Thomas Goettlicher wrote: > Hi everyone, > > we want to redesign the YaST Control Center. Therefore we are looking > for a radical new design. > > This is your chance to share your ideas regarding YaST Control Center. > > Please feel free to contribute with mockups and (unconventional) ideas > here: http://en.opensuse.org/YaST/Development/New_Control_Center > > > Thanks, > Thomas > > --- > SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg)
Suggestions: 1. Frontend GUI client - Backend server: The YaST frontend GUI client should be easy and secure to run optional on another machine, on a LAN or remotely over Internet. This for all admin/config tasks on servers and workstations as well as installing Linux if possible. While keeping the existing VNC solution, maybe a browser based interface similar Webmin and/or some a kind of a fullfledged thin client (NX) are useable. 2. On the opposite side, although this is not part of openSUSE so far, all the Novell clients for Linux, GroupWise, Teaming+Conferencing etc. that exist for Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 (OES2/NOWS), should also be possible to run locally on that server directly. This makes it possible to use a single lab workstation for testing all server functionality and services locally. 3. YaST tools to include: a) NX server and client: Make available an easy to use YaST tool to integrate the OSS FreeNX server and client. Optional also the non-OSS but free NoMachine NX server and clients. This way it will be easy and fast to do remote login an run Xapps with speed. b) Host and client OS Manager: With experience from pre-Solaris, a host tool to customize and install, setup and manage OS images for various client types. This could be "full desktop clients", "diskless clients" (X terminals) to boot over the network from the OS server, or medium "dataless clients" just with local boot and swap from a local storage (USB/CD or other). Maybe include kiwi to create the ThinClient images. Rgds, Terje J. Hanssen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
