Start-Up

Abstract

Use the following procedures to install a new version of openSUSE® 11.4. This document gives a quick overview on how to run through a default installation of openSUSE.

KDE Quick Start¶

openSUSE 11.4

Publication Date 19 Dec 2011

Contents

1. Getting Started
2. Starting Programs
3. Handling Media
4. Customizing Your Desktop
5. Applying Desktop Effects
6. Using Virtual Desktops
7. Using the File Manager
8. Browsing the Internet
9. Managing Passwords
10. E-Mailing and Calendaring
11. Instant Messaging with Kopete
12. Starting LibreOffice
13. Viewing PDF Files and Other Documents
14. Searching for Data
15. Creating a CD or DVD
16. Managing Your Digital Image Collection
17. Managing Your Music Collection
18. Logging Out
19. For More Information

Abstract

openSUSE® provides the tools that Linux* users require in their daily activities. It comes with an easy-to-use graphical environment, the KDE* desktop, that communicates with the underlying Linux system to access and manage files, folders, and programs. openSUSE provides an integrated suite of applications for a wide range of purposes (office, multimedia, Internet). The LibreOffice suite is also included, which allows you to edit and save files in a number of formats. Because the office suite is available for several operating systems, you can use the same data across different computing platforms.

1. Getting Started¶

When you start your system, you are usually prompted to enter your username and password. If you did not install the system yourself, check with the system administrator for your username and password.

After logging in to KDE for the first time, you see the KDE desktop, which shows the following basic elements:

Desktop Folder: By default, the desktop folder shows the contents of its ~/Desktop directory. Whenever you insert a file into this directory, it appears in this view too.

Desktop Context Menu: Right-click an empty area on the desktop to access the context menu for configuring the appearance of the desktop, adding panels or widgets to the desktop, configuring desktop settings, locking the widgets in their current position, leaving the current session, or for locking the screen.

Desktop Toolbox: Move your mouse pointer to the icon in the upper right corner of the desktop to access the menu that lets you add or lock widgets.

KDE Panel: By default, the panel of your KDE desktop consists of the Main Menu icon on the left, further widgets and program icons, and the panel settings icon on the right. If you hover the mouse pointer over an icon in the panel, a short description is displayed.

2. Starting Programs¶

Start programs from the Main Menu or from the command line, using a shell or the Run Command. Additionally, you can start programs from the desktop or the panel by left-clicking the program icon once.

2.1. Using the Main Menu¶

To open the Main Menu, click the Main Menu icon in the panel or press Alt+F1. The Main Menu consists of the following elements: a search function at the top and several tabs at the bottom, providing quick access to the key functions of the menu. Additionally, the menu displays your login name and the hostname of your computer.

Favorites shows a default selection of key programs for quick access, whereas Applications shows all applications installed on your system. To navigate through the menu structure, click an entry and use the arrow icons at the right or the left to switch back and forth. Computer and Recently Used provide quick access to some frequently used places, applications, or documents. Leave shows several options for leaving the session such as logging out, locking the screen (access can only be regained with a password), shutting down or restarting the computer. Some computers offer to suspend your session to RAM or disc.

If you often need a program and do not want to dig into the menu structure, you can integrate the icon into the Favorites tab. Right-click the icon on any of the other tabs and choose Add to Favorites.

2.2. Using the Run Command Dialog¶

KRunner is a helper application that lets you quickly start programs. Apart from that, it offers a search function for finding applications or locations.

Press Alt+F2 to open the Run Command dialog. Type a command, for example, dolphin. While you are typing, the dialog shows a list of applications or actions that match your input. Select one of the results or press Enter to start the highlighted application or action. The command to start the application is often (but not always) the application name written in lowercase.

KRunner's abilities can also be extended by a huge number of plug-ins that provide additional functionality. Click the wrench symbol on the left of the input field to explore the full range of available plug-ins. For example, you can use so-called Web shortcuts defined in Konqueror to send search requests directly to a search engine without first opening the browser. For details, refer to Section 8.3, “Configuring Preferences”.

2.3. Searching for Programs¶

Both the Main Menu and the Run Command dialog offer a search function that lets you quickly start programs even if you do not already know the exact application name or command. To search for an application, start typing a command or part of the application name in the Main Menu Search field or the input field in the Run Command dialog. Each character you enter narrows down the search.

From the list below the input field, choose the application matching your query.

3. Handling Media¶

If you insert a CD or DVD into your drive or plug in a pluggable device (for example, a USB stick or removable hard disk), the device notifier widget opens a small window alerting you to this. It also proposes possible actions, depending on the type of the device.

For example, if you plugged in a digital camera, the actions allow you to download your photos with Gwenview or digiKam. Click the device entry in the widget to access the available actions. To safely remove the device from your computer, use the icon on the right side of the device entry.

4. Customizing Your Desktop¶

You can change the way your KDE desktop looks and behaves to suit your personal preferences.

4.1. Locking and Unlocking Desktop Objects¶

Desktop elements can be locked in their current position to prevent them from being moved around on the desktop. As long as the desktop elements are locked you cannot add, move, or remove any objects to or from your desktop.

To lock or unlock the desktop elements, click the cashew icon (desktop toolbox) at the upper right corner of the desktop and select Lock Widgets or Unlock Widgets.

Alternatively, right-click an empty patch on the desktop and select Lock Widgets or Unlock Widgets.

4.2. Changing Individual Desktop Elements¶

In the following, you can find some examples of how to change individual desktops elements.

Procedure 1. Adding Program Icons to the Desktop¶

To create a link to an application and place it on the desktop or the panel, proceed as follows:

Click the Main Menu button and browse to the desired application.
Right-click and select Add to Desktop from the context menu that appears. If this menu item is not available, your desktop elements are probably locked. Unlock them first as described in Section 4.1, “Locking and Unlocking Desktop Objects”.
To change the icon position on the desktop, left-click the icon and drag it to the desired position.

To delete an icon from your desktop, right-click the program icon and select Remove this Icon.

Procedure 2. Adding Widgets to the Desktop or to the Panel¶

To add widgets to you desktop, right-click an empty patch on your desktop and select Add Widgets.
To add a widget to the panel, right-click an empty patch on the panel, and select Panel Options+Add Widgets.
If these menu items are not available, your desktop elements are probably locked. In this case, right-click and select Unlock Widgets first.
In the list that appears, select a widget. Use the scrollbar to browse through the available widgets. To limit the selection of widgets, either enter a search term in the input field or choose a Category.
To make the selected widget appear on the desktop or in the panel, double-click it and close the dialog box.

To remove a widget from your desktop or panel, right-click the widget and select the Remove... entry.

Procedure 3. Configuring Desktop Widgets¶

Hover your mouse pointer over the widget until a translucent frame appears around the widget, showing a number of symbols:
If the frame does not appear, your widgets are probably locked. Unlock them first as described in Section 4.1, “Locking and Unlocking Desktop Objects”.
To change the widget size, left-click the scale symbol in the frame and keep the mouse button pressed while slowly moving your cursor across the desktop.
To rotate the widget in any direction, left-click the arrow symbol in the frame and keep the mouse button pressed while moving your cursor in a circle across the desktop. There is a sticky boundary in the horizontal and vertical positions where you can “clamp” the widget, if you like. Of course, you can also arrange it in any tilted position.
To change the contents, settings, or properties of a widget, left-click the wrench symbol in the frame. In the configuration dialog box that appears, set the options according to your wishes.

Procedure 4. Adding and Removing Panels¶

If you want multiple panels on the desktop, right-click an empty area on the desktop, select Add Panel and choose a panel type from the list.
If these menu items are not available, your desktop objects are probably locked. In this case, right-click and select Unlock Widgets first.
Click the cashew icon at the end of the new panel to access the configuration options and customize the panel as described in Procedure 5, “Configuring Panels”.
To delete a panel, right-click a blank space in the panel you want to delete and select Panel Options+Remove this Panel. openSUSE requires that at least one panel is left on the desktop.

Procedure 5. Configuring Panels¶

You can customize all KDE panels according to your preferences. Applications and widgets can be added to the quick launch area or the system tray in the main panel or to additional panels. Panel elements and additional panels can be moved to different places or be completely removed at any time.

To access any options for the current panel, right-click an empty patch in the panel (or click the cashew icon at the end of the panel) and select Panel Options+Panel Settings. The panel changes view and shows its configurations options.
If the menu item and the icon are not available, your desktop objects are probably locked. To unlock, right-click and select Unlock Widgets first.
To move panel objects to a different place within the panel, hover the mouse cursor over the respective panel object (for example, program icon, pager, task manager, system tray). The mouse cursor turns into a crosslines-like form. Click the object and move the cursor to the desired position in the panel. Click again to fix it at this place.
To enlarge the distance between two widgets, use Add Spacer.... A spacer widget appears on the right side. Drag and drop it to the preferred place.
To change the panel width, click and drag the small arrow icons at the left and right end of the settings panel. Use the arrow on the left side to set the panel's position and the arrows at the left side to set the maximum and minimum size.
To change the panel height, click the Height button and move the mouse cursor to the desired end location.
To place the panel at different sides of the screen use the Screen Edge button. Drag and drop the panel to the preferred location.
If you need additional widgets on your panel, add them with the Add Widgets... button as described in Procedure 2, “Adding Widgets to the Desktop or to the Panel”.
To remove program icons or widgets from the panel, right-click the unwanted object and select the menu item to remove the icon or widget.
The icons in the system tray usually belong to applications running in the background. Therefore you can only remove those icons if you close those applications (right-click the icon and select Quit).
To prevent the panel and widgets from being moved accidentally, use Lock Widgets.
For additional configurations options like alignment and functions (like auto hide), click More Settings....
If all panel changes are according to your wishes, close the panel settings with the red close button on the right side.

