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Diffstat (limited to 'nixos/doc/manual')
| -rw-r--r-- | nixos/doc/manual/configuration/profiles/clone-config.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1909.xml | 113 |
2 files changed, 112 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/profiles/clone-config.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/profiles/clone-config.xml index 21c4ea75d6dd6..04fa1643d0fd0 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/profiles/clone-config.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/profiles/clone-config.xml @@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ On images where the installation media also becomes an installation target, copying over <literal>configuration.nix</literal> should be disabled by setting <literal>installer.cloneConfig</literal> to <literal>false</literal>. - This is already done in <literal>sd-image.nix</literal>. + For example, this is done in <literal>sd-image-aarch64.nix</literal>. </para> </section> diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1909.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1909.xml index 560b319851761..11c13b8d942b1 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1909.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1909.xml @@ -57,6 +57,64 @@ and <option>services.xserver.desktopManager.xfce4-14</option> simultaneously or to downgrade from Xfce 4.14 after upgrading. </para> </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The GNOME 3 desktop manager module sports an interface to enable/disable core services, applications, and optional GNOME packages + like games. + <itemizedlist> + <para>This can be achieved with the following options which the desktop manager default enables, excluding <literal>games</literal>.</para> + <listitem><para><link linkend="opt-services.gnome3.core-os-services.enable"><literal>services.gnome3.core-os-services.enable</literal></link></para></listitem> + <listitem><para><link linkend="opt-services.gnome3.core-shell.enable"><literal>services.gnome3.core-shell.enable</literal></link></para></listitem> + <listitem><para><link linkend="opt-services.gnome3.core-utilities.enable"><literal>services.gnome3.core-utilities.enable</literal></link></para></listitem> + <listitem><para><link linkend="opt-services.gnome3.games.enable"><literal>services.gnome3.games.enable</literal></link></para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + With these options we hope to give users finer grained control over their systems. Prior to this change you'd either have to manually + disable options or use <option>environment.gnome3.excludePackages</option> which only excluded the optional applications. + <option>environment.gnome3.excludePackages</option> is now unguarded, it can exclude any package installed with <option>environment.systemPackages</option> + in the GNOME 3 module. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Orthogonal to the previous changes to the GNOME 3 desktop manager module, we've updated all default services and applications + to match as close as possible to a default reference GNOME 3 experience. + </para> + + <bridgehead>The following changes were enacted in <option>services.gnome3.core-utilities.enable</option></bridgehead> + + <itemizedlist> + <title>Applications removed from defaults:</title> + <listitem><para><literal>accerciser</literal></para></listitem> + <listitem><para><literal>dconf-editor</literal></para></listitem> + <listitem><para><literal>evolution</literal></para></listitem> + <listitem><para><literal>gnome-documents</literal></para></listitem> + <listitem><para><literal>gnome-nettool</literal></para></listitem> + <listitem><para><literal>gnome-power-manager</literal></para></listitem> + <listitem><para><literal>gnome-todo</literal></para></listitem> + <listitem><para><literal>gnome-tweaks</literal></para></listitem> + <listitem><para><literal>gnome-usage</literal></para></listitem> + <listitem><para><literal>gucharmap</literal></para></listitem> + <listitem><para><literal>nautilus-sendto</literal></para></listitem> + <listitem><para><literal>vinagre</literal></para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + <itemizedlist> + <title>Applications added to defaults:</title> + <listitem><para><literal>cheese</literal></para></listitem> + <listitem><para><literal>geary</literal></para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + + <bridgehead>The following changes were enacted in <option>services.gnome3.core-shell.enable</option></bridgehead> + + <itemizedlist> + <title>Applications added to defaults:</title> + <listitem><para><literal>gnome-color-manager</literal></para></listitem> + <listitem><para><literal>orca</literal></para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + <itemizedlist> + <title>Services enabled:</title> + <listitem><para><option>services.avahi.enable</option></para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </listitem> </itemizedlist> </section> @@ -348,6 +406,12 @@ What used to be called <literal>emacsPackagesNg</literal> is now simply called <literal>emacsPackages</literal>. </para> </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <option>services.xserver.desktopManager.xterm</option> is now disabled by default. + It was not useful except for debugging purposes and was confusingly set as default in some circumstances. + </para> + </listitem> </itemizedlist> </section> @@ -547,8 +611,8 @@ </para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> - - This also configures the kernel to pass coredumps to <literal>systemd-coredump</literal>. + This also configures the kernel to pass coredumps to <literal>systemd-coredump</literal>, + and restricts the SysRq key combinations to the sync command only. These sysctl snippets can be found in <literal>/etc/sysctl.d/50-*.conf</literal>, and overridden via <link linkend="opt-boot.kernel.sysctl">boot.kernel.sysctl</link> (which will place the parameters in <literal>/etc/sysctl.d/60-nixos.conf</literal>). @@ -591,6 +655,51 @@ The defaults from fontconfig are sufficient. </para> </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The <literal>crashplan</literal> package and the + <literal>crashplan</literal> service have been removed from nixpkgs due to + crashplan shutting down the service, while the <literal>crashplansb</literal> + package and <literal>crashplan-small-business</literal> service have been + removed from nixpkgs due to lack of maintainer. + </para> + <para> + The <link linkend="opt-services.redis.enable">redis module</link> was hardcoded to use the <literal>redis</literal> user, + <filename class="directory">/run/redis</filename> as runtime directory and + <filename class="directory">/var/lib/redis</filename> as state directory. + Note that the NixOS module for Redis now disables kernel support for Transparent Huge Pages (THP), + because this features causes major performance problems for Redis, + e.g. (https://redis.io/topics/latency). + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Using <option>fonts.enableDefaultFonts</option> adds a default emoji font <literal>noto-fonts-emoji</literal>. + <itemizedlist> + <para>Users of the following options will have this enabled by default:</para> + <listitem> + <para><option>services.xserver.enable</option></para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para><option>programs.sway.enable</option></para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para><option>programs.way-cooler.enable</option></para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para><option>services.xrdp.enable</option></para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The <literal>altcoins</literal> categorization of packages has + been removed. You now access these packages at the top level, + ie. <literal>nix-shell -p dogecoin</literal> instead of + <literal>nix-shell -p altcoins.dogecoin</literal>, etc. + </para> + </listitem> </itemizedlist> </section> </section> |