution remains free and open source, with all images and build infrastructure hosted on GitHub.
