I run openSUSE 11.2 on my laptop and Ubuntu 9.10 on my home theater computer. For work purposes I prefer openSUSE overe Ubuntu however Ubuntu has a couple of extras that I wouldn’t mind having in openSUSE. One of them is the user indicator applet that shows your user name on the panel and when clicked allows you to change your IM status as well as logout or shutdown the computer.
Is this applet available in openSUSE as I prefer this over discrete logout/lock/shutdown buttons on the panel. A screenshot of the applet can be seen here:
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I’m familiar with the user switcher applet but it doesn’t have the shutdown or presence options and I dislike the look of the bold font it uses.