Comments on: YaST releases independent of openSUSE releases? https://lizards.opensuse.org/2008/11/07/yast-releases-independent-of-opensuse-releases/ Blogs and Ramblings of the openSUSE Members Fri, 06 Mar 2020 17:50:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.5 By: neo https://lizards.opensuse.org/2008/11/07/yast-releases-independent-of-opensuse-releases/#comment-427 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:02:39 +0000 http://lizards.opensuse.org/?p=275#comment-427 Yes, but why? Because system-config-printer is simple, user friendly, modular and importantly, doesn’t have distribution specific code splattered all over the place.

]]> By: Beineri https://lizards.opensuse.org/2008/11/07/yast-releases-independent-of-opensuse-releases/#comment-426 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:07:09 +0000 http://lizards.opensuse.org/?p=275#comment-426 Those two are unable to develop something better (integrated into their distro) than system-config-printer?

]]> By: neo https://lizards.opensuse.org/2008/11/07/yast-releases-independent-of-opensuse-releases/#comment-425 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:50:42 +0000 http://lizards.opensuse.org/?p=275#comment-425 Tools like system-config-printer from Fedora is being used by Ubuntu and Mandriva while nobody except SUSE uses Yast. You got to think why.

]]> By: Nathan https://lizards.opensuse.org/2008/11/07/yast-releases-independent-of-opensuse-releases/#comment-418 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:00:57 +0000 http://lizards.opensuse.org/?p=275#comment-418 I am looking at this from the perspective of improving linux as a whole – sharing code and having less reinventing of the wheel, etc. That being the case, I think it is a good thing for all linux users to have access to YaST. Opening up YaST like this could eventually mean more people working on making YaST better. This, in turn, could theoretically allow openSUSE developers to apply their creativity in additional areas.

Already, I have some crazy hopes for where this could lead.
I wonder if KDE and/or GNOME could end up using YaST code for their configuration GUI.
I wonder if YaST could become the default administration tool for several distributions.
If KDE/GNOME used YaST for their admin needs, I wonder if a distribution could integrate their YaST code with the KDE/GNOME YaST code to form one powerful, well integrated, admin tool.

Nathan

]]> By: Andrea Florio https://lizards.opensuse.org/2008/11/07/yast-releases-independent-of-opensuse-releases/#comment-412 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 11:39:43 +0000 http://lizards.opensuse.org/?p=275#comment-412 Onestly i really disagree, YaST is one of the best suse points, without it, suse will lost lot’s of users, in the same way, yast code is available, and everybody is able to take and work on it…

]]> By: PeterPac https://lizards.opensuse.org/2008/11/07/yast-releases-independent-of-opensuse-releases/#comment-411 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 10:18:38 +0000 http://lizards.opensuse.org/?p=275#comment-411 Just exactly who will be responsible for the cross threading of YAST plus any criticism that this will generate. Getting other distros to work together has been one of the areas that Linux sorely lacks in. The mentality of I created this and mine is better than yours has always been one factor of any consolidation into one major operating system within the Linux complex. Could one imagine what could be created if some of the major players put their heads together and created a cross platform using the best of each and joined in furthering a major operating system.

Plus one factor is we would not want YAST to become a development nightmare like KDE has become. One of the major problems with Linux is a new user becoming familiar with the file management system. People coming into Linux from the other system are not use to having files in different areas and are use to them being consolidated under one program. This is not a easy task for them to learn and having a program like YAST would improve the attraction to Linux operating system and SUSE. Once they learn what YAST does and its ease of use it should generate interest from outside of SUSE.

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