Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (904 mails)

[Clayton <smaug42@xxxxxxxxx>]

>  > I would not call the YAST software install component a "great
>  > alternative".  It is an alternative, but it is NOT great once you add
>  > in more than 2 or 3 repositories.
>  >
>
>  Are you talking Factory (as the list is supposed to) or 10.3? If 10.3, then 
> please first test Factory and get a grip with what's going on.


I am running 10.2, 10.3 and 11.0Alpha3  YAST is improving, there is no
denying that... but it is still not a great alternative.  It's method
of handling dependencies leaves a lot to be desired compared to
Synaptic or Smart (in terms of how it informs the user of
dependencies).  I am not saying YAST cannot do the job of installing
software... it does the job... it is the user experience where it
really lacks.

This thread is not about specific improvements to the YAST software
component... this is (was?) about things in Ubuntu that were nice...
and are felt to be missing in openSUSE.... eg a better software
management tool (we had apt/Synaptic in the past, and it was
dropped... which was the main point I was making), easier methods to
set up WiFi, better user experience when dealing with things like mp3
playback etc etc.  All of which have solutions in openSUSE, but
solutions that are lacking in some way when compared to competitors.

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