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Christopher Negus

"Linux Bible, 2008 Edition: Boot up to Ubuntu, Fedora, KNOPPIX, Debian, openSUSE, and 11 Other Distributions"


 Disk Usage Analyzer (gnome-utils)??”Display detailed information about your hard
disks and removable storage devices.
 Kickstart (system-config-kickstart)??”Create a kickstart configuration file that can be
used to install multiple Fedora systems without user interaction.
 Software Updater (pirut)??”Run the Package Updater utility (pup) to get updates for all
system packages.
Other applications that you add to Fedora or RHEL may also include administrative utilities that
will appear in the System Tools submenu.
SUSE YaST Tools
The YaST administrative interface is one of the strongest features of SUSE Linux. From a SUSE
desktop, open the YaST Control Center by selecting System???YaST from the main menu. Figure 4-2
shows an example of the YaST Control Center.
YaST has some useful tools in its Hardware section that enable you to probe your computer hardware.
Selecting Hardware Info on my system, for example, enabled me to see that the CD-ROM
drive that YaST detected was available through device /dev/cdrom and that it supported CD-R,
CD-RW, and DVD media. I could also see detailed information about my CPU, network card, PCI
devices, sound card, and various storage media.
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FIGURE 4-2
Use the YaST Control Center to administer SUSE systems.


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