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 KarstenWade: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Desktop?action=diff&rev2=67&rev1=66 The comment on the change is: mo better ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This section details changes that affect Fedora graphical desktop users. - #xdg-user-dirs + === Localized Common User Directories (xdg-user-dirs) === + This release of Fedora now includes the new common user directory structure, `xdg-user-dirs`. Features of these new user directories include: + + * Directory names can be localized (translated) + * Includes a set of common directories by default, such as for documents, music, pictures, and downloads. + * Appear as common bookmarks in the file browser, and are picked up by many applications as app-specific defaults. For example, a music player would start the file opening dialog in the default music directory. + * Configurable by users, who can move or rename the directories via the '''Nautilus''' file manager, or by editing `~/.config/user-dirs.dirs`. - #the new user-directory feature we've added - #in test3. Essentially its a set of localized default directories for - #common use (like documents, music, pictures, and downloads). These - #directories appear by default as bookmarks in the gtk file selector, and - #some applications can them as an app-specific default starting location - #in the file selector, or as default for e.g. the download directory - #setting. Users can also configure these directories as they like, either - #by just renaming or moving the directories in nautilus, or manually by - #editing ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs. === Software Management === The performance for the `yum` software management utility has been greatly improved in Fedora 7. The repository metadata parser has now been implemented in C. A new mirror management infrastructure also ensures better mirror selection and, in most cases, faster performance. The '''Pirut''' package management tool and the '''Pup''' software update utility are based on `yum`, so their performance is likewise improved. - = GNOME = + === GNOME ==== This release features [http://www.gnome.org/start/2.18/ GNOME] [[GetVal(DocsDict,GnomeVer)]]. 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 + {{{gconftool-2 --set /apps/gnome-session/options/show_splash_screen --type bool true }}} The lock screen dialog theme is not connected to the selected screensaver in this release. To enable it, use `gconf-editor` or the following command: @@ -34, +32 @@ {{{ gconftool-2 --set --type string /apps/gnome-screensaver/lock_dialog_theme "system" }}} - = KDE = + === KDE === + ''No content submitted'' + === Web Browsers === - = Web Browsers = + ''No content submitted'' + === Mail Clients === + ''No content submitted'' - = Mail Clients = - -- Fedora-relnotes-content mailing list Fedora-relnotes-content@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-relnotes-content
