August 2015 - openSUSE Features - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[openFATE 306848] Provide firmware package ( non-oss )
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 Nov '16

25 Nov '16

Feature added by: Denny Beyer (lumnis) Feature #306848, revision 1 Title: Provide firmware package ( non-oss ) openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Denny Beyer (lumnis) Description: We should provide a firmware package for all drivers requiring one, eg. many tv cards or scanners etc. Even better would be if this package would be automatically installed (or the user will be prompted to install) if a device has been plugged in for the first time. Firmware files are relatively small compared to harddisk size, so one package for all tv cards, one for scanners etc. should do. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306848

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[New: openFATE 314454] A more powerfull, intuitive and complete installation process
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 Nov '16

25 Nov '16

Feature added by: phil osophe (posophe) Feature #314454, revision 1 Title: A more powerfull, intuitive and complete installation process openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: phil osophe (posophe) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Actually, install opensuse is fast and usefull and system is quickly accessible. But some functions should be implement for a logical and complete installation process like include a first fingerprints analysis for being accessible on first boot or a login picture select. A simple question with multiple answers like "What usage of this pc do you think to make ?" for determine if a closed-source driver is needed. At last, a clean-up of none used drivers could be a plus like mandriva. Use Case: I launch yast2 for install opensuse. When it start, I select type of usage of pc: - gaming : closed-source - multimedia : open-source ( In my mind the radeonhd driver is powerfull ) - professional : same as multimedia In a few screens, i create user account and next I scan my fingerprints for don't searching how to do later. And in the next screen I select a picture or take a picture with a webcam ( like ubiquity ) Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: More simple for newbies users : Finding how to add fingerprints is not easy for new users and personnaly I like this function ; For closed-source drivers, it's difficult again to know how install a closed source driver because it's needed, ... ; And to conclude, a post-install removal process permit a more clean system -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314454

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[New: openFATE 316850] Build hamradio:dream with pulseaudio
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 Nov '16

25 Nov '16

Feature added by: Mike Corbin (mike021361) Feature #316850, revision 1 Title: Build hamradio:dream with pulseaudio openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Mike Corbin (mike021361) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Dream now supports pulseaudio. I think a simple BuildRequires pulseaudio-devel would do it. This is untested, but imagine piping websdr through pulseaudio to dream. One would then have a worldwide drm receiver. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/316850

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[New: openFATE 311047] Remove Windows Local Installer
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 Nov '16

25 Nov '16

Feature added by: Carl Fletcher (caf4926) Feature #311047, revision 1 Title: Remove Windows Local Installer openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Carl Fletcher (caf4926) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: The local installer which starts up when a windows user loads the openSUSE DVD, allowing installation to be started from a running windows OS, IS an absolute disaster. Did I say it was an absolute disaster? Oh yes, I did say that. Either remove it or include a unmistakable warning, that using it is likely to lead to disaster and that installation is best done by booting from the DVD. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Users that run this installer are messing up their system and the overall result is that it gives them a very bad impression of openSUSE. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311047

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[New: openFATE 314931] Access to Public WiFi Landing Page During Installation
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 Nov '16

25 Nov '16

Feature added by: Dave Johnson (PauseBazinga) Feature #314931, revision 1 Title: Access to Public WiFi Landing Page During Installation openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Dave Johnson (pausebazinga) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: There is currently no way to configure internet access during installation if installer is using a public wifi hotspot or hotel internet access, as most of them require the user to navigate to a landing page with their browser and accept a set of "Terms and Agreements" prior to being granted access to the network. The current work-around is to simply not configure internet access during installation and perform a software update after installation when the user can perform the steps above. One method for implementation is to open a basic web-browser during network configuration, or an option to do so, that points to opensuse.org so that the user can be diverted to the hotel/hotspot landing page if it exists. Considerations: Many networks simply look for a cookie on the client's machine indicating that they have accepted the "terms and agreements", so this feature will require cookies to be temporarily stored (think Firefox "secure browsing" or Chromium "incognito" where cookies are stored during the session and then auto-removed at the end of the session). Many networks require a guest password to be entered, hotels especially (they're handed out at check-in), so there would need to be mouse/keyboard support in the dialog/browser window. Test Case: I travel a lot and recently ran into this during the openSUSE 12.3 release. This was the second time that I've had this problem and I can recreate the scenario for testing any time we need to, as I'm frequently traveling. Use Case: A user is traveling during a release of the operating system and wants to install the new release in the hotel that the user is staying in. Currently, this person will be forced to install offline and then update after installation because of the way most hotel and public internet access sites manage users with a landing page upon first access. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: We want this because no one else has it yet and it's great to be first to implement useful functionality. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314931

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[New: openFATE 314930] Access to Public WiFi Landing Page During Installation
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 Nov '16

