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Hi,

I have been using Fedora Linux for some time now and I love it. I know the there is an official list of packages/applications/software included in each version of Fedora and it is made by the Fedora project people itself. Here is the official (as I understand it) list of packages built into each version of Fedora.

But there are always new packages/programs, games, graphic software etc, being released by independent developers or open source companies. So my questions is, where is an official list of these packages released specifically for Fedora (or Linux in general) by people not directly involved with the official Fedora project?

I generally visit sites like http://www.linux.com/ or read Linux magazines such as Linux Format to keep myself update with the release of new packages for Fedora or Linux in general.
I am sorry if this is a weird question, but please help me out. Thanks.

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A short, practical summary that follows up on the replies from and .

The authoritative place to browse what Fedora itself packages is the Fedora Packages web app; it’s the canonical browser for the distro’s current packages. If you want to know what is in the official Fedora collection, start there. (packages.fedoraproject.org)

There is no single “official” list for everything published by third‑party maintainers. Third‑party packages live in several different places (community COPR projects, specialized repos such as the multimedia repos mentioned by , vendor repos, etc.), and Fedora documents how those repositories are treated. COPR is the community build service most people use to publish Fedora RPMs; each COPR project provides its own repository and quick‑enable instructions. ’s pointer to Fedora’s other‑repos pages is a sensible starting point for finding those collections. (developer.fedoraproject.org)

Practical, reproducible ways to discover new packages from the command line:

# show enabled repositories
dnf repolist

# list packages in a specific repo
dnf repository-packages <repoid> list

# search for a package by name or what it provides
dnf search <term>
dnf repoquery --whatprovides /usr/bin/somefile

For COPR there is also a dnf copr command to search/enable projects (the COPR web page shows a “quick enable” command for each project). Use these to inspect a repo before you enable/install from it. (man7.org)

Notes on workflow and safety: watch Bodhi for update announcements and testing/stable status (new Fedora updates are managed there), and consult Koji or a COPR build log to confirm who built and signed a package before trusting it. Prefer packages from well‑known repos or vetted COPR projects, enable third‑party repos only when needed (or enable them temporarily), and verify GPG signatures and build logs when in doubt. (fedoraproject.org)

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The links on this page point to third party repositories for Fedora s/w.

If you follow them they have sections like "browse available packages".

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http://rpmfusion.org/

RPMFusion is a very interesting repository for Fedora users when in need for audio and video software, like codecs (e.g. mp3), players (e.g. vlc player), drivers (e.g. nvidia), ...

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