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Installing openSUSE : 

Installing openSUSE First burn the ISO to a CD or DVD (using infra recorder for Windows or any disk burner on Linux)‏ Then boot from CD (repeatedly press f12 if you are using a Dell Inspiron then select the CD drive)‏ Then run the installer... Click to go to the next slide

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When you boot from CD you will be presented with openSUSE’s great new boot loader, in a few seconds some options will appear

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Select installation to start the installation If you want you can check the CD for errors before installing

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Press f2 if you want to choose the language now

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It will take about 2 minutes to load the installer

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Choose language and keyboard layout Agree to Novel’s license Click next to continue

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Unless you want to upgrade or repair an existing installation select new installation

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You can configure time synchronisation from here

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Select other if you want the lightweight xfce Window manager or are setting up a server. I prefer gnome but openSUSE fully supports KDE as well

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Click here if you want to set up a dual boot

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Only select automatic login if you don’t want to be prompted for you password on startup Where as Ubuntu uses sudo to allow you current user to administer the system openSUSE has a separate root account. If you tick this then it will use the same password for root as your user.

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You can double check your settings before installing

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It should take about 10 minutes to unpack the initial installation images.

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The install should take from 30 minutes to an hour.

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Details gives you an in-depth progress report.

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You can also see the release notes.

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After some final steps you can reboot.

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Final settings configuration is done on 1st boot.

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You can now login.

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You can update on 1st boot. To do so you will need an active internet connection, if your wireless card is not detected then use an Ethernet cable.

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You can now select which repositories you want. You may want to enable ATI or NVIDIA depending on your graphics card to allow you to install the propitiatory drivers later for compiz.