Procedure 6. Changing the Desktop Background¶

You can change the desktop background to display images, a slideshow, patterns or colors. It is even possible to use a map of the globe or the weather report as desktop background.

Right-click an empty patch of the desktop and select Desktop Settings. A configuration dialog appears.
In the View section, choose a type from the Wallpaper drop-down list. The further configuration options depend on the choice of the object to use as background.
For example, to use an image wallpaper:
1. Set Wallpaper to Image.
2. Define the Positioning of the image.
3. To use one of the available wallpapers, either choose a wallpaper from the list or click Get New Wallpapers to download additional wallpapers.
4. To use a custom picture, click Open and select an image file from the file system.
Set the other options in the configuration dialog according to your wishes, and click OK to save your changes and leave the configuration dialog.

4.3. Modifying System Settings¶

The System Settings are the central place for users to change the overall appearance and behavior of many components of the KDE desktop. Start them from the Main Menu by selecting Favorites+System Settings.

The settings are grouped into different categories. Hover over an icon to see more details. Performing tasks in some areas of the personal settings requires system administrator (root) permissions.

Change the settings as desired. No changes take effect until you click Apply. To discard changes in the recent view that you have not yet applied, click Reset. To reset all items in the recent view to the default values, click Defaults.

To get back to the start-up view (showing all categories) again, click Overview at the top left corner of the dialog. You can also enter a search string at the top of the window (for example, Screen Saver) to find the category which holds options related to the search string. Each character you enter in the Search field further narrows the search.

For easier overview of all categories, you can also switch to a tree view by clicking Configure and selecting another View Style.

5. Applying Desktop Effects¶

If your computer supports a 3D graphics card with Xgl, you can use graphical effects like turning your desktop into a rotating 3D cube, enabling translucent or transparent windows, and zooming in and out of the desktop screen. You can also use other window effects such as shadows, fading, and transformations. If you do not have a 3D graphics card, some effects may be disabled or reduce the performance of your system. If the performance of your system is too low, disable the effects for your current session with Alt+Shift+F12.

To configure effects on your desktop, proceed as follows:

Start the System Settings as described in Section 4.3, “Modifying System Settings”.
Select Desktop Effects from the Workspace Appearance and Behavior category and choose Enable Desktop Effects. If your graphic card does not support 3D, you will be notified.
Optionally, change some options below Common Settings.
On the All Effects tab, select the effects you want to activate. Click the information icon for a short explanation of the respective effect. If an effect is activated, the wrench icon on the right gives access to further configuration options like assigning keyboard shortcuts to the effect.
Use Apply to enable the effects permanently.

6. Using Virtual Desktops¶

The desktop environment allows you to organize your programs and tasks on several virtual desktops. If you often run a lot of programs simultaneously, this minimizes the number of windows to arrange on your screen. You might, for example, use one desktop for e-mailing and calendaring and another for word processing and graphics applications.

Procedure 7. Moving an Application to Another Virtual Desktop¶

You can display a running application on one or all virtual desktops, or move it to other desktops.

Open the application.
Right-click the title bar of the application.
Click To Desktop.
Select the desktop on which to place the application.
To switch to a certain desktop, click the desired desktop in the pager in the panel. Switch to the next or previous desktop by placing the mouse cursor on an empty patch on the desktop and move the mouse wheel.

Procedure 8. Configuring Virtual Desktops¶

You can increase the number of virtual desktops, change the default names, assign activities, configure effect animations or assign keyboard shortcuts for switching virtual desktops.

To add additional desktops, right-click the pager in the panel and select Add Virtual Desktop. A new desktop is shown in the pager.
For any configuration options, right-click the pager and select Pager Settings.
Use the options on the General screen to configure the appearance of the pager in the panel.
Desktop names, keyboard shortcuts for switching desktops and the switching type can be configured on the Virtual Desktops screen.
Set the options according to your wishes and click OK to apply the changes and to close the configuration dialog.

7. Using the File Manager¶

With KDE 4, Dolphin has replaced Konqueror as the default file manager. Konqueror remains a Web browser (refer to Section 8, “Browsing the Internet”). Start Dolphin, from the Main Menu by selecting Favorites+File Manager or press Alt+F2 and enter dolphin.

7.1. Dolphin Main Window¶

The Dolphin main window consists of the following elements:

Menu Bar: The menu bar holds menu items for actions like copying, moving, or deleting files, changing views, starting additional tools, defining your settings, and getting help.

Toolbar: The toolbar provides quick access to frequently used functions that can also be accessed via the menu. If you hover the mouse pointer over an icon, a short description is displayed.

Location Bar: The location bar displays the path to the current directory. It is available in two versions: one shows the path to the current directory with icons for every parent folder in a “bread crumb” view. Click any icon in the bread crumb view to change to that directory. The second version of the location bar shows the path to the current directory as a string of text you can edit.

Panels: By default, Dolphin shows the Places panel. It allows quick access to some often-used places like your home directory, the root directory of the file system (/), the trash bin, and removable media. There are several other panels you can add to the main window by clicking View+Panels.

Display Field (Working Space): The display field shows the contents of the selected directory or file. By default, Dolphin displays the contents of your home directory on start-up. By default, clicking a folder or file in Dolphin directly starts an action: Dolphin loads the file into an application for further processing or opens the folder.

Status Bar: Shows the file type and size of the currently selected object and allows you to enlarge or diminish the size of the icons or entries shown in the display field.

7.2. Managing Files and Folders with Dolphin¶

To perform actions like copying, moving, creating or deleting files, you need appropriate permissions to the folders and files involved in your action.

To copy, move, or delete a file or folder, proceed as follows:

In order to select one or multiple files and folders in Dolphin, move your mouse pointer over the file or folder but do not click. A green cross appears on the upper-left edge. If you click it, the object is selected. To deselect again, click the red minus icon that appears if the object is currently selected.
Alternatively, press Ctrl and click the objects you want to select or deselect.
Right-click and select Copy or Cut from the context menu.
Navigate to the destination folder in which to insert the object.
To create a new folder at the current location, select File+Create New+Folder or press F10. Enter a folder name in the new window and press Enter.
To insert the object you copied or cut in Step 2, right-click the destination folder in the main display field and select Paste. The object is copied or moved there.
To delete a file or folder, right-click the object in the main display field and select Move to Trash from the context menu. The object is moved to the trash bin. From there, you can restore it if necessary or delete the object permanently.

To quickly filter for certain filenames in the current directory, press Ctrl+I to add the Filter input field to the bottom of the Dolphin main window. Type any part of the filename you are searching for to see all files in the current directory containing the search string. For more detailed and advanced searches, press Ctrl+F to use the desktop search. For more information, refer to Section 14.2, “Using Strigi Desktop Search”.

7.3. Configuring Dolphin¶

Dolphin offers many options for adjusting the view and the overall settings according to your preferences.

Procedure 9. Changing the View

To switch from the bread crumb view to the editable version of the location bar, press F6. Enter a path to a directory by typing it in. After typing an address, press Enter or click on the background of the bread crumb view.
To delete the contents of the location bar click the black X symbol on the left. To switch back to bread crumb view, press Ctrl+L.
To change the view of the currently displayed folder, either click Icons, Details, or Columns in the toolbar. Dolphin remembers the selected view for each folder. Click Split or press F3 to view the contents of the current folder in two separate columns. Now you can navigate to a different directory in each column and easily drag or drop objects or compare the contents of directories. Press F3 again to leave the split view.
To make Dolphin also show hidden files, select View+Show Hidden Files.
To view more details about the files (like access permissions or ownership) in the working space, select View+Additional Information and enable the corresponding options.
To add further directories to the Places panel, drag a folder from the working space to the Places panel and drop it there. Right-click and use the context menu to hide, edit or remove entries from Places.
To add more panels to the main window, select View+Panels and select additional panels such as Folders, or Terminal.

Detach the panels from the main Dolphin window by clicking the left icon at the top of each panel. Click the panel's title bar and drag it to another place on the desktop. To reintegrate the panel into the Dolphin window, click the left symbol at the top of the panel again.

Procedure 10. Changing Dolphin's Overall Behavior

If you want to change Dolphin's overall behavior or view, select Settings+Configure Dolphin and explore the options offered in the Dolphin configuration dialog.

To use the same view mode for all folders, click General in the left sidebar and activate Use Common View Properties for All Folders. Click View Modes in the left sidebar and adjust the options for the individual view modes. Click Apply to save the changes.
If you want Dolphin to show a different directory on start-up, or if you want to permanently use the editable location bar instead of the bread crumb view, click Startup in the left sidebar and change the relevant options.
To configure which entries and services to show in the Dolphin context menu, click General. On the Context Menu tab, activate the entries to show. Click Services in the left sidebar and activate or deactivate the respective services to appear in the context menu.
Click OK to save the changes and to close the Dolphin configuration dialog.

8. Browsing the Internet¶

Apart from Konqueror (KDE's default Web browser), openSUSE also includes the default Firefox Web browser. To start Konqueror or Firefox, press Alt+F2 and enter konqueror or firefox.

With features like tabbed browsing, pop-up window blocking, and download and image management, both browsers combine the latest Web technologies. Their easy access to different search engines helps you find the information you need.

Enter a URL in the location bar to start browsing. To open a new, empty tab, press Ctrl+T. To open a link in a new tab, click the link with your middle mouse button. Right-click the tab itself to access more tab options. You can create a new tab, reload one or all existing tabs, or close them. You can also change the sequence of the tabs by dragging and dropping them to the desired position.

8.1. Finding Information¶

Both browsers offer different kinds of search options: you can find information on the Web or you can search the current Web page for keywords.

