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Reader supplied reviews for Nobara Project
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8.2 from 128 review(s)
Version: 43
Rating: 9
Date: 2026-03-15
Country: United States
Votes: 0
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This is Nobara 43 with KDE Plasma.
This distro is readily installed with no hassles and operates as described on the Nobara website. It's Fedora with a lot of apps and tweaks for gaming. Steam is integrated and ready to login and use right away, just download through Steam your games or new ones. Goverlay, Heroic, Prism, and ProtonPlus are gaming tools included.
It all runs smoothly on this Dell Inspirion 16 with nVidia GEForce RTX Studio, and Intel EVO.
Nobara finally went to a rolling release scheme, so users will not have to install fresh for updates/ugrades. Nice to know (I'm running 43, and Fedora 44 is out there so Nobara 44 is likely not far from coming.. nice to know I won't have to start over).
I had to remove a point for the lack of a few widgets available on Nobara which are available for Fedora. I as yet am not certain why those widgets cannot install on Nobara. Perhaps they will later on. Otherwise this really does live up to its hype. It might deserve a 10 because I am not noticing why I cannot install those two particular widgets from the stock Plasma widget installer. It would not be the first time that user error has bitten me. ;)
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Version: 43
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-02-17
Country: United States
Votes: 7
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I started using Nobara Linux in November 2025, and it has been an amazing experience ever since. From day one, everything just worked smoothly without any major issues or frustrating setup problems. It’s been so stable and reliable that I completely stopped dual booting and switched to Linux exclusively. I now use it every single day for gaming, work, and everything in between. Performance has been excellent, and the overall user experience feels polished and dependable. For anyone wondering, yes this is absolutely a fantastic distro for a daily driver.
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Version: 43
Rating: 5
Date: 2026-02-10
Country: United States
Votes: 6
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I've decided to re-write this review after having used Nobara as a daily for several weeks and here are my thoughts:
The good:
1. Nobara has a nice app to install nVidia driver and update the system after fresh install. However, I prefer it to detect it right out of the fresh install rather than additional manual installation.
2. Generally, Gnome desktop environment is really well featured since it's based on Fedora. Other distros tend to truncate Gnome features/functions.
3. System is fast and supports all my devices.
The BAD:
1. Since fresh install, I've updated my OS many times. The latest has broke my nVidia driver suspend/wake function.
2. Updates can take a long time as they are quite big.
3. Lack of Selections of Popular Native Apps and rather clunky software installer, Flatpost, that install large Flatpaks
Although Nobara has great potential, I've swtiched to CatchyOS as my daily since it provides better and more reliable nVidia driver support without break it after new updates and has a better Native Apps management system.
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Version: 43
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-01-25
Votes: 3
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Nobara on KDE wih is the SUPERB OS.
The Welcome to Nobara App is really useful to get get updates, install nVidia driver and video codecs, and lots of other useful tool set up. However, the GUI of Welcome to Nobara App is very non-intuitive to learn and takes a lot of trial and errors to figure out how to install nVidia driver over open source driver, and how to update properly.
Everything really works perfectly after that: printer, wifi, suspend/sleep, bluetooth.
The only thing I dislike about it is Brave Browser and Flatpost by default in the desktop panel. I unpinned them and pined Nobara Package Manager and Firefox instead.
It rolling updates to mainline Linux kernel. This should be the top of the chart instead of all those ArchOS derivatives which are not nearly as complete.
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Version: 43
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-01-22
Votes: 6
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I'd moved my laptop over to Linux Mint a few years ago, and had always had the desire to completely remove Microslop from my desktop PC too, but as I used it for sim racing and my YouTube channel, I was nervous to make the leap.
Anyway, long story short, the latest round of absolutely abhorrent choices being forced on me by Microslop infuriated me to the point of, "I don't care what I need to do to make it work, Windows is gone"... a bit of research and I landed on Nobara as my distro of choice, formatted my drives and installed it.
I chose Nobara as the perfect 'middle ground' for me, Debian based is too out of date for my relatively recent system (Ryzen 7 5700x3d, Radeon 9070, 32gb ram, etc), Arch is too cutting edge and 'needy' for my skill level, so a Fedora base seemed perfect, Bazzite and Nobara were my final 2, and I just preferred the more flexibility on offer from Nobara vs the immutable nature on Bazzite.
With very little effort and tweaking, Nobara does indeed 'Just work' with all my gear and requirements - Moza wheel and pedals, multiple 1440p monitors, OBSBOT camera, various mics and lighting gear, Elgato streamdecks, and every sim racing title works at least as well via Steam as on Winblows, mostly better in my opinion (except iRacing, but that is down to their lazy anti-cheat, not Linux or Steam).
The most difficult thing I've had to solve was for Le Mans Ultimate, which needed a specific, community resolved, version on Proton to get it running, and that took less that 30 mins, including searching for the answer, then finding a good solution for my OBSBOT Meet 2 camera was a bit of a challenge, but resolved by the community once again.
When I'm more skilled and comfortable, I may give Garuda a spin, but until then, I'm very happy with Nobara, it is better than anything the shady/scammy Microslop have to offer, and a great all round system for what I need.
Easily recommended and top marks from me...
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Version: 43
Rating: 8
Date: 2026-01-16
Votes: 7
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In my time distro hopping, I've always tended to stray away from the distributions that aim to provide a "complete" operating system for users out of the box, so distros like Nobara and it's parent, Fedora, have always been on my radar but never something I'd felt like trying. In the wake of some friends of mine switching to CachyOS I had a growing interest in seeing what the hype around the couple "gaming focused" distros was all about, but wasn't huge on the idea of a more streamlined Arch. Eventually after some research, I landed on Nobara's KDE edition.
Overall, the system is rather well put together out of the box. You even get prompted at the beginning of the calamares installer on whether you would like to get the codec headache that's plagued many a Fedora over with and done before you even hit the desktop, which is a much welcomed addition. Despite it's larger than average footprint by default, the software selection was very reasonable and covers almost all the bases an average linux gamer would need. Some apps like Heroic, which usually require manual building and installing, were provided in Nobara's custom repositories to save users the headache of acquiring them by themselves. Updates are also handled by Nobara's own updater tool which handles the patching of certain packages which have various quirks in their upstream versions, as well as initramfs generation using dracut.
Now, I do not personally use much of the provided software on a regular enough basis to leave it all installed, so I spent a bit of time getting it all removed for a bit more of a slim experience. However, this prompted me to notice something about the updater tool: some packages installed out of the gate are actually pulled in automatically every time you update. Notably falcond, a frontend for managing gamemode (another tool I don't often find myself using,) would automatically be queued for installation every run of the nobara-sync application, which rubbed me a bit of the wrong way. Most users wouldn't really care about this though, so no docked points there.
What really tripped me up was how the distro was overall less performant than even plain ol' Arch Linux with their patched mesa drivers (yes, they run the same version. 25.3.3 as of writing this) in most games I tested. Final Fantasy XIV, Guild Wars 2, Hades 2, Deep Rock Galactic, and Kingdom Hearts all ran at speeds generally worse than my average on other distros I've used before with even more dated driver versions, oddly enough. Most notably, KH has known issues with it's borderless mode that I've circumvented on other distros, but on Nobara switching to that mode would cause a notable amount of frame skipping that I couldn't ignore. I wanted to test my usual development builds of mesa to see if this was related to their specific driver builds, but could not acquire all the proper dependencies to do so from Nobara's repos for cross compilation, so I had hit a brick wall.
All in all, the experience while using it was very nice and welcoming, and for newer linux users would be quite the breeze, as GUIs for almost everything are provided out of the box. Many processes that users are simply expected to run through for simple things like video playback and compatibility with windows software, are handled out of the box for a very cozy and straightforward experience. As stated previously, I did personally run into performance issues compared to other distros, but this could be a problem with the specific set of drivers provided in this version, and could be fixed later down the line.
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Version: 43
Rating: 5
Date: 2026-01-08
Votes: 0
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Let me first say, I love Fedora. My laptop works best on Fedora. Any other type of distro and my mouse cursor goes haywire.
That being said, gaming out of the box was not the case for me. I followed the instructions and did the whole proton gt thing at the beginning.
Nonetheless, I've seen games right out the box on Pika OS. But due to mouse issues, I can't use that distro.
Streaming quality was perfect as I would expect on Fedora. Other than that, the whole attempt to play games was disappointing to say the least.
My search continues. Sorry Glorious Eggroll, all your tutorials were useless for me.
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Version: 43
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-01-07
Votes: 3
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I have been attached to windows for a lonnnggggggggggg time but I recently managed to free myself (after lots of gaslighting) and hop on to linux, I tried omarchy on arch which was great however it did not offer the gaming compatibility or ease of use that I wanted especially for my home pc and my laptop. When I heard of nobara I was hesitant as it was very different form the linux I had first tried but I thought what was the worse that could happen and booted it on to a hdd on my pc. I fell in love.
The default version is amazing and the gaming experience I find is noticeably better than windows and the amount of control and ease of access it gives is something I really enjoy, I'm excited to see how it develops and how I can improve my linux skills while using it.
Pros:
Easy to Set UP
Pretty
Easy to Use
Very Fast
Cons:
Not much community coverage
Update manager a tad confusing
Overall 10/10 would recommend
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Version: 43
Rating: 9
Date: 2026-01-06
Votes: 6
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After finally getting fed up with Windows 11 last year due to the Recall and Copilot integration, I finally got the push to switch to Linux. I have tried multiple distros (PopOS, Mint, CachyOS, EndeavourOS, Bazzite, PikaOS), but none have made me stay for longer than a week or two because of one or two annoyances (for example on Mint it is the inability to have per application notification sounds in Cinammon).
I tried Nobara due to my primary use of my home PC being gaming and it's generally been hassle free to get anything I want to play working, with a few very specific exceptions that are not Nobara's fault. I don't play a lot of multiplayer games, so I don't mind being locked out of kernel based anti-cheat filled games.
So far I have played through multiple Yakuza games, Neon White, Baldur's Gate 3, Dragon Age Origins, The Sims 2, Peak, The Witcher, Trackmania Nations Forever and 2020 + more that I can't think of at the moment.
I have also played a lot of Final Fantasy XIV without any issues.
Everything I needed to play games was preinstalled and most of the games listed above didn't require any fiddling to get working for me.
The only slight annoyance I have had with the distro is the System Update and Nobara Package Manager GUI, which has gotten better over the year though.
Apart from that, anything I tried worked well - gaming, light video editing, installing apps through rpm, flatpak.
If you want a great gaming oriented distro that doesn't need extensive setup to work well and also doesn't treat you like an idiot for wanting to install something other than a flatpak (like Bazzite), go for Nobara.
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Version: 42
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-12-15
Votes: 11
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Windows user for almost 25 years here. I´ve been using Nobara for about 2 month now and I´m quite happy with it. Almost any Game I try out works out of the box, some games run equal, most of the games run better than on Windows 11. Ditched Windows because I don´t like the way Microsoft is going and switched to Nobara for gaming.
I´ll stay with this distro. Everything is clean and works flawlessly and the system feels extremely stable. Also tried some other Distros like CachyOS, Bazzite and Linux Mint, but I like Nobara more. Everything right out of the box, just install your games and game on :)
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Version: 42
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-12-12
Votes: 4
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I've been using Nobara KDE for about two weeks now and have been extremely happy with it so far. I'm a new Linux user looking to move away from W11, with my primary usage being gaming. I tried Mint, CachyOS, and Kubuntu before settling on Nobara. Setup was very easy and I got loaded into the OS with all available updates applied pretty quickly. Version 43 is actually available at this point, so that's what I'm running.
I had no major issues, and the few small quirks were quickly addressed with a quick search or forum/Discord post. All the extra drivers I wanted to install (Xbox wireless adapter and Thrustmaster steering wheel drivers) loaded without issue. VR seems to be working okay, but I haven't fully tested that one yet.
The OS is very smooth and behaves like the other KDE distros I tried. I chose KDE for it's Wayland implementation, as I have multiple monitors, G-Sync, and HDR... none of which behaved as I wanted under X11 (otherwise I probably would have just stayed on Mint, which was the first one I installed). Those all work great and so far all the games I've tested have worked equally well, if not better, compared to their W11 counterparts. I have an AMD 5800x3D paired with a 3080 Ti and had no issues with the pre-installed drivers for either of them.
Most of the included apps and software is fine. File manager, terminal, updater, etc. all work as expected. I don't care too much for updates via the GUI updater or package manager. They work fine, but I find just running the commands via the terminal to be easier.
I can't say I've noticed any real gaming advantage versus any of the other distros I tried, but having the person behind ProtonGE be part of the Nobara dev team doesn't seem like it would hurt anything. I plan to stay with Nobara for the foreseeable future as a happy Linux convert.
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Version: 42
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-11-18
Votes: 0
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On and off from linux in the last 20+ years, not much experience besides playing with it, but i've tried quite a few flavours though, always came back to fedora.. and at the same time i couldn't commit to it fully even if i wanted to. In the last 4 i switch completely and It's the first time i am going over 1 year with the "same" distro (40 to 42) and haven't thought to change. Sure some quirks here and there. The update manager utility could see some changes but overall very, very good experience. Keep it up!
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Version: 42
Rating: 8
Date: 2025-11-17
Votes: 0
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Other than my VRS wheel base and Fanatec Clubsport V3 not working without some tinkering, this has been my favorite distro between CatchyOS and Bazzite. Install was quickish and pretty straight forward. I have a little issue with the game controller app changing my devices to Xbox 360 Controllers for some odd reason but a reboot fixes it. Not a fan of the Nobara Package Manager. Surely there is an easier way to find and install apps...? Thats a rhetorical question because I have used various Linux distros over the years and this seems like a downgrade compared to what I have used on Ubuntu, Mint and so on. Not sure about flatpacks....it's been years since I used linux and flatpacks were not a thing back then. Seems that this has complicated app installations but still learning. If I dump windows, this will probably be my go to distro regardless of the oddities I have run into.
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Version: 42
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-10-28
Votes: 16
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Nobara is a excellent distro. I use the Gnome version for my daily and I am overall happy with it.
Pros:
1. Rolling release to latest Linux stable kernel
2. Based on Fedora and provides additional installation options of nVidia driver and video codecs which works really well and provides excellent video playback and suspend/wake up support.
3. Brave Browser pre-installed instead of Firefox. I like it as It's faster than Firefox with built-in Adblock.
Cons:
1. Built-in software update mangers( Nobara Package Mangers and Nobara Welcome App) do not work as well as terminal update commands( sudo dnf update). They tend to update to older, conflicting versions.
2. terminal update remain the best choice for updating packages.
3. So those of you who can't do terminal commands, this can be somewhat difficult to manage.
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Version: 42
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-10-22
Votes: 6
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Nobara works as well as any Linux I've ever used, works great for games, looks great (I'm using the KDE Plasma version). I chose this OS specifically for gaming and my daily driver PC and have not been in the least bit disappointed as I have moved full-time away from Windows. Kudos to Glorious Eggroll (of ProtonGE fame) who originally started this project and still plays a leading role. Almost perfect, this runs all Steam/Epic games, and basically anything else that doesn't have a kernel level anti-cheat. That will be a show stopper for some people, but if those aren't important to you, then Nobara will handle the rest of it. Some games may perform slightly slower than in Windows, many others perform faster. In any case a smooth experience out of the box, a fantastic replacement for Windows. Nvidia support is also excellent, no issues with drivers whatsoever in my experience. 10/10
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Version: 42
Rating: 8
Date: 2025-10-15
Votes: 7
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This has been running almost daily on two machines that i use.
