Antheas Kapenekakis
Academic during the day and handheld gaming developer by night, Antheas develops algorithms for medical synthetic data before the sun sets for his PhD, and wrangles Windows handhelds to run on Linux afterwards.
As a core maintainer of Bazzite, he is in charge of its custom kernel, the Handheld Daemon utility responsible for its Windows handheld support, and helps in day-to-day by triaging issues, patching packages, and answering user's questions.
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What is Bazzite?
Bazzite is an open source custom operating system image built upon Fedora Atomic Desktops that brings the best of Linux gaming to all of your devices - including your favorite handheld. It is built with Cloud Native Technology through the use of OCI containers and GitHub Runners.
It is built for Linux newcomers and enthusiasts to provide the best user friendly experience for playing your favorite video games.
Topics
- What is Bazzite?
- Bazzite Features
- Impacts of Bazzite on the gaming space
- Discuss paths for upstream contribution from Bazzite to Fedora
- Discuss reviving the Fedora Gaming SIG to have a better base for projects like Bazzite
- Assert why Gamers are a good audience to capture for Fedora
- Future Plans for the Project
Themes
Welcoming New Voices: Pathways for Fedora Contributors
- Bazzite creates a path for new Fedora contributors by accessing a younger audience interested in gaming and technology
- Many of Bazzite’s contributors have never contributed to Linux before
Driving Innovation: Fedora and Emerging Technologies
- Bazzite is built on Fedora bootable containers and has been driving innovation in this space for several years.
- Bazzite has the desire to drive these innovations that it has created directly into Fedora