25 Nov '16

Feature added by: Dave Johnson (PauseBazinga) Feature #314930, revision 1 Title: Access to Public WiFi Landing Page During Installation openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Dave Johnson (pausebazinga) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: There is currently no way to configure internet access during installation if installer is using a public wifi hotspot or hotel internet access, as most of them require the user to navigate to a landing page with their browser and accept a set of "Terms and Agreements" prior to being granted access to the network. The current work-around is to simply not configure internet access during installation and perform a software update after installation when the user can perform the steps above. One method for implementation is to open a basic web-browser during network configuration, or an option to do so, that points to opensuse.org so that the user can be diverted to the hotel/hotspot landing page if it exists. Considerations: Many networks simply look for a cookie on the client's machine indicating that they have accepted the "terms and agreements", so this feature will require cookies to be temporarily stored (think Firefox "secure browsing" or Chromium "incognito" where cookies are stored during the session and then auto-removed at the end of the session). Many networks require a guest password to be entered, hotels especially (they're handed out at check-in), so there would need to be mouse/keyboard support in the dialog/browser window. Test Case: I travel a lot and recently ran into this during the openSUSE 12.3 release. This was the second time that I've had this problem and I can recreate the scenario for testing any time we need to, as I'm frequently traveling. Use Case: A user is traveling during a release of the operating system and wants to install the new release in the hotel that the user is staying in. Currently, this person will be forced to install offline and then update after installation because of the way most hotel and public internet access sites manage users with a landing page upon first access. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: We want this because no one else has it yet and it's great to be first to implement useful functionality. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314930

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[New: openFATE 313344] Move from by-id device naming to by-uuid
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 Nov '16

25 Nov '16

Feature added by: Mike Sterling (mikesterling) Feature #313344, revision 1 Title: Move from by-id device naming to by-uuid openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Mike Sterling (mikesterling) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Both SLES 11 SP2 and OpenSUSE 12.1 use /dev/disk/by-id. The problem with the by-id naming scheme is that the underlying deviceâs ID can change across reboots. This is an issue with the Hyper-V device platform, and is resolved by using either by-uuid or /dev/sdX naming conventions. Windows Server 2008 SP2: Intermittent failures observed. Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1: Intermittent failures observed. Windows Server â8â Beta: Intermittent failures observed. Failures in the above generally refer to an inability to mount the root filesystem after a reboot, rendering the VM useless. The ask to switch from /dev/disk/by-id to /dev/disk/by-uuid for device naming should resolve these issues. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Users of OpenSUSE on Hyper-V will not need to modify /etc/fstab to change the device names. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/313344

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[New: openFATE 311440] tracking pps/ppt powerpoint slideshow with openoffice
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 Nov '16

25 Nov '16

Feature added by: Jean-Daniel Dodin (jdd) Feature #311440, revision 1 Title: tracking pps/ppt powerpoint slideshow with openoffice openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Jean-Daniel Dodin (jdd) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Hello, tracking why I have to switch to windows I found very little reasons, here is one of them. Old people uses Internet mostly for e-mail, photo sharing and slideshow viewing. Firerfox, Thunderbird and Digikam take this into account. But it's still impossible to listen to any of the innumerable slideshow that fill internet with openoffice. They not even work well in wine+microsoft reader. I'm nearly sure that Microsoft insert in powerpoint (like in most of it's software) tricks to make the life hard to the competitors (us). Thats why we should have some sort of tracking to the power point versions and have a way to make these slides run smoothly under openSUSE. I know at least three old people wanting this, including my mother (91' years old) that have winbdows vista for this only reason and not at all satisfied (she used to have openSUSE), but she need to see the photos, going automatically with the transitions, and listening to ther fair music. Right now, under openSUSE, I'm not even able to identify what is the music codec! Test Case: these files are extremely hudge (and makes more traffic than spam!!). I can share many of them if necessary. Some a read, but most are not completely Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: we want this feature to keep a great number of older people that could be very fine with the openSUSE security and no virus system, but wants to listen and enjoy hundred of slideshow (at least three different each day :-)) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311440

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[New: openFATE 318467] Add ttyrec to Distribution
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 Nov '16

25 Nov '16

Feature added by: Florian Gross (grossing) Feature #318467, revision 1 Title: Add ttyrec to Distribution openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Florian Gross (grossing) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Please add ttyrec http://0xcc.net/ttyrec/index.html.en to the openSUSE distribution. It's an easy to use tty record programm and very useful for creating e.g. shell learning manuals without some problems of "script" (when using vi or such) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/318467

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[New: openFATE 316896] Dolphin Super User Icon color from blue to red.
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 Nov '16

25 Nov '16

Feature added by: Mike Trotta (miket3) Feature #316896, revision 1 Title: Dolphin Super User Icon color from blue to red. openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Mike Trotta (miket3) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: There are 2 dolphin file managers. 1 for user and 1 for Super User. When they are widgets they are both blue. Please change the Super User icon to Red to match its counterpart super user terminal which is already red. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: So we don't have to hover over the widget and wait for the description to pop up to identify which one is which. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/316896

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