AMD 5 5500
A350M Asus Prime Mobo with 16 GB corsair vengeance @ 3200
Spinning rust HDD so i need to find a NVMe ssd for it since it does have a M2 slot. The SSD that fits that slot is in M2 slot 2 on main running nobara as well.
GTX 1060 6gb proprietary driver
AMD 7 5800x
MSI gaming B550M
32 gb corsair vengeance @ 3600
AMD 9060xt 16 gb
1 TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus
I update daily. The only issue i had was not related to nobara. I had too many kernals stored and needed to delete some
I started using nobara during 39 and stuckw ith it through 42 so far. Dotn see the need to move on. Ive tried over distros like mInt and Ubuntu and even use a raspvberry pi4 so debian. Its a learning process
I can run a lot of my steam library out of the box which sis great for a 25 year windows user who want to game on linux. I am trying to ditch windows for good not so moving to linux as fast as i can. I wont "upgrade" to 11 so need to make use of the win 10 insall for as long as possible to run DCS and its associated hardware. Track5 camera. Although i do have the delanclip and it runs on opentrack. People have made DCS to run on linus with the use of opentrack but thsi was on Cachy OS.
I am happy sitting this one out for now and using win 10 to play DCS. IF the day comes i only use win 10 for DCS then so be it. As it is now i am writing this on nobar so the day will eventually come wher the only time i fire up the now dead win 10 will be to play DCS. And even that will refuse to run one day on win 10
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Version: 42
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-10-06
Votes: 14
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They recently overhauled Nobara. It is now rolling release, they now use the cachyos kernel, use a custom store instead of discover and gnome store. Many qol improvements and it's all for the better. The guy in charge of this distro is also the creator of proton ge. I do believe it has massively improved over what it was several releases ago. This is no longer fedora with it's own additional packages included, it's become it's own unique distro. The creators of this distro, the cachyos devs and PikaOS devs all work together so pick your base!
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Version: 42
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-10-06
Votes: 0
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A decent Fedora-based distro. Works well with gaming.
A small down-side is, the graphical drivers tend to conflict some times, after updating, forcing a few games to revert their video settings to default. Other than that, very convenient to use, and also, very handy in terms of customizations and performance tweaking. Other distros were too tedious and problematic when debloating, and also end up causing system faults. On the other hand, I had no difficulty with Nobara, since it's OS size is not too heavy and bloated, and hardly causes any issues at all when the system is de-bloated.
Props to Mr. GloriousEggroll for Nobara Version 42. Waiting for Nobara 43.
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Version: 42
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-09-30
Votes: 0
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I am Linux beginner and for me Nobara is great.
It is one of the distros that I have found just works out of the box and is easy to use.
I have Nobara on a Asus G55VW laptop and on a old ASUS P8H77-I motherboard (Intel H77 chipset) and Intel Core i7-3770S CPU (Ivy Bridge).
On both systems Nobara just works out of the box. Steam also works right out of the box.
Nobara is easy to use. The welcome screen is great and there is a custom app called “Flatpost” that is used for apps and flatpack. Flatpost seem smooth and does just what it should without too much extra features. For updating the system the custom app "Update System" is used.
Some minor sidenotes:
I started to use Nobara at Nobara 40 and when upgrading to Nobara 41 my Nvidia GPU drivers broken and my system got strange. I did not have the Linux skills to fix my system so I took a paus with Nobara. I was not upset as this is a rather new Linux version. There was so much that I loved with Nobara that I just took a beak and waited for next version. When Nobara 42 came out I did a clean install and it has been running great ever since. For me Nobara 42 is just perfect.
Thank you Mr GloriousEggroll for making Nobara.
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Version: 42
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-09-17
Votes: 5
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I can't say enough good things about Nobara. It's the MOST COMPLETE Linux Distro.
It's the only distro I've used that supports everything on my requirement list:
1. suspend/support
2. full disk encryption.
3. nVidia driver support
4. Pop Shell intergration
5. Gnome desktop
6. brother printer driver
7. media codecs
I appreciate the work the nobara devlopers have put into this great OS.
If you are hopping around like I used to, try this and you will be surprised how complete this system. NO more hopping around distro and finding the perfect linux distro
thank you
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Version: 42
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-08-01
Votes: 4
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Nobara 42 is by far the best Distro ! better then Fedora and better than all top rated Distros on Distrowatch. I am an ex Windows user and moved to Linux 12 month ago after trying the top Distros .Fedora and Cachy OS are OK but to restricted to customise for a new Linux user like me.After playing around and testing up to 30 distros for years I ended up using MXLinux and Last month changed to Nobara because you can configure everything pretty much without using your Konsol terminal.
Regard Frank Kalinna
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Version: 42
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-08-01
Votes: 0
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I decided to test Nobara since they transitioned to a rolling release distro format in May 2025. I could then compare it to Fedora which has been around since November 2003. Though the install routine is rather different than Fedora, I was able to install it just fine. Nobara also has Wine built which also saved me a bit of time.
I discovered while installing a WIN package to run with Wine that Nobara has a real serious problem with Display settings. I changed my display to accommodate the screen resolution to finish installing my Wine package. But when I changed it back to my preferred Display setting, the screen came up sideways, was frozen and there was no way to change it!
At which point I wiped Nobara from my SSD. I have NEVER had a problem like this with any distro in the past of nearly 20 years of using Linux. What a sad state of affairs with Nobara and with the Linux desktop!
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Version: 42
Rating: 6
Date: 2025-07-18
Votes: 2
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Fresh install
updated kernel to 16.14.6 to 16.15.6 because it kept prompting to update after fresh install.
New kernel is broken, will always boot into emergency mode and I tried a lot of things it won't get fixed.
I tried reinstalling 3 times even with different file systems like btrfs and ext4 but it will always break.
Have been using linux for long. First time using Nobara. If this is its state then I am scared to stick with it.
at least it keeps a copy of old kernel that you can boot into if new one fails.
Plus points
- good hybrid nvidia graphics support out of the box.
- wayland
Cons:
- bloated as hell, they should give an option of minimal version like Manjaro ( I know its a gaming distro but still)
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Version: 42
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-07-09
Votes: 5
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This is absolutely astounding. I have used Linux (work / play) since Slackware 3.0, forced to use Windows for work / contracting, etc. This is the most amazing installation process I've encountered, everything is picked up... devices just work (including BT, and QNAP Nas). The game play is phenomenal, and the integration with Steam and the Heroic launcher is *chef's kiss*. I removed Windows 11 (finally! Yeah!) and am using this as my main computer OS now if that is any indication! Even newer games, such as Balder's Gate 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 work seamlessly, as well as having all the Linux capabilities behind it and an easy front end to install them from (Flatpak, etc).
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Version: 42
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-06-23
Votes: 4
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I'll give a little bit different review, since I've ended up using Nobara for a different reason than gaming.
I was originally using Mint, when I started noticing flickering on my monitor. A fresh install of Mint did not fix it. I then tried to install Pop-OS, which halted midway into the install at some graphic issues. An install of Ubuntu was successful but the flickering continued.
Now this is on a laptop with an old 1050 nvidia card, I had no intention of installing Nobara since it's not really optimal for gaming, and the card doesn't support vulkan. However since everything else I had available of distros failed, I thought why not.
So now my laptop is running Nobara without flickering - at least so far, knock on wood as they say - and I'm not sure what fixed it. It could be the fresh kernel, the newer packages, it could also be Wayland (Mint use x11).
I've also used Nobara for gaming on a desktop, and it's been both good and sometimes buggy, for different reasons. I would still recommend it for gaming on newer PC's. It can be very good, but beware of big updates. It's somewhat of a rolling release, with very new kernel. Well worth a try.
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Version: 42
Rating: 8
Date: 2025-06-18
Votes: 1
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The removal of firefox, the replacement of discover by flatpost which is inferior in both feature and UI... I'm sorry but that's been a bit of a letdown.
Nobara's my go to when it comes to gaming on Linux but at least give options on start up or at installation to pick a Web Browser or Flatpak UI.
Otherwise this is the best way to game on Linux, I've used it version 40 through 42 and it's been a haven of stability with both AMD and Nvidia graphics card. A beginner friendly distro who puts many other to shame.
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Version: 42
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-06-12
Votes: 6
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Upgraded from version 39 directly to 42 using YUM and it went smooth as baby caca. This is the ultimate distro for those loving everything and loving that FAST. Not clunky as some Fedora/RH offshoots can be, this KDE Plasma is running as nice as a user can ask.
I had the 39 version on a removed SSD and had almost forgotten about it as I was experimenting with many others, including Fedora 41/42. I have no complaints about Fedora now, but there is something about Nobara that just feels better for me.
So, I went ahead and put the 39 back in and ran a prompted upgrade and it is very nice to see no error messages and no issues at all that the upgrade process did not address and fix, including updating the repos on the spot.
It is very easy to give Nobara (now) 42 a rating of 10.
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Version: 42
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-05-27
Votes: 15
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I've installed Nobara 42 twice over the Memorial Day weekend, removing it once due to some ill-advised information from another website of "opinions". But after re-thinking my actions I came back around and re-installed it a second time and do really like it. It has a couple "quirks" to adapt to while installing that someone like myself has doubts about being relatively new to Linux in the big picture as compared to other Linux OS installations that were more or less "dumbed" down for exactly my kind of person.
The installation went rather quickly compared to the really long install of Debian "Trixie", and Nobara updates are fast as well and the packages are rather up-to-date compared to some of the other Linux distributions package list views on DistroWatch. I got a chuckle out of the wallpaper selection of the Raccoon sitting eating Pizza, and it's so clear and detailed.
I've installed Nobaro 42 on an old Asus B75M-A mobo, with an Intel i3-Quad CPU and use the onboard Intel Graphics in HDMI. My 1Tb SAGA HDD has no problem as did any of the other hardware I have available. My peripherals: Epson ET-2840 printer, Brother HL-L2305W printer, or my desktop WavLink external SATA HDD dock all working fine.
The only thing that I found a little un-nerving after the installation of Nobara was during the system update sequence. Multiple windows opened during the updating cycle that caused me to believe I was doing something wrong. I have any heads-up when reading about the installation on-line previous to the install that this was considered normal. The first time I was playing "Whack-A-Mole" closing the extra windows that popped up just to have them reappear and once I calmed down and left them alone the update proceeded as it needed to and completed without any problems.
So far Nobara seems to be a solid operating system without any of the usual "quirks" that I've come across in other distributions like not being able to install my old printers or getting the Weather-Widget to work properly in the panel showing the temp reading beside the weather icon, etc. Some other distro's even go as far as not keeping your 'color selection' across your apps or properly rendering panel icons.
In closing I would like to say that Nobara hopefully will be the end of my 'distro-hopping' saga. At 71-years of age I just want to settle in to use my machine for email, Internet and a few of the basic household office necessities. Now that summers around the corner I need to go tend to the garden as I have the computer the last few months. -Cheers!
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Version: 42
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-05-26
Votes: 0
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It was a good idea to switch Nobara to a rolling system and to my surprise there are fewer updates than under Fedora itself. The newly developed software center Flatpost by Thomas Crider is well structured, provides detailed information about the apps and dispenses with the stupid rating points. Instead, the Softwarecentrum uses the criteria Trending, Popular, New and Updated. In addition, another tool takes care of the updates as quick as an arrow. If you don't like this, you can also install the usual KDE and Gnome software centers. In addition to the large Flatpac offer, further programs can be installed with the Package Manager. Scanners, printers and Wifi can be installed without any problems. There is now also a welcome center. I am highly satisfied with my Gnome version and can only recommend it to others.
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Version: 42
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-05-25
Votes: 0
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Switched from Linux Mint to Nobara and I'm really satisfied. Nobara is very small(which is important since I run it on an old laptop with very little drive space, only about 170GB), but feels slick, smooth and modern. Comes with everything out of the box that I wanted, such as steam, lutris, neofetch(essential, isn't it? lol) and wine. Dark mode and brave is the default, and brave seems to have it's standard settings overridden which is good(removes crypto stuff). Really solid, especially the GUI. I'm not a very technical Linux user so I may have missed some things that are important to others. Only con to me is that the default font is really ugly and it takes some time to change it.
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Version: 42
Rating: 8
Date: 2025-05-22
Votes: 2
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I use Linux to revive old computers and Nobara Linux works well on a 2015 MacbookAir, where other distros had problems. The installation program worked smoothly while other popular distros failed to detect the SSD or failed to boot.
The challenge to get WiFi working with the Broadcom drivers required a USB-WiFi dongle and a search for code that was copied into the Terminal program. Some time was spent searching the internet for code to get hardware drivers to work and install some familiar programs.
The laptop is used with Brother printers and scanners for which they host device drivers in 64bit .rpm format that successfully installed. The popular programs are Fedora or Debian-Ubuntu and Nobara which uses Fedora apps was chosen.
The repo contained some useful programs but I couldn’t find all that I usually install. Others like Veracrypt and Krusader were installed with Terminal commands.
I chose KDE desktop and there was a bit of adjustment from more familiar and preferred XFCE. The Gnome version was not such a useful desktop. KDE maybe a bit slower than Linux with XFCE. Nobara seems compact enough for the 30G partition which was reserved on the SSD for it.
The Apple webcam worked on another Linux distro but the driver for Nobara is still a challenge.
I expected Firefox as the default browser but Brave works well. The repository also has Chrome and Firefox. The Firewall and Upgrade app settings were not immediately obvious. Overall Nobara Linux v42 feels like a well constructed system.
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Version: 42
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-05-21
Votes: 1
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Great distro for beginners with a lot of OTB gaming configurations, maintained by the one and only GloriousEggroll who has contributed greatly towards the proton project with his own patch implementations that helps to solve a lot of the issues when running games through wine.
The distro features easy to setup installation of nvidia drivers and a ready to use steam package as well as lutris and other packages you would expect in a gaming system.
Updating the system is very straight forward with the custom made update gui , and if you would run in to any issues there's a very active and friendly discord community that can help out!
only gripe would be the included brave browser but removing it and installing something palatable like librewolf takes only a couple of seconds.
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Version: 42
Rating: 2
Date: 2025-05-21
Votes: 1
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Overloaded with excess (heavy weight), the stupid mandatory removal of the boot to a separate partition, i.e. it is necessary to make a separate partition for boot (in addition to efi), with a size of +/- gig, otherwise the system will not start. There's a bunch of pre-installed stuff, but there's no video player. Extremely poor gui of update and package managers. The settings and design of the terminal console do not change. Stupid brav with his wallet, which requires a key to make/configure from the start... In general, I didn't like it and left an extremely bad impression. And a floating difference of a couple fps in games is not a reason to choose.
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Version: 42
Rating: 2
Date: 2025-05-18
Votes: 0
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It was a good distro but sadly with the recent changes they made its no longer a distro i will recommend as they now use a very controversial browser (Brave) "for technical reasons" instead of just bloody sticking to firefox like a sane person or librewolf if you are that paranoid. you cant even remove the Repository properly because it'll just respawn once you've used their "recommended" updater.
and the other nail in the coffin is GenML wallpapers. seriously fuck GenML its shit for the environment and is plagiarism (and a right wing washing tool).
That out of the way I dont notice any real difference performance wise between standart Fedora and Nobara, its within margin of error.
Horrible screen flickers at 144hz which aren't there on Fedora.
I cant even justify the convenience of having steam preinstalled or a "driver installer" UI, their installer is incredibly fragile and i had people trying to use it reporting only installation failures.
