Fedora dev: “HN feedback on what they want from their Desktop

Re: Fedora dev: “HN feedback on what they want from their Desktop – We got it”

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Post by johnp_ » Thu, Apr 06, 2017, 7:28 AM UTC

phkahler wrote: post #146

I want Firefox and LibreOffice to run natively on Wayland. Having them use X-wayland is a regression IMO. Firefox has been crashing my whole session.

Martin Stránský (Red Hat) is working on native Wayland support for Firefox and the build time option should land soon (already r+'d), allowing his other patches to be integrated.

https://github.com/stransky/gecko-dev https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=635134

IIRC LibreOffice should already be running natively on Wayland. (also a Red Hat effort in mid-2015)

https://caolanm.blogspot.com/2015/07/libreoffice-on-wayland....

Re: Fedora dev: “HN feedback on what they want from their Desktop – We got it”

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Post by digi_owl » Thu, Apr 06, 2017, 3:39 PM UTC

I can't help wonder what the response would have been had the roles been reversed. That it was Canonical that posted such a response to a Fedora feedback request.

BTW, that he is using a Gnome provided blog to talk about Fedora should be a reminder of the mixing of roles that is happening around Gnome, Fedora, and Freedesktop...

Re: Fedora dev: “HN feedback on what they want from their Desktop – We got it”

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Post by noja » Thu, Apr 06, 2017, 9:40 PM UTC

RandyRanderson wrote: post #123

noja wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Where did you get these specs from? A survey?

From the hot, sweaty dreams of most developers. If Apple adds a decent discrete graphics chip to their pro line, I believe Dell, etc sales in this segment will crater and a lot of developers will just stop using windows. Thats really bad in the long term for MS and Dell, etc becaues those users are not coming back and are the ppl that others ask about what laptop to buy. For some reason, the big laptop manufacturers…

I don't know any (non-game) developers that want discrete graphics, modern integrated is more than enough.

Re: Fedora dev: “HN feedback on what they want from their Desktop – We got it”

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Post by RandyRanderson » Tue, Apr 11, 2017, 11:34 AM UTC

noja wrote: post #153

RandyRanderson wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From the hot, sweaty dreams of most developers. If Apple adds a decent discrete graphics chip to their pro line, I believe Dell, etc sales in this segment will crater and a lot of developers will just stop using windows. Thats really bad in the long term for MS and Dell, etc becaues those users are not coming back and are the ppl that others ask about what laptop to buy. For some reason, the big laptop manufacturers…

I don't know any (non-game) developers that want discrete graphics, modern integrated is more than enough.

Machine Learning, accel rendering of videos (aka youtube publishers).

Re: Fedora dev: “HN feedback on what they want from their Desktop – We got it”

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Post by bwat49 » Mon, Apr 17, 2017, 2:39 AM UTC

s_kilk wrote: post #93

ccozan wrote: post #76

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I can report my non-stop 21 years usage of redhat based distributions ( well, along other Unices ). Never was I left down. Fedora from 24-25 version is so polished, I can't believe myself when all the hardware works just as expected and the screen is such a beauty. Edit: I have to mention that I am also a diehard KDE fan. Plasma 5.8 is just amazing.

A few questions: - Is KDE a first-class citizen in Fedora-land? Everything I see about Fedora seems to focus on Gnome as the one-true-desktop - How's the battery/power situation? I've seen some reviews find fault with battery performance under Fedora 25 as being worse than before (supposedly because of Wayland)

I get slightly better battery life in wayland