Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2372 mails)

[EagleIce <eagleice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree, it would be better to put down energy on good old yast to make it
even better, I simply hate this yast2 thing.
And change to Debian package system...:-)

ei

On Friday 05 January 2001 06:56, Cliff Sarginson wrote:
> 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

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