If you want a good Distro this isnt it.
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Version: 42
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-05-17
Votes: 1
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No soy usuario avanzado de linux pero uso estos sistemas desde el 2009, dicho esto puedo decir que:
1º - La Instalación es sencilla
2º - Hay mucho software para cubrir las necesidades de uso común
3º - Es de uso sencillo
4º - Actualizaciones constantes y rápidas
5º - Interfaz altamente configurable
6º - Con Steam y Lutris vais a tener un catalogo de videojuegos brutal
7º - No requiere licencias ni registros
Por decir algo negativo diré que que al realizar la última actualización en el grub me aparecían varias versiones y tenía que elegir la versión 42 ya que por defecto iniciaba con la 41, cosa que usando chatgpt he solucionado.
Ryzen 3600
Rx 5700
32Gb Ram
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Version: 42
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-05-14
Votes: 1
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I use Nobara since 9 months.
Runs flawless with my Nvidia GPU. You don't have to install all the necessary tweaks and tools because it's already there. Not bloated with useless apps.
I really like the driver manager where you can choose between nvidia open source or github version etc.
Or the nobara tweak tool where you can auto mount your external drives via checkboxes.
It's very userfriendly, after the installation you can just go ahead and start.
On my screen with 144hz, there's no screen flickering, gaming performance is nearly the same as on other distros.
The update manager is "selfmade" and there are some minor issues.
Updates for the updater itself causes it so freeze so you don't know if the update is still running or not.
Had to look at the logs to see, it's still running and performing the update. Just the GUI froze.
with nobara-sync cli via the terminal, this problem didn't appeare once.
The updater got some scripts, looking for known bugs and issues for each package which will be installed.
Never had an update which broke my system.
One time, I had to "sudo dnf distro-sync --refresh" due to continuesly 400+ updates on each reboot. With that, all the updates got installed correctly and it was not an issue anymore.
All in all, it's just a minor issue which happends like every 3 months. It's just the GUI of the updatear freezing so the update itself works.
Can't say another negative about this distro because there isn't.
I recommend it to everyone, who just want a distro which is stable, performs well and hate updating the whole system every year or two (debian) with a lot of issues or got a broken update on Arch again.
The package software is really new and the kernel (2025/05/14) on v6.14.6
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Version: 41
Rating: 4
Date: 2025-04-30
Votes: 2
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Looks pretty, very under-baked
Main Issues:
-nobara-sync (cli&gui) never functioned properly. constantly prompted that 500+ packages needed updates, after being prompted to reboot I was greeted by the same message that 500+ packages needed updates again
-nobara-drivers (gui) was always stuck downloading driver database, never functioned properly
-setting refresh rate to locked 144hz caused screen flickering
-game performance out of the box was abysmal, easily ~20-30fps lower than ubuntu on my setup with some games flat out crashing on startup unless an older version of proton was used
Minor gripes:
-couldn't really interface with my gpu fan settings, very broadly I could set power modes that cranked my fans regardless of whether the gpu was being used actively or not
-wifi connection was dropping & reconnecting every now and then
System:
Asus zephyrus m16 (gu603)
cpu: intel i7 11800h
gpu: nvidia rtx 3050 ti mobile
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Version: 41
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-04-17
Votes: 1
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Nobara seems to have real problems with the current Nvidia
RTX 5000 cards. Starting the live distro ends in all three start versions in a black screen with a blinking sign in the right corner. Or there is a fixed progress circle surrounded by a blue corona. So you can't even install. I have no idea how Nobara could be elevated to the best game distro here. Maybe Nobara (and Fedora currently 42) just can't handle Nvidia graphics cards or it's just the current Nvidia driver, which can't be activated properly with the current Fedora 42.Nobara should take an example from CachyOS here. Everything works right away.
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Version: 41
Rating: 8
Date: 2025-04-10
Votes: 3
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The Best Linux so far. Normal use is like using Fedora - Great, understandably. Gaming, wow, so easy. Only grumble - when using Decky for my gaming, if I need to & forget to change sound either speakers to headset or the other way, I have to go out of Decky to change it. Updating is virtually automatic including some fixes. I prefer KDE to Gnome, but both need a thorough upgrade. I think newbies to linux should keep Nobara in mind, especially if they are looking to gaming. Once a more novice language is introduced for installation, setting up, help etc. Nobara could become a leading Linux os?
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Version: 41
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-04-02
Votes: 8
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WOW WOW WOW! Cool distro! I really liked it from the very beginning of installation. I uninstalled Win 11 and installed Nobara OS. Games work, drivers can be installed through the manager in two clicks, there are separate rpm packages for many programs, virtualization works perfectly (I installed Win 11 Pro for the test). I have absolutely no reason to think about replacing it with other distros. It is worth noting the convenient work with Flatpak and the ability to completely uninstall all packages for Flatpak in one click. I could go on for a long time, but I won't. I just want to say that this is a great OS.
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Version: 41
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-03-24
Votes: 2
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I like to experiment to see how the Linux community does for gaming distros
This one get top marks and runs windows games out of the box for me at least.
I will try this out for the next while. I am used to the Debian command so it will be a learning curve but keep it all gui if possible these days.
I tried Garunda and that is another good one since its setup out of box also but i do not have the best of luck with arch based and usually they crash and i have to reinstall
ran easy from ventoy or easy2boot. if someone complains command line then prob did something wrong or bad iso download. it has worked on 2 different intel laptops that are 4th and 7th gen
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Version: 41
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-03-23
Votes: 0
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Rubbish. Wouldnt even boot install on a clean HDD with all the ISO files extracted. kept giving me a GRUB command line which goes nowhere. You want people to move away from Windows yet you cannot even get the thing to start an install. I really havent got the time and inclination to learn command line geek stuff just to make something work. Do you think people would use Windows if they had to learn command line nonsense first in order to make it work properly? Im sure it works well for people who time to learn this stuff. If I could give it Zero i would.
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Version: 41
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-02-25
Votes: 3
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Though a bit strange of an updating scheme, for a new user, following the correct procedures should result in buttery smooth performance. The refinement post Fedora is noticeable in day to day computing and the user interface makes for a system easily configured with a button. I would recommend this distribution to a newcomer to computers. Occasionally if a hick-up is found, the community is accommodating and friendly to even novice users. Please take care to follow instructions for updates and procedures. They are basic and laymen and quite useful.
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Version: 41
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-01-24
Votes: 1
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The other day my boyfriend asked me to install a distro on his laptop, for simple things like surfing the Internet and editing documents. I thought of Nobara as something “out of the box” for this purpose. It's an excellent distro, but the customization of its settings brings “risks” in having a friendly software center that installs and updates the system, so it has its own custom updater, but no GUI upgrade. Hardware acceleration also didn't come ready by default, as I had wished. Again, great distro, but perhaps for a beginner's basic use it would be better to hand over a configured Fedora, albeit with a bit more work.
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Version: 41
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-01-23
Votes: 3
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Excellent Linux distribution. Basically, it's Fedora with added value. The default environment is KDE Plasma. In my opinion, the biggest asset is the fact that third-party multimedia codecs and repositories are pre-installed in the system, which many novice users will certainly appreciate. Nobara includes Lutris, ProtonPlus and Steam game platforms already pre-installed, which is sure to be appreciated by gamers. The Yum Extender tool is preinstalled to install the software. If it does not suit someone, Dnf Dragora can be installed. I am completely satisfied with the Yum Extender. I see a big plus in setting the appearance to a dark environment, which suits me, I have chosen a dark environment in every distribution, and in Nobara Linux it is already set right after installation. I've been using the system for a few days now, but haven't encountered any issues yet. I can't score anything other than 10/10. Many thanks to the developers.
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Version: 41
Rating: 3
Date: 2025-01-04
Votes: 1
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Now I booted the given latest version iso to 3 types of usb 1-ventoy 2-rufus 3-fedora image writer in all of them it stays on the boot screen in the first two options it stays on a black screen and in the third option it opened it went directly to the installation screen it gave a crash error but the installation was progressing I was patient the installation was completed. When I restarted it all stayed on the black screen in all options I am asking this distribution which is useful for games does not recognize 16 gb nvidia rtx 4070 ti. I checked the isos and installed them without any errors, that is there is no error in the iso file there is no error in the usbs I could never install this distribution please write the system requirements for which computers this linux distribution was written even in two or three lines and I would like to say a few words about the system of the disrtowach site if you are not going to publish the articles written here why do you open this area for us make room for those who directly provide the distribution so that they can write and they do not know what these faulty isos are.
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Version: 41
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-01-03
Votes: 4
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I use linux (and linux gaming) as a main distro since 2016, along with windows.
So I had to gain some experience in setting up wine and games, was happy about proton later and so on...
Distro hopping was my hobby until now. Tried so many distros out there... Can't count 'em anymore. Way too many.
The installation was flawless.
Everything runs out of the box or can be installed via the package manager or flathub.
I'm just missing a progress bar while installing new software via GUI.
My racing setup works quite well, but it should be already integrated within the kernel.
Because for every kernel update, I have to reinstall the whole driver and delete the old kernel for my racing wheel which gets annoying.
This happens every ~3 weeks.
The upgrade from v40 to v41 went smooth without any issues.
You don't have to reinstall the whole system. Just 4 commands.
That's why it's one of my favorite distros for gaming:
Rolling release with new, but stable software.
Fedora/Nobara won't crash after 4 months like bleeding edge release models, where you really have to be careful and look out for dependencies.
Yes, I know about apt-listbugs and apt-listchanges. Or apt-mark to put it on hold.
But it's still too unstable an the lifetime didn't satisfy me for a long life disto.
Happy to have finally found my favorite distribution!
I use Nobara since 5 Months.
My father uses Nobara since 1.1.2025.
It's to see where people with nearly no knowledge about linux run into issues.
I don't run into many issues anymore because of the experience I (had to make) made.
So to see through others eyes I guess it's a good idea to help people, who want to get rid off windows easier.
Have a great time, I recommend Nobara!
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Version: 41
Rating: 2
Date: 2025-01-03
Votes: 1
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I just tried Nobara Standard 41 and it barely starts on my virtual machine and the live runs extremely slow, the calamari installer works, and in the end after rebooting after being in live mode to fully enter the already installed system it feels somewhat better, I didn't see an app store, just one thing there that seems like a very simple and strange list, then I tried to install nobara 41 gnome and it wouldn't start, it stayed on a black screen both the virtual and the physical one, the truth is it needs a bit of polish, the concept is good, I suppose they will fix it later.
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Version: 40
Rating: 5
Date: 2024-11-10
Votes: 7
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KDE has problems with multi monitor support. Was not able to switch my monitor without freezing system sometimes. As well, one monitor remains dark so i had to reinstall whole system. Especially pressing Win+P (=Super+P) and choosing "combine monitors" destroyed the monitor setting permanently and I was not able to reset the system. The main monitor again remains black. Also the updater showing strange behavior. It starts to update packages and opening a second updater task in-between. First one was showing a failure and second one proceeded after the second one was fished.
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Version: 40
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-10-11
Votes: 26
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Nobara, moreso than any distrobution I've ever touched, is the most "just works" distro out there, and the best option for gaming. It's the most stable, gives me the least problems, and just flat out performs well. Anything I've ever struggled with in Nobara is just issues that are universal to Linux, but I'm mostly just running Steam and emulators. I've tried Ubuntu, PopOS, Garuda, AthenaOS, Arch, & Bodhi Linux and this has been what I've settled on. Install is a cinch, too, but any distro with the Calamare installer is. The discord is pretty helpful if you have issues. I was initially worried about it being a fork of Fedora considering the politics of that but nothing has manifested from that. If you're looking to get a gamer away from Windows, this is THE choice.
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Version: 39
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-08-03
Votes: 3
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Installed on Acer Aspire 3 and absolutely amazing. Long time Linux Mint user but Mint wouldn't install the AMD Radeon driver at install as Nobara did. Very impressed !!
The Plasma desktop is also impressive with Nobara. The system is very fast and I have not experienced one single issue with Nobara at all. The battery life is impressive with Nobara as well as the fact that the cooling fan doesn't run much at all as it did with Mint. The games are also playing well and this laptop is not a designated gaming laptop however it runs games fine. The video quality awesome.
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Version: 40
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-07-29
Votes: 9
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Outstanding technical Fedora 40 implementation with all the Nvidia / gaming configuration done as part of the install process. Runs games beautifully. I was super impressed with the KDE 6.1.1 kernel 6.8xx implementation.
I code (Golang / Python) and game and his Linux implementation hits the requirements for me. Flatpak requirement using Plasma discovery application works great and I prefer flatpaks over snaps.
My hardward is fairly high-end: 4080 I9 13th gen intel with 64 gigabyte of ram. I'm looking forward to the continued improvement in KDE / Wayland and how these improvments will be incorporated ito future Nobara versions.
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Version: 40
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-07-22
Votes: 12
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I upgraded from Nobara 39 to 40 and I hat a thin white border when gaming on full screen. It was annoying.
So I reinstalled it completely and everything worked out of the box.
I used the Nvidia ISO and everything just works. All I had to do was install all my games from Steam and I was up and running in an hour.
Distro is very well done and very polished. I fell in love with KDE because of Nobaa, I used Gnome since 2009 as my primary DE. But that all changed with Nobara introducing me to the full KDE experience.
I hope this distro gets more and more love.
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Version: 40
Rating: 1
Date: 2024-07-20
Votes: 1
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Sadly my duel Acer multi monitor set up on AMD hardware was too much for Nobara KDE, trying to configure the monitors caused the system to crash completely, and it refused to offer anything but blank screens, I installed another SSD HD with Debian 12, and had no issues at all.
I noted that the initial install of Nobara was far from smooth, with several problems installing updates, the whole install process was tedious compare to other distro using a similar installer. I have used Debian 12 and Fedora 40 on this PC with no issues at all, so it is not a hardware issue, AMD RX 580 graphics, intel i3 9100f and 16 gigs Kingston Ram with an MSI H3DM pro MB..
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Version: 39
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-06-16
Votes: 11
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I have already tried many Linux distributions. I started with Nobara, then tested a few others and ended up with Nobara again. Right from the start, everything I smoked as a gamer runs. Steam and Lutris are already installed and just need to be set up. The latest Nvidia beta driver is also already running and does not have to be installed first, which is not always so easy. So you can get started quickly. So far I have not experienced any problems with KDE and Wayland. For me, Nobara is the best alternative to Windows so far.
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Version: 39
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-06-14
Votes: 3
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I've been trying out linux distros for many years, but Nobara impressed me. A big 10 for you, because the only linux that runs Path Of Exile like windows. Note that I don't play on Steam.I used to play a lot (I'm not exactly young anymore...) and I got stuck on this game. Well the problem was to get off windows. I started to learn linux, and tried the distros one after the other. The goal is to run my favorite games the same as on windows.(Now many of you will say hey many linux run games the same as windows) My configuration is : i5 4590 16GB RAM RX550 2GB. On this configuration none of the linux distros could run my game like Nobara. Windows is just a memory.......
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Version: 39
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-06-03
Votes: 3
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I'm giving it a 10/10 because for a gaming distro, it does just that. All of my games work flawless and with no issue. And I didn't even had to change anything.
I installed the offial nvidia image (Since I run an RTX 3060) and it runs smoother than Pop Os. I've been using Pop for a year now, and just switched to Nobara and immediately I notice the desktop runs smoother, the games have 0 issues, same as on Pop and KDE is the default dekstop now, and it's configured perfectly.
