u/GeneralRex_

If you're a creative trying to switch to linux, consider Nobara!

If you're a creative trying to switch to linux, consider Nobara!

TL;DR: Nobara runs Davinci Resolve and Affinity pretty well and is in general worth checking out for creative work on linux (IMHO)

Just thought I'd create a post about this here, given everything that's happening with the Linux challenge lately. If you want to use creative software like Davinci Resolve or Affinity on Linux, consider Nobara! I'm in no way an expert on Linux, but I've been using it on and off for the past 3 years, with periods where I used it exclusively on my main machine. What always sent me back is the fact that I could not get a certain piece of software to work either through some kind of compatibility layer like Wine or through not being able to get the appropriate dependencies installed (specifically, like with Davinci Resolve, which has a native Linux version but requires a specific distro to fulfil its dependencies).

Nobara has made all of this much, much easier. It has a built-in utility that allows you to install Davinci Resolve directly and handles the dependencies by itself. Literally all you have to do is provide it with the install file from the website and it'll go through the installation process and take you directly to the activation page (if you have the paid version, which I highly reccomend as it allows you to use all the audio codecs that aren't avaliable in the free version due to licensing plus all the other amazing features with the studio version).

Installer page from the Nobara Wiki

https://wiki.nobaraproject.org/general-usage/additional-software/davinci-resolve

Affinity on Linux is an amazing project I found that allows you to run both the previous versions of the Affinity suite as well as the new all-in-one application on Linux with relative ease. There are some issues, such as not being able to log in to your Canva account right now, but it works well for everything I use it for (I believe the Canva account allows you to use its gen AI features, which I have no interest in). Stability is also pretty good, but some users have had issues with the rendering if you're not using the application in full-screen. I personally haven't had these issues, but your mileage may vary.

From the Affinity on Linux Github Page

https://github.com/seapear/AffinityOnLinux

Nobara also has versions of NVIDIA GPU drivers preloaded with either the KDE or Gnome desktop environments. I installed this on a newer Asus ROG laptop, which worked pretty well! I even found an open-source control software that lets me control the performance profiles and hardware of the laptop (like the keyboard RGBs, decorative lighting). A tip for anyone running this on a laptop with both integrated graphics and a dGPU is to make sure you're only using your laptop's configuration software equivalent on Linux to edit things such as the power profiles. Sometimes, if you use GNOME/KDE's built-in power management/performance profiles, they conflict and cause your machine to freeze.

https://asus-linux.org/

I hope this has helped someone! Feel free to comment, and I will do my best to answer whatever I can to the best of my (admittedly limited) capacity or point you in the right direction.

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u/GeneralRex_ — 28 days ago