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Reader supplied reviews for Bazzite
Average rating
8.5 from 29 review(s)
Version: 43.20251029
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-10-31
Votes: 5
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After the end of support for Windows 10 , I decided to install Linux on the desktop. I also have a laptop that had Fedora on it for a while with now issues. But for my desktop that I also use for gaming I wanted something that would work with my steam library. Only one game doesn't work ( Destiny) , so I decided to stay with Bazzite 42, I was a little worried because I have a NVIDIA card RTX 3060 and the drivers for Linux are hit or miss, but so far no issues. Even the update to version 43 had no problems.
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Version: 42.20251019
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-10-29
Votes: 3
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Bazzite, at least in my opinion, is the best gaming focused widely distributed OS available right now.
I have been solely using Bazzite for the last 2 years on my Minisforum HX99G in my living room. The HX99G is certainly one of the most capable gaming mini PCs considering its diminutive size, but Windows just felt wrong on it, and within a few days I decided to move to Bazzite due to its incredibly tight alignment to the Steam Deck's Steam OS look and feel.
I think the use case for this is clear for me. Bazzite, with the native Big Picture mode enables a console like look and feel to a PC whilst also having the desktop mode for any tweaking or emulator setup.
The OS itself is clean, no bloat or annoying alerts and is extremely quick to navigate and boot in either desktop or gaming mode.
I have a Desktop Gaming PC also with an RTX 2070 Super and i7 10700F and it has Windows 11 on it. I just do not use it over the Bazzite setup. For my money, Windows has become bloated and buggy. It has had its day when it comes to gaming now and I think with the ever increasing compatibility of Proton, Linux, and especially OS's like Bazzite could very well be the solution.
The only downsides I have experienced so far is some games using anti-cheat software are not compatible. This is a small price to pay for the freedom from Microsoft
Additionally, the system is not as immutable as it claims. I experienced a catastrophic failure during an update whereby I ran out of space mid update. The system, it appears did not have a check in place that the storage was sufficient to run through the whole process. I put this down to largely being my own fault when I knew I was low on storage on the boot drive. Sadly this also affected the previous viable boot and I ended up having to do a fresh install. This did not take long however and now I know to ensure my boot drive always has plenty of space.
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Version: 42.20251019
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-10-23
Votes: 11
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Here is my simple 5-step guide to gaming on Linux:
1. Install Bazzite
2. Log into Bazzite
3. Log into Steam
4. Download game
5. Play game
Windows has NEVER been this fast and easy.
I can't quite put my finger on what it is. Perhaps it’s the sum of all the parts but Bazzite just feels very well-polished, and fast! I don't mean that it's “polished for Linux” but rather it feels better than “a clean install of Win10 or MacOS” kind of polished. Perception of speed may be more influenced by my use of Windows 10/11 elsewhere, but Bazzite is snappy in a way that our unreliable memories believe Win98SE, XP or 7 were. Spoiler: they were never THIS fast - and certainly not while looking this good. I really liked KDE on Fedora, and I’m not sure if the Bazzite team is doing anything different with KDE here or if it’s just that KDE is just this good naturally but it’s working for me.
The one minor issue I’ve encountered was a minor sleep/hibernate issue. This was resolved after changing the colour profile in display settings (I believe this is known KDE bug). Once sorted, the system has been faultless, running 24/7 the last few months, only rebooting when "I" want it to.
The Immutability has already saved my backside after a typo in a config change borked the boot process. In previous Linux installations, this would have ruined my day and left me scrambling to recover the simple error I had made. Bazzite allowed me to simply boot into the old config, complete with GUI, then a couple of minor commands reset everything and the damage was erased!
On that note: while it isn’t for the purists and those who like to tinker, I believe Immutability + Flatpack (or equivalent) is the perfect combo for mainstream Linux use – ie. average personal-users, new Windows or Mac converts, or those who just want something reliable (they can't easily break) with straight-forward software installs. This approach eliminates many of the fears new users have and allows them to become comfortable and get invested in the Linux world. Once they’re comfortable, they can learn more, and as the desire to have more control expands, new, customisable or advanced distros will be there to accommodate them.
If you’re looking for a distro with a top-quality experience to begin your Linux experience with, that just so happens to be newbie-friendly, ideal for mainstream users AND can run games right out of the box, Bazzite should be right at the top of your list.
If this is an indication of the future of the Linux desktop, Bill & Ted summed it up best: “Excellent!”
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Rating: 8
Date: 2025-10-18
Votes: 2
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42.20250908
Bazzite is the first distro I installed fully on my main pc. Installation was straightforward for me, as someone that didn't install OS's frequently. After installation, everything just works. There was no post installation quirks. I explored a lot of KDE and loved the feeling of tinkering with the desktop environment! It reminded me of exploring custom android ROM's, which was a lot of fun. All of my windows applications had reasonable compatibility or reasonable alternatives available for me. The atomic nature was really neat. I could always roll back or rebase to a different version of I wanted to. I even switched my GPU from NVIDIA to AMD, and rebased images with no issue. As I wanted to tinker more, I found out about tiling window managers and wanted to try it. I probably could have layered it with rpm-ostree but the Bazzite documentation highly recommended against it. So I eventually jumped to a non-ublue OS so I could tinker and break my system more easily. Even though I left, Bazzite still holds a special place in my Linux journey.
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Version: 42.20251011
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-10-13
Votes: 3
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As a Windows user until 4 months ago, I've been using Bazite with no issues whatsoever in every aspect I used my desktop until then.
I hope they keep improving but for now, it is almost perfect, can't understand why it is 44th in the most used distros right now tbf.
Everything works from the first moment, although whenever you want to do something else that the devs planned, it is when it gets tricky so I guess thats the reason why pro/veteran linux users skip this kind of distros, but for ex-windows users it is more than enough to get started.
Hope them the best of lucks.
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Version: 42.20251002
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-10-03
Votes: 10
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I've run most of the standard Linux distros and this one is different, from a user standpoint, maybe not so much. From an admin perspective, feel like, we do it a bit different, which is ok and base of it is my elderly view of Linux versions and what is right... (working with Linux since 1997). I know stuff but it is moving fast and some solutions .... well.
Having said that, I don't really do stuff but play games and do work-stuff on this machine, but man.... after upgrading from AMD 5600xt to AMD 9070xt. Gaming is just fantastic, just finished, titan fall 2, and it rocked! There is simply no big issues with choosing this distro, it just works. Even games that according to Steam won't work/or there are issues, some of them work, very well.
Also my 14y son got it installed instead of Windows 11, and his reasoning is, yes, I know I can't play all the games but the upside is that I don't have to pay for subscriptions. Had there been problems with this distro he would have noticed them before me, since I solve most things, most often.
My computer:
AMD 3950
32GB ram
AMD 9070xt
Sons computer:
some AMD
16GB
AMD 5600xt
It works and the store, is so awesome
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Version: 42.20250908
Rating: 6
Date: 2025-09-10
Votes: 1
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I tried Bazzite on three different setups and I had mixed results with not only installing it, but having it run stable and with my main box, which is an AMD 5800x CPU, 6800XT Video card, 64 gigs of ram, 1TB NVMe and a Raid 0, it wouldn't install at all, where Mint was running just fine. The two Dell 7090 SFF's that I did additional testing on, both installed but one of them was unstable and would freeze all the time to the point where I ended up wiping it and just put Fedora KDE on it instead. The only hardware differences between the Dell SFF's were the NVMe hard drives, where one was a generic Samsung drive and the one that kept freezing had a WD drive in it.
