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A list of HowTo's covering installation, configuration, architecture and platforms, how to install and update software, Desktop Environments, and so much more.

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Installation & Software Management

openSUSE installation

• Download instructions
• Merge few installation CDs to one DVD.
• Make your own installation DVD.
• Installation using a network connection
• How to do a Network Install -- Install OpenSuSE from a network server to save you time
• How to Create a Network Installation Source from ISOs
• Installation without CD
• Encrypting the Root File System
• Install drivers for products during installation
• Creating Live USB Stick
• Install OpenSUSE using PXE boot
• Autoyast installation using a network installation source
• Dual boot on 2 drives
• Install another distribution
• Installation for PC's with a little amount of available memory|
• Installing SuSE on External USB Drive
• Installing from Windows
• Invoking terminal from YaST
• Logging YaST to USB Stick in Installation
• Make screenshots during installation
• SuSE FTP Net Install with screenshots
• SuSE HTTP Net Install with screenshots
• Managing Grub Installation

Architecture & Platforms

• PPC Partitioning -- Howto partition your Mac (necessary before you can install SUSE Linux on it).
• Pegasos -- Installation instructions for Pegasos PPC machines
• How to boot the various PPC machines
• Playstation3
• Installation on G3 iMac (ppc)
• Installation on MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo (x86)
• Installation on MacBook Pro Intel (x86)
• Installation on MacBook/MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo (x86) -- Assuming you have installation media already
• MacBook Pro Specials
• MacBook Specials
• Dual boot on 2 drives -- Howto boot Linux on one drive and have the option to boot Win.xx on another.
• IA64 Installation Issues -- Troubleshoot installation problems related to the 64 bit platform

RAID/LVM

• How to install SUSE Linux on software RAID
• Areca RAID Controllers Howto -- How to install and configure Areca Hardware RAID controllers

Update/Install Software

• Install packages with YaST Software Management
• Using zypper -- Command line package management
• Smart
• Upgrading KDE on openSUSE
• Updating KDE and other software via YaST
• Add Package Repositories to YaST -- Usage of package-repositories such as Packman (multimedia packages).
• Using zen-updater
• Using zen-installer
• Using zen-remover
• Using rug
• apt -- HOWTO for using the Advanced Package Tool (APT)
• Compiling software -- How to compile software on your SUSE system
• Distribution upgrade with Zypper

Desktop Environments

KDE

• Upgrade to latest KDE (unsupported)
• Switch to KDE from a different desktop
• Install KDE 4 packages
• Konqueror Tips and Tricks
• Optimal use of MS TrueType Core Fonts
• Desktop Customization Tips
• Installing Icon Themes
• Desktop effects with KDE 4 KWin

GNOME

• Extending Nautilus via scripting
• Keyring -- Using Keyring

Desktop effects

• Compiz Fusion -- Using Compiz Fusion on OpenSuSE
• Xgl -- HOWTO for Xgl
• Using Xgl on openSUSE
• Beryl -- Information about Beryl
• Compiz -- Information about Compiz
• Using Xgl on older versions of SUSE Linux
• Xgl Troubleshooting

Kernel & Hardware

General

• Configure, Build and Install a Custom Linux Kernel
• Qemu with kqemu kernel module support
• Rt Kernel Instructions
• Efika 5200B

Graphics

• Radeon
• ATI -- The HOWTO guide for ATI graphics cards
• NVIDIA -- The HOWTO guide for NVIDIA based graphics cards
• NVidia Suspend HOWTO
• Use Nvidia driver with Xen
• NVidia framebuffer console HOWTO
• How-to view the amount of Video RAM on Linux
• TV-Out on Intel 945GM
• Configuring graphics cards

Hard Disk

• File System -- Some general information about file systems you might came across
• Persistant Storage Device Names
• Speeding up Ext3 -- Speed up the extended file system version 3
• Using the rescue system (advanced)

Mobile computers

General

• Suspend to ram
• Suspend to disk
• Powersave s2ram
• Pm-utils
• Disk Power Management -- HOWTO guide for Linux disk power management
• Debugging of ACPI suspend problems
• Laptops and external VGA
• Suspending when closing the laptop lid in SUSE 10.2
• Testing s2ram with the openSUSE_10.2 Live DVD

