fresh install observations

[Jim Cornette]

Clint Harshaw wrote:
> Have a fresh install here and a handful of items are worth noting:
> 
> The default Gnome login looks more "Gnomish" than it previously did. For 
> example the task bar with Applications and Actions is at the top of the 
> screen, while a window list appears at the bottom.
> 
> Mozilla isn't among the menu items in Internet, although Mozilla-Mail is 
> there. However, if the user starts mozilla from the command line, it's 
> there. I wonder why it was left off the menu?

Go to usr/share/applications and find the file marked as mozilla.desktop
change the setting marked NoDisplay=true to NoDisplay=false and then
save the file. Mozilla should now be visible from the internet menu.

This is a minor item that sort of xxxxx me off a bit. It seems that this 
setting reverts to true without any apparent reason. It seems that this 
is an intentional step at limiting the menu ites which are worthwhile.

Sorry for the rant. I use mozilla and mozilla mail along with composer. 
The push to push firefox, thunderbird and not include composer is 
somewhat frustrating.

Jim


> 
> When starting KDE, we have the bouncing "Autostart" icon for a good 
> 30-45 seconds -- I thought this bug was fixed back in FC2, no?
> 
> The windows have a nice rounded effect to them. Though in KDE, we still 
> have the annoyance that a hover over the "X" on a window turns oddly 
> into a double-headed arrow. (Thought that got some attention back in FC2 
> also, but maybe not.)
> 
> SELinux is enabled by default, but the user can disable it when 
> installing/upgrading.
> 
> The command prompt in Gnome terminal looks slightly different:
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> old look:
> [fred at localhost fred]$
> 
> new look:
> [fred at localhost ~]$
> 
> no biggie, there, obviously.
> 
> The printer icon is not on among those on the task bar, like it used to 
> be. It didn't need to be there in the first place, heh. I do wish the 
> terminal icon was a part of the default task bar (I know it's easy to 
> add, but I think it ought to be there by default.)
> 
> yum's got a different configuration setup -- I guess we'll have plenty 
> of FAQ's about that. It'll be a big help to get some sample yum.conf's 
> or files available.
> 
> That's all for now!
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> Clint
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