This is my first time installing Fedora. I had read that the experience is not always easy or smooth, but for me it went almost without any hiccups. The only thing that really confused me was the keyboard UI layout during setup.
The installer showed the En-GB layout, even though the layers had the correct mapping for my language. That puzzled me because the layout itself looked different from what I expected. This might be because my system language was set to En-GB. After checking each variant and testing special keys, everything turned out to be mapped correctly.
Improvement idea: it would be nice to have a clearer option during keyboard selection to change this and avoid confusion.
I would also like to be able to pick my timezone separately and, if possible, set up the initial user in a more explicit step.
Can you please tell with which installation you experienced this?
Installing the newest F43 Workstation (live ISO) I can add a different keyboard layout (input source), while it opens the gnome settings. That means you should be able to set a different timezone too (see time & date) ?!
The new WebUI for Anaconda should be more transparent … so if you installed a F42 for example it might be that there are some differences in experience.
I have went with user onboarding after posting so setup and configuration is easy and readable. Regarding the keyboard I guess the issue is within gnome. What caused my confusion is the eye icon displaying keys like / or < in wrong place.
If you open change keyboard layout window and left click on installer, you get kinda stuck with changing. As installer window cannot be opened, layout button is not refocusing window. While super or alt tab fixes this is a mild annoyance as I am not able to move installer with mouse. Just a small feedback.