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# Installing Bazzite and Initial Setup
This guide is a visual guide for those who are unfamiliar with desktop Linux and want to install Bazzite.
# Prerequisites:
* Make sure you meet the [system requirements](https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/latest/release-notes/welcome/Hardware_Overview/) for Fedora.
* A graphics card that can utilize Vulkan 1.3 or later, but most modern AMD, Nvidia, and Intel GPUs should be fine.
* A USB flash drive, external drive, or microSD card with at least 3GB of free space on it **(keep in mind this will remove existing data on it)**
* Download an ISO release [here.](https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/releases)
* Software to flash the image to your flash drive or external drive. We recommend using [Fedora Media Writer,](https://www.fedoraproject.org/en/workstation/download/) [Balena Etcher,](https://etcher.balena.io/) or [Rufus.](https://rufus.ie/en/)
* Manual partitioning is unsupported.
* See [Fedora Kinoite documentation](https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-kinoite/installation/) and [Fedora Silverblue documentation](https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-silverblue/installation/) for more information.
# Bazzite Variants
![image](https://github.com/nicknamenamenick/bazzite/assets/121328689/6d52a35b-ec89-4180-8940-173ce37a6200)
* **bazzite** is the AMD/Intel GPU general desktop image intended for most personal computers.
* **bazzite-nvidia** is _bazzite_ but for PCs running Nvidia GPUs as they include their proprietary drivers in the image.
* **bazzite-deck** is a special Steam Deck image of Bazzite. More details on that [here.](https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite#steam-deck)
* **bazzite-gnome** is bazzite, but instead of using [KDE Plasma](https://kde.org/plasma-desktop/) as the desktop environment, it uses [GNOME.](https://www.gnome.org/)
* **bazzite-gnome-nvidia** is _bazzite-gnome_ but for PCs running Nvidia GPUs as they include their proprietary drivers in the image.
* **bazzite-deck-gnome** is _bazzite-deck_ but instead of using [KDE Plasma](https://kde.org/plasma-desktop/) as the desktop environment, it uses [GNOME.](https://www.gnome.org/)
## KDE Plasma and GNOME Desktop Environments Differences at a Glance
### KDE Plasma:
![image](https://github.com/nicknamenamenick/bazzite/assets/121328689/afd257bd-1a66-48d2-980c-dc7ef6614d47)
### GNOME:
![image](https://github.com/nicknamenamenick/bazzite/assets/121328689/0a4ff5fe-322d-4806-b13e-7f7081d48ca0)
# Wayland and X11
![image](https://github.com/nicknamenamenick/bazzite/assets/121328689/ec5d1134-721e-4a4d-bf51-43f12ffc4043)
In short, Wayland and X11 (also known as Xorg or the X Window System) are windowing systems for desktop Linux.
* Wayland is the default for most of the images and the recommended option for Bazzite. However, the Nvidia images default to X11
* X11 is a legacy windowing system. While we recommend to stick with Wayland, there may be scenarios where X11 would have to be used. Nvidia GPUs may have issues with Wayland.
## What about Weston?
This is for using [Waydroid](https://waydro.id/) under X11. You do not need to use this if you use Wayland, and the only intended use case for it is running Android applications if you have to use X11.