About This Guide
This manual introduces you to the GNOME graphical desktop environment as implemented in openSUSE® Leap, and shows you how to configure it to meet your personal needs and preferences. It also introduces you to several programs and services. It is intended for users who have some experience using a graphical desktop environment such as Macintosh*, Windows*, or other Linux desktops.
The manual is divided into two parts:
- Introduction
Get to know your GNOME desktop, learn how to cope with basic and daily tasks using the central GNOME applications and various small utilities. Get an overview of the possibilities that GNOME offers for modifying and individualizing the desktop according to your needs and wishes. Learn how to use assistive technologies to improve accessibility in case of vision or mobility impairment.
- Connectivity, Files and Resources
Find vital information concerning the management and exchange of data on your system: how to share files on the network and how to use an integrated collaboration environment, how to effectively search for data, and how to manage printers and back up your data.
- LibreOffice
Introduces the LibreOffice suite, including Writer, Calc, Impress, Base, Draw, and Math.
- Information Management
Get to know the e-mailing and calendaring software provided by your product. Learn how to use protected information transfer by signing and encrypting your documents or mails.
- Communication and Collaboration
Stay in contact with others and communicate via network connections using Instant Messaging or Voice over IP.
- Internet
Search for information on the Web with browsers combining the latest browsing and security technologies. Use file transfer clients to transfer data from the Internet.
- Graphics
Get to know GIMP, an image manipulation program that meets the needs of both amateurs and professionals.
- Multimedia
Get introduced to your desktop's applications for playing movies. Learn how to create data or audio CDs and DVDs for archiving your data.
Many chapters in this manual contain links to additional documentation resources. These include additional documentation that is available on the system and documentation available on the Internet.
For an overview of the documentation available for your product and the latest documentation updates, refer to http://www.suse.com/doc or to the following section.
1 Available Documentation #
We provide HTML and PDF versions of our books in different languages. The following manuals for users and administrators are available for this product:
- Book “Start-Up”
This manual will see you through your initial contact with openSUSE® Leap. Check out the various parts of this manual to learn how to install, use and enjoy your system.
- Book “Reference”
Covers system administration tasks like maintaining, monitoring and customizing an initially installed system.
- Book “Virtualization Guide”
Describes virtualization technology in general, and introduces libvirt—the unified interface to virtualization—and detailed information on specific hypervisors.
- Book “AutoYaST”
AutoYaST is a system for installing one or more openSUSE Leap systems automatically and without user intervention, using an AutoYaST profile that contains installation and configuration data. The manual guides you through the basic steps of auto-installation: preparation, installation, and configuration.
- Book “Security Guide”
Introduces basic concepts of system security, covering both local and network security aspects. Shows how to use the product inherent security software like AppArmor or the auditing system that reliably collects information about any security-relevant events.
- Book “System Analysis and Tuning Guide”
An administrator's guide for problem detection, resolution and optimization. Find how to inspect and optimize your system by means of monitoring tools and how to efficiently manage resources. Also contains an overview of common problems and solutions and of additional help and documentation resources.
- GNOME User Guide
Introduces the GNOME desktop of openSUSE Leap. It guides you through using and configuring the desktop and helps you perform key tasks. It is intended mainly for end users who want to make efficient use of GNOME as their default desktop.
Find HTML versions of most product manuals in your installed system under
/usr/share/doc/manual or in the help centers of your
desktop. Find the latest documentation updates at http://doc.opensuse.org/ where you
can download PDF or HTML versions of the manuals for your product.
2 Feedback #
Several feedback channels are available:
- Bugs and Enhancement Requests
For services and support options available for your product, refer to http://www.suse.com/support/.
To report bugs for a product component, go to https://scc.suse.com/support/requests, log in, and click .
- User Comments
We want to hear your comments about and suggestions for this manual and the other documentation included with this product. Use the User Comments feature at the bottom of each page in the online documentation or go to http://www.suse.com/doc/feedback.html and enter your comments there.
For feedback on the documentation of this product, you can also send a mail to
doc-team@suse.de. Make sure to include the document title, the product version and the publication date of the documentation. To report errors or suggest enhancements, provide a concise description of the problem and refer to the respective section number and page (or URL).
3 Documentation Conventions #
The following typographical conventions are used in this manual:
/etc/passwd: directory names and file namesplaceholder: replace placeholder with the actual value
PATH: the environment variable PATHls,--help: commands, options, and parametersuser: users or groupsAlt, Alt–F1: a key to press or a key combination; keys are shown in uppercase as on a keyboard
, › : menu items, buttons
Dancing Penguins (Chapter Penguins, ↑Another Manual): This is a reference to a chapter in another manual.