Laptops

• HP Pavilion dv6855el
• Installing openSuSE 11.0 on HP Compaq nc4200 and tweaking it for the professional mobile user
• Make IBM 600 Series Thinkpads Work With SUSE Linux 10
• Installing SuSE 10 on DELL 6000 Laptop
• Enabling bluetooth on a Toshiba with fnfx
• Enabling bluetooth on a Toshiba with toshset
• Dell Latitude CPx_J-Series
• Upgrading Toshiba ACPI to support bluetooth/fnfx/toshset

Netbooks

• Installing openSUSE on the Asus EEE
• Installation on MSI Wind

TV Cards

• Hauppauge HVR-1110 TV-DVB card -- Setup your Hauppauge HVR-1110 DVB TV card on OpenSuSE
• Pinnacle USB PCTV -- Setup your Pinnacle USB PCTV Tuner on OpenSuSE
• Pinnacle PCTV Hybrid Pro -- Setup your Pinnacle PCTV Hybrid Pro TV card on OpenSuSE

Performance

• Responsiveness
• Fcache-howto

Sound

• SDB:AudioTroubleshooting -- guide to troubleshoot/setup basic audio if audio does not work upon initial openSUSE install
• USB headphones -- how to configure USB headphones
• Bluetooth headphones -- how to configure bluetooth headphones
• Fix for headphones and speaker laptop problem -- how to make speaker being muted when headphones jack inserted

Other

• Samsung SGH-A412 -- HOWTO for the Samsung SGH-A412 mobile phone

Peripherals

Keyboard

• Keyboard Configuration -- How to configure system wide keyboard.
• Keytouch -- How to activate additional keys on your multimedia keyboard

Mice

• Logitech -- ow to configure additional buttons of USB mice

Printers

• Printer Sharing with Linux clients -- using CUPS
• Printer Sharing with Windows clients -- using CUPS/SAMBA
• Printing to PDF HOWTO
• Printing to file with CUPS -- Print to a file using the Commom Unix Printing System (CUPS)
• Printing Howto -- A HOWTO guide for printing with OpenSuSE
• Printer buying guide
• CUPS -- Information about the Common Unix Printing System (CUPS)
• Enable printing to CUPS server from windows computer that has its own printer driver
• How to set-up a HP printer -- Get your HP printer working with OpenSuSE
• Brother HL-2040 Guide -- Configure your Brother HL-2040 printer on OpenSUSE
• Canon PIXMA MP Guide -- Configure the Canon PIXMA MP series.

Scanners

• Scanner Introduction
• Epson Perfection 3490 Photo -- How to configure
• Scan script for Fujitsu ScanSnap FI-5110EOX2

UPS

• UPS

Webcams

• General webcam howto

Virtualization

XEN

• How to Install a Xen VM Server
• How to Add a VM
• How to Add a Xen VM Guest
• How to Add an Xen VM Guest
• How to Create a OS Disk Image for a VM
• How to create a XEN image with kiwi
• How to Install a VM's OS from CD
• How to Install a VM's OS from Disk Image
• How to Install a VM's OS from ISO
• How to Install a VM's OS from Installation Source
• How to setup SUSE Linux 10.0 under Xen in SUSE Linux 9.3
• How to setup virtual networks in SuSE 10.1 with XEN3
• Installing Xen3
• How to Capture Xen Hypervisor and Kernel Messages using a Serial Cable
• Xen3 yet another Virtual Network Concept
• Xen3 yet another cross OS Integration Howto in OpenSuSE 10.3 Xen3 host

Other

• Using Qemu -- HOWTO guide on using Qemu
• Qemu networking
• Qemu with kqemu kernel module support
• OpenVZ virtualization
• Setting up VMware Workstation 6.5.0 on openSUSE 11.0
• Set up VMware on SUSE Linux
• Setting up SUSE Linux as a VMware_Guest
• Recovering VMware Workstation After a Kernel Update
• Uninstalling VMware from SUSE Linux
• Set up VMware Server on SUSE Linux
• [Using KVM]
• Installing Ubuntu into Virtualbox -- HOWTO install Ubuntu into VirtualBox

Networks & Services

Terminal-Server

• Easily obtaining a versatile Terminal- and VMWare-Server with VNC and ssh

Bluetooth

• Syncing Palm Devices using Bluetooth
• Gnome Bluetooth-applet 10.2 bug workaround
• How-to use a bluetooth headset with SuSE 10.0
• How-to use a bluetooth headset with SuSE 11.1
• How To: Connect Your Bluetooth Input Device With Your Computer
• How to get AVM BlueFritz! USB 2.0/AP-ISDN up and running with OpenSuSE 11.1/KDE4.1
• Configuring Bluetooth Dial-Up Connections for openSUSE 11.2

