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YaST to Become Open Source
Space_Soldier writes "According to News.com, YaST is going open source: 'For years, SUSE has considered its YaST (Yet Another Setup Tool) software for installing, configuring and managing Linux an advantage over its competitors and forbade them from incorporating it into the products they sold. But with the new plan, to be announced Monday at Novell's Brainshare conference, the company will release YAST under the GPL, sources familiar with the plan said.'" Several years ago, when I first used YaST, I found it to be superior to the rest of the all-in-one administation tools around at the time. It was generally regarded as a great program, save for the licensing. Today, that's no longer a concern.
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At YaST!
Psh. This is YaSTerday's news.
I'm using this and having a BlYaST!
Kiss my YaST! This is awesome!
YaST? NoST!
Whachutalkn' bout, Willis? hYaSSSSSST!!!
Byar, swab the deck, then raise the mYaST!
This post is not the funnYaST!
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The White race will not survive, if what the census bureau is projecting turns out to be true. White men cannot keep their penises in their pants. They will breed with Asian females, and hispanic females, and in some cases, black females, until the white race is completely eliminated. Similarly, white women will continue mating with blacks, and latinos. The white gene is recessive and all offspring produced in such interracial unions will be colored.
I can't say that I'll be heartbroken about you guys' departure. But it's just something to keep in mind
...bemusement at how Linux still doesn not install stuff as easily as XP, ME, 98 and even 95.
Windows, it just works.
I will offer this, though. The one way to get Windows users to switch to Linux is to change the licensing terms of Linux so Microsoft can put their own distro out. In essense, Linux NEEDS Microsoft.
When MS-Linux comes out, finally things will work, and correctly! This is what you would get with an MS-Linux distro.
1) No hassle OS installation
2) No hassle device installation.
3) No hassle driver upgrade.
4) No hassle software installation.
5) Direct X.
6) Easy software update via MS-Linux Update.
7) An intuitive GUI.
8) Windows Media Player.
9) Quality commercial apps galore.
You have it your power to destroy Windows by contacting Linus and saying "Hey, this GPL thing REALLY isn't working, it's time to make Linux attractive enough for even Microsoft to utilize. The time has come to amend the terms."
MS-Linux, the savior of the world.
I just can't stand the SuSE mentality - it annoys the shit out of me, in the same way that windows and OSX annoy the shit out of me - it gets in my way and tries to hold my hand. Just leave me the hell alone! If I want to set up a bazillion bloody environment varibles etc, I'll fucking-well do it myself!
Global configurations should be minimalist. If you want a special protect-me-from-the-nasty-computer config, fine. But I don't, so piss off and leave me alone.
SuSE and Yast have done some great stuff in the way of installed, and opening up is a Good Thing(tm). But I'll never enjoy using suse unless they change their mentality...
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Keep the terminally boring explanation to yourself, nerd.
Too little too late. Suse should never have made it closed in the first place. I will NEVER use ANYTHING made by such a shady company.
You cannot take credit for something you were forced to do by the community.
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It didn't take long for Novell to start sinking the Suse ship, did it. The one market advantage it had with Suse is now the property of all their competitors. Great move, Novell nincompoops! Carrying on your finest tradition or ruining anything you come in contact with!