Changes/ReplaceOlderWorkstationApps

Replace Older Workstation Apps

This is a proposed Change for Fedora Linux.
This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee.

Summary

A minimal change to replace some Fedora Workstation pre-installed apps for a new Gnome Core Apps.

Rhythmbox -> Gnome Music

Gnome Cheese -> Gnome Snapshot

Owner

• Name: Elias Souza
• Email: eliascontato@protonmail.com

Current status

• Targeted release: Fedora Linux 40
• Last updated: 2023-12-05
• [<will be assigned by the Wrangler> devel thread]
• FESCo issue: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
• Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
• Release notes tracker: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>

Detailed Description

Fedora Workstation have some older apps that is not more the official from Gnome Apps or is the case of Rhythmbox use a old toolchain instead of GTK4, to give a better user experience we can change the default apps to others apps

Rhythmbox -> Gnome Music

Gnome Cheese -> Gnome Snapshot

Gnome Snapshot: is a new Gnome Core app for camera. Gnome Music the music Gnome Core app use GTK4 and LibAdwaita.

Benefit to Fedora

This new gnome apps can be give a more Vanilla upstream experience for Fedora Workstation and give a better look to final user. Is better to have in ecosystem just GTK4 and sync with new Gnome Core apps

Scope

• Proposal owners:

• Other developers:

• Release engineering: #Releng issue number

• Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change)

• Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)

• Alignment with Community Initiatives:

How To Test

Is just a default preinstalled apps change

Dependencies

No Changes some required new default apps: Gnome Snapshot: snapshot Gnome Music: gnome-music

Contingency Plan

• Contingency mechanism: (What to do? Who will do it?) N/A (not a System Wide Change)
• Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
• Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change), Yes/No

Documentation

N/A (not a System Wide Change)