I highly encourage people to at least try it.
In the past I tried Nobara 38, and I switched back after a day, but this version is polished. Good job, team Nobara.
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Version: 39
Rating: 3
Date: 2024-06-01
Votes: 1
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I distro hopped a lot over the last 12 months and finally tried out Nobara because i wanted a proper gaming focused distro for a long time.
My System:
Ryzen 7 7800X3D, RTX 4090, 64GB DDR4 6200.
it looks great... yeah. that's all.
What happened?
Go to their website, download Nobara 39 (NVidia Version).
Balena Etcher, reboot, and boot from the thumbdrive.
"THIS VERSION IS NO LONGER SUPPORTED!" (this stays on your screen for 30 seconds and appears over 3 times over the install)
reached the live enviroment, wiped the drive, and started the installation.
Black screen? i waited for almost 20 minutes and it was stuck frozen with a black screen and i rebooted and tried again.
wiped the drive a second time, the installation finished.
booting up for the first time with the same "no longer supported" message.
logged in, imediately a hard crash and a flashing underscore in the top right corner. for ~30 seconds.
then it came back at the login screen.
logged in a second time and i started the recommended update utility.
it started downloading basically everything over again and patched the distro without further issues.
reboot, logged in... black screen --> log in screen. "PlasmaShell has crashed."
logged in again, downloaded firefox, thunderbird, bitwarden and protonup-qt.
black screen that recovered after 10 seconds. "PlasmaShell has crashed."
wiped the drive again, downloaded nobara again, grabbed a new USB Stick and tried it again.
install, crashes, black screens after every login...
then i checked the settings and enabled VRR on both displays (auto setting)
and guess what. VRR does not work...
changed VRR to "always" and it still has no function. (Monitor stays at max refreshrate in game)
Played CS2 and wondered imediately: why does it run so bad? i have barely 100 FPS at 1440p with minimum settings (for example in W11 i have ~500-800 FPS with the same settings)
it stutters like crazy, runs in two digit framerates and then crashed... followed by "PlasmaShell has crashed."
Nobara with NVidia is basically unuseable and unfunctional.
Nothing works, it is extremely unstable, settings do not work and the KDE 6.05 Implementation is disastrous.
i can not recommend Nobara at all... sadly. because it looks very promising and has basically everything pre set for your gaming rig.
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Version: 39
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-05-26
Votes: 7
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TL;DR - Nobara is just Fedora pre-built and ready to go with a custom Fysnc kernel made by GloriousEggroll and a faster KDE/MESA/Kernel update cycle. It's a solid, reliable distro and while it's definitely for someone with a gaming rig, it's worth a look as just a daily driver.
Nobara is my first serious attempt to get off Windows, since I have a decently built gaming rig with a Ryzen 5700x, Radeon 7800XT, using two 1440p 170hz monitors. I notice I have much better luck with my games being "Click to Play" than people on other distros (Source:ProtonDB) I also benchmarked Nobara vs a few other distros like Garuda and Cachyos and found Nobara squeezes a few extra FPS out of Cyberpunk 2077 over them which is always important.
The general experience is a solid and ready out-of-the-box Fedora/Plasma 6.0.4 experience, I changed the theme, but only to expand the idea of it. Nobara has had 2 big updates since I installed it and the reliability has remained rock solid, but even then Nobara a timeshift built into grub like Garuda if anything goes wrong, and I made a couple backups myself.
The package manager is just Yumex, but I stick to Discovery for most things since Discovery is solid now in Plasma 6, it seems to prioritize a Nobara made repo for most things (it still has RPM fusion and others), and the system update button seems to just be a script, but it works every time and can be done in Yumex and Discovery also.
This is just a solid performing gaming distro if you have some good hardware, and it's an amazing daily driver overall. I'd recommend it to anyone, gamer or not. I have been over Nobara KDE for a little over a month now, and I love it, while I have Windows on another drive, I have not had one reason to use it.
I wish I could write more, but it "Just works" for me. I always recommend it to PCMR thinking of ditching Windows.
The only thing I wish it has, was more contributors than the current 3, especially with GloriousEggroll being as busy as he is.
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Version: 39
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-05-24
Votes: 0
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For the gamers it just works i love every aspect of it i didn't get on with the gnome version but kde runs so good on my mini pc its gaming great only used it for 2 months but it helped me leave windows far behind me. im playing Ark with a 780m integrated graphics using this o.s . It picks up all devices (so far) You tube also looks incredible the colours brightness everything is just better
I distro hoped since 2004 but now have found a home. As others have said cant wait for the next release Nobara 40
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Version: 39
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-05-07
Votes: 1
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I really like Nobara distro, it does have all I need for gaming and for rest things I'm doing time to time but my main usage is gaming. There is really nothing negative to say about Nobara, I've been distro hopping for years already and so far this is only distro without any negative things to find.
Mainly work of one guy (GloriousEggroll), big respects for his work on this Nobara project and various other projects too such as WineGE builds.
I'm so ready for Nobara 40 release when it comes! :)
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Version: 39
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-04-13
Votes: 6
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This distro is excellent. It was the only one I found that detected my wifi dongle right from the get-go. It has options to auto mount all drives (external and internal NTFS) on boot, automounts USB flash drives when plugged in as well. This needs to be turned on but what a great thing.
The software center has anything and everything you need but the default installed applications pretty much cover everything an average user would need anyway
Runs like a dream and the theme is awesome. Thanks to the team!
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Version: 39
Rating: 7
Date: 2024-04-13
Votes: 0
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I gave this one a shot a little while back. It didn't end up sticking around.
So, it's basically Fedora with some extra stuff, which, because it ships wine as a major selling point, means you have x86_64 packages AND their 32-bit equivalents installed. That's a lot of wasted space for my purposes (not a gamer - typically don't need or want wine), and even if you try expunging the 32-bit stuff, you run up against the fact that the Nobara control thing itself needs some 32-bit libraries. That was the tipping point for me.
Nobara seems stable, well put together, etc. but its audience is not me. Probably great for people that use wine and/or multilib stuff a lot.
I like the idea of using Fedora as a base for something better, not that it's bad itself. Fedora makes codecs and non-free a little easier now, so maybe the need isn't there anymore, but it's still nice to see more narrowly focused efforts like Nobara even if they're not up my alley. There are so many Debian/Ubuntu and now Arch based distros that it's always refreshing to see things based on the less plundered Fedora/SUSE/Mandriva rpm side of things.
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Version: 39
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-04-01
Votes: 1
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Really nice incremental improvements since it rolled out. Kudos to the team!
Been trying a few distros implementing Plasma 6 and this is the best so far. Still early, but so far so good and it does a good job of showcasing Plasma 6's improvements.
Great ease-of -setup version of Fedora, with gaming support enabled. Would be my first recommendation for gamers. Other users (like myself) benefit from being able to use it at first boot.
An obvious amount of hard work and attention to detail has gone into this project...mad respect and continued success to the developer(s)!
Very much recommended....Gamers, Fedora users, pretty much anyone.
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Version: 39
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-03-27
Votes: 2
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After a trip to Fedora 39, there were again minor problems with the Gnome Software Center that could not be fixed and other Gnome peculiarities that got on my nerves. So I went back to Nobara, but this time I chose the main KDE version 39 and not Gnome as before. The installation went smoothly, as usual. However, I was astonished when I upgraded the installation. A whopping 5 GB was required. This took some time, but went smoothly. The printer and scanner were also installed quickly. A look at the system info then showed me why the upgrade was so extensive: the kernel was updated to the latest version, but above all KDE was installed with the new version 6.03. All respect for so much commitment and many thanks.
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Version: 39
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-03-25
Votes: 0
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My first linux experience has been mostly phenomenal with Nobara. A week after use, I have of course encountered multiple issues, some minor (like inability to access my drives which was fixed by unmounting drives and remounting them) and some major (like inability to login after boot, requiring restarting my sddm)
The OS comes out of the box with wine, OBS, Nvidia drives etc which made it exceptionally easy and straight forward to use. Installation was super easy and the live environment was a good benchmark.
I originally was going to get Linux Mint, but the moment I read about Nobara it stood out exceptionally and I just had to give it a shot before LM, and I'm glad I did. LM would've done just fine though, but Nobara is a better fit for my use case (gaming and content creation focused)
I use Bottles to run games I have installed locally (coming from windows) and most of them run just fine. Lutris refused to launch them though.
Pros:
-Easy to set up and use
-Comes with wine, drivers, etc out of the box
-Amazing performance (beats other distros most of the time afaik)
Cons:
-You thought there were cons? maybe an issue or two but nothing worth mentioning.
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Version: 39
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-03-02
Votes: 3
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Nobara 39 is one solid distro, I'm discovering. After reading the DW review of 36, then 37 on the same page, I had to try it knowing the Nobara team is very responsive to issues pointed out and published, not to mention bug reports.
The installer moves along as expected and as intuitive as we've seen Calameres on so many distros now. Nothing glitchy or unexpected; just did the job then asked if I wanted to reboot out of the live environment and boot into the installation, which I did.
Everything came up normally and I was presented with a nice, smooth KDE/Gnome desktop (I see what you did there, Nobra devs). Configuring is easy as anyone familiar with KDE will see that all the tweaks and customisations they're used to are there and then some. All of my live tweaks were remembered and were there for me on the first boot of the OS.
It's fast, and it seems to have a smaller footprint than MX Linux has (my main daily driver.. for now, I may change my mind and stick with Nobara as long as no updates break it etc).
I highly recommend Nobara 39 and especially want to see more user feedback about versions passed 37 as it appears the Nobara devs really do listen.
Easy 10 out of 10.
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Version: 39
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-02-29
Votes: 8
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I tested and used countless distros over the years but Nobara is the only one which automatically enables and correctly sets up fractional scaling for my 3:2 laptop...
Everything else seems to work without issues, everything is automatically nicely setup and configured.
No major issues with full disk encryption and auto-login options during install.
Applying custom sweet theme in KDE is also stable unlike Kubuntu/Ubuntu Studio where it can be glitchy.
All in all great distro - maybe the best one yet in Linux world for everyday use :)
Looking forward to Nobara 40 with KDE 6 and Wine 9
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Version: 39
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-02-11
Votes: 1
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Decided to stick with GNOME rather than KDE for this, but overall a pretty stellar experience. Over the past month, I have only run into a small handful of things unrelated to Nobara itself. I did have a situation where the Nobara updater blew out the GUI after an update, but I was able to repair it fairly quickly from the command line.
I’m not really a gamer, more someone who occasionally likes running something on Steam. My goal has been productivity, and on that front I have found the mix of Fedora with a handful of optimizations to be a great fit. (I had been running Debian and Pop!_OS previously, and I felt at home really quickly.) Strikes a good balance for people who want up-to-date drivers but don’t want to deal with Arch.
Highly recommend it.
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Version: 39
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-02-08
Votes: 0
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It works out of the box.
There are issues that are not actually related to the Nobara project. The good thing is that the Discord community is there for help.
Nobara Linux features a sleek and minimalist user interface that emphasizes ease of use and accessibility.
Despite being a newcomer, Nobara Linux has quickly built a supportive community around its distribution. Users can find help and guidance through online forums, social media channels, and official documentation. The developers are actively engaged with the community, listening to feedback and incorporating suggestions to continually improve the distribution.
The desktop environment, based on KDE, is designed to be intuitive for both new and experienced Linux users. With its clean layout and thoughtful design choices, navigating through the system feels effortless.
I would recommend this distro after a few months with Pop or Mint. Like Linux T. said, Steam really helps this community.
It is a Fedora based distro so if you are distro hopping it is good to know. I am actualy trying to pull people from Windows to this distro
so that they can play games with better FPS in some cases.
The best thing about it is that is has all the drivers one click away.
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Version: 39
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-01-24
Votes: 0
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I like it. But there's always something...
Just installed Nobara (Gnome) a week or two ago alongside Win 10. Took me about 5 tries to install and still had to fix the Grub thingy myself.
It booted fine with SecureBoot enabled and then refused to boot when I installed nvidia drivers - turns out you have to disable secureboot for that (would be nice to warn people) and I spent another 4 hrs googling.
After that it worked fine, I even installed Steam and tried a game or two. And I was able to install and play WoW Classic. No major problems.
But every time I boot some small things stop randomly working. Today it stopped letting me access my Windows drives. Pretty sure it's not Nobara's fault, but it's getting annoying. So I'm giving a 9 for now.
I've been trying to switch to Linux for a while now and I can tell you there's no "perfect" distro. I think Linux needs like 5-10 more years in the oven. I like Fedora and Nobara is even better.
Probably gonna keep it on my main PC and Manjaro (or other Arch based distro) on my laptop.
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Version: 39
Rating: 4
Date: 2024-01-15
Votes: 5
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Installation worked just fine, as opposed to mother Fedora. The first three days I enjoyed an awesome KDE desktop, with applications and system tools to my liking. Alas then ..... after a system update the GUI broke, mouse got stuck, no chance to continue work. I was lucky that I reached a console by means of Alt+Ctrl+F6 and could bring the system down orderly. `dmesg` showed a problem with the noveau -driver, the one that works fine for my old Quadro FX 580 video card in every other distro. The graphics card is more than adequate for my usage of 2D apps only.
My guess is that the update of "linux firmware" (a ~ 250 MB download!) is the culprit. Once again I came to the conclusion that I have become too old for distros that throw half a GB of updates at my machine every few days, which have not gone thru proper QA.
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Version: 39
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-01-07
Votes: 2
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My quest for a suitable Linux distribution led me on a journey that started with RedHat and Fedora, but technical hurdles led me to discover Nobara Linux, a creation of Thomas Cridler, also known as GloriusEggroll, a software maintenance engineer at RedHat.
What immediately stands out in Nobara is its attractive and user-friendly graphical interface. The KDE environment, despite my expectations of GNOME, is presented elegantly and functionally. Graphic settings and wallpapers are visually stunning, creating a positive initial experience.
The installation, though slightly slow, is quite straightforward, and the distribution takes up 39.80GB, which may seem a bit tight for some. However, for initial tests, it was sufficient. The distribution proves efficient for non-technical users, allowing easy access without the need for deep Linux knowledge.
Nobara positions itself as a solid choice for specific users, such as gamers and streamers. It comes pre-installed with essential tools like Wine, Steam, and a platform for cloud gaming. This greatly facilitates compatibility with games, a factor that is often problematic in other distributions.
However, some areas need improvement. The system's weight, while lower than that of Windows, could still be optimized. Additionally, I noticed that the cursor had visual issues, which could be attributed to the live version or resource limitations, but it's an aspect to improve.
The ability to drag windows to occupy the entire screen or half is a lovely feature, as is the ability to install packages with a simple command. This makes life easier for those unfamiliar with the command line.
The creator of Nobara, Thomas Cridler, showcases his software development expertise by offering a distribution designed to simplify basic tasks and maximize compatibility with games. Although some areas can be improved, such as the cursor and system weight, Nobara Linux deserves a solid 9 for its innovative approach and the overall positive experience it provides for specific users.
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Version: 39
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-01-02
Votes: 1
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Creative and eye-friendly logo, I hope that someday it will be displayed during booting by default.
It has very useful script-program for updating installed software, including Flatpaks; it also has a cool Nobara Package Manager.
It's not bloated with unwanted applications.
The NVIDIA Drivers Wizard is useful during [reinstallation] of them.
You can see the enthusiasm of the team working on the project, and each new revision is a joy to see.
Nobara + GNOME is such a great combination!
