February 2016 - openSUSE Features - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[New: openFATE 312610] Include slab in 12.1 fallback
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 Nov '16

23 Nov '16

Feature added by: Anomyous Anomyous (jcat123) Feature #312610, revision 1 Title: Include slab in 12.1 fallback openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Anomyous Anomyous (jcat123) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: If you hold down the alt key and right click anywhere on the panels, you'll find it's the same stuff when it comes to customizing the panels and applets. Since slab is an applet and menu, it is possible to include slab with GNOME 3.2 if it retains fall back mode. Or at least include slab in the repos so it can be installed and one can tweak GNOME fallback to have it. It would be complementary to how Ubuntu included the Ubuntu Classic Desktop for those either unable to run Unity or didn't like Unity. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312610

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[New: openFATE 311700] Show updates in authentication details
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 Nov '16

23 Nov '16

Feature added by: Hans de Raad (hcderaad) Feature #311700, revision 1 Title: Show updates in authentication details openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Hans de Raad (hcderaad) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Show the packages to update in the details of the authentication dialog of the update applet, both for GNOME and KDE. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Currently, the update applet asks for authentication without providing any details as to which packages are updated, which are details i would like to know before entering the root password for any operation. To see this information currently i have to cancel the authentication request, open the update notification window and reopen the authentication. It would be much easier just to click on the Details option in the first authentication request dialog and then continue. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311700

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[New: openFATE 314308] Replace laptop-mode-tools with tuned
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 Nov '16

23 Nov '16

Feature added by: Andrey Lisin (avli) Feature #314308, revision 1 Title: Replace laptop-mode-tools with tuned openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Neutral Requested by: Andrey Lisin (avli) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Due to openSUSE has moved to systemd, it may be reasonable to look at tuned (https://fedorahosted.org/tuned/) project, being developed by RedHat. It seems to be more robust and fully compatible with systemd, while laptop-mode-tools has known issues with it. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314308

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[New: openFATE 314309] Replace laptop-mode-tools with tuned
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 Nov '16

23 Nov '16

Feature added by: Andrey Lisin (avli) Feature #314309, revision 1 Title: Replace laptop-mode-tools with tuned openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Neutral Requested by: Andrey Lisin (avli) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Due to openSUSE has moved to systemd, it may be reasonable to look at tuned (https://fedorahosted.org/tuned/) project, being developed by RedHat. It seems to be more robust and fully compatible with systemd, while laptop-mode-tools has known issues with it. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314309

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[New: openFATE 313554] PazPar2 Wanted
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 Nov '16

23 Nov '16

Feature added by: Karl Eichwalder (keichwa) Feature #313554, revision 1 Title: PazPar2 Wanted openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Karl Eichwalder (keichwa) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Users want http://www.indexdata.com/pazpar2 . For more info, see the yaz ML: http://lists.indexdata.dk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/yazlist Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Together with yaz, it is important to librarians. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/313554

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[New: openFATE 313180] User Interface Flexibility
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 Nov '16

23 Nov '16

Feature added by: Michael McCarrey (wa7qzr) Feature #313180, revision 1 Title: User Interface Flexibility openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Michael McCarrey (wa7qzr) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Suggest that you maintain and support the 11.x versions along parallel lines with 12.x versions. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Having just upgraded my openSUSE-11.3 to 1.4 on my Compaq Presario V2000, and performed a test installation of 12.1 on another Compaq laptop of the same model, I would like to suggest that both versions, 2.x and 3x, of the Gnome desktop be made available and maintained. I can see how someone who is not real techie or geekie might appreciate how Gnome 3.x, by default, hides the system from them. There are no doubt a lot of people who really like that feature. For me, that "feature" is one of the reasons I dumped KDE4. I liked KDE3 because it didn't hide the system from me and, at that time, Gnome 2 did. Then, the situation changed. Gnome came out and KDE hid. Now, both KDE and Gnome are hiding with KDE4 and Gnome 3. I like Gnome 2.x with Compiz, Cairo Dock, and Screenlets. That's my interface and distributions that implement desktops which it impossible to use those three items (such as Gnome 3 does) end up losing me as a user. I'm sure that I'm not alone in this. Everything else about openSUSE, (I don't know about dual-head - I couldn't get it to work with Nvidia cards, but Mandrivia's 2010.2 did), is wonderful. It installs easily and the defaults work well with most hardware (Except Nvidia, where that idiotic Nouveau driver is used), including WiFi. Anyhow, this is about the desktop application. If you have no intention of making Gnome 2.x available to openSUSE 12.x, maybe you could maintain and support the 11.x along parallel lines so those of us who like Gnome 2.x could stick with openSUSE instead of having to change our lives (yet again) because our distro has tossed us under the proverbial bus. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/313180

