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I will mostly agree with you on this. It is a shame it's not easier. But few distros are much different of the big ones. Legal reasons probably. At least you g

• jijijijij 3y ago
  Yeah, it's some strict licensing issue, I think. Adding the rpmfusion repo for non-free codecs as instructed, requires you to visit a very 90s looking website and (by default dnf config) bypassing a signature check for that locally installed rpm package, last time I checked. It's "just" one command line action, and you get it via TLS at least, but honestly it sets a bad practice precedent and beginners certainly are not aware of what they are doing. For such a basic, universally needed feature no less! In Ubuntu it's a checkmark somewhere during installation, nothing alike. As someone quite experienced with Linux, but new to dnf/rpm, I found the process off-putting, and only paranoid curiosity made me aware of the signature issue. If you configure dnf to always require signature checks, including local package installation, you need to first import the Redhat rpm keys into dnf's keyring to continue properly, I think. (Or use rpm instead... the keys are actually on the system already). Needless to say, not exactly optimal at all lol And that's really a pity, as Fedora is such a damn great out of the box experience, otherwise. (I also do like dnf as a package manager a lot.)
  • Daegalus 3y ago
    That's why I tend to use derivatives that take the clean Fedora and enable the same defaults. Bazzite/UBlue/Project Bluefin for Silverblue derivatives (it's what I use) Ultramarine Linux or Nobara for non-Immutable.