It looked good and I had intended to run it on my main box but after the hype of it being a great "gaming" distro faded and the lock ups and freezes continued, I could not continue to run this even on the one SFF that it ran fine on. I'm happy that it runs well on others but I did not find a use case for it in my experience and can't recommend it as is.
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Version: 42.20250828
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-08-29
Votes: 11
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I've only tried a few distros like Ubuntu and its forks, and fedora, and what I valued is a Desktop and software. I'm fine with immutability, don't want endless tinkering on my main PC. Prefer to tinker in a VM or Old laptop.
Bazzite impressed me right away with its plug-and-play setup. No editing config files, no manual drivers' installations, system hasn't broken once. Everything worked out of the box—my hardware was detected, updates handled smoothly, and gaming tools ready without extra steps. Compared to the other distros where I had to spend time tweaking or troubleshooting.
The community is still small, but you barely need them since the system isn't breaking on you, and the Bazzite team provide great guides and documentation. It feels polished, beginner-friendly, and a great choice if you want a Linux experience that “just works.”
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Version: 42.20250809
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-08-18
Votes: 33
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I’ve been using Bazzite for quite a while now, and out of all the Linux distros I’ve tried over the years, Bazzite’s approach has impressed me the most. The immutable system behind it is incredibly stable and practically worry-free — you barely have to manage anything yourself. Thanks to Bazaar and Flatpak, you always have access to the latest app versions, maintained directly by the developers.
The Mesa driver and kernel tweaks aren’t as “hardcore” as what you might see with CachyOS, but the kernel is always up to date, patched, and optimized for gaming. Mesa updates also roll out very quickly through system updates. Since I’m running an AMD setup (Ryzen 7 7800x3D / 7900 XTX), I get to take full advantage of everything Linux has to offer in that regard.
Of course, Bazzite isn’t perfect. Hardcore enthusiasts who want to tweak every last detail of their system probably won’t find what they’re looking for here. Bazzite is designed to be as straightforward as possible, which actually makes it a great choice for newcomers to Linux. There’s very little you can break, and even if something does go wrong, rolling back is quick and painless.
A fun little side note: I’ve already installed Bazzite on several friends’ and family members’ PCs. Since then, many of them have become Linux fans — and some of them used to struggle just installing an alternative browser on Windows. With Bazzite, though, everything is so easy to grasp, and Bazaar is so simple to use, that the entry barrier is about as low as it gets. Highly recommended!
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Version: 42.20250809
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-08-16
Votes: 1
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I have been using Bazzite as my main driver for a year now. What got my attention was the immtable aspect of it. It has frequent updates and because of its immutable nature there has not yet been a single hickup with them. I dont like to tinker with linux anymore, done that for 15 years already, it is just no fun anymore. I just want it to work out of the box.
I also do alot of gaming on my AMD high end system and it works fine too (well, I have no interest in multiplayer games that has anticheat, which ofte are a problem on linux as I understand it), no tinkering needed.
I was first a bit vary of flatpaks, but no problems there either. Som apps are not available as flatpak or appimages, but distrobox which lets you use another linux systems solves that problem. I mainly use Ubunto for those because of the ease with .deb files.
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Version: 42.20250809
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-08-10
Votes: 2
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Easy setup, no config needed to launch steam deck compatible games. Motherboard tested with z390 Pro Wifi and all devices seemed to work fine. GPU tested with 4090. CPU I9 9900K.
Overall performance was equal if not better than windows, at least with the games I tested.
It seems this distro is getting regular support and has an active discord platform.
Worth mentioning the immutable OS options allowing the stability. The use of the software manager makes installing tools and utilities easy and pain free. All the tools needed are available like Discord VLC OBS etc
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Version: 42.20250804
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-08-07
Votes: 5
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I recently switched from Windows 11 to Bazzite after trying out a few distros on VMs. As someone new to Linux, the way that things just work right out of the box along with the clean installer with a GUI interface made the transition very easy. The included flatpack manager of Bazaar works great and the interface is clean and understandable. The interface of KDE is an easy transition from Windows 11 as well.
My only hiccups have been with 1Password, which took a bit of work to get running (doesn't have system password unlock or browser unlock from desktop app), EmuDeck not working my first try, and the discovery of the abysmal state of the ProtonVPN app on Linux as compared to the Windows version. Ultimately, each of these problems were either remedied or coped with through a bit of learning and searching on my part.
Overall, I highly recommend Bazzite. Particularly for those leaving Windows 11 to Linux and looking for a good beginner distro. The atomic nature of the root folder allowing easy rollbacks and blocking you from making a mistake are a great ease of mind for if you decide to tinker.
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Version: 42.20250731
Rating: 6
Date: 2025-08-01
Votes: 2
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I'm dual booting Linux and Windows very recently as I'm slowly moving away from Windows completely to a user-friendly Linux distro that you don't have to make a hobby to be able to use it properly as my OS is not a hobby, but sadly Linux Mint had just to old of a kernel to support my new hardwere (9060 xt GPU) so after watching the glowing reviews on youtube for alternatives for specialy gaming and "out of the box" expierence i tried bazzite:
1. Install and setup was very easy, everything worked all my hardware was recognized and while i didn't realy liked dolphin as the file manger it was slightly confusing and seemed chaotic but it was not a big deal, after setting up my desktop enviroment to my liking and doing the a system update everthing seemed to be perfect, games were running great the system was running smooth.
2. Then the problems started which were near daily crashes forcing me to hard reboot. The OS would just slowly freeze and crash; for example, running applications would suddenly close on their own the desktop would blink, go to black and back till it all just crashed and i was staring at a black screen all in a matter of 30 seconds, or after being away from the PC for a bit and bazzite would like intended go to standby, trying to log back in would also crash the system forcing a hard reboot.
Conclusion bazzite is too unstable to be a serious daily driver for a OS in the moment if they maybe go a "little" easier on pushing updates so that the kernel and everything was constantly cutting edge and worked a little on stability it could be a fantastic OS, but for now its just something to play around with becouse the last thing you want to happen if you actually using a OS as a daily driver and do somthing important is for the OS to just randomly and out of nowhere to nuke itself.
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Version: 42.20250720
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-07-28
Votes: 2
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I tried bazzite with KDE at first and as always KDE is dissaster at least for me (I only set global animation to be instant and nothing else). Then I decided to go with gnome and it is incredible. Gnome 48 with only blur my shell and app indicator extensions is perfect. Im fine with flatpaks and some of them are already preset with permisions like vscode. There was no warning about flatpak version when I open it and I did notice it has .vscode folder in home like preinstaled steam. Using it about month and no problems so far even bazaar SW center is great. Finaly it stoped my distrohoping.
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Version: 42.20250720
Rating: 5
Date: 2025-07-20
Votes: 1
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Unfortunately not a good first impression...
Reading all the hype, I decided to install this on a Legion Gaming laptop with not ultra new, but not 'old' hardware ( Ryzen 7 5800H + RTX 3060)
1. unfortunately the distro decides to follow the not so great decision to use Fedora's not so fantastic Anaconda installer..... first negative... (maybe fine for most though, I find it hopeless in terms of running multiple OS'es and having an overview of where to install what, Calamares is way better at that....)
2. trying to install, gives an error and says installation has to abort ( tried twice and aborted twice at the same point of the installer)....
