commit 2c02c2c970c932d5de3b896386fde75cc9476c53
Author: Sandra McCann <scmccann2000(a)gmail.com>
Date: Tue Sep 15 10:13:56 2015 -0400
ported Desktop Beat from F23 wiki
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<title>Desktop</title>
<para />
- <section id="desktop-gdm_wayland">
- <title>GDM on Wayland</title>
+ <section id="desktop-cinnamon">
+ <title>Cinnamon Spin</title>
<para>
- The <application>GNOME Display Manager</application> (GDM) in Fedora 22
will default to the <application>Wayland</application> display server instead
of Xorg. While the default GNOME session still uses X, this change brings the move to
Wayland one step closer.
+ The Cinnamon desktop version 2.6 is now available as a Spin for Fedora 23. Cinnamon
is a modern desktop environment based on the GNOME Shell, with advanced features and a
traditional and flexible user experience.
</para>
- <para>
- Wayland is a compositing display server, using your computer's video hardware
for rendering. On systems where Wayland will not run, GDM should transparently fall back
to using the X backend.
+ <para>Updates and improvements in this release include:
</para>
- <para>
- If you need to disable Wayland for GDM, edit
<filename>/etc/gdm/custom.conf</filename> to reflect the following:
- <screen>[daemon]
-WaylandEnable=false</screen>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para> Improved multi-monitor support
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para> HTML5 and XScreenSaver support for animated screensavers
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para> Panel management improvements
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para> New inhibit applet to hide notifications and temporarily suspend power
saving events
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para> Redesigned system settings panel for improved usability
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para> Accessibility improvements, including better support for ATK/Orca,
magnifiers, and and a new On-Screen Keyboard applet
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ <para> See the <ulink
url="http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/">Cinnamon official website</ulink>
for more information on Cinnamon, and go to <ulink
url="http://spins.fedoraproject.org">http://spins.fedoraproject.org</ulink>
to download the Spin.
</para>
</section>
-
- <section id="desktop-GNOME">
+ <section id="desktop-GNOME">
<title>GNOME</title>
- <para>GNOME has been updated to the latest upstream release 3.16. This release
comes with a number of feature improvements, some of which are listed below.</para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>The GNOME 3 notification system has been completely redesigned for
3.16. The message tray, used in previous versions of GNOME, was replaced with a new
message list that the user can access from the GNOME Shell top bar.</para>
- <para>GNOME Shell's calendar drop down has also been substantially
changed to improve the overall user experience.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>The list and grid views in the
<application>Files</application> application have been improved so that they
are easier to use.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>The Activities overview, login screen and other parts of the GNOME
Desktop come with an updated look.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>The 3.16 release introduces a new style of scrollbars that are only
shown when the pointer is moved. They change size when the user clicks on
them.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>The 3.16 release includes new games,
<application>gnome-2048</application> and
<application>gnome-taquin</application>.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Support for codec, font, and MIME handler installation has been moved
from <application>gnome-packagekit</application> to
<application>gnome-software</application>. A new UI has been added to support
these features.</para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- <para>For more information about the release, go read the GNOME 3.16 Release
Notes at <ulink
url="https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.16/">https:...
-
+ <para>Fedora 23 will feature the latest available version of Gnome - 3.18. More
information on Gnome 3.18 can be found here: <ulink
url="https://wiki.gnome.org/ThreePointSeventeen/ReleaseNotes"&g...
+
</section>
- <section id="desktop-KDE">
- <title>KDE</title>
- <para>
- The Plasma desktop in Fedora 22 is upgraded to version 5, which is based on
<systemitem class="library">Qt 5</systemitem> and
<systemitem
class="library">KDE Frameworks 5</systemitem>.
<application>Plasma 5</application> has a new theme called Breeze,
which offers cleaner visuals and better readability, improves certain workflows and
provides a more consistent and polished interface overall. Users familiar with KDE
Workspace 4 should have no problem adapting to the new environment. The
environment has been migrated to a fully hardware-accelerated graphics stack based on
<systemitem class="library">OpenGL(ES)</systemitem>.
+ <section id="desktop-sugar">
+ <title>Sugar</title>
+ <para>Originally started as part of the One Laptop per child initiative, Sugar
is a desktop environment targeted for children ages 5 - 12 to provide learning and
educational activities through rich media. Sugar is the core component of a worldwide
effort to provide every child with the opportunity for a quality education.
</para>
- </section>
- <section id="desktop-MATE">
- <title>MATE</title>
- <para />
- </section>
-
- <section id="desktop-XFCE">
- <title>XFCE 4.12</title>
- <para>
- Fedora 22 comes with an updated, improved version of the popular
<application>Xfce</application> desktop environment. This new release
introduces a number of bug fixes and enhancements to the desktop environment and its
default applications.
