Branch 'f12' - en-US/Desktop.xml
Rüdiger Landmann
rlandmann at fedoraproject.org
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Author: Ruediger Landmann <r.landmann at redhat.com>
Date: Fri Sep 11 15:59:22 2009 +1000
Desktop-GNOME
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<section id="sect-Release_Notes-Fedora_Desktop">
<title>Fedora Desktop</title>
<remark>This beat is located here: <ulink type="http" url="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Desktop">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Desktop</ulink></remark>
+
+ <section id="sect-Release_Notes-Fedora_Desktop-Spanning_Desktop">
+ <title>Spanning Desktop</title>
+ <para>
+ In the latest version of '''Xorg''' included in this release, if you have a dual monitor setup, your desktop display will span across them instead of using a cloned display by default. This matches the behaviour of other operating systems.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
<section id="sect-Release_Notes-Fedora_Desktop-GNOME">
- <title>GNOME</title>
+ <title>GNOME 2.28</title>
<para>
- What's new in GNOME
+ The <application>GNOME 2.28</application> development snapshot is part of this release, and is the default environment used in the Fedora Desktop Live image. The Desktop Live image is a downloadable CD you can use to test the new GNOME environment with or without installing it. The image can be written to CD, or to a USB flash disk; for instructions, refer to <ulink url="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD/USBHowTo"></ulink>.
</para>
+ <section id="sect-Release_Notes-Fedora_Desktop-GNOME-Icons">
+ <title>Icons in menus and buttons</title>
+ <para>
+ Icons in menus and buttons are not shown by default in <application>GNOME 2.28</application>. To get the old, icon-rich appearance back, select <menuchoice><guimenu>System</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Appearance</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, click the <guilabel>Interface</guilabel> tab and enable <guilabel>Show icons in menus</guilabel>. There is, however, no menu interface to enable the icons for the buttons. To set the corresponding GConf keys instead for enabling both the menus and buttons to have icons:
+<screen><command>gconftool-2 --type boolean --set /desktop/gnome/interface/buttons_have_icons true</command>
+<command>gconftool-2 --type boolean --set /desktop/gnome/interface/menus_have_icons true</command></screen>
+ </para>
+ </section>
+ <section id="sect-Release_Notes-Fedora_Desktop-GNOME-Gnote">
+ <title>Gnote</title>
+ <para>
+ <application>Gnote</application> is installed by default in GNOME for this release replacing <application>Tomboy</application>. <application>Gnote</application> is a port of <application>Tomboy</application> from Mono to C++ and consumes fewer resources. <application>Gnote</application> is both an applet that can sit in your GNOME panel as well as a individual application you can run within other desktop environments. Fedora Desktop Live CD since the Fedora 10 release has excluded Mono and hence Mono-based applications like <application>Tomboy</application> due to lack of space. <application>Gnote</application> will be installed by default in the Live CD as well in this release. <application>Tomboy</application> is still available as a optional alternative. If you are upgrading from the previous release you will not be migrated to <application>Gnote</application> and will continue to have <application>Tomboy</application>. <application>Tomboy</application> users can migr
ate easily to <application>Gnote</application> as it shares the file format and a plugin is available in <application>Gnote</application> that will automatically import <application>Tomboy</application> notes on first run. Many of the <application>Tomboy</application> plugins have been ported to <application>Gnote</application>. The following plugins are available as part of <application>Gnote</application>:
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>Bugzilla Links</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Tomboy Importer</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Fixed Width</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Insert Timestamp</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Export to HTML</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Printing Support</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Sticky Notes Importer</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Backlinks</para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ You can copy the notes from <application>Tomboy</application> to <application>Gnote</application> using the following command in your home directory:
+<screen><command>cp -r .tomboy .gnote</command></screen>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The sticky notes applet is not provided anymore since <application>Gnote</application> provides a better note taking utility and is available by default in this release.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+ <section id="sect-Release_Notes-Fedora_Desktop-GNOME-Sound_preferences">
+ <title>Sound preferences</title>
+ <para>
+ The GNOME sound preferences now supports profile switching.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+ <section id="sect-Release_Notes-Fedora_Desktop-GNOME-Empathy">
+ <title>Empathy</title>
+ <para>
+ <application>Empathy</application> replaces <application>Pidgin</application> as the default instant messenger in GNOME. <application>Empathy</application> is better integrated with GNOME and provides audio and video functionality for users of the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP, formerly Jabber) with more improvements planned. <application>Empathy</application> supports importing accounts from <application>Pidgin</application> on first run so you can migrate more easily. If you are upgrading from a previous release, you will continue to have <application>Pidgin</application> by default. <application>Pidgin</application> continues to be available in the repository and is actively maintained.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>The major advantages and disadvantages of <application>Empathy</application> are:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <title>Advantages</title>
+ <listitem><para>Better GNOME integration. Passwords are stored in the keyring instead of plain text like in <application>Pidgin</application></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Voice chat with <application>GoogleTalk</application>. Voice chat requires extra <application>gstreamer</application> codecs and manual firewall reconfiguration and <application>Pidgin</application> now uses the same framework as well.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Account migration support from <application>Pidgin</application> has been added to <application>Empathy</application>.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Support for collaboration with <application>Abiword</application> and other programs</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Geo Location (very recent feature) </para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <title>Disdvantages</title>
+ <listitem><para>Missing plugin system, so many of the add-on features available to <application>Pidgin</application> (like encryption) are not available to <application>Empathy</application></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>No proxy support </para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ </section>
+ <section id="sect-Release_Notes-Fedora_Desktop-GNOME-Totem">
+ <title>Totem</title>
+ <para>
+ <application>Totem</application> only supports a <application>gstreamer</application> back end now. The <application>totem-xine</application> back end has been removed completely.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+ <section id="sect-Release_Notes-Fedora_Desktop-GNOME-Epiphany">
+ <title>Epiphany</title>
+ <para>
+ <application>Epiphany</application> in this release is now using the WebKit engine instead of the Gecko engine from <application>Firefox</application>.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+ <section id="sect-Release_Notes-Fedora_Desktop-GNOME_Shell">
+ <title>GNOME Shell — preview of GNOME 3</title>
+ <para>
+ A very early version of GNOME Shell is now available in the repository. GNOME Shell is a key part of GNOME 3 and is in active development with the heavy involvement of Fedora developers and interaction designers. A simple way to try out GNOME Shell is to install the <package>desktop-effects</package> package:
+<screen><command>yum install desktop-effects gnome-shell</command><screen>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Then, click <menuchoice><guimenu>System</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Desktop Effects</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If you would like to configure it manually, run
+<screen><command>mkdir ~/.config/autostart</command>
+<command>ln -s /usr/share/applications/gnome-shell.desktop ~/.config/autostart</command><screen>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ You can also run the following to invoke it directly.
+<screen><command>gnome-shell --replace &</command><screen>
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
+
+
+
+
</section>
<section id="sect-Release_Notes-Fedora_Desktop-KDE">
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