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From: vallor <vallor@cultnix.org>
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Subject: Nobara Linux (was: Re: Do Microsoft?s Copilot+ PCs Require Linux?)
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2024 00:24:32 -0000 (UTC)
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On Tue, 4 Jun 2024 00:01:11 -0000 (UTC), RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
wrote in <v3llg7$3g9t$2@dont-email.me>:

> On 2024-06-03, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>> On 2024-06-03 7:03 p.m., RonB wrote:
>>> On 2024-06-03, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> 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.

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-v