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This release features [http://www.gnome.org/start/2.24/ GNOME] {{Template:DocsDict/GnomeVer}}.
This release features [http://www.gnome.org/start/2.24/ GNOME] {{Template:DocsDict/GnomeVer}}.
 
The GNOME splash screen has been disabled upstream intentionally.  To enable it, use <code>gconf-editor</code> or the following command:
<pre> gconftool-2 --set /apps/gnome-session/options/show_splash_screen --type bool true
</pre>
The lock screen dialog theme is not connected to the selected screensaver in this release. To enable it, use <code>gconf-editor</code> or the following command:
<pre> gconftool-2 --set  --type string /apps/gnome-screensaver/lock_dialog_theme  "system"
</pre>
Blinking cursors are enabled by default in this release, and are centrally managed via a gconf setting. To turn it off, run the following command:
<pre>  gconftool-2 --type bool --set /desktop/gnome/interface/cursor_blink false
</pre>
==== Gvfs ====
GNOME 2.22 features the new <code>Gvfs</code>, a userspace virtual filesystem with backends for sftp, ftp, dav, smb, obexftp, and others.  The <code>Gvfs</code> system is the replacement/successor of <code>gnome-vfs</code>.
Gvfs consists of two parts:


* GIO, which is a new shared library that is part of GLib and provides the API for <code>gvfs</code>
== Empathy Instant Messenger ==
* Gvfs itself, a package that contains backends for the various file system types and protocols


The Gvfs system runs a single master daemon, <code>gvfsd</code>, that keeps track of the current <code>gvfs</code> mounts. Most mounts are run in a separate daemon process. Clients talk to the mounts with a combination of DBus calls (on the session bus and using peer-to-peer DBus) and a custom protocol for file contents.
Empathy instant messenger is the new default replacing Pidgin in this release. It has support for multiple protocols including IRC, XMPP(Jabber), Yahoo, MSN and others via plugins. It also supports video and voice in the XMPP protocol and support for other protocols is under active development. Empathy uses the telepathy framework that has a number of additional plugins:


A few filesystem types previously supported by <code>gnome-vfs</code> may not be yet supported by <code>gvfs</code>.  Work continues to provide completed solutions for all these types.
* telepathy-gabble - Jabber/XMPP lugin
* telepathy-idle - IRC plugin
* telepathy-butterfly - MSN plugin
* telepathy-sofiasip - SIP plugin
* telepathy-haze - Libpurple(Pidgin) library connection manager provides support for other protocols such as Yahoo


Gvfs backends have been split to separate packages in Fedora 10. Although they're included in standard set of packages when doing clean Fedora installation, users upgrading from Fedora 9 will experience missing backends. We suggest to install these packages manually:
Pidgin is still available in the repository and will be retained as the default for users upgrading from previous releases.  
<pre>su -c "yum install gvfs-archive gvfs-gphoto2 gvfs-obexftp gvfs-smb"
</pre>


==== GNOME Display Manager ====
==== GNOME Display Manager ====


The GNOME Display Manager (<code>gdm</code>) has been updated to the latest upstream code, which is a complete rewrite driven by Fedora developers. !PolicyKit can be used to control shutdown and reboot.  The configuration tool <code>gdmsetup</code> is missing currently, and set to be replaced. For configuration changes, refer
The GNOME Display Manager (<code>gdm</code>) has been updated to the latest upstream code, which is a complete rewrite driven by Fedora developers. PolicyKit can be used to control shutdown and reboot.  The configuration tool <code>gdmsetup</code> is missing currently, and set to be replaced. For configuration changes, refer


http://live.gnome.org/GDM/2.22/Configuration
http://live.gnome.org/GDM/2.22/Configuration
New features available on the login screen include:
* power management and monitoring on the login screen, so the laptop hibernates or shuts down when the battery gets low
* smarter user list
* common default background between the login window and the desktop session, with no intermediate flicker
For more information on this feature:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/NewGdm
Other notes:
* <code>~/.Xclients</code> and <code>~/.xsession</code> are no longer read automatically at login time. If you use either of these files, install the <code>xorg-x11-xinit-session</code> package.
* Due to a bug introduced at the end of the development cycle ([https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=445631 bug 445631] ), users will be unable to select their language the first time the login screen appears. Users should log in once, and then logout again to get language selection. Unfortunately, this bug also effects the LiveCD.
* The shipped version of GDM does not support old style theme formats, and is considerably plainer than the version shipped in Fedora 8. A priority for Fedora 10 will be greeter aesthetics.


