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Fedora KDE Plasma Edition Aims To Appeal To Multimedia Enthusiasts & Content Creators (and gaming) (www.phoronix.com)

submitted 3 days ago by poVoq@slrpnk.net to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml

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Multimedia enthusiasts (AV and gaming particularly see: VRR on Wayland or DRM Leasing)

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[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

They sadly can't do that for legal reasons.

[–] kusivittula@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

didn't realize that was a legal issue. why can other distros automate it when installing the os?

[–] Matt@lemmy.one 9 points 3 days ago

Codecs are a legal grey area that many distros are choosing to include out of convenience since there has not been a problem before. Since Fedora is associated with Red Hat/IBM which have a lot of money and are bigger targets for lawsuits, they are choosing to play it safe by not officially supporting many codecs. It is the same with openSUSE.

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 days ago

They either have some licensing agreement with the IP holders of these codecs or do it on legally questionable grounds.

[–] gianmarco@feddit.it 0 points 1 day ago

Will we see a change with this at least with H.264 since its patents are expiring? I hope so.