Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-05-03 Thread Silviu Marin-Caea
On Apr 27, 2006 09:59 PM, Christoph Thiel wrote: >So, for example, if you are missing a certain YaST module, or a special >feature in the distribution, speak up now! A web interface for YaST, ie do stuff in YaST from a web-browser. Is this feasible? -

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-30 Thread James Ogley
Ooh, I just thought of one. Actually, I didn't so much think of it now as a while ago in my blog[1]. Is it too late to suggest ideas? A GTK+ frontend to YaST would be very cool. [1] http://rubberturnip.org.uk/index.cgi/2006/04/22#20060422 -- James Ogley [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://usr-local-bin.o

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-30 Thread Jerry Westrick
On Thursday 27 April 2006 20:59, Christoph Thiel wrote: > Hi everyone, > > openSUSE has just been accepted at Google Summer of Code 2006! > > We are now looking for ideas, proposals, projects, etc. around openSUSE > and SUSE Linux, that could be worked on in Google Summer of Code. As the > period

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-30 Thread Christoph Thiel
On Fri, 28 Apr 2006, James Ogley wrote: > > How about a YaST-module for configuring/setting up Xgl? > > That would seem to make more sense integrated into SaX2 rather than > YaST... Well, it' actually there already -- have you guys tried "gnome-xgl-settings" from the latests compiz package? I j

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-30 Thread Richard Bos
Op vrijdag 28 april 2006 10:43, schreef Christoph Thiel: > > We are now looking for ideas, proposals, projects, etc. around openSUSE > > and SUSE Linux, that could be worked on in Google Summer of Code. As the > > period of application for SoC is already very short, we need to get our > > proposals

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-29 Thread Christian Boltz
Hello, Am Donnerstag, 27. April 2006 20:59 schrieb Christoph Thiel: > We are now looking for ideas, proposals, projects, etc. around > openSUSE and SUSE Linux, that could be worked on in Google Summer of > Code. What about a better integration of GTK programs into KDE? I'm dreaming of the possibi

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-29 Thread Christoph Thiel
On Sat, 29 Apr 2006, SunSunich wrote: > > > > > Yes, like that, but for whole system update. Actualy i forgot > > > > > that such feature already used for online update. May be it will > > > > > be not so hard to mirror that feature on System Update. > > > > > > > > I like that idea very much -

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-29 Thread SunSunich
On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 13:21:05 +0200 (CEST) Christoph Thiel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 28 Apr 2006, Michael Schroeder wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 10:27:40AM +0200, Christoph Thiel wrote: > > > On Fri, 28 Apr 2006, SunSunich wrote: > > > > Yes, like that, but for whole system upda

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-29 Thread Bruce A. Mallett
Christoph Thiel wrote: > We are now looking for ideas, proposals, projects, etc. around openSUSE > and SUSE Linux, that could be worked on in Google Summer of Code. As the > period of application for SoC is already very short, we need to get our > proposals for project online May 1st, 2006, at t

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-29 Thread Alexey Eremenko
For that matter, I'd love to see a YaST module for configuring SUSE Linux to act as a terminal server (like LTSP, e.g.). Well - yes it could be interesting. There is FreeNX package that does it - but no GUI exists - so building a Yast Module will be great ! configuring NX on SUSE 10.0: http://e

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-29 Thread jdd
Hartmut Meyer wrote: > Hi, > > On Saturday 29 April 2006 04:44, Trey Sizemore wrote: >> I'd really like to see something like a YaST module that provides a >> graphical way to work with LVM2 and evms (better that evmsgui). > > What is missing in the existing (expert) partitioning dialogue of YaST

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-29 Thread Hartmut Meyer
Hi, On Saturday 29 April 2006 04:44, Trey Sizemore wrote: > I'd really like to see something like a YaST module that provides a > graphical way to work with LVM2 and evms (better that evmsgui). What is missing in the existing (expert) partitioning dialogue of YaST2? Greetings from Dortmund hart

