I don’t get the intention for the gui software managers in Fedora
On number of occacions i was trying to convince people to use linux and recommended fedora but why does one need to go to console and google what packages to install to get simple l2tp vpn client set up working?
It should be displayed in software manager, or even suggested for installation when gnome networkmanager setup is triggered.
Welcome to Fedora @poltpolt, Fedora is not distributing closed source software. This type of software is mostly closed.
Do you use a specific VPN provider or do you look just for tools in general (unfortunately everyone tries to cook his own soup, so there is not much “general” software ).
There you find some infos:
Or search in Software app:
openvpn (wire guard i could not find)
Please check if your third party repositories are active.
p.s.
I installed it over DNF so, why exactly I can’t tell you. Probably because the closed source apps are named different.
i dont think it is closed source
i had to install it from console
NetworkManager-l2tp-gnome
and then it works, I’ve been using linux for 20+yrs but why does Fedora expect newbies to do such simple things in terminal?
Probably because L2TP is so uncommon that newbies don’t really need it.
What is the usecase that requires newbies to use L2TP over more modern alternatives like Wireguard?
companies having it set up as their vpn solution for their employees
but my question is more general - in Ubuntu when you search l2tp in their software store you get a dialog with a bunch of addition vpn plugins for gnome network manager. I find it reasonable.
Can you file a bug?
If I had to guess it has something to do with the appstream data..
Thanks
