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This manual introduces you to a variety of applications shipping with openSUSE®. It guides you through using these applications and helps you perform key tasks. It is intended mainly for end users.
The manual is subdivided into the following parts:
Introduces the OpenOffice.org suite, including Writer, Calc, Impress, Base, Draw, and Math. Learn which additional features are included in the Novell edition of OpenOffice.org.
Get to know the e-mailing and calendaring software provided by your product. Learn how to synchronize your data to handheld devices and how to use protected information transfer by signing and encrypting your documents or mails. Make use of note taking applications to collect and sort information and to organize your ideas.
Stay in contact with others and communicate via network connections using Instant Messaging or Voice over IP.
Enjoy searching information on the Web with browsers combining the latest browsing and security technologies. Make use of file transfers client to transfer data from the Internet.
Get to know The GIMP, an image manipulation program that meets the needs of both amateurs and professionals. Learn how to download digital photographs from your camera and how to manage your image collection by creating albums or exporting them to image galleries on the Web.
Introduces your desktop's applications for playing music and movies. Find how to create data or audio CDs and DVDs for archiving your data.
Many chapters in this manual contain links to additional documentation resources. This includes additional documentation that is available on the system as well as documentation available on the Internet.
For an overview of the documentation available for your product and the latest documentation updates, refer to http://www.novell.com/documentation/opensuse111 or to the following section.
We provide HTML and PDF versions of our books in different languages. The following manuals for users and administrators are available on this product:
Guides you through the installation and basic configuration of your system. For newcomers, the manual also introduces basic Linux concepts such as the file system, the user concept and access permissions and gives an overview of the features openSUSE offers to support mobile computing. Provides help and advice in troubleshooting.
Introduces the KDE desktop of openSUSE. It guides you through using and configuring the desktop and helps you perform key tasks. It is intended mainly for users who want to make efficient use of KDE as their default desktop.
Introduces the GNOME desktop of openSUSE. It guides you through using and configuring the desktop and helps you perform key tasks. It is intended mainly for end users who want to make efficient use of GNOME desktop as their default desktop.
Learn how to use and configure key desktop applications on openSUSE. This guide introduces browsers and e-mail clients as well as office applications and collaboration tools. It also covers graphics and multimedia applications.
Gives you a general understanding of openSUSE and covers advanced system administration tasks. It is intended mainly for system administrators and home users with basic system administration knowledge. It provides detailed information about advanced deployment scenarios, administration of your system, the interaction of key system components and the set-up of various network and file services openSUSE offers.
Introduces basic concepts of system security, covering both local and network security aspects. Shows how to make use of the product inherent security software like Novell AppArmor (which lets you specify per program which files the program may read, write, and execute) or the auditing system that reliably collects information about any security-relevant events.
A community book project for the openSUSE distribution. A snapshot of the manual written by the open source community is released on an equal footing with the Novell/SUSE manuals. The lessons are written in a cook book style and cover more specific or exotic topics than the traditional manuals. For more information, see http://developer.novell.com/wiki/index.php/Lessons_for_Lizards.
In addition to the comprehensive manuals, several quick start guides are available:
Gives a short introduction to the KDE desktop and some key applications running on it.
Gives a short introduction to the GNOME desktop and some key applications running on it.
Helps you understand the main concepts behind Novell® AppArmor.
Find HTML versions of most openSUSE manuals in your installed system
under /usr/share/doc/manual or in the help centers of
your desktop. Find the latest documentation updates at
http://www.novell.com/documentation where you can download
PDF or HTML versions of the manuals for your product.
For information where to find the books on your installation media, refer
to the Release Notes of this product. The Release Notes are available from
your installed system under
/usr/share/doc/release-notes/ or in the help centers
of your KDE or GNOME desktop.
