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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
• How to Create a Network Installation Source from ISOs
• Install on PC that can't boot from CD
• Installation without CD
• Encrypting the Root File System
• Install drivers for products during installation
• OpenSUSE installation from a USB drive
• 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

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

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
• Compiling_software

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

GNOME

• Extending Nautilus via scripting

Desktop effects

• Compiz_Fusion
• Xgl
• Using Xgl on openSUSE
• Beryl
• 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
• Dealing with IRQ troubles

Graphics

• Radeon
• ATI
• NVIDIA
• NVidia Suspend HOWTO
• Use Nvidia driver with Xen
• NVidia_framebuffer_console_HOWTO
• How-to view the amount of Video RAM on Linux

Hard Disk

• File System
• Persistant_Storage_Device_Names
• Speeding up Ext3

Laptops

• HP Pavilion dv6855el
• Laptops_and_external_VGA
• 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
• Suspending when closing the laptop lid in SUSE 10.2
• Upgrading Toshiba ACPI to support bluetooth/fnfx/toshset
• Suspend to ram
• Suspend to disk
• Debugging of ACPI suspend problems
• Testing_s2ram_with_the_openSUSE_10.2_Live_DVD
• Powersave_s2ram
• Pm-utils
• Disk Power Management

PCI Cards

• Hauppauge HVR-1110 TV-DVB card

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

Peripherals

Keyboard

• Keyboard Configuration How to configure system wide keyboard.

Mice

• Logitech-MX400 How to configure additional buttons of USB mice, e.g. Logitech MX400

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
• Printing_Howto
• Printer_buying_guide
• CUPS
• Enable printing to CUPS server from windows computer that has its own printer driver

Scanners

• Scanner Introduction
• Epson Perfection 3490 Photo How to configure

UPS

• UPS

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

Other

• Using Qemu
• Qemu networking
• Qemu with kqemu kernel module support
• OpenVZ virtualization
• 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]

Networks & Services

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: Connect Your Bluetooth Input Device With Your Computer

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.

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

P2P

• BitTorrent and openSUSE

Remote Access

• VNC HOWTO
• Remote_Access_to_SUSE
• FreeNX_Server_HOWTO

SSH

• SSH_Tunnels_from_Microsoft_Windows
• Public_Key_Authentication

VPNs

Wireless LAN

• Drivers for wireless cards
• Ndiswrapper Use Windows drivers for unsupported cards
• Atheros madwifi
• Atheros ndiswrapper

Other

• Internet Connection Sharing
• Metalink
• Find_IP_Address

Applications

Command line

• Introduction to VIM the text editor.
• Enable VIM Syntax Highlighting
• Midnight_Commander/Tips

Internet

• Preloading_Thunderbird
• Skype_HOWTO

Firefox

• Disable IPv6 for Firefox
• Enable 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

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

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

Servers & Databases

General

• Telnet Server HOWTO
• Suse_10.0_DNS_server
• Suse_DNS_10.0_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

Groupware

• Kolab
• Openexchange

Web Server

• 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
• Howto_apache
• Webdav
• 10.1_Setup_LAMP
• 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

Burning CDs/DVDs

• Burn a Data CD

Upgrade openSUSE

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

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

X Server

• Using ssh-agent globally for X session
• PowerPC_X11_configuration

Microsoft interoperability

• Access Your Windows Files
• NTFS
• 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

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

Translation & Documentation

• OpenSUSE_Translation_Guide
• OpenSUSE_Translation_Guide_detail
• OpenSUSE_Wiki_Translation_Guide
• Help:Writing_HOWTO
• 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