Laptop does work ok with Nobara 42 or Zorin (but truth is many distro's don't work with laptops.....) However I'm still a little dissapointed since this IS a gamer distro + Legion laptops are really not that uncommon anymore I would hope?
Also I hope that Budgie will come out soon for this and I will give it another try on my desktop, perhaps it will work there just fine.I t is a shame that too many linux distro's only provide Kde or Gnome now, there is STILL too many issues with Wayland and Nvidia, it really really sucks......would love to be able to use XFCE/MATE with a high refreshrate monitor.....
Anyway 5/10
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Version: 42.20250620
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-06-23
Votes: 8
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Until I discovered Bazzite, I was using Nobara for my gaming PC and CachyOS for my laptop. Both were excellent for my needs until I started to get some issues upgrading to Nobara 42, so thought I'd give Bazzite a try as I had to reinstall anyway. I was worried it wouldn't be able to meet all my needs due to the atomic nature, but almost everything was already available via ujust, homebrew or flatpaks so I was pleasantly suprised. the only exception was support for my canon printer, but even this was easily fixed by adding cups via rpm-tree and rebooting (which I know should be used sparingly but I don't think is an issue for this kind of thing). I've really enjoyed the seamless update experience since, and no need to worry about snapshots etc. anymore as it's all handled for you.
Just recently I experienced an issue on my laptop after an update, and even though I had setup btrfs snapshots, it turned out the issue was with KDE settings within my profile, which was it was in my home folder a rollback didn't fix. I looked at including these directories in the snapshots to workaround this, but in the end it was just easier to reinstall, so I switched this to Bazzite too and couldn't be happier. Although not using optimised kernel like CachyOS I can't notice the difference in my day to day use so I'm happy with the tradeoff for a more stable system.
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Version: 42.20250603
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-06-13
Votes: 16
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I have been using Bazzite for around a year now and it is the most reliable distro I’ve used to date. In the last couple of years I’ve tried Endeavour OS, Cachy Os and Fedora Workstation and something always breaks. Fedora Workstation was the most reliable but things started going wrong after a couple of version upgrades.
Not so with Bazzite everything just worked out of the box and updates have been perfect. It even automatically configured the kernel boot options for my hardware (RX9070) on first boot so that I had full GPU fan control with LACT without me having to add a kernel argument.
Even though Bazzite is considered a gaming distro I would say it would be great for most use cases, beginners or advanced users alike. And if you didn’t game and wanted something a bit leaner you could use Aurora.
I have been able to install all the 3rd party software I like to run through Discover and play all my games through Steam and Lutris. This would be the first distro I’ve used that could realistically trump my windows 11 install for ease of use privacy and reliability. If other distros could emulate what Universal Blue has done I think the Linux desktop could be a viable alternative to Windows for the general user.
I’ve been tinkering around with different Linux distros for 15yrs and Bazzite would be the best Linux OS I’ve used thanks to Fedora and Universal Blue team.
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Version: 42.20250522
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-05-31
Votes: 13
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I've been using Bazzite for a little over a year now. And I've used dozens of Linux distributions for the past decade.
Bazzite is by far the best out of the box experience I've had. And the best long term user experience.
Not only does it include almost everything an average person would want out of the box, it's an extremely stable distribution as well.
While the distro is branded as a gaming distro, you won't even notice it's a gaming distro as long as you disable Steam. It just feels like a really good operating system overall. People who don't need Steam, Waydroid or Lutris pre-installed can just use Aurora Linux, which is made by the same developers and provides an identical experience.
For people fearing that an "Atomic" distro would prevent them from installing system packages and force them to use Appimage/Flatpak/etc., fear not. While it's not recommended, you can use rpm-ostree to add/remove packages. For example, any development dependencies, virt-manager, etc. (Or you can just use the provided "ujust" utility or Distrobox)
The main difference between an atomic distro and a standard distro is the fact that any change you make with rpm-ostree is easily reversible as if you're doing a "git revert". And you can always just "rebase" your system back to a clean slate. This way you will never really risk breaking your system, even if you manage to mess things up. This is really convenient because the only option on "normal" distros is to just reinstall the OS.
One major issue Linux beginners will face is Flatpak. While I personally love Flatpaks, the user experience is just not there yet. A simple example is this: Let's assume you're trying to drag-drop an image from your file manager into a browser or a chat app. If your flatpak app doesn't have the proper permissions to access that file, it will just fail without giving you any indication why it failed. You just have to intuitively know that your app doesn't have access to that file path, and you have to give it access in your System Settings or Flatseal manually.
Compare this to the experience on Android/iOS where you not only get a pop-up, but the pop-up itself allows you to toggle the permission (or at least moves you to the Permission settings in the System Settings). Linux Desktop Environments simply do not do this yet. This makes Flatpak probably the only non-intuitive part of the whole OS.
While this is not a fault of Bazzite, it is the experience it provides.
In conclusion:
This (and Aurora) is definitely the best distribution for either Linux beginners, or people who grew out of the "ricing" phase and want to install a system which is well set up and just works.
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Version: 42.20250522
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-05-25
Votes: 4
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Although I’ve had experiences with different kinds of Linux distros before, I’ve never have been able to use them for an extended amount of time due to things breaking (usually graphics driver). BAZZITE is not one of them! I’ve been on Bazzite for over a month now and I haven’t had to go back to Windows once. Everything just works and documentation is great.
Running Bazzzite 42 on:
Intel Core i7-7700K
2x16GB Corsair 3200Mhz
Asus Z170i Pro Gaming
Nvidia RTX2080Ti
Samsung 950pro 512GB
I was expecting issues with my Nvidia card but so far all works fine, including RTX, DLSS and NVenc. Even Davinci Resolve and Handbrake work like a breeze. Haven’t done any extensive benchmarking yet but haven’t run into any noticeable performance issues either. Front usability pov it all feels way more responsive than Windows.
10/10 thank you GabeN
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Version: 42.20250513
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-05-22
Votes: 7
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Stable, beginner-friendly, helpful, friendly community and stellar gaming performance. I was worried my new 9070 XT would cause me issues, but it's working flawlessly after a decent amount of testing. All my games are running marginally better or similar to how they did on other distros like Nobara and CachyOS, but the major benefit of Bazzite over these two was the stability. I ran into issues with Nobara and CachyOS constantly, and they felt much less beginner-friendly, whereas Bazzite has just been a dream. No issues so far and everything has just worked as intended. Easily the best gaming-oriented distro available and highly recommend it to anyone switching over from Windows or Mint.
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Version: 42.20250430
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-05-03
Votes: 4
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Makes gaming on Linux a breeze and the container-based updates are excellent since they allow rollbacks and generally make sure the system is going to be in a sane state unless you choose to layer a ton of crap. Overall have had a great time daily driving it for about 8 months now. Played tons of games, done some bethesda game modding, and haven't really had any significant technical issues.
If you are looking to game, and you are not super offended by the idea of using flatpack/dev containers/brew for the majority of your package installation needs then you can't really go wrong here.
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Version: 41
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-03-24
Votes: 9
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Bazzite has proven to be an exceptionally stable and beginner-friendly operating system.
One of the key strengths of Bazzite OS is its user-friendly nature. The developers have clearly put a lot of thought into making the system accessible to beginners. This makes it an ideal choice for those who are transitioning from other operating systems.
