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| author | Rutherther <rutherther@ditigal.xyz> | 2026-01-17 12:35:20 +0100 |
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| committer | Rutherther <rutherther@ditigal.xyz> | 2026-01-19 18:51:43 +0100 |
| commit | 00a117d436a5149ce85388475da7dfc30128476d (patch) | |
| tree | dbb1a4faf7bfbe07c6d42656dd1938ac8a810e9c | |
| parent | 6d4cb99a15da7f4fd55f956c55f4f4aacfcc7742 (diff) | |
news: Add information about %desktop-services changes.
Change-Id: I99a7fa1dcaba51f2a0dfe57f77384d82b98505f3
Signed-off-by: Rutherther <rutherther@ditigal.xyz>
Merges: #5697
| -rw-r--r-- | etc/news.scm | 20 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/etc/news.scm b/etc/news.scm index e0bc8b28a6b..0ac066ddaac 100644 --- a/etc/news.scm +++ b/etc/news.scm @@ -42,6 +42,26 @@ (channel-news (version 0) + (entry (commit "6d4cb99a15da7f4fd55f956c55f4f4aacfcc7742") + (title + (en "@code{%desktop-services} now includes GDM on AArch64")) + (body + (en "On Guix System in an operating system configuration, your value for the +@code{services} field is based on @code{%desktop-services} for desktop +machines. + +The @code{%desktop-services} contains a login manager that is +architecture-dependent. Previously, GDM has been used on x86_64 and SDDM on +other architectures. + +Now, GDM is used on all 64-bit architectures. This affects only AArch64 in +the end, as other 64-bit architectures aren't mature enough to use +%desktop-services, yet. + +In case you're on AArch64 and you've changed the login manager, you will have +to adapt your config to remove @code{gdm-service-type} instead of +@code{sddm-service-type}."))) + (entry (commit "d3b79beaa806452dceaffb8b211b69dc4c346aba") (title (en "Linux-libre 5.4 no longer supported") |