Procedure 11. Searching the Web

To start a search on the Web, click the left icon in the search bar (located next to the location bar) to open a list of search engines.
Select the desired engine and type your search keywords into the input field.
Press Enter to start the search.
To search the current Web page with Firefox or Konqueror, press Ctrl+F to open a find bar at the bottom of the window. Enter your search keyword there and use the buttons beneath the bar to search in different directions or to configure search options such as Match Case.

Konqueror offers predefined Web shortcuts for quickly searching the Web. For example, to search the Web for yast using the Google search engine, just type gg: yast into the Konqueror location bar (or the Run Command dialog) and press Enter.

You can also define individual Web shortcuts in Konqueror and Firefox as described in Section 8.3, “Configuring Preferences”.

8.2. Downloading Files from the Web¶

If you download a file with Firefox or Konqueror, a dialog window appears asking you if you want to save the file or to open it with a specific application. Also choose if to remember the action you selected for this type of file. By default, Firefox saves the file to the folder configured in the Firefox Preferences and shows your finished downloads in the Downloads dialog.

To open the downloaded files directly from there, right-click and select Open. To clean up the history of downloaded files, click Clear List.

8.3. Configuring Preferences¶

Adjust preferences in Konqueror or Firefox. In Konqueror, access the configuration dialog with Settings+Configure Konqueror. To change the behavior of Konqueror as Web browser, select one of the Web Browsing sub categories in the left sidebar to show the options for the relevant category. For example, you can “hide” Konqueror's real identity and make Konqueror identify as a different browser (for example, Internet Explorer*) for certain Web sites you visit. To do so, select Browser Identification, and click New to add a new, site-specific identification.

You might also want to configure the Web shortcuts you can use with Konqueror (and the Run Command dialog). In the Konqueror configuration dialog, click Web Shortcuts to see which shortcuts are already defined. Click New to define new shortcuts. Leave the Konqueror configuration dialog with OK to apply your changes.

In Firefox, select Edit+Preferences to open the Firefox Preferences. Click the icons in the upper display field to access the options for the relevant category. For example, change the default download folder on the General page, or adjust the pop-up blocking feature on the Content page. Click OK to apply the changes.

To configure a Web shortcut for a search in Firefox, browse to the Web page with the desired search field. Right-click the search field and choose Add a Keyword for this Search.... Enter a Keyword and leave the dialog with OK.

9. Managing Passwords¶

When you enter a password in a KDE application for the first time (in KMail or Konqueror, for example), you are asked if you want to store the password. If you click Yes, KWallet wizard starts by default. KWallet is a password management tool that can collect all passwords and store them in one or more encrypted files (called wallets).

To activate KWallet, select Basic Setup and click Next. Select Yes, I wish to use the KDE wallet to store my personal information and enter a password. This is your master password for the default wallet (named kdewallet) that is created during the next step.

	Protect Your KWallet Password
If you forget your master password for any wallet, it cannot be recovered. Furthermore, anyone who knows your master password can obtain all information contained in the respective wallet.

Click Finish to close the wizard. If you started the KWallet wizard initially from another application like Konqueror or KMail, KWallet will prompt you to enter the password once again in order to store the password for this application in the newly created wallet. After initial configuration you can open your wallet at any time to view, search, delete, or create entries. Normally you do not need to insert an entry manually. KDE recognizes if a resource requires authentication and KWallet starts automatically, prompting you for the KWallet password. However, you can add additional data if you wish. To configure any KWallet options, press Alt+F2 and enter kwalletmanager. In the KDE Wallet Manager that opens select Settings+Configure Wallet.

Whereas KWallet is designed to centrally manage passwords for several KDE applications, Firefox also offers the ability to store data when you enter a username and a password on a Web site. If you accept by clicking Remember, the password will be stored on your hard disk in an encrypted format. The next time you access this site, Firefox will automatically populate the login fields.

Firefox does not use KWallet to store passwords, but rather uses it's own password store. To review or manage your passwords in Firefox, click Edit+Preferences+Security+Saved Passwords....

10. E-Mailing and Calendaring¶

For reading and managing your mails and appointments, you can use Kontact as your personal information management tool (PIM). Kontact combines KDE applications like KMail, KOrganizer, and KAddressBook into a single interface. This gives you easy access to your e-mails, calendar, address book, and other PIM functionality. Kontact can also manage multiple e-mail accounts.

10.1. Starting Kontact for the First Time¶

To start Kontact, press Alt+F2 and enter kontact. To access one of its components like KMail, click the corresponding icon in the left sidebar.

Before you can send or receive mails, you must configure an e-mail identity and account:

From the menu, select Settings+Configure Kontact....
In the left side pane under Mail, click Identities and select the identity that KMail has automatically created for you. Modify it by entering your full name and e-mail address and confirming your changes.
Click Accounts in the left side pane under Mail and Add at least one account on the tabs for Receiving and Sending mails. (Optionally, you can configure multiple mail accounts).
Usually, the following information is required for both incoming and outgoing mail: Account Type, Server Name and Port. Depending on the account, you may also need to set encryption or authentication options. If you are not sure about the settings or items to select, consult your Internet Service Provider or system administrator.
Confirm the setup and leave the configuration dialog with OK.

To write a new mail, click the Mail icon in the Kontact main window and press Ctrl+N to open the mail composer. After you have finished your mail, click Send to send it immediately. In case you have configured multiple e-mail accounts, keep the Send button pressed, then select the account from which you want to send the mail.

11. Instant Messaging with Kopete¶

Kopete is an online messenger application that allows multiple partners connected to the Internet to chat with each other. Kopete currently supports a number of common messenger protocols, such as AOL* Instant Messenger (AIM), Gadu-Gadu, GroupWise® Messenger, ICQ, Jabber*, SMS, and Yahoo!*. To be able to use instant messaging (IM), you must register with a provider offering IM services and configure a Kopete account.

To start Kopete, press Alt+F2 and enter kopete. If started for the first time, click the wrench icon at the bottom of the Kopete window to create an account. Kopete guides you through the setup steps like selecting the messaging service, and entering the respective account information like user name or ID, server name and port and any authentication details like passwords. If you have not registered with the provider for the selected messaging service yet, click Register New Account. In the browser window that opens, enter your user data to register. Switch back to Kopete and enter the data received on registration. Complete the configuration of your account by clicking Finish.

If you decided to go online after configuring your account, you can now add contacts in the main Kopete window. If the Kopete window shows offline , first click File+Set Status+Online and enter your password if you are prompted for it. After connecting, click File+Add Contact and select the Kopete account for which you want to add contacts. Enter the contact data or search for a contact and click OK.

To view all your contacts, even if they are offline at the moment, select Settings+Show Offline Users.

To start a chat with someone, click the desired contact and type your message in the lower part of the chat window. Press Enter to send the message. The upper part of the window displays the messages you have sent and received.

12. Starting LibreOffice¶

The office suite LibreOffice offers a complete set of office tools, including word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, vector drawing, and database components. Because LibreOffice is available for a number of operating systems, you can use the same data across different computing platforms.

To start LibreOffice press Alt+F2 and enter ooffice. In the window that appears, select the LibreOffice module you want to open. To create a new document, select File+New and choose the type of document to create. To open an existing document, select Open and choose the appropriate file from the file system.

13. Viewing PDF Files and Other Documents¶

Documents that need to be shared or printed across multiple platforms can be saved as PDF (Portable Document Format) files, for example, in the LibreOffice suite. View them with Okular, the default KDE document viewer.

13.1. Using Okular Document Viewer¶

Apart from PDF files, Okular allows you to view a great number of file formats, such as PostScript, several image formats, OpenDocument format (ODF), OpenDocument text (ODT), some eBook formats (ePub), and even Microsoft* Compiled HTML Help (CHM). Okular also provides support for bookmarks, annotations, form fields and multimedia content, and the rotation of pages.

Start Okular from the Main Menu or press Alt+F2 and enter okular.

To open a document, select File+Open and choose the desired file from the file system. Navigate through the document by using the navigation icons at the top or bottom of the window. Depending on which icon you click on the navigation panel on the left, the sidebar either shows a table of Contents, a Thumbnail view of each page, the Reviews, or your Bookmarks for this file. To filter for any text listed in the sidebar or the overall document, enter a string into the input field at the top of the sidebar. If you want to select and copy text or images from the file in Okular, click the Selection icon in the toolbar and select one of the options from the context menu. Click the Browse icon to switch back to browsing the document.

Procedure 12. Working with Bookmarks and Annotations

With Okular, you can review a document by highlighting certain text parts or adding annotations or bookmarks that Okular then attaches to the file in the form of metadata. Note that the annotations and markers you add are not stored within the document, so you cannot print them or pass them on to other users.

To add a bookmark for a page, click the page in the sidebar or in the main display field and press Ctrl+B. The page is added to the Bookmarks list on the left sidebar. Right-click the bookmark entry to access a context menu for going to this bookmark or renaming, or removing it.
To create an annotation for a page, press F6 and select one of the annotation tools from the toolbar that appears. The annotation is added to the list of Reviews and is flagged with the login name of the user who created it. Use the icons at the bottom of the sidebar to group the annotations by page, by author or to show the annotations for the current page only.
To open a pop-up note and add text for an annotation (or to remove an annotation), right-click the annotation entry in the Reviews list and select the corresponding menu item. The annotations or markers you added are automatically attached to the file, you do not need to save them.

13.2. Using Acrobat Reader¶

If Acrobat Reader is not installed by default, install the acroread package with YaST. To start Acrobat reader, press Alt+F2 and enter acroread.. Click File+Open, locate the desired PDF file and click Open to view the file.

14. Searching for Data¶

KDE provides more than one application for finding data on your computer or in the file system. One application is KFind, which is described below.

