Bazzite, the gaming-focused Linux distribution built on Fedora Atomic, released unstable build 43.20260403.1 on 2026-04-03 with updates to several core components. The release includes Linux kernel 6.19.10, Mesa 26.0.3 graphics drivers, and the latest Nvidia proprietary drivers (595.58.03 for the open kernel module, 580.142 for the LTS branch).
The update brings Framework laptop system improvements with framework-system jumping from version 0.6.1 to 0.6.2, suggesting enhanced hardware support for Framework's modular laptops. The Steam client received a maintenance update from 1.0.0.85-3 to 1.0.0.85-6, while GTK4 moved to version 4.20.4. The gaming stack remains current with Gamescope 137.7c5ebe99, OpenGamepadUI 0.45.0, and InputPlumber 0.75.2 for gamepad input handling.
Desktop environment versions hold steady at GNOME 49.6 and KDE Plasma 6.6.3, with minor component updates including gnome-online-accounts 3.56.5 and pulseaudio-qt-qt6 1.8.1 for KDE images. Notably, the rustup package has been removed from the default image. Current Bazzite users can upgrade to this unstable build using the bazzite-rollback-helper rebase command.