For me, the best distribution.
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Version: 39
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-01-01
Votes: 2
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After distrohopping a tonne to get a usable daily driver for playing video games, nobara has been a godsend.
"it just works" has never been a more true statement than with this distro. Ive used V37,V38 and now V39 with an NVIDIA 2080 Super and its been such a seamless experience. Ive had no major complaints, although the upgrade process could be more automated but thats a minor complaint really.
I am a big fan of their tweaks to gnome when it was the default, and I love the GE proton updated that they have by default.
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Version: 39
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-12-31
Votes: 1
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After struggling to get the EA App working in Lutris on Ubuntu, Mint and Pop!_OS, I was blown away by how seamlessly it launched in Nobara. No extra tweaks or packages needed – it just worked beautifully. I'm still getting used to the KDE Plasma desktop feels surprisingly polished and customizable. It's taking some adjustment, but the abundance of features and customization options is already winning me over.
Currently running Nobara on my aging HP Laptop and it's surprisingly smooth. I'm seriously considering giving it a try on my main gaming rig as a potential Windows replacement. If you're a gamer frustrated with compatibility issues in other distros, Nobara is definitely worth checking out.
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Version: 39
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-12-30
Votes: 2
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Tried Nobara 39 after frustration with NVIDIA support under Fedora. Under Fedora 39, even with rpmfusion NVIDIA driver, modern games often did not start or had visual problems.
Nobara installation was simple and worked as expected. The defaults for just about everything seem logical. Getting up and running to the point that things work well was super easy.
Not only did every game start and display correctly, Nobara seemed to give a big performance boost.
I generally prefer Gnome, but KDE probably works better as a desktop environment for gaming. Valve chose KDE for the Steamdeck, so Nobara switching to KDE makes sense.
Nobara just needs a bigger user base.
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Version: 39
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-12-29
Votes: 2
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A distro that I eventually would love to see make it's way to the top of distrowatch, and it appears to be on it's way there. I came to Nobara from Arch because I heard of how well it has integrated with Steam and it's ability to play most of the games I love to play, and I was not disappointment in the least. It seems to play all of the games in my steam library with ease. Not only that, but it has all the ins and outs anyone would need and everything just works. It's stable and reliable and is suited for both power users who love the command line and for the new to Linux users who would just prefer to never open the shell. It comes with flatpaks enabled and ready to go, giving you the option to install whatever you may need. It's just an all around great and user friendly OS. I hope it sticks around for years to come. Flawless!!
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Version: 38
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-12-28
Votes: 0
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I never got quite into Fedora because the first thing you have to do (by definition) is troubleshoot it. Since there is no explanation (even if there are good reasons) or directions provided for why it's functionality seems lacking (the need for a second-party repo called RPM fusion, codecs, etc..) for a standard user experience.
Nobara does not just adress this baGNOME has finally gotten good enough now that it was not just possible, but a good idea to switch to it. The experience with Nobara has been great, even though I am normally used to Debian based distros. My fairly recent hardware is definitely well supported too.
The only complaint I would say I have is that I need to launch Steam from the terminal. Something might have broken upon trying out a Gnome extension, I suspect. Trying out Nobara 39 and keeping it Vanilla should help to figure it out.
I will see how well Debian 12 or testing hold up, and if it falls short this will be my main distro for as long as it's around.
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Version: 39
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-12-28
Votes: 5
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Running a triple OS boot, Win 11/10 and Nobara I increasingly use Nobara as the daily driver now. Primary reason to move away from Microsoft is big privacy concerns with Windows and I always wanted Linux to just work for gaming (for many many years), this is now becoming a realistic proposition.
To my surprise it has ran every game I have thrown at it, and the new Karting Superstars runs a lot smoother than Windows even with similar FPS. Quake2 RTX - no problemo. CyberPunk RTX, yes no issues. All games I tried ran the same or better than Windows.
The inbuilt openRGB is great to get my (tasteful!) lighting setup easily.
The only slight aww moment I had was when I realized I could not set DSR in Nvidia options, though I read this is common elsewhere in Linux (compared to Windows). I have a 4090 GPU but like to play older games using DSR at around 8K resolution specifically, but I cannot do this it seems as I can go no higher than the desktop resolution, or at least general instructions I found on the web didnt seem to work.
I also upgraded from v.38 to 39 using the homepage instructions, completed with no issues.
My setup is
2x ultrawide 3840x1600 (intel i7 14k IGPU is powering one of these)
nvidia 4090
64gb 7200mhz DDR5
If the authors keep specifically pushing this for gamers and concentrate there, add in more bells and whistles to cater directly, I think this will be the number one linux choice, without a doubt. I wish it had more visibility.
Suggestions:
Add e.g emulators, retroarch, dolphin, etc
EA/GOG/EPIC\xbox cloud compatibility out the box and on the desktop ready to roll.
Add in benchmarking programs for CPU/GPU
Add in overclocking programs for CPU/GPU
Fan and temperature integration
Virtual reality - make the 'Virtual Desktop' number1 app on Quest compatible somehow? Further VR compatibility will really take this places.
Make the desktop customization next level, gamers love that :)
Overall a brilliant OS which has easily replaced all other Linux flavours for me and is putting Windows firmly in the shade.
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Version: 39
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-12-28
Votes: 2
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As a person who tests Linux Distro's for years . I found the December 2023 ver of Nobara KDE, quite difficult to understand why this was released as is.
It does install, but the updater hangs with unrecoverable errors of conflicting packages. I had tested the Nobara Gnome version 8 months ago without issue.
I would... as a developer Re-test this KDE version a little better for final release with several hardware units, to get a handle on this. As a side note your boot screen could use a little modernization also.
Regards Robert,
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Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-11-19
Votes: 1
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After running Garuda in a dual boot setup for a year I went back to windows completely because I am a gamer and I felt that Garuda just wasn`t there at that time.
Now, after the Steam Deck has brought Lutris to the next level I gave Garuda Dragonized another dual boot try. The experience was really bad. Even if I managed to run a lot of AAA-Games, the system itself was very unstable. And so I switched to Nobara.
Nobara is the best Linux experience I ever had! Absolutly zero issues. The system is rock solid. No crashes at all. Everything is running perfectly fine. The gaming performance is great! The system performance is also very good.
My System:
RTX 3070
AMD 5800X3D
32 GB RAM
I was so satisfied that for the first time ever I ditched Windows completely and now I'm running Nobara KDE as my main and only system. I don't think that I ever will return to Windows.
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Version: 38
Rating: 2
Date: 2023-09-22
Votes: 0
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I just finished installing Nobara and found it was impossible to update or add packages beyond those in the iso. The reason being NO INTERNET ACCESS: the install program does not find, nor configure the on board wifi hardware. The configuration dialogs dont even have an entry for wireless. Given that (almost?) every modern motherboard has built-in wireless capacity, this distro is an inexcusable waste of anybody's time. Sure, I could run 50 or so feet of cat 6 cable thru the middle of the house just to access the WIFI router.... best to steer clear of this one until it's fully functional.
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Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-09-06
Votes: 0
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Works perfect on my AMD APU Laptop and on my AMD Gaming PC. I am using the KDE variant, i tried the other versions and work great too. I use my computers for gaming and learning to code and some multimedia and everything just works as it should. Easy to install any program you want, easy to update, easy to play and rock solid in this past few months of using it.
I am using linux for more than 10 years as an non hardcore user and this the one to rule them all.
Thank you so much GloriousEggroll for this distro and also for your work on the Proton version.
Just hope more and more people give this one a try.
This is easy the best distro out there.
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Version: 38
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-09-02
Votes: 0
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This keeps getting better every update. At this pace it will overtake mint and be strong contender towards windows. Which it will not take much to over throw windows. Long Live Linux. OSB has always worked well for me on mint but now being able to to use Da Vinci Resolve was just icing on the cake. No eye candy just solid performance. Happy to support Nobara project.
All in all one of the best distro out there to be so young. I"m in hopes that by version 44 they will have more crossover that will be welcomed.
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Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-08-27
Votes: 0
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I've been a happy Fedora user for years. However, neither Fedora nor any of the other popular distributions ran on the Lenovo Legion 5 Pro (16ARH7H). Shortly after Gnome started, the computer crashed and restarted. But Nobara runs absolutely stable, probably due to the adapted kernel. I am therefore very grateful to the Nobara project that everything works so well and that I can work as usual.
Like Fedora itself, Nobara is an excellent distro where, in my experience, everything works very well. Whereby Nobara is even better suited for Linux beginners.
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Version: 38
Rating: 7
Date: 2023-08-15
Votes: 3
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Good experience, don't rely on having an up-to-date system after doing a distro version upgrade (like 37>38). Updates can break afterwards.
I'm using the Standard variant, which adds a few extensions to GNOME, like Dash to Panel.
Gaming is also pretty good (OFC because it's by GloriousEggroll), with the Proton-GE installer being easy and games running reliably.
The Nobara Welcome app is also a very good way to have some essentials like Discord installed right away.
Because of the kernel patches, Secure Boot needs to be turned off.
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Version: 38
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-08-11
Votes: 1
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I test drove Gnome version for a week or so, I believe the revision is 45, I don't recall. My only dislike with it and any Gnome versions is its inability to remember folder style per directory. I find this irritating when I prefer detail list view for everything except pictures directories and perhaps home folder directory, only one or the other, bummer.
However, I've switched to KDE because I have used Manjaro KDE for a year and really enjoyed it. Nobara KDE blew me away. This is amazing. I had an initial issue with Spotify where I had launched it on my computer shortly after getting into the office, I had listened to Steam during my commute. Suddenly, opening it from my start menu, it did not appear to open. After a reinstall of the os it seems to be a moot point, now with the current revisions. Steam runs beautifully, GTAV runs, which says a lot to the maturity. It does use a lot of memory at idle, I think but, with a 64gb system, nothing ever is bogged down unless I launch multiple vm's. I'm running this on two systems, a Dell XPS15 9550 and the new MinisForum UM790Pro, both 64gb ram and both run beautifully.
My only gripe with Linux, I do wish software uninstallation was cleaner. This is seemingly no different in Nobara. I had an issue with Trilium notes, because its a flatpak, I don't necessarily prefer to run snap or flatpaks because of how they install. Thats not a knock on Nobara. I feel that an actual uninstallation wizard could be developed to ensure this really is a true point and click.
Lastly, the only manual item I had to rely on Terminal for was my Expressvpn activation. Updates, I download the packages and execute and install using the sw installer. Very nice and convenient.
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Version: 38
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-07-25
Votes: 0
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Ill say it has been the best for me so far i have tried every other distro for my laptop and they all dont have that flawless lag free user experience. The closest i could get was zorin os but even that had its issues im using a ryzen 3250u and i know it might be a little underpowered but it shouldn't be to bad as the other distros and even windows make it look. For now Nobara Linux is the one and only linux distro that bringsout the best from my pc coupled with more optimized usage where my battery doesnt drain as much compared to before.i would sincerely recommend it for best experience especially with the gnome although i dont know if its specifically my pc that has thhhhe problem of lagging in other distros.
These are my two picks any day any time and no distrohopping thanks to distrobox:
#1-Nobara
#2-Zorin
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Version: 38
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-07-15
Votes: 0
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coming from Pop_OS! I was pleasantly surprised with how easy the transition to Nobara was.
The additions to the DE have made some of my games that do not run well normally under wine run exceptionally well such as World of Warcraft.
The one button installer for GE versions of Proton and wine are a welcome addition and out of the box including lutris and steam saved me an extra download.
Having it preconfigured to basically how I want my system is nice, for anyone who primarily wants a gaming experience Nobara is an excellent choice.
It does use more resources at idle, so I am unsure how it would go on a lower specced machine, but on my desktop the overhead is not an issue and the extra features are a welcome addition. Also the default tweaks to gnome feel very usable and the desktop feels cohesive and exceptionally well thought out.
No surprise though since the creater of the nobara project is the one and only Glorious Eggroll.
Overall an excellent distro and one I can see myself happy with in the long term.
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Version: 38
Rating: 7
Date: 2023-07-14
Votes: 2
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Appreciate the gaming focus and prepackaging and it might be better for a spec'd out desktop but for a laptop with soldered 8GB RAM Nobara uses 2.4GB RAM booting to desktop which is about double what Linux Mint uses.
Tried running a simple game, Stray, with Wine then after it few minutes it exited to desktop so not sure if it has to do with RAM utilization or just unstable. Runs fine on Linux Mint via Steam client added as non-Steam game.
I might give it another try on one of my spec'd out desktops but for laptop going back to Linux Mint since it "just works".
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Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-07-05
Votes: 0
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I tried Fedora work station before besause the interface was so beautiful and simple. When I saw the post on Distrowatch about Nobara, just had to download & burn it. WOW, was blown away by the first impression! ait has the same impact that Fedors has, but (and this is a big but) you can copy and paste like Fedora Gnome won't let you. That was the selling point for me.
I have been using Linux since 1999 along with Windows. Ubuntu (and all of the spins), Linux Mint, Red Hat before it became commerical, and many more have been so fun to use. Always wanted to use Fedora, guess this distro is as close as it gets for me.
Makes a great choice on my Asus Vivobook 17 inch laptop with a 1tb ssd drive & 12 gigs of memory, it out-preforms Windows 11. Love it!!
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Version: 38
Rating: 6
Date: 2023-06-30
Votes: 5
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Testing equipment Intel Xeon 14 cores+RTX 2070 Super+128Gb RAM+clean SSD UEFI install
Look:System most easiest to install for novices, after first start determines and installing all needed updates and drivers. The best look on great HD display or even TVs. They found the great dark blue color accent. Visually this Fedora based distro is one the most appealing. Not recommended on old LCD displays, I've tested on cheap notebook and it looks washed out, all the visual appeal will be lost immediately.
Feel: slowness apply to all Fedora 38 based distros, but Nobara is the most slowest from all of them. I'm not sure if the main cause is visuals, OS have full access to incredible hardware resources (mentioned above), but as i see don't use or need them? Every action, like launching the app takes like 5 seconds of system "thinking", there's definitely some processes going on the background but user don't see them and overall perceive OS feedback as very slow. Even launching the 4K Youtube video in Firefox browser is slow (which is not in Ubuntu 23.04 or others distros on same hardware). And slowness present after full install with full updates and all drivers install, after Nvidia 535 driver.
Testing profile: because this is very modern looking system with big accent on visual effects it will be tested for the most modern time resource dependent tasks - like very high quality media + gaming emulation, testing profile of Ai task of simple LLMs wasn't ready at my setup, but not needed considering outcome below.
Test_1:Pulse audio effects processing all audio sources(Auto gain+Crystalizer+Bass enhancement+Auto limiter)+watching 1080p streaming video on Firefox browser+RPCS3 emulator with Fallout New Vegas PS3 game resolution 1280x760. System freezes and require force manual reboot. Attempt of Wine emulation of complex 3D game failed also. Use of USB3 ports for high speed file transfer failed maybe because of conflicting hardware issue or drivers. USB2 speed protocol by unknown reason dropping significantly with time from 12Mb/sec to 4Mb/sec (file sending from portable hard disk drive Seagate USB 3.0 to computer).
Result: the most easiest to install, very good looking on HD displays, but impossible to use by incredible slowness or lag with all processes by unknown reason, same slowness with 37th version release.
