From 25517fdd70a0e70ae41f0760c16a42bed99b426f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marek Suchánek Date: Apr 28 2021 08:04:12 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Add an Xwayland release note; Issue #616 --- diff --git a/modules/release-notes/pages/desktop/Desktop_index.adoc b/modules/release-notes/pages/desktop/Desktop_index.adoc index d715d18..f084607 100644 --- a/modules/release-notes/pages/desktop/Desktop_index.adoc +++ b/modules/release-notes/pages/desktop/Desktop_index.adoc @@ -52,3 +52,17 @@ Benefits of *Pipewire* over the previous solutions include: * Isolation between audio clients for better security You no longer have to configure the *JACK* service for applications that use it. All *JACK* applications now work in the default Fedora configuration. + +== Xwayland is now distributed as a separate package + +The Xwayland display server was previously distributed together with the X.org server. It is now distributed separately in the `Xwayland` package. + +Xwayland is receiving significantly more upstream updates than X.org. The separate packaging enables Fedora to release the updated Xwayland and keep X.org at the current stable version. + +The updates to Xwayland include: + +* XRandR emulation for games +* Multiple window buffers +* `initfd` support +* Xwayland `pkgconfig` file + From 562c9aa479d93721fc806c9eece9b3ec268c843c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marek Suchánek Date: Apr 28 2021 08:04:12 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Add a KDE Wayland release note; Issue #556 --- diff --git a/modules/release-notes/pages/desktop/Desktop_index.adoc b/modules/release-notes/pages/desktop/Desktop_index.adoc index f084607..cacce2c 100644 --- a/modules/release-notes/pages/desktop/Desktop_index.adoc +++ b/modules/release-notes/pages/desktop/Desktop_index.adoc @@ -66,3 +66,13 @@ The updates to Xwayland include: * `initfd` support * Xwayland `pkgconfig` file +== KDE Plasma now defaults to Wayland + +In the default configuration the KDE Plasma desktop now runs on the Wayland display back end. The default KDE Plasma session selected in the SDDM login manager is now the Wayland session. You can still select the legacy X11 session when logging in. + +Starting with Fedora 34, KDE Plasma on Wayland has implemented all the necessary features that were previously missing compared to the X11 session. These features include: + +* Screen casting +* Middle-click paste +* Support for NVIDIA GPUs + From cfb0eea39446196d9b1baae4adc24c944d1f5738 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marek Suchánek Date: Apr 28 2021 08:04:12 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Add a KDE ARM release note; Issue #604 --- diff --git a/modules/release-notes/pages/desktop/Desktop_index.adoc b/modules/release-notes/pages/desktop/Desktop_index.adoc index cacce2c..d98d00f 100644 --- a/modules/release-notes/pages/desktop/Desktop_index.adoc +++ b/modules/release-notes/pages/desktop/Desktop_index.adoc @@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ Download and try the i3 Spin at the link:https://spins.fedoraproject.org/i3[Fedo Learn more about the design and development of the Spin at the link:https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/i3/[Fedora i3 Special Interest Group (S.I.G.) site]. +== A KDE Plasma image for 64-bit ARM is now available + +An installation image of the KDE Plasma spin is now available for the 64-bit ARM architecture (AArch64). + +You can download the image from the following page: link:https://alt.fedoraproject.org/alt/[]. + == XFCE 4.16 XFCE 4.16 is available in Fedora 34. @@ -68,7 +74,7 @@ The updates to Xwayland include: == KDE Plasma now defaults to Wayland -In the default configuration the KDE Plasma desktop now runs on the Wayland display back end. The default KDE Plasma session selected in the SDDM login manager is now the Wayland session. You can still select the legacy X11 session when logging in. +In the default configuration, the KDE Plasma desktop now runs on the Wayland display back end. The default KDE Plasma session selected in the SDDM login manager is now the Wayland session. You can still select the legacy X11 session when logging in. Starting with Fedora 34, KDE Plasma on Wayland has implemented all the necessary features that were previously missing compared to the X11 session. These features include: From 8a80a4089f56b61d2b9e15710820e4cd53fb4fba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marek Suchánek Date: Apr 28 2021 08:04:12 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Apply Olivier Fourdan's feedback; Issue #616 --- diff --git a/modules/release-notes/pages/desktop/Desktop_index.adoc b/modules/release-notes/pages/desktop/Desktop_index.adoc index d98d00f..9fcfd5e 100644 --- a/modules/release-notes/pages/desktop/Desktop_index.adoc +++ b/modules/release-notes/pages/desktop/Desktop_index.adoc @@ -67,11 +67,12 @@ Xwayland is receiving significantly more upstream updates than X.org. The separa The updates to Xwayland include: -* XRandR emulation for games * Multiple window buffers * `initfd` support * Xwayland `pkgconfig` file +For more information about the new Xwayland features, see the Xwayland 21.1.0 announcement: link:https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2021-March/003076.html[]. + == KDE Plasma now defaults to Wayland In the default configuration, the KDE Plasma desktop now runs on the Wayland display back end. The default KDE Plasma session selected in the SDDM login manager is now the Wayland session. You can still select the legacy X11 session when logging in.