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Nobara Project


Last Update: 2026-02-08 01:17 UTC


Nobara Project is a modified version of Fedora Linux with user-friendly fixes added to it. The distribution comes with certain features that do not ship with the regular Fedora, such as WINE dependencies, OBS Studio, 3rd party codec packages for GStreamer, NVIDIA drivers, and some package fixes. Nobara aims to fix most of those issues and offer a better gaming, streaming and content creation experience out of the box. The project's official release comes with a custom-themed GNOME desktop, but it also offers separate editions with standard GNOME and KDE desktops.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 13 (706), 6 months: 14 (716), 3 months: 13 (751), 4 weeks: 16 (676), 1 week: 24 (652)

Average visitor rating: 8.2/10 from 128 review(s).


Nobara Project Summary
Distribution Nobara Project
Home Page https://nobaraproject.org/
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37: MichlFranken (German) • DistroWatch
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2025-05-13: Distribution Release: Nobara Project 42
 • 2025-01-01: Distribution Release: Nobara Project 41
 • 2024-07-17: Distribution Release: Nobara Project 40
 • 2023-12-27: Distribution Release: Nobara Project 39
 • 2023-06-26: Distribution Release: Nobara Project 38
 • 2023-01-07: Distribution Release: Nobara Project 37
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  • Notes: In case where multiple versions of a package are shipped with a distribution, only the default version appears in the table. For indication about the GNOME version, please check the "nautilus" and "gnome-shell" packages. The Apache web server is listed as "httpd" and the Linux kernel is listed as "linux". The KDE desktop is represented by the "plasma-desktop" package and the Xfce desktop by the "xfdesktop" package.
  • Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.
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Feature 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 Feature
Release Date 2025-12-27 2025-05-13 2025-01-01 2024-07-17 2023-12-26 2023-06-25 2023-01-07 2022-12-05 Release Date
End Of Life                 End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB) 4800-5200 3900-4800 3500-4600 3800-4100 3000-3400 3000-3400 2800-3200 3500-3900 Image Size (MB)
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Installation
Default Desktop GNOME, KDE Plasma GNOME, KDE Plasma GNOME, KDE Plasma GNOME, KDE Plasma GNOME, KDE Plasma GNOME GNOME GNOME Default Desktop
Default Browser Brave Brave, Firefox Firefox Firefox Firefox Firefox Firefox Firefox Default Browser
Package Format rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm Package Format
Package Management                 Package Management
Release Model Rolling Rolling Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice OnlyOffice OnlyOffice Office Suite
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 Processor Architecture
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd Init Software
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext4 Btrfs, ext4 Btrfs, ext4 Btrfs, ext4 Btrfs, ext4 Btrfs, ext4 Btrfs, ext4 Btrfs, ext4 Journaled File Systems
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Multilingual
Full Package List 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 Full Package List
Package 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 Package
alsa-lib (1.2.15.3) 1.2.15 1.2.14 1.2.13 1.2.12 1.2.10 1.2.9 1.2.8 1.2.8 alsa-lib (1.2.15.3)
amdgpu (25.0.0) -- -- -- -- -- 23.0.0 22.0.0 22.0.0 amdgpu (25.0.0)
apparmor (4.1.7) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- apparmor (4.1.7)
apt (3.1.16) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- apt (3.1.16)
bash (5.3) 5.3 5.2.37 5.2.32 5.2.26 5.2.21 5.2.15 5.2.15 5.2.9 bash (5.3)