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Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-06-29
Votes: 0
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I chose the pure Gnome version for installation. In total, there are three versions of Nobara: a customized KDE-like Gnome version, a pure KDE version and Gnome almost pure. Nobara does right what is missing in Fedora: The installer Calamares brings Nobara quickly and easily on the computer and is especially explicitly aimed at users, like his father (says the developer). After the installation, a detailed welcome screen leads through the numerous further setting options, understandable and clear for everyone. Various desktop layouts are offered, quite a few useful Gnome extensions are already on board. Further setup is a breeze, especially for gamers. Printers, scanners etc. are installed quickly and easily out of the box, even the monitor's screen resolution is recognized and adjusted per se. Simply put, Nobara is like Linux Mint - just based on the advanced Fedora base. Beginner friendly with an easy learning curve. Great!
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Version: 38
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-06-28
Votes: 0
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Awesome distr! All the firewood is there, the scaling of the screen is immediately picked up, and in general everything is very fast and smooth. The updater is especially pleased with the fact that he checks flatpacks with snaps in a crowd! Rush. Just fire. I've tried a lot of things, but here I'm just dragging myself.
It's nice that Fedora is at the core (actually, this is what she is), which means always the freshest gnome! And then he's straight smooth. My eyes are not happy in any way)))
I recommend it to everyone!
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Version: 37
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-06-19
Votes: 1
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I have been struggling with Ubuntu 23.04 for months and I was really looking for a non-distro-hopping distro and I finally found the perfect distro and Nobara appeared
The first time I installed it on my laptop, which is HP and uses AMD I had no problems installing it, one thing that I sincerely love about this distro is that it already comes with Steam and Wine included, at the moment I use Official version (GNOME + KDE) and I can say it's fantastic
Another positive thing is that it automatically makes a backup copy of the 3 kernel versions + kernel rescue in case something bad happens, I have been using this distro for 1 month and no problems so far
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Version: 37
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-06-12
Votes: 1
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For some weird reason, Fedora 38 didn't work properly in my pc, so thanks to some random video on YouTube I found out about Nobara. I give it a try, and now I'm a happy user. Really hope they will continue developing it.
Having the chance to install Nvidia drivers after the installation made a huge difference. I was worried about using the GNOME version, but apparently the only difference was how the UI look like, so no complaints. I don't think there is a difference between the official version and GNOME version.
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Version: 37
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-05-09
Votes: 6
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Time of use as of this review: One week
After jumping between distros for several years and using OpenSUSE TW KDE for about a year, Nobara (KDE flavor in my case) is a breath of fresh air. You get all the superb user-friendliness, modernity, and stability of Fedora, while having your distro be tailored for gaming, if that's what your most intensive computing tasks are as in my case. Somehow it has the best installer dialogue I have ever used (Calamares is incredible and GE did a great job using it for Nobara) and the first time set up was clear, sensible, and with only a couple minor redundancies in the process.
After all that, it's just good ol' KDE on Fedora, but with great defaults and preconfigured packages for gaming. It even has its own generalized package manager (Nobara Package Manager) which allows me to easily see and search all the dnf packages on my system, which is honestly a step UP from stock Fedora.
I hope to come back to this review in 6 months to either maintain or raise my rating.
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Version: 37
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-05-05
Votes: 0
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Nobara is the only distribution that provides an adequate presence for AMD cards. It works great and I have not encountered any problems. GNOME is slightly customized and some keyboard shortcuts are not active, some gnome programs cannot be disabled. Lutris works very well. Only note is the not immediate ability to use Stable Diffusion or InvokeAI, the card is recognized but the work is not done. (p.s. A problem found in other distributions except kubuntu 20.04). Fantastic distribution! Those who wish to use it for graphics and games and no doubt a perfect distribution.
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Version: 37
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-04-19
Votes: 4
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I've been on desktop Linux for a year or so now, started with a lot of debian based distros tried about 7 different ones from Ubuntu to Mint. I loved them all for what they were and what I learned about Linux. Then I tried Fedora, I liked the cinnamon DE so I did that one and I liked it.. but it was a lot of work to setup and get video to play and some games but it was nice to be closer to the current Linux Kernel. I've actually tried Nobara before Fedora but didnt know enough to enjoy it.
So I tried it again and after setting up going through all the Fedora setup I see how amazing Nobara is. The ease of setup is incredible. I worry for its long term use but right now where its at I'd recommend it to absolutely anyone beginner or advanced user. The creator/developer on it is a very smart dude and I thank him so much for it!
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Latest Reviews
Project: Nobara Project
Version: 43
Rating: 9
Date: 2026-03-15
Votes: 0
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This is Nobara 43 with KDE Plasma.
This distro is readily installed with no hassles and operates as described on the Nobara website. It's Fedora with a lot of apps and tweaks for gaming. Steam is integrated and ready to login and use right away, just download through Steam your games or new ones. Goverlay, Heroic, Prism, and ProtonPlus are gaming tools included.
It all runs smoothly on this Dell Inspirion 16 with nVidia GEForce RTX Studio, and Intel EVO.
Nobara finally went to a rolling release scheme, so users will not have to install fresh for updates/ugrades. Nice to know (I'm running 43, and Fedora 44 is out there so Nobara 44 is likely not far from coming.. nice to know I won't have to start over).
I had to remove a point for the lack of a few widgets available on Nobara which are available for Fedora. I as yet am not certain why those widgets cannot install on Nobara. Perhaps they will later on. Otherwise this really does live up to its hype. It might deserve a 10 because I am not noticing why I cannot install those two particular widgets from the stock Plasma widget installer. It would not be the first time that user error has bitten me. ;)
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 43
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-02-17
Votes: 7
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I started using Nobara Linux in November 2025, and it has been an amazing experience ever since. From day one, everything just worked smoothly without any major issues or frustrating setup problems. It’s been so stable and reliable that I completely stopped dual booting and switched to Linux exclusively. I now use it every single day for gaming, work, and everything in between. Performance has been excellent, and the overall user experience feels polished and dependable. For anyone wondering, yes this is absolutely a fantastic distro for a daily driver.
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 43
Rating: 5
Date: 2026-02-10
Votes: 6
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I've decided to re-write this review after having used Nobara as a daily for several weeks and here are my thoughts:
The good:
1. Nobara has a nice app to install nVidia driver and update the system after fresh install. However, I prefer it to detect it right out of the fresh install rather than additional manual installation.
2. Generally, Gnome desktop environment is really well featured since it's based on Fedora. Other distros tend to truncate Gnome features/functions.
3. System is fast and supports all my devices.
The BAD:
1. Since fresh install, I've updated my OS many times. The latest has broke my nVidia driver suspend/wake function.
2. Updates can take a long time as they are quite big.
3. Lack of Selections of Popular Native Apps and rather clunky software installer, Flatpost, that install large Flatpaks
Although Nobara has great potential, I've swtiched to CatchyOS as my daily since it provides better and more reliable nVidia driver support without break it after new updates and has a better Native Apps management system.
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 43
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-01-25
Votes: 3
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Nobara on KDE wih is the SUPERB OS.
The Welcome to Nobara App is really useful to get get updates, install nVidia driver and video codecs, and lots of other useful tool set up. However, the GUI of Welcome to Nobara App is very non-intuitive to learn and takes a lot of trial and errors to figure out how to install nVidia driver over open source driver, and how to update properly.
Everything really works perfectly after that: printer, wifi, suspend/sleep, bluetooth.
The only thing I dislike about it is Brave Browser and Flatpost by default in the desktop panel. I unpinned them and pined Nobara Package Manager and Firefox instead.
It rolling updates to mainline Linux kernel. This should be the top of the chart instead of all those ArchOS derivatives which are not nearly as complete.
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 43
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-01-22
Votes: 6
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I'd moved my laptop over to Linux Mint a few years ago, and had always had the desire to completely remove Microslop from my desktop PC too, but as I used it for sim racing and my YouTube channel, I was nervous to make the leap.
Anyway, long story short, the latest round of absolutely abhorrent choices being forced on me by Microslop infuriated me to the point of, "I don't care what I need to do to make it work, Windows is gone"... a bit of research and I landed on Nobara as my distro of choice, formatted my drives and installed it.
I chose Nobara as the perfect 'middle ground' for me, Debian based is too out of date for my relatively recent system (Ryzen 7 5700x3d, Radeon 9070, 32gb ram, etc), Arch is too cutting edge and 'needy' for my skill level, so a Fedora base seemed perfect, Bazzite and Nobara were my final 2, and I just preferred the more flexibility on offer from Nobara vs the immutable nature on Bazzite.
With very little effort and tweaking, Nobara does indeed 'Just work' with all my gear and requirements - Moza wheel and pedals, multiple 1440p monitors, OBSBOT camera, various mics and lighting gear, Elgato streamdecks, and every sim racing title works at least as well via Steam as on Winblows, mostly better in my opinion (except iRacing, but that is down to their lazy anti-cheat, not Linux or Steam).
The most difficult thing I've had to solve was for Le Mans Ultimate, which needed a specific, community resolved, version on Proton to get it running, and that took less that 30 mins, including searching for the answer, then finding a good solution for my OBSBOT Meet 2 camera was a bit of a challenge, but resolved by the community once again.
When I'm more skilled and comfortable, I may give Garuda a spin, but until then, I'm very happy with Nobara, it is better than anything the shady/scammy Microslop have to offer, and a great all round system for what I need.
Easily recommended and top marks from me...
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 43
Rating: 8
Date: 2026-01-16
Votes: 7
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In my time distro hopping, I've always tended to stray away from the distributions that aim to provide a "complete" operating system for users out of the box, so distros like Nobara and it's parent, Fedora, have always been on my radar but never something I'd felt like trying. In the wake of some friends of mine switching to CachyOS I had a growing interest in seeing what the hype around the couple "gaming focused" distros was all about, but wasn't huge on the idea of a more streamlined Arch. Eventually after some research, I landed on Nobara's KDE edition.
Overall, the system is rather well put together out of the box. You even get prompted at the beginning of the calamares installer on whether you would like to get the codec headache that's plagued many a Fedora over with and done before you even hit the desktop, which is a much welcomed addition. Despite it's larger than average footprint by default, the software selection was very reasonable and covers almost all the bases an average linux gamer would need. Some apps like Heroic, which usually require manual building and installing, were provided in Nobara's custom repositories to save users the headache of acquiring them by themselves. Updates are also handled by Nobara's own updater tool which handles the patching of certain packages which have various quirks in their upstream versions, as well as initramfs generation using dracut.
Now, I do not personally use much of the provided software on a regular enough basis to leave it all installed, so I spent a bit of time getting it all removed for a bit more of a slim experience. However, this prompted me to notice something about the updater tool: some packages installed out of the gate are actually pulled in automatically every time you update. Notably falcond, a frontend for managing gamemode (another tool I don't often find myself using,) would automatically be queued for installation every run of the nobara-sync application, which rubbed me a bit of the wrong way. Most users wouldn't really care about this though, so no docked points there.
What really tripped me up was how the distro was overall less performant than even plain ol' Arch Linux with their patched mesa drivers (yes, they run the same version. 25.3.3 as of writing this) in most games I tested. Final Fantasy XIV, Guild Wars 2, Hades 2, Deep Rock Galactic, and Kingdom Hearts all ran at speeds generally worse than my average on other distros I've used before with even more dated driver versions, oddly enough. Most notably, KH has known issues with it's borderless mode that I've circumvented on other distros, but on Nobara switching to that mode would cause a notable amount of frame skipping that I couldn't ignore. I wanted to test my usual development builds of mesa to see if this was related to their specific driver builds, but could not acquire all the proper dependencies to do so from Nobara's repos for cross compilation, so I had hit a brick wall.
All in all, the experience while using it was very nice and welcoming, and for newer linux users would be quite the breeze, as GUIs for almost everything are provided out of the box. Many processes that users are simply expected to run through for simple things like video playback and compatibility with windows software, are handled out of the box for a very cozy and straightforward experience. As stated previously, I did personally run into performance issues compared to other distros, but this could be a problem with the specific set of drivers provided in this version, and could be fixed later down the line.
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 43
Rating: 5
Date: 2026-01-08
Votes: 0
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Let me first say, I love Fedora. My laptop works best on Fedora. Any other type of distro and my mouse cursor goes haywire.
That being said, gaming out of the box was not the case for me. I followed the instructions and did the whole proton gt thing at the beginning.
Nonetheless, I've seen games right out the box on Pika OS. But due to mouse issues, I can't use that distro.
Streaming quality was perfect as I would expect on Fedora. Other than that, the whole attempt to play games was disappointing to say the least.
My search continues. Sorry Glorious Eggroll, all your tutorials were useless for me.
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 43
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-01-07
Votes: 3
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I have been attached to windows for a lonnnggggggggggg time but I recently managed to free myself (after lots of gaslighting) and hop on to linux, I tried omarchy on arch which was great however it did not offer the gaming compatibility or ease of use that I wanted especially for my home pc and my laptop. When I heard of nobara I was hesitant as it was very different form the linux I had first tried but I thought what was the worse that could happen and booted it on to a hdd on my pc. I fell in love.
The default version is amazing and the gaming experience I find is noticeably better than windows and the amount of control and ease of access it gives is something I really enjoy, I'm excited to see how it develops and how I can improve my linux skills while using it.
Pros:
Easy to Set UP
Pretty
Easy to Use
Very Fast
Cons:
Not much community coverage
Update manager a tad confusing
Overall 10/10 would recommend
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 43
Rating: 9
Date: 2026-01-06
Votes: 6
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After finally getting fed up with Windows 11 last year due to the Recall and Copilot integration, I finally got the push to switch to Linux. I have tried multiple distros (PopOS, Mint, CachyOS, EndeavourOS, Bazzite, PikaOS), but none have made me stay for longer than a week or two because of one or two annoyances (for example on Mint it is the inability to have per application notification sounds in Cinammon).
I tried Nobara due to my primary use of my home PC being gaming and it's generally been hassle free to get anything I want to play working, with a few very specific exceptions that are not Nobara's fault. I don't play a lot of multiplayer games, so I don't mind being locked out of kernel based anti-cheat filled games.
So far I have played through multiple Yakuza games, Neon White, Baldur's Gate 3, Dragon Age Origins, The Sims 2, Peak, The Witcher, Trackmania Nations Forever and 2020 + more that I can't think of at the moment.
I have also played a lot of Final Fantasy XIV without any issues.
Everything I needed to play games was preinstalled and most of the games listed above didn't require any fiddling to get working for me.
The only slight annoyance I have had with the distro is the System Update and Nobara Package Manager GUI, which has gotten better over the year though.
Apart from that, anything I tried worked well - gaming, light video editing, installing apps through rpm, flatpak.
If you want a great gaming oriented distro that doesn't need extensive setup to work well and also doesn't treat you like an idiot for wanting to install something other than a flatpak (like Bazzite), go for Nobara.
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 42
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-12-15
Votes: 11
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Windows user for almost 25 years here. I´ve been using Nobara for about 2 month now and I´m quite happy with it. Almost any Game I try out works out of the box, some games run equal, most of the games run better than on Windows 11. Ditched Windows because I don´t like the way Microsoft is going and switched to Nobara for gaming.
I´ll stay with this distro. Everything is clean and works flawlessly and the system feels extremely stable. Also tried some other Distros like CachyOS, Bazzite and Linux Mint, but I like Nobara more. Everything right out of the box, just install your games and game on :)
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 42
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-12-12
Votes: 4
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I've been using Nobara KDE for about two weeks now and have been extremely happy with it so far. I'm a new Linux user looking to move away from W11, with my primary usage being gaming. I tried Mint, CachyOS, and Kubuntu before settling on Nobara. Setup was very easy and I got loaded into the OS with all available updates applied pretty quickly. Version 43 is actually available at this point, so that's what I'm running.
