On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 1:35 PM, Larry Stotler <larrystotler@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 4:18 PM, John Andersen <jsamyth@gmail.com> wrote:
Had you used Ubuntu for any length of time as Amedee mentions, you would see that it is much simpler in this regard. Perhaps not as powerful as Yast in all respects, but pretty intuitive and very fast.
One of the biggest reasons I have stayed with SuSE and openSUSE is YaST. Not having really used uBuntu to any extent, I can't comment on it's config tools, but so far nothing I have used has been anywhere near as comprehensive as YaST.
You have that exactly correct, Larry. I was speaking strictly of software management being somewhat easier in ubuntu than in yast, but as far as other setup options yast wins hands down.
While I do some configs by editing the actual files, I do drop into YaST if I'm not exactly sure of what I want to do.
And I wish yast has an option to show a little pop-up window as you select each option to tell you what you will be changing. You might want to hide this so as not to scare off Joe Sixpack, but it would be nice to know exactly what files and config lines in sysconfig would be modified when I select an option for a printer, or a service, etc. More educational as well. -- ----------JSA--------- Someone stole my tag line, so now I have this rental. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org