Nobara Linux is a

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based on

Fedora Linux Fedora Linux is a Linux distribution developed by the Fedora Project. It was originally developed in 2003 as a continuation of the Red Hat Linux project. It contains software distributed under various free and open-source licenses and aims to b ...

. It is developed by Thomas Crider, otherwise more colloquially referred to as "Glorious Eggroll", who is also known for developing Proton-GE, a compatibility layer widely used for running Windows games on Linux.

History

Nobara Linux was first released on July 10, 2022. It was developed and maintained by Thomas Crider, previously employed as a software maintenance engineer at

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, working in

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, United States. On May 13, 2025, version 42 was released and version 41 received these updates as rolling release updates making Nobara Linux officially a rolling release distribution. Brave replaced Firefox as the default Browser.

Features

Nobara Linux aims to provide users who are less technologically skilled with commonly used packages, due to the original Fedora Linux having "3rd party or proprietary packages is usually absent from a fresh install." as stated on the official Web site. Claiming that most "point and click users" who rely heavily on

graphical user interface A graphical user interface, or GUI, is a form of user interface that allows user (computing), users to human–computer interaction, interact with electronic devices through Graphics, graphical icon (computing), icons and visual indicators such ...

installation processes and activities, may struggle with such tasks. Packages commonly used by gamers or in gaming-related activities are installed by default. As mentioned on the official Nobara site, "WINE dependencies, obs-studio, 3rd party codec packages such as those for gstreamer, 3rd party drivers such as NVIDIA drivers, and even small package fixes", along with other features are not explicitly mentioned, but designed to improve the user experience primarily for gamers.

Installation

The official Nobara Linux site supplies ISO images that can be run using a bootable

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device. The site recommends that one use the

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utility to create a bootable USB device. The Linux distribution is offered in five

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s; Official (modified KDE), GNOME, KDE, Steam-HTPC (modified KDE, customized to look/feel like Steam Deck; built for HTPCs) and Steam-Handheld (modified KDE, customized to look/feel like Steam Deck; built for Handheld devices). SecureBoot must be disabled in

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on the target machine, as Nobara does not support it.

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