=== KDE ===
=== KDE ===
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Fedora 10 does '''not''' include the legacy KDE 3 Desktop. It does include a compatibility KDE 3 Development Platform, which can be used to build and run KDE 3 applications within KDE 4 or any other desktop environment. Refer to the ''Backwards Compatibility'' section for more details about what is included.
Fedora 10 does '''not''' include the legacy KDE 3 Desktop. It does include a compatibility KDE 3 Development Platform, which can be used to build and run KDE 3 applications within KDE 4 or any other desktop environment. Refer to the ''Backwards Compatibility'' section for more details about what is included.


Fedora 10 includes a snapshot of <code>knetworkmanager</code> which works with the prerelease of '''NetworkManager''' 0.7 in Fedora 10. As it was not judged ready for production use, the KDE Live images use <code>nm-applet</code> from <code>NetworkManager-gnome</code> instead (as in Fedora 8 and 9). The <code>gnome-keyring-daemon</code> facility saves passwords for these encryption technologies. <code>knetworkmanager</code> can, however, be installed from the repository.
Fedora 10 includes a snapshot of <code>knetworkmanager</code> which works with the prerelease of '''NetworkManager''' 0.7 in Fedora 10. As it was not considered ready for production use, the KDE Live images use <code>nm-applet</code> from <code>NetworkManager-gnome</code> instead (as in Fedora 8 and 9). The <code>gnome-keyring-daemon</code> facility saves passwords for these encryption technologies. <code>knetworkmanager</code> can, however, be installed from the repository.


As the native '''KWin''' window manager now optionally supports compositing and desktop effects, the KDE Live images no longer include '''Compiz/Beryl''' (since Fedora 9). The '''KWin''' compositing/effects mode is disabled by default, but can be enabled in <code>systemsettings</code>. '''Compiz''' (with KDE 4 integration) is available from the repository by installing the <code>compiz-kde</code> package.
As the native '''KWin''' window manager now optionally supports compositing and desktop effects, the KDE Live images no longer include '''Compiz/Beryl''' (since Fedora 9). The '''KWin''' compositing/effects mode is disabled by default, but can be enabled in <code>systemsettings</code>. '''Compiz''' (with KDE 4 integration) is available from the repository by installing the <code>compiz-kde</code> package.


==== Enhancements ====
==== Enhancements ====
* '''Plasma''' is more mature and panel configuration has been extended. The new panel controller makes it easy to customize your panel providing direct visual feedback. The Plasma's Folderview applet provides a view of a directory and thus allows you to store files on desktop. It is replacement for well known icons on desktop.
* '''Plasma''' is more mature and panel configuration has been extended. The new panel controller makes it easy to customize your panel providing direct visual feedback. The Plasma's Folderview applet provides a view of a directory and thus allows you to store files on desktop. It is replacement for well known icons on desktop.


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* The package <code>ksirk</code> has been ported to KDE 4 and is now part of <code>kdegames</code>.
* The package <code>ksirk</code> has been ported to KDE 4 and is now part of <code>kdegames</code>.
* The package <code>extragear-plasma</code> has been renamed to <code>kdeplasma-addons</code>.
* The package <code>extragear-plasma</code> has been renamed to <code>kdeplasma-addons</code>.
=== PackageKit ===
PackageKit is the new, default distribution-neutral package management framework and frontend. Refer to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageKit for further details.
=== Bluetooth ===
The Bluetooth feature in Fedora 9 (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/BluetoothFedora9) has several enhancements specific to this release.  The future generations of this feature are covered with greater detail at:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureBluetooth
File sending to a Bluetooth device is now handled with the <code>bluetooth-sendto</code> program from the <code>bluez-gnome</code> package, which replaces <code>gnome-obex-send</code>.  Send a file in '''Nautilus''' from the ''Send to...'' function in the right-click context menu.
Pulling files from a Bluetooth device is now included in <code>gnome-user-share</code>, which has ObexFTP and ObexPush support built-in.  Share files via ''System > Preferences > Internet and Network > Personal File Sharing > Share Public files over Bluetooth'' (ObexFTP support), or pull files using ObexPush with ''Personal File Sharing > Receive files in Downloads folter over Bluetooth''.
Files on the remote Bluetooth device can be viewed directly in '''Nautilus''' through GVFS, which supports Bluetooth devices.  Synchronizing a Bluetooth device with a personal information manager (PIM) device is done using <code>gnome-pilot</code>
Browsing of Bluetooth devices is done via the right-click context menu from the Bluetooth icon on the desktop panel.
=== XULRunner ===
Applications that require the '''Gecko''' engine have had to depend on the entirety of '''Firefox'''. '''XULRunner''' is the Mozilla effort to split the browser engine for applications that require only that functionality, and no user interface parts. This split provides more API/ABI stability and a cleaner build environment for applications using '''Gecko'''.  Many of the applications in Fedora that previously used '''Gecko''' now are built against '''XULRunner'''.
For a current status, visit [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/XULRunner] .  To help with development, visit [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureXULRunnerAPIChanges] .
For full upstream documentation, refer to [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/XULRunner] .