However, despite its many positives, there are a few areas where Bazzite OS could be improved to better suit the needs of more advanced users. One of the main drawbacks I encountered was the inability to remove certain pre-installed applications that I do not use. While the OS comes with a useful selection of software, having the option to uninstall unwanted apps would help in customizing the system to better fit individual preferences and free up resources.
Additionally, I found that some settings are locked down and cannot be modified, which can be frustrating for users who prefer a higher degree of control over their system.
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Version:
Rating: 5
Date: 2025-03-24
Votes: 2
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Update to 41 from 40 failed to boot. There was no easy way to revert. Found and used some obscure command line commands Googled from a Fedora site after figuring out how to grub boot to the old system. Installing certain software e.g. MC seems to modify the base image which is odd and also makes it unbootable. It seems this is not completely finished and needs more testing to be considered as beginner friendly. Most things in the base distro did work until attempts to update.
For a Linux distro targeting beginners, this is unacceptable.
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Version: 41
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-03-21
Votes: 7
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Bazzite is an excellent distro!
It's intended for gaming, but not limited to it by any means. It just includes tweaks and apps that make games (including Windows games) run really well out of the box. It comes in KDE and Gnome flavors.
I used Ubuntu for 8 years and it was painful. So much work and tinkering was required just to get basic hardware to work, and then some things would break every release cycle and you had to fix them again (or you could stay on LTS releases and be restricted to using software that's 2 years old).
Bazzite works out of the box and updates are FAST! Kernel, driver and desktop environment updates get pushed in days after they get released (as opposed 6 months with Ubuntu, Mint etc). The installation is super stable because it's atomic and you don't have to worry about an update conflicting with the tinkering that you needed to do to get your stuff to work, or vice-versa. And you don't have to worry about it deteriorating over time, because (since it's atomic) the base OS is always kept in line with the distro image and cannot diverge or get corrupted.
The only real downside of an atomic distro is that some tweaks are difficult or impossible to make, such as replacing and using a custom kernel, GPU drivers or desktop environment. So make sure your stuff works out of the box. And if it does, then you're "set for life" and you can expect great stability and new features with very little maintenance work. If you really want to tinker a lot and replace those things, then I recommend a non-atomic distro.
In short, if you want an environment that's MODERN, quickly gets the LATEST UPDATES, is STABLE, WORKS OUT OF THE BOX, and you don't have a need to replace parts of the OS, then this is for you.
Note: If you don't intend to play games (or don't need gaming features and tweaks included in the OS), then you can also look at Bluefin (KDE) or Aurora (Gnome) for an otherwise similar great experience. If you're a developer and want developer features, look at Bluefin DX, Aurora DX, or Bazzite DX. If you're a game developer, look at Bazzite GDX.
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Version: 41
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-03-17
Votes: 2
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Long time linux user with decades of experience with many many distros. Currently using both CachyOS and Fedora.
Recently installed KDE/NVIDIA desktop variant, and after using it for a couple weeks, I'm impressed.
Bazzite gets Fedora's well-tested bi-annual Fedora release cycle vs rolling releases
Bazzite's immutable nature for the core OS is hard to break
Bazzite has very good on-screen help for anyone new to Bazzite or linux
If you want heavy customization or to tinker with things, look elsewhere.
But, if I were to currently recommend a distro to someone coming from Windows, or to anyone who is primarily interested in a stable and flexible gaming disto, it would be Bazzite.
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Version: 41
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-03-16
Votes: 7
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After a year of running Bazzite on my laptop and desktop, and six months on my ROG Ally, I'm utterly convinced it's proven its worth. This operating system has not only met my expectations but has far exceeded them, fundamentally changing how I approach gaming on Linux.
Its user-friendly, 'double-click and game' approach is exceptional, and it truly unlocked my ROG Ally's potential as a dedicated gaming console. Most importantly, its image-based update system minimizes the need for operating system reinstalls. If you're seeking a stable, gaming-focused distribution, Bazzite is, in my opinion, a top contender.
One area where Bazzite's performance can vary is with newer Nvidia GPUs. While the experience is generally positive, those with the latest Nvidia cards might notice less optimal performance compared to AMD systems. This is largely due to the challenges inherent in Linux's Nvidia driver support, rather than any specific flaw in Bazzite itself. Still, it's a factor worth considering for users with those configurations.
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Version: 41
Rating: 7
Date: 2025-03-03
Votes: 3
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I'm impressed by the distribution. For users and gamers, it comes with sane defaults, has somehow got rid of the audio issues I had with Fedora even after installing codecs etc, and it works fine.
I like that it updates in the backgrounds and you don't really have to care about that. It intends to get out of your way or not having to care about that stuff. And that works very well.
As a developer you have to jump through loops getting that working (IDEs, tooling properly being recognized etc.). But as a developer you probably can do it ;-). And it's no different from any other immutable distro.
The installer and live ISO were a pain. It kept flickering to a pace where I thought it's going to break or will just not work (using the Gnome-Version). It got displayed on one of my screens, kept turning off my screens, and it was quite painful and worried me during the install. I waited the display turn-offs and got through the setup. I had no full desktop there either, it was one blank screen and the installation window.
The installed distro is very good. They probably will have to put some work into their installation base / ISO. It's the first impression. Considering how polished their desktop is after installation I hope they can improve the installation.
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Version: 41
Rating: 8
Date: 2025-03-03
Votes: 0
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Converted Both of my machines across. Fascinated by the Immutable Desktop, I thought it would be good to test out for a few months.
Gaming PC running Nvidia seems to be running smoothly with the KDE Variant, Thinkpad X1 7th Generation running the GNOME variant.
PROS:
Well geared towards Gaming. Recent packages in the Read Only part of the system (Not bleeding edge).
Immutable so HIGHLY unlikely to have a borked system, makes me comfortable to run KDE on my gaming PC.
ujust and ostree are great tools, still getting my head around them but so far so good.
CONS:
Flatpaks seem to have lag occasionally, Can't blame this on Bazzite but there is noticable lag when using flatpaks that I didn't find on other distros using flatpak. Seems to also be affecting the KDE computer which is 80gb of RAM, Fast NVMe SSD and i7 processor, it definitely is an issue with the Flatpaks.
Windowing also seems to be off a little. Like the maximised programs sometimes don't fill out to their dimensions visually. Functionally the buttons/objects are in their place but from your point of view you are clicking above the item you want to then click the object. This is usually fixed by restarting the application but I have had to reboot (Could have logged off) to have it fixed.
Cursor seems to also change its sizes arbitrarily.. one window it is normal, next the scaling has made it bigger. Annoying but not the end of the world.
All and all, I like the distro. Great for gaming and general computing use. Can rest assured you will have a working Distro!
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Version: 41
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-03-03
Votes: 0
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Honestly, not really impressed, while it adds useful stuff for gaming, particularly if you're on Nvidia since the nvidia image has all the drivers included, you're basically stuck with a bloated system with no way to remove unwanted packages, save yourself the headache and stick with Fedora, Arch, or even Ubuntu.
If you attempt to remove packages, it doesn't always work, some packages can be removed, but some can't be removed and they're still there next time you boot up, and the worst part? Packages that can't be removed are the ones that no one needs, or asked for.
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Latest Reviews
Project: Bazzite
Version: 43.20251029
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-10-31
Votes: 5
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After the end of support for Windows 10 , I decided to install Linux on the desktop. I also have a laptop that had Fedora on it for a while with now issues. But for my desktop that I also use for gaming I wanted something that would work with my steam library. Only one game doesn't work ( Destiny) , so I decided to stay with Bazzite 42, I was a little worried because I have a NVIDIA card RTX 3060 and the drivers for Linux are hit or miss, but so far no issues. Even the update to version 43 had no problems.
