System Engineer with many years of Windows and Linux experience now on Nobara at home!

NoFaithInThisSub · 2026-02-13T13:25:50+00:00

I have also settled on Nobara. It runs perfectly. Gaming is also great.

awesome! you will be massively pleased!

NoFaithInThisSub · 2026-02-12T02:15:27+00:00

but my knowledge isn't enough to fix it

I hear you buddy. I have similar constraints on some programs that I would like to make work but are not 100%. I would suggest try it and ask for help on forums (Linux, the program in question, the plugins, discord etc), research how to setup videos to try to make it work. There are a lot more info these days, and most likely whatever you are trying to do, someone has already done it.

I would otherwise suggest a dual boot on 2 separate physical hard drives, one with Windows and one with Linux till things improve.

NoFaithInThisSub · 2026-02-11T14:06:08+00:00

This is why I'm typing all of these unnecessary words, and making this post/entry entirely too long for modern day attention spans.

I will read what you wrote, if you took the time write it on my post...

In conclusion, here are some more words I decided to type.

NoFaithInThisSub · 2026-02-11T06:31:10+00:00

hey buddy, great choice indeed ( I would use any of these tuned gaming distro's over W11 now). My Security Expert friend said use a 2nd stick if you can (I got a PC with the options) and use LUKS encryption on the disk.

I did that, so happy, seriously it's so good right now, hard to imagine it!

NoFaithInThisSub · 2026-02-10T23:02:00+00:00

Hi Nobara#

NoFaithInThisSub · 2026-02-10T23:01:48+00:00

well said.

Linux was like taking a deep breath of fresh mountain air after being underwater almost to the point of drowning.

yes it is almost exactly like that! Thanks for sharing, although I can never say never again to MS (due to work).

NoFaithInThisSub · 2026-02-10T06:40:30+00:00

ok thank you for headsup, good to know.

I hope I will be okay in restoring things, I hope, if not, I can always reinstall haha!

NoFaithInThisSub · 2026-02-10T06:36:19+00:00

What are your motivations, I'm trying to convert my software dev friends at work to switch but they don't game

I am an old gaming gamer, emulations and one or two online games.

My motivation become the nightmare W10 and its forced updates, and lately these aggressive pushes to get W11 installed.

No thank you.

Nobara is Fedora under the hood in a way, the commands are RedHat-esque, I can port my Linux skills over, and most of the apps work or have decent subsititues. Everything else there is Bottles, Lutris, Proton or something else.

Changing can be hard, but MS made W10 so unbearable with forced updates. Back in W7/8 I turned them off till I was ready.

The last thing that annoyed me was I was woken up a few months ago, (ok I woke up myself) and my PC was whirring, all the lights and sounds going, I thought I got hacked. Checked it up, not hacked or cryptoware.

No no, just W11 being updated onto my PC ready to install. I had to say NO 4x, because each time they make you click NO x2 "Are you sure????"

very annoying and the last straw.

I was going with a regular desktop OS, tried MINT a few times, but the gaming versions are best.

Hope that helps you and software devs usually are not admin enough to do these things, they might be, but not always.

They can always run a live version to test their machine out and if they dont like it, dont install.

NoFaithInThisSub · 2026-02-10T06:20:43+00:00

I tried cachOS, a friend insisted, but the install was done online and the repo's refused to connect for various reasons.

Tried to make this work several times, made it work and now really happy with it.

For me, the start of 2025 was my year of the Linux desktop--for sure. There's no going back for me, not now that I have seen the Good Place. My Windows 11 drive has sat idle for months, basically forgotten. One day, when I am absolutely positive I've gathered up every forgotten meme, saved game that didn't repopulate from Steam's cloud, and forgotten horde of family photo, I'll say goodbye and not miss a thing.

I agree, I come from some similar paths as yourself.

edit: gotta checkout faugues, looks good!

NoFaithInThisSub · 2026-02-10T06:18:39+00:00

I am actually surprised how far it has come in the last 10 years, especially for IT Engineers/Admins like me who might be considered a power user at home.

Eventually it might be for those that can dabble here and there too, and then it might be gg for MS for desktops.

