Gaming Linux Nobara 39 released as a complete package with Steam Deck OLED support (www.notebookcheck.net)

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[-] JoMomma@lemm.ee 15 points 10 months ago

This is the buggiest distro I've sampled in a while, the installer broke, gnome was glitching, update broke, gnome broke worse... Not production ready boys

[-] five82@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

I’ve had a lot of stability issues with past versions. An update crashed Wayland and I couldn’t recover. I’m going to try Bazzite next.

[-] Noremor@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

I’m quite happy with Bazzite, can recommend it. Converted my spare LCD steam deck to a docked PC running bazzite. It’s stable and snappy enough for my usage.

[-] five82@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I’ve been running it for about a week now and I’m very happy with it. Thanks for the recommendation.

[-] valkyrie@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago

To be fair when you download it, it warns you that it’s not production ready.

[-] five82@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

SteamOS has a lot of bleeding edge code for newer features like HDR support that work well on the Steam Deck. But those features are still buggy and not as well tested on other hardware. That’s why there’s no general purpose SteamOS 3.x release yet.

So gaming distros like Nobara that also use the same code are going to have some problems and you can’t really fault them when upstream isn’t stable yet. If you want something less bleeding edge, use Fedora, Debian, etc.

The good news is that things will get better. It’s just going to take some more time.

[-] five82@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I think Nobara is also still a one man operation with GloriousEggroll being the sole maintainer in addition to his GE-Proton work.

[-] therebedragons@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

Does loading most of the same custom packages into regular fedora 39 work better?

[-] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Slightly off topic, but there's a review video linked in the article, in which the guy keeps pronouncing the G in Gnome with notable emphasis...

I always assumed it was silent?

EDIT: TIL

[-] ylai@lemmy.ml 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The was a GNOME FAQ that describes “guh-NOME” or IPA /ɡˈnəʊm/ as the official pronunciation, due to the emphasis of G as GNU. It does acknowledge that many pronounce it “NOME” or /nəʊm/: https://stuff.mit.edu/afs/athena/astaff/project/aui/html/pronunciation.html

[-] themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

I know a few people including my university professor who call it gee-nome, I don't think there are particular reasons but it does emphasize the g from GNU as well as making an actual word.

[-] interolivary@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago

What is it with UN*X stuff and ridiculously wanky initialisms

[-] polygon6121@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

He pronounces Gnome correctly. Quote from a reddit thread "A lot of people say "guh-nome", which I think is the official way to say it, in the same vein as GNU, which is supposed to be pronounced "guh-new"."

I may or may not prefer to pronounce it as the lawn ornament just for fun. 😉

[-] lyam23@beehaw.org 4 points 10 months ago

I assume it's a hard G as you also hear when people pronounce GNU.

[-] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 10 months ago

When you put it that way, it makes sense. However, it doesn't make me hate it any less.

[-] aniki@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

It's the same argument for GIF -- I don't give a flip what the inventor intended. You cannot just change phonics and expect everyone to play along. They're not Lego.