Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: vallor Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Nobara Linux (was: Re: Do Microsoft?s Copilot+ PCs Require Linux?) Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2024 00:24:32 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 61 Message-ID: References: <0cj85jlbfgnrv79ia0psgs5fo52u0sr3in@4ax.com> <66579ff2$0$1245637$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2024 02:24:32 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="54ba05175fe1f515c5993944f0ad7b8c"; logging-data="117085"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/wCnkQCEhmkYkiPzNxX8tm" User-Agent: Pan/0.158 (Avdiivka; 2055b4a; Linux-6.9.3) Cancel-Lock: sha1:R8I6XGAxuMTUcxmNb0SUS1YvXGA= X-Face: \}2`P"_@pS86<'EM:'b.Ml}8IuMK"pV"?FReF$'c.S%u9 wrote in : > On 2024-06-03, Andrzej Matuch wrote: >> On 2024-06-03 7:03 p.m., RonB wrote: >>> On 2024-06-03, Andrzej Matuch wrote: >>>> On 2024-06-03 2:46 p.m., rbowman wrote: >>>>> On Mon, 3 Jun 2024 07:44:26 -0400, Andrzej Matuch wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On 2024-06-02 6:36 p.m., rbowman wrote: >>>>>>> On Sun, 2 Jun 2024 15:56:21 -0400, Andrzej Matuch wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Nobara Linux >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/174ldfz/ >>>>> is_nobara_any_good/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Mixed reviews. Maybe Glorious Eggroll didn't have your machine in >>>>>>> mind. >>>>>> >>>>>> I've tried a variety of machines with Linux and they've all more or >>>>>> less ended up as a disaster. It's Linux, it's always Linux. >>>>> >>>>> Considering I've used Linux of different distros on a variety of >>>>> machines for 25+ years with no disasters, I don't think it's an OS >>>>> problem. >>>> >>>> Yep, we're all dumb clowns. It's never Linux's fault, I know. >>> >>> You're trying to run hardware intensive Windows games on Linux. >>> There's going to be problems. >> >> You're missing the point: I never even got to the point where I could >> try to play the games. The distribution built for gamers which asked me >> to use the software it bundles to log into my game library was unable >> to even see the games I own. I couldn't install them because the >> software acted as though I had never bought anything at all. This is a >> system which wasn't modified in any way. I used it as is and it failed >> miserably. > > Nobara looks very much like a "hobby" Linux release at this point. I > never heard of it until you brought it up. I don't know if it will > eventually be a success or not, but I'm guessing that it's definitely > not mature (just a little over a year old) and I'm also guessing that it > doesn't have a large user base. They probably need more testers who are > willing to help fix its teething problems. https://nobaraproject.org/ It lists the patches and updates from Fedora right on the home page. Looks like Nobara is to Fedora what Mint is to Ubuntu. GloriousEggroll is proper. They maintain an extra-special build of proton for happy Linux gamers like myself. It's intriguing. I also see a patch to fix logins with NVIDIA GPU's. -- -v