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Gamer Linux: Nobara 41 with current base and small improvements

07/01/2025

The Linux distribution Nobara, which is specifically targeted towards gamers and content creators, has been released in version 41, just in time for the end of the year. The new version brings several small improvements and updates the base.

In Developers discuss changelog Several minor fixes and functional improvements to Nobara 41. The most important thing is the update of the base to the state of Fedora 41, which was released in November last year. In addition to the updates received from it, Nobara developers have also developed various packages of their own.

lots of small customizations

The Calamares installer is now based on a fork of KaOS Linux so it can offer more options like an on-screen keyboard. Mesa had previously brought the current Vulkan version from Git, which apparently meant that in rare cases some games did not work. Nobara now installs Mesa’s stable Vulkan driver by default, but if you prefer, you can switch to “mesa-vulkan-driver-git” in the driver manager.

In addition, open Nvidia drivers are now used as standard. For older GPUs that are only supported by closed source drivers, they distribute New wiki has instructions For manual adjustment required. The above driver manager now offers Fedora-supplied drivers instead of the official AMD ROCm packages. Asus systems now also have “asusctl”. Nobara Updater disables Grub timeout on systems with Http packages (home theater PCs) to provide a more pleasant user experience on HTC and handhelds. If it finds AMD ROCm packages, it converts them to Fedora versions.

A new tool is also now on board, the Nobara Tweak Tool. It can mount partitions automatically with one click. It can also control automatic updates on HTPCs and handhelds – these are now activated by default upon installation on these devices. It can also manage input controller packages. Changelog lists in even more detail The person also makes changes in other components.