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Is the loss of pacman and AUR that bad?

What things are to be gained? I expect that SELinux and Redhat backing should really make fedora way more secure.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (8 children)

I made the same move a few years back and really like it. Can't say much regarding SELinux and security though. Regarding the AUR, it depends on how much you use it but I only rarely miss it. A lot of stuff that is not in the default fedora repos can be found in copr https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I'd have to think RPM Fusion is comparable to the AUR, no? I've never used Arch btw, but I do know Fedora pretty well.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fusion is a managed 3rd party repo, isn't it? AUR and copr is more individuals creating packages

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Ya, RPM Fusion is handled by a 3rd party I'm pretty sure. But I was thinking more along the lines of what software is available though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Ah ok, then there is a rough similarity yes, but the AUR is veeery broad

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

@shreddy_scientist @Kwdg you can go check out the rpm fusion repos to see what's there. Mostly I use it for nvidia drivers and patent encumbered codecs. Historically some of the same people who work on Fedora also work on rpm fusion.

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