=== Web Browsers ===
=== Web Browsers ===
This release of Fedora includes version 3.0 (beta 5) of the popular '''Firefox''' web browser.  Refer to http://firefox.com/ for more information about Firefox. The '''nspluginwrapper''' package is included by default even on 32-bit systems since it separates the plug-ins to run in their own address space, which increases security and reliability of the browser.
For information about '''Firefox''' in Fedora, refer to this feature page:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Firefox3
==== NSpluginwrapper ====
<code>nspluginwrapper</code> is now installed by default, which makes web browser plug-ins run in a separate memory address. This increases browser stability, as plug-in crashes will not affect the web browser itself. As well, this increases security, as Fedora 9 has optional SELinux policies to sandbox plug-ins, to decrease the impact of security issues.


==== Enabling Flash Plugin ====
==== Enabling Flash Plugin ====
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su -c "yum install libflashsupport"
su -c "yum install libflashsupport"
</pre>
</pre>
If you are using Flash 10, you do not need libflashsupport anymore as the usage of ALSA has been fixed in this version.


Users of Fedora x86_64 must install the <code>nspluginwrapper.i386</code> package to enable the 32-bit Adobe Flash Player plug-in in '''Firefox''', and the <code>libflashsupport.i386</code> package to enable sound from the plug-in.
Users of Fedora x86_64 must install the <code>nspluginwrapper.i386</code> package to enable the 32-bit Adobe Flash Player plug-in in '''Firefox''', and the <code>libflashsupport.i386</code> package to enable sound from the plug-in.
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<pre>su -c "yum install nspluginwrapper.{i386,x86_64} libflashsupport.i386"
<pre>su -c "yum install nspluginwrapper.{i386,x86_64} libflashsupport.i386"
</pre>
</pre>
* Install <code>flash-plugin</code> as shown above after nspluginwrapper.i386 is installed.
* Install <code>flash-plugin</code> as shown above after nspluginwrapper.i386 is installed.
* Run <code>mozilla-plugin-config</code> to register the flash plugin:
* Run <code>mozilla-plugin-config</code> to register the flash plugin:
<pre>su -c "mozilla-plugin-config -i -g -v"
<pre>su -c "mozilla-plugin-config -i -g -v"
</pre>
</pre>
* Close all '''Firefox''' windows, and then relaunch '''Firefox'''.
* Close all '''Firefox''' windows, and then relaunch '''Firefox'''.
* Type <code>about:plugins</code> in the URL bar to ensure the plugin is loaded.
* Type <code>about:plugins</code> in the URL bar to ensure the plugin is loaded.
=== Mail Clients ===
The <code>mail-notification</code> package has been split. The '''Evolution''' plug-in is now in a separate package, <code>mail-notification-evolution-plugin</code>. When the <code>mail-notification</code> package is updated, this plug-in is added automatically.
Fedora 9 includes '''Mozilla Thunderbird''' version 2.0, which has numerous performance improvements, folder viewing enhancements, and enhanced mail notification support. For further details, refer to the Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 release notes:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/2.0.0.0/releasenotes/


