I didn't really notice too many new things... BUT! I did manage to figure out why Ibus/SCIM weren't working. With 12.3, Ibus had its own part of the system (like it was part of the "top-level" programs), so you only needed to configure Ibus and it would work. But that's not the case in 13.1 - Ibus no longer has the same part of the system like it used to, so after installation, it requires a bit more configuration (Ibus is not "top-level" any more). I'll have to test it a bit later on the Dell, but I think Anthy still needs to be set up in the Ibus configuration before configuring on the system side. In the settings, there's the "Region & Language" section, where the input methods are added in (normally nothing is there, so the default input method must be added first, otherwise the system will probably use the other as the default). After adding in the input methods, if a different hot key to switch between input methods is preferred, the option is under "Keyboards" -> "Shortcuts" (tab) -> "Typing". (The default is Super+Space, but I prefer it to be Ctrl+Alt+Space. I'll try it out with SCIM as well to see if it's usable or dead.)
I don't know if anything was wrong with M1, M4, or B1, and it was just my lack of poking around that made me think I was screwed for typing in Japanese.
The Iris icon theme doesn't work still, probably won't, who knows. Not a huge deal with it though, seeing as that it was aesthetic tweak and not purely necessary to function.
One thing though, is that there's no support for exFAT (I'm not sure if it was default with 12.3 or not, but I'll have to check.), which kinda prevents me from using my flash drive that has the Wifi password for my network. I did, however, find
fuse-exfat that I can use, though it's a bit roundabout since I have to use the ethernet to get the package to read the password on the drive to connect to the Wifi at home (to be honest, I have another flash drive that isn't exFAT that has the password). Native support would be nice, but isn't wholly necessary.
Well, I think the only other thing to really test is VLC, and to just do a pseudo-setup. Other than that, I think once 13.1 is out in November (I think), I'll be migrating, as it's going to be LTS (Yay! :D) version (It'll also be the first time I've adapted an x.1 version XD)
I'll write more after more testing.
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SCIM doesn't work at all, as it doesn't list Anthy in the input methods list; however, I found that Ibus doesn't need any configuration at all, so all that needs to be done is to select it in the input methods.
The only problem I have with VLC is that none of the hot keys work when the video window is selected (not even on the video window border :/ ). I read into it once and it has something to do with that the VLC packages aren't built right and maybe a missing package I need to install? I'm not horribly concerned with it, seeing as I usually have the controller window focused to be able to use the hot keys (I use the full screen controls in the case of single-screening).
Oh, one of the minor changes I forgot to mention, was that the "Date & Time" section in settings is much different now. It has a slider for "automatic time" (NTP), "automatic time zone", then a section for setting the time and date manually (you click on the bar and then the window pops up), a section to set the time zone manually (I find it gets a bit funky), and last, as slider for 12/24 hour clock (24 hour is default). With the time zone, when I set it in the installation and have "hardware clock set to NTP" checked, the time is UTC time once I finally get into GNOME, and then I have to select a different time zone (for some reason, it thinks my time zone is UTC when it's not), then select my time zone again (which fixes it). Not sure if it's a small bug, but I suppose I'll see if it's fixed in RC2.
The main thing I need to get used to is that the regular control panel has the second-highest control over settings (the first-highest would obviously be YaST), so I should toy there first before elsewhere. Not sure where the tweak tool would be, but probably third-highest. Things have changed quite a bit since 11.3, and some are a lot less apparent than others; I just need to find the less apparent ones that are important and adapt to them (I can adapt pretty quickly once I have an understanding of it).
I think that's all for now, unless something else pops up. XD
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