October 2010 - openSUSE Features - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[New: openFATE 309468] improve system administration from commandline
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

Feature added by: Kenny Verstraete (verstraete_kenny) Feature #309468, revision 1 Title: improve system administration from commandline openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Kenny Verstraete (verstraete_kenny) Description: I've installed PClinuxOS out of curiousity previous week and was impressed with the strong administration tools it came with. I've always been a fan of YaST, but now that saX is deprecated, there is no (newbie)option anymore to configure graphics card from within console. Let's say x won't start after some update, or misconfiguration... We used to do some sax2- r -m 0=vesa, fix the issue and return back to what is was. Drakconf lets you configure al your hardware from within console and is linux-newbie proof. openSUSE needs something like that too! -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309468

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[New: openFATE 309483] Create Spacewalk compliance
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

Feature added by: Stephan Kleine (bitshuffler) Feature #309483, revision 1 Title: Create Spacewalk compliance openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Stephan Kleine (bitshuffler) Description: We are currently lacking some free solution to manage servers / clients. Red Hats Spacewalk ( http://www.redhat.com/spacewalk/ ) provides their enterprise solution to that problem. Please make [open]SUSE compatible with Spacewalk so it will be possible to manage it together with Red Hats products so it evolves to a one stop solution to manage linux products within an enterprise enviroment regardless of the vendor. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309483

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[New: openFATE 309570] sync contacts/calendars/SMS with KdePIMs using bluetooth like Nokia PC Suite.
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

Feature added by: double chou (MargueriteSu) Feature #309570, revision 1 Title: sync contacts/calendars/SMS with KdePIMs using bluetooth like Nokia PC Suite. openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: double chou (margueritesu) Description: It may be hard, but possible, 'coz Symbian is open source now, we do not have legal problems anymore. I know you men are developing Akonadi, after that, contacts/calendars can be sync to Google Contacts/Calendars then Kontacts/Korgnaizer. But actually it is just like 2 stationary FTP connections. The bluetooth idea is something that I can sync anything I want to every device in my room directly, not using any transition like Google, not requiring network connections. Of course I can also sync with Google, but it is another case. Actually you did it before. Kitchensync is an amazing software. And you said you will rewrite it. But the new version (not usable yet) can not sync with mobile directly, not to mention backup SMS (some places in the world, banks use SMS to send bills) . So come on, Symbian has only 4 versions, S40, S60v3, S60v5 and Symbian 3. Its protocols are easy for you. Nokia will remain top in next decade. It is not useless and can't be ignored. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309570

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[New: openFATE 309586] Add hybrid-auth to KNetworkManager/vpnc
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

Feature added by: Sascha Eichenauer (supertimorplusfort) Feature #309586, revision 1 Title: Add hybrid-auth to KNetworkManager/vpnc openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Sascha Eichenauer (supertimorplusfort) Description: A lot of CISCO VPN's today use hybrid-authentication. Unlike gnome-NetworkManager, KNetworkManager does not support hybrid-auth. Sure, it's not a big deal to connect via cli (when you have an ssl-enabled vpnc installed) but hybrid-auth integration into KNetworkmanager would make openSUSE and KDE much more attractive to university students and staff, for example. There's a bug report in KDE's bug tracker (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=219118) which seems to be worked on. The gnomes were faster, they already have a patch (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=495893) . I'd really appreciate seeing hybrid-auth capability in KNetworkManager. Maybe someone with programming skills and the desire for hybrid-auth can do something. Thanks for listening! -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309586

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[New: openFATE 309838] Add a set of favourite modules in YaST control centre
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

