August 2015 - openSUSE Features - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[New: openFATE 310508] Tech-Support Desktop Widget
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 04 Dec '16

04 Dec '16

Feature added by: 6tr6tr 6tr6tr (6tr6tr) Feature #310508, revision 1 Title: Tech-Support Desktop Widget openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: 6tr6tr 6tr6tr (6tr6tr) Description: It's not usually included in reviews of OS's but the community behind an OS is actually pretty important. Especially since most people needing help on linux will not be able to just call a "geek squad" to fix things. openSUSE has a strong community but most people might not know to go to the web forums, so I think it would be VERY powerful to build it in to the OS. It would be a built-in widget that sits on your desktop, called openSUSE Free Tech-Support (it's mostly a client to the web forums). Any questions you have, you could ask right there on your desktop, similar to a Twitter widget. Also, it would popup un-obtrusive alerts in the lower right of your screen when you get replies (similar to firefox's "file download complete"). As well, it would be integrated into the built-in OS apps something like this: * If an OS-level error or openSUSE built-in app error occurs, the error box has a link "Get help with this error from openSUSE Tech Support" which goes to the widget on the desktop and starts the post/question with the error message in code tags and any other important info needed. (The user could then give it a subject, change the category or add any text before submitting it) * Built-in apps (like Dolphin, or anything from the openSUSE repos) have a link/icon for asking for help in doing something (e.g. in YAST) that opens the desktop widget - the widget then periodically checks for responses and alerts you when you have one (similar to a twitter widget) and shows the response. And what a huge selling point this would be for openSUSE! It'd be like your own built-in tech support! No other OS has that! -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310508

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[New: openFATE 310089] Remove not needed Repositroies after oneklick was successfull
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 03 Dec '16

03 Dec '16

Feature added by: matthias propst (l1zard) Feature #310089, revision 1 Title: Remove not needed Repositroies after oneklick was successfull openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: matthias propst (l1zard) Description: When using Oneklick install, usaly the needed repositories are added to the repository list, even if you just need only one package from that repository. if you are using One Klick Install multiple times the user probertly would end up with an unnecessary long list of ununsed repositories. how about removing them shortly after One Klick Install has finished or at least ask the User for removing or keep the useed repository. Its enoying to delete them manualy everytime you do an OneklickInstall. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310089

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[openFATE 306412] Easy and unified way to enable/disable optional/experimental features
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 03 Dec '16

03 Dec '16

Feature added by: Tejun Heo (teheo) Feature #306412, revision 1, last change by Title: Easy and unified way to enable/disable optional/experimental features openSUSE-11.2: New Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Tejun Heo (teheo) Description: When new things are introduced, it always generates certain amount of controversy. It's sometimes due to the quality of the initial implementation; other times, the feature itself isn't appealing to large subset of the userbase. Examples of this type of features include compiz, beagle and pulseaudio. Given that features which generate a lot of controversies are desktop related as they are the most visible and that as a distro openSUSE wants to ship and experiment with new features, having an easy and unified way to opt in and out of controversial features would resolve a lot of griefs without harming test coverage too much. I suggest installing new features by default and ask whether the user wants to opt in and out of those features from ggreeter. It wouldn't add another step while still providing choices upfront. Also, the same selection should be available through control pannel. This feature would be superset of fate#305296. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306412

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[New: openFATE 310569] moblin like interface
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 03 Dec '16

03 Dec '16

Feature added by: Pavan kumar.L (trans123) Feature #310569, revision 1 Title: moblin like interface openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Pavan kumar.L (trans123) Description: Moblin interface is in the right direction of user-friendliness. So why not implement in upcoming version. Gnome 3 gonna have a similar look. But if the uses have given an option get interface like moblin by installing some packages over existing gnome packages It would be nice and would be a great help for NOTEBOOK users Thnaking you Use Case: For Notebook users as moblin is only for netbooks -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310569

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[New: openFATE 310205] using slocate instead of locate
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 03 Dec '16

