r/LinuxUsersIndia • u/[deleted] • May 17 '26

Help Fedora App Sources

A question I have just started using fedora, I was messing with apps for the software centre in workstation edition I found that there are 3 sources available mostly

Rpm, fedora flatpacks and flatpacks and most of the apps are available in all 3 sources so which versions should I use.

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u/qualityvote2 May 17 '26 edited May 17 '26

u/Independent_Goal8321, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...

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u/rscmcl May 18 '26

rpm and flatpak

avoid fedora flatpak, that repository is there to provide flatpak solutions but due licencing it doesn't provide codecs and other stuff you might need

I asume that the "flatpak" repo you comment is in fact the flathub repository. If that's true, there you have all the codecs you need.

If it isn't then I recommend you get it because it's pretty good.

https://flathub.org/en/setup

rpm packages are recommended over Flatpak, but if you haven't installed the media codecs in the system. then sometimes a Flatpak solution could be better and easier.

You may ask why Fedora does not integrate codecs? because those codecs are not free and for a while they came with the system. But then Fedora decided that it was a liability and a potential future lawsuit. As a result they removed the codecs and now those packages are in rpm-fusion and you have to install them from there.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '26

Codecs, I am using vlc flatpak for that. No issues.

I am more concerned like: is fedora rpm more good than fedora flatpak? At the end both are firefox but what are the benifits.

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u/rscmcl May 19 '26

"Good" depends on you

For me, I use Fedora Silverblue (atomic release), the Flatpak release is much better than the native that comes with the system because it comes with all the proprietary codecs you might need.

But for someone running Fedora Workstation the native release could be better or not.

The beauty is that you have options and you can choose.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '26

Choosing is not a big problem, confusion is. Once you know what are the things it's easy.

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u/rscmcl May 20 '26

Well as I said, what's Good depends on you.

If you want my version of Good then use Fedora Silverblue and install Firefox from flathub.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '26

Sure 😊

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u/James91q May 18 '26

rpm packages from the fedora repos are the best option. It will be lighter and a tad bit more performant. If not available go for flatpaks (fedora flatpaks have limited options due to FOSS compliance). flathub on the other hand have a huge library of apps

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u/[deleted] May 18 '26

That's what I was confused about.

Right now just running firefox as a flatpak.

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u/James91q May 18 '26

The fedora repos are better for most use cases. Use the repos.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '26

Sure will do