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Contents

About This Guide
1. Feedback
2. Additional Documentation
3. Documentation Conventions
4. About the Making of This Manual
5. Source Code
6. Acknowledgments
I. Installation and Setup
1. Installation with YaST
1.1. Choosing the Installation Media
1.2. Choosing the Installation Method
1.3. The Installation Workflow
1.4. System Start-Up for Installation
1.5. The Boot Screen
1.6. Welcome
1.7. Installation Mode
1.8. Clock and Time Zone
1.9. System Type
1.10. Suggested Partitioning
1.11. Create New User
1.12. Installation Settings
1.13. Performing the Installation
1.14. Configuration of the Installed System
1.15. Graphical Login
2. Setting Up Hardware Components with YaST
2.1. Probing Your Hardware
2.2. Setting Up Graphics Card and Monitor
2.3. Setting Up Keyboard and Mouse
2.4. Setting Up Sound Cards
2.5. Setting Up a Printer
2.6. Setting Up a Scanner
3. Installing or Removing Software
3.1. Installing Software
3.2. Checking Software Dependencies
3.3. Packages and Software Repositories
3.4. Removing Software
3.5. Adding Software Repositories
3.6. Installing Add-On Products
3.7. Keeping the System Up-to-date
4. Accessing the Internet
4.1. Direct Internet Connection
4.2. Internet Connection Via Network
5. Managing Users with YaST
5.1. Managing User Accounts
5.2. Special Options
5.3. Managing Groups
5.4. Changing the User Authentication Method
6. Changing Language and Country Settings with YaST
6.1. Changing the System Language
6.2. Changing the Country and Time Settings
II. Basics
7. Basic Concepts
7.1. User Concept
7.2. The Linux File System
7.3. File Access Permissions
8. Shell Basics
8.1. Starting a Shell
8.2. Entering Commands
8.3. Working with Files and Directories
8.4. Becoming Root
8.5. Modifying File Permissions
8.6. Useful Features of the Shell
8.7. Editing Texts
8.8. Searching for Files or Contents
8.9. Viewing Text Files
8.10. Redirection and Pipes
8.11. Handling Processes
8.12. Important Linux Commands
III. Mobility
9. Mobile Computing with Linux
9.1. Laptops
9.2. Mobile Hardware
9.3. Cellular Phones and PDAs
9.4. For More Information
10. Managing Network Connections with NetworkManager
10.1. Use Cases for NetworkManager
10.2. Enabling NetworkManager
10.3. NetworkManager and VPN
10.4. Using KNetworkManager
10.5. Using GNOME NetworkManager Applet
10.6. NetworkManager and Security
10.7. Troubleshooting
10.8. For More Information
11. Copying and Sharing Files
11.1. Scenarios
11.2. Access Methods
11.3. Accessing Files on Different OS on the Same Computer
11.4. Copying Files between Linux Computers
11.5. Copying Files between Linux and Windows Computers with SSH
11.6. Sharing Files between Linux Computers
11.7. Sharing Files between Linux and Windows with Samba
11.8. For More Information
IV. Help and Documentation
12. Help and Documentation
12.1. Included Help Resources
12.2. Additional Help Resources
12.3. For More Information
12.4. Support for openSUSE
A. GNU Licenses
A.1. GNU General Public License
A.2. GNU Free Documentation License
Index

List of Figures

1.1. The Boot Screen
1.2. Welcome
1.3. Installation Mode
1.4. Clock and Time Zone
1.5. System Type
1.6. Suggested Partitioning
1.7. Possible Options for Windows Partitions
1.8. Resizing the Windows Partition
1.9. Create New User
1.10. Installation Settings
1.11. Software Selection and System Tasks
3.1. Conflict Management of the Package Manager
3.2. openSUSE Updater: Simple Update View
3.3. openSUSE Updater: Detailed Update View
3.4. openSUSE Updater: Configuration
5.1. YaST User and Group Management
6.1. Setting the Language
6.2. Setting Country and Time
6.3. Setting Date and Time With NTP Server
7.1. Group Membership for a User in YaST
7.2. Autodetection of a USB Stick in KDE
7.3. File and Folders in KDE File Manager
7.4. File Access Permissions in KDE File Manager
9.1. Integrating a Mobile Computer in an Existing Environment
10.1. Available Wireless Networks in the KNetworkManager Applet
10.2. Available Networks in GNOME NetworkManager Applet
11.1. File Synchronization Proposal
12.1. Main Window of the KDE Help Center
12.2. Main Window of Yelp
12.3. Viewing a Man Page With Konqueror

List of Tables

1.1. Boot Options
7.1. Overview of a Standard Directory Tree
7.2. Access Permissions For Files And Directories
9.1. Use Cases for NetworkManager
12.1. Man Pages—Categories and Descriptions

List of Examples

7.1. Access Permissions For Files and Folders
8.1. Access Permissions For Files and Folders