November 2015 - openSUSE Features - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[New: openFATE 314471] Distribution of GRUB2 emulator by a package
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: Markus Elfring (elfring) Feature #314471, revision 1 Title: Distribution of GRUB2 emulator by a package openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Neutral Requested by: Markus Elfring (elfring) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: I would appreciate if the software "GRUB2 emulator" will also become available for openSUSE directly by a package. Can anything be reused from an Ubuntu installation source (http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/grub-emu) ? See also my initial bug report ' Distribution of "grub2-emu" by a package? (https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=780638) '. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314471

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[New: openFATE 309007] Add more scientific packages
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: Ricardo Gabriel Berlasso (RGBsuse) Feature #309007, revision 1 Title: Add more scientific packages Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Ricardo Gabriel Berlasso (rgbsuse) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Right now, openSUSE have quite few "scientific packages". We have freemat on Education, xmgrace ... and a few more. But, for example, octave is only on Packman and SciDAVis is nowhere (for 11.2 at least). There are no packages for Scilab either, nor for PAW... Use Case: A physicist (or engineer) working on University that needs a good Linux distro for his/her work. Nowadays, even if openSUSE is more stable and reliable than fedora, the scientist will choose the later because its larger set of scientific packages. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: To give openSUSE more presence on universities and research centers at "final user" level. Now openSUSE and its derivatives are found in clusters to run simulations (I've seen some of them) with ad-hoc programs, or in supercomputers, but not in the office computer for the single researcher. With its focus on stability, openSUSE could be the perfect "scy distro" but the few "heavy duty" scientific packages available is against this. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309007

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[New: openFATE 311397] uniconvertor
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: Christopher Yeleighton (yecril71pl) Feature #311397, revision 1 Title: uniconvertor openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Christopher Yeleighton (yecril71pl) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: UniConvertor is a universal vector graphics translator. It is a command line tool which uses sK1 object model to convert one format to another. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: The tool uniconvertor is subsidiary to ImageMagick. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311397

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[New: openFATE 311389] RADIANCE
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: Christopher Yeleighton (yecril71pl) Feature #311389, revision 1 Title: RADIANCE openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Christopher Yeleighton (yecril71pl) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: RADIANCE is a highly accurate ray-tracing software system for UNIX computers that is licensed at no cost in source form. Radiance was developed with primary support from the U.S. Department Of Energy and additional support from the Swiss Federal Government. Copyright is held by the Regents of the University of California. <URL: http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/HOME.html > Test Case: { type ra_pfm; } Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: ra_pfm is a subsidiary application used by ImageMagick. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311389

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[New: openFATE 311398] GhostXPS
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: Christopher Yeleighton (yecril71pl) Feature #311398, revision 1 Title: GhostXPS openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Christopher Yeleighton (yecril71pl) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: GhostXPS is Artifex Software's implementation of the Microsoft XML Paper Specification (XPS) page description language. It is currently under development. Test Case: { type gxps; } Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: The tool gxps is subsidiary to ImageMagick. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311398

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[New: openFATE 311386] RALCGM
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: Christopher Yeleighton (yecril71pl) Feature #311386, revision 1 Title: RALCGM openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Christopher Yeleighton (yecril71pl) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: RAL-CGM [1] is a program to interpret Computer Graphics Metafiles. It can: * Translate them to a different encoding (Binary, Character or Clear Text) * Display CGM's on screen using X-Windows * Send CGM's to a printer or plotter (PostScript or HPGL) It runs on Unix machines (X11 needed for display). ___ [1] <URL: http://www.agocg.ac.uk/train/cgm/ralcgm.htm > Test Case: http://www.agocg.ac.uk/train/cgm/examples/allbezcg.gz Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: It is a subsidiary component to ImageMagick. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311386

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[New: openFATE 311394] GhostPCL
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: Christopher Yeleighton (yecril71pl) Feature #311394, revision 1 Title: GhostPCL openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Christopher Yeleighton (yecril71pl) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: GhostPCL is Artifex Software's implementation of the PCL-5â¢ and PCL-XLâ¢ family of page description languages. Test Case: { type pcl6; } Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: pcl6 is a subsidiary external tool used by ImageMagick. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311394

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[New: openFATE 311396] rawtorle
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: Christopher Yeleighton (yecril71pl) Feature #311396, revision 1 Title: rawtorle openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Christopher Yeleighton (yecril71pl) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Converts the kitchen sink to RLE format. Test Case: == Examples: == * 512x512 greyscale image: rawtorle -w 512 -h 512 -n 1 * 640x512 raw RGB file : rawtorle -w 640 -h 512 -n 3 * picture.[rgb] : cat picture.* | rawtorle -w 640 -h 512 -n 3 -N -r * JPLs ODL voyager pics : rawtorle -w 800 -h 800 -f 2508 -t 1672 -n 1 -p 36 Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: The tool rawtorle is subsidiary to ImageMagick. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311396

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[New: openFATE 313146] Replace KDE NM plasmoid with wicd-KDE
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: Dan MacDonald (danboid) Feature #313146, revision 1 Title: Replace KDE NM plasmoid with wicd-KDE openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Dan MacDonald (danboid) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Overall I have been greatly impressed with the KDE version of OS 12.1 and I feel this distro is 98% of the way to being the perfect desktop Linux distribution. There is just one dodgy app letting the side down and that is the KDE Networkmanager plasmoid. I'm sure the KDE NMP is fine for people who only use ethernet but it seems to suffer multiple problems dealing with wifi such as: * I seem to be to be able to connect to wifi networks OK if its the first time. After that it seems unwilling to connect to a network that has already been used - after a reboot for exanmple - even if 'Connect automatically' has been chosen. * Switching between access points/networks in unintuitive, in fact I still don't know how to do this using the NM plasmoid. Its usability stinks and I find its GUI overly busy, cluttered and confusing. * Will someone please just kill KDE wallet and related tech now please? I have never and likely will never want a password to access my passwords!! The whole idea seems dumb to me and unfortunately the KNMP has bought into this way of doing things. Thankfully, wicd stores wifi keys without any extra hassle of putting a password on your passwords passwords! :) I know that if I had not been a long-time Linux user who was not aware of the possibility of installing wicd-kde as a hassle-free, working and user-friendly replacement I would've very likely gave up hope on using opensuse. Like most other desktop users I need wifi to work in a easy and reliable fashion and this fundamental requirement is not fulfilled by the KDE Networkmanager plasmoid which should be replaced in the standard OS KDE distro by wicd-kde. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/313146

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[New: openFATE 318313] Add a Live CD creation script/program
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: A Butter Powered Penguin (tamag9) Feature #318313, revision 1 Title: Add a Live CD creation script/program openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: A Butter Powered Penguin (tamag9) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: It would be great if openSUSE had something like remastersys (Debian/Ubuntu) or mylivecd (PCLinuxOS) to make a Live CD backup of the current running system with an installer. Use Case: Have a backup of a working installation before doing anything dangerous (Upgrading the system, major package vendor changes.) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/318313

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