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread Rajko M
Christoph Thiel wrote: On Fri, 28 Apr 2006, Ciaran Farrell wrote: openSUSE has just been accepted at Google Summer of Code 2006! ... We are now looking for ideas, proposals, projects, etc. around openSUSE and SUSE Linux, that could be worked on in Google Summer of Code. As the period of appl

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread Trey Sizemore
I'd really like to see something like a YaST module that provides a graphical way to work with LVM2 and evms (better that evmsgui). -- Cheers, Trey In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread Thomas Hertweck
Christoph Thiel wrote: > [] > We are now looking for ideas, proposals, projects, etc. around openSUSE > and SUSE Linux, that could be worked on in Google Summer of Code. As the > period of application for SoC is already very short, we need to get our > proposals for project online May 1st,

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett
On Friday 28 April 2006 16:01, jdd wrote: > Ciaran Farrell wrote: > does your child have an e-mail or messenger? if yes, you are > stuck. and he receive mail on a server (hotmail), so you can > do nothing. > > jdd But a school could use suse for a small mailserver, web proxy, workstation etc, and

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread James Ogley
> How about a YaST-module for configuring/setting up Xgl? That would seem to make more sense integrated into SaX2 rather than YaST... -- James Ogley [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://usr-local-bin.org Packages for SUSE: http://usr-local-bin.org/rpms Help end poverty: http://oxfam.org.uk/imin ---

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread jdd
Ciaran Farrell wrote: > Am Freitag, 28. April 2006 14:38 schrieb jdd: > >> spam and children protection are two completely different >> things. > > I don't know about that. If you saw some of the spam I get, then I'm sure > you'd agree, a child should be protected from it. Or would you like your

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread Ciaran Farrell
Am Freitag, 28. April 2006 14:38 schrieb jdd: > spam and children protection are two completely different > things. I don't know about that. If you saw some of the spam I get, then I'm sure you'd agree, a child should be protected from it. Or would you like your child to give your bank details

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett
On Friday 28 April 2006 14:38, jdd wrote: > spam and children protection are two completely different > things. Both fall in the category "what I want in my computer" from the net or not, Anyway, both can use those available blacklists, and the proposed yast logic to apply those list. If they a

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
Hi, Oliver Tennert schrieb: > SUSE surely needs some things, which are substantial, but no snake oil like > Parental Filter for WWW. While I fully agree with you that there can't be any effective filter (except total disconnect), people still want to spend money on such a filter. If you explain

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread jdd
Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett wrote: > On Friday 28 April 2006 14:26, houghi wrote: >> Either take you resposability, or whitelist. > > You are reducing the topic to adult content, which is only part of the topic. > There is also spam, viruses, ads, pishing, etc. spam and children protection are two co

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread cyberorg
Xgl doesnt require any config-file-editing. We just had (my package still has) nice little Xgl switch to toggle 3D desktop, if you are running nvidia card that is all is required, once the driver bit is sorted out, it would be so for others too. What would be a good idea for xgl-compiz is some use

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett
On Friday 28 April 2006 14:26, houghi wrote: > Either take you resposability, or whitelist. You are reducing the topic to adult content, which is only part of the topic. There is also spam, viruses, ads, pishing, etc. Duncan -

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett
On Friday 28 April 2006 14:21, houghi wrote: > If there is such a list, just use it as an add on to the proxy server. > That said, blacklisting won't work. If you want to protect your children > from seeing things you do not want them to see there is only one thing: > Guidence. we are not talking

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread houghi
On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 01:57:46PM +0200, Ciaran Farrell wrote: > Duncan is right - there is no need to re-invent the wheel, but rather create > a > frontend to give parents and schools the _choice_ to implement the features. There already is such a feature. It is 'sit next to the kid, or pull t

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread houghi
On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 01:47:37PM +0200, Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett wrote: > Perhap a simple architecture could be designed to update the avilable known > blacklists. But in any case I think we should implement a new blacklist > architecture for the internet. If there is such a list, just use it as

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread Martin Schlander
On Thursday 27 April 2006 20:59, Christoph Thiel wrote: > We are now looking for ideas, proposals, projects, etc. around openSUSE > and SUSE Linux, that could be worked on in Google Summer of Code. How about a YaST-module for configuring/setting up Xgl? I haven't really looked into it yet - but

