• @pyre
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    78 hours ago

    because the name XQWKPk6r was taken

  • @AndrewZabar
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    69 hours ago

    Jesus, they use Zypper instead of APT, now this. Do they have some kind of a traditional ritual of getting high before naming these things?

    • Ephera
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      35 hours ago

      Apparently, the name was just the obvious technical name, since they started this during a hackathon where they didn’t want to spend time on naming. And supposedly, they’re also still looking for name suggestions, but yeah, I do find it slightly weird to publicly announce the name, if they are still planning to change it…

  • @glimse
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    612 hours ago

    Absolutely awful name

  • Quazatron
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    513 hours ago

    I’m sure there’s a relevant XKCD, but I’m too lazy to link it.

    Another package manager? Really? Why?

    • @AnUnusualRelic
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      412 hours ago

      Not a package manager. Just a front end for zypper.

      • Ephera
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        16 hours ago

        Well, more precisely a frontend for libzypp. Zypper is itself a frontend for libzypp.

  • Sips'
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    314 hours ago

    That’s not a very appealing name for a tool, IMHO.

    • @BananaTrifleViolin
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      11 hours ago

      It has a single dependency (for pkg management) and is entirely separate from YaST. So you won’t need to have YaST working to have a GUI way to manage packages.

      They talk about it being a “glimpse of the future” in the release info, so it may suggest a change in approach to how OpenSuSE is configured. Maybe a more modular or streamlined approach to YaST instead of an all-in-one Swiss army knife?

    • federal reverse
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      315 hours ago

      You don’t need to install the rest of Yast. The package manager as the biggest, most complicated part of Yast, that also needed special UI not needed for other parts of Yast is kind of an oddity in terms of development as well, iirc.

      • @AnUnusualRelic
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        312 hours ago

        So, it’s especially useful when you run your system from a floppy.