Chapter 10 . Running SUSE Linux 317 What s (Web design programs)
Chapter 10 . Running SUSE Linux 317 What s in SUSE Unlike distributions geared toward more technical users, such as Gentoo and Slackware, you can configure and launch most major features of SUSE by selecting menus on the desktop. New Linux users should find SUSE to be very comfortable for daily use and basic administration. Like Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE is made to have a more cohesive look-and-feel than most Linux distributions that are geared toward Linux enthusiasts. In other words, you aren t required to put together a lot of SUSE by hand just to get it working. Although there are personal editions of SUSE that are fine for home users, SUSE is ultimately aimed more toward enterprise computing. Let s explore what SUSE Linux offers you. Installation and Configuration with YaST A set of modules that can be used for configuring your SUSE system is gathered together under the YaST facility. Because many of the features needed in a Linux installer are also needed to configure a running system (network, security, software, and other setup features), YaST does double duty as an installer and an administrative tool. YaST (which stands for Yet Another Setup Tool) was, until recently, proprietary code that was not available as open source. However, to gain wider acceptance for YaST among major computing clients as a framework for managing a range of computing services, Novell released YaST under the GNU Public License in March 2004. YaST makes obvious what you need to do to install Linux. Hardware detection is done before your eyes. You can set up your disk partitions graphically (no need to remember options to the fdisk command). Setting up the GRUB boot loader is done for you, with the option to modify it yourself. One of the nice features of YaST installation is that you can scan the configuration process without stepping through every feature. If you scan through the mouse, keyboard, installation mode, partitioning, and other information and they look okay, you can click Accept and just keep going. Or you can change any of those settings you choose. (The Installing SUSE section later in this chapter details the installation process with YaST.) Because YaST offers both graphical (QT) and text-based (ncurses) interfaces, you can use YaST as a configuration tool from the desktop or the shell. To start YaST from the desktop, click the SUSE button on the desktop panel and select System. YaST. Figure 10-1 shows what the graphical version of the YaST utility looks like.
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