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 KevinKofler: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Desktop?action=diff&rev2=114&rev1=113 The comment on the change is: Document the workspace, package and application changes due to KDE 4. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Since `knetworkmanager` does not work with the version of '''NetworkManager''' available in this release, the KDE Live images use `nm-applet` from `NetworkManager-gnome` as a replacement. The `gnome-keyring-daemon` facility saves passwords for these encryption technologies. (The dummy `knetworkmanager` package from Fedora 8 which only called `nm-applet` is no longer used.) As the native KWin window manager now optionally supports compositing and desktop effects, the KDE Live images no longer include Compiz/Beryl. KWin's compositing/effects mode is disabled by default, but can be enabled in `systemsettings`. + + ==== Workspace Changes ==== + + * Plasma replaces the old Kicker and KDesktop. Plasma manages both the panel and the desktop, and it is now possible to place the same Plasma applets (plasmoids) on both the panel and the desktop if the applet supports the size restrictions imposed by the panel. + * The old KDE Control Center (KControl) has been replaced by System Settings (`systemsettings`). + * The KDM login manager uses a new theme format. Therefore, KDM themes written for KDE 3 will not work with the KDM in KDE 4. KDM now includes support for theme configuration, thus the external `kdmtheme` tool is no longer needed. + All the above applications can be found in the `kdebase-workspace` package. + + ==== Package and Application Changes ==== + + * `qt`, `kdelibs` and `kdebase` now represent the KDE 4 version, obsoleting the `qt4`, `kdelibs4` and `kdebase4` packages in previous releases of Fedora. + * The Qt/KDE 3 versions have been renamed `qt3`, `kdelibs3` and `kdebase3`. Note that Fedora 9 only includes parts of `kdebase3`. See the ''Backwards Compatibility'' section for details. + * Upstream KDE has split the `kdebase` module into three modules: `kdebase-runtime`, `kdebase` (sometimes called `kdebase-apps` to distinguish it from the old monolithic `kdebase`) and `kdebase-workspace`. This split is reflected in the Fedora packages. + * Fedora 9 adds a `kdegames3` package containing the games not yet ported to KDE 4. + * Dolphin, which is part of `kdebase`, replaces `d3lphin`. + * The `kdebase-workspace` package now includes support for KDM theme configuration, and therefore obsoletes `kdmtheme`. + * Okular replaces KPDF, KGhostView and KFax in `kdegraphics`. + * The `kaider` package replaces KBabel, which used to be part of `kdesdk`. + * The `okteta` package replaces KHexEdit, which used to be part of `kdeutils`. + * `kalgebra` and `marble` are now part of `kdeedu`. + * `ksudoku` is now part of `kdegames`. + * `gwenview` is now part of `kdegraphics`. + * `kiconedit` and `kcoloredit`, which used to be part of `kdegraphics`, are now separate packages. + * `kmid`, which used to be part of `kdemultimedia`, is now a separate package. + * The Fedora KDE SIG decided to drop the `-extras` subpackages, which contained deprecated or unstable applications, because those applications have either been fixed or dropped in KDE 4. + * `kdeadmin-kpackage` has been split out of `kdeadmin` because KPackage now depends on `smart`. + * KDE 4 dropped the `kdeaddons` module. Therefore, there is no `kdeaddons` package in Fedora 9. The Atlantik Designer, for use with `kdegames3`, is still available as `kdeaddons-atlantikdesigner`. `ksig` is now its own package. `extragear-plasma` replaces the Kicker addons. The Konqueror plugins are being packaged as a separate `konq-plugins` package. === Web Browsers === -- Fedora-relnotes-content mailing list Fedora-relnotes-content@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-relnotes-content
