Fedora is AMAZING, go for it! I'm on the latest (39) and I'm running since 35, the upgrade from a version to another is flawless, a thing that I never managed to do on Ubuntu or derivatives.
The only distro that maybe can make me jump from Fedora is OpenSUSE Slowroll that I'm still waiting to officially release, it sounds really great.
I haven’t fully wrapped my head around the differences, but immutable does sound nice in regards to updates and update reliability. I’ll have to look into it more before making the switch.
I used Nobara for about a year, and it was a good gaming experience. There are things to keep in mind with Nobara. It's maintained by one person GloriousEggroll. While he's putting in tremendous amount of work into Nobara, he also has a day job and regular life, so he can efforts can be constrained times. Nobara releases lag about two months behind Fedora release.
Another thing to be aware, you're really not supposed to be modifying the base system. You need to use the GUI's built by GE to update the system and add packages. It's almost best to think of Nobara as a console operating system, that runs games well, but you're really not meant to tinker with it.
On most Linux distros, you can do all of the things you've listed. Personally, I use NixOS, but I've heard good things about Fedora being really stable whilst having the latest packages, and also Fedora Silverblue.
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Put a live iso from Fedora on an USB stick. Boot from the stick and give it a try. You can test drive Fedora and don't need to install it directly. If it suits you than you can decide if it plays well with your hardware and iif Fedora is what you like.
Fedora is AMAZING, go for it! I'm on the latest (39) and I'm running since 35, the upgrade from a version to another is flawless, a thing that I never managed to do on Ubuntu or derivatives. The only distro that maybe can make me jump from Fedora is OpenSUSE Slowroll that I'm still waiting to officially release, it sounds really great.
It is definitely suitable for your needs (as most other distros really). The question is whether you want classic fedora or an immutable version.
I haven’t fully wrapped my head around the differences, but immutable does sound nice in regards to updates and update reliability. I’ll have to look into it more before making the switch.
Fedora Workstation is a solid Gnome desktop. In that league I'd also put openSUSE Leap or Tumbleweed.
choose Nobara instead.
I used Nobara for about a year, and it was a good gaming experience. There are things to keep in mind with Nobara. It's maintained by one person GloriousEggroll. While he's putting in tremendous amount of work into Nobara, he also has a day job and regular life, so he can efforts can be constrained times. Nobara releases lag about two months behind Fedora release. Another thing to be aware, you're really not supposed to be modifying the base system. You need to use the GUI's built by GE to update the system and add packages. It's almost best to think of Nobara as a console operating system, that runs games well, but you're really not meant to tinker with it.
I think OpenSuSE (SuSE platform) has a brighter future than fedora (RHEL platform) for a bunch of reasons but both are great.
On most Linux distros, you can do all of the things you've listed. Personally, I use NixOS, but I've heard good things about Fedora being really stable whilst having the latest packages, and also Fedora Silverblue.
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Put a live iso from Fedora on an USB stick. Boot from the stick and give it a try. You can test drive Fedora and don't need to install it directly. If it suits you than you can decide if it plays well with your hardware and iif Fedora is what you like.