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Project: Bazzite
Version: 42.20251019
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-10-29
Votes: 3
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Bazzite, at least in my opinion, is the best gaming focused widely distributed OS available right now.
I have been solely using Bazzite for the last 2 years on my Minisforum HX99G in my living room. The HX99G is certainly one of the most capable gaming mini PCs considering its diminutive size, but Windows just felt wrong on it, and within a few days I decided to move to Bazzite due to its incredibly tight alignment to the Steam Deck's Steam OS look and feel.
I think the use case for this is clear for me. Bazzite, with the native Big Picture mode enables a console like look and feel to a PC whilst also having the desktop mode for any tweaking or emulator setup.
The OS itself is clean, no bloat or annoying alerts and is extremely quick to navigate and boot in either desktop or gaming mode.
I have a Desktop Gaming PC also with an RTX 2070 Super and i7 10700F and it has Windows 11 on it. I just do not use it over the Bazzite setup. For my money, Windows has become bloated and buggy. It has had its day when it comes to gaming now and I think with the ever increasing compatibility of Proton, Linux, and especially OS's like Bazzite could very well be the solution.
The only downsides I have experienced so far is some games using anti-cheat software are not compatible. This is a small price to pay for the freedom from Microsoft
Additionally, the system is not as immutable as it claims. I experienced a catastrophic failure during an update whereby I ran out of space mid update. The system, it appears did not have a check in place that the storage was sufficient to run through the whole process. I put this down to largely being my own fault when I knew I was low on storage on the boot drive. Sadly this also affected the previous viable boot and I ended up having to do a fresh install. This did not take long however and now I know to ensure my boot drive always has plenty of space.
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Project: Bazzite
Version: 42.20251019
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-10-23
Votes: 11
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Here is my simple 5-step guide to gaming on Linux:
1. Install Bazzite
2. Log into Bazzite
3. Log into Steam
4. Download game
5. Play game
Windows has NEVER been this fast and easy.
I can't quite put my finger on what it is. Perhaps it’s the sum of all the parts but Bazzite just feels very well-polished, and fast! I don't mean that it's “polished for Linux” but rather it feels better than “a clean install of Win10 or MacOS” kind of polished. Perception of speed may be more influenced by my use of Windows 10/11 elsewhere, but Bazzite is snappy in a way that our unreliable memories believe Win98SE, XP or 7 were. Spoiler: they were never THIS fast - and certainly not while looking this good. I really liked KDE on Fedora, and I’m not sure if the Bazzite team is doing anything different with KDE here or if it’s just that KDE is just this good naturally but it’s working for me.
The one minor issue I’ve encountered was a minor sleep/hibernate issue. This was resolved after changing the colour profile in display settings (I believe this is known KDE bug). Once sorted, the system has been faultless, running 24/7 the last few months, only rebooting when "I" want it to.
The Immutability has already saved my backside after a typo in a config change borked the boot process. In previous Linux installations, this would have ruined my day and left me scrambling to recover the simple error I had made. Bazzite allowed me to simply boot into the old config, complete with GUI, then a couple of minor commands reset everything and the damage was erased!
On that note: while it isn’t for the purists and those who like to tinker, I believe Immutability + Flatpack (or equivalent) is the perfect combo for mainstream Linux use – ie. average personal-users, new Windows or Mac converts, or those who just want something reliable (they can't easily break) with straight-forward software installs. This approach eliminates many of the fears new users have and allows them to become comfortable and get invested in the Linux world. Once they’re comfortable, they can learn more, and as the desire to have more control expands, new, customisable or advanced distros will be there to accommodate them.
If you’re looking for a distro with a top-quality experience to begin your Linux experience with, that just so happens to be newbie-friendly, ideal for mainstream users AND can run games right out of the box, Bazzite should be right at the top of your list.
If this is an indication of the future of the Linux desktop, Bill & Ted summed it up best: “Excellent!”
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Project: Bazzite
Version:
Rating: 8
Date: 2025-10-18
Votes: 2
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42.20250908
Bazzite is the first distro I installed fully on my main pc. Installation was straightforward for me, as someone that didn't install OS's frequently. After installation, everything just works. There was no post installation quirks. I explored a lot of KDE and loved the feeling of tinkering with the desktop environment! It reminded me of exploring custom android ROM's, which was a lot of fun. All of my windows applications had reasonable compatibility or reasonable alternatives available for me. The atomic nature was really neat. I could always roll back or rebase to a different version of I wanted to. I even switched my GPU from NVIDIA to AMD, and rebased images with no issue. As I wanted to tinker more, I found out about tiling window managers and wanted to try it. I probably could have layered it with rpm-ostree but the Bazzite documentation highly recommended against it. So I eventually jumped to a non-ublue OS so I could tinker and break my system more easily. Even though I left, Bazzite still holds a special place in my Linux journey.
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Project: Bazzite
Version: 42.20251011
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-10-13
Votes: 3
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As a Windows user until 4 months ago, I've been using Bazite with no issues whatsoever in every aspect I used my desktop until then.
I hope they keep improving but for now, it is almost perfect, can't understand why it is 44th in the most used distros right now tbf.
Everything works from the first moment, although whenever you want to do something else that the devs planned, it is when it gets tricky so I guess thats the reason why pro/veteran linux users skip this kind of distros, but for ex-windows users it is more than enough to get started.
Hope them the best of lucks.
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Project: Bazzite
Version: 42.20251002
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-10-03
Votes: 10
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I've run most of the standard Linux distros and this one is different, from a user standpoint, maybe not so much. From an admin perspective, feel like, we do it a bit different, which is ok and base of it is my elderly view of Linux versions and what is right... (working with Linux since 1997). I know stuff but it is moving fast and some solutions .... well.
Having said that, I don't really do stuff but play games and do work-stuff on this machine, but man.... after upgrading from AMD 5600xt to AMD 9070xt. Gaming is just fantastic, just finished, titan fall 2, and it rocked! There is simply no big issues with choosing this distro, it just works. Even games that according to Steam won't work/or there are issues, some of them work, very well.
Also my 14y son got it installed instead of Windows 11, and his reasoning is, yes, I know I can't play all the games but the upside is that I don't have to pay for subscriptions. Had there been problems with this distro he would have noticed them before me, since I solve most things, most often.
My computer:
AMD 3950
32GB ram
AMD 9070xt
Sons computer:
some AMD
16GB
AMD 5600xt
It works and the store, is so awesome
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Project: Bazzite
Version: 42.20250908
Rating: 6
Date: 2025-09-10
Votes: 1
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I tried Bazzite on three different setups and I had mixed results with not only installing it, but having it run stable and with my main box, which is an AMD 5800x CPU, 6800XT Video card, 64 gigs of ram, 1TB NVMe and a Raid 0, it wouldn't install at all, where Mint was running just fine. The two Dell 7090 SFF's that I did additional testing on, both installed but one of them was unstable and would freeze all the time to the point where I ended up wiping it and just put Fedora KDE on it instead. The only hardware differences between the Dell SFF's were the NVMe hard drives, where one was a generic Samsung drive and the one that kept freezing had a WD drive in it.
