On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 03:09:01AM -0800, Robert Barish wrote:
To give just one example of how YaST(2) facilitates management, our office sysadmin told me she uses a tool called Nmap. I had been looking at NetSaint, Saint, Ksnuffle, and the rather neglected KNetDump. I reasoned that if Nmap is worth anything, it is on the SuSE distribution CDs. All I had to do was click on the YaST2 software installation icon, browse to the nmap (or was it XNmap?) and install it by giving the root password.
Keep up the good work SuSE!
Steven
I wanted to make a comment about "if nmap is worth anything, it is on the SuSE distribution". While SuSE includes a gigantic number of useful applications, maybe the best mix of any distribution, the open source development community moves too fast and produces too much for anyone to include everything. There are several very useful applications, some only available in source code form that SuSE does not include: gnut -- console based gnutella client (source) logcheck/logsentry -- log monitor and report program (source) mplayer -- Divx, DVD and other format movie player (source) lame -- MP3 encoder (source) The point I want to make is that just because it's not on the SuSE CDs, don't assume the program is not worth anything. Best Regards, Keith -- LPIC-2, MCSE, N+ wielder of vi(m), an ancient, dangerous and powerful magic free your mind, and your OS will follow