December 2010 - openSUSE Features - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[New: openFATE 308930] Restricted Drivers Manager
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

Feature added by: Stratos Zolotas (elksi) Feature #308930, revision 1 Title: Restricted Drivers Manager openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Stratos Zolotas (elksi) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Restricted Drivers Manager (similar to Ubuntu's) for installing proprietary drivers especially for graphics cards. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Installation of binary graphics cards drivers should be more quick and simpler that the usual PMS approach. Also unreleased drivers (like it happens for the new version of Ubuntu) should enter the alpha and beta testing period. It will be a nice feature to provide updates for this drivers as well, through the same Restricted Drivers Manager. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308930

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[New: openFATE 308388] Automatically propose to install firmware or proprietary driver
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

Feature added by: Mindaugas Baranauskas (embar-) Feature #308388, revision 1 Title: Automatically propose to install firmware or proprietary driver openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Mindaugas Baranauskas (embar-) Description: Ubuntu system's one nice tool: always notificates and proposes to install firmware and proprietary drive. OpenSUSE should also! Now, for example, openSUSE installs b43-fwcutter, but don’t inform, that I need to run /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware. Now OpenSUSE installs nv, but It would be nice to automatically notificate about possibility to install proprietary nvidia driver -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308388

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[New: openFATE 310811] Enable touchpad "tap click" by default
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

Feature added by: Jimmy Berry (boombatower) Feature #310811, revision 1 Title: Enable touchpad "tap click" by default openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Jimmy Berry (boombatower) Description: It seems in SUSE 11.3 the default setting was changed so that the touchpad no longer accepts tapping to click. At first I thought I had a driver issue or something was messed up. This is silly since everyone expects tapping the touchpad to result in a click, not to be ignored. One of the issues I think people have coming over to linux or even seasoned users such as myself is annoying or silly defaults. Right after installing SUSE I go through and change a load of settings, obviously much of which is user preference, but I have to be believe most settings I change to what people expect. Regardless enabling tapping on the touchpad is something we need. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310811

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[New: openFATE 310819] Install Grub to MBR by default
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

Feature added by: Armin Herbert (armher) Feature #310819, revision 1 Title: Install Grub to MBR by default openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Armin Herbert (armher) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: When installing openSUSE 11.3, right before copying the files to disk, one gets to choose where to install Grub - on a partition or in MBR. Installing on a partition is the default. This leaves users who didn't manually enable this option with a fresh installation of openSUSE and no way to boot it, short of editing a boot cd's grub command line by hand and restoring it with YaST from the running system. It's a common mistake, for unexperienced users as can be observed on FreeNode:#suse, as well as for people who install openSUSE a lot but from time to time forget this option. Installing to MBR should be the default way to install Grub. Alternatively, provide a better UI that makes choosing mandatory and explains the consequences. A third way could be to check for an existing Windows boot manager which is capable of booting Linux. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: We don't want new users who took the time to install openSUSE to be left with no way to boot their freshly installed OS. We want to support their curiousness and their courage to make this step should not be disappointed at the second time they boot. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310819

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[New: openFATE 310649] Adjust kernel choice automatically for server-based-install
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

Feature added by: Bruno Friedmann (bruno_friedmann) Feature #310649, revision 1 Title: Adjust kernel choice automatically for server-based-install openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Bruno Friedmann (bruno_friedmann) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: As described here https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613216 and discussed also here https://features.opensuse.org/309257 Selecting the kernel-desktop during a minimal-server-install lead to more works for admin. Can we just adjust the pattern, to select the kernel-default if 64bits install, or the kernel-pae if 32 bits. Test Case: See https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613216 Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Providing this smart choice to our advanced and/or admin users we show them that we understand what they want. "A minimal server text based install" Otherwise, the label is just wrong, isn't it ? -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310649

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[New: openFATE 310885] Use flash-player square for x64 instead of 10.1
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

Feature added by: vincent lejeune (vlj) Feature #310885, revision 1 Title: Use flash-player square for x64 instead of 10.1 openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: vincent lejeune (vlj) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Adobe released some weeks ago a new version preview version of its flash plugin codenamed "Square" (a preview of the 10.2 plugin version, that is to be released next year). Unlike stable 10.1, this plugin has a native 64 bits version. As experienced by some users, this preview version is more stable that the latest stable one on 64bits OS in some situation ; on the other hand, using a native x64 plugins would allow to get rid of every 32bits package that are installed "just for" flash player, and which waste disk place. It would be nice, as OpenSUSE 11.4 will ship in Q1 2011, to have a "package" that provides flash square (with classic EULA notification) for 64bits version of opensuse instead of flash 10.1. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310885

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[New: openFATE 308491] Open as root
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

Feature added by: belal mandurah (belal_mandurah) Feature #308491, revision 1 Title: Open as root openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: belal mandurah (belal_mandurah) Description: Right click on a file --> open file as root. user then enter root pasword. I really like to open files as roots without going to the terminal and typing command lines. Can you please make this happen. I saw this feature in linux mint and it is really helpfull. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308491

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[New: openFATE 308510] Reducing power consumption
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

Feature added by: Quentin Denis (queden) Feature #308510, revision 1 Title: Reducing power consumption openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Quentin Denis (queden) Description: It is time for (SUSE) Linux to go green and to extend battery lifetime of laptops. I discovered these patches [1] some times ago, are they all implemented? Please do a lot more progress in powersaving! This is a general request for future releases of any kind (update, package, distribution upgrade, ...) kind regards, Quentin [1] http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/powertop/known.php (http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/powertop/known.php) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308510

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[New: openFATE 310939] [zypper] add package counter
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 16 Nov '16

16 Nov '16

Feature added by: Lutz Thuns (lOtz1009) Feature #310939, revision 1 Title: [zypper] add package counter openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Lutz Thuns (lotz1009) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: When installing/updating with zypper and "--download in-advance" zypper shows a counter of how many packages are to be downloaded and at which position we currently are: Paket kscd-4.5.4-2.5.x86_64 wird abgerufen (145/177) , 130,0 KiB (1,3 MiB entpackt) When it comes to installing the downloaded packages, this counter is currently not showing: Installation von: kscd-4.5.4-2.5 [fertig] I'd like to have this counter there too. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310939

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[New: openFATE 310229] Add write support for NTFS partitions, using the NTFS-3G.
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 16 Nov '16

16 Nov '16

Feature added by: Genix Info (genixinfo) Feature #310229, revision 1 Title: Add write support for NTFS partitions, using the NTFS-3G. openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Genix Info (genixinfo) Description: My suggestion is to add write support on NTFS partitions, being a regular user (not root). -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310229

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