Johannes Meixner wrote:
On Oct 23 13:24 Michael Ströder wrote (excerpt):
But when setting up a minimal server removing yast is always one of the tasks.
Could you provide your personal reasons why you do not want to have YaST on your servers.
I know this is often the case and I can imagine various reasons for it but I like to learn what various actual reasons are.
My personal reasons: 1. When I started to use Linux (also SuSE Linux) professionally back in '96 there were no tools like yast. So I got used to directly edit configuration files with a text editor (after compiling software myself). 2. Security: - Generally I try to remove all unused stuff. - I want to have everything under control, especially the security relevant configuration parts. 3. IMO configuration UIs like yast do a good job getting you started quickly but cannot give you full control over all details - at least not with a reasonable amount of development work. As said: Just personal opinion and no offense against yast. But I do appreciate that it's possible to remove it. Ciao, Michael.