Chapter 7. Desktop

In RHEL 9, the Files application offered an Other Location option to access remote file systems and network shares without relying on locally mounted drives.

In RHEL 10, the Files application is updated. You can now access network shares from the Network option, and mass storage devices from the Devices section in the sidebar.

The default delivery method for Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird is changed from RPM packages to Flatpaks. Anaconda, the RHEL installer, preinstalls these Flatpaks by default.

If your system is subscribed to Red Hat, you do not need to provide your Red Hat credentials when accessing the Red Hat Flatpak Registry. If you use the Red Hat Flatpak Registry on an unsubscribed system, follow the official guidelines.

Because there might be use cases where Flatpaks do not fit well, Red Hat will continue to provide and support firefox and thunderbird RPM packages in the AppStream repository for the lifetime of RHEL 10. If you identify any of these use cases, contact Red Hat Support. Alternatively, you can provide your feedback in the RHEL-160615 Jira ticket.

You can change the delivery method in Anaconda from Flatpaks back to RPM packages by following the process outlined in the documentation. For example, use the following configuration to preinstall the firefox RPM package instead of the Flatpak:

%packages
@^graphical-server-environment
-redhat-flatpak-preinstall-firefox
firefox
%end