March 2015 - 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 311439] have a decent linear video editor
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

Feature added by: Jean-Daniel Dodin (jdd) Feature #311439, revision 1 Title: have a decent linear video editor openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Jean-Daniel Dodin (jdd) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: When searching why I still switch to Windows, I have little answers but two or three. One of them is having a decent video editor, like this proprietary one: http://www.magix.com/us/ (cost only approx $100), extrremely powerfull. We already have some editors (Kdenlive, kino, openshot, openmovie, blender) Use Case: To edit the 11.4 tutorials I had to use Magix. No Linux editor could do the same without crashing every 10 minutes... and I really dislike making openSUSE tutorials with a proprietary software Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: On my opinion, we are not that far of the result, but may be we would have to give 2/3 more developpers to the right project. for now I see three capable projects: * kdenlive, the kde editor. It's the most promising, but for some years now it's still excessively buggy. Not even able to save and load correctly a project! * blender. Blender have a very special interface, so I couldn't really test it, but the Blender developpers use to be extremely fine, so I trust them. I will try it more, but may be need to buils a doc in the mean time * cinelerra. let alone because it may be the older project, and said to be very fine for it's goal. Used to ask for enormous amount of power (cluster of 100 machines) and specially fitted to jpeg movy editor, very professional, may be too much for the average :-( So we need one and we can have one if we devote some manpower to it -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311439

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[New: openFATE 312997] Port MGSE (Mint Gnome Shell Extensions) from Linux Mint
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

Feature added by: Ilya Chernykh (Ansus) Feature #312997, revision 1 Title: Port MGSE (Mint Gnome Shell Extensions) from Linux Mint openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Ilya Chernykh (ansus) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: MGSE (Mint Gnome Shell Extensions) make Gnome Shell to look somewhat familiar to Gnome 2 users, by returning classical DE elements such as taskbar, desktop, main menu and munti-window workflow. The extentions can be optionally enabled and disabled. Some screenshots are here: http://www.linuxmint.com/tmp/blog/1851/linuxmint12-preview.png http://itbuben.org/blog/Unix-way/1903.html -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312997

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[New: openFATE 312775] Add support of Atheros AR81Family NIC
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

Feature added by: Martin Hunek (Hunator) Feature #312775, revision 1 Title: Add support of Atheros AR81Family NIC openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Martin Hunek (hunator) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Please add support of Atheros AR81Family network cards into DVD. There is a existing kernel module for that (atl1e for Atheros AR8151), it can be found in file: AR81Family-Linux-v1.0.1.9.tar.gz (on first page when googled). I was a little stacked when i installed OpenSuSe 11.4 without network running. I encounter AR8151 NIC already on 2 newer devices so i think it will become really common. Please excuse my english and also if i wrote somewhere i should not, I am newbie here. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312775

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[New: openFATE 311354] switchable graphics
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

Feature added by: Oleg Kleschev (Kles4) Feature #311354, revision 1 Title: switchable graphics openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Oleg Kleschev (kles4) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Please provide convenient way to use switchable graphics in notebooks and other systems -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311354

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