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Reddit API blew up and now I run Linux? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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I feel like I've been gaslit into running FOSS but every success only brings me closer to fighting god

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[–] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

In their gnome version, during the setup process (first boot, not install), they would prompt for third-party repo and codec (Enabled by default, IIRC).

I think you might have unchecked that? or KDE not offering such experience?

EDIT: NVM, I just checked, and I have never installed the codecs... LOL.

Fedora is notorious for avoiding shipping proprietary software with their distro even at the cost of new users.

I think this might stems from the fact that fedora used to be a distro aimed for advanced users. It is slowly getting better at being new user friendly.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I wonder if it is notorious?

    Do most Linux users (in this context we'll say people who specifically choose to use Linux and by extension chose a specific distribution) look unfavorably on proprietary software being excluded by default?

    For me, I prefer it so I don't see it that way. But it is also an extra step and an annoyance if you want things to "just work". Which is an understandable position.

    Food for thought, I guess.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I'd like it if they weren't necessary and everything was AV1, then I would be alright with the codecs being omitted by default without any simple way to install them.

    Similarly with the NVIDIA proprietary driver, NVIDIA actually recommend installing the driver through the package provided through your distro on thier download page

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    It is definitely not, at least for me when I switched to Linux.

    I noticed weird issues while watching a video through VLC, posted about it on Reddit and someone suggested that I had not installed the codecs.

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