I had this issue on my desktop in Windows. Haven’t tested to see if it’s an issue on Linux (I just recently set up dual-booting with Kubuntu). I know your request is for Nobara but this may be helpful for troubleshooting.

The fix for me on Windows was always to power off my audio interface. Using powercfg /requests would show Firefox kept the audio device active once a YouTube video started playing. The software fix was arbitrary… sometimes closing the YouTube tab would work, sometimes I had to close the window, and sometimes none of those would work. What *always" worked was physically powering off my interface, waiting about 2 seconds, and turning it back on.

Thanks for the idea, I might try that. A friend recommended switching to Plasma and creating a folder menu on the main bar that contains the groups (folders) and pins (shortcuts) that I want. I’m considering going that route. Guess I’m just surprised to see a convenient app menu solution (ArcMenu) with a whole world of customization, but no way to group pinned items together.

I think I did a poor job of explaining things, sorry!

So here’s what I could do on Windows:

1. Right-click and app in the All Apps list, pin to Start

2. Drag & drop pinned apps on top of one another, which creates a group

The result I was able to accomplish on Windows looks like this (note the top row, all groups with app pins inside): https://i.imgur.com/Y9PmYoG.png

On Linux, using Gnome and ArcMenu, I can get close to accomplishing a similar result using the Enterprise layout: https://i.imgur.com/btNKjtj.png

I can edit those categories on the left of the menu using Alacarte, so I have the grouping I want and the pins inside that I want… but I can’t just drag & drop app commands, or even copy & paste them. So for every app I want in a specific category, the process is:

1. Create the category, if it doesn’t exist already

2. Name the category

3. Give the category a description

4. Give the category an icon (required) and save it

5. Create a new item in the category

6. Either figure out the launch command or copy it from an existing entry elsewhere

7. Give it a unique name (required)

8. Give it an icon (required), which means hunting for it if I don’t already know where it is

And then it’ll work. But, steps 5-8 are required for every single app… so if I want to put an app in a category, I have to perform those 4 steps every time. It’s a solution but it requires a notable amount of time and effort.

Thanks for the info! I’m already using ArcMenu, which is great - but as mentioned, it lacks app grouping support of any kind… not unless I want to go through the effort of editing categories. Doing that is a solution, but requires so much time and effort that it isn’t really the solution.

A friend is recommending switching DEs or distros, would Plasma get the job done?

My approach: A single data point is “dah-ta” Some quantity of data is “day-ta”

For example: “I back up my game’s save dah-ta in case my hard drive’s day-ta gets corrupted”

Same here… unless I’m listening to Spotify and/or podcasts a lot. Pixel 9 user here, latest GrapheneOS build. Not sure what the deal is, but Spotify alone can use up to 30% of my battery

Same here lol, glad to see it’s easier for everyone else now though!

count me in lmfao

I’m hopeful that will be the case too, I’m just worried about the learning curve (even if it’s slight) to get into lemmy