It looked good and I had intended to run it on my main box but after the hype of it being a great "gaming" distro faded and the lock ups and freezes continued, I could not continue to run this even on the one SFF that it ran fine on. I'm happy that it runs well on others but I did not find a use case for it in my experience and can't recommend it as is.
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Project: Bazzite
Version: 42.20250828
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-08-29
Votes: 11
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I've only tried a few distros like Ubuntu and its forks, and fedora, and what I valued is a Desktop and software. I'm fine with immutability, don't want endless tinkering on my main PC. Prefer to tinker in a VM or Old laptop.
Bazzite impressed me right away with its plug-and-play setup. No editing config files, no manual drivers' installations, system hasn't broken once. Everything worked out of the box—my hardware was detected, updates handled smoothly, and gaming tools ready without extra steps. Compared to the other distros where I had to spend time tweaking or troubleshooting.
The community is still small, but you barely need them since the system isn't breaking on you, and the Bazzite team provide great guides and documentation. It feels polished, beginner-friendly, and a great choice if you want a Linux experience that “just works.”
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Project: Bazzite
Version: 42.20250809
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-08-18
Votes: 33
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I’ve been using Bazzite for quite a while now, and out of all the Linux distros I’ve tried over the years, Bazzite’s approach has impressed me the most. The immutable system behind it is incredibly stable and practically worry-free — you barely have to manage anything yourself. Thanks to Bazaar and Flatpak, you always have access to the latest app versions, maintained directly by the developers.
The Mesa driver and kernel tweaks aren’t as “hardcore” as what you might see with CachyOS, but the kernel is always up to date, patched, and optimized for gaming. Mesa updates also roll out very quickly through system updates. Since I’m running an AMD setup (Ryzen 7 7800x3D / 7900 XTX), I get to take full advantage of everything Linux has to offer in that regard.
Of course, Bazzite isn’t perfect. Hardcore enthusiasts who want to tweak every last detail of their system probably won’t find what they’re looking for here. Bazzite is designed to be as straightforward as possible, which actually makes it a great choice for newcomers to Linux. There’s very little you can break, and even if something does go wrong, rolling back is quick and painless.
A fun little side note: I’ve already installed Bazzite on several friends’ and family members’ PCs. Since then, many of them have become Linux fans — and some of them used to struggle just installing an alternative browser on Windows. With Bazzite, though, everything is so easy to grasp, and Bazaar is so simple to use, that the entry barrier is about as low as it gets. Highly recommended!
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Project: Bazzite
Version: 42.20250809
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-08-16
Votes: 1
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I have been using Bazzite as my main driver for a year now. What got my attention was the immtable aspect of it. It has frequent updates and because of its immutable nature there has not yet been a single hickup with them. I dont like to tinker with linux anymore, done that for 15 years already, it is just no fun anymore. I just want it to work out of the box.
I also do alot of gaming on my AMD high end system and it works fine too (well, I have no interest in multiplayer games that has anticheat, which ofte are a problem on linux as I understand it), no tinkering needed.
I was first a bit vary of flatpaks, but no problems there either. Som apps are not available as flatpak or appimages, but distrobox which lets you use another linux systems solves that problem. I mainly use Ubunto for those because of the ease with .deb files.
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Project: Bazzite
Version: 42.20250809
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-08-10
Votes: 2
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Easy setup, no config needed to launch steam deck compatible games. Motherboard tested with z390 Pro Wifi and all devices seemed to work fine. GPU tested with 4090. CPU I9 9900K.
Overall performance was equal if not better than windows, at least with the games I tested.
It seems this distro is getting regular support and has an active discord platform.
Worth mentioning the immutable OS options allowing the stability. The use of the software manager makes installing tools and utilities easy and pain free. All the tools needed are available like Discord VLC OBS etc
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Project: Bazzite
Version: 42.20250804
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-08-07
Votes: 5
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I recently switched from Windows 11 to Bazzite after trying out a few distros on VMs. As someone new to Linux, the way that things just work right out of the box along with the clean installer with a GUI interface made the transition very easy. The included flatpack manager of Bazaar works great and the interface is clean and understandable. The interface of KDE is an easy transition from Windows 11 as well.
My only hiccups have been with 1Password, which took a bit of work to get running (doesn't have system password unlock or browser unlock from desktop app), EmuDeck not working my first try, and the discovery of the abysmal state of the ProtonVPN app on Linux as compared to the Windows version. Ultimately, each of these problems were either remedied or coped with through a bit of learning and searching on my part.
Overall, I highly recommend Bazzite. Particularly for those leaving Windows 11 to Linux and looking for a good beginner distro. The atomic nature of the root folder allowing easy rollbacks and blocking you from making a mistake are a great ease of mind for if you decide to tinker.
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Project: Bazzite
Version: 42.20250731
Rating: 6
Date: 2025-08-01
Votes: 2
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I'm dual booting Linux and Windows very recently as I'm slowly moving away from Windows completely to a user-friendly Linux distro that you don't have to make a hobby to be able to use it properly as my OS is not a hobby, but sadly Linux Mint had just to old of a kernel to support my new hardwere (9060 xt GPU) so after watching the glowing reviews on youtube for alternatives for specialy gaming and "out of the box" expierence i tried bazzite:
1. Install and setup was very easy, everything worked all my hardware was recognized and while i didn't realy liked dolphin as the file manger it was slightly confusing and seemed chaotic but it was not a big deal, after setting up my desktop enviroment to my liking and doing the a system update everthing seemed to be perfect, games were running great the system was running smooth.
2. Then the problems started which were near daily crashes forcing me to hard reboot. The OS would just slowly freeze and crash; for example, running applications would suddenly close on their own the desktop would blink, go to black and back till it all just crashed and i was staring at a black screen all in a matter of 30 seconds, or after being away from the PC for a bit and bazzite would like intended go to standby, trying to log back in would also crash the system forcing a hard reboot.
Conclusion bazzite is too unstable to be a serious daily driver for a OS in the moment if they maybe go a "little" easier on pushing updates so that the kernel and everything was constantly cutting edge and worked a little on stability it could be a fantastic OS, but for now its just something to play around with becouse the last thing you want to happen if you actually using a OS as a daily driver and do somthing important is for the OS to just randomly and out of nowhere to nuke itself.
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Project: Bazzite
Version: 42.20250720
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-07-28
Votes: 2
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I tried bazzite with KDE at first and as always KDE is dissaster at least for me (I only set global animation to be instant and nothing else). Then I decided to go with gnome and it is incredible. Gnome 48 with only blur my shell and app indicator extensions is perfect. Im fine with flatpaks and some of them are already preset with permisions like vscode. There was no warning about flatpak version when I open it and I did notice it has .vscode folder in home like preinstaled steam. Using it about month and no problems so far even bazaar SW center is great. Finaly it stoped my distrohoping.
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Project: Bazzite
Version: 42.20250720
Rating: 5
Date: 2025-07-20
Votes: 1
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Unfortunately not a good first impression...
Reading all the hype, I decided to install this on a Legion Gaming laptop with not ultra new, but not 'old' hardware ( Ryzen 7 5800H + RTX 3060)
1. unfortunately the distro decides to follow the not so great decision to use Fedora's not so fantastic Anaconda installer..... first negative... (maybe fine for most though, I find it hopeless in terms of running multiple OS'es and having an overview of where to install what, Calamares is way better at that....)
2. trying to install, gives an error and says installation has to abort ( tried twice and aborted twice at the same point of the installer)....