14.1. Using KFind¶

To perform basic and advanced searches, use KFind. Start it from the Main Menu by clicking Applications+Find Files/Folders or press Alt+F2 and enter kfind.

Procedure 13. Searching by Name¶

To use a filename (or a part of it) as the search keyword, proceed as follows:

Enter the filename or a part of the filename in the Named input field. Use wild cards, such as an asterisk (*), to indicate missing characters in the filename.
Specify the folder in which to search for the file. Either enter a path to the folder in Look in or click Browse to locate the folder.
To search subfolders, check Include Subfolders.
Click Find to start the search. The results are displayed in the lower part of the dialog. To directly open the result, just click it. Right-click it to choose one of the options from the context menu.

Procedure 14. Searching by Contents or Properties¶

For a more detailed search, you can also specify further options, such as a text the file must contain or the creation or modification date of a file. To search for content or properties, proceed as follows:

On the Name/Location tab, specify at least the path to search for the file. You can leave Named empty.
To search for certain content in a file, click the Contents tab. In Containing Text, enter the word or phrase the file to find must contain. This option does not work for all types of files.
To search for properties such as creation or modification date of the file, click the Properties tab and choose the options you want.
Click Find to start the search.

14.2. Using Strigi Desktop Search¶

Strigi Desktop Search offers advanced search capabilities,by additionally searching for metadata such as tags, ratings, and even source URLs for downloads. It requires the services nepomuk and strigi to run. To activate these services, press Alt+F2 and enter strigi. Choose Nepomuk/Strigi server Configuration to start the configuration dialog. Enable the two services on the tab Basic Settingsand leave the dialog by clicking Apply and OK.

Once activated, you can use KRunner (Alt+F2) to search for files by just typing a keyword. A more advanced search interface is available in the Dolphin file manager. Press Ctrl+F in Dolphin to activate the desktop search. You can filter the search results for Filename, Content or location.

15. Creating a CD or DVD¶

If you possess a CD or DVD writer, you can burn files to a CD or DVD with K3b. To create a data CD or DVD, proceed as follows:

Press Alt+F2 and enter k3b. K3b opens.
Select File+New Project+New Data Project from the main menu.
Use the tree view in the top left part of the window to search for the files or folders to burn. When they appear in the top right part of the window, drag and drop them into the Current Projects window.
Insert a writable CD or DVD into the device then click the Burn icon.
Check the settings on the Writing tab. Usually the defaults should work well for almost all files. If you wish, you can change more options (for example the Volume Name) on the Filesystem tab.
Click Burn.

16. Managing Your Digital Image Collection¶

With digiKam it is easy to manage your digital images: download your images from the camera, edit and improve them, organize them in albums (or flag them with tags for easy retrieval, independent of folders or albums), archive them on CD or DVD, or export them to a Web image gallery.

digiKam also contains a set of useful batch functions and plug-ins, allowing you to convert multiple images to various different formats, rename multiple images, or automatically improve them with functions such as red eye reduction, speck removal, and hot pixel removal. Various filter and effects plug-ins help create works of art from your digital images.

To start digiKam, press Alt+F2 and enter digikam. On initial start-up, the first-run wizard appears to guide you through the setup.

digiKam's main window contains a tree view on the left and shows thumbnails of the images on the right. For quick access to your images, use the sidebar on the left, which allows you to switch between different views, for example, sorting the images according to Albums, Dates, Tags or Searches. To enter digiKam's viewing and editing mode, double-click an image thumbnail.

17. Managing Your Music Collection¶

KDE's Amarok music player allows you to play various audio formats, create playlists, listen to streaming audio broadcasts of radio stations on the Internet and subscribe to podcasts. The file types supported depend on the engine used for Amarok.

To start Amarok, press Alt+F2 and enter amarok. On first start, Amarok asks for the folders where to look for your music files.

Amarok's main window shows a sidebar on the left providing different views: your local music collection, some addresses to listen to podcasts or streams from the Internet, your playlists and a file browser. The middle part, the context browser, displays information about the current track, the Wikipedia page of the artist and the song's lyrics by default. The right part of the window shows the current playlist. To play music, just drag and drop items from any of the sidebar browsers to the playlist area. Double-click an item in the playlist to start playback.

If your music files are properly tagged (containing at least information about the artist and album), you can make use of several nice Amarok features. To automatically retrieve the album cover images from Amazon, select Tools+Cover Manager and click Fetch Missing Covers. The next time you play a track from this album, the cover is displayed in the context browser and on the on-screen display. To learn more about the artist, click on the Wikipedia button in the middle area to make Amarok search for the appropriate Wikipedia article.

To configure the use of another engine (or various other Amarok features), select Settings+Configure Amarok.

18. Logging Out¶

Log out (and leave the system running), restart or shut down the computer.

18.1. Logging Out or Switching Users¶

Click the Main Menu button on your panel and select Leave+Logout. This ends your session but leaves the system running. To start a parallel session as a different user, select Leave+Switch User instead.

18.2. Restarting or Shutting Down the Computer¶

Click Leave, then select one of the following options:

Sleep: Only available if your computer provides power management functionality. Pauses your computer without logging you out. All your data and the session data is saved to RAM.
Hibernate: Only available if your computer provides power management functionality. Pauses your computer without logging you out. All your data and the session data is saved to disk before the system is laid to rest. It is thus protected against data loss should you lose power in the meantime.
Restart: Restarts your computer.
Shutdown: Logs you out of the current session, then turns off the computer.

19. For More Information¶

To learn more about KDE and KDE applications, also refer to http://www.kde.org/ and http://www.kde-apps.org/.

GNOME Quick Start¶

openSUSE 11.4

Publication Date 19 Dec 2011

Contents

1. Getting Started
2. Starting Programs
3. Handling Media
4. Customizing Your Desktop
5. Applying Desktop Effects
6. Using Virtual Desktops
7. Managing Files and Folders
8. Browsing the Internet with Firefox
9. Managing Passwords
10. E-Mailing and Calendaring
11. Instant Messaging with Empathy
12. Starting LibreOffice
13. Viewing PDF Files and Other Documents
14. Searching for Data
15. Creating a CD or DVD
16. Managing Your Digital Image Collection
17. Managing Your Music and Videos
18. Logging Out
19. For More Information

Abstract

openSUSE® provides the tools that Linux* users require in their daily activities. It comes with an easy-to-use graphical environment, the GNOME* desktop, that communicates with the underlying Linux system, to let you access and manage files, folders, and programs. openSUSE provides an integrated suite of applications for a wide range of office, multimedia, and Internet activities. The LibreOffice suite, which allows you to edit and save files in a number of formats, is also included. The office suite is available for several operating systems. Therefore, you can use the same data across different computing platforms.

1. Getting Started¶

When you start your system, you are usually prompted to enter your username and password. If someone else installed your system, check with your system administrator for your username and password.

After logging in to GNOME for the first time, you see the GNOME desktop, offering the following basic elements:

Desktop Icons: Access programs and features on your system by double-clicking an icon. Right-click an icon to get additional menus and options. By default, the desktop features several key icons, including your personal Home folder and a trash can for deleted items. Other icons representing devices on your computer, such as CD drives or USB flash disks, may also be present on the desktop, and you can add as many icons on your desktop as you like. If you double-click your Home folder, the Nautilus file manager starts and displays the contents of your home directory.

Bottom Panel: The desktop includes a panel at the bottom of the screen. This panel contains the Computer menu, the Tomboy Notes applet, a taskbar to display buttons for all currently running applications, and the system tray. You can also add applications and applets to the panel for easy access.

Main Menu: Click Computer on the left side of the bottom panel to open the main menu. Commonly used applications appear in the main menu along with recently used applications. Click the Documents button to display your recent documents, or click the Places button to display your favorite places (such as your home directory, your desktop, or available network servers). Click More Applications to access additional applications, listed in categories. Use the options on the right to access help, open the GNOME Control Center, run YaST, install additional software, lock your screen, log out of the desktop, shut down the system, or check the status of your hard drive and network connections.

System Tray: The right side of the bottom panel shows some smaller icons, including the system clock that displays the current date and time, the Workspace Switcher, the volume control, and icons for several other helper applications.

Taskbar: By default, all applications running on the current desktop are displayed in the taskbar (the area in the middle of the panel between the Computer button and the system tray). You can access these applications by clicking their names in the taskbar. Right-click the application's name to see options for moving, restoring, or minimizing the window.

Desktop Menu: Right-click an empty spot on the desktop to display a menu with various options. Click Create Folder to create a new folder on the desktop. Use Create Launcher to create a launcher icon for an application. Provide the name of the application and the command for starting it, then select an icon to represent it. You can also change the desktop background, open a terminal, create a document, and align desktop icons.

1.1. Modifying Desktop Panels¶

The bottom panel can be customized to meet your individual needs, and additional panels can be added and configured to further personalize your desktop.

To add a new panel, right-click a blank space in the bottom panel and select New Panel. To delete a panel, right-click a blank space in the panel and select Delete This Panel. openSUSE requires that at least one panel is left on the desktop.

1.2. Adding and Removing Panel Icons¶

Right-click a blank space on the panel and select Add to Panel.
Browse to the desired program and double-click it to add it to the panel.
To remove a program icon from a panel, right-click its icon in the panel and select Remove From Panel.

2. Starting Programs¶

2.1. Using the Main Menu¶

To run a program in openSUSE, click Computer on the panel to open the main menu screen. If the program you want does not appear in the main menu screen, click More Applications to view a list of all available applications grouped in categories. You can also limit the list to show only applications with a specific name by entering all or part of the name into the Filter field. Click an entry in the list to start the corresponding program.

You can also add an icon to your panel that opens a more traditional version of the main menu. Right-click a blank space on the panel, select Add to Panel, then double-click Traditional Main Menu.

