Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Fedora Project Wiki" for change notification. The following page has been changed by BobJensen: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Desktop?action=diff&rev2=64&rev1=63 The comment on the change is: F7 Initial Cleanup ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <h2>Fedora Desktop</h2>}}} This section details changes that affect Fedora graphical desktop users. - - = Desktop Effects = - - AIGLX, from the [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RenderingProject Fedora Rendering Project], is part of the upstream '''X.org 7.1''' release included in Fedora. '''X.org''' compositing is enabled by default in this release. Compositing features in '''Metacity''', the default window manager provided in GNOME, are disabled in this release. When desktop effects are enabled, '''Metacity''' is replaced by '''Compiz''', an OpenGL compositing window manager that uses AIGLX to provide desktop effects. - - To enable the fancy desktop effects, follow these steps: - - 1. ''System => Preferences => Desktop Effects'' - 1. Log out - 1. Log back in. {{{compiz}}} should be enabled now. - - If you get stuck, please refer to the following thread: - - * http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2006-September/msg00382.html - * http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2006-September/msg00383.html - - A list of hardware that supports these effects is available at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RenderingProject/aiglx. = Software Management = @@ -28, +11 @@ = GNOME = + This release features [http://www.gnome.org/start/2.18/ GNOME 2.18]. - This release features [http://www.gnome.org/start/2.16/ GNOME 2.16]. Many of the changes in GNOME 2.16, such as '''Tomboy''' and the '''GNOME Power Manager''', were added in Fedora Core 5. Fedora also features the '''Orca''' screen reader, and the '''Alacarte''' menu editor previously available from Fedora Extras. - - The '''GNOME Power Manager''' utility now provides detailed, graphical information about power consumption. To access this information, right click on the applet and select the `Information` menu item. The GNOME splash screen has been disabled upstream intentionally. To enable it, use `gconf-editor` or the following command: {{{ gconftool-2 --set /apps/gnome-session/options/show_splash_screen --type bool true @@ -41, +22 @@ {{{ gconftool-2 --set --type string /apps/gnome-screensaver/lock_dialog_theme "system" }}} + = KDE = + + + = Web Browsers = - There is no longer a "browser suite" package contained in Fedora. The `mozilla` package has been removed. For equivalent functionality, use `firefox` as a web browser and `thunderbird` as a mail client, or use `seamonkey`, a browser suite distributed in Fedora Extras. - To better support certain scripts (such as Indic and some CJK scripts), Fedora builds its '''Firefox''', with permission from the Mozilla Corporation, with the Pango system as its text renderer. This change may negatively impact performance on some pages. To disable the use of Pango, set `MOZ_DISABLE_PANGO=1` in your environment before launching '''Firefox'''. - - Gecko based browsers '''Firefox''' and '''Epiphany''' now properly render MathML when using the pango text backend. Additionally, several issues with the rendering and behavior of text when using the Pango text backend have been resolved. '''Epiphany''' now renders using Pango by default. = Mail Clients = - '''Thunderbird''' in Fedora now enables Pango by default for all locales with permission from the Mozilla Corporation. This change may negatively impact performance on some pages. To disable the use of Pango, set `MOZ_DISABLE_PANGO=1` in your environment before launching '''Thunderbird'''. - -- Fedora-relnotes-content mailing list Fedora-relnotes-content@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-relnotes-content
