4.2 DVD Installation When you're ready, insert the DVD and (re)start the computer.

Live CD/USB installation is described below. Welcome The first thing you'll see is this welcome screen.

Start Installation Then you're presented with a menu. Here you can select your desired language and a few other options, afterwards begin installation.

Language and Licence The licence agreement is only to inform you of your rights. It doesn't require your acceptance, since it doesn't limit your use. Check that language and keyboard layout are as desired.

Installation Mode Here you choose whether to perform a new installation or upgrade an existing openSUSE installation.

Clock and Time Zone

Set the timezone here. If you have only GNU/Linux it's recommended to set the hardware clock to UTC, if you dual boot with MS Windows set it to local time.

Desktop Selection Various different graphical user interfaces (desktop environments) exist for GNU/Linux. KDE is preselected and is preferred by about 70% of openSUSE users and is also the focus of this guide. Under "Other" you can select LXDE, Xfce, minimal graphical environment (IceWM) and even a text based system which is useful for servers.

Partitioning By default openSUSE will propose to create three new partitions / (root) for system files, /home/ for personal files of users and swap which is used as a supplement for RAM, similar to the page file in MS Windows. If you're performing a dual boot installation, be extra careful here. Note that Linux labels disks/partitions using the following scheme - sda1 is first partition on the first disk, sdb3 is the third partition on the second disk, and so forth. Partitions that will be formatted are written in red text. Create New User Now it's time to create your user. Note that by default the root user (administrator) password will be the same as the password for the normal user. If you want the added security of a separate root password, consider unchecking that checkbox. You may also want to consider disabling autologin to prevent people from easily accessing your system and data.

Installation Settings Double check that everything is as desired - this is the point of no return!

Actual Installation

Now the actual installation is performed.

Automatic Configuration After installation is performed, the system will restart and perform autoconfiguration. And finally your brand new openSUSE system will start. Congratulations, and have a lot of fun with openSUSE!

4.3 Live CD/USB Installation When you're ready to install, insert the CD/USB and (re)boot the computer. The Live CD/USB provides two different installation modes, you can install directly from the boot menu, or you can boot the system and install from the desktop while the system is running, by clicking on the install icon on the desktop. There is only a visual difference between the two modes of installation. It's recommended to try booting the live system before installing to see if your hardware components are supported. Language and License The licence agreement is only to inform you of your rights. It doesn't require your acceptance, since it doesn't limit your use. Check that language and keyboard layout are as desired.

Clock and Time Zone Set the timezone here. If you have only GNU/Linux it's recommended to set the hardware clock to UTC, if you dual boot with MS Windows set it to local time.

Partitioning

By default openSUSE will propose to create three new partitions / (root) for system files, /home/ for personal files of users and swap which is used as a supplement for RAM, similar to the page file in MS Windows. If you're performing a dual boot installation, be extra careful here. Note that Linux labels disks/partitions using the following scheme - sda1 is first partition on the first disk, sdb3 is the third partition on the second disk, and so forth. Partitions that will be formatted are written in red text. Create New User Now it's time to create your user. Note that by default the root user (administrator) password will be the same as the password for the normal user. If you want the added security of a separate root password, consider unchecking that checkbox. You may also want to consider disabling autologin to prevent people from easily accessing your system and data.

Installation Settings Double check that everything is as desired - this is the point of no return!

Actual Installation Now the actual installation is performed.

Automatic Configuration When all packages are installed, the system needs to reboot from the harddrive. You can either remove the CD/USB during the reboot process or leave it in and select Boot from harddisk at the boot menu. After the reboot, the system will perform automatic configuration.

Afterwards your brand new openSUSE system will start. Congratulations, and have a lot of fun with openSUSE! http://opensuse-guide.org/installation.php

13. Multimedia Codecs This chapter describes three different methods for installing the packages needed to playback most multimedia formats - including MP3, DVDs etc., with Kaffeine (video) and Amarok (audio). You can use 1Click Install, manual installation or use the command line - whichever method you prefer. By default only free, open, non-patent encumbered formats such as Ogg Theora, Ogg Vorbis and Flac are supported for legal reasons (US software patents and Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)). 13.1 Codec Installation with 1-Click Click on the button below to install multmedia codecs with 1-click install.

Note, if you get a warning dialog like this don't panic! Simply select the top option, to allow changing the vendor for some packages from openSUSE to Packman, then click OK -- Try Again.

