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SUSE Linux

Start-Up

Mitarbeiter:Jorg Arndt, Stefan Behlert, Frank Bodammer, James Branam, Volker Buzek, Klara Cihlarova, Stefan Dirsch, Olaf Donjak, Roman Drahtmuller, Thorsten Dubiel, Torsten Duwe, Thomas Fehr, Stefan Fent, Werner Fink, Kurt Garloff, Joachim Gleisner, Carsten Gros, Andreas Grunbacher, Berthold Gunreben, Franz Hassels, Andreas Jaeger, Jana Jaeger, Klaus Kämpf, Andi Kleen, Hubert Mantel, Lars Marowsky-Bree, Chris Mason, Johannes Meixner, Lars Muller, Matthias Nagorni, Anas Nashif, Siegfried Olschner, Edith Parzefall, Peter Poml, Thomas Renninger, Hannes Reinecke, Thomas Rolz, Heiko Rommel, Marcus Schäfer, Thomas Schraitle, Klaus Singvogel, Hendrik Vogelsang, Klaus G. Wagner, Rebecca Walter, Christian Zoz
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Table of Contents

About This Guide
1. Feedback
2. Additional Documentation
3. Documentation Conventions
4. Acknowledgment
I. Setup
1. Installation with YaST
1.1. System Start-Up for Installation
1.2. The Boot Screen
1.3. Language Selection
1.4. License Agreement
1.5. Installation Mode
1.6. Time Zone
1.7. Desktop Selection
1.8. Installation Settings
1.9. Finishing the Installation
1.10. Hardware Configuration
1.11. Graphical Login
2. Updating the System and Package Management
2.1. Updating SUSE Linux
2.2. Software Changes from Version to Version
3. System Configuration with YaST
3.1. The YaST Control Center
3.2. Software
3.3. Hardware
3.4. Network Devices
3.5. Network Services
3.6. Security and Users
3.7. System
3.8. Miscellaneous
3.9. YaST in Text Mode
3.10. Online Update from the Command Line
3.11. SaX2
II. Basics
4. First Contact
4.1. Logging In and Out
4.2. The User Concept of Linux
4.3. Desktop
4.4. File Management
4.5. Applications
4.6. Printing
4.7. Security
4.8. Networking and Mobility
5. Getting to Know Linux Software
5.1. Office
5.2. Network
5.3. Multimedia
5.4. Graphics
5.5. System and File Management
5.6. Software Development
6. Help and Documentation
6.1. Using the SUSE Help Center
6.2. Man Pages
6.3. Info Pages
6.4. The Linux Documentation Project
6.5. Wikipedia: the Free Online Encyclopedia
6.6. Guides and Books
6.7. Package Documentation
6.8. Usenet
6.9. Standards and Specifications
III. Desktop
7. The KDE Desktop
7.1. Desktop Components
7.2. Konqueror as a File Manager
7.3. Important Utilities
8. The GNOME Desktop
8.1. Desktop Components
8.2. File Management with Nautilus
8.3. Important Utilities
8.4. Assistive Technology Support
IV. Troubleshooting
9. Common Problems and Their Solutions
9.1. Finding Information
9.2. Installation Problems
9.3. Boot Problems
9.4. Login Problems
9.5. Network Problems
9.6. Data Problems
9.7. Support for SUSE Linux
10. File System Checking
10.1. Manual Page of reiserfsck
10.2. Manual Page of e2fsck
Glossary
Index

List of Figures

1.1. Selecting the Time Zone
1.2. Installation Settings
1.3. Editing the Partitioning Setup
1.4. Selecting the Hard Disk
1.5. Possible Options for Windows Partitions
1.6. Resizing the Windows Partition
1.7. Installing and Removing Software with the YaST Package Manager
1.8. Setting the root Password
1.9. Configuring the Network Devices
1.10. NIS Client Configuration
1.11. Entering the Username and Password
1.12. The Login Screen of KDM
3.1. The YaST Control Center
3.2. YaST Package Manager
3.3. Conflict Management of the Package Manager
3.4. Checking Media
3.5. Displaying Hardware Information
3.6. User Management
3.7. Start Window of the Restore Module
3.8. The YaST Partitioner
3.9. Setting the Language
3.10. Main Window of YaST in Text Mode
3.11. The Software Installation Module
3.12. Card and Monitor Properties
4.1. A KDM Login Screen
4.2. An Example Desktop
4.3. Managing Print Jobs with GNOME Cups Manager
4.4. Starting a Print Job with KPrinter
4.5. Managing Print Jobs with KJobViewer
4.6. KInternet: Scanning for Wireless Networks
6.1. The Main Window of the SUSE Help Center
6.2. Configuring the Search Function
6.3. Generating a Search Index
7.1. The File Manager Konqueror
7.2. The KWallet Manager Window
7.3. Ark: File Archive Preview
7.4. KSnapshot
7.5. Akregator Showing Some News
7.6. Kopete Configuration Panels
7.7. The Main Kopete Window
7.8. Configuring Talkers
7.9. Using KMouth
7.10. Using Phrase Books in KMouth
7.11. Font Administration from the Control Center
8.1. Adding a New Icon to the Panel
8.2. Nautilus Standard Window
8.3. Editing the MIME Type
8.4. Examples of Tomboy Notes
8.5. GNOME Dictionary
8.6. Gaim
8.7. RealPlayer
8.8. Blam Feed Reader
8.9. GOK in Use
8.10. Configuring Gnopernicus
8.11. Writing with Dasher
9.1. US Keyboard Layout
9.2. Automatic Repair Mode

List of Tables

2.1. Commands
2.2. Log Files in /var/log
2.3. Split Configuration Files in /etc/sysconfig/powersave
2.4. Wrapper
2.5. Backup Files
5.1. Office Software for Windows and Linux
5.2. Network Software for Windows and Linux
5.3. Multimedia Software for Windows and Linux
5.4. Graphics Software for Windows and Linux
5.5. System and File Management Software for Windows and Linux
5.6. Development Software for Windows and Linux
6.1. Man Pages—Categories and Descriptions

List of Examples

2.1. List with df -h
3.1. /etc/fstab: Partition Data
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