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| ==GNOME 3.10==
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| Fedora 20 features GNOME 3.10. This latest version of the GNOME desktop will have a number of new applications and features:
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| * New Feature: Fine grained scrolling when dragging the scroll bar handle, or scrolling while holding the shift key.
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| * New feature: Support for login and authentication with Smart Cards.
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| * New feature: Header bars: Header bars merge title bars and toolbars into a single element, giving more screen space to window content and improving presentation of application controls.
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| * Improved Magnifier with caret tracking, press F7 to activate caret.
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| * New Feature: Lock screen background customization
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| * New feature: Geolocation: A new geolocation framework allows features like automatic timezone updates when travelling and location detection in `Maps`.
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| * New feature: `GNOME Documents` support for OwnCloud
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| * New feature: Drag and drop files between your computer and a `Boxes` guest. Windows guests will need http://spice-space.org/download/windows/spice-guest-tools/ installed, and linux guests will need an updated version of spice-vdagent.
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| * New Feature: `Boxes` support for importing filesystem images
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| * Improved user interface for "Comtacts"
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| * Improved automatic scaling for high pixel density displays.
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| * Improved application selection in the shell Overview
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| * Flikr integration with GNOME Online Accounts allows access to Flikr content in GNOME Photos.
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| * Improved, integrated system status menu.
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| * Redesigned `gnome-tweak-tool`, with improved design, extension integration, and expanded functionality.
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| * New: `gnome-maps`, A simple map application for the GNOME Desktop.
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| * New: `gnome-music`, a streamlined application for playing and sharing music.
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| GNOME 3.10 also offers a technical preview of GNOME support for wayland.
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| ===GNOME Software===
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| A new, visually appealing application for browsing and installing applications.
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| There is also preliminary support in this release for running GNOME-shell as a Wayland compositor, though Wayland may not be in the default packages for the final Fedora 20 release.
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| ===More reading===
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| To learn more about GNOME 3.10, check:
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| * Upstream release notes: https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.10/
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| * New applications: https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.10/more-apps.html
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| * User Experience updates: https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.10/more-core-ux.html
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| * Internationalization notes: https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.10/i18n.html
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| * Sysadmin/Developer Notes: https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.10/developers.html
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| ==KDE==
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| ===KDE Plasma Workspaces 4.11===
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| KDE Plasma Workspaces 4.11 is a long term release of the popular, full featured desktop environment. Major changes have been made to user experience, personal information management, and performance aspects of the platform.
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| User experience:
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| * Taskbar has been [http://blogs.kde.org/2013/07/29/kde-plasma-desktop-411s-new-task-manager ported to QtQuick ], providing more consistent and fluent behavior.
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| * Battery widget now supports keyboard brightness, and displays status for multiple batteries in peripherals, such as in mice and keyboards.
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| * Notification popups now have a configure button, allowing customization of the type of notification displayed.
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| * Kmix, the KDE sound mixer, performs better and more stably, in addition to [http://kmix5.wordpress.com/2013/07/26/kmix-mission-statement-2013/ adding media player controls to the widget]
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| * Improved performance of Kwin, the KDE window manager.
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| ===SDDM as Display Manager===
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| ===Plasma-nm Network applet===
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| ==MATE==
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| ===bluetooth===
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| In Fedora 20 the MATE desktop Bluetooth applet suffers compatibility issues with Bluez5. Users needing Bluetooth functionality should install the `bluedevil` package
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| [[Category:Docs Project]] | | [[Category:Docs Project]] |
| [[Category:Draft documentation]] | | [[Category:Draft documentation]] |
| [[Category:Documentation beats]] | | [[Category:Documentation beats]] |