=== Disabling PC Speaker ===
=== Disabling PC Speaker ===
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modprobe -r pcspkr
modprobe -r pcspkr
echo "install pcspkr :" >> /etc/modprobe.conf
echo "install pcspkr :" >> /etc/modprobe.conf
</pre>
=== International Clock Applet ===
The new clock applet in the GNOME panel has expanded to support additional international timezones in the display, as well as weather information for each configured timezone displayed.  This work, which involved merging <code>intlclock</code> with the GNOME clock applet, provides all the functionality of <code>system-config-date</code> and the weather applet.  Additional features include:  users can choose arbtirary locations instead of principal timezones; UI enhancements for new and old functions; and full weather information shown in a tooltip.
Read more about this feature:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureClockApplet
=== Dictionaries Consolidated ===
There is a new default spell checking back-end, <code>hunspell</code>, for both the GNOME and KDE desktops, as well as applications such as '''OpenOffice.org''', '''Firefox''', and other '''XULRunner'''-based applications.  This common back-end includes a set of shared, multi-lingual dictionaries for use with <code>hunspell</code>.  This feature uses a single set of common dictionaries regardless of the application, which gives consistent suggestions for misspelled words and uses less diskspace by eliminating duplicate dictionaries.
Details on this effort are here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureDictionary
=== Pilot Link ===
The <code>pilot-link</code> package has been updated to use PackageKit and HAL for setting sync file permissions.  For more information, refer to the [[Docs/Beats/PackageNotes#pilot-link| pilot-link note]] .
=== Compiz ===
Fedora 9 ships with Compiz 0.7.2, which improves multi-display support, adds KDE 4 support, adds a configurable middle and right-click button, and mouse wheel actions for GTK Window Decorator. Compiz 0.7.2 adds many improvements and bug fixes.
For further details, refer to the Compiz 0.7.2 release announcement:
[http://lists.compiz-fusion.org/pipermail/community/2008-March/000168.html]
=== vmmouse Driver ===
Due to a bug in the shipping <code>xorg-x11-drv-vmmouse</code> driver, the mouse position may not be correctly positioned on a virtual machine guest's display.  As a workaround until an update, add <code>Option NoAutoAddDevices</code> to the <code>ServerFlags</code> section of <code>/etc/X11/xorg.conf</code> in the guest machine.  Create the section if necessary:
<pre>
Section "ServerFlags"
Option      "NoAutoAddDevices"
EndSection
</pre>
</pre>

Revision as of 03:33, 7 October 2008

Fedora Desktop

This section details changes that affect Fedora graphical desktop users.

GNOME

This release features GNOME 2.24.

Empathy Instant Messenger

Empathy instant messenger is the new default replacing Pidgin in this release. It has support for multiple protocols including IRC, XMPP(Jabber), Yahoo, MSN and others via plugins. It also supports video and voice in the XMPP protocol and support for other protocols is under active development. Empathy uses the telepathy framework that has a number of additional plugins:

  • telepathy-gabble - Jabber/XMPP lugin
  • telepathy-idle - IRC plugin
  • telepathy-butterfly - MSN plugin
  • telepathy-sofiasip - SIP plugin
  • telepathy-haze - Libpurple(Pidgin) library connection manager provides support for other protocols such as Yahoo

Pidgin is still available in the repository and will be retained as the default for users upgrading from previous releases.

GNOME Display Manager

The GNOME Display Manager (gdm) has been updated to the latest upstream code, which is a complete rewrite driven by Fedora developers. PolicyKit can be used to control shutdown and reboot. The configuration tool gdmsetup is missing currently, and set to be replaced. For configuration changes, refer

http://live.gnome.org/GDM/2.22/Configuration

KDE

This release features KDE 4.2.2. As the kdevelop packages is not part of KDE 4.1 and kdewebdev is only partially available (no Quanta) in KDE 4.1, the KDE 3.5.10 versions of those packages are shipped. A kdegames3 package containing the games not yet ported to KDE 4 is also available.

KDE 4.1 is the latest feature release of KDE 4. It features several new features and many usability improvements and bugfixes over KDE 4.0, the first KDE 4 release series, including a folder view desktop applet (plasmoid), improvements to Dolphin and Konqueror and many new and improved applications. KDE 4.1.2 is a bugfix release from the KDE 4.1 release series.

Fedora 10 does not include the legacy KDE 3 Desktop. It does include a compatibility KDE 3 Development Platform, which can be used to build and run KDE 3 applications within KDE 4 or any other desktop environment. Refer to the Backwards Compatibility section for more details about what is included.