ISDN

• Installing and using modified capifax to remotely fax via CAPI of AVM Fritz!Box 7170
• How to get AVM BlueFritz! USB 2.0/AP-ISDN up and running with OpenSuSE 11.1/KDE4.1

LTSP

• KIWI-LTSP: LTSP5 implemention on openSUSE using KIWI

LAN

• Change interface name from eth7 to eth0
• Configuring your Network Interface Cards in a terminal.
• Bonding multiple physical interfaces and optionally using vlans.
• Configure Marvell Network Card
• Configure Realtek rtl8101 pci fast express Network Card

Modems

• Speedtouch 330 PPPoE
• Speedtouch 330
• Smart Link Modem
• AVM binary driver for SUSE Linux 10.1

MRTG

• MRTG -- Draw pretty pictures showing how much traffic has passed through network interfaces.

UMTS

• UMTS / HSDPA USB Stick

Network Filesystems

• Open-iSCSI and SUSE Linux

NTP

• Synchronize clock with online server on startup
• Setting up NTP with autokey authentication

P2P

• BitTorrent and openSUSE
• Setting up a bittorrent server(not a tracker) using Vuze

Remote Access

• VNC HOWTO
• Remote Access to SUSE
• FreeNX Server HOWTO

SSH

• SSH Tunnels from Microsoft Windows
• Public Key Authentication

VPNs

• Yet another OpenVPN bridged mode setup howto

Wireless LAN

• Drivers for wireless cards
• Ndiswrapper -- Use Windows drivers for unsupported cards
• Atheros madwifi
• Atheros ndiswrapper
• Connecting to a wireless network

Clonezilla and DRBL

• Clonezilla_DRBL_HOWTO -- Disk imaging and cloning of remote computers

Other

• Internet Connection Sharing -- Enable Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) on OpenSuSE
• Metalink
• Find IP Address
• Connecting to Telstra's NextG Network -- Step by step guide on how to connect to the NextG Network in Australia

Applications

Command line

• Some command-line basics
• Introduction to VIM the text editor.
• Enable VIM Syntax Highlighting
• Midnight_Commander/Tips

Internet

• Hathway Connection HowTo -- HowTo Configure the Hathway Connection.
• Preloading Thunderbird -- HOWTO guide on Preloading Thunderbird with OpenSuSE
• Skype HOWTO

Firefox

• Disable IPv6 for Firefox -- Disable Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) in Firefox
• Enable HTTP Pipelining -- HOWTO guide on enabling HTTP Pipelining
• Playing Windows Media Videos in Firefox
• How To use Java with Firefox on 64-bit openSuSE 10.3
• Flash 9 -- link to Adobe
• AppArmored FireFox -- the new project page
• Firefox custom search -- Create search for site:en.opensuse.org
• Using UnPlug for Firefox -- download videos from youtube with UnPlug for Firefox

Google Chromium Chrome Browser

• HOWTO Install Flash -- HOWTO Install Flash plugin into Google Chromium Chrome Browser

Multimedia

• Playing Windows Media Videos in Firefox will also help you play them generally
• Setting up Audacity on SUSE Linux
• iTunes music server
• Converting MP3 to OGG using Fluendo Gstreamer Plug-In
• Playing MP3s with Amarok and the Fluendo GStreamer Plugin
• Trekstor ibeat motion playing your videos on an i.Beat motion MP3 player
• Amazon MP3 Downloader on openSUSE 11
• Nokia3600 Video -- Making your video play on your Nokia phone
• Converting Flash Video Files -- Convert Flash video files to divx video with Avidemux
• Kaffeine Troubleshooting
• Creating a Photo Slideshow DVD

Screen Capture/Recording

• Using recordMyDesktop -- Record your Linux desktop with recordMyDesktop

Anti-Virus

• Avast anti virus

Other

• Installing GRAMPS on SuSE 10.3
• Installing MOODLE
• Running FLUENT 6.2 on SuSE 10.1.
• Disabling Beagle
• Installing Eyetoy
• Google Earth
• Installing Sun's Java on SUSE Linux
• Synce
• Hardinfo -- System benchmarking software similar to AIDA32
• OpenCV and Kdevelop 4

