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 originally 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 openSUSE??? section later in this
chapter details the installation process with YaST.
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