August 2015 - openSUSE Features - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[New: openFATE 310449] A simple way to turn off nouveau
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 09 Jun '17

09 Jun '17

Feature added by: nick skeen (ns89) Feature #310449, revision 1 Title: A simple way to turn off nouveau openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: nick skeen (ns89) Description: With OpenSUSE11.3 nouveau is used be default. In order to turn it off you must add nomodeset to the kernel parameters in /boot/grub/menu.lst and turn on no_kms_in_intrid in the sysconfig editor. So add a simple option on the sysconfig editor to do both? -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310449

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[New: openFATE 313086] Graphics Repository
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 09 Jun '17

09 Jun '17

Feature added by: Svetoslav Ganchev (sv_g) Feature #313086, revision 1 Title: Graphics Repository openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Svetoslav Ganchev (sv_g) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Hi! I enjoy using openSUSE to work on both 2D and 3D graphics. However sometimes it's hard to keep up with the current versions of the popular applications. For example the latest versions of Blender, Inkscape or MyPaint is usually worth upgrading. So I thought it'd be very cool for graphic enthusiasts to have a single official repository with the latest versions of the most popular graphic applications for the current versions of openSUSE so that it's easy to install them. Thanks for reading! -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/313086

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[New: openFATE 314599] 256 Colour Terminals
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 09 Jun '17

09 Jun '17

Feature added by: Samuel Jones (OrangutanClyde) Feature #314599, revision 1 Title: 256 Colour Terminals openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Neutral Requested by: Samuel Jones (orangutanclyde) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Fedora are implementing it in 18, It'd be cool if openSUSE had it too. Rather than repeating Fedora's reasons: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/256_Color_Terminals -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314599

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[New: openFATE 313292] Distributed virtual switch across multiple physical servers (openvswitch)
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 09 Jun '17

09 Jun '17

Feature added by: Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger) Feature #313292, revision 1 Title: Distributed virtual switch across multiple physical servers (openvswitch) openSUSE Distribution: Evaluation by engineering manager Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: While the current linux bridge tools are a robust and flexible network stack for (Xen) VM networking, there are some restrictions in multi-server environments. OpenvSwitch http://www.openvswitch.org/ provides functionality for a distributed virtual switch. Relations: - openvswitch (feature/copiedfrom: 311429) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/313292

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[New: openFATE 311286] KDE Menu
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 09 Jun '17

09 Jun '17

Feature added by: Kim Banga (nomadewolf) Feature #311286, revision 1 Title: KDE Menu openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Kim Banga (nomadewolf) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Well no one likes the KDE Menu it's unusable. The 3.5 version is better, but not THAT better, it's outdated and that's the reason they created a new one... Look at Linux Mint. A distro is not just putting a bunch of stuff together. You must improve what's less good. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311286

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[New: openFATE 311169] MintMenu to be included in openSUSE by default
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 09 Jun '17

09 Jun '17

Feature added by: Manu Gupta (manugupt1) Feature #311169, revision 1 Title: MintMenu to be included in openSUSE by default openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Manu Gupta (manugupt1) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: We can have MintMenu by default in openSUSE 1. It is a fork of our own slab 2. It has lots more functionality than our slab and yes more popular too 3. Better UX It already exists at OBS http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/unamanic/openSUSE_11.3/ -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311169

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[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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