November 2015 - openSUSE Features - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[New: openFATE 314641] prevent newbies from adding wrong repos
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 09 Jun '17

09 Jun '17

Feature added by: Walter Schlueter (Trekkie00) Feature #314641, revision 1 Title: prevent newbies from adding wrong repos openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Walter Schlueter (trekkie00) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: When thinking of a way how to prevent new users to add dangerous repos (wrong version or factory) it came to my mind that it would be quite easy to do this. When adding the repo it should be easy to search alias, name and url for words which do not correspond with the version currently in use. For example for openSUSE 12.2 these expressions could be 11.4, 12.1, factory and so on. To allow advanced users to use these repos one could add an option where this flag can be changed. For example a parameter called allow_blacklist. Whether the value of this parameter ist set to 0 or 1 one is allowed to add these repos or not. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314641

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[New: openFATE 312999] Some easy way (one click) to switch off Akonadi + Nepomuk + Strigi
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 09 Jun '17

09 Jun '17

Feature added by: Krasimir Ivanov (kivanov) Feature #312999, revision 1 Title: Some easy way (one click) to switch off Akonadi + Nepomuk + Strigi openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Krasimir Ivanov (kivanov) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Please help us - the users, who decide to use in the real business the Linux PIM management. Please make possible for us to choose - will we use the Semantic Desktop or just would like to switch it off for some reason. Since years the idea of so called Semantic Desktop is taking huge time and efforts but results still are unappealing. I admit the work of the developers and any one should be thankful for their efforts in making KDE the best free desktop ever. But... please give some chance to users to choose what they need and prefer. Use Case: Ideally we need one additional item in Kickoff -> System Settings. Now there is available the item 'Desktop Search (Nepomuk/Strigi)'. May be some button to make possible to switch on or off the Semantic Desktop will do the job? Or please provide in the already available item 'Desktop Search (Nepomuk/Strigi)' a software button or any other easy visible tool to switch off or on all this Semantic Desktop components. Please possibly change the related software to be capable to work with or without all this Semantic Desktop technology. Let make possible for the end users to decide whet they need - a Desktop with or without this Semantic Desktop technology. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Since years this Semantic Desktop experiment still can not provide enough good results to use in the real business life. Now with the openSUSE 12 thanks to Akonadi + Nepomuk + Strigi the elegance and speed of the Linux Desktop is gone and we have some Desktop like Windows. This is because most of the hardware potential is used just for internal processes of the Semantic Desktop. This way the Desktop is getting slow and unresponiive, the HDD is running mostly all the time, a lot of RAM and HDD is used, and now KMail get buggy slow, etc ... Let users can have one unbroken PIM Management for their real life until the Semantic Desktop can provide the needed experience. Let those who prefer the Semantic Desktop in its current condition can use it as he needs. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312999

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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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[New: openFATE 308323] Integration Dynamic Kernel Module Support
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 09 Jun '17

09 Jun '17

Feature added by: Thomas Beimel (RheydterGekko) Feature #308323, revision 1 Title: Integration Dynamic Kernel Module Support Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Thomas Beimel (rheydtergekko) Description: Integrate DKMS in openSuSE repositories Especially for more unexperienced users, it is a hassle to compile kernel modules again and again if a kernel update is executed automatically. For such users it would be much easier if kernel modules e.g. needed for virtual machines like VirtualBox would be recompiled and reconfigured automatically like in other distributions like Ubuntu, Fedora,... with DKMS. I think DKMS is one great feature that openSuSE misses and has to include. Example why DKMS is so important: Different rather unexperienced users that I convinced using Linux like the GUI etc. and miss the abilities to work with simple commands on the terminal. So if they cannot get help from another person, they would not be able to use their preconfigured virtual machine anymore because of an mandatory kernel update that is made automatically. Please add Dynamic Kernel Module Support to SuSE soon! -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308323

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[openFATE 306978] Comment Delete Button
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 06 Jun '17

06 Jun '17

Feature added by: Hendrik Vogelsang (hennevogel) Feature #306978, revision 1 Title: Comment Delete Button openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Hendrik Vogelsang (hennevogel) Description: Project/Product managers and Screening Team Members should have the possibility to delete comments to remove spam and improve readability of features. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306978

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[openFATE 306583] "My Votes" list
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 06 Jun '17

06 Jun '17

Feature added by: Stephan Binner (Beineri) Feature #306583, revision 1 Title: "My Votes" list openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Stephan Binner (beineri) Description: It would be nice to have, analogous to Bugzilla, besides the "My Features" link a "My Votes" list (at best showing directly how one has voted on each features too). -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306583

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[New: openFATE 311019] openFATE and Social Media
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 06 Jun '17

06 Jun '17

Feature added by: Nelson Marques (ketheriel) Feature #311019, revision 1 Title: openFATE and Social Media openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Nelson Marques (ketheriel) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: openFATE should have automatic interfacing with openSUSE social media. * All features should be able to be twited (twitter) and 'liked' (facebook). * All added comments should be tweeted automatically. By introducing such behavior we would expand the visibility of openFATE and provide our followers/users with a updated status of what's really happening, therefore showing the clear positive synergies around the Community and fomenting user interaction with openFATE. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Maybe because: * We want higher visibility; * We want higher used feedback; * We want higher user-interaction on the future of openSUSE; * We have nothing to loose by creating such possibility; -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311019

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[New: openFATE 315082] set up the host name during installation process
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 27 May '17

27 May '17

Feature added by: Juan rodriguez (victorhck) Feature #315082, revision 1 Title: set up the host name during installation process openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Juan rodriguez (victorhck) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: During the installation process to be able to set up the name of the host besides the user's name -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/315082

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[New: openFATE 309617] customize hostname at install time
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 27 May '17

27 May '17

Feature added by: Alin M Elena (ealin) Feature #309617, revision 1 Title: customize hostname at install time openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Alin M Elena (ealin) Description: IN the automatic configuration mode at install time you cannot specify the hostname... -- which by the way is displayed in your kde menu and of course in the konsole... I find this despicable on aesthetic grounds... Now putting the joke aside I find it strange to give the user the choice to decide what encryption method to use (as a brainless option) but changing the name of the computer to be considered as advanced... I know you can do it by choosing a manual configuration... but for a normal user that may prove a little bit challenging to have to decide on a lot of other things in order just to choose a lousy name for his computer., Alin -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309617

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