openSUSE Tumbleweed Transitioning To Agama Installer

With openSUSE Leap making use of the modern Agama installer developed by SUSE engineers, the rolling-release openSUSE Tumbleweed is now preparing to make the same transitioning in replacing the YaST Installer. Agama is now deemed ready to be the installer of openSUSE Tumbleweed. The openSUSE project is requesting users try out the new installer before the change-over is officially made before year's end. With openSUSE Tumbleweed being the distribution's rolling-release, typically it's on the leading edge compared to Leap. But for Agama it was different as outlined in the openSUSE announcement: "Tumbleweed usually adopts new technology before openSUSE’s other releases, but it held back on the installer on purpose. Leap 16.0 has used Agama since its first release, while Tumbleweed waited until the new installer either matched YaST’s features or dropped them deliberately. The project says the move is now needed because YaST is no longer under active feature development and receives only minimal maintenance. As the software it depends on keeps changing, relying on it carries growing risk. YaST, which stands for Yet another Setup Tool, was first released in April 1995." More details for those interested or if wanting to try out the Agama-based install ISOs can find the information on news.opensuse.org.