If you already know the name of an application but are not sure how to start it from the main menu, use the Search field in the main menu. Click Computer, type a portion of the application name in the Search field, then press Enter. If the application is installed on your system, the name of the application appears in the Needle search dialog box. Click the name to start the program.

2.2. Using the Run Application Dialog¶

Press Alt+F2 to open the Run Application dialog. Type a command, for example, f-spot, and press Enter or click Run to start the application. The command to start the application is often (but not always) the application name written in lowercase.

3. Handling Media¶

If you insert a CD or DVD into your drive or plug in a pluggable device (for example, a USB stick or removable hard disk), GNOME opens Nautilus and shows the content of the media.

4. Customizing Your Desktop¶

Easily add, delete, and create shortcut icons on your desktop. You can also change icon properties and the desktop background to suit your needs.

4.1. Adding Program Icons to Your Desktop¶

Click Computer.
Browse to the desired program.
Click and drag the icon to the desktop and position it as desired.

To delete an icon from your desktop, simply click the program icon and press the Delete key on your keyboard.

4.2. Changing the Desktop Background¶

Right-click the background.
Select Change Desktop Background.
To select a wallpaper from the pre-installed images, browse to and select the desired image. After you select it, the background changes automatically.
To add an image, select Add, browse to the desired image, then click Open.
To display a colored background, select the solid color rectangle from the top of the list; then, from Colors, select the fill pattern and the desired colors.
Click Close.

4.3. Using the GNOME Control Center¶

In addition to letting you change individual desktop elements, GNOME lets you extensively personalize your desktop. You can find more settings to adjust the overall appearance and behavior of your desktop in the GNOME Control Center. There, you can also change fonts, keyboard and mouse configurations, regional and language settings, parameters for your Internet and network usage, and more.

To start the Control Center, click Computer, then click Control Center on the right of the main menu.

5. Applying Desktop Effects¶

If your computer supports a 3D graphics card with Xgl, you can use graphical effects like turning your desktop into a rotating 3D cube, enabling translucent or transparent windows, and zooming in and out of the desktop screen. You can also use other window effects such as shadows, fading, and transformations. If you do not have a 3D graphics card, some effects may be disabled or reduce the performance of your system. If the performance of your system is too low, disable the compositing effect for your current session with Alt+Shift+F12.

To configure the effects on your desktop, proceed as follows:

Start the personal settings window as described in Section 4.3, “Using the GNOME Control Center”.
Select Look and Feel+Desktop Effects and choose Enable Desktop Effects. If your graphic card does not support 3D, you will be notified.
Select the effects in one of the tabs.

6. Using Virtual Desktops¶

Procedure 15. Moving an Application to Another Virtual Desktop¶

You can display a running application on one or all virtual desktops, or move it to other desktops.

Open the application.
Right-click the title bar of the application.
Click Move to Another Workspace.
Select the desktop on which to place the application.
To switch between desktops, click the desired desktop in the pager in the panel.

Procedure 16. Adding Additional Virtual Desktops¶

Some users might need more desktops than are provided by default. To add additional desktops, do the following:

Right-click the pager in the panel and select Preferences. A configuration dialog appears:
Decrease or increase the Number of Workspaces.
If you want to change the names of the desktops double click on the list entries and enter the new names.

7. Managing Files and Folders¶

Use the Nautilus File Manager to create and view folders and documents, run scripts, and create CDs of your data. To open Nautilus, double-click your home directory icon on the desktop. You see the contents of your home directory.

The elements of the Nautilus window include the following:

Menu. Lets you perform most tasks.

Toolbar. Lets you quickly navigate among files and folders, and provides access to files and folders.

Location Bar. Lets you locate files, folders, and URI sites. If you prefer text based location display to the button based one, select Go+Location.

Side Pane. Lets you navigate or display information about the selected file or folder. Use the drop-down list to customize what is shown in the pane. The list includes ways to view information about files, perform actions on files, attach emblems to files, view a history of recently visited sites, and display your files in the tree system.

View Pane. Displays folders and files. Use the options on the View menu to increase or decrease the size of content in the view pane and to display items as a list or as icons.

Status Bar. Displays the number of items in a folder and gives the available free space. When a file is selected, the status bar displays the filename and size.

7.1. Archiving Folders¶

If you have files you have not used recently but want to keep on your computer, you can compress the files into a tape archive (TAR) format.

In the Nautilus view pane, right-click the folder you want to archive and select Compress.
Accept the default archive filename or provide a new name.
Select a file extension from the drop-down list. Use tar.gz for the most common archive form. Use zip if you need to protect the archive with a password.
Specify a location for the archive file, then click Create.

To extract an archived file, right-click the file and select Extract Here.

7.2. Using Bookmarks¶

Use the Nautilus bookmarks feature to mark your favorite folders.

Open the folder you want to create a bookmark for.
Click Bookmarks+Add Bookmark. The bookmark is added to the list, with the folder name as the bookmark name.
To select an item from your bookmarks list, click Bookmarks, then click the desired bookmark in the list.

You can also organize your bookmarks list by clicking Bookmarks+Edit Bookmarks and making your selections in the dialog box.

To change the order of your bookmarks, click a bookmark shown in the Edit Bookmarks dialog and drag it to the desired location.

8. Browsing the Internet with Firefox¶

Firefox* is one of the most popular Web browsers. It has all the familiarity of other browsers, plus added features such as security and privacy tools.

To start Firefox, click Computer+Firefox Web Browser.

With features like tabbed browsing, pop-up window blocking, and download and image management, Firefox combines the latest Web technologies. Its easy access to different search engines helps you find the information you need. Enter a URL in the location bar to start browsing.

To open a new empty tab in Firefox, press Ctrl+T or the “+” button next to the last tab . Type a new URL to browse. To open a link in a new tab, click the link with your middle mouse button. Right-click a tab to access more tab options. You can create a new tab, reload one or all existing tabs, or close a single tab or all tabs. You can also change the sequence of the tabs by dragging and dropping them to a new position.

8.1. Finding Information¶

To start a search on the Web type your search keywords in the integrated search box on the right of the location bar, then press Enter. The results are displayed in the active window or tab.
To use a different search engine than the default, click the icon in the search box to open a list of other search engines.
Click the desired engine, then press Enter to start the search.

To search the current Web page for words, press Ctrl+F to open the Find bar at the bottom of the window. Enter your search keyword there and use the buttons to the right of the box to search in different directions or to select all hits in the text.

8.2. Downloading Files from the Web¶

If you download a file with Firefox, the Firefox download manager starts and saves this file to the folder configured in Firefox Preferences. By default, the Downloads folder in your home directory is the destination for downloaded files. Firefox shows your finished downloads in the Downloads window.

Open the downloaded files directly from the Downloads window or from the destination folder. To clean up the history of downloaded files, click Clean List.

8.3. Configuring Preferences¶

To adjust the default download folder or to activate or modify the pop-up blocking feature, click Edit+Preferences.

Here also configure many other settings such as appearance, language, privacy, and tab options. Click the icons and set the options on each page according to your preferences. Click Close to apply the changes.

9. Managing Passwords¶

GNOME allows you to store your passwords and encryption keys in a keyring. This is useful if you want to store passwords for different web sites.

To create a new keyring, proceed as follows:

Press Alt+F2 and enter seahorse.
Select File+New.
Choose Password Keyring and proceed with Continue.
Enter a name for your keyring. Then, a dialog box opens.
Enter your password, confirm the password, and click OK.

You can create as many keyrings as you like. For example, you can create one for private and one for business. To store passwords in your keyring, proceed as follows:

Press Alt+F2 and enter seahorse.
Select File+New.
Choose Stored Password and proceed with Continue.
Select your keyring, enter description and password.
Finish with Add.

10. E-Mailing and Calendaring¶

For reading and managing your mail and events, openSUSE offers you Evolution™, a groupware program that makes it easy to store, organize, and retrieve your personal information.

Evolution seamlessly combines an e-mail, a calendar, an address book, and a task list in one easy-to-use application. With its extensive support for communications and data interchange standards, Evolution can work with existing corporate networks and applications, including Microsoft* Exchange.

To start Evolution, click Computer+Evolution Mail and Calendar.

The first time you start it, Evolution prompts you with a few questions as it sets up a mail account and helps you import mail from your old mail client. It shows you how many new messages you have and lists upcoming appointments and tasks, as well as the current weather and news from news feeds. The calendar, address book, and mail tools are available in the shortcut bar on the left.

Press Ctrl+N to open a new item for whatever part of Evolution you are working in. In mail, this creates a new message. If you are in the address book, Ctrl+N creates a new contact card, and in the calendar, it creates a new appointment.

For more information on using Evolution, click Help+Contents in any Evolution window.

11. Instant Messaging with Empathy¶

Empathy is a multiprotocol instant messaging (IM) client. It is compatible with AOL* Instant Messenger (AIM), Google Talk, GroupWise® Messenger, ICQ, IRC, MSN Messenger, Jabber/XMPP, Yahoo!*, and other networks.

With Empathy, you can log in to multiple accounts on multiple IM networks simultaneously. Empathy also supports many features of the various networks, such as video chat, file transfer, away messages, and typing notification.

To start Empathy, click Computer+More Applications+Internet+Empathy, or press Alt+F2 and enter empathy.

To add an account to Empathy, either use the initial configuration wizard, or select Edit+Accounts. Click Add and select the protocol you want to use, and type your login information in the appropriate fields. Click Log in to activate you IM account. Finally click Close to start chatting with your friends.

Add contacts by clicking Chat+Add Contanct. Select account, identifier and alias information relevant for the new contact and confirm with Add. However, you must be online and connected to the selected messaging service to add a contact to your list.

