release-notes/devel/en_US Desktop.xml,1.18,1.19

[Paul W. Frields (pfrields)]

Author: pfrields

Update of /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv16601

Modified Files:
	Desktop.xml 
Log Message:
Import changes from wiki for F8



Index: Desktop.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US/Desktop.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.18
retrieving revision 1.19
diff -u -r1.18 -r1.19
--- Desktop.xml	22 Jun 2007 02:14:14 -0000	1.18
+++ Desktop.xml	15 Sep 2007 17:07:28 -0000	1.19
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@
   <section id="sn-GNOME">
     <title>GNOME</title>
     <para>
-      This release features
-      GNOME 2.18 (<ulink url='http://www.gnome.org/start/2.18/'>http://www.gnome.org/start/2.18/</ulink>)
+      This release features <ulink
+	url="http://www.gnome.org/start/2.20/">GNOME</ulink> 2.20.
     </para>
     <para>
       The GNOME splash screen has been disabled upstream intentionally.
@@ -75,9 +75,8 @@
 
   <section id="sn-KDE-Desktop">
     <title>KDE</title>
-    <para>This release features KDE 3.5.6.</para>
-    <para><ulink
-	url="http://kde.org/announcements/announce-3.5.6.php"/></para>
+    <para>This release features <ulink
+    url="http://kde.org/announcements/announce-3.5.7.php">KDE</ulink> 3.5.6.</para>
   </section>
 
   <section id="sn-Web-Browsers">
@@ -87,6 +86,85 @@
       <application>Firefox</application> web browser. Refer to <ulink
 	url='http://firefox.com/'/> for more information about Firefox.
     </para>
+    <section id="sn-Enabling-Flash-Plugin">
+      <title>Enabling Flash Plugin</title>
+      <para>Fedora includes an experimental open source implementation
+	of Flash called <package>gnash</package>. We encourage you to
+	experiment with <package>gnash</package> before seeking out
+	Adobe's proprietary Flash plugin software.</para>
+      <para>To install Adobe Flash plugin follow this procedure:</para>
+      <procedure>
+	<step>
+	  <para>Visit <ulink
+	      url="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash">Adobe's 
+	      download site</ulink>.</para>
+	</step>
+	<step>
+	  <para>Choose option 3, <guimenuitem> Yum
+	      repository</guimenuitem>.</para>
+	</step>
+	<step>
+	  <para>Follow onscreen prompts to install the package.</para>
+	</step>
+	<step>
+	  <para>Launch <menuchoice>
+	      <guimenu>Applications</guimenu>
+	      <guimenuitem> Add/Remove Software</guimenuitem>
+	    </menuchoice>.</para>
+	</step>
+	<step>
+	  <para>Choose the <guilabel>Search</guilabel> tab and enter
+	    <userinput>flash-plugin</userinput>.</para>
+	</step>
+	<step>
+	  <para>Select the checkbox to install the package.</para>
+	</step>
+	<step>
+	  <para>Close all <application>Firefox</application> windows,
+	    and then launch <application>Firefox</application>
+	    again.</para>
+	</step>
+	<step>
+	  <para>Type <userinput>about:plugins</userinput> in the URL bar
+	    to ensure the plugin is loaded. </para>
+	</step>
+      </procedure>
+      <para>Users of Fedora x86_64 must install the
+	<package>nspluginwrapper.i386</package> package to enable the
+	32-bit Adobe Flash plugin in x86_64
+	<application>Firefox</application>.</para>
+      <caution>
+	<title>Untested Procedure</title>
+	<para>This is somewhat untested and needs some verification</para>
+      </caution>
+      <procedure>
+	<step>
+	  <para>Create the 32bit mozilla plugin directory using this command:</para>
+	  <screen><![CDATA[su -c 'mkdir -p /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins']]></screen>
+	</step>
+	<step>
+	  <para>Install <package>flash-plugin</package> as shown above.</para>
+	</step>
+	<step>
+	  <para>Install the <package>nspluginwrapper.i386</package> and
+	    <package>nspluginwrapper.x86_64</package> packages:</para>
+	  <screen><![CDATA[su -c "yum -y install nspluginwrapper.{i386,x86_64}"]]></screen>
+	</step>
+	<step>
+	  <para>Run <command>mozilla-plugin-config</command> to register
+	    the flash plugin:</para>
+	  <screen><![CDATA[su -c 'mozilla-plugin-config -i -3']]></screen>
+	</step>
+	<step>
+	  <para>Close all <application>Firefox</application> windows,
+	    and then relaunch <application>Firefox</application>.</para>
+	</step>
+	<step>
+	  <para>Type <userinput>about:plugins</userinput> in the URL bar
+	    to ensure the plugin is loaded. </para>
+	</step>
+      </procedure>
+    </section>
   </section>
 
   <section id="sn-Mail-Clients">