Software: Use the modules of this category to set options for installation and updates and to install or remove software packages.

Hardware: Contains modules for configuring hardware components such as your monitor, keyboard, mouse, printer, and scanner.

System: Use these modules to change system settings such as the date, time, or language and to perform tasks such as backing up or restoring files.

Network Devices: Includes modules for configuring network devices such as network cards, ISDN, DSL, or modem.

Network Services: Contains modules for network services and for configuring clients such as LDAP and NFS.

Novell AppArmor: Use the modules of this category to configure the Novell AppArmor access control system.

Security and Users: Use these modules to configure security aspects such as firewall options, and to create and manage users and groups.

Miscellaneous: The YaST Control Center has several modules that cannot easily be classified into the first six module groups. The modules in this category can be used for things such as viewing log files and installing drivers from a vendor CD.