July 17, 2024 – Nobara Linux | The Nobara Project
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  • Omega_Jimes
    4·
    5 months ago

    I’d like a less painful way to update, but I’m also probably ready to backup and reinstall at this point.

    During the 36/37 update my bluetooth stopped working, despite everything saying it’s working. I’ve lived with that for a while but it’s slowly starting to irk me.

    • gpstarman@lemmy.today
      2·
      5 months ago

      GE mentioned this update will be a smooth transition.

      Also is Nobara a good candidate for daily driver or bazzite?

      • bsergay@discuss.online
        6·
        5 months ago

        The existence of both is justified for their unique merits. However, I’d argue that the ‘immutable’/atomic model makes more sense for a system that’s dedicated towards gaming.

        For a general daily driver, it all comes down to your specific needs. If Bazzite satisfies those, I’d argue it’s the safer pick. However, if (for some reason) Bazzite falls short[1], then go for Nobara instead.

        There’s a lot more to it than this, but I kept it short for the sake of brevity.

        1. Honestly, there’s only very little that Bazzite actually can’t do. Though its unique workflow might require some adjusting. Regardless, if you go for Bazzite, ensure to take a proper look at its documentation.
        • Kory@lemmy.ml
          5·
          5 months ago

          I am very interested in what you are saying. I’ve been trying Bazzite for a while now and I ran into some quirks I couldn’t resolve - tiny stuff, that’s mainly a small inconvenience like not being able to put icons on the desktop with Steam due to it being Flatpak and Valve not having enabled that specific option) -

          BUT -

          I’ve also tried Nobara then was kinda put off by people saying something along the lines, that GE disabled some security features for better performance (and since it was a distro for personal use at first) and I tried to search for the details, but came up empty. Could you say a bit more about this or where I could find more info, please? Cause I’m using my distro as daily driver and not only for gaming, so it got me worried a little.

          • bsergay@discuss.online
            5·
            5 months ago

            like not being able to put icons on the desktop with Steam due to it being Flatpak and Valve not having enabled that specific option)

            Interesting. Bazzite has (for some time now) been shipping the native Steam package; so not the Flatpak one.

            • Kory@lemmy.ml
              4·
              5 months ago

              Oh yes, that’s entirely my own fault. I first installed Aurora, then Steam as Flapak and later rebased to Bazzite. It was all just for trying stuff out, on my main machine, the install will be clean.

          • Kory@lemmy.ml
            4·
            5 months ago

            Oh I think I’ve found my answer, it was about SELinux being disabled. Now it says on their official website: "SELinux:

            – We have replaced SELinux with AppArmor (AppArmor is used in Ubuntu and OpenSUSE) as we find it to be more user-friendly, less intrusive, and easier to write policies for. You will still see some SELinux packages as they are required to keep Fedora compatibility and not break package dependencies."

            • bsergay@discuss.online
              4·
              5 months ago

              Yup. That’s basically it. AppArmor isn’t a slouch either, but SELinux works well and is well-tested on Fedora. It’s a pity. I do think that SELinux > AppArmor, so if security is a serious concern of yours, then it’s worth considering Bazzite over Nobara. If, however, security is a top priority of yours, you might even consider secureblue. It’s not great for gaming though 😅. At some point, hardening clashes with performance gains…

              • Kory@lemmy.ml
                3·
                5 months ago

                Thank you, that’s very helpful. I will have to think about it - it comes down to a question of convenience vs. “best” security possible.

                • bsergay@discuss.online
                  2·
                  5 months ago

                  It has been my pleasure!

                  it comes down to a question of convenience vs. “best” security possible.

                  I’ve solved this for myself by dedicating two different devices; one that’s optimized for security, while the other is only used for gaming.

          • bsergay@discuss.online
            4·
            5 months ago

            You’re welcome!

            xD, it’s done by typing three times “-” or “*” next to each other with nothing else on the line itself and the lines before and after. So to illustrate it with quotation marks:

            “(Empty)”

            “—” (or “***”)

            “(Empty)”

            Note that in the above example, i had to leave another empty line in between the lines. So it’s not exactly correct. Unfortunately, without a break line, I can’t even illustrate it. So, this is done from necessity. Though, it means that technically, the stars below were one “/” removed from becoming a line.

            /***