March 2015 - openSUSE Features - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[New: openFATE 311446] Split Kernel rpms from Tumbleweed repo
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 Nov '16

25 Nov '16

Feature added by: Bill P (google01103) Feature #311446, revision 1 Title: Split Kernel rpms from Tumbleweed repo openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Bill P (google01103) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Currently the Tumbleweed repo contains both app and kernel rpms, I propose that the Tumbleweed project be split into 2 repos - kernel and apps. The reason for this being that updating a kernel can be much more problematic/disruptive to an existing install compared to just updating apps. I admit this might be an unwarranted personal concern but it gives me pause when considering using the Tumbleweed repo. Locking the kernel rpms would also lock the oss repo's kernel updates which would not be a wise move as oss kernel updates have defined pupose (stability, security). -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311446

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[New: openFATE 312151] make KDE's "kickoff" launcher menu recognizable in "Add widgets"
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 Nov '16

25 Nov '16

Feature added by: NCE_DDI BCI Da (bci) Feature #312151, revision 1 Title: make KDE's "kickoff" launcher menu recognizable in "Add widgets" openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: NCE_DDI BCI Da (bci) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Nearly once a month, one of our users somehow manages to vanish his application launcher menu (aka kickoff), angry asking "Where's my green start button gone?!". Even if he then manages to get to his panel options and find the "Add widgets" function, he'll never discover "my greenish chameleon symbol" there. He's usually completely lost at identifying the entry "Application Launcher Menu" as his missing widget, because that only bears that standard, feebly blue/white "K gear" symbol. Even if he then manages to remember his missing bit was named like "kick" and types "kick" or "kickoff" in the search field of the "Add widgets" window - he'll find nothing... Why is that? So I'd like to suggest: - change the symbol of "Application Launcher Menu" in the "Add widgets" list to the green "SUSEgreeter" symbol everybody recognizes at once - give this entry the keyword "kickoff" so that searching for "kick*" would reveal exactly this entry Since I'm a systems administrator and not a developer, PLEASE upstream this to KDE4 if it'd be rather their responsibility. Many thanks and keep up the good work!! -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312151

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[New: openFATE 311024] add pyudev, the python bindings for libudev, as a package
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 Nov '16

25 Nov '16

Feature added by: Axel Theilmann (honx) Feature #311024, revision 1 Title: add pyudev, the python bindings for libudev, as a package openSUSE.org: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Axel Theilmann (honx) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: it would be nice to have the python-bindings for libudev as a package in the opensuse distribution. http://packages.python.org/pyudev/ they work very well and are under quite active development. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311024

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[New: openFATE 311188] Capacitive touch screen
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 Nov '16

25 Nov '16

Feature added by: Vei Song (veisong) Feature #311188, revision 1 Title: Capacitive touch screen Buildservice: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Education Li-f-e: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important openSUSE.org: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important openSUSE Medical: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Vei Song (veisong) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Nowadays more and more devices (x86) comes with capacitive touch screen (like on iPad). I think that they won't be main "work force" in the field but it is really great to have OpenSuse tablet with you wherever you go. It is just convenient for a lot of tasks. Please, read the topic of forum. I will update it with all necessary information to help community to make such capacitive screens work correctly. Test Case: I have bought a device with 10.1" capacitive touch screen. I have tried OpenSuse Milestone 5 (future release). It works great, but... My capacitive touch screen positioning cursor correctly but when I touch screen, it is like I clicking mouse for 9 times. One touch of icon of a program... and it opens it 9 times. I looked in hardware information in yast and the name of my touch panel in the following: UNITEC Touch Panel (Win7) Vendor number: 205437 It works good, but not useful, because I cannot really touch any icon with my finger, it will open it 9 times... Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: More and more computers will have capacitive touch screens and we (I hope I can say like that) want OpenSuse to be up-to-date OS. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311188

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[New: openFATE 311318] Spark Instant Messenger
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 24 Nov '16

24 Nov '16

Feature added by: Christopher Yeleighton (yecril71pl) Feature #311318, revision 1 Title: Spark Instant Messenger openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Christopher Yeleighton (yecril71pl) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: The Mozilla Foundation provides live support for Firefox by means of an instant messenger called Spark. Let openSuSE have it too. Use Case: * An openSuSE operator is well-versed in Firefox. He would like to serve as a consultant for the Mozilla Foundation. The ability to do so requires installing Spark (http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Helping%20with%20Live%20Chat) as an instant messenger client. * An openSuSE operator is a novice with respect to Firefox. He would like to ask a question. However, the he cannot use the Web client (https://chat-support.mozilla.com:9091/webchat/start.jsp?workgroup=support@w…) provided by Mozilla because his proxy server refuses to serve that connection. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: openSuSE provides Mozilla Firefox as the default browser. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311318

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[New: openFATE 312708] openSUSE Linux 12.1: Create a new firewall.
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 24 Nov '16