bind (9.20.20) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- bind (9.20.20)
chromium (146.0.7680.164) -- -- -- -- 120.0.6099.109 -- -- -- chromium (146.0.7680.164)
cinnamon (6.6.7) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- cinnamon (6.6.7)
cups (2.4.16) 2.4.16 2.4.12 2.4.11 2.4.10 2.4.7 2.4.5 2.4.2 2.4.2 cups (2.4.16)
e2fsprogs (1.47.4) 1.47.3 1.47.2 1.47.1 1.47.0 1.47.0 1.46.5 1.46.5 1.46.5 e2fsprogs (1.47.4)
ffmpeg (8.1) -- 7.1.1 7.0.2 -- -- -- -- -- ffmpeg (8.1)
firefox (149.0) -- 138.0 133.0.3 127.0.2 120.0.1 114.0 108.0.1 106.0.4 firefox (149.0)
flatpak (1.16.3) 1.16.1 1.16.0 1.15.10 1.15.8 1.15.4 1.15.4 1.14.1 1.12.7 flatpak (1.16.3)
freetype (2.14.3) 2.13.3 2.13.3 2.13.2 2.13.2 2.13.1 2.13.0 2.12.1 2.12.1 freetype (2.14.3)
gcc (15.2.0) 15.2.1 15.1.1 14.2.1 14.1.1 13.2.1 13.1.1 12.2.1 12.2.1 gcc (15.2.0)
gimp (3.2.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gimp (3.2.0)
git (2.53.0) 2.52.0 2.49.0 2.47.1 2.45.2 2.43.0 2.41.0 2.39.0 2.38.1 git (2.53.0)
glibc (2.43) 2.42 2.41 2.40 2.39 2.38 2.37 2.36 2.35 glibc (2.43)
gnome-shell (50.0) 49.2 48.1 47.2 46.3.1 45.2 44.2 43.2 42.3.1 gnome-shell (50.0)
grub (2.14) 2.12 2.12 2.12 2.06 2.06 2.06 2.06 2.06 grub (2.14)
gtk (4.22.1) 4.20.3 4.18.4 4.16.5 4.14.4 4.12.4 4.10.1 4.8.2 4.6.6 gtk (4.22.1)
httpd (2.4.66) 2.4.66 2.4.63 2.4.62 2.4.59 2.4.58 2.4.57 2.4.54 2.4.54 httpd (2.4.66)
inkscape (1.4.3) 1.4.2 1.4 1.4 1.3.2 1.3.2 1.2.2 1.2.2 1.2.1 inkscape (1.4.3)
kmod (34.2) 34.2 33 33 31 30 30 30 29 kmod (34.2)
krita (6.0.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (6.0.0)
LibreOffice (26.2.1) 25.8.3 25.2.3 24.8.4 24.2.4 7.6.4 7.5.3 -- -- LibreOffice (26.2.1)
Package 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 Package
libselinux (3.10) 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.3 libselinux (3.10)
linux (6.19.9) 6.18.2 6.14.6 6.12.7 6.8.12 6.6.7 6.3.9 6.0.16 6.0.10 linux (6.19.9)
mariadb (12.2.2) 10.11.13 10.11.11 10.11.10 10.11.8 10.5.23 10.5.20 10.5.18 10.5.18 mariadb (12.2.2)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (26.0.3) 25.3.2 25.0.4 24.3.2 24.1.3 23.3.0 23.2.0 22.3.2 22.3.0 mesa (26.0.3)
mysql (9.6.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mysql (9.6.0)
nautilus (50.0) 49.2 48.1 47.1 46.2 45.2.1 44.0 43.1 42.2 nautilus (50.0)
NVIDIA (595.58.03) 580.119.02 570.144 565.77 -- 545.29.06 -- -- -- NVIDIA (595.58.03)
openjdk (26) 25.0.1.0.8 21.0.7.0.6 21.0.5.0.11 -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (26)
openssh (10.2p1) 10.0p1 9.9p1 9.8p1 9.6p1 9.3p1 9.0p1 8.8p1 8.8p1 openssh (10.2p1)
openssl (3.6.1) 3.5.4 3.2.4 3.2.2 3.2.1 3.1.1 3.0.9 3.0.5 3.0.5 openssl (3.6.1)
perl (5.42.1) 5.42.0 5.40.2 5.40.0 5.38.2 5.38.2 5.36.1 5.36.0 5.34.1 perl (5.42.1)
php (8.5.4) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.5.4)
plasma-desktop (6.6.3) 6.5.4 6.3.4 6.2.4 6.1.1 5.27.9 5.27.4 5.26.4 5.26.3 plasma-desktop (6.6.3)
postfix (3.11.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.11.1)
postgresql (18.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (18.3)
Python (3.14.3) 3.14.2 3.13.3 3.13.1 3.12.4 3.12.1 3.11.3 3.11.1 3.10.8 Python (3.14.3)
qt (6.11.0) 6.10.1 6.9.0 6.8.1 6.7.2 6.6.0 6.5.1 6.4.1 6.3.1 qt (6.11.0)
samba (4.24.0) 4.23.3 4.22.1 4.21.2 4.20.2 4.19.3 4.18.3 4.17.4 4.16.7 samba (4.24.0)
systemd (260.1) 258.2 257.5 256.10 255.8 254.7 253.5 251.10 250.8 systemd (260.1)
thunderbird (149.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- thunderbird (149.0)
vim (9.2) 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 vim (9.2)
vlc (3.0.23) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- vlc (3.0.23)
wayland (1.25.0) 1.24.0 1.23.1 1.23.0 1.22.0 1.22.0 1.22.0 1.21.0 1.21.0 wayland (1.25.0)
xfdesktop (4.20.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.20.1)
xorg-server (21.1.21) 21.1.21 21.1.16 21.1.15 1.20.14 1.20.14 1.20.14 1.20.14 1.20.14 xorg-server (21.1.21)