03 Dec '16

Feature added by: matthias propst (l1zard) Feature #310205, revision 1 Title: using slocate instead of locate openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: matthias propst (l1zard) Description: maybe it would be a good idea to use slocate as default in findutils-locate package. it may called findutils-slocate. here are the reasons why i think we should use this: first its faster. i dont know how they do this but it really is faster. second it is more secure than locate because Secure Locate provides a secure way to index and quickly search for files on your system. It uses incremental encoding just like GNU locate to compress its database to make searching faster, but it will also store file permissions and ownership so that users will not see files they do not have access to. updatedb could than be a simple script or even an alias pointing to slocate -u / i just compiled it in my system and it works. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310205

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[New: openFATE 310433] Support for apt-url
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 03 Dec '16

03 Dec '16

Feature added by: Jiri Masek (masekj) Feature #310433, revision 1 Title: Support for apt-url openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Neutral Requested by: Jiri Masek (masekj) Description: In the fact there are many webpages and articles (not only ubuntu tutorials) using apt-url feature to install software, would be nice if openSUSE implements own solution for this feature. My idea is following: - There is a webpage containing this: <a href="apt:thunderbird">Install Thunderbird</a> - User click on "Install Thunderbird" button, and then YaST (or other zypper/libzypp gui) is called. - openSUSE search all added repositories for linked package (in this case thunderbird) and install it (or shows a dialog "Package was not found, please add repository containing this package" or "Software is already installed on your computer"). Think that this is very simple and it can help a little bit to starting users. Also it is a little more comfortable for any user :-) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310433

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[New: openFATE 310271] FreeRDP
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 03 Dec '16

03 Dec '16

Feature added by: Vladan Laxa (koulinek) Feature #310271, revision 1 Title: FreeRDP openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Vladan Laxa (koulinek) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: FreeRDP is a fork of the rdesktop project that intends to rapidly start moving forward and implement features that rdesktop lacks the most. www.freerdp.com (http://www.freerdp.com/) Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Implemented features that not working in current rdesktop release. For example support for windows 2008 session broaker load balancing. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310271

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[New: openFATE 310845] Develop script to setup cacti with default settings
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 03 Dec '16

03 Dec '16

Feature added by: Glenn Doig (doiggl) Feature #310845, revision 1 Title: Develop script to setup cacti with default settings openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Glenn Doig (doiggl) Description: Hello can a script be developed to install the cacti package using default values [1] . Thanks Glenn [1] http://en.opensuse.org/Cacti -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310845

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[New: openFATE 310099] Server GUI option
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 03 Dec '16

03 Dec '16

Feature added by: Ney walens de Mesquita (nwm) Feature #310099, revision 1 Title: Server GUI option openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Ney walens de Mesquita (nwm) Description: I Think that openSUSE is suitable for use in a server envoroment, we just have to remove some packages like multimedia, games and so one... Why not implement a small set of packages with one interface like KDE or GNOME named sever GUI? -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310099

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[New: openFATE 310758] Multitouch input layer from X.Org Server 1.10 for opensuse 11.4
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 03 Dec '16

03 Dec '16

Feature added by: jimbo bigcreed (Dimble_ThriceFoon) Feature #310758, revision 1 Title: Multitouch input layer from X.Org Server 1.10 for opensuse 11.4 openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: jimbo bigcreed (dimble_thricefoon) Description: A request for the multi-touch support to be included in opensuse 11.4 via Multi-Pointer-X, due to be rolled into X.org Server 1.10 in mid February 2011. Ubuntu are also trying to include this but are concerned, as I imagine the opensuse devs will be, by the scheduled release date being so close to distro deadlines for their spring release. However, if it is not possible to include 1.10 would it be possible to do what Ubuntu have discussed, and back-port the entire input layer from X.Org Server 1.10 into their 1.9 build so they can have the latest multi (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODcyMg#) -touch work. * Thu, Jan 20 2011, openSUSE 11.4 Milestone 6 release * Thu, Feb 10 2011, openSUSE 11.4 RC 1 release * Fri, Feb 25 2011, openSUSE 11.4 RC 2 release * Thu, Mar 03 2011, openSUSE 11.4 Goldmaster * Thu, Mar 10 2011, openSUSE 11.4 Public Release -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310758

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