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GDM on Wayland

The Gnome Display Manager (GDM) in Fedora 22 will default to the Wayland display server instead of Xorg. While the default GNOME session still uses X, this change brings the move to Wayland one step closer.

Wayland is a compositing display server, using your computer's video hardware for rendering. On systems where Wayland will not run, GDM should transparently fall back to using the X backend.

If you need to disable Wayland for GDM, edit /etc/gdm/custom.conf to reflect the following:

   [daemon]
    WaylandEnable=false

Libinput used for input devices

Input devices in supporting environments, notably GNOME with Fedora Workstation and KDE, will use a new driver, libinput. The new driver replaces a variety of drivers, such as synaptics, enabling more consistent behavior across a variety of devices.

'libinput improves support for multi-touch devices and software emulated buttons. The driver is implemented directly in wayland sessions, and in X sessions through the xorg-x11-drv-libinput wrapper.

Input devices will be configurable through GNOME Settings, KDE System Settings, xfce-settings, or xinput. Some niche features are not available via libinput, but the previous behavior can be restored by removing the xorg-x11-drv-libinput package, and ensuring the appropriate x11 driver packages, probably x11-drv-synaptics or xorg-x11-drv-evdev are installed.

Note that xorg-x11-drv-libinput is only installed by default on new Fedora 22 installations, if you're upgrading and you want to use the new features provided by libinput, you can install xorg-x11-drv-libinput manually by doing:

   sudo dnf install xorg-x11-drv-libinput

To learn about the features and behavior of libinput, refer to man libinput or http://wayland.freedesktop.org/libinput/doc/latest/pages.html

