I have now changed the default panel configuration in F12 to include gnote instead of tomboy, and changed comps to make gnote default and tomboy optional.
This won't replace tomboy in existing installations, but new installations will get gnote instead of tomboy.
This also means that gnote should show up on the live cd (where we excluded tomboy previously, due to no space for mono).
Some things are still needed for a 100% smooth experience: - pick up existing tomboy notes (less urgent now, since we do not replace tomboy...) - don't show the 'start here' note initially
Gnote is installed by default in GNOME for this release replacing Tomboy. Gnote is a port of Tomboy from Mono to C++ and consumes less resources. Gnote is both an applet that can sit in your GNOME panel as well as a individual application you can run within other desktop environments. Fedora Desktop Live CD excluded Mono in the last releases due to lack of space. Gnote will be installed by default in the Live CD as well in this release. Tomboy is still available as a optional alternative. If you are upgrading from the previous release you will not be migrated to Gnote and will continue to have Tomboy. It is easy to migrate to Gnote however as it shares the file format. This migration is not automatic. You can copy the notes from Tomboy to Gnote using the following command in your home directory
Redhat/Fedora drops Mono
It will come as no surprise to regular readers that I am heartily encouraged by this small snippet of news I picked up via Twitter this afternoon (thanks Roy)
Comments
Victor Soliz
2009-06-03 02:58:31
Yay.
Heck, with ubuntu being way more Mono friendly lately instead of changing, I might make the move.
woods
2009-06-10 06:21:34
Finally a mono-free (by default) mainstream distro.
I'm definitely moving to Fedora (especially in light of Ubuntu's continuing mono-friendliness)
pcolon
2009-06-10 11:54:16
Fedora is a great distro. It was the one used to in place of windows. Nevertheless, I found that there is a lot of freedom and choice using Debian.
Roy Schestowitz
2009-06-10 11:58:15
Marcus Koze
2009-06-10 07:59:17
OTOH, i had a thought, maybe crazy, but what if Canonical had some secret deal with them (micro&soft / novell) not to be sued, so dancing with the renegades now ? I'm not accusing anyone of anything, was just a thought of mine ... but i keep reminding myself: Canonical is a company, sponsoring the Ubuntu project ... they've done a phenomenal job 'till now, all respect to them for that ... but sooner or later, companies get into compromising stuff for revenue... you know, money can corrupt even the brightest minds around ... i keep hoping they wouldn't fall into it, yet started to prospect several other distros for a possible switch (that is: away from Ubuntu)... still using it, but seriously prospecting nonetheless...
As far as my concearn, the only app that I've used and dropped later was Gnome-Do (with the new Docky theme), but when i found out it's written in mono, removed it in an instant... out of ideological reasons (mainly) but also because i didn't want to become too fond of it, considering the risks behind the technology used to create it. Some may keep saying there's no risk, or that there's a risk in everything, but this one (mono) is just too serious (for me at least) and obvious, watching micro&soft's desperate actions around the world...
If Canonical starts showing further signs that it does what about every business does (compromises the path it started for the sake of more, and then even more, revenue), guess what follows ...
eet
2009-06-10 12:44:20
To put it blunt: If you don't even care to use what M$ threatened to sue about one day, why should you care to use what M$ expressly promises NOT to sue about?
pcolon
2009-06-10 12:52:36
Marcus Koze
2009-06-10 13:13:10
No, i won't stop using the Linux kernel as long as it or i exist. Yet the mono thingie seems a *real* risk, *no matter what micro&soft says about not suing or using it to favour themselves / keep themselves afloat*. At least in my very own opinion.
eet
2009-06-10 13:29:15
Marcus Koze
2009-06-10 13:32:18
eet
2009-06-10 13:36:27
Marcus Koze
2009-06-10 13:45:14
- i personaly have no issues about the Linux kernel and use it without a single sweat about what you say regarding m$ claims that the linux kernel infringes xyz patents
- again, i personaly find the use of mono a lot more probable of being used by m$ agains the FOSS community
- a correction about my claim about m$'s code being a rip-off of FLOSS code: that should read "i think some m$ code is more likely to be a rip-off of FLOSS code, than vice-versa". my apologies, i see now that it sounds a bit too radical as i've previously written it.
saulgoode
2009-06-10 13:50:50
eet
2009-06-10 13:54:07