Bazzite, the Fedora-based gaming Linux distribution, has released unstable build 43.20260401.2 with updated components across its desktop and handheld gaming stack. The release bumps the Linux kernel to 6.19.10-ogc1.1, updates Mesa graphics drivers to 26.0.3-1, and includes newer firmware dated 20260309-1.
The gaming-focused components see incremental updates as well. Gamescope, the Wayland compositor designed for gaming sessions, moves to build 137.7c5ebe99-1, while InputPlumber advances to version 0.75.2-1 for improved controller input handling. OpenGamepadUI, the console-style interface for handheld devices, reaches 0.45.0-1, and PowerStation for power management updates to 0.8.1-1.
Desktop environment support remains current with Gnome 49.6-1 and KDE Plasma 6.6.3-1. Nvidia driver support spans both the open-source kernel modules at 595.58.03-1 and the long-term support proprietary drivers at 580.142-1. The changelog notes a single commit dropping a pipewire patch, suggesting improved upstream compatibility.
Current Bazzite users can rebase to this unstable release using the bazzite-rollback-helper utility with the command "bazzite-rollback-helper rebase unstable" for the latest unstable branch or "bazzite-rollback-helper rebase unstable-43.20260401.2" for this specific build.