Reader Ratings
Reader supplied reviews for Nobara Project

Average rating
8.2
from 128 review(s)



Version: 43
Rating: 9
Date: 2026-03-15
Country: United States
Votes: 4


This is Nobara 43 with KDE Plasma.

This distro is readily installed with no hassles and operates as described on the Nobara website. It's Fedora with a lot of apps and tweaks for gaming. Steam is integrated and ready to login and use right away, just download through Steam your games or new ones. Goverlay, Heroic, Prism, and ProtonPlus are gaming tools included.

It all runs smoothly on this Dell Inspirion 16 with nVidia GEForce RTX Studio, and Intel EVO.

Nobara finally went to a rolling release scheme, so users will not have to install fresh for updates/ugrades. Nice to know (I'm running 43, and Fedora 44 is out there so Nobara 44 is likely not far from coming.. nice to know I won't have to start over).

I had to remove a point for the lack of a few widgets available on Nobara which are available for Fedora. I as yet am not certain why those widgets cannot install on Nobara. Perhaps they will later on. Otherwise this really does live up to its hype. It might deserve a 10 because I am not noticing why I cannot install those two particular widgets from the stock Plasma widget installer. It would not be the first time that user error has bitten me. ;)




Version: 43
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-02-17
Country: United States
Votes: 7


I started using Nobara Linux in November 2025, and it has been an amazing experience ever since. From day one, everything just worked smoothly without any major issues or frustrating setup problems. It’s been so stable and reliable that I completely stopped dual booting and switched to Linux exclusively. I now use it every single day for gaming, work, and everything in between. Performance has been excellent, and the overall user experience feels polished and dependable. For anyone wondering, yes this is absolutely a fantastic distro for a daily driver.


Version: 43
Rating: 5
Date: 2026-02-10
Country: United States
Votes: 7


I've decided to re-write this review after having used Nobara as a daily for several weeks and here are my thoughts:

The good:
1. Nobara has a nice app to install nVidia driver and update the system after fresh install. However, I prefer it to detect it right out of the fresh install rather than additional manual installation.
2. Generally, Gnome desktop environment is really well featured since it's based on Fedora. Other distros tend to truncate Gnome features/functions.
3. System is fast and supports all my devices.

The BAD:
1. Since fresh install, I've updated my OS many times. The latest has broke my nVidia driver suspend/wake function.
2. Updates can take a long time as they are quite big.
3. Lack of Selections of Popular Native Apps and rather clunky software installer, Flatpost, that install large Flatpaks

Although Nobara has great potential, I've swtiched to CatchyOS as my daily since it provides better and more reliable nVidia driver support without break it after new updates and has a better Native Apps management system.





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