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Nobara Project

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.

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KaOS

KaOS is a desktop Linux distribution that features the latest version of the Noctalia desktop environment, the Calligra office suite, and other popular software applications that use the Qt toolkit. It was inspired by Arch Linux, but the developers build their own packages which are available from in-house repositories.

Technical Specs Comparison
Nobara ProjectKaOS
FedoraBaseIndependent
rpmPackage Managerpacman / pkg
systemdInit Systemsystemd
Rolling ReleaseRelease ModelRolling Release
Latest Version2026.02
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
December 27, 2025Release DateFebruary 15, 2026
x86_64
Architecture
x86_64
GNOMEKDE PlasmaniriNoctalia
Desktops
GNOMEKDE PlasmaniriNoctalia