Developer | Thomas Crider, Community-driven |
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OS family | Linux (Unix-like) |
Working state | Current |
Source model | Open source |
Initial release | July 10, 2022 [1] |
Latest release | 39 [2] / December 30, 2023 [2] |
Repository | gitlab |
Package manager | RPM (DNF), Flatpak, OSTree |
Platforms | |
Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux kernel) |
Userland | GNU |
Default user interface | GNOME Shell, KDE Plasma 5, Bash |
License | GPL and various free software licenses, plus proprietary firmware files [6] |
Official website | nobaraproject |
Nobara Linux [7] is a Linux distribution developed by Thomas Crider, otherwise more colloquially referred to as "Glorious Eggroll", who is well known for developing Proton-GE. [8] Nobara is based on Fedora Linux, developed by the Fedora Project. [9] Nobara Linux practices free and open-source licensing techniques.
Nobara Linux was first released on July 10, 2022. [1] It was developed and maintained by Thomas Crider, a prior employeed Software Maintenance Engineer at Red Hat, staying in Denver Colorado, United States. [10]
Nobara Linux aims to provide users which are less technologically savvy with commonly used packages, due to the original Fedora Linux having "3rd party or proprietary packages is usually absent from a fresh install." [11] as stated on the official website. Claiming that most "point and click user," users which rely heavily on GUI installation processes and activities, may struggle with such tasks. Along with packages which are commonly used by gamers, or gaming related activities, that are not installed by default. As mentioned on the official Nobara website, "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. [12]
The official Nobara Linux website supplies ISO images which can be run using a bootable USB device. As per the website, it is recommended to use the Balena Etcher software to create a bootable USB device. The Linux distribution is offered in three desktop environments; Official (modified KDE), GNOME, and KDE.
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