13.2 Manual Codec Installation You can install the packages manually instead if you prefer. First add the repositories with YaST Software Repositories: Packman Repository libdvdcss repository (skip if you don't need DVD playback) If the concepts of package manager and repositories are foreign to you, revisit the chapters Installing Software and Software Repositories. Then install the following packages with YaST Software Management: libxine2-codecs k3b-codecs ffmpeg lame gstreamer-0_10-plugins-bad gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ugly gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ugly-orig-addon gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ffmpeg libdvdcss2 (skip if you don't need DVD playback)

13.3 Codec Installation in the Terminal To install codecs using the terminal instead, do these steps: Add the needed repositories (skip the dvd repo if you don't need DVD playback): zypper addrepo -f http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/packman/suse/12.2/ packman zypper addrepo -f http://opensuse-guide.org/repo/12.2/ dvd Then install the necessary packages (skip libdvdcss2 if you don't need DVD playback): zypper install libxine2-codecs k3b-codecs ffmpeg lame gstreamer-0_10-plugins-bad gstreamer-0_10-pluginsugly gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ugly-orig-addon gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ffmpeg libdvdcss2 You may be asked if you want to allow vendor change for some packages - allow it. Use Copy/Paste to avoid typos. To paste in Konsole right click mouse => Paste - or use Ctrl+Shift+V. 15. Graphics Drivers Note that there's no need to install the below non-free video drivers, if the free drivers used by default work for your needs. 15.1 Nvidia Click on the button corresponding to your Nvidia graphics card to install the driver with 1-click install.

Afterwards reboot your computer. 15.1.1 Install Nvidia Driver in the Terminal You can install the Nvidia driver in the terminal instead if you prefer. First add the repository: zypper addrepo -f ftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/12.2/ nvidia Then install the package which corresponds to your graphics card: For GeForce 6 and later zypper install x11-video-nvidiaG02 For FX5xxx zypper install x11-video-nvidiaG01 For GeForce 4 and older zypper install x11-video-nvidia Finally reboot. 15.2 ATI/AMD For Radeon HD5xxx and later See http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:AMD_fglrx

For Radeon HD2xxx to HD4xxx See http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:AMD_fglrx_legacy For ATI cards older than HD2xxx your only option is to stick with the default free driver. 15.3 Intel The 3D drivers for Intel graphics cards are free software, and can therefore be included in openSUSE out of the box. No additional installation or configuration is needed. 16. Wireless Driver Installation Most of the time wifi will just work out of the box. In these cases you'll be able to configure your wireless card using the NetworkManagement widget which you should find running in your system tray.

16.1 Find Out Which Chipset If your wireless card isn't supported out of the box, chances are you can make it work fairly easily. The first step is running this command to find out which chipset is on the card. The chipset is what matters, the make and model of the device is basically of no importance. hwinfo --wlan --short

Now that you know which chipset is on your card, you can start figuring out what is required to make the chipset work in openSUSE - usually you'll just need to install a driver and/or some firmware. 16.2 Recent Broadcom Chipset The following chips are supported by the proprietary broadcom-wl driver: bcm4312, bcm4313, bcm4321, bcm4322, bcm43224, bcm43225, bcm43227, bcm43228. 16.2.1 Install broadcom-wl with 1-Click If you have one of those chips, you can install the broadcom-wl driver with 1-click install by clicking the button below and following instructions:

16.2.2 Manual Installation of broadcom-wl If you prefer, install the packages manually instead: 1) Find out which kernel flavour you have (desktop, default, xen, pae), by running: uname -r 2)

Add the Packman Repository: If the concepts of package manager and repositories are foreign to you, revisit the chapters Installing Software and Software Repositories. 3) Install the following packages with YaST or zypper: broadcom-wl broadcom-wl-kmp-[kernel flavour] 16.3 Older Broadcom Chipset If you have an older Broadcom chip supported by the, free, reverse-engineered b43 driver, i.e.: bcm4303, bcm4306, bcm4309, bcm4311, bcm4318, you only need to install the firmware. This is automated by simply running this command and rebooting afterwards (make sure the package b43-fwcutter is installed and that you are online while running the command): install_bcm43xx_firmware 16.4 Atheros Chipset Atheros are working with the Linux-kernel developers towards providing support for all their wireless chipsets in the mainline Linux-kernel, via the ath5k and ath9k drivers, so most atheros cards should just work. 16.5 Intel Chipset Intel are cooperating quite well with the Linux-kernel developers and all Intel wifi chips should just work. 16.6 Other Chipsets If your chipset manufacturer is not mentioned above, search the web for opensuse [your chipset] and you're likely to find information on how to get it working. There's a software repository with drivers for e.g. Ralink and Realtek wireless chips. You can add it with this command: zypper addrepo -f http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/driver:/wireless/openSUSE_12.2 wireless