April 2017 - openSUSE Features - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[New: openFATE 310804] Include Unity as alternative GNOME GUI
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 21 Jun '17

21 Jun '17

Feature added by: Markus K (KAMiKAZOW) Feature #310804, revision 1 Title: Include Unity as alternative GNOME GUI openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Markus K (kamikazow) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Canonical introduced "Unity" with Ubuntu 10.10 as netbook GUI and plans to extend it for desktop use. As Unity is FOSS (GPLv3), Unity can be made available as alternative GUI. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Users may want to try different user experiences. Offering Unity as option would be beneficial. Its dependencies are probably all already packaged anyway. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310804

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[New: openFATE 314943] UTC clock KDE
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 21 Jun '17

21 Jun '17

Feature added by: Mike Corbin (mike021361) Feature #314943, revision 1 Title: UTC clock KDE openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Mike Corbin (mike021361) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: The UTC popup on the KDE desktop clock says silly things such as 2:02 AM UTC or 10:45 PM UTC. UTC is a 24 hour format so one would expect 02:02 UTC or 22:45 UTC. openSUSE 12.3 via zypper dup. Thank you. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314943

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[New: openFATE 320342] Add btrfs subvolume options to autoyast
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Jun '17

20 Jun '17

Feature added by: Matthias Eckermann (mge1512) Feature #320342, revision 1 Title: Add btrfs subvolume options to autoyast Requested by: Matthias Eckermann (mge1512) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Currently you can't specify btrfs subvolume options is a autoYaST control file. E.g. the standard install of Leap 42.1 creates four subvolumes with option "no copy on write": @/var/lib/libvirt/images @/var/lib/mariadb @/var/lib/mysql @/var/lib/pgsql There ought to be a way to achieve this with autoYaST. Currently subvolumes are specified as: <subvolumes config:type="list"> <listentry>boot/grub2/i386-pc</listentry> <listentry>boot/grub2/x86_64-efi</listentry> <listentry>home</listentry> </subvolumes> a possibly syntax could be e.g.: <subvolumes config:type="list"> <subvolume> <subvolume-path>var/lib/pgsql</subvolume-path> <subvolume-options>nodatacow,noacl</subvolume-options> </subvolume> </subvolumes> or make the subvolume-options a list.. Also the installer should respect these options and autoyast should use them when creating a reference profile. Relations: - Add btrfs subvolume options to autoyast (feature/copiedfrom: 319895) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/320342

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[New: openFATE 323357] seamless support for virgl/virtio-gpu on QEMU/KVM VMs using spice
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 15 Jun '17

15 Jun '17

Feature added by: Vasilis Liaskovitis (vliaskovitis) Feature #323357, revision 1 Title: seamless support for virgl/virtio-gpu on QEMU/KVM VMs using spice Requested by: Vasilis Liaskovitis (vliaskovitis) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: virgl/virtio-gpu for qemu/KVM support exists since qemu 2.6 Guest requirements are met by openSUSE Tumbleweed: guest kernel >= 4.4, mesa >= 11.1, xorg server >= 1.19 However the following host requirement is not met in TW/Factory: spice server >= 0.13.2 Current libspice-server1 package is 0.12.8 in TW/Factory. The current workaround is to not use spice but to use sdl/gtk with virtio-gpu/virgl instead, and is quite messy: - libvirt VM definition needs to change: <graphics type='spice' /> to: <graphics type='sdl' display=':0' xauth='/home/user/.Xauthority'/> and add following command line args to qemu: <qemu:commandline> <qemu:arg value='-s'/> <qemu:arg value='-display'/> <qemu:arg value='gtk,gl=on'/> </qemu:commandline> Also user's X display needs to be shared with qemu user/group: xhost +SI:localgroup:qemu Note: For complete virgl integration, there are also some missing pieces from libvirt (regarding cgroup permissions), which are not accepted in upstream libvirt afaik (at least not yet), see: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvirt-users/2016-December/msg00014.html More info on virgl requirements and integration: https://www.kraxel.org/blog/tag/virtio-gpu/ https://www.kraxel.org/blog/tag/virgl/ Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: This would allow: - Seamless and easy usage of virtio-gpu / virgl driver in qemu/KVM openSUSE VMs. - Development of new virtio-gpu driver features on openSUSE (e.g. next step for virgl/virtio-gpu is to support vulkan API), performance comparisons b/w virgl and llvmpipe mesa drivers -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/323357

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[New: openFATE 321838] Support TRIM/discard mode when installing to SSD
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 13 Jun '17

