Fedora now offers third-party software repositories that allow users to install previously unavailable software, including Google Chrome and digital game distribution platform Steam. By default, Fedora only includes open source and free software, but with the release of third-party software repositories, users will have more options.
The function of supporting third-party software repository is Fedora 28, but after Fedora 27 is updated, the third-party software repository function can also be enabled, but some software can still only be installed on Fedora 28.
In third-party software repositories, users can break through Fedora's original limitation of only providing open source and free software. Now they can choose to enable this additional option to install software that was not available before, but users should pay special attention to third-party software repositories. Installed proprietary software will have more restrictions on use, including access to program code.
Users of Fedora 27 and 28 now, after enabling third-party software repositories, can use the Google Chrome browser, as well as the Python IDE PyCharm, while only NVIDIA graphics drivers and Steam are available on Fedora 28.
In addition, regular software installations and updates for Fedora can now be easily performed through this third-party software repository, with full functionality including application search, installation, or using DNF on the command line.
From: ithome