October 2011 - openSUSE Features - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[New: openFATE 308878] Add KDE Info Center to System Settings
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 12 Jun '17

12 Jun '17

Feature added by: Roman Bysh (Romanator) Feature #308878, revision 1 Title: Add KDE Info Center to System Settings openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Roman Bysh (romanator) Description: I propose adding the KDE Info Center to System Settings or even Sysinfo. It provides more information than sysinfo provides at this time. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308878

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[New: openFATE 311661] provide a LiveCD/USB image to crowd-source a HCL
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 12 Jun '17

12 Jun '17

Feature added by: Bernhard Wiedemann (bmwiedemann) Feature #311661, revision 1 Title: provide a LiveCD/USB image to crowd-source a HCL openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Bernhard Wiedemann (bmwiedemann) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: SUSE manually maintained a Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) but this has disadvantages: - it covers a limited range of hardware - parts of it can be outdated or inaccurate - it is a lot of effort to maintain On the other hand, people want an easy way to know if their hardware works with the current or next release of openSUSE. This is why a Live image is proposed that can easily be put to CD or USB-mass-storage and has an easy way (e.g. icon on desktop) to test access to different types of hardware: - graphics - sound - network - input ... This software could then upload the test results to a public online database in anonymous form. This DB could be the smolt DB or something similar in spirit. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311661

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[openFATE 306762] Implemens tool like apt-listbugs of Debian
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 12 Jun '17

12 Jun '17

Feature added by: Vicenç Juan Tomàs Monserrat (vtomasr5) Feature #306762, revision 1 Title: Implemens tool like apt-listbugs of Debian openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Vicenç Juan Tomàs Monserrat (vtomasr5) Description: For system administrators to know the open bugs in the packages is very important to know whether to install or not. Would be a good feature! -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306762

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[New: openFATE 309389] add /usr/local to KDEDIRS
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 12 Jun '17

12 Jun '17

Feature added by: Stefan Majewsky (majewsky) Feature #309389, revision 1 Title: add /usr/local to KDEDIRS openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Stefan Majewsky (majewsky) Description: By default, CMake-powered KDE apps are installed to /usr/local, but KDE won't pickup data files and configs from this directory tree because the KDEDIRS environment variable does not include /usr/local. This problem can currently be circumvented by setting the installation prefix to /usr (which is asking for trouble because of possible clashes with RPM) or by adding /usr/local to KDEDIRS manually, which is error-prone (esp. for new users). Therefore, I propose that /usr/local be included in the KDEDIRS environment variable by default (with a lower precedence than /usr, of course). -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309389

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[New: openFATE 311029] Add Link to Documentation Site
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 09 Jun '17

09 Jun '17

Feature added by: Thomas Schraitle (thomas-schraitle) Feature #311029, revision 1 Title: Add Link to Documentation Site openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Thomas Schraitle (thomas-schraitle) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: The official documentation seems to be not very known in the openSUSE world. To make it more visible, I would suggest the following improvements: * Add a link http://docs.opensuse.org (http://docs.opensuse.org) to the welcome screen (SUSEgreeter?) of a fresh installation * Include http://docs.opensuse.org (http://docs.opensuse.org) to the list of pre-installed bookmarks in Firefox, Konqueror, ... * Maybe add an icon on the desktop which refers to the above link. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: To make the official documentation more visible and easier to find. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311029

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[New: openFATE 310449] A simple way to turn off nouveau
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 09 Jun '17

09 Jun '17

Feature added by: nick skeen (ns89) Feature #310449, revision 1 Title: A simple way to turn off nouveau openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: nick skeen (ns89) Description: With OpenSUSE11.3 nouveau is used be default. In order to turn it off you must add nomodeset to the kernel parameters in /boot/grub/menu.lst and turn on no_kms_in_intrid in the sysconfig editor. So add a simple option on the sysconfig editor to do both? -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310449

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[New: openFATE 311286] KDE Menu
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 09 Jun '17

09 Jun '17

Feature added by: Kim Banga (nomadewolf) Feature #311286, revision 1 Title: KDE Menu openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Kim Banga (nomadewolf) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Well no one likes the KDE Menu it's unusable. The 3.5 version is better, but not THAT better, it's outdated and that's the reason they created a new one... Look at Linux Mint. A distro is not just putting a bunch of stuff together. You must improve what's less good. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311286

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[New: openFATE 311169] MintMenu to be included in openSUSE by default
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 09 Jun '17

09 Jun '17

Feature added by: Manu Gupta (manugupt1) Feature #311169, revision 1 Title: MintMenu to be included in openSUSE by default openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Manu Gupta (manugupt1) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: We can have MintMenu by default in openSUSE 1. It is a fork of our own slab 2. It has lots more functionality than our slab and yes more popular too 3. Better UX It already exists at OBS http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/unamanic/openSUSE_11.3/ -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311169

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[New: openFATE 308361] Offer remastered isos for released versions every N months
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 09 Jun '17

09 Jun '17

Feature added by: Bernhard Wiedemann (bmwiedemann) Feature #308361, revision 1 Title: Offer remastered isos for released versions every N months openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Bernhard Wiedemann (bmwiedemann) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Offer remastered isos for released versions every N months - with sane N being in range (6..12) Remastering has been done once for 10.1: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-announce/2006-10/msg00001.html cons: methods to make current factory.iso might not work for older releases if isos shall be officially supported, some installation testing is needed (for N>3, a determined individual (e.g. me) could easily do that) Alternatives: Kiwi, SUSE Studio - but those lack GM templates and are not as easy-to-use for that purpose for a user from the general public keywords: remastered, respin, servicepack, slipstream Use Case: User A wants to install a stable version of openSUSE on his father's computer, but since his father only has a modem connection, installing 100 MB of updates after installation to have a secure system is not possible. So user A downloads openSUSE-11.1-DVD-remastered1-i586.iso over his broadband Internet connection, burns it and installs it, needing to fetch at most updates of the last N months over slow Internet. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: openSUSE GM isos are usually released with dozens of known issues and hundreds of unknown issues for which later updates are released. https://features.opensuse.org/308284 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00004.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00004.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00008.html pro: allows installations in cases where bugs in original network/IDE/SATA/graphics driver prevented easy installation+update allows to cleanup other ugly installation issues like https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=556868 allows to easily install an updated system where no broadband internet connection is available compared to current GM isos, such an DVD iso is better suited for user-archives after discontinuation, when updates become unavailable hardly any extra work needed, as updates are already created and tested existing image-creation mechanisms can be re-used sort of the most bug-free openSUSE we can get -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308361

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[New: openFATE 312754] LetÂ´s kick SuSEGreeter, and create a shiny new website instead
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 09 Jun '17

09 Jun '17

Feature added by: Kim Leyendecker (openLHAG) Feature #312754, revision 1 Title: LetÂ´s kick SuSEGreeter, and create a shiny new website instead openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Kim Leyendecker (openlhag) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: See this discussion before reply: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-marketing/2011-07/msg00039.html ======================================================== The goal is to create a start page for our delivered browser instead of SuSEGreeter. Use Case: After an installation, first time the user opens his browser. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: We can deliver more dynamic content with the website, instead of SuSEGreeter. Imagine: * Links to openSUSE documentation * Twitter plugin * News.o.o links * Comprehensive information -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312754

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