13 Jun '17

Feature added by: Peter Simons (psimons) Feature #321838, revision 1 Title: Support TRIM/discard mode when installing to SSD openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Peter Simons (psimons) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: While installing Tumbleweed (and Leap 42.2) with an encrypted disk, there is no way to enable TRIM/discard mode the for the underlying SSD. I *can* specify the "discard" mount option in the expert partitioner mode, but I cannot add the necessary "--allow-discards" option to the call to "cryptsetup" anywhere. Only *after* booting the newly installed system it's possible to enable that feature, and even then I have to manually edit /etc/crypttab to do it. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: TRIM mode allows modern SSDs to operate faster than they can without it. There are security implications when combined with LUKS encryption, but having that ability as an optional feature sure is desirable (and many other distributions support it, too). -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/321838

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[openFATE 308163] Add mc (midnight commander) to selected packages by default during installation
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 13 Jun '17

13 Jun '17

Feature added by: Yuri Baranow (ybaranow) Feature #308163, revision 1 Title: Add mc (midnight commander) to selected packages by default during installation openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Yuri Baranow (ybaranow) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: During installation, after selecting desktop type (gnome or kde) by defaultthe packageMC (Midnight Commander) is always turned off. Add MC package to be selected for installation by default. Thank you. Use Case: Every installation from any media Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: From year to year, from version to version when I install suse, after selecting desktop type (gnome or kde) I always MUST go into detailed package selection to turn on MC (Midnight Commander) to be installed also. This become very anoying for me. :-( Oh, Please... Add MC package to be selected for installation. Thank you. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308163

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[New: openFATE 313002] KDE4: widget for battery shows remaining time in popup
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 13 Jun '17

13 Jun '17

Feature added by: Philipp Niehues (cotrinox) Feature #313002, revision 1 Title: KDE4: widget for battery shows remaining time in popup openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Philipp Niehues (cotrinox) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Since KDE 4.3 the battery widget does neither provide the remaining time nor a GUI way to change it. openSUSE follows upstream while other distributions patch this. It is only shown in the popup, after you click on the widget. It is not shown directly and not shown mouse-over. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: There was discussion about it. I think the time is more concrete and therefore useful. There is lots of room, so I don't see the point removing it. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/313002

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[New: openFATE 321935] To play Rammstein's samples on installation process :)
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 12 Jun '17

12 Jun '17

Feature added by: Mikhail Kasimov (k_mikhail) Feature #321935, revision 1 Title: To play Rammstein's samples on installation process :) openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Mikhail Kasimov (k_mikhail) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Operation system installation process is very silent, and sometimes it becomes boring a little bit. Let openSUSE has an option (checkbox) "Sing Rammstein's songs" during the installation process. :) Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Just-for-fun. :) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/321935

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[New: openFATE 316439] User Management/Parental Controls
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 12 Jun '17

12 Jun '17

Feature added by: John Moore (Johnfm3) Feature #316439, revision 1 Title: User Management/Parental Controls openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: John Moore (johnfm3) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: As technology becomes more in family lives, the ability to manage is important. As a parent, what is needed is some way to govern computer usage. Parents are not the only ones who could use this. But would be the primary ones who would appreciate it. Currently KChildLock is the only decent which is a KDE App, the newest Opensuse its written for is 12.2. It allows for one to choose between what times a user can log into KDE, an for how long that user can be logged on. KChildLock has one more really cool feature of governing how long a user uses a paticular app while logged on, but that a bit over kill for what I would like request be added to the Yast User module. It would be really convient to add this to the User yast module. With a longterm plan of administration via setting from LDAP. This way its not a 3rd party app, but part of the OpenSuse distrbution default install for those who want to use it. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: If you google/bing search for Parental Control's, you will find some purchasable pieces of software which you can install on Windows systems. What you will also notice is this is a common issue for parents an some system adadministrators of all OS types. Mac users have this built in thier OS by default. An now 1 Ubuntu version is now available. Many have had to come up with creative solutions to achieve this goal including cron jobs an scripts. This feature would make OpenSuse/Novel Suse more of a family friendly OS which would be recommended to those who want a solid OS with parental control available. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/316439

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[openFATE 307418] Parental control module
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 12 Jun '17

12 Jun '17

Feature added by: Jean Cayron (jeancayron) Feature #307418, revision 1 Title: Parental control module openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Jean Cayron (jeancayron) Description: It would be fine to have a GUI in YaST similar with Mandriva's Parental Control "Drakguard". Parental control is something more en more important for safety with computing in family and Linux can't avoid to be distributed into the families. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307418

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