Servers & Databases

General

• Telnet Server HOWTO
• Suse 10.0 DNS server -- Howto configure your SUSE 10.0 DNS server
• Oracle on openSUSE
• Instant messaging and presence notification
• Howto LDAP server
• OpenLDAP 2.3 libldap upgrade howto
• Howto LDAP userAuth
• How to setup a drpmsync server
• Howto setup SUSE 10.1 as Samba PDC
• Howto setup SUSE as SAMBA PDC with OpenLDAP, DYNDNS and CLAM
• Howto Transparent Caching Server or Appliance
• How to use JBoss 3.2.5 with the Eclipse WTP plugin
• Setup a Freeradius server on 10.3

Groupware

• Kolab
• Openexchange

Web Server

• LAMP -- How to install and configure LAMP (including phpMyAdmin, Firewall configuration and optimisation)
• Installing and setting up PhpDocumentor HOWTO -- How to install and configure PhpDocumentor for automatic PHP code documentation generation
• Zope HOWTO -- How to install zope with it's own python library
• Tomcat HOWTO -- How to install Tomcat and configure the jk connector
• Running and debugging tomcat5 applications from within Eclipse
• WordPress HOWTO -- How to install WordPress on openSUSE.
• Web Server HOWTO
• Apache
• Mod_mono on Apache -- How to set up ASP.NET capable web server
• Webdav
• Apache SSL CA Generator
• Setting up a Subversion server using Apache2

Mail Server

• Mail server HOWTO -- How to configure your mailserver
• Cleaning your IMAP account
• Setting up a Spam Filtering and Anti-Virus scanning Appliance for your current Mail Server

FTP Server

• FTP Server HOWTO

System Related

General

• Start the YaST Control Center
• Responsiveness
• Administer with Sudo
• Sudo Logging
• Serial Null Modem Connection
• System Configuration Profile Management
• Super User new flavor
• Change system wide character set
• Switch runlevel
• Find SUSE Version
• Upstart-howto
• Monitor your hard disk activity with KSysGuard
• Animated Penguin GRUB Splash Screen

File Systems

• How-To Create 10 GB file instantly with "dd"
• How-To Make the root filesystem read-only
• Create ISO from CD/DVD
• How to share directories between groups of users using ACL
• Speeding up Ext3
• Starting partimage - command-line partitioning software for Linux

Burning CDs/DVDs

• Burn a Data CD

Upgrade openSUSE

• Update openSuSE -- Upgrade openSuSE via the internet and repositories

Power saving

• Enabling powersaving on harddisk

Security & Backup

• Recover Root Password
• SuSEfirewall2/Service Definitions Added via Packages
• SUSE Security Lockdown - Hardening Your Linux System
• StoreBackup
• SpamAssassin
• AppArmor howto for geeks
• Setting up Amanda to backup your system
• Install Configure & use Nessus Vulnerability Scanner in openSUSE

X Server

• Using ssh-agent globally for X session
• PowerPC_X11_configuration

Microsoft interoperability

• Access Your Windows Files
• NTFS -- Accessing the NTFS file system in OpenSuSE
• Outlook Web Access (OWA)
• How to migrate from Windows
• Migrate from Active Directory
• Microsoft Sharepoint Team Services
• Backup Windows installed on BIOS RAID with SUSE
• Access Exchange Server using fetchExc and Kmail
• Access Linux File Systems in Windows -- Access your Linux ext2/ext3 partitions from Windows Explorer

Development & Packaging

Coding

• YaST Development
• Why Qt is your GUI toolkit of choice
• Ruby
• Running and debugging tomcat5 applications from within Eclipse
• Java/eclipse
• OpenWBEM

Building

• SUSE_Build_Tutorial
• Abstract_Package_Build_Description
• Build_Service_Tutorial
• Install Build Service on CentOS
• Install Build Service on openSUSE
• Build Service CLI
• Build Service tips and trick
• Building cross distribution packages in the Build Service
• Building YaST
• How to setup a build server

Making derivatives

• Debranding
• Rembrand
• Create an adapted openSUSE cd
• openSUSE KIWI image system
• Creating live USB-stick image
• Making a SUSE based distribution

Other

• Creating YaST Installation Sources
• Submitting Bug Reports
• Debugging YaST
• Creating a Kernel Module Update Installation Source
• Creating customized installation source
• Icecream
• Howto overload library function (useful for testing)

Translation & Documentation

• Wiki Translation Guidelines
• Manual Pages
• Configuring poedit

Yet to be indexed Howtos

• Creating Jigsaw Download Images for DVD and CD Sets
• Encrypted Filesystems
• Virtual CD Drive
• TrueType
• CIMPLE
• Install_Fest
• Dell_OMSA