I had no major issues, and the few small quirks were quickly addressed with a quick search or forum/Discord post. All the extra drivers I wanted to install (Xbox wireless adapter and Thrustmaster steering wheel drivers) loaded without issue. VR seems to be working okay, but I haven't fully tested that one yet.
The OS is very smooth and behaves like the other KDE distros I tried. I chose KDE for it's Wayland implementation, as I have multiple monitors, G-Sync, and HDR... none of which behaved as I wanted under X11 (otherwise I probably would have just stayed on Mint, which was the first one I installed). Those all work great and so far all the games I've tested have worked equally well, if not better, compared to their W11 counterparts. I have an AMD 5800x3D paired with a 3080 Ti and had no issues with the pre-installed drivers for either of them.
Most of the included apps and software is fine. File manager, terminal, updater, etc. all work as expected. I don't care too much for updates via the GUI updater or package manager. They work fine, but I find just running the commands via the terminal to be easier.
I can't say I've noticed any real gaming advantage versus any of the other distros I tried, but having the person behind ProtonGE be part of the Nobara dev team doesn't seem like it would hurt anything. I plan to stay with Nobara for the foreseeable future as a happy Linux convert.
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 42
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-11-18
Votes: 0
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On and off from linux in the last 20+ years, not much experience besides playing with it, but i've tried quite a few flavours though, always came back to fedora.. and at the same time i couldn't commit to it fully even if i wanted to. In the last 4 i switch completely and It's the first time i am going over 1 year with the "same" distro (40 to 42) and haven't thought to change. Sure some quirks here and there. The update manager utility could see some changes but overall very, very good experience. Keep it up!
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 42
Rating: 8
Date: 2025-11-17
Votes: 0
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Other than my VRS wheel base and Fanatec Clubsport V3 not working without some tinkering, this has been my favorite distro between CatchyOS and Bazzite. Install was quickish and pretty straight forward. I have a little issue with the game controller app changing my devices to Xbox 360 Controllers for some odd reason but a reboot fixes it. Not a fan of the Nobara Package Manager. Surely there is an easier way to find and install apps...? Thats a rhetorical question because I have used various Linux distros over the years and this seems like a downgrade compared to what I have used on Ubuntu, Mint and so on. Not sure about flatpacks....it's been years since I used linux and flatpacks were not a thing back then. Seems that this has complicated app installations but still learning. If I dump windows, this will probably be my go to distro regardless of the oddities I have run into.
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 42
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-10-28
Votes: 16
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Nobara is a excellent distro. I use the Gnome version for my daily and I am overall happy with it.
Pros:
1. Rolling release to latest Linux stable kernel
2. Based on Fedora and provides additional installation options of nVidia driver and video codecs which works really well and provides excellent video playback and suspend/wake up support.
3. Brave Browser pre-installed instead of Firefox. I like it as It's faster than Firefox with built-in Adblock.
Cons:
1. Built-in software update mangers( Nobara Package Mangers and Nobara Welcome App) do not work as well as terminal update commands( sudo dnf update). They tend to update to older, conflicting versions.
2. terminal update remain the best choice for updating packages.
3. So those of you who can't do terminal commands, this can be somewhat difficult to manage.
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 42
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-10-22
Votes: 6
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Nobara works as well as any Linux I've ever used, works great for games, looks great (I'm using the KDE Plasma version). I chose this OS specifically for gaming and my daily driver PC and have not been in the least bit disappointed as I have moved full-time away from Windows. Kudos to Glorious Eggroll (of ProtonGE fame) who originally started this project and still plays a leading role. Almost perfect, this runs all Steam/Epic games, and basically anything else that doesn't have a kernel level anti-cheat. That will be a show stopper for some people, but if those aren't important to you, then Nobara will handle the rest of it. Some games may perform slightly slower than in Windows, many others perform faster. In any case a smooth experience out of the box, a fantastic replacement for Windows. Nvidia support is also excellent, no issues with drivers whatsoever in my experience. 10/10
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 42
Rating: 8
Date: 2025-10-15
Votes: 7
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This has been running almost daily on two machines that i use.
AMD 5 5500
A350M Asus Prime Mobo with 16 GB corsair vengeance @ 3200
Spinning rust HDD so i need to find a NVMe ssd for it since it does have a M2 slot. The SSD that fits that slot is in M2 slot 2 on main running nobara as well.
GTX 1060 6gb proprietary driver
AMD 7 5800x
MSI gaming B550M
32 gb corsair vengeance @ 3600
AMD 9060xt 16 gb
1 TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus
I update daily. The only issue i had was not related to nobara. I had too many kernals stored and needed to delete some
I started using nobara during 39 and stuckw ith it through 42 so far. Dotn see the need to move on. Ive tried over distros like mInt and Ubuntu and even use a raspvberry pi4 so debian. Its a learning process
I can run a lot of my steam library out of the box which sis great for a 25 year windows user who want to game on linux. I am trying to ditch windows for good not so moving to linux as fast as i can. I wont "upgrade" to 11 so need to make use of the win 10 insall for as long as possible to run DCS and its associated hardware. Track5 camera. Although i do have the delanclip and it runs on opentrack. People have made DCS to run on linus with the use of opentrack but thsi was on Cachy OS.
I am happy sitting this one out for now and using win 10 to play DCS. IF the day comes i only use win 10 for DCS then so be it. As it is now i am writing this on nobar so the day will eventually come wher the only time i fire up the now dead win 10 will be to play DCS. And even that will refuse to run one day on win 10
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 42
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-10-06
Votes: 0
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A decent Fedora-based distro. Works well with gaming.
A small down-side is, the graphical drivers tend to conflict some times, after updating, forcing a few games to revert their video settings to default. Other than that, very convenient to use, and also, very handy in terms of customizations and performance tweaking. Other distros were too tedious and problematic when debloating, and also end up causing system faults. On the other hand, I had no difficulty with Nobara, since it's OS size is not too heavy and bloated, and hardly causes any issues at all when the system is de-bloated.
Props to Mr. GloriousEggroll for Nobara Version 42. Waiting for Nobara 43.
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 42
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-10-06
Votes: 14
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They recently overhauled Nobara. It is now rolling release, they now use the cachyos kernel, use a custom store instead of discover and gnome store. Many qol improvements and it's all for the better. The guy in charge of this distro is also the creator of proton ge. I do believe it has massively improved over what it was several releases ago. This is no longer fedora with it's own additional packages included, it's become it's own unique distro. The creators of this distro, the cachyos devs and PikaOS devs all work together so pick your base!
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 42
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-09-30
Votes: 0
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I am Linux beginner and for me Nobara is great.
It is one of the distros that I have found just works out of the box and is easy to use.
I have Nobara on a Asus G55VW laptop and on a old ASUS P8H77-I motherboard (Intel H77 chipset) and Intel Core i7-3770S CPU (Ivy Bridge).
On both systems Nobara just works out of the box. Steam also works right out of the box.
Nobara is easy to use. The welcome screen is great and there is a custom app called “Flatpost” that is used for apps and flatpack. Flatpost seem smooth and does just what it should without too much extra features. For updating the system the custom app "Update System" is used.
Some minor sidenotes:
I started to use Nobara at Nobara 40 and when upgrading to Nobara 41 my Nvidia GPU drivers broken and my system got strange. I did not have the Linux skills to fix my system so I took a paus with Nobara. I was not upset as this is a rather new Linux version. There was so much that I loved with Nobara that I just took a beak and waited for next version. When Nobara 42 came out I did a clean install and it has been running great ever since. For me Nobara 42 is just perfect.
Thank you Mr GloriousEggroll for making Nobara.
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 42
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-09-17
Votes: 5
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I can't say enough good things about Nobara. It's the MOST COMPLETE Linux Distro.
It's the only distro I've used that supports everything on my requirement list:
1. suspend/support
2. full disk encryption.
3. nVidia driver support
4. Pop Shell intergration
5. Gnome desktop
6. brother printer driver
7. media codecs
I appreciate the work the nobara devlopers have put into this great OS.
If you are hopping around like I used to, try this and you will be surprised how complete this system. NO more hopping around distro and finding the perfect linux distro
thank you
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 42
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-08-01
Votes: 0
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I decided to test Nobara since they transitioned to a rolling release distro format in May 2025. I could then compare it to Fedora which has been around since November 2003. Though the install routine is rather different than Fedora, I was able to install it just fine. Nobara also has Wine built which also saved me a bit of time.
I discovered while installing a WIN package to run with Wine that Nobara has a real serious problem with Display settings. I changed my display to accommodate the screen resolution to finish installing my Wine package. But when I changed it back to my preferred Display setting, the screen came up sideways, was frozen and there was no way to change it!
At which point I wiped Nobara from my SSD. I have NEVER had a problem like this with any distro in the past of nearly 20 years of using Linux. What a sad state of affairs with Nobara and with the Linux desktop!
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 42
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-08-01
Votes: 4
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Nobara 42 is by far the best Distro ! better then Fedora and better than all top rated Distros on Distrowatch. I am an ex Windows user and moved to Linux 12 month ago after trying the top Distros .Fedora and Cachy OS are OK but to restricted to customise for a new Linux user like me.After playing around and testing up to 30 distros for years I ended up using MXLinux and Last month changed to Nobara because you can configure everything pretty much without using your Konsol terminal.
Regard Frank Kalinna
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 42
Rating: 6
Date: 2025-07-18
Votes: 2
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Fresh install
updated kernel to 16.14.6 to 16.15.6 because it kept prompting to update after fresh install.
New kernel is broken, will always boot into emergency mode and I tried a lot of things it won't get fixed.
I tried reinstalling 3 times even with different file systems like btrfs and ext4 but it will always break.
Have been using linux for long. First time using Nobara. If this is its state then I am scared to stick with it.
at least it keeps a copy of old kernel that you can boot into if new one fails.
Plus points
- good hybrid nvidia graphics support out of the box.
- wayland
Cons:
- bloated as hell, they should give an option of minimal version like Manjaro ( I know its a gaming distro but still)
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 42
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-07-09
Votes: 5
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This is absolutely astounding. I have used Linux (work / play) since Slackware 3.0, forced to use Windows for work / contracting, etc. This is the most amazing installation process I've encountered, everything is picked up... devices just work (including BT, and QNAP Nas). The game play is phenomenal, and the integration with Steam and the Heroic launcher is *chef's kiss*. I removed Windows 11 (finally! Yeah!) and am using this as my main computer OS now if that is any indication! Even newer games, such as Balder's Gate 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 work seamlessly, as well as having all the Linux capabilities behind it and an easy front end to install them from (Flatpak, etc).
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 42
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-06-23
Votes: 4
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I'll give a little bit different review, since I've ended up using Nobara for a different reason than gaming.
I was originally using Mint, when I started noticing flickering on my monitor. A fresh install of Mint did not fix it. I then tried to install Pop-OS, which halted midway into the install at some graphic issues. An install of Ubuntu was successful but the flickering continued.
Now this is on a laptop with an old 1050 nvidia card, I had no intention of installing Nobara since it's not really optimal for gaming, and the card doesn't support vulkan. However since everything else I had available of distros failed, I thought why not.
So now my laptop is running Nobara without flickering - at least so far, knock on wood as they say - and I'm not sure what fixed it. It could be the fresh kernel, the newer packages, it could also be Wayland (Mint use x11).
I've also used Nobara for gaming on a desktop, and it's been both good and sometimes buggy, for different reasons. I would still recommend it for gaming on newer PC's. It can be very good, but beware of big updates. It's somewhat of a rolling release, with very new kernel. Well worth a try.
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 42
Rating: 8
Date: 2025-06-18
Votes: 1
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The removal of firefox, the replacement of discover by flatpost which is inferior in both feature and UI... I'm sorry but that's been a bit of a letdown.
Nobara's my go to when it comes to gaming on Linux but at least give options on start up or at installation to pick a Web Browser or Flatpak UI.
Otherwise this is the best way to game on Linux, I've used it version 40 through 42 and it's been a haven of stability with both AMD and Nvidia graphics card. A beginner friendly distro who puts many other to shame.
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 42
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-06-12
Votes: 6
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Upgraded from version 39 directly to 42 using YUM and it went smooth as baby caca. This is the ultimate distro for those loving everything and loving that FAST. Not clunky as some Fedora/RH offshoots can be, this KDE Plasma is running as nice as a user can ask.
I had the 39 version on a removed SSD and had almost forgotten about it as I was experimenting with many others, including Fedora 41/42. I have no complaints about Fedora now, but there is something about Nobara that just feels better for me.
So, I went ahead and put the 39 back in and ran a prompted upgrade and it is very nice to see no error messages and no issues at all that the upgrade process did not address and fix, including updating the repos on the spot.
It is very easy to give Nobara (now) 42 a rating of 10.
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 42
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-05-27
Votes: 15
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I've installed Nobara 42 twice over the Memorial Day weekend, removing it once due to some ill-advised information from another website of "opinions". But after re-thinking my actions I came back around and re-installed it a second time and do really like it. It has a couple "quirks" to adapt to while installing that someone like myself has doubts about being relatively new to Linux in the big picture as compared to other Linux OS installations that were more or less "dumbed" down for exactly my kind of person.
The installation went rather quickly compared to the really long install of Debian "Trixie", and Nobara updates are fast as well and the packages are rather up-to-date compared to some of the other Linux distributions package list views on DistroWatch. I got a chuckle out of the wallpaper selection of the Raccoon sitting eating Pizza, and it's so clear and detailed.
I've installed Nobaro 42 on an old Asus B75M-A mobo, with an Intel i3-Quad CPU and use the onboard Intel Graphics in HDMI. My 1Tb SAGA HDD has no problem as did any of the other hardware I have available. My peripherals: Epson ET-2840 printer, Brother HL-L2305W printer, or my desktop WavLink external SATA HDD dock all working fine.
The only thing that I found a little un-nerving after the installation of Nobara was during the system update sequence. Multiple windows opened during the updating cycle that caused me to believe I was doing something wrong. I have any heads-up when reading about the installation on-line previous to the install that this was considered normal. The first time I was playing "Whack-A-Mole" closing the extra windows that popped up just to have them reappear and once I calmed down and left them alone the update proceeded as it needed to and completed without any problems.
So far Nobara seems to be a solid operating system without any of the usual "quirks" that I've come across in other distributions like not being able to install my old printers or getting the Weather-Widget to work properly in the panel showing the temp reading beside the weather icon, etc. Some other distro's even go as far as not keeping your 'color selection' across your apps or properly rendering panel icons.
In closing I would like to say that Nobara hopefully will be the end of my 'distro-hopping' saga. At 71-years of age I just want to settle in to use my machine for email, Internet and a few of the basic household office necessities. Now that summers around the corner I need to go tend to the garden as I have the computer the last few months. -Cheers!
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 42
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-05-26
Votes: 0
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It was a good idea to switch Nobara to a rolling system and to my surprise there are fewer updates than under Fedora itself. The newly developed software center Flatpost by Thomas Crider is well structured, provides detailed information about the apps and dispenses with the stupid rating points. Instead, the Softwarecentrum uses the criteria Trending, Popular, New and Updated. In addition, another tool takes care of the updates as quick as an arrow. If you don't like this, you can also install the usual KDE and Gnome software centers. In addition to the large Flatpac offer, further programs can be installed with the Package Manager. Scanners, printers and Wifi can be installed without any problems. There is now also a welcome center. I am highly satisfied with my Gnome version and can only recommend it to others.