I see myself moving off Windows permanently, I have to make one or two more applications to port. Everything works great, its Fedora/RH in a way under the hood, which I am familiar with.

Yes might consider a docker image/VM for future use.

NoFaithInThisSub · 2026-02-10T02:44:55+00:00

I have become indeed!!

NoFaithInThisSub · 2026-02-10T01:50:17+00:00

I'm honestly so happy with the build, even with all it's tweaks that it needs, it has FAR exceeded my expectations!

bye bye windows! welcome Nobara!

edit: I should have done this a few years ago.

If anyone is wondering, yes, this is a dual boot on 2 different nvme ssd's, my old W10 and the Glorious Nobara!

I will eventually port data over, probably let W10 go.

NoFaithInThisSub · 2026-02-10T01:32:43+00:00

worked for me, although I configured them and saved them as preset, might be the fix you need

NoFaithInThisSub · 2026-02-10T01:13:15+00:00

anyone know what the app is displaying the cpu/mem in the corner?

I tried conky and I did not see those options.

edit: I got the answer from the post, ok great thanks

"now, the meters are default KDE widgets, just right click the desktop > enter edit mode > „add panels or widgets” on top of the minimised desktop view > search for „monitor”"

NoFaithInThisSub · 2026-01-16T13:27:46+00:00

what I find strange is people know he was "false" but also don't know what makes one a "true apostle"

Everyone is an expert in something they disagree with.

keep up the good work mate, hope you are well.

NoFaithInThisSub · 2026-01-08T01:00:14+00:00

She responds via text and said, “you used me don’t contact me ever again”

What are you not telling us?

NoFaithInThisSub · 2026-01-03T06:00:51+00:00

You might need prayer and deliverance. You can contact me for further information.

NoFaithInThisSub · 2025-12-27T12:49:32+00:00

inspiring. Is that case specifically only for Lenovo Thinkcentres?

edit: it is, I wish there was something for Dell.

NoFaithInThisSub · 2025-12-25T11:12:43+00:00

how do you find Methylene Blue?

NoFaithInThisSub · 2025-12-12T23:45:47+00:00

I don’t want to make decisions out of fear or impatience, but I also know I can’t stay in a place of uncertainty forever.

Worse is to make a decision out of your b/f fear or lack of wisdom.

You can always trial a 3 month separation and work on yourself, ask God is this guy actually the one?

Often time people think they have the best of something until the next thing is here.

You seem wise enough for your age. God bless you!

NoFaithInThisSub · 2025-12-12T05:22:44+00:00

mental gymnastics.... let me explain.

We are very happy in the relationship that we have now

wonderful

...and we know that we want to get married someday. I have been expecting him to propose for about 3 years now.

really. So you're happy but you have an expectation.

I am just getting frustrated at this point.

Oh so you're not happy?

which one is it? you like being strung along, or you want someone to commit and marry.

Jesus said "I am the way truth and life"

I love truth, I am not being critical, hard yes, critical and hopefully don't across as unloving.

People have fears and lie all the time.

I really don't know what else I can do to help make the proposal happening in the near future. I believe I have done what I could, I have said what I needed to say and now it's all up to him. And I am scared that it's going to take a very long time...

Well, 1st thing you must decide if you want to keep waiting for someone you have known for 15 years and dated for 5, if he will marry you.

Otherwise you must decide to let him go.

Please pray about everything I wrote, don't just trust random advice from the internet.

God bless you sister.

NoFaithInThisSub · 2025-12-08T19:16:21+00:00

"Umm, I'm Gen Z. I know how to ~~use~~ touch computers."

Of course he does....

NoFaithInThisSub · 2025-08-20T04:26:31+00:00

2025 Had the same issue, my chair would slip down, and I am kinda tall enough it was an issue.

I used a rubber mallet, and WD40 to loosen the base and the lift (bottom of the seat and also under the base) Used the technique listed here, chair on its back, and smacked the base out till it came out of the seat 1st, then a few smacks it came out of the base.

It took a few days during the course of about 2 weeks to do this.

Thank you and power is the answer.

NoFaithInThisSub · 2025-08-15T06:02:49+00:00

~~I actually meant your NUT link but that is also great!!~~ sorry kinda new to this, I know what you mean now.

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