Not really. Nobara comes prepackaged with a plethora of game related utilities and tons of kernel tweaks and packages to optimize it for gaming, but I highly doubt any gamer could tell the difference, between it and mint in the middle of a game. Use the distribution you like that works well for you.

I can only assume the goal here is a value proposition that sits temptingly below team red and team green’s similarly performant offerings. They’ll probably sell a lot of them if they make the punch per dollar attractive.

As a Linux user that spent enough time struggling with nvidia drivers, this is really exciting for me. I have a desktop with a Ryzen 7 7800x3d and a Sapphire Nitro+ 7800xt, and a steam deck, so I’m pretty set for both mobile and stationary gaming, but if I ever have to travel for work for anything more than a couple weeks (which could totally be a thing in my industry) I’d love to have a red flavored laptop for mouse and keyboard gaming in a hotel room.