There’s a few ways to turn it off, but they require registry editing or using the Group Policy editor if you have a Pro license

https://www.ghacks.net/2021/11/26/how-to-turn-off-search-the-web-results-in-windows-11/

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”