To start a chat, double-click the desired contact and type your message in the lower part of the chatting window. Press Enter to send the message. The upper part of the window displays the messages you have sent and received.

12. Starting LibreOffice¶

The LibreOffice office suite offers a complete set of office tools, including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, vector drawing, and database components. Because LibreOffice is available for a number of operating systems, you can use the same data across multiple platforms.

To start LibreOffice, click Computer+LibreOffice Writer. To create a new document, click File+New, then choose the type of document you want to create. To open an existing document, click Open, then select the file you want from the file system.

13. Viewing PDF Files and Other Documents¶

Documents that need to be shared or printed across platforms are often distributed as PDF (Portable Document Format) files. PDF files can be created using the LibreOffice suite or other applications. The GNOME PDF viewer is called Evince. It can be used to view PDFs and many other document formats, like PostScript, DjVu, DVI, and multi-page TIFFs.

To start Evince, press Alt+F2 and enter evince .

To view a PDF file, double-click the PDF file.
Use the navigation icons at the top of the window to navigate through the document. If the PDF document provides bookmarks, you can access them in the left panel of the viewer.

14. Searching for Data¶

GNOME provides more than one application for finding data on your computer or in the file system.

14.1. Using Desktop Search¶

To locate files or programs on your computer, click Computer. Enter a search term in the Search field and press Enter. The results are displayed in the Needle.

You can also start the Needle application by clicking Computer+More Applications+Accessories+Desktop Search.

14.2. Using GNOME Do¶

GNOME Do describes itself as an “intelligent launcher that makes performing common tasks on your computer simple and efficient.” It is extensible with plug-ins.

Start it by pressing Super+Space. The Super is normally located on the left and right Windows or Penguin key.

GNOME Do allows you to perform specific actions. For example, if you type b, it displays a starter button for the Banshee, the music player:

To customize GNOME Do to your needs, select the arrow button on the upper-right corner of the window and select Preferences. It gives you a list of plug-ins to search for mails in Evolution, listen to your music, etc.

15. Creating a CD or DVD¶

If your system has a CD or DVD writer, use the Nautilus file manager to burn CDs and DVDs.

Click Computer+More Applications+System Tools+ CD/DVD Creator, or just insert a blank disk.
Copy the files and folders you want to put on the CD or DVD into the Nautilus CD/DVD Creator window.
Click Write to Disk.
Modify the relevant information in the Write to Disk dialog box, or accept the default values, then click Write. The files are burned to the disk. This could take a few minutes, depending on the amount of data being burned and the speed of your burner.

You can also use the more advanced burning tool Brasero, or Banshee to burn data and audio CDs.

16. Managing Your Digital Image Collection¶

F-Spot is a management tool for your collection of digital images, tailored for the GNOME desktop. It allows you to assign different tags to your images in order to categorize them, and offers various image editing options. For example, you can remove red-eye, crop, and adjust brightness and colors. F-Spot supports all important image formats, including JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and several vendor specific RAW formats.

You can import photos from your hard drive, your digital camera, or your iPod. You can also use F-Spot to create photo CDs, generate a Website gallery, or export your photos to your Flickr, 23, Picasa Web, or SmugMug account.

To access F-Spot, click Computer+F-Spot Photo Browser or press Alt+F2 and enter f-spot. The first time you run F-Spot, you must define the location from where you want to import images into your collection. If you already have a collection of images stored on your hard drive, enter the path to the directory and (optionally) include subfolders. F-Spot imports these images into its database.

Thumbnails of your images are displayed in the right part of the window, and detailed information for a selected image is displayed in a sidebar to the left. By default, your photos are displayed in reverse-chronological order, so your newest photos are always at the top. You can sort your photos in chronological order or reverse-alphabetical order by clicking View+Reverse Order.

A menu bar at the top of the window allows you to access the main menus. A toolbar below offers several different functions depicted by a matching icon.

17. Managing Your Music and Videos¶

Use Banshee to import CDs, sync your media collection to a digital media player, play music directly from a digital media player, create playlists with songs or videos from your library, create audio and data CDs from subsets of your library, and subscribe to, download, and listen to your favorite podcasts. Banshee also has an Internet Radio plug-in that allows you to listen to audio streams.

To open Banshee, click Computer+Banshee Media Player or press Alt+F2 and enter banshee-1.

When you start Banshee for the first time, you need to import your media to make them available in the library. To do so, select Media+Import Media from the menu. Choose an import source and click Import. After successfully importing your media, you can access them from your library.

To play a song or a movie, simply select it in the library and click the play button. You can also use the buttons in the upper left corner to pause a song or play the next or previous song. Use the loudspeaker button on the right to adjust the volume.

Banshee also has an integrated CD player. When you insert a music CD, your CD title appears in the left panel. Select the title and click the Play button to play your full CD.

To create audio and MP3 CDs, select the songs you want, then click the Edit+Write CD from the menu.

18. Logging Out¶

When you are finished using the computer, you can log out and leave the system running, or restart or shut down the computer.

18.1. Logging Out or Switching Users¶

Click Computer+Logout, then select one of the following options:

Log out. Logs you out of the current session and returns you to the login screen.

Switch User. Suspends your session, allowing another user to log in and use the computer.

18.2. Restarting or Shutting Down the Computer¶

Click Computer+Shutdown, then select one of the following options:

Shutdown. Logs you out of the current session, then turns off the computer.

Restart. Logs you out of the current session, then restarts the computer.

Suspend. Puts your computer in a temporary state that conserves power. The state of your session is preserved, however, including all applications you have running and all documents you have open.

Hibernate. Suspends your session, using no power until the computer is restarted. The state of your session is preserved, however, including all applications you have running and all documents you have open.

19. For More Information¶

To learn more about GNOME and GNOME applications, refer to http://www.gnome.org/.

LibreOffice Quick Start¶

openSUSE 11.4

Publication Date 19 Dec 2011

Contents

1. Compatibility
2. LibreOffice Modules
3. What is New in LibreOffice
4. Starting LibreOffice
5. LibreOffice Writer
6. LibreOffice Calc
7. Other LibreOffice Modules
8. For More Information

Abstract

LibreOffice is a powerful open-source office suite that provides tools for all types of office tasks such as writing texts, working with spreadsheets, creating graphics and presentations, or designing scientific formulas. With LibreOffice, you can use the same data across different computing platforms. You can also open and edit files in other formats, including Microsoft Office, then save them back to this format.

1. Compatibility¶

LibreOffice can work with documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and databases in many other formats, including Microsoft Office. They can be seamlessly opened like other files and saved back to the original format. Though some work has already been invested in interoperability, occasionally there are still formatting issues. If you have problems with your documents, consider opening them in the original application and resaving them in an open format such as RTF for text documents. In case of migration problems with spreadsheets however, it is advisable to resave them as Excel files and use this as intermediate format (with CSV format you would lose all cell formatting and CSV sometimes leads to incorrect cell type detection for spreadsheets).

2. LibreOffice Modules¶

LibreOffice consists of several application modules (subprograms), which are designed to interact with each other. All modules feature the same graphical user interface and similar functionality.

Table 1. The LibreOffice Modules¶

Module	Usage
Writer	Text document module
Calc	Spreadsheet module
Impress	Presentation module
Base	Database module
Draw	Vector graphics module
Math	Mathematical equation module

3. What is New in LibreOffice¶

A number of new improvements common to all LibreOffice modules were introduced since the last openSUSE release. Here are the most notable ones:

Common Search Toolbar: A unified search toolbar is now present in each LibreOffice module to ease searching for a text string within open documents. You can toggle the toolbar with View+Toolbars+Find.
Online Help: If no package with help information (libreoffice-hell-*) is installed, LibreOffice tries to view the relevant help page online in a Web browser.
New Print Dialog: The Print dialog has been reworked to include useful features, such as simple page preview and pages per sheet option, in one place.
New Thesaurus Dialog: The new Thesaurus dialog improved in usability so that it is now easier to find similar or related terms to make the documents language more vivid.
Alpha Channel Import for TIFF Images: LibreOffice modules can now import RGBA TIFF images with their alpha channel information.

4. Starting LibreOffice¶

To start the LibreOffice suite, press Alt+F2, type ooffice and press Enter. In the welcome dialog, select the module you want to open. If an LibreOffice application is open, you can start any of the other applications by clicking File+New+Name of Application.

4.1. Saving LibreOffice Files¶

To save a new file, select File+Save or Save as from the Menu Bar or use the shortcut Ctrl+Shift+S.
Select the directory where you want to save the file.
Enter the filename in the Name box.
From the File Type box, select the format in which you want to save the file.

In all modules you can save your documents as native LibreOffice files, LibreOffice templates, Microsoft files and StarOffice files.

4.2. Navigator and Navigation Shortcuts¶

The Navigator tool displays information about the contents of a document. It also lets you quickly jump to different elements. For example, you can use the Navigator to get a quick overview of all images included in the document. To open the Navigator, click View+Navigator or with F5. The elements listed in the Navigator vary according to the LibreOffice module being used.

You can also navigate your files with the following shortcuts:

Table 2. Navigation Shortcuts

Action	Shortcut
Delete to the End of the Word	Ctrl+Del
Delete to the Beginning of the Word	Ctrl+<—
End of Document	Ctrl+End
End of Line	End
Select All	Ctrl+A
Start of Line	Home
Top of Document	Ctrl+Home
Word Left	Ctrl+←
Word Right	Ctrl+→

4.3. Using and Creating Templates¶

LibreOffice comes with a set of predefined templates, and you can find additional templates on the Internet. If you want to create your own templates, you need to determine what you want the document to look like and create the styles you need in that template.

