Re: Any chance of Debian adding YaST

From: Paul Johnson (baloo_at_ursine.ca)
Date: 07/29/04

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    Scott Thompson <sthompson@lldlaw.com> writes:

    > Look,I'm not saying the YaST is great or perfect. But, I've tried 8 or 10
    > different distros, and the one thing that many do better that Debian is
    > manage and configure hardware from a central location. Whether it's
    > Mandrake's HardDrake or Redhat/Fedora's Kudzu or Ark Linux's Mission
    > Control, etc., sometimes it's nice to have a central, handy hardware config
    > system.

    What's wrong with discover? Nobody has answered that. What is wrong
    with discover? Why does everybody ignore discover? 

    


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