release-notes/devel/en_US Desktop.xml,1.21,1.22

[Paul W. Frields (pfrields)]

Author: pfrields

Update of /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv32162

Modified Files:
	Desktop.xml 
Log Message:
Update with latest changes from wiki



Index: Desktop.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US/Desktop.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.21
retrieving revision 1.22
diff -u -r1.21 -r1.22
--- Desktop.xml	16 Sep 2007 17:47:07 -0000	1.21
+++ Desktop.xml	19 Sep 2007 23:30:36 -0000	1.22
@@ -17,40 +17,18 @@
     users.
   </para>
 
-  <section id="sn-xdg-user-dirs">
-    <title>Localized Common User Directories (xdg-user-dirs)</title>
-    <para>
-      This release of Fedora now includes the new common user directory
-      structure, <systemitem>xdg-user-dirs</systemitem>. Features of
-      these new user directories include:
-    </para>
-    <itemizedlist>
-      <listitem>
-	<para>Directory names can be localized (translated)</para>
-      </listitem>
-      <listitem>
-	<para>Includes a set of common directories by default, such as
-	for documents, music, pictures, and downloads.</para>
-      </listitem>
-      <listitem>
-	<para>Appear as common bookmarks in the file browser, and are
-	  picked up by many applications as app-specific defaults.  For
-	  example, a music player would start the file opening dialog in
-	  the default music directory.</para>
-      </listitem>
-      <listitem>
-        <para>
-          Configurable by users, who can move or rename the directories
-	  via the <application>Nautilus</application> file manager, or
-	  by editing <filename>~/.config/user-dirs.dirs</filename>.
-        </para>
-      </listitem>
-    </itemizedlist>
-    <para>If you do not want default folders to be created, remove the
-      <package>xdg-user-dirs-gtk</package> package and associated
-      dependencies.</para>
-    <para><ulink
-	url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software_2fxdg_2duser_2ddirs"/></para>
+  <section id="sn-gui-root-login">
+    <title>Graphical Root Login Disabled</title>
+    <para>This release disables login for the root user via the GNOME
+      Display Manager. The best practice for security is to run
+      individual programs with root privileges, rather than login
+      directly as <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>.
+      Administration tools in Fedora are gradually migrating to using
+      <ulink
+	url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeaturePolicyKit">PolicyKit</ulink>, 
+      which makes graphical login as <systemitem
+	class="username">root</systemitem> both unnecessary and strongly
+      discouraged.</para>
   </section>
 
   <section id="sn-GNOME">
@@ -88,10 +66,10 @@
     </para>
     <section id="sn-Enabling-Flash-Plugin">
       <title>Enabling Flash Plugin</title>
-      <para>Fedora includes an experimental open source implementation
-	of Flash called <package>gnash</package>. We encourage you to
-	experiment with <package>gnash</package> before seeking out
-	Adobe's proprietary Flash plugin software.</para>
+      <para>Fedora includes an experimental free and open source
+	implementation of Flash called <package>gnash</package>. We
+	encourage you to experiment with <package>gnash</package> before
+	seeking out Adobe's proprietary Flash plugin software.</para>
       <para>To install Adobe Flash plugin follow this procedure:</para>
       <procedure>
 	<step>