- </para>
- <para>
- Notable changes include:
- </para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The window switcher
(<keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>Tab</keycap></keycombo>)
now supports themes and live previews and has several different modes.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- A Hidpi theme has been added for displays with high DPI.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The Panel is now extensible via Gtk3 plug-ins, and supports intelligent hiding.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The desktop has a new wallpaper settings dialog, per-workspace wallpaper support,
and better multi-monitor handling.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Support has been added for the new <systemitem>libinput</systemitem>
input library.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Many improvements were made to the <application>Thunar</application>
file manager, including tab support, bug fixes and performance enhancements.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The <application>Mousepad</application> text editor has been rewritten
for better speed and simplicity.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The <application>Parole</application> media player has been ported to
Gtk3 and has a new interface.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- <para>
- See the <ulink
url="http://xfce.org/about/tour">Xfce 4.12
Tour</ulink> for a visual tour of new features, and the <ulink
url="http://xfce.org/download/changelogs/4.12">Xfce 4.12
Changelog</ulink> for a full list of changes.
- </para>
- </section>
-
- <section id="desktop-lxqt">
- <title>LXQt 0.9.0</title>
- <para>
- <application>LXQt</application> is the Qt port and the upcoming version of
<application>LXDE</application>, the Lightweight Desktop Environment. It is
the product of the merge between the LXDE-Qt and the Razor-qt projects. Version 0.9.0 of
this desktop environment is available in Fedora 22.
- </para>
- <para>
- Like <application>LXDE</application>, this environment focuses on speed
and low resource (CPU and RAM) consumption, making it especially suitable for systems with
older or otherwise constrained hardware.
- </para>
- <para>
- To install <application>LXQt</application>, use the <command>dnf
groupinstall lxqt</command> command, and then select this environment the next time
you log in. For more information about the project, see the <ulink
url="http://lxqt.org/">LXQt official website</ulink>. Also see the
<ulink
url="http://sourceforge.net/p/lxde/mailman/message/33373317/"&g...
0.9 release announcement</ulink> for detailed information about the 0.9.0 release.
- </para>
- <note>
- <para>
- If you are interested in <application>LXQt</application>, consider
joining the Fedora Project's <ulink
url="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/LXQt_SIG">LXQt Special Interest
Group</ulink>.
- </para>
- </note>
- </section>
-
- <section id="desktop-qtile">
- <title>Qtile</title>
- <para>
- Fedora 22 includes <application>Qtile</application> - a
lightweight, extensible, tiling window manager written in Python. The available version is
0.9.1.
- </para>
- <para>
- To install <application>Qtile</application>, use the <command>dnf
install qtile</command> command.
- </para>
- <para>
- See the <ulink url="http://www.qtile.org">project
website</ulink> for introduction, general information, documentation and
screenshots, and the <ulink
url="https://github.com/qtile/qtile/blob/master/CHANGELOG">r...
notes</ulink> for information about recent changes.
- </para>
- </section>
-
- <section id="desktop-libinput">
- <title>Libinput used for input devices</title>
- <para>
- Input devices in supporting environments, notably GNOME with Fedora Workstation and
KDE, will use a new driver, <package>libinput</package>. The new driver
replaces a variety of drivers, such as synaptics, enabling more consistent behavior across
a variety of devices.
- </para>
- <para>
- libinput improves support for multi-touch devices and software emulated buttons.
The driver is implemented directly in wayland sessions, and in X sessions through the
<package>xorg-x11-drv-libinput</package> wrapper.
- </para>
- <para>
- Input devices will be configurable through GNOME Settings, KDE System Settings,
xfce-settings, or xinput. Some niche features are not available via libinput, but the
previous behavior can be restored by removing the
<package>xorg-x11-drv-libinput</package> package, and ensuring the appropriate
x11 driver packages, probably <package>x11-drv-synaptics</package> or
<package>xorg-x11-drv-evdev</package>, are installed.
+ <para>This update to sugar 0.106 includes the following:
</para>
- <para>
- Note that <package>xorg-x11-drv-libinput</package> is only installed by
default on new Fedora 22 installations, if you are upgrading and you want to use the new
features provided by libinput, you can install the package manually:
- </para>
- <screen>
- <prompt>#</prompt> <command>dnf install
xorg-x11-drv-libinput</command>
- </screen>
- <para>
- To learn about the features and behavior of libinput, refer to <command>man
libinput</command> or <ulink url="
http://wayland.freedesktop.org/libinput/doc/latest/pages.html" />
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para> improved performance
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para> updated activities
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para> New social help for access to discussion forums and collaborative learning
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ <para>See the <ulink
url="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/0.106/Notes">SugarLabs release
notes</ulink> for more information on this sugar release.
+
</para>
</section>
</section>
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