Portal:Development/Topics

Packaging

• Packaging portal
• Packaging guidelines
• Creating patches
• Packaging in the openSUSE Build Service
• Cross Distribution packaging
• Contributing to openSUSE Factory

Hacking

• YaST the powerful installation and system management tool
• Libzypp / Zypper the software management engine
• Mono the open source implementation of the .NET framework
• Smeegol the openSUSE version of the Meego distribution
• KDE the desktop environment based on Qt
• GNOME the free desktop manager based on GTK+
• LXDE the lightweight X11 desktop environment based on GTK+
• Build Service the distribution development platform
• openFATE the feature management system
• Hermes the personal message dispatching system

Distribution creation

The openSUSE Build Service and SUSE Studio provide everything you need to create a customized distribution.

• How to create an openSUSE based distribution by hand (it is easier to use studio or OBS!)
• Image creation in the openSUSE Build Service
• SUSE Studio quick tour
• Start your own openSUSE project!