Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1728 mails)

[Philipp Thomas <Philipp.Thomas2@xxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:16:55 +1100, you wrote:

> In case you haven't heard, just in case in case, Novell/openSUSE people
> "massage" things to make some things 'unique' to oS. 

No, they're not!

> For example, is YasT available in other distros?

That's not our fault! YaST is completely open source and other
distributions are free to use it. BTW, there is *no standard install
and configuration tool for Linux distributions.

> And have you read some of the dox in oS which specifically state
> that openSUSE has "massaged" control files (but don't ask me right
> now for an example.)

Without proof I'll call this FUD.

> And have you heard that there is a movement to standardise the way
> distros are put together so that all/most control files/directory
> structures/apps can be interchangeable? Yes/No?

That movement is called LSB and SUSE Linux was AFAIK the first
distribution to comply with it. But you seem to lack the knowledge
what LSB defines. I suggest reading up on it before talking about it.

> Who is oS aimed at: the "administrator" or the common punter, like me,
> in the street?

In a Linux system, the common punter *has* to acquire some admin
knowledge otherwise it's hopeless. Linux makes it harder to shoot your
foot but not impossible.

Philipp
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