Laptop does work ok with Nobara 42 or Zorin (but truth is many distro's don't work with laptops.....) However I'm still a little dissapointed since this IS a gamer distro + Legion laptops are really not that uncommon anymore I would hope?
Also I hope that Budgie will come out soon for this and I will give it another try on my desktop, perhaps it will work there just fine.I t is a shame that too many linux distro's only provide Kde or Gnome now, there is STILL too many issues with Wayland and Nvidia, it really really sucks......would love to be able to use XFCE/MATE with a high refreshrate monitor.....
Anyway 5/10
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Project: Bazzite
Version: 42.20250620
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-06-23
Votes: 8
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Until I discovered Bazzite, I was using Nobara for my gaming PC and CachyOS for my laptop. Both were excellent for my needs until I started to get some issues upgrading to Nobara 42, so thought I'd give Bazzite a try as I had to reinstall anyway. I was worried it wouldn't be able to meet all my needs due to the atomic nature, but almost everything was already available via ujust, homebrew or flatpaks so I was pleasantly suprised. the only exception was support for my canon printer, but even this was easily fixed by adding cups via rpm-tree and rebooting (which I know should be used sparingly but I don't think is an issue for this kind of thing). I've really enjoyed the seamless update experience since, and no need to worry about snapshots etc. anymore as it's all handled for you.
Just recently I experienced an issue on my laptop after an update, and even though I had setup btrfs snapshots, it turned out the issue was with KDE settings within my profile, which was it was in my home folder a rollback didn't fix. I looked at including these directories in the snapshots to workaround this, but in the end it was just easier to reinstall, so I switched this to Bazzite too and couldn't be happier. Although not using optimised kernel like CachyOS I can't notice the difference in my day to day use so I'm happy with the tradeoff for a more stable system.
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Project: Bazzite
Version: 42.20250603
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-06-13
Votes: 16
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I have been using Bazzite for around a year now and it is the most reliable distro I’ve used to date. In the last couple of years I’ve tried Endeavour OS, Cachy Os and Fedora Workstation and something always breaks. Fedora Workstation was the most reliable but things started going wrong after a couple of version upgrades.
Not so with Bazzite everything just worked out of the box and updates have been perfect. It even automatically configured the kernel boot options for my hardware (RX9070) on first boot so that I had full GPU fan control with LACT without me having to add a kernel argument.
Even though Bazzite is considered a gaming distro I would say it would be great for most use cases, beginners or advanced users alike. And if you didn’t game and wanted something a bit leaner you could use Aurora.
I have been able to install all the 3rd party software I like to run through Discover and play all my games through Steam and Lutris. This would be the first distro I’ve used that could realistically trump my windows 11 install for ease of use privacy and reliability. If other distros could emulate what Universal Blue has done I think the Linux desktop could be a viable alternative to Windows for the general user.
I’ve been tinkering around with different Linux distros for 15yrs and Bazzite would be the best Linux OS I’ve used thanks to Fedora and Universal Blue team.
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Project: Bazzite
Version: 42.20250522
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-05-31
Votes: 13
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I've been using Bazzite for a little over a year now. And I've used dozens of Linux distributions for the past decade.
Bazzite is by far the best out of the box experience I've had. And the best long term user experience.
Not only does it include almost everything an average person would want out of the box, it's an extremely stable distribution as well.
While the distro is branded as a gaming distro, you won't even notice it's a gaming distro as long as you disable Steam. It just feels like a really good operating system overall. People who don't need Steam, Waydroid or Lutris pre-installed can just use Aurora Linux, which is made by the same developers and provides an identical experience.
For people fearing that an "Atomic" distro would prevent them from installing system packages and force them to use Appimage/Flatpak/etc., fear not. While it's not recommended, you can use rpm-ostree to add/remove packages. For example, any development dependencies, virt-manager, etc. (Or you can just use the provided "ujust" utility or Distrobox)
The main difference between an atomic distro and a standard distro is the fact that any change you make with rpm-ostree is easily reversible as if you're doing a "git revert". And you can always just "rebase" your system back to a clean slate. This way you will never really risk breaking your system, even if you manage to mess things up. This is really convenient because the only option on "normal" distros is to just reinstall the OS.
One major issue Linux beginners will face is Flatpak. While I personally love Flatpaks, the user experience is just not there yet. A simple example is this: Let's assume you're trying to drag-drop an image from your file manager into a browser or a chat app. If your flatpak app doesn't have the proper permissions to access that file, it will just fail without giving you any indication why it failed. You just have to intuitively know that your app doesn't have access to that file path, and you have to give it access in your System Settings or Flatseal manually.
Compare this to the experience on Android/iOS where you not only get a pop-up, but the pop-up itself allows you to toggle the permission (or at least moves you to the Permission settings in the System Settings). Linux Desktop Environments simply do not do this yet. This makes Flatpak probably the only non-intuitive part of the whole OS.
While this is not a fault of Bazzite, it is the experience it provides.
In conclusion:
This (and Aurora) is definitely the best distribution for either Linux beginners, or people who grew out of the "ricing" phase and want to install a system which is well set up and just works.
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Project: Bazzite
Version: 42.20250522
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-05-25
Votes: 4
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Although I’ve had experiences with different kinds of Linux distros before, I’ve never have been able to use them for an extended amount of time due to things breaking (usually graphics driver). BAZZITE is not one of them! I’ve been on Bazzite for over a month now and I haven’t had to go back to Windows once. Everything just works and documentation is great.
Running Bazzzite 42 on:
Intel Core i7-7700K
2x16GB Corsair 3200Mhz
Asus Z170i Pro Gaming
Nvidia RTX2080Ti
Samsung 950pro 512GB
I was expecting issues with my Nvidia card but so far all works fine, including RTX, DLSS and NVenc. Even Davinci Resolve and Handbrake work like a breeze. Haven’t done any extensive benchmarking yet but haven’t run into any noticeable performance issues either. Front usability pov it all feels way more responsive than Windows.
10/10 thank you GabeN
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Project: Bazzite
Version: 42.20250513
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-05-22
Votes: 7
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Stable, beginner-friendly, helpful, friendly community and stellar gaming performance. I was worried my new 9070 XT would cause me issues, but it's working flawlessly after a decent amount of testing. All my games are running marginally better or similar to how they did on other distros like Nobara and CachyOS, but the major benefit of Bazzite over these two was the stability. I ran into issues with Nobara and CachyOS constantly, and they felt much less beginner-friendly, whereas Bazzite has just been a dream. No issues so far and everything has just worked as intended. Easily the best gaming-oriented distro available and highly recommend it to anyone switching over from Windows or Mint.
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Project: Bazzite
Version: 42.20250430
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-05-03
Votes: 4
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Makes gaming on Linux a breeze and the container-based updates are excellent since they allow rollbacks and generally make sure the system is going to be in a sane state unless you choose to layer a ton of crap. Overall have had a great time daily driving it for about 8 months now. Played tons of games, done some bethesda game modding, and haven't really had any significant technical issues.
If you are looking to game, and you are not super offended by the idea of using flatpack/dev containers/brew for the majority of your package installation needs then you can't really go wrong here.
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Project: Bazzite
Version:
Rating: 5
Date: 2025-03-24
Votes: 2
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Update to 41 from 40 failed to boot. There was no easy way to revert. Found and used some obscure command line commands Googled from a Fedora site after figuring out how to grub boot to the old system. Installing certain software e.g. MC seems to modify the base image which is odd and also makes it unbootable. It seems this is not completely finished and needs more testing to be considered as beginner friendly. Most things in the base distro did work until attempts to update.