Feature added by: Atri Bhattacharya (badshah400) Feature #309838, revision 1 Title: Add a set of favourite modules in YaST control centre openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Atri Bhattacharya (badshah400) Description: It would be nice to have a set of favourite modules in YaST either as a separate group or as part of the display (for example a list of items just below the left sidebar). I understand that many modules in YaST are a little too technical for the "average" desktop user, and that he/she usually ends up using a few of them [software management, network, users, etc.] regularly while ignoring the presence of the more advanced modules. As a result, the interface looks a little too daunting for him/her at first sight. Therefore, I suggest that YaST have a "Commonly used" group of modules [alongside the already existing groups] that should be shown at YaST startup. The commonly used group could be a hard-coded list of the usually used modules [i believe the survey could help with that] or be initially populated with a selection of simple modules and then updated with usage. For example there could be just the "Software management" and "Users" modules added to the commonly used group and when a user uses module "X" a few times it shows up there as well. This would make it useful also, for example, for a system-administrator who uses the LDAP module regu larly. Filing for openSUSE 11.3, since there seems to be no way to file features for 12.0 yet. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309838

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[New: openFATE 309914] Add Disk Labels to partitions during install
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

Feature added by: David Kroher (dkroher) Feature #309914, revision 1 Title: Add Disk Labels to partitions during install openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: David Kroher (dkroher) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Standard Opensuse install does not add disk labels to partitions during install. It should label when the partition is created for what it is root/home. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: This can be very useful when plugging a hdd opensuse was installed on to another machine, eg, via USB. The notifier will display the disk labels without having to guess what is on each partition. Should be fairly simple to implement, and I only expect to be done when separate home partition is selected during install. More partitions than that, and I see it up to the user to define the labels. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309914

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[New: openFATE 309260] Choose between Office Suites
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

Feature added by: John Shand (jshand2008) Feature #309260, revision 1 Title: Choose between Office Suites openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: John Shand (jshand2008) Description: just with having the option to choose the web browser, it would also be a good idea to let the user choose which office suite they would like e.g. OpenOffice or KOffice. it would be desirable for this feature to be implemented -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309260

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[New: openFATE 309357] Add the WHIRLPOOL login password option+PC Tracking
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

Feature added by: ryan smith (ryan1414) Feature #309357, revision 1 Title: Add the WHIRLPOOL login password option+PC Tracking openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: ryan smith (ryan1414) Description: My first feature request for OpenSuse 11.3 is to add the WHIRLPOOL encryption as a choice for the login password. More info can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHIRLPOOL (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHIRLPOOL) Also the encryption options should have security ratings displayed like this: Whirlpool (Strongest) MD5 (Okay) etc etc My second feature request is to have a PC tracking feature so users can find their PC if it gets stolen. The iPhone has a feature like this so OpenSuse should too. It could work by users going into Control Center and clicking on "Computer Tracking" and then they type in their email address and choose when they want the ip address of the internet connection sent to them, like this: Find your lost or stolen computer: Your Email Address: example(a)example.com (mailto:example@example.com) Send Location : Never Once per Hour Once per Day If the computer has a GPS or wifi connected then those co-ordinates could be sent too. It should support IPv4 and IPv6 ip addresses. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309357

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[New: openFATE 309358] Less confusing installer idea
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

Feature added by: ryan smith (ryan1414) Feature #309358, revision 1 Title: Less confusing installer idea openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: ryan smith (ryan1414) Description: I have a feature request for the OpenSuse 11.3 installer. I found 11.2 installer to be very confusing. What I found confusing was the partition part and where it talks about sda1, sda2, etc. Most beginners won't even know what these mean. My feature request is to make the installer less confusing by first displaying all the partitions and hard drives on a user's computer and users can select 1 or more partitions to install OpenSuse too like this: Tick the drive/s | partitions you want to install OpenSuse on: C: Label 20GB D: Label 50GB E: Label 1TB After users have chosen the drives/partitions only then will the partition edit/creation options be shown, and they'll only apply to the drives/partitions a user chose before. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309358

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[openFATE 307777] Package Phoronix Test Suite
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

Feature added by: Ted Bullock (meiqur) Feature #307777, revision 1 Title: Package Phoronix Test Suite Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Ted Bullock (meiqur) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Phoronix is a moderately popular linux related website which has compiled a series of tests into a suite they call the Phoronix Test Suite. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: It would be interesting for users to be able to observe the changes in the performance of their systems from release to release. Also, it would useful to actually bring some numbers to discussions in bug reports rather than just vague statements like "computer is slow" -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307777

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