Bazzite 45 Launches With Start of Linux EAC V2 Support and Wider Handheld Compatibility
Shortly after the official Fedora 45 launch, Bazzite 45 has launched, with a rebase to Fedora 45, Gnome 51.1, and KDE Plasma 6.8.2.
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Bazzite 45 has launched with a rebase to Fedora 45, Gnome 51.1, and KDE Plasma 6.8.2. The distribution includes updated OGC Linux kernels—version 7.2.15 for AMD and Intel systems, and 6.18.60 for NVIDIA users. Mesa has been updated to 26.2.6, InputPlumber has been refreshed, and XWaylandVideoBridge has been removed to improve stability and address KDE issues.
Hardware support has expanded to include the Acer Predator Atlas 8 and ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X20, along with additional peripherals such as the Logitech TrueForce racing wheel. CoolerController has been moved to the official Docker container as part of the update cycle.
Bazzite 45 introduces a Linux EAC V2 readiness checker tool that automatically verifies system compatibility with Epic Games' anti-cheat requirements. The checker compares kernel and BIOS configurations against Linux EAC V2 standards, including kernel signing, Secure Boot, TPM 2.0, measured boot, IOMMU, kernel lockdown, kexec, and BPF LSM settings. Users receive notifications if incompatibilities are detected.
What happened
Shortly after the official Fedora 45 launch, Bazzite 45 has launched, with a rebase to Fedora 45, Gnome 51.1, and KDE Plasma 6.8.2. The new Bazzite version lists updated OGC Linux kernels—7.2.15 for AMD and Intel, and 6.18.60 for NVIDIA users—and additional hardware support, including for the Acer Predator Atlas 8 and ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X20, but also for more peripherals, including the Logitech TrueForce racing wheel hardware. The Mesa driver version has also been updated to 26.2.6, InputPlumber has been updated, and CoolerController has been moved to the official docker container, while XWaylandVideoBridge has been removed in the name of stability and squashing KDE bugs. The rest of the actual updates are minor back-end changes, save one.
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