Fedora 10 includes a snapshot of knetworkmanager which works with the prerelease of NetworkManager 0.7 in Fedora 10. As it was not considered ready for production use, the KDE Live images use nm-applet from NetworkManager-gnome instead (as in Fedora 8 and 9). The gnome-keyring-daemon facility saves passwords for these encryption technologies. knetworkmanager can, however, be installed from the repository.

As the native KWin window manager now optionally supports compositing and desktop effects, the KDE Live images no longer include Compiz/Beryl (since Fedora 9). The KWin compositing/effects mode is disabled by default, but can be enabled in systemsettings. Compiz (with KDE 4 integration) is available from the repository by installing the compiz-kde package.

Enhancements

  • Plasma is more mature and panel configuration has been extended. The new panel controller makes it easy to customize your panel providing direct visual feedback. The Plasma's Folderview applet provides a view of a directory and thus allows you to store files on desktop. It is replacement for well known icons on desktop.

Package and Application Changes

  • Fedora 10 ships kdepim 4.2.2 instead of 3.5.x.
  • libkipi, libkexiv2 and libkdcraw have been obsoleted by the KDE 4 versions in the kdegraphics package. Accordingly, kipi-plugins, digikam and kphotoalbum have been updated to KDE 4 versions.
  • kpackagekit, a KDE frontend to PackageKit, is now available. (It may be made available as an update for Fedora 9 at a later time.)

In addition, the following changes made since the Fedora 9 release, which have been backported to Fedora 9 updates, are also part of Fedora 10:

  • KDE has been upgraded from version 4.0.3 to 4.2.2.
  • qt and PyQt4 have been upgraded from 4.3 to 4.4.
  • kdewebdev, kdevelop, kdegames3 and the KDE 3 backwards-compatibility libraries have been upgraded from KDE 3.5.9 to 3.5.10.
  • QtWebKit is now part of the qt package. The standalone WebKit-qt package has been obsoleted.
  • The new package qgtkstyle contains a Qt 4 style using GTK+ for drawing, providing better integration of Qt 4 and KDE 4 applications into GNOME.
  • phonon, which was part of kdelibs in Fedora 9, is now a separate package. An optional GStreamer backend (phonon-backend-gstreamer) is now available, but the xine-lib backend, which is now packaged as phonon-backend-xine, is still the recommended default backend and is now required by the phonon package.
  • The kdegames3 package no longer provides development support for the KDE 3 version of libkdegames because nothing in Fedora outside of kdegames3 itself requires that library anymore.
  • The package okteta is now part of kdeutils.
  • The package dragonplayer is now part of kdemultimedia.
  • kaider has been renamed to Lokalize and is now part of kdesdk.
  • The package ksirk has been ported to KDE 4 and is now part of kdegames.
  • The package extragear-plasma has been renamed to kdeplasma-addons.

Web Browsers

Enabling Flash Plugin

Fedora includes swfdec and gnash, which are free and open source implementations of Flash. We encourage you to try either of them before seeking out Adobe's proprietary Flash Player plug-in software. The Adobe Flash Player plug-in uses a legacy sound framework that does not work correctly without additional support. Run the following command to enable this support: 

su -c "yum install libflashsupport"

If you are using Flash 10, you do not need libflashsupport anymore as the usage of ALSA has been fixed in this version.


Users of Fedora x86_64 must install the nspluginwrapper.i386 package to enable the 32-bit Adobe Flash Player plug-in in Firefox, and the libflashsupport.i386 package to enable sound from the plug-in.

  • Install the nspluginwrapper.i386, nspluginwrapper.x86_64, and libflashsupport.i386 packages:
su -c "yum install nspluginwrapper.{i386,x86_64} libflashsupport.i386"
  • Install flash-plugin as shown above after nspluginwrapper.i386 is installed.
  • Run mozilla-plugin-config to register the flash plugin:
su -c "mozilla-plugin-config -i -g -v"
  • Close all Firefox windows, and then relaunch Firefox.
  • Type about:plugins in the URL bar to ensure the plugin is loaded.

Disabling PC Speaker

PC speaker is enabled by default in Fedora. If you do not prefer this, there are two ways to circumvent the sounds:

  • Reduce its volume to a acceptable level or completely mute the PC speaker in alsamixer with the setting for PC Speak.
  • Disable the PC speaker system wide by running the following commands in a console.
su -
modprobe -r pcspkr
echo "install pcspkr :" >> /etc/modprobe.conf
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