1 Installation with YaST
Install your openSUSE® system with YaST, the central tool for installation and con-
guration of your system. YaST guides you through the installation process and the
basic conguration of your system. During the installation and conguration process,
YaST analyzes both your current system settings and your hardware components
and proposes installation settings based on this analysis. By default, YaST displays
an overview of all installation steps on the left hand side of the window and provides
online help texts for each step. Click Help to view the help text.
If you are a rst-time user of openSUSE, you might want to follow the default YaST
proposals in most parts, but you can also adjust the settings as described here to
ne-tune your system according to your preferences. Many parts of the basic system
conguration, such as user accounts or system language, can also be modied after
the installation process.
1.1 Choosing the Installation Media
When installing openSUSE, choose from several media available either online or in
the retail box:
DVD-retail
One DVD containing the openSUSE distribution for 32bit and 64bit systems. The
second medium contains proprietary add-on software.
This installation option does not require any network access for installation, nor
do you need to set up external repositories to install the full openSUSE. You can,
however, make the contents of the DVD available on an installation server and
make them available all across your network.
DVD-download
One DVD5, available via download for 32bit or 64bit systems.
Choose this installation option if you want a fully-edged openSUSE system. Be-
yond the downloading of the DVD ISO, there is no network connection required
to make use of this installation option. Once the medium has been fully download-
ed and the physical medium created, you can go ahead with the installation. You
can also make the contents of the DVDs available on an installation server and
make them available all across your network.
KDE4/GNOME LiveCD
The LiveCD versions, available via download, include the KDE4 or GNOME desktops
together with the most popular applications for 32-bit or 64-bit systems.
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