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread Ciaran Farrell
Am Freitag, 28. April 2006 13:47 schrieb Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett: > Here the challenge is: > > - to group them by category > - to apply them in the right place. For exaple p2p blacklists are text > files and should be applied to the firewall, while spam blacklists are dns > based and should be added

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett
On Friday 28 April 2006 12:58, Pascal Bleser wrote: > + implement a protocol and a sample implementation of a website > blacklisting system (similar to Razor for spam or DenyHosts for SSH) > through a central website or even a P2P architecture It would be nice if it you could select blacklists fro

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread Oliver Tennert
Am Freitag, 28. April 2006 13:13 schrieb jdd: > On the other > > > hand, I am fairly sure that no school network administrator would argue > > that subjective technical ability to disable filters is an argument for > > not implementing the filters in the first place. > > false security is worst th

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread Christoph Thiel
On Fri, 28 Apr 2006, Michael Schroeder wrote: > On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 10:27:40AM +0200, Christoph Thiel wrote: > > On Fri, 28 Apr 2006, SunSunich wrote: > > > Yes, like that, but for whole system update. Actualy i forgot that > > > such feature already used for online update. May be it will be

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread jdd
Ciaran Farrell wrote: > I'm sure some children may laugh at the implementation of such features, but > it is also worthwhile to look at the necessity of such features as a whole. I have seen many systems built to forgive access to given sites. I have seen none run as it should. usually this is

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread Michael Schroeder
On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 10:27:40AM +0200, Christoph Thiel wrote: > On Fri, 28 Apr 2006, SunSunich wrote: > > Yes, like that, but for whole system update. Actualy i forgot that such > > feature already used for online update. May be it will be not so hard to > > mirror that feature on System Updat

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread Pascal Bleser
Christoph Thiel wrote: > On Fri, 28 Apr 2006, Ciaran Farrell wrote: > openSUSE has just been accepted at Google Summer of Code 2006! > ... ... >> I'm not sure how easy or difficult this is, but how about a YaST module >> (either a new one, or integrated into firewall etc) to help people >>

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread Pascal Bleser
Christoph Thiel wrote: > On Thu, 27 Apr 2006, Christoph Thiel wrote: > >> openSUSE has just been accepted at Google Summer of Code 2006! > ... >> We are now looking for ideas, proposals, projects, etc. around openSUSE >> and SUSE Linux, that could be worked on in Google Summer of Code. As the >>

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread Christoph Thiel
On Fri, 28 Apr 2006, Hartmut Meyer wrote: > > > > I know quite some people are using the SMART Package Manager these > > > > days: So, I'm going to propose some extensions to SMART to handle > > > > the new rpm-md+ based update channels for SUSE Linux, including > > > > deltarpm support, etc. M

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread Hartmut Meyer
Hi, On Friday 28 April 2006 12:22, Christoph Thiel wrote: > On Fri, 28 Apr 2006, Hartmut Meyer wrote: > > > I know quite some people are using the SMART Package Manager these > > > days: So, I'm going to propose some extensions to SMART to handle the > > > new rpm-md+ based update channels for SUS

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread Christoph Thiel
On Fri, 28 Apr 2006, Marcel Hilzinger wrote: > > We are now looking for ideas, proposals, projects, etc. around > > openSUSE and SUSE Linux, that could be worked on in Google Summer of > > Code. As the period of application for SoC is already very short, we > > need to get our proposals for pro

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread Christoph Thiel
On Fri, 28 Apr 2006, Hartmut Meyer wrote: > > I know quite some people are using the SMART Package Manager these > > days: So, I'm going to propose some extensions to SMART to handle the > > new rpm-md+ based update channels for SUSE Linux, including deltarpm > > support, etc. Maybe a QT GUI fo

