About This Guide
This manual gives you a general understanding of openSUSE®. It is intended mainly
for system administrators and home users with basic system administration knowledge.
Check out the various parts of this manual for a selection of applications needed in ev-
eryday life and in-depth descriptions of advanced installation and conguration scenarios.
Advanced Deployment Scenarios
Learn how to deploy openSUSE from a remote location and become acquainted
with complex disk setup scenarios.
Managing and Updating Software
Understand how to install or remove software with either YaST or using the com-
mand line, how to use the 1-Click Install feature, and how to keep your system up-
to-date.
Administration
Learn how to congure and upgrade openSUSE, how to administrate your system
in text mode, and get to know some important utilities for Linux administrators.
System
Get an introduction to the components of your Linux system and a deeper under-
standing of their interaction.
Services
Learn how to congure the various network and le services that come with
openSUSE.
Mobility
Get an introduction to mobile computing with openSUSE, get to know the various
options for wireless computing and power management.
Many chapters in this manual contain links to additional documentation resources.
These include 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 docu-
mentation updates, refer to http://www.novell.com/documentation/
opensuse114 or to the following section.