For text document, spreadsheets, presentations, and drawings, you can easily create a template from an existing document as follows:

Start LibreOffice and open or create a document that contains the styles that you want to use as a template.
Click File+Templates+Save.
Specify a name for the template.
In the Categories box, click the category where you want to place the template.
Click OK.

5. LibreOffice Writer¶

LibreOffice Writer is a full-featured word processor with page and text-formatting capabilities. Its interface is similar to interfaces for other major word processors. It also includes some features that are usually found only in expensive desktop publishing applications. Many of the LibreOffice Writer features apply also to other LibreOffice modules.

5.1. What is New in Writer¶

Below is a list of new features:

Increased Document Protection: LibreOffice Writer and Calc now allow two levels of document protection. You can normally save a document with a password that prevents unauthorized users from reading the content, but also set a password to protect a document against unwanted changes. This way, you can make the content of a document available for reading to a selected group of people, while different group can both read and edit it. This behavior is now compatible with Microsoft Word and Excel file protection.
Resetting Text to the Default Language: You can now reset the language of the text back to the default language using the language status bar or with Tools+Language.
Word Count Dialog Enhanced: LibreOffice Writer now displays the number of characters both with and without spaces.
New Title Page Option: Right-click an open document and select Title Page to insert a new title page of the document with different formatting options. The document can contain several title pages. You can, for example, specify to reset numberings after each inserted title page.

5.2. Creating a New Document¶

There are two ways to create a new document:

To create a completely new document, click File+New+Text Document.

To use a standard format and predefined elements for your own documents, try a wizard (a small utility that lets you make some basic initial decisions and then produces a ready-made document from a template). For example, to create a business letter, click File+Wizards+Letter. With the wizard's dialogs, you can create a basic document that uses a standard format.

Enter text in the document window as desired. Use the Formatting toolbar or the Format menu to adjust the appearance of the document. Use the File menu or the relevant buttons in the toolbar to print and save your document. With the options under Insert, add extra items to your document, such as a table, picture, or chart.

5.3. Customizing LibreOffice¶

With LibreOffice you can customize the default settings with the Format menu.

Below is a list of the most popular options available in most modules:

Customizing Character Settings

To set all character elements at the same time, select Format+Character.

Customizing Paragraph Settings

To format paragraphs, select Format+Paragraph and select the appropriate tabs for making changes.

Customizing Alignment

To modify the alignment, select Format+Paragraph and choose the alignment you want.

Inserting Headers and Footers

If you want to add headers and footers, click Insert and select either Header or Footer.

Inserting Special Characters

If you want to insert special characters, select Insert+Special Character.

Inserting Footnotes

If you want to insert footnotes, click Insert and select Footnote.

Inserting Columns

If you want to insert columns, click Insert and select Section. Then in the Columns tab, specify the number of columns to use for the current section.

Inserting Indexes and Table of Contents

If you want to insert indexes or a table of contents, click Insert and select Indexes and Tables.

The Object Toolbar offers additional text formatting options.

5.4. Using Master Documents¶

If you are working with a very large document (such as a book), you might find it easier to manage the book with a master document, rather than keeping the book in a single file. A master document enables you to quickly apply formatting changes to a large document or to jump to each subdocument for editing.

A master document is a Writer document that serves as a container for multiple Writer files. You can maintain chapters or other subdocuments as individual files collected in the master document. Master documents are also useful if multiple people are working on a document. You can separate each person’s relevant part of the document into subdocuments, allowing multiple writers to work on their subdocuments at the same time without the danger of overwriting each other’s work.

Click New+Master Document.
or
Open an existing document and click File+Send+Create Master Document.
Insert subdocuments.
Click File Save.

The LibreOffice help files contain more complete information about working with master documents. Look for the topic entitled Working with Master Documents and Subdocuments.

5.5. Using Writer as HTML Editor¶

In addition to being a full-featured word processor, Writer also functions as an HTML editor. Writer includes HTML tags that can be applied the same way as any other style in a Writer document. You can view the document as it will appear online, or you can directly edit the HTML code.

Click File+New+HTML Document.
Press F11 to open the Styles and Formatting window.
Click the arrow at the bottom of the Styles and Formatting window.
Select HTML Styles.
Create your HTML document, using the styles to tag your text.
Click File+Save As.
Select the location where you want to save your file, name the file, and select HTML Document (.html) from the File Type list.
Click OK.

If you prefer to edit HTML code directly, or if you want to see the HTML code created when you edited the HTML file as a Writer document, click View+HTML Source. In HTML Source mode, the Formatting and Styles list is not available. The first time you switch to HTML Source mode, you are prompted to save the file as HTML, if you have not already done so.

5.6. Tables¶

You can include tabular data in the Writer, Impress and Draw module. Insert basic tables directly into your document either with the following menus items or by using the toolbar:

Insert+Table,
Table+Insert+Table,
or use the Table icon.

To enter data, select a cell with your mouse pointer and begin typing. To move around cells, use the arrow keys. →| moves to the next cell, skipping over the contents of the cell and Shift+→| moves backwards.

You can use Table menu or the Table toolbar to modify the table.

6. LibreOffice Calc¶

Calc is the LibreOffice spreadsheet and data-plotting module. Spreadsheets consist of a number of sheets, containing cells which can be filled with elements like text, numbers, or formulas. A formula can manipulate data from other cells to generate a value for the cell into which it is inserted. Calc also allows you to define ranges, filter and sort the data, or create charts from the data to present it graphically. By using DataPilots, you can combine, analyze or compare larger amounts of data.

As with the entire LibreOffice suite, Calc can be used across a variety of platforms. It provides a number of exchange formats (including export to PDF documents), and can also read and save files in Microsoft Excel's format.

6.1. What is New in Calc¶

Below is a list of new features for Calc:

Higher Number of Rows Per Calc Sheet: Calc spreadsheets now support 1 million rows instead of former 65,536 rows.
Charts Support Drawing Objects: The Chart functionality is enhanced and now supports drawing objects. The drawing toolbar allows to insert simple shapes such as lines, rectangles and text objects, and even complex shapes such as cubes, symbols, block arrows, flowcharts and stars.
Intelligent Selection of Filter Area: The selection is now shrunk to the actually used data columns when enabling a filter (AutoFilter, StandardFilter, AdvancedFilter). Users can select an entire row by clicking on a row header and expect a filter to operate on the data below the selected row. If one single row is selected the selection is shrunk to the actually used data columns and then expanded over all contiguous data rows below. Selecting only a portion of a row behaves similar by expanding the selected columns over the data rows. If more than one entire row is selected, the area is shrunk to the actual used data columns.
Colored Sheet Tabs: Each sheet in a Calc document can be assigned a color for its tab: Right-click on a sheet tab and choose Tab color and choose the color of your choice.

6.2. Creating a New Document¶

Start LibreOffice and select File+New+Spreadsheet to create a new spreadsheet. Access the individual sheets by clicking the respective tabs at the bottom of the window.

Enter data in the cells as desired. To adjust appearance, either use the Formatting toolbar or the Format menu—or define styles. Use the File menu or the relevant buttons in the toolbar to print and save your document.

6.3. Customizing LibreOffice Calc¶

Calc comes with a few built-in cell and page styles to improve the appearance of your spreadsheets and reports. Although these built-in styles are adequate for many uses, you will probably find it useful to create styles for your own frequently-used formatting preferences.

Procedure 17. Creating a Style

Click Format+Styles and Formatting.
In the Styles and Formatting window, click one of the icons representing either Paragraph Styles, Paragraph Styles, or Page Styles.
Right-click in the Styles and Formatting window, then click New.
Specify a name for your style and use the various tabs to set the desired formatting options.
Click OK.

Procedure 18. Modifying a Style

Click Format+Styles and Formatting.
In the Styles and Formatting window, click one of the icons representing either Paragraph Styles, Paragraph Styles, or Page Styles.
Right-click the name of the style you want to change, then click Modify.
Change the desired formatting options.
Click OK.

7. Other LibreOffice Modules¶

Besides Writer and Calc, LibreOffice also includes the modules Impress, Base, Draw, and Math. With these you can create presentations, design databases, draw up graphics and diagrams, and create mathematical formulas.

7.1. Using Presentations with Impress¶

Use LibreOffice Impress to create presentations for screen display or printing, such as slide shows or transparencies. If you have used other presentation software, you can move comfortably to Impress, which works very similarly to other presentation software.

Impress can open and save Microsoft PowerPoint presentations, which means you can exchange presentations with PowerPoint users, as long as you save your presentations in PowerPoint format.

Impress also allows you to use 3D transitions for your slides. Access the available transitions by selecting Slide Show+Slide Transitions.

You can either create a brand new presentation (without any preformatted slides) or use an existing template or presentation for your new document. Impress uses styles and templates the same way other LibreOffice modules do. A wizard leads you through the options available for creating new presentations.

7.2. Using Databases with Base¶

LibreOffice includes a database module called Base. Use Base to design a database to store many different kinds of information, from a simple address book or recipe file to a sophisticated document management system.

Tables, forms, queries, and reports can be created manually or using convenient wizards. For example, the Table Wizard contains a number of common fields for business and personal use. A wizard guides you through the steps to create a new database.

LibreOffice Base comes with several predefined database fields to help you create a database. A wizard guides you through the steps to create a new database. The following steps are specific to creating an address book using predefined fields, but it should be easy to use the predefined fields for any of the built-in database options. The process for creating a database can be broken into several subprocesses:

Procedure 19. Creating a Database

Click File+New+Database.
Select Create a new database and click Next.
Click Yes, register the database for me to make your database information available to other LibreOffice modules, select both check boxes in the bottom half of the dialog, then click Finish.
Browse to the directory where you want to save the database, specify a name for the database, then click Save.

