December 26, 2023 – Nobara Linux | The Nobara Project
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Aside from being based on Fedora 39 now, KDE is now the official desktop environment replacing GNOME. The reasons why are in the article.

The GNOME version of Nobara still exists, but it’s going to be the vanilla version shipped without any extensions (probably because many of them broke after moving to Fedora 39)

  • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netEnglish
    111·
    10 months ago

    Interesting to read those linked GNOME issue threads, they’re really living up to their reputation… Looks like KDE is becoming the premier gaming DE, and I’m pretty happy with that.

  • Matty_r@programming.dev
    62·
    10 months ago

    Cool, I’ve wanted to give this a go for a while but never really gelled with Gnome. I’ll have to give it another look.

    • woelkchen@lemmy.world
      51·
      10 months ago

      Cool, I’ve wanted to give this a go for a while but never really gelled with Gnome.

      Even before the switch of the default was Plasma already an option. It just wasn’t the default.

      • Matty_r@programming.dev
        31·
        10 months ago

        Fair enough. I find if it’s the default option, it’s a better out-of-the-box experience as the devs would have spent more time on polishing etc.

  • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
    42·
    10 months ago

    Honestly you should just stick to Fedora. If your looking for very user friendly then I would go for Linux mint.

        • Yerbouti@lemmy.ml
          31·
          10 months ago

          IDK , Nobara is really stable. The main difference for me was that it comes with all the AV codecs you could need, and a few tweaks for gaming. Saved me a lot of time in the end.

          • Raccoonn@lemmy.ml
            31·
            10 months ago

            These are the reasons why I would consider installing Nobara over Fedora…

  • Fizz@lemmy.nz
    2·
    10 months ago

    Fingers crossed the Wayland bug is gone and I can move to Wayland.

  • MaxHardwood@lemmy.caEnglish
    13·
    10 months ago

    This is a shit-tier post. Why hide the relevant information that’s 2 sentences long?

    Relevant information:

    Better integration with Steam. By default the Steam Deck uses KDE as the desktop mode. This inherently means it receives updates from Valve in terms of desktop related fixes, and they are actively working with KDE developers to bring updates to KDE (https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/t2184m/is_there_any_cooperation_with_valve_and_kde/)

      • woelkchen@lemmy.world
        3·
        10 months ago

        As I understand it, that’s not even needed because the current DE choice is being preserved at an upgrade. The only thing that needs manual tweaking is reinstalling the extensions from the Gnome website which isn’t really an issue at all.

    • woelkchen@lemmy.world
      5·
      10 months ago

      Dang. Guess I’ll be switching to Ublue Bazzite.

      Which of the many bullet points in the changelog is the reason for that?

      • jcrabapple@infosec.pubEnglish
        13·
        10 months ago

        I don’t like KDE and if Gnome is not going to be the main DE anymore I might just move to another distro. NBD.

            • woelkchen@lemmy.world
              2·
              10 months ago

              I’ll keep looking.

              But why? Not being the default doesn’t mean that Gnome isn’t available. As both are Fedora derivatives, both should have good Gnome support inherited from Fedora anyway. As the changelog says, only a handful of Gnome Shell extensions will no longer be provided in the Nobara repository but instaling them manually from extensions.gnome.org is a breeze.

          • jcrabapple@infosec.pubEnglish
            1·
            10 months ago

            I’ve always experienced weird annoying bugs, and I much prefer the UX and minimalism of gnome. It’s better for productivity. I don’t just use my desktop for gaming.