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Thunderbird 3
by Rahul Sundaram 04 Mar '09

04 Mar '09

Hi Are there plans to include Thunderbird 3 in Fedora 11? Rahul

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Menu structure change
by Matthias Clasen 27 Feb '09

27 Feb '09

Hey, I have just build a redhat-menus package that gets rid of the Submenus in Preferences. We kinda inherited them from the control-center shell, which never really took off, and they didn't really work well, since the categorization left people guessing which submenu to open. This means the Preferences menu will be a bit long. We should perhaps take it as encouragement to weed out some unnecessary things from there... Matthias

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Another F11 feature worth testing
by Matthias Clasen 26 Feb '09

26 Feb '09

Here is another F11 feature that will become complete enough to warrant testing in the next few days: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/AutoFontsAndMimeInstaller The mass rebuild that is currently underway will make sure that the font- and mimehandler-installing packages gain the Provides that are necessary to make this work. Please give it a try once the mass rebuild lands in rawhide. Matthias

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xguest by default?
by Rahul Sundaram 25 Feb '09

25 Feb '09

Hi, xguest provides kiosk mode/ guest user functionality that is very useful for desktop users. xguest has been available in the repository for a few releases but has little exposure since it is not included by default. Can we consider including it by default in the live cd and perhaps the DVD image as well? It currently works only with GDM. Rahul

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Request for comments for Banshee transition feature proposal
by David Nielsen 25 Feb '09

25 Feb '09

Per the request of Brian Pebble I am submitting the following feature proposal for the desktop SIG to comment on: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/BansheeAsDefaultMediaplayer Kind regards, David Nielsen

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Best way to register a file format plugin for an app with nautilus's mime-handler etc.
by Caolán McNamara 24 Feb '09

24 Feb '09

So, here's the example scenario: Someone writes an extension for OpenOffice.org writer which adds a file format importer and that gets packaged into Fedora. Is there a way to then register the extra mime-type that writer now supports if, and only if, that extension is installed. The mime-type field in .desktops http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-late… basically assumes a static list of supported mime-types. Adding the mime-type to the writer list would claim that it always can open the type, which isn't true if the extension isn't installed. So is the right solution to install a new .destop along with that extension with NoDisplay=true set and the list of extra mime-types that the extension adds to writer and then use the same Exec line from the normal parent package .desktop ? C.

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Custom SPIN for DF-Day+
by A. Mani 21 Feb '09

21 Feb '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Document Freedom Day is on the 25thof March. Plenty of teams will be taking part in the event (I am coordinating the Kolkata team IlugCalinfo ) Is it possible for somebody to make a custom spin including: 1. Mainly destop oriented packages (updated to stable Fedora10) 2. All Open Office stuff with good collection of templates, Dictonaries 3. Scribus, GIMP, Koffice, Gnumeric, Docbook, Lua, Quanta etc (latest stable) 4. TexLive and IDEs 5. Lots of Advocacy related documentation + Whitepapers, Technical reports, Tutorials etc (for DF-Day): (I can help) 6. Documentation More (please suggest) (a non official spin can be considered for some locales ... for rpmfusion things) I think many teams would be able to make copies and do lot more. Best A. Mani -- A. Mani Member, Cal. Math. Soc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkmfMq4ACgkQunMISzvdfU5AwACgiZLZBb+uq28sw+itQqCZKftC 0M8Ani0PtYWhgOnUC3MEFK1iocnhWch0 =iRG5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Linux users want better desktop performance (Screw data. Prioritize code)
by Valent Turkovic 20 Feb '09

20 Feb '09

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Nodoka not default?
by Rahul Sundaram 18 Feb '09

18 Feb '09

Hi, Fedora 11 Alpha doesn't seem to have Nodoka as the default theme anymore. Is this a bug? Rahul

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testable things in rawhide
by Matthias Clasen 14 Feb '09

14 Feb '09

I felt I should highlight one of the almost complete F11 features that have recently landed in rawhide and are waiting to be tried out... Marek has pretty much completed his work on making system-config-printer use PolicyKit to control access to privileged operations: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/CupsPolicyKitIntegration To see how the policies apply, just open system-config-printer and try to make changes to your printer configuration. To change or inspect cups-related policies, go to System ➔ Preferences ➔ Authorizations and navigate to the org.opensuse.cupspkhelper part of the tree. (As the name indicates, this feature is a collaboration between us and some OpenSUSE guys). Please let us know if things work as expected (or if they don't...) Matthias

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