openSUSE Documentation
Start-Up
openSUSE Documentation
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Start-Up
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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. Hardware Requirements
1.2. System Start-Up for Installation
1.3. The Boot Screen
1.4. Language Selection
1.5. Media Check
1.6. License Agreement
1.7. System Analysis
1.8. Time Zone
1.9. Desktop Selection
1.10. Installation Summary
1.11. Performing the Installation
1.12. Configuration
1.13. 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. Removing Software
3.3. Adding Installation Source
3.4. Installing Add-On Products
3.5. 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. Managing Groups
5.3. Changing the User Authentication Method
6. Changing the System Language with YaST
6.1. Switching the Desktop Language
6.2. Installing Additional System Languages
6.3. Switching the System Language
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
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. NetworkManager and SCPM
10.2. NetworkManager and Security
10.3. Controlling NetworkManager
10.4. Common Tasks
11. Copying and Sharing Files
11.1. Scenarios
11.2. Access Methods
11.3. Accessing Files on Different Operating Systems 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 Troubleshooting
12. Help and Documentation
12.1. Using the SUSE Help Center
12.2. Man Pages
12.3. Info Pages
12.4. The Linux Documentation Project
12.5. Wikipedia: The Free Online Encyclopedia
12.6. Guides and Books
12.7. Package Documentation
12.8. Usenet
12.9. Standards and Specifications
13. Common Problems and Their Solutions
13.1. Finding and Gathering Information
13.2. Installation Problems
13.3. Boot Problems
13.4. Login Problems
13.5. Network Problems
13.6. Data Problems
13.7. Support for openSUSE
A. GNU Licenses
A.1. GNU General Public License
A.2. GNU Free Documentation License
Index
List of Figures
1.1.
Language Selection
1.2.
Media Check
1.3.
License Agreement
1.4.
Installation Mode
1.5.
Clock and Time Zone
1.6.
Time Zone
1.7.
Installation Settings
1.8.
Partitioning
1.9.
Possible Options for Windows Partitions
1.10.
Resizing the Windows Partition
1.11.
Installing and Removing Software with the YaST Package Manager
1.12.
Confirm Installation
2.1.
Sound Configuration
2.2.
Printer Configuration Summary
3.1.
Conflict Management of the Package Manager
3.2.
openSUSE Updater: Available Updates
5.1.
YaST User and Group Management
6.1.
Setting the Language
9.1.
Integrating a Laptop in a Network
10.1.
Enabling NetworkManager in YaST Module
12.1.
The Main Window of the SUSE Help Center
12.2.
Configuring the Search Function
12.3.
Generating a Search Index
13.1.
US Keyboard Layout
13.2.
Automatic Repair Mode
List of Tables
1.1.
Boot Options
1.2.
Space Requirements
7.1.
Overview of a Standard Directory Tree
7.2.
Access Permissions For Files And Directories
9.1.
Use Cases for NetworkManager
11.1.
Accessing Files from Removable Media
11.2.
Copying Files
11.3.
Sharing Files
12.1.
Man Pages—Categories and Descriptions
13.1.
Log Files
13.2.
System Information
List of Examples
7.1.
Access Permissions For Files and Folders
8.1.
Access Permissions For Files and Folders