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+== GDM on Wayland ==
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+The Gnome Display Manager (GDM) in Fedora 22 will default to the Wayland display server instead of Xorg.  While the default GNOME session still uses X, this change brings the move to Wayland one step closer.
+Wayland is a compositing display server, using your computer's video hardware for rendering.  On systems where Wayland will not run, GDM should transparently fall back to using the X backend.
-== KDE ==
+If you need to disable Wayland for GDM, edit '''/etc/gdm/custom.conf''' to reflect the following:
-Fedora 17 features the KDE 4.8 Software Compilation. KDE features three components. KDE Platform is the foundation for all KDE-based applications. KDE Plasma Workspace provides you with ways to manage how you use applications. KDE Applications use the Platform and Plasma Workspace to give you a fully-integrated experience.
-=== KDE Platform ===
+    [daemon]
-The KDE Platform provides services for all KDE-based applications and the Plasma Workspace. KDE Platform 4.8 features some new technology along with dramatic increases in performance and stability.
+     WaylandEnable=false
-KDE now offers [https://qt.nokia.com/qtquick/ QtQuick]. QtQuick is an easy way to make small applications (applets) for Qt environments like KDE. KDE has '''Plasma QtQuick Components''' that help you write KDE Plasma Workspace applications quickly.
+== Libinput used for input devices ==
+Input devices in supporting environments, notably GNOME with Fedora Workstation and KDE, will use a new driver, '''libinput'''.  The new driver replaces a variety of drivers, such as '''synaptics''', enabling more consistent behavior across a variety of devices.
-'''KSecretService''' is a new, secure password-storage system. '''KWallet''' manages passwords for KDE applications, and '''KSecretService''' makes those passwords available to non-KDE applications.
+'''libinput'' improves support for multi-touch devices and software emulated buttons.  The driver is implemented directly in wayland sessions, and in X sessions through the '''xorg-x11-drv-libinput''' wrapper.
-=== KDE Plasma Workspaces ===
+Input devices will be configurable through '''GNOME Settings''', '''KDE System Settings''', '''xfce-settings''', or '''xinput'''.  Some niche features are not available via '''libinput''', but the previous behavior can be restored by removing the '''xorg-x11-drv-libinput''' package, and ensuring the appropriate x11 driver packages, probably x11-drv-synaptics or xorg-x11-drv-evdev are installed.
-The KDE Plasma Workspaces are two desktop environments that manage how you work with applications. The Plasma Desktop Workspace has a more traditional appearance, and the Netbook Plasma Workspace has a modified appearance for smaller screens and mobile devices.
-The '''Window Switcher''' now has six possible layouts. You can choose between layouts in the '''System Settings''' application.
+Note that '''xorg-x11-drv-libinput''' is only installed by default on new Fedora 22 installations, if you're upgrading and you want to use the new features provided by libinput, you can install '''xorg-x11-drv-libinput''' manually by doing:
-The '''KWin''' window manager is improved. '''Kwin''' offers significantly improved performance.
+    sudo dnf install xorg-x11-drv-libinput
-The "Power Management" pane of '''System Settings''' is redesigned and simplified. Power management settings now work on computers with multiple display devices. You can also now modify power management settings to change when you are in a certain "Activity."
+To learn about the features and behavior of libinput, refer to `man libinput` or http://wayland.freedesktop.org/libinput/doc/latest/pages.html
-You can use the new '''Icon Tasks''' Plasma widget to manage your applications on a taskbar as an icon, like in other popular operating systems.
-=== KDE Applications ===
-The KDE Applications are all of the basic applications, and many advanced applications, that you need.
-'''Dolphin''' is the file management application. '''Dolphin''' now displays files more accurately, adapts to different computer hardware, and is more visually appealing.
-'''Gwenview''' is the image viewing application. You can see your position in a zoomed-in image with the new, translucent position indicator. You will also notice minor visual and performance improvements.
-'''Okular''' is the text document viewing application. You can now select text more easily. Several bugs are fixed, and multi-column text is selected properly.
-The '''Kate''' text editor features a new "Search and Replace" plugin, indicators of changed lines, and a new "modelines" editor that uses document variables. Fedora 17 has new documentation for '''Kate''', accessible through the applications' "Help" menus.
-'''Cantor''' is an application for mathematics packages. '''Cantor''' now supports Qalculate and Scilab.
-The '''Marble''' virtual globe and atlas application is now integrated with '''KRunner'''. You can search GPS coordinates and '''Marble''' bookmarks through '''KRunner.''' You can also view route elevation information, track earth satellites, and display OpenStreetMap files in vector format.
-== GNOME ==
-Fedora 17 features the GNOME 3.4 desktop environment.
-Some highlights of GNOME 3.4 include:
-* Some applications' menus are now integrated with the GNOME Shell. The new menus reduce visual clutter and help unite applications' appearance.
-* '''Boxes''' is a new GNOME 3 app. You can use Boxes to access other computers and virtual machines on the same or another computer.
-* The existing '''Documents''' app is improved. New features include collections, support for removable devices, support for sharing documents, support for printing documents, portrait mode, and integration with the GNOME Shell overview search box.
-* The high constrast and high contrast inverse theme icons are more consistent with standard theme icons.
-* Users with low vision can customize the brightness and contrast of their display through GNOME Shell.
-* The network panel is redesigned. New features include easily knowing whether you are connected to the Internet, an "airplane mode" switch to disable network activity, a "forget network" button to remove unwanted connections, and an integrated password dialog.
-* GNOME Keyring dialogs are now integrated with GNOME Shell.
-* New features for users with "Wacom" graphics tablets include the ability to:
-** calibrate the tablets
-** configure button mappings
-** assign monitors to the device
-** configure multiple tablets
-** store unique configurations per device
-** identify tablets and their capabilities
-* More configurable settings for the built-in GNOME Shell magnification feature.
-== Sugar ==
-Fedora 17 features the Sugar 0.96 desktop environment. Some features include:
-* Removal of HippoCanvas for move to GTK+ 3
-* Support for NetworkManager 0.9
-* sugar-toolkit based on GTK+ 3
-* Initial support for PyPi
-* New Browse Activity using GTK+ 3, webkitgtk, and gobject-introspection
-* New Read Activity using GTK+ 3 and gobject-introspection
-* Fixes for various bugs and improvements to several Activities
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