Nobara Project

Reader supplied reviews for Nobara Project Average rating 8.2 from 137 review(s) What are your thoughts on Nobara Project? Please include a few pros and a few cons, along with your overall impression of the operating system. Our FAQ page has tips on writing a good mini-review. Version: -- 444342414039383736 Rating:    -- 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 out of 10 Your review (minimum 250 words): Past reviews - sort by: DateVotes Version: 43 Rating: 9 Date: 2026-08-18 Country: India Votes: 5 Everything just "works" out of the box. This has been a very beginner-friendly distro for me - a linux noob. I have been using it on my personal laptop, primarily for coding and gaming. I removed Windows completely(no dual boot) and I don't think I'm going back to Windows anytime soon. I have also enjoyed using KDE Plasma and how customizable everything is. The only thing stopping me from giving it a 10 is the occasional glitches here and there, but none of them have been deal breakers. My setup is: CPU: Ryzen 9 6900HS GPU: RTX 3070 Ti RAM: 40GB DDR5 Storage: 1TB SSD Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 43 Rating: 9 Date: 2026-08-16 Country: Germany Votes: 2 I exclusively use Linux since 2020, when Windows 7 reached EoL and had no valid successor. I used Xubuntu, MX, Garuda with XFCE each. Since a few months I'm using Nobara KDE Plasma edition and i'm very impressed. Pros: - Krusader and VLC respect Dark Mode, which they never did on XFCE. Probably because they are KDE Apps. - Many Settings to configure and adapt the OS to ones needs. - Win + D and Alt + Tab work properly in Steam games. - Comes with many needed software or easy to add. - Highest ratio of working to not working Steam games (Proton) so far. I could also "easily" get 2 old games running with Lutris. A few "quirks" still remain (thats why I rate 9 instead of 10): - Sometime Steam crashes when exiting and a crash notification pops up. It doesnt hurt so I did not investigate it further. - There are small updates of single packages way too often. I wish they would "bundle" them somehow and only require an update every two weeks. Also after updating the Icon still remains in tray. I need to "Check for Updates" to remove it. This should happen automatically. - Comes with Brave browser but I could not activate the menu bar. Thus installed Firefox instead. - The "Work Areas" (not sure if translated properly) were nasty and I had to deactivate them. Unintuive for me. Since I have 3 monitors also somehow useless. - Time and date are not centered and I found no way to do it. Looks odd. Was possible under XFCE. - Sometimes when I unpause VLC there is no sound. I have to click on the progress bar to hear it again. - I have a script execute on logon to start my required programs. I wanted them to start minimized but did noch achieve it as seemingly scripted modifications are not allowed for security reasons. This is my biggest issue. All in all those issues (except the last one) are minor and I think I'm settled now and will stay with Nobara. A stable, clean and highly configurable distribution even if one is not interested in gaming. Most recommended distribution out of those I've used so far. Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 43 Rating: 10 Date: 2026-08-04 Country: France Votes: 3 # My Experience With Nobara Linux – A Great Choice for Gaming I recently installed Nobara Linux on my desktop and honestly, I’ve been really impressed with it. I was looking for something that could give me a good Linux experience without spending hours setting up drivers, codecs, and gaming tools, and Nobara delivered exactly that. It’s based on Fedora but comes with a lot of gaming-focused improvements already included, which makes the whole experience much smoother. My setup is: * Ryzen 7 5700G * Radeon RX 6600 * 32GB DDR4 RAM * 1TB NVMe SSD The installation went smoothly, and everything worked almost immediately. The Ryzen processor was detected properly, the RX 6600 performed great with AMD drivers, and the system felt fast and responsive from the first boot. What I like most about Nobara is that it feels ready to use. With some Linux distributions, you can spend a lot of time searching for guides and installing extra packages before you can really enjoy your system. Nobara removes a lot of that hassle by including things that gamers usually need, like better multimedia support, gaming tools, and useful tweaks out of the box. Gaming has been a really good experience. Steam works well, Proton games run smoothly, and the RX 6600 is a perfect match for this kind of setup. Having 32GB of RAM and a fast NVMe SSD also helps make the whole system feel snappy, whether I’m gaming, browsing, watching videos, or running multiple applications at the same time. The desktop experience is also very enjoyable. It feels clean, modern, and responsive without being overloaded with unnecessary stuff. Nobara has a nice balance between being beginner-friendly and still giving Linux users plenty of freedom to customize their system. Of course, like any Linux distribution, it’s not completely perfect. It is a community-driven project, so users should still be willing to learn a few things and occasionally troubleshoot if needed. But for everyday use and gaming, I’ve had a very positive experience. Overall, Nobara has been a great choice for my Ryzen 7 5700G and RX 6600 build. It’s fast, smooth, and feels like a proper gaming-focused operating system instead of just a regular desktop Linux installation. If you have similar AMD hardware and want to try Linux gaming, I would definitely recommend giving Nobara a chance. It has made my transition to Linux much easier and has been a pleasure to use. Was this review helpful? Yes No See all 137 reader reviews of Nobara Project...