For a Linux distro targeting beginners, this is unacceptable.
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Project: Bazzite
Version: 41
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-03-24
Votes: 9
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Bazzite has proven to be an exceptionally stable and beginner-friendly operating system.
One of the key strengths of Bazzite OS is its user-friendly nature. The developers have clearly put a lot of thought into making the system accessible to beginners. This makes it an ideal choice for those who are transitioning from other operating systems.
However, despite its many positives, there are a few areas where Bazzite OS could be improved to better suit the needs of more advanced users. One of the main drawbacks I encountered was the inability to remove certain pre-installed applications that I do not use. While the OS comes with a useful selection of software, having the option to uninstall unwanted apps would help in customizing the system to better fit individual preferences and free up resources.
Additionally, I found that some settings are locked down and cannot be modified, which can be frustrating for users who prefer a higher degree of control over their system.
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Project: Bazzite
Version: 41
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-03-21
Votes: 7
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Bazzite is an excellent distro!
It's intended for gaming, but not limited to it by any means. It just includes tweaks and apps that make games (including Windows games) run really well out of the box. It comes in KDE and Gnome flavors.
I used Ubuntu for 8 years and it was painful. So much work and tinkering was required just to get basic hardware to work, and then some things would break every release cycle and you had to fix them again (or you could stay on LTS releases and be restricted to using software that's 2 years old).
Bazzite works out of the box and updates are FAST! Kernel, driver and desktop environment updates get pushed in days after they get released (as opposed 6 months with Ubuntu, Mint etc). The installation is super stable because it's atomic and you don't have to worry about an update conflicting with the tinkering that you needed to do to get your stuff to work, or vice-versa. And you don't have to worry about it deteriorating over time, because (since it's atomic) the base OS is always kept in line with the distro image and cannot diverge or get corrupted.
The only real downside of an atomic distro is that some tweaks are difficult or impossible to make, such as replacing and using a custom kernel, GPU drivers or desktop environment. So make sure your stuff works out of the box. And if it does, then you're "set for life" and you can expect great stability and new features with very little maintenance work. If you really want to tinker a lot and replace those things, then I recommend a non-atomic distro.
In short, if you want an environment that's MODERN, quickly gets the LATEST UPDATES, is STABLE, WORKS OUT OF THE BOX, and you don't have a need to replace parts of the OS, then this is for you.
Note: If you don't intend to play games (or don't need gaming features and tweaks included in the OS), then you can also look at Bluefin (KDE) or Aurora (Gnome) for an otherwise similar great experience. If you're a developer and want developer features, look at Bluefin DX, Aurora DX, or Bazzite DX. If you're a game developer, look at Bazzite GDX.
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Project: Bazzite
Version: 41
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-03-17
Votes: 2
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Long time linux user with decades of experience with many many distros. Currently using both CachyOS and Fedora.
Recently installed KDE/NVIDIA desktop variant, and after using it for a couple weeks, I'm impressed.
Bazzite gets Fedora's well-tested bi-annual Fedora release cycle vs rolling releases
Bazzite's immutable nature for the core OS is hard to break
Bazzite has very good on-screen help for anyone new to Bazzite or linux
If you want heavy customization or to tinker with things, look elsewhere.
But, if I were to currently recommend a distro to someone coming from Windows, or to anyone who is primarily interested in a stable and flexible gaming disto, it would be Bazzite.
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Project: Bazzite
Version: 41
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-03-16
Votes: 7
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After a year of running Bazzite on my laptop and desktop, and six months on my ROG Ally, I'm utterly convinced it's proven its worth. This operating system has not only met my expectations but has far exceeded them, fundamentally changing how I approach gaming on Linux.
Its user-friendly, 'double-click and game' approach is exceptional, and it truly unlocked my ROG Ally's potential as a dedicated gaming console. Most importantly, its image-based update system minimizes the need for operating system reinstalls. If you're seeking a stable, gaming-focused distribution, Bazzite is, in my opinion, a top contender.
One area where Bazzite's performance can vary is with newer Nvidia GPUs. While the experience is generally positive, those with the latest Nvidia cards might notice less optimal performance compared to AMD systems. This is largely due to the challenges inherent in Linux's Nvidia driver support, rather than any specific flaw in Bazzite itself. Still, it's a factor worth considering for users with those configurations.
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Project: Bazzite
Version: 41
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-03-03
Votes: 0
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Honestly, not really impressed, while it adds useful stuff for gaming, particularly if you're on Nvidia since the nvidia image has all the drivers included, you're basically stuck with a bloated system with no way to remove unwanted packages, save yourself the headache and stick with Fedora, Arch, or even Ubuntu.
If you attempt to remove packages, it doesn't always work, some packages can be removed, but some can't be removed and they're still there next time you boot up, and the worst part? Packages that can't be removed are the ones that no one needs, or asked for.
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Project: Bazzite
Version: 41
Rating: 8
Date: 2025-03-03
Votes: 0
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Converted Both of my machines across. Fascinated by the Immutable Desktop, I thought it would be good to test out for a few months.
Gaming PC running Nvidia seems to be running smoothly with the KDE Variant, Thinkpad X1 7th Generation running the GNOME variant.
PROS:
Well geared towards Gaming. Recent packages in the Read Only part of the system (Not bleeding edge).
Immutable so HIGHLY unlikely to have a borked system, makes me comfortable to run KDE on my gaming PC.
ujust and ostree are great tools, still getting my head around them but so far so good.
CONS:
Flatpaks seem to have lag occasionally, Can't blame this on Bazzite but there is noticable lag when using flatpaks that I didn't find on other distros using flatpak. Seems to also be affecting the KDE computer which is 80gb of RAM, Fast NVMe SSD and i7 processor, it definitely is an issue with the Flatpaks.
Windowing also seems to be off a little. Like the maximised programs sometimes don't fill out to their dimensions visually. Functionally the buttons/objects are in their place but from your point of view you are clicking above the item you want to then click the object. This is usually fixed by restarting the application but I have had to reboot (Could have logged off) to have it fixed.
Cursor seems to also change its sizes arbitrarily.. one window it is normal, next the scaling has made it bigger. Annoying but not the end of the world.
All and all, I like the distro. Great for gaming and general computing use. Can rest assured you will have a working Distro!
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Project: Bazzite
Version: 41
Rating: 7
Date: 2025-03-03
Votes: 3
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I'm impressed by the distribution. For users and gamers, it comes with sane defaults, has somehow got rid of the audio issues I had with Fedora even after installing codecs etc, and it works fine.
I like that it updates in the backgrounds and you don't really have to care about that. It intends to get out of your way or not having to care about that stuff. And that works very well.
As a developer you have to jump through loops getting that working (IDEs, tooling properly being recognized etc.). But as a developer you probably can do it ;-). And it's no different from any other immutable distro.
The installer and live ISO were a pain. It kept flickering to a pace where I thought it's going to break or will just not work (using the Gnome-Version). It got displayed on one of my screens, kept turning off my screens, and it was quite painful and worried me during the install. I waited the display turn-offs and got through the setup. I had no full desktop there either, it was one blank screen and the installation window.
The installed distro is very good. They probably will have to put some work into their installation base / ISO. It's the first impression. Considering how polished their desktop is after installation I hope they can improve the installation.
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