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Note: This setup is both for my android and pc Edit: For those recommending paid services and selfhosting, I don't have the money nor resources for either. Also it seams some people are confusing my android setup with my PC setup so I'll write it down. Android: Brave(movies) + Ironfox, Search: Brave + DDG, VPN: Proton ( not always on), GPay = Cash, Auth= Aegis Auth, Pass: KeepassDX, PC: Firefox= Librewolf, VPN = No VPN (VERY slow internet), Search: Searxng + DDG, Pass: KeepassXC,

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[–] mholiv@lemmy.world 77 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Don’t use brave. Brave is a cult at this point.

[–] s38b35M5@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I wish Nobara Linux would move off it. Every third or forth update, the Brave repo I disabled is re-enabled. Not a huge deal, but I'd rather see the Librewolf repo instead.

[–] ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You can raise the issue to the developers but from what I see, they don’t have a public page for bug reporting so who knows how many issues actually exist within the distro.

Given that Nobara is just a fork of Fedora, and I assume you’ve gained a little CLi experience, why not just switch to Fedora?

[–] s38b35M5@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I switched to Nobara last spring from MX Linux (Debian) when my brand new GPU needed brand new mesa driver, but MX said it was months away from being added to the stable channel. Nobara is (or was, Dev has slowed down) bleeding edge for most things. I no longer need that, but I like it okay, and my setup... Look, I'm just Lazy when it comes to setting up all my games and apps I have installed all over again...

[–] FG_3479@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] s38b35M5@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I was running AHS at the time. I asked in the support forum about my GPU and they warned me against forcibly upgrading Mesa. They told me it would be months before they got to the required version (~~25.3?~~ 25.0.2), so I started distro shopping.

ETA: link to my post in MX support forum, fixed Mesa version

[–] FG_3479@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Did testing or deb-backports have a working version?

[–] s38b35M5@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I think they mentioned that the (then) upcoming Trixie was running 25.0.1, but Phoronix listed the next version (25.0.2) as the first viable version. Either way, I figured if I was going to risk hosing my machine, I might as well just take a decent backup and try some of the distros I had been eyeballing.

[–] ItsNotImportant24@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

Why not switch Linux distros then?

[–] mholiv@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I bet one of the maintainers is a cult member (or is being paid to re add it) either way eww.

[–] s38b35M5@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

IIRC, the sole Nobara Linux maintainer is GloriousEggroll, AKA, the creator of GE-Proton that is the go-to for some windows-on-linux gamers.

[–] mholiv@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I wonder why they are weirdly pushing Brave then huh.

[–] DPEWGF@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

I have an older comment regarding GE supporting AI use by Lutris dev & using AI for Nobara's wallpapers. I also felt like Nobara wasn't too stable. GE has done a lotta work for that hobby project, but I've switched to CachyOS since & it's been a much smoother experience.