Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2372 mails)

[Cliff Sarginson <cliff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 05 January 2001 00:54, Seth Payne wrote:
> Howdy!
>
> Actually, there is such functionality already in YaST.  If you go to
> "Package Information" on the same menu as "change/create

We get onto my pet subject again.. lol.
Yast wins no awards for design or intuitiveness.
It is however very very good. And it works.

Yast2 is in comparison both an appalling piece
of human engineering, is incredibly slow, and doesn't work
half the time.

I hate to say this but I believe yast2 is market driven, Yast
is about as sexy as a dead fish, so someone decided something
with brighter colours was needed. What looks good at presentations,
neve mind the quality.

If yast is to be frozen out in the cold by it's bright new
but very dumb brother then Suse is putting even more writing on the
wall over what it's real intentions are. Ah well, they are not
the only fish, or even the most interesting one in the Linux sea.

I don't suppose I will be counted as a loss to their customer base ...

Cliff