[dot] SUSE's YaST to be GPL'd, SUSE 9.1 Personal Features KDE

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From: Navindra Umanee <navindra at kde.org>
Dept: one-to-rule-them-all
Date: Wednesday 24/Mar/2004, @17:45

SUSE's YaST to be GPL'd, SUSE 9.1 Personal Features KDE
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   Several [http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-5175682.html] sources
[http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/03/19/HNgroupwise_1.html] have been
reporting on the GPL'ing of YaST
[http://www.suse.com/us/company/press/press_releases/archive04/yast.html],
SUSE's [http://www.suse.com/] system administration and setup tool that
is fairly well-integrated into KDE (and reportedly even more so in SUSE
9.1).  While this suddenly makes SUSE all the more palatable to the free
software community, it could also be quite interesting for KDE.  YaST is
potentially a starting point for a free cross-distribution, and
eventually maybe even cross-platform, KDE-based administration tool.

     In other good news, it has been reported
[http://www.suse.com/en/private/products/suse_linux/preview/interview.html]
by beta users that the KDE
[http://www.suse.de/en/company/press/services/images/screenshots/sl_91/pers_en.png]
Desktop
[http://www.suse.de/en/company/press/services/images/screenshots/sl_91/prof_en.png],
several key
[http://www.suse.de/en/company/press/services/images/screenshots/sl_91/prof_de.png]
KDE applications
[http://www.suse.de/en/company/press/services/images/screenshots/sl_91/pers_de.png]
as well as a KDE'fied OpenOffice.org [http://kde.openoffice.org/] are
featured exclusively in the SUSE 9.1 Personal
[http://www.suse.com/en/private/products/suse_linux/preview/pers.html]
normal installation as well as live CD feature.  Since SUSE Personal is
targeted at users who might feel bewildered by excess choice and
functionality overlap, cutting the cruft significantly improves
usability for that demographic.  SUSE 9.1 Professional
[http://www.suse.com/en/private/products/suse_linux/preview/prof.html],
on the other hand, will include a broader swiss-army knife choice of
desktop environments and applications to satisfy experienced users.