desktop September 2013

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3.9.92 - Gnome shell screen casts limited to 30 seconds?
by Ankur Sinha 24 Sep '13

24 Sep '13

Hi, https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=708660 ^ tells me that screen casts using the default gnome-shell recorder are limited to 30 seconds? What purpose does this change serve? I mean, it's better to entirely remove this functionality if users are going to have to install other software for this purpose any way. gnome-shell-3.9.92-3.fc20.x86_64 -- Thanks, Warm regards, Ankur (FranciscoD) http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha Join Fedora! Come talk to us! http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Join_SIG

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GNOME development group updates in comps
by Bastien Nocera 24 Sep '13

24 Sep '13

Hey, I've updated the comps file in Fedora 20 to be more useful to application developers, and bug reporters alike. This makes "yum install @gnome-software-development" install: - Command-line utilities like diffstat, valgrind, gdb - GNOME developer tools like gitg, gtkparasite - Additional libraries like clutter-gst-devel, polkit-devel - And devel docs for GStreamer, webkit, glib and clutter Please take a look over the comps-f20.xml file in: https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/comps.git/ And let us know if, as GNOME/Fedora developers, there's anything else that ought to be installed by default for budding developers. Not that this is for application development, not GNOME development itself, so things like totem-pl-parser, grilo, or gnome-online-accounts' devel packages are getting dragged in. Those should be pulled by "yum-builddep" instead, when you hack on a particular package. Cheers

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Re: [Design-team] Different Backgrounds for the Lock Screen vs the desktop
by Elad Alfassa 20 Sep '13

20 Sep '13

On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 6:18 AM, Onyeibo Oku <twohotis(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, 2013-09-05 at 15:57 -0400, Ryan Lerch wrote: > > The new GNOME shipped with fedora 20 has the awesome new ability to set > > different backgrounds for both the lock screen/shield and the normal > > regular desktop background. > > > > Currently in f20 alpha TC4, we set the old f19 default background for > > the desktop, and a completely different pink, fan style design for the > > lock screen. IMHO, the defaults should behave the same as the f19, > > setting the default background for both. > > > > thoughts? > > I kinda like the bland grayish login background on F19. I suggest that > stays the default. We can always brainstorm on alternatives. > > Regards > Onyeibo > > _______________________________________________ > design-team mailing list > design-team(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team > The lockscreen/login screen is the same grey texture. What Ryan is talking about is the image used for the lockscreen sliding "shield". -- -Elad Alfassa.

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Different Backgrounds for the Lock Screen vs the desktop
by Ryan Lerch 17 Sep '13

17 Sep '13

The new GNOME shipped with fedora 20 has the awesome new ability to set different backgrounds for both the lock screen/shield and the normal regular desktop background. Currently in f20 alpha TC4, we set the old f19 default background for the desktop, and a completely different pink, fan style design for the lock screen. IMHO, the defaults should behave the same as the f19, setting the default background for both. thoughts? cheers, ryanlerch

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Gnome 3.10 (3.9) in Fedora 20 is awesome! A few niggles though :)
by Ankur Sinha 17 Sep '13

17 Sep '13

Hi guys! I just installed F20 to help with QA and Gnome3.9 is awesome! Thanks for getting it updated. I notice a few changes, and therefore have a few questions: - How would one disable the notifications from the status menu and change the empathy/online status? 3.8 used to disable notifications and change status to "busy". It's really useful when you're trying to work. - What versions would the suspend fix come in? http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=705647 - How would one set alt to meta in the up to date gnome terminal? I can't find anything in the preferences/profiles. I'm going to keep an eye out for updates and help test them out. -- Thanks again, Warm regards, Ankur (FranciscoD) http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha Join Fedora! Come talk to us! http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Join_SIG

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steben ovadia talk on linux desktop user research @ linuxcon
by Matthew Miller 17 Sep '13

17 Sep '13

Very interesting talk based on interviews with different Linux desktop users on what they're using and how, with some interesting insight into why. I love the user-focused approach. Slides are http://events.linuxfoundation.org/sites/events/files/slides/linuxcon.ovadia… (although aren't completely self-explanatory). -- Matthew Miller ☁☁☁ Fedora Cloud Architect ☁☁☁ <mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org>

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GNOME 3.9.91 megaupdate
by Kalev Lember 05 Sep '13

05 Sep '13

Hi all, It's that time of the year again -- F20 is going into the Alpha freeze tomorrow and new builds will have to go through Bodhi for verification. The GNOME 3.9.91 release is coming as well, with a bit unfortunate timing wrt. Fedora freezes. In any case, we'll handle the GNOME 3.9.91 builds together and file them as a single megaupdate in Bodhi. There's a separate koji build target for the 3.9.91 builds and the magical invocation is 'fedpkg build --target f20-gnome'. We're also going to use the same spreadsheet system as previously, so if you want builds to be included in the megaupdate, 1) use the f20-gnome build target, and 2) list the builds in https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtzJKpbiGX1zdGJzeU9waFJFZmgyQz… Thanks! -- Kalev

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desktop spin alpha readiness
by Matthias Clasen 04 Sep '13

04 Sep '13

Hey, as every cycle, we have a size problem with the desktop spin: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1000893 So, we need to do the usual excercise and cut stuff until it fits. In addition to that, we will have a new application installer in F20 ( https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/AppInstaller ), which will allow us to properly present and feature applications that are not yet installed. For that reason, the designers working on the app installer, Ryan Lerch and Allan Day, have proposed that we don't install transmission, simple-scan and gnome-photos by default anymore, and instead feature them prominently in the app installer. Unless there's strong opposition, I'll drop those three from the kickstart file, and we can reevaluate the size issue on Monday.

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