Portal:Development/Topics
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Hacking
- YaST the powerful installation and system management tool
- Libzypp / Zypper the software management engine
- Build Service the distribution development platform
- openFATE the feature management system
- Hermes the personal message dispatching system
- Snapper the ultimate snapshot tool for linux
- KDE the desktop environment based on Qt
- GNOME the free desktop manager based on GTK+
- Xfce the lightweight X11 desktop environment based on GTK+
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Distribution creation
The openSUSE Build Service and SUSE Studio provide everything you need to create a customized distribution.