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread Marcel Hilzinger
Am Donnerstag, 27. April 2006 20:59 schrieb Christoph Thiel: > Hi everyone, > > openSUSE has just been accepted at Google Summer of Code 2006! [...] > We are now looking for ideas, proposals, projects, etc. around openSUSE > and SUSE Linux, that could be worked on in Google Summer of Code. As the >

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread Hartmut Meyer
Hi, On Friday 28 April 2006 10:43, Christoph Thiel wrote: > On Thu, 27 Apr 2006, Christoph Thiel wrote: > > openSUSE has just been accepted at Google Summer of Code 2006! > > ... > > > We are now looking for ideas, proposals, projects, etc. around openSUSE > > and SUSE Linux, that could be worked

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread jdd
*AFAIK when one asks for an install through internet, he must go to the ncurse UI, at least it was what I had to do last time. make a graphic interface should be nice, this kind of install have many advantages. *Yast, specially at install time, is very power (specially RAM) demanding. This is sp

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread Ciaran Farrell
Am Freitag, 28. April 2006 10:28 schrieb jdd: > Ciaran Farrell wrote: > > I'm not sure how easy or difficult this is, but how about a YaST module > > (either a new one, or integrated into firewall etc) to help people > > (parents, schools etc) set up child filters for internet browsing and > > e-ma

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread Christoph Thiel
On Thu, 27 Apr 2006, Christoph Thiel wrote: > openSUSE has just been accepted at Google Summer of Code 2006! ... > We are now looking for ideas, proposals, projects, etc. around openSUSE > and SUSE Linux, that could be worked on in Google Summer of Code. As the > period of application for SoC is

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread Christoph Thiel
On Fri, 28 Apr 2006, Ciaran Farrell wrote: > > > openSUSE has just been accepted at Google Summer of Code 2006! ... > > > We are now looking for ideas, proposals, projects, etc. around > > > openSUSE and SUSE Linux, that could be worked on in Google Summer of > > > Code. As the period of applic

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread jdd
Ciaran Farrell wrote: > I'm not sure how easy or difficult this is, but how about a YaST module > (either a new one, or integrated into firewall etc) to help people (parents, > schools etc) set up child filters for internet browsing and e-mail. I'm told > that this currently involves quite a bi

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread Christoph Thiel
On Fri, 28 Apr 2006, SunSunich wrote: > > > I have one idea - its about to union ability of YAST System Update > > > and drpmsync, so System Update can do update using drpmsync mirrors. > > > In that case, Yast System Update do not need to download the whole > > > rpm-package of package A ver.

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread Silviu Marin-Caea
On Apr 27, 2006 09:59 PM, Christoph Thiel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, for example, if you are missing a certain YaST module, or a > special > feature in the distribution, speak up now! A better show during installation! Add the possibility to have sound and video (recorded screen cam sessi

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread SunSunich
On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:48:18 +0200 Marcus Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have one idea - its about to union ability of YAST System Update > > and drpmsync, so System Update can do update using drpmsync > > mirrors. In that case, Yast System Update do not need to download > > the wh

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread Ciaran Farrell
Am Freitag, 28. April 2006 09:45 schrieb SunSunich: > On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:59:55 +0200 (CEST) > > Christoph Thiel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > openSUSE has just been accepted at Google Summer of Code 2006! > >... > > We are now looking for ideas, proposals, projects, etc. a

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread Marcus Meissner
> > I have one idea - its about to union ability of YAST System Update and > drpmsync, so System Update can do update using drpmsync mirrors. In > that case, Yast System Update do not need to download the whole > rpm-package of package A ver. 0.1 to update it to 0.2.1. It only need > to download t

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-28 Thread SunSunich
On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:59:55 +0200 (CEST) Christoph Thiel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > openSUSE has just been accepted at Google Summer of Code 2006! >... > We are now looking for ideas, proposals, projects, etc. around > openSUSE and SUSE Linux, that could be worked on in Google

[opensuse] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2006

2006-04-27 Thread Christoph Thiel
Hi everyone, openSUSE has just been accepted at Google Summer of Code 2006! Quoting http://code.google.com/soc/studentfaq.html: -- 1. What is Summer of Code 2006? Summer of Code 2006 is a program that offers student deve