Procedure 20. Setting Up the Database Table

Click the Tables icon in the left pane and select Use Wizard to Create Table.
In the Table Wizard, click Personal.
The Sample tables list changes to show the predefined tables for personal use. If you had clicked Business, the list would contain predefined business tables.
In the Sample tables list, click Addresses. The available fields for the predefined address book appear in the Available fields menu.
In the Available fields menu, click the fields you want to use in your address book.
You can select one item at a time, or you can shift-click multiple items to select them.
Click the single arrow icon to move the selected items to the Selected fields menu.
To move all available fields to the Selected fields menu, click the double right- arrow.
Use the arrow keys to adjust the order of the selected fields and click Finish.
The fields appear in the table and forms in the order in which they are listed.

7.3. Creating Graphics with Draw¶

Use LibreOffice Draw to create graphics and diagrams. You can save your drawings in today’s most common formats and import them into any application that lets you import graphics, including the other LibreOffice modules. You can also create Flash versions of your drawings.

Procedure 21. Creating a Graphic

Click Alt+F2 and enter oodraw to open LibreOffice Draw.
Use the toolbar at the bottom of the window to create a graphic.
Save the graphic.

To embed an existing Draw graphic into an LibreOffice document, select Insert+Object+OLE Object. Select Create from file and click Search to navigate to the Draw file to insert. If you insert a file as OLE object, you can easily edit the object later by double-clicking it.

Procedure 22. Opening Draw From Other LibreOffice Modules

One particularly useful feature of Draw is the ability to open it from other LibreOffice modules so you can create a drawing that is automatically imported into your document.

From an LibreOffice module (for example, from Writer), click Insert+Object+OLE Object+LibreOffice 3.x Drawing+OK. This opens Draw.
Create your drawing.
Click in your document, outside the Draw frame.
The drawing is automatically inserted into your document.

7.4. Creating Mathematical Formulas with Math¶

It is usually difficult to include complex mathematical formulas in your documents. The LibreOffice Math equation editor lets you create formulas using operators, functions, and formatting assistants. You can then save those formulas as objects that can be imported into other documents. Math functions can be inserted into other LibreOffice documents like any other graphic object.

Using Math, you can enter your equation in three different ways:

Type markup in the equation editor,
Right-click on the equation editor and select the symbol from the context menu,
or
Select a symbol from the Elements toolbox.


Math is not a calculator. The functions it creates are graphical objects. Even if they are imported into Calc, these functions cannot be evaluated.

8. For More Information¶

LibreOffice contains extensive online help. In addition, a large community of users and developers support it. For more details, see the following links:

http://www.libreoffice.org/: The home page of the LibreOffice project.
http://openoffice.org/dev_docs/features/3.3: A list of all new features available with LibreOffice.
http://support.openoffice.org/index.html: Official LibreOffice support page, provides manuals and other documentation
http://www.taming-openoffice-org.com/: Taming LibreOffice: Books, news, tips and tricks.
http://documentation.LibreOffice/HOW_TO/index.html: Detailed HowTo's for various LibreOffice tasks, including how to create and use templates.

Contents Depends on Installed Packages

In the Linux world, many manuals and other kinds of documentation are available in the form of packages, just like software. How much and which information you find in /usr/share/docs also depends on the (documentation) packages installed. If you cannot find the subdirectories mentioned here, check if the respective packages are installed on your system and add them with YaST, if needed.

Number

Description

Executable programs or shell commands

System calls (functions provided by the Kernel)

Library calls (functions within program libraries)

Special files (usually found in /dev)

File formats and conventions (/etc/fstab)

Games

Miscellaneous (including macro packages and conventions), for example, man(7), groff(7)

System administration commands (usually only for root)

Kernel routines (nonstandard)

Log File

Description

~/.xsession-errors

Messages from the desktop applications currently running.

/var/log/apparmor/

Log files from AppArmor, see Part “Confining Privileges with Novell AppArmor” (↑Security Guide) for detailed information.

/var/log/boot.msg

Messages from the kernel reported during the boot process.

/var/log/mail.*

Messages from the mail system.

/var/log/messages

Ongoing messages from the kernel and system log daemon (when running).

/var/log/NetworkManager

Log file from NetworkManager to collect problems with network connectivity

/var/log/samba/

Directory containing Samba server and client log messages.

/var/log/SaX.log

Hardware messages from the SaX display and KVM system.

/var/log/warn

All messages from the kernel and system log daemon with the “warning” level or higher.

/var/log/wtmp

Binary file containing user login records for the current machine session. View it with last.

/var/log/Xorg.*.log

Various start-up and runtime logs from the X Window system. It is useful for debugging failed X start-ups.

/var/log/YaST2/

Directory containing YaST's actions and their results.

/var/log/zypper.log

Log file of zypper.

File

Description

/proc/cpuinfo

Contains processor information, including its type, make, model, and performance.

/proc/dma

Shows which DMA channels are currently being used.

/proc/interrupts

Shows which interrupts are in use, and how many of each have been in use.

/proc/iomem

Displays the status of I/O (input/output) memory.

/proc/ioports

Shows which I/O ports are in use at the moment.

/proc/meminfo

Displays memory status.

/proc/modules

Displays the individual modules.

/proc/mounts

Displays devices currently mounted.

/proc/partitions

Shows the partitioning of all hard disks.

/proc/version

Displays the current version of Linux.

File

Description

/sys/block

Contains subdirectories for each block device discovered in the system. Generally, these are mostly disk type devices.

/sys/bus

Contains subdirectories for each physical bus type.

/sys/class

Contains subdirectories grouped together as a functional types of devices (like graphics, net, printer, etc.)

/sys/device

Contains the global device hierarchy.

Obtaining Kernel Documentation

Install the kernel-source package to view the kernel documentation.

Installation via VNC works with any browser under any operating system, provided Java support is enabled.

Do not edit the runlevel configuration manually. Otherwise SuSEconfig (run by YaST) will overwrite these changes on its next run. If you need to make manual changes here, disable future SuSEconfig changes by setting CHECK_INITTAB in /etc/sysconfig/suseconfig to no.

Starting X Window System Manually

One quick test: the startx command should force the X Window System to start with the configured defaults if the user is currently logged in on the console. If that does not work, it should log errors to the console.

If the user's own adjustments caused the login to fail and continue to do so, repeat the procedure as described above, but do not copy the .kde/share directory.

The debugging procedure described below only applies to a simple network server/client setup that does not involve any internal routing. It assumes both server and client are members of the same subnet without the need for additional routing.

Limitations

Although you have full access to the files and applications of the installed system, there are some limitations. The kernel that is running is the one that was booted with the rescue system, not with the change root environment. It only supports essential hardware and it is not possible to add kernel modules from the installed system unless the kernel versions are exactly the same (which is unlikely). So you cannot access a sound card, for example. It is also not possible to start a graphical user interface.

Also note that you leave the “change root” environment when you switch the console with Alt+F1 to Alt+F6.

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openSUSE

Start-Up

About This Guide¶

1. Available Documentation¶

2. Feedback¶

3. Documentation Conventions¶

4. About the Making of This Manual¶

5. Source Code¶

6. Acknowledgments¶

Installation Quick Start¶

openSUSE 11.4

1. Welcome to openSUSE¶

1.1. System Requirements¶

1.2. Installing openSUSE¶

KDE Quick Start¶

openSUSE 11.4

1. Getting Started¶

2. Starting Programs¶

2.1. Using the Main Menu¶

2.2. Using the Run Command Dialog¶

2.3. Searching for Programs¶

3. Handling Media¶

4. Customizing Your Desktop¶

4.1. Locking and Unlocking Desktop Objects¶

4.2. Changing Individual Desktop Elements¶

4.3. Modifying System Settings¶

5. Applying Desktop Effects¶

6. Using Virtual Desktops¶

7. Using the File Manager¶

7.1. Dolphin Main Window¶

7.2. Managing Files and Folders with Dolphin¶

7.3. Configuring Dolphin¶

8. Browsing the Internet¶

8.1. Finding Information¶

8.2. Downloading Files from the Web¶

8.3. Configuring Preferences¶

9. Managing Passwords¶

10. E-Mailing and Calendaring¶

10.1. Starting Kontact for the First Time¶

11. Instant Messaging with Kopete¶

12. Starting LibreOffice¶

13. Viewing PDF Files and Other Documents¶

13.1. Using Okular Document Viewer¶

13.2. Using Acrobat Reader¶

14. Searching for Data¶

14.1. Using KFind¶

14.2. Using Strigi Desktop Search¶

15. Creating a CD or DVD¶

16. Managing Your Digital Image Collection¶

17. Managing Your Music Collection¶

18. Logging Out¶

18.1. Logging Out or Switching Users¶

18.2. Restarting or Shutting Down the Computer¶

19. For More Information¶

GNOME Quick Start¶

openSUSE 11.4

1. Getting Started¶

1.1. Modifying Desktop Panels¶

1.2. Adding and Removing Panel Icons¶

2. Starting Programs¶

2.1. Using the Main Menu¶

2.2. Using the Run Application Dialog¶

3. Handling Media¶

4. Customizing Your Desktop¶

4.1. Adding Program Icons to Your Desktop¶

4.2. Changing the Desktop Background¶

4.3. Using the GNOME Control Center¶

5. Applying Desktop Effects¶

6. Using Virtual Desktops¶

7. Managing Files and Folders¶

7.1. Archiving Folders¶

7.2. Using Bookmarks¶

8. Browsing the Internet with Firefox¶

8.1. Finding Information¶

8.2. Downloading Files from the Web¶

8.3. Configuring Preferences¶

9. Managing Passwords¶

10. E-Mailing and Calendaring¶

11. Instant Messaging with Empathy¶

12. Starting LibreOffice¶