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Subject:    Re: [opensuse] Curious about Yast2 Partitioner
From:       ianseeks <ianseeks () dsl ! pipex ! com>
Date:       2013-03-05 19:30:23
Message-ID: 12640181.TOLvkrqBOe () linux-rs3p
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On Monday 04 Mar 2013 10:39:05 Marc Chamberlin wrote:
> I decided to get my computers ready for the upcoming new release of
> openSuSE 12.3 and my approach has been to always install each release in
> a separate partition. That way I can continue to use the older
> release(s) until I get the new version up on running. (I have a few
> servers and other complications that does not make this a simple/easy
> upgrade process.)
> 
> Anywise, on a couple of systems, I found I needed to resize and/or move
> partitions around a bit, on my disk drives. So I trotted over to Yast2
> and discovered that the partitioner, that comes as part of its tool set,
> does not allow one to do either, claiming that it can't because the
> partitions are already created and in use. Neither does the version of
> Yast that comes with the installation disk for openSuSE where such
> capability is most likely going to be required. I found that both rather
> surprising and frustrating, especially since over in the Windoz world
> tools like Partition Magic have had that sort of capability for decades now.

Strange, i launched the partitioner in Yast and it allowed me the option to 
resize and/or move - not that i actually did it.  The buttons were active so i 
pressed the resize one and it allowed me pick a new size.
 
> So I headed off to the internet in search of a better Linux partitioning
> tool and quickly came across one called GParted. And lo and behold it
> did exactly what I wanted! Not only that, but it has a nice GUI
> interface, like Partition Magic that makes it really easy to do. No need
> to figure out any of the low level details, just drag and drop
> partitions around and resize them via GUI images. AND I was really
> impressed by GParted in how careful it was in going about doing resizing
> and moving partitions around. Lots of testing being done to make sure
> things would go smoothly before actually making changes. It appears like
> a LOT of thought has gone into that tool, far more than even Partition
> Magic which doesn't appear to do nearly the same amount of preliminary
> testing. I think this is a REALLY FINE tool, from my first humble
> impressions, and Wikipedia says this tool has been around for about 8
> years now...
> 
> So my question is this - Why, when there is a tool that is so much more
> capable, open sourced and freely available, is Yast2 sticking to using
> such a brain dead partitioning tool? Why not yank that tool out of Yast
> and replace it with GParted? Is it because no one has the
> time/inclination to improve the user experiences with Yast? Or has the
> knowledge about Yast been lost due to its designers moving on to other
> places and no one is available/capable to work on improvements to it? If
> so, then I can understand, and no I cannot volunteer either, I already
> have too many "volunteered" projects on my plate. I just wonder because
> this makes Yast appear as if it is really becoming dated. IMHO I think
> most users would be much happier if Yast guided them to using GParted
> instead of this archaic and crippled partitioning tool that now comes
> with Yast2.
> 
> I won't be using the Yast partitioner any more now that I have
> discovered GParted, and suspect I may have answered my own question,
> ;-)  but still I am just curious about how much thought has been given
> to improving the partitioning tool in Yast2.... Marc...
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