24 Nov '16

Feature added by: Genix Info (genixinfo) Feature #312708, revision 1 Title: openSUSE Linux 12.1: Create a new firewall. openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Genix Info (genixinfo) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: My suggestion is to join all the features of SuSEfirewall2 (http://en.opensuse.org/SuSEfirewall2) , with Dynamic Firewall (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/DynamicFirewall) , FirewallD (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FirewallD/) and system-config-firewall (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SystemConfig/firewall) of Fedora Linux, Interactive Firewall (http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Projects/Interactive_Firewall) of Mandriva Linux, dynfw (http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/dynfw.xml) of Gentoo Linux, ufw (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncomplicated_Firewall) of Ubuntu Linux, the Shorewall (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorewall) , the Firestarter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firestarter_%28firewall%29) , the Kmyfirewall (http://kmyfirewall/) , the PF (firewall) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PF_%28firewall%29) , the Vuurmuur (http://vuurmuur.sourceforge.net/) , the Firewall Builder (http://www.fwbuilder.org/) , the Astaro Security Gateway Software Appliance (http://www.astaro.com/products/astaro-security-gateway-software-appliance) , the Firewall Analyzer (http://www.manageengine.com/products/firewall/) , the Smoothwall (http://www.smoothwall.org/) , the ClearOS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ClearOS) , the Endian Firewall (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endian_Firewall) , the Cisco IOS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisco_IOS) , the IPCop (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPCop) and IPFire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPFire) , after this union of features, it would create a new Firewall, more stable, secure, efficient, current, complete, modern, flexible, integrated, manageable, easy to use and fast, dynamic and interactive: SUSEfirewall3 I suggest using the name SUSEfirewall3, because then it can be used in openSUSE Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop and Server. Also, because using that name, was being accepted in part these features: openSUSE Linux: Make it Global (Worldwide) in the World: https://features.opensuse.org/312629 (../312629) Change the name SuSE Linux, by its present name openSUSE Linux: https://features.opensuse.org/310156 (../310156) openSUSE Linux 12.1: Increased variety of packages, all packages: https://features.opensuse.org/312628 (../312628) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312708

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[New: openFATE 312714] openSUSE Linux 12.1: Create a new AppArmor.
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 24 Nov '16

24 Nov '16

Feature added by: Genix Info (genixinfo) Feature #312714, revision 1 Title: openSUSE Linux 12.1: Create a new AppArmor. openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Genix Info (genixinfo) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: My suggestion is to join all the features of AppArmor 2.3 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppArmor) ,with SELinux (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SELinux) , the MSEC (http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/msec) , the TOMOYO Linux (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOMOYO_Linux) and grsecurity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grsecurity) , after this union of features, it would create a new AppArmor 3, more everything that was spoken in the feature: 312708 (../312708) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312714

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[New: openFATE 310567] DEB/RPM Integration
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 24 Nov '16

24 Nov '16

Feature added by: Jeremy Thornton (leebrad) Feature #310567, revision 1 Title: DEB/RPM Integration openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Jeremy Thornton (leebrad) Description: Of course we all know that linux is great and a reliable system but the latest focus is trying to get new users to adopt it. Is it possible from a developer standpoint to integrate a system including packages like alien for deb etc, that would allow SUSE to user either deb or rpm packages or better yet introduce a brand new file type say .lnx for linux (easier since the intro for SUSE build service) to begin a movement that would allow packages to be cross compatible between linux systems so long as the kernel version is suppported? This would bring a unifying and innovative solution to a common issue for linux systems. Just an idea, I would like to see comments on its possibility. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310567

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[New: openFATE 310609] Yast2 log search
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 24 Nov '16

24 Nov '16

Feature added by: Christopher Yeleighton (yecril71pl) Feature #310609, revision 1 Title: Yast2 log search openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Christopher Yeleighton (yecril71pl) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: The system log viewer in Yast2 should allow searching and filtering the log. Use Case: My Connexant HSF (http://www.conexant.com/) modem driver is down since the latest kernel update (http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00003.html) and I was asked by Linuxant (http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hsf) support to identify the previous kernel. So I opened /var/log/YaST2/y2log (file:///var/log/YaST2/y2log) in Yast2 System Log window and I tried to look for kernel , but there is too much to read there and no search or filter function. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: We want this because the system logs are long and it is tedious and time-consuming to review them in whole when you are looking for something specific. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310609

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[New: openFATE 312996] KDE window frame (the top bar) coloured
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 Nov '16

23 Nov '16

Feature added by: Philipp Niehues (cotrinox) Feature #312996, revision 1 Title: KDE window frame (the top bar) coloured openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Philipp Niehues (cotrinox) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: I'd suggest making the window frame (the top bar) in a different colour, maybe green, if the window is active. Test Case: I saw that behaviour at other distributions like Mageia (there it is blue) and found it more usable. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: The KDE window frame (the top bar) is grey if the window is active and grey if the windows is inactive. The difference is, that the text is grey or black. That is not as visible as it could be. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312996

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