Could Ubuntu borrow from other distros for this and other (mouse, keyboard, boot menu, etc.) configuration needs?
Mandriva config tools are in perl-gtk and GPL AFAIK • Suse (YAST) is the ultimate system which is now open sourced. • YaST is one of the main reasons I don’t use SUSE. It’s a horrible, system-hijacking suite that enforces “my way or the highway” to a terrifying degree. Even basic things like network configuration are rendered hellish by YaST. For the love of all that is good and holy, please don’t even think about putting it in Ubuntu. — Directhex 2006-10-01 08:32:03 • Only tools, where they are required. For example for X (set monitor values manually, sort screens in multiscreen setups, select a specific driver, if multiple are available for that chip) or an _easy_ LVM tool (with that, we could also automatically create an /home partition or better logical volume). • This is being discussed on anocharter retentionthe page as well: ListOfNGUIs. • LVM cannot seriously be discussed in such a situation without mentioning GParted. When LVM support is added to the desktop CD then maybe we
