Chapter 8. Desktop
Chapter 8. Desktop GNOME rebased to version 3.22.3 The GNOME Desktop has been updated to upstream version 3.22.3, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the version. Notable changes include: Overhauled desktop notifications Built-in integration with world clocks and media players Automatically adjusting screen brightness (for systems with an integrated light sensor) In many applications, support for a standard dialog to document keyboard shortcuts Improvements to several setting panels (printer, mouse, touchpad, keyboard shortcuts) Option to rename multiple files at once Built-in support for compressed files and for Google Drive Undo support for trash (BZ# 1383353 ) The xorg-x11-drv-libinput driver has been added to the X.Org input drivers The xorg-x11-drv-libinput X.Org driver is a wrapper driver for the low-level libinput library. This update adds the driver to the X.Org input drivers. After you install xorg-x11-drv-libinput , it is possible to remove the xorg-x11-drv-synaptics driver and get access to some of the improved input device handling offered by libinput . (BZ#1413811) Change of default driver for some Intel and nVidia Hardware This change affects: 4th Generation Intel Core Processors and later nVidia GeForce 8 hardware and later The default DDX driver has changed to be xf86-video-modesetting . Previously the defaults were xf86-video-nouveau and xf86-video-intel for nVidia and Intel hardware respectively. (BZ#1404868) dconf-editor is now provided by a separate package The upstream dconf team have split the dconf-editor into its own package. This release reflects that change. In addition, the user interface has been redesigned in version 3.22. The tree view on the left side has been removed. Keys and directories are now shown in the same window. The ability to go back in the hierarchy has moved to the path shown in the header-bar. (BZ#1388931)