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[New: openFATE 312241] Some post-installation steps in welcome window
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 Nov '16

23 Nov '16

Feature added by: m s (miki100) Feature #312241, revision 1 Title: Some post-installation steps in welcome window openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: m s (miki100) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: I came up with a idea to add two simple steps to SUSEgreeter. These are installing NVIDIA proprietary drivers and multimedia codecs. I have even written it in C++ and libyui. This is my first serious C++ app, so don't blame me if it's crap ;) . My version of SUSEgreeter detects if nouveau drivers are in use and then proposes to install NVIDIA drivers (it downloads & runs http://opensuse-community.org/nvidia.ymp). The same with multimedia-it searches with zypper if any package with "codec" in name is installed, and if not it downloads one-click multimedia installer (it detects whether you are using KDE or not). Comments are really appreciated. We don't need to use my app, somebody can add it to original SUSEgreeter. You can download source here (http://www.mediafire.com/?d5fmf6w6bbrmmfm) and here (http://www.mediafire.com/?h6aonpva1bi6b28) is the compiled i586 rpm. And here is how it looks like: http://img.susepaste.org/56507867 (http://img.susepaste.org/56507867) . One last word: my version is SUSEGreeter (capital G), so it doesn't conflicts with the orginal. (BTW: If you deselect "Show this window at startup" and want to start it again, delete ~/.config/SUSEGreeter) Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: It can help new users to download & install NVIDIA drivers or multimedia codecs. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312241

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[New: openFATE 311664] Add Recoll as default desktop search application
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 Nov '16

23 Nov '16

Feature added by: Bill P (google01103) Feature #311664, revision 1 Title: Add Recoll as default desktop search application openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Bill P (google01103) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: As Beagle is no longer actively maintained nor included in the standard repositories openSuse no longer provides a default desktop search application. Recoll would be a desirable replacement Reasons for inclusion: - actively developed - open source - QT based gui (though thought of as a KDE app it is QT) - Gui has a a list and a table mode (and kio and kreunner for KDE4) - indexing can be real time or manually initiated - light on cpu usage - well reviewed (see review links below) - many formats indexed Issues (noobie mostly) expressed in the forum here http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/applications/455… and responded to by the develorer here http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/applications/455… and here http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/applications/455… Issues raised: - real time indexing is not automatically enabled - there is some set up for all indexible file types to be enabled Note: Appears to me that if the dev does a little regarding initial install options and the required ancillary packages are moved from contrib and KDE extra to the main repo it would be ready to go Linux desktop search reviews (recent and focusing on Recoll): http://www.techradar.com/news/software/applications/6-of-the-best-desktop-s… http://tuxradar.com/content/best-linux-desktop-search-tools http://www.wikinfo.org/index.php/Comparison_of_desktop_search_software http://richfriedeman.com/2010/02/choosing-an-open-source-desktop-search-too… Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Because desktop search is useful and expected by many users and as of 11.4 openSuse does not provide a default application to provide this functionality for all desktop environments provided. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311664

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[New: openFATE 311480] YaST: Tickbox for "Check for secure password"
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 Nov '16

23 Nov '16

Feature added by: Per Jessen (pjessen) Feature #311480, revision 1 Title: YaST: Tickbox for "Check for secure password" openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Per Jessen (pjessen) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: During installation, when the first user id created, I suggest we add a third tick box to the page. This one should read "Check for secure password" and be enabled by default. Hopefully that will avoid the pop-up window advising the user that cracklib-something is being loaded and whether to accept a password that doesn't comply with our password guidelines. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: To make the installation even smoother than it already is. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311480

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[New: openFATE 315024] Updates rollback
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 Nov '16

23 Nov '16

Feature added by: Fco. Javier Nacher (xiscoj) Feature #315024, revision 1 Title: Updates rollback openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Fco. Javier Nacher (xiscoj) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: It would be nice somekind of updates installation rollback like windows system restore. Sometimes the updates makes your system unstable and it's complicated to return to previous state. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/315024

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