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SUSELINUX
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Edition2005
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Authors: JörgBartsch,MarcelHilzinger,TakashiIwai,StephanKulow,Johannes
Meixner,MatthiasNagorny,SiegfriedOlschner,MarcusSchäfer,Jens
DanielSchmidt,ArvinSchnell,AdrianSchröter,LuisVilla
Editors: JörgArndt,AntjeFaber,BertholdGunreben,RolandHaidl,JanaJaeger,
EdithParzefall,InésPozo,ThomasRölz,ThomasSchraitle,RebeccaWal-
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Welcome
TheSUSELINUXUserGuidewaswrittentointroducetheLinuxoperatingsys-
temanditswealthofapplicationstoLinuxnovices.Gettoknowyourchoices
foraLinuxdesktopandlearnhowtoconfigureandcontrolit.Despiteitsaim
towardsnovices,itstillprovidesavarietyofinformationhelpfulfortheexperi-
enceduser.
TheSUSELINUXUserGuideconsistsofsixmajorpartsfeaturingthefollowing
aspectsofyourSUSELINUXsystem:
IntroducingLinux
GetstartedwithLinux.Learnhowtomanageyourdesk-
topandhowtoperformbasicadministrativetasks.Acomprehensivelist
comparingWindowsandLinuxapplicationshelpsyoufindtheappropri-
ateLinuxcounterpartsofyourfavoriteWindowsapplications.Asforthe
desktop,choosefromtwoalternatives—GNOMEorKDE—andlearnmore
abouttheirstrengthsandhighlights.Finally,learnwheretogetmoreinfor-
mationandhelpforyourLinuxsystem.
Office
OpenOffice.orgisapowerfulsubstituteforanyOfficesuiteyoumight
haveusedunderWindowsorMacOS.Learnhowtouseitandhowtomi-
grateyourexistingdata.Linuxalsoprovidestwofully-fledgedpersonal
informationmanagementsuites,EvolutionandKontact.Bothoffere-mail,
calendar,addressmanagement,andmanyotherfunctionalities.
Internet
Linuxofferstwogreatbrowseralternatives:FirefoxandKonqueror.
Gettoknowhowtousethemandhowtoenjoymanysmartlittleadd-on
features.AchapterabouttheKDEencryptiontool,KGpg,showsyouhow
tosecureyourInternetcommunication.
Multimedia
Linuxoffersmanyplayersbothforvideoandaudiomedia.You
canalsouseLinuxsoftwaretocreateandedityourownmoviesormusic
recordings.Ifdigitalimageprocessingisyourscene,tryGIMP,whicheas-
ilyrivalsAdobePhotoshop.Easy-to-usescanningapplicationsandalbum
softwareforyourdigitalphotocollectionarealsoprovided.
Excursions
SimilartotheDOSshell,aLinuxsystemoffersapowerfulshellen-
vironmentthatcanbeusedtointeractdirectlywiththeoperatingsystem.
Learnaboutthebasicprinciplesbehindthatfunctionalityandgetsome
hands-onexperienceusingthemostimportantshellcommandsfeatured
inthissection.
Appendix
TheSUSELINUXFAQcontainssomeofthemostfrequentlyasked
questionsregardingSUSELINUX.Feelfreetocontributeandsendusyour
suggestions.
Iflookingforin-depthinformationabouttheSUSELINUXinstallationprocess
orsystemadministration,refertotheSUSELINUXAdministrationGuide.Itintro-
ducesinstallationandconfigurationwithYaSTandgivesbackgroundknowledge
formanyservicesandapplicationsrunningonyourLinuxmachine.
ChangesintheUserGuide
Thefollowingisalistofthechangesintroducedinthisguide,ascomparedtothe
previousversion(SUSELINUX9.2):
Anewchapteraboutbasicconceptshelpsnewusers.SeeChapter1on
page3.
IfyouarenewtoSUSELINUX,comingfromWindows,alistofequivalent
programsunderLinuxisavaluableaid.SeeChapter2onpage31.
TheGNOMEandKDEchaptershavebeenrevised.SeeChapter3on
page47andChapter4onpage69.
Thehelpchapterhasbeenrevised.Itcontainsmoreinformationabout
manandinfopages,guides,books.andotherresources.SeeChapter5on
page99.
TheformerchaptersofKMailandKOrganizerhavebeentransferredtothe
newKontactchapter.SeeChapter8onpage129.
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Konquerorhasbeenenhancedwithinformationabouttabbedbrowsing
andothersmallimprovements.SeeChapter10onpage151.
ThereisanewFirefoxchapter.SeeChapter11onpage157.
Thechapteraboutdigitalcamerashasbeenupdatedandexpanded.Itcon-
tainsmoreinformationaboutDigikam.SeeChapter16onpage215.
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Acknowledgements
Withalotofpersonalcommitment,theLinuxdeveloperscontinuetopromotethe
developmentofLinux.Wewouldliketoexpressoursinceregratitudefortheir
efforts.Withoutthem,thisdistributionwouldnotexist.Additionalthanksgoto
FrankZappaandPawar.Specialthanks,ofcourse,toLinusTorvalds.
Havealotoffun!
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