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 42
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-05-25
Votes: 0
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Switched from Linux Mint to Nobara and I'm really satisfied. Nobara is very small(which is important since I run it on an old laptop with very little drive space, only about 170GB), but feels slick, smooth and modern. Comes with everything out of the box that I wanted, such as steam, lutris, neofetch(essential, isn't it? lol) and wine. Dark mode and brave is the default, and brave seems to have it's standard settings overridden which is good(removes crypto stuff). Really solid, especially the GUI. I'm not a very technical Linux user so I may have missed some things that are important to others. Only con to me is that the default font is really ugly and it takes some time to change it.
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 42
Rating: 8
Date: 2025-05-22
Votes: 2
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I use Linux to revive old computers and Nobara Linux works well on a 2015 MacbookAir, where other distros had problems. The installation program worked smoothly while other popular distros failed to detect the SSD or failed to boot.
The challenge to get WiFi working with the Broadcom drivers required a USB-WiFi dongle and a search for code that was copied into the Terminal program. Some time was spent searching the internet for code to get hardware drivers to work and install some familiar programs.
The laptop is used with Brother printers and scanners for which they host device drivers in 64bit .rpm format that successfully installed. The popular programs are Fedora or Debian-Ubuntu and Nobara which uses Fedora apps was chosen.
The repo contained some useful programs but I couldn’t find all that I usually install. Others like Veracrypt and Krusader were installed with Terminal commands.
I chose KDE desktop and there was a bit of adjustment from more familiar and preferred XFCE. The Gnome version was not such a useful desktop. KDE maybe a bit slower than Linux with XFCE. Nobara seems compact enough for the 30G partition which was reserved on the SSD for it.
The Apple webcam worked on another Linux distro but the driver for Nobara is still a challenge.
I expected Firefox as the default browser but Brave works well. The repository also has Chrome and Firefox. The Firewall and Upgrade app settings were not immediately obvious. Overall Nobara Linux v42 feels like a well constructed system.
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 42
Rating: 2
Date: 2025-05-21
Votes: 1
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Overloaded with excess (heavy weight), the stupid mandatory removal of the boot to a separate partition, i.e. it is necessary to make a separate partition for boot (in addition to efi), with a size of +/- gig, otherwise the system will not start. There's a bunch of pre-installed stuff, but there's no video player. Extremely poor gui of update and package managers. The settings and design of the terminal console do not change. Stupid brav with his wallet, which requires a key to make/configure from the start... In general, I didn't like it and left an extremely bad impression. And a floating difference of a couple fps in games is not a reason to choose.
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 42
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-05-21
Votes: 1
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Great distro for beginners with a lot of OTB gaming configurations, maintained by the one and only GloriousEggroll who has contributed greatly towards the proton project with his own patch implementations that helps to solve a lot of the issues when running games through wine.
The distro features easy to setup installation of nvidia drivers and a ready to use steam package as well as lutris and other packages you would expect in a gaming system.
Updating the system is very straight forward with the custom made update gui , and if you would run in to any issues there's a very active and friendly discord community that can help out!
only gripe would be the included brave browser but removing it and installing something palatable like librewolf takes only a couple of seconds.
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 42
Rating: 2
Date: 2025-05-18
Votes: 0
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It was a good distro but sadly with the recent changes they made its no longer a distro i will recommend as they now use a very controversial browser (Brave) "for technical reasons" instead of just bloody sticking to firefox like a sane person or librewolf if you are that paranoid. you cant even remove the Repository properly because it'll just respawn once you've used their "recommended" updater.
and the other nail in the coffin is GenML wallpapers. seriously fuck GenML its shit for the environment and is plagiarism (and a right wing washing tool).
That out of the way I dont notice any real difference performance wise between standart Fedora and Nobara, its within margin of error.
Horrible screen flickers at 144hz which aren't there on Fedora.
I cant even justify the convenience of having steam preinstalled or a "driver installer" UI, their installer is incredibly fragile and i had people trying to use it reporting only installation failures.
If you want a good Distro this isnt it.
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 42
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-05-17
Votes: 1
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No soy usuario avanzado de linux pero uso estos sistemas desde el 2009, dicho esto puedo decir que:
1º - La Instalación es sencilla
2º - Hay mucho software para cubrir las necesidades de uso común
3º - Es de uso sencillo
4º - Actualizaciones constantes y rápidas
5º - Interfaz altamente configurable
6º - Con Steam y Lutris vais a tener un catalogo de videojuegos brutal
7º - No requiere licencias ni registros
Por decir algo negativo diré que que al realizar la última actualización en el grub me aparecían varias versiones y tenía que elegir la versión 42 ya que por defecto iniciaba con la 41, cosa que usando chatgpt he solucionado.
Ryzen 3600
Rx 5700
32Gb Ram
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 42
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-05-14
Votes: 1
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I use Nobara since 9 months.
Runs flawless with my Nvidia GPU. You don't have to install all the necessary tweaks and tools because it's already there. Not bloated with useless apps.
I really like the driver manager where you can choose between nvidia open source or github version etc.
Or the nobara tweak tool where you can auto mount your external drives via checkboxes.
It's very userfriendly, after the installation you can just go ahead and start.
On my screen with 144hz, there's no screen flickering, gaming performance is nearly the same as on other distros.
The update manager is "selfmade" and there are some minor issues.
Updates for the updater itself causes it so freeze so you don't know if the update is still running or not.
Had to look at the logs to see, it's still running and performing the update. Just the GUI froze.
with nobara-sync cli via the terminal, this problem didn't appeare once.
The updater got some scripts, looking for known bugs and issues for each package which will be installed.
Never had an update which broke my system.
One time, I had to "sudo dnf distro-sync --refresh" due to continuesly 400+ updates on each reboot. With that, all the updates got installed correctly and it was not an issue anymore.
All in all, it's just a minor issue which happends like every 3 months. It's just the GUI of the updatear freezing so the update itself works.
Can't say another negative about this distro because there isn't.
I recommend it to everyone, who just want a distro which is stable, performs well and hate updating the whole system every year or two (debian) with a lot of issues or got a broken update on Arch again.
The package software is really new and the kernel (2025/05/14) on v6.14.6
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 41
Rating: 4
Date: 2025-04-30
Votes: 2
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Looks pretty, very under-baked
Main Issues:
-nobara-sync (cli&gui) never functioned properly. constantly prompted that 500+ packages needed updates, after being prompted to reboot I was greeted by the same message that 500+ packages needed updates again
-nobara-drivers (gui) was always stuck downloading driver database, never functioned properly
-setting refresh rate to locked 144hz caused screen flickering
-game performance out of the box was abysmal, easily ~20-30fps lower than ubuntu on my setup with some games flat out crashing on startup unless an older version of proton was used
Minor gripes:
-couldn't really interface with my gpu fan settings, very broadly I could set power modes that cranked my fans regardless of whether the gpu was being used actively or not
-wifi connection was dropping & reconnecting every now and then
System:
Asus zephyrus m16 (gu603)
cpu: intel i7 11800h
gpu: nvidia rtx 3050 ti mobile
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 41
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-04-17
Votes: 1
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Nobara seems to have real problems with the current Nvidia
RTX 5000 cards. Starting the live distro ends in all three start versions in a black screen with a blinking sign in the right corner. Or there is a fixed progress circle surrounded by a blue corona. So you can't even install. I have no idea how Nobara could be elevated to the best game distro here. Maybe Nobara (and Fedora currently 42) just can't handle Nvidia graphics cards or it's just the current Nvidia driver, which can't be activated properly with the current Fedora 42.Nobara should take an example from CachyOS here. Everything works right away.
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 41
Rating: 8
Date: 2025-04-10
Votes: 3
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The Best Linux so far. Normal use is like using Fedora - Great, understandably. Gaming, wow, so easy. Only grumble - when using Decky for my gaming, if I need to & forget to change sound either speakers to headset or the other way, I have to go out of Decky to change it. Updating is virtually automatic including some fixes. I prefer KDE to Gnome, but both need a thorough upgrade. I think newbies to linux should keep Nobara in mind, especially if they are looking to gaming. Once a more novice language is introduced for installation, setting up, help etc. Nobara could become a leading Linux os?
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 41
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-04-02
Votes: 8
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WOW WOW WOW! Cool distro! I really liked it from the very beginning of installation. I uninstalled Win 11 and installed Nobara OS. Games work, drivers can be installed through the manager in two clicks, there are separate rpm packages for many programs, virtualization works perfectly (I installed Win 11 Pro for the test). I have absolutely no reason to think about replacing it with other distros. It is worth noting the convenient work with Flatpak and the ability to completely uninstall all packages for Flatpak in one click. I could go on for a long time, but I won't. I just want to say that this is a great OS.
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 41
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-03-24
Votes: 2
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I like to experiment to see how the Linux community does for gaming distros
This one get top marks and runs windows games out of the box for me at least.
I will try this out for the next while. I am used to the Debian command so it will be a learning curve but keep it all gui if possible these days.
I tried Garunda and that is another good one since its setup out of box also but i do not have the best of luck with arch based and usually they crash and i have to reinstall
ran easy from ventoy or easy2boot. if someone complains command line then prob did something wrong or bad iso download. it has worked on 2 different intel laptops that are 4th and 7th gen
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 41
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-03-23
Votes: 0
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Rubbish. Wouldnt even boot install on a clean HDD with all the ISO files extracted. kept giving me a GRUB command line which goes nowhere. You want people to move away from Windows yet you cannot even get the thing to start an install. I really havent got the time and inclination to learn command line geek stuff just to make something work. Do you think people would use Windows if they had to learn command line nonsense first in order to make it work properly? Im sure it works well for people who time to learn this stuff. If I could give it Zero i would.
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 41
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-02-25
Votes: 3
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Though a bit strange of an updating scheme, for a new user, following the correct procedures should result in buttery smooth performance. The refinement post Fedora is noticeable in day to day computing and the user interface makes for a system easily configured with a button. I would recommend this distribution to a newcomer to computers. Occasionally if a hick-up is found, the community is accommodating and friendly to even novice users. Please take care to follow instructions for updates and procedures. They are basic and laymen and quite useful.
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 41
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-01-24
Votes: 1
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The other day my boyfriend asked me to install a distro on his laptop, for simple things like surfing the Internet and editing documents. I thought of Nobara as something “out of the box” for this purpose. It's an excellent distro, but the customization of its settings brings “risks” in having a friendly software center that installs and updates the system, so it has its own custom updater, but no GUI upgrade. Hardware acceleration also didn't come ready by default, as I had wished. Again, great distro, but perhaps for a beginner's basic use it would be better to hand over a configured Fedora, albeit with a bit more work.
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 41
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-01-23
Votes: 3
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Excellent Linux distribution. Basically, it's Fedora with added value. The default environment is KDE Plasma. In my opinion, the biggest asset is the fact that third-party multimedia codecs and repositories are pre-installed in the system, which many novice users will certainly appreciate. Nobara includes Lutris, ProtonPlus and Steam game platforms already pre-installed, which is sure to be appreciated by gamers. The Yum Extender tool is preinstalled to install the software. If it does not suit someone, Dnf Dragora can be installed. I am completely satisfied with the Yum Extender. I see a big plus in setting the appearance to a dark environment, which suits me, I have chosen a dark environment in every distribution, and in Nobara Linux it is already set right after installation. I've been using the system for a few days now, but haven't encountered any issues yet. I can't score anything other than 10/10. Many thanks to the developers.
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 41
Rating: 3
Date: 2025-01-04
Votes: 1
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Now I booted the given latest version iso to 3 types of usb 1-ventoy 2-rufus 3-fedora image writer in all of them it stays on the boot screen in the first two options it stays on a black screen and in the third option it opened it went directly to the installation screen it gave a crash error but the installation was progressing I was patient the installation was completed. When I restarted it all stayed on the black screen in all options I am asking this distribution which is useful for games does not recognize 16 gb nvidia rtx 4070 ti. I checked the isos and installed them without any errors, that is there is no error in the iso file there is no error in the usbs I could never install this distribution please write the system requirements for which computers this linux distribution was written even in two or three lines and I would like to say a few words about the system of the disrtowach site if you are not going to publish the articles written here why do you open this area for us make room for those who directly provide the distribution so that they can write and they do not know what these faulty isos are.
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 41
Rating: 2
Date: 2025-01-03
Votes: 1
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I just tried Nobara Standard 41 and it barely starts on my virtual machine and the live runs extremely slow, the calamari installer works, and in the end after rebooting after being in live mode to fully enter the already installed system it feels somewhat better, I didn't see an app store, just one thing there that seems like a very simple and strange list, then I tried to install nobara 41 gnome and it wouldn't start, it stayed on a black screen both the virtual and the physical one, the truth is it needs a bit of polish, the concept is good, I suppose they will fix it later.
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 41
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-01-03
Votes: 4
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I use linux (and linux gaming) as a main distro since 2016, along with windows.
So I had to gain some experience in setting up wine and games, was happy about proton later and so on...
Distro hopping was my hobby until now. Tried so many distros out there... Can't count 'em anymore. Way too many.
The installation was flawless.
Everything runs out of the box or can be installed via the package manager or flathub.
I'm just missing a progress bar while installing new software via GUI.
My racing setup works quite well, but it should be already integrated within the kernel.
Because for every kernel update, I have to reinstall the whole driver and delete the old kernel for my racing wheel which gets annoying.
This happens every ~3 weeks.
The upgrade from v40 to v41 went smooth without any issues.
You don't have to reinstall the whole system. Just 4 commands.
That's why it's one of my favorite distros for gaming:
Rolling release with new, but stable software.
Fedora/Nobara won't crash after 4 months like bleeding edge release models, where you really have to be careful and look out for dependencies.
Yes, I know about apt-listbugs and apt-listchanges. Or apt-mark to put it on hold.
But it's still too unstable an the lifetime didn't satisfy me for a long life disto.
Happy to have finally found my favorite distribution!
I use Nobara since 5 Months.
My father uses Nobara since 1.1.2025.
It's to see where people with nearly no knowledge about linux run into issues.
I don't run into many issues anymore because of the experience I (had to make) made.
So to see through others eyes I guess it's a good idea to help people, who want to get rid off windows easier.
Have a great time, I recommend Nobara!
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 40
Rating: 5
Date: 2024-11-10
Votes: 7
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KDE has problems with multi monitor support. Was not able to switch my monitor without freezing system sometimes. As well, one monitor remains dark so i had to reinstall whole system. Especially pressing Win+P (=Super+P) and choosing "combine monitors" destroyed the monitor setting permanently and I was not able to reset the system. The main monitor again remains black. Also the updater showing strange behavior. It starts to update packages and opening a second updater task in-between. First one was showing a failure and second one proceeded after the second one was fished.
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Project: Nobara Project
Version: 40
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-10-11
Votes: 26
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Nobara, moreso than any distrobution I've ever touched, is the most "just works" distro out there, and the best option for gaming. It's the most stable, gives me the least problems, and just flat out performs well. Anything I've ever struggled with in Nobara is just issues that are universal to Linux, but I'm mostly just running Steam and emulators. I've tried Ubuntu, PopOS, Garuda, AthenaOS, Arch, & Bodhi Linux and this has been what I've settled on. Install is a cinch, too, but any distro with the Calamare installer is. The discord is pretty helpful if you have issues. I was initially worried about it being a fork of Fedora considering the politics of that but nothing has manifested from that. If you're looking to get a gamer away from Windows, this is THE choice.
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