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== Shotwell replaces Gthumb as default photo organizer ==
== Cinnamon Spin ==
The Cinnamon desktop version 2.6 is now available as a Spin for Fedora 23. Cinnamon is a modern desktop environment based on the GNOME Shell, with advanced features and a traditional and flexible user experience.


[http://yorba.org/shotwell/ Shotwell] is an open source photo organizer designed for the GNOME desktop environment and has replaced Gthumb by default in this release.  It supports the following features
Updates and improvements in this release include:
* Improved multi-monitor support
* HTML5 and XScreenSaver support for animated screensavers
* Panel management improvements
* New inhibit applet to hide notifications and temporarily suspend power saving events
* Redesigned system settings panel for improved usability
* Accessibility improvements, including better support for ATK/Orca, magnifiers, and and a new On-Screen Keyboard applet


* import photos from any digital camera supported by gPhoto
* automatically organize events containing photos taken at the same time
* non-destructive editing allows altering photos without ruining originals or using disk space for each copy
* publish photos to Facebook and Flickr
* one-click auto-enhancement
* rotate, mirror, and crop photos
* reduce red-eye and adjust the exposure, saturation, tint, and temperature of your photos
* edit any photo, even if it's not imported to the Shotwell library


Gthumb continues to be maintained and available in the Fedora repository.
See the [http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/ Cinnamon official website] for more information on Cinnamon, and go to [http://spins.fedoraproject.org http://spins.fedoraproject.org] to download the Spin.


== Gnote Enhancements ==
== Sugar ==


Gnote is a C++ port of Tomboy. It is the default desktop note-taking application for GNOME in Fedora and has a number of enhancements and bug fixes.  Gnote now has a few new add-ins and follows the XDG directory specification from freedesktop.org and notes stored in previously versions will be automatically migrated from .gnote to .local/share/gnote in the user's home directory.  
Originally started as part of the One Laptop per child initiative, Sugar is a desktop environment targeted for children ages 5 - 12 to provide learning and educational activities through rich media. Sugar is the core component of a worldwide effort to provide every child with the opportunity for a quality education.


Possible related feature pages:
This update to sugar 0.106 includes the following:
* [[Features/ColorManagement |ColorManagement ]]
* improved performance
* [[Features/Gnome2.30 | Gnome 2.30 ]]
* updated activities
* [[Features/KDE44 |KDE44 ]]
* New social help for access to discussion forums and collaborative learning
* [[Features/Sugar_0.88 |Sugar_0.88 ]]
* [[Features/Moblin-2.2 |Moblin-2.2 ]]


See the [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/0.106/Notes SugarLabs release notes] for more information on this sugar release.


== GNOME / Workstation ==


Fedora 23 will feature the latest available version of Gnome - 3.18. More information on Gnome 3.18 can be found here: https://wiki.gnome.org/ThreePointSeventeen/ReleaseNotes


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Cinnamon Spin

The Cinnamon desktop version 2.6 is now available as a Spin for Fedora 23. Cinnamon is a modern desktop environment based on the GNOME Shell, with advanced features and a traditional and flexible user experience.

Updates and improvements in this release include:

  • Improved multi-monitor support
  • HTML5 and XScreenSaver support for animated screensavers
  • Panel management improvements
  • New inhibit applet to hide notifications and temporarily suspend power saving events
  • Redesigned system settings panel for improved usability
  • Accessibility improvements, including better support for ATK/Orca, magnifiers, and and a new On-Screen Keyboard applet


See the Cinnamon official website for more information on Cinnamon, and go to http://spins.fedoraproject.org to download the Spin.

Sugar

Originally started as part of the One Laptop per child initiative, Sugar is a desktop environment targeted for children ages 5 - 12 to provide learning and educational activities through rich media. Sugar is the core component of a worldwide effort to provide every child with the opportunity for a quality education.

This update to sugar 0.106 includes the following:

  • improved performance
  • updated activities
  • New social help for access to discussion forums and collaborative learning

See the SugarLabs release notes for more information on this sugar release.

GNOME / Workstation

Fedora 23 will feature the latest available version of Gnome - 3.18. More information on Gnome 3.18 can be found here: https://wiki.gnome.org/ThreePointSeventeen/ReleaseNotes

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