10 Things Every New openSUSE User Should Know
Some people asked me to compile a 10 bullet list what every user should know if new to openSUSE. It’s not intended to be useful for the hardcore user, it’s for beginners. It’s not only openSUSE 11.0 focused, most of the stuff can be also used with older versions. This is my list, totally biased and based of what i found are the most asked questions on events.
1. Make Installation Easy!
Don’t be too smart. I really like that the second part of the installation is now optional. Many users had trouble because they tried to configure the system in the second stage (after the reboot), my recommendation was always: skip it, just press next, you can configure everything later in the running system.
So skip it, leave the default on “automatic configuration”. You can argue about the “same root password as user” thing — but for a single user system it’s in my opinion perfectly OK. If you don’t like it, select a separate root password at the user configuration screen.
2. Be root, but not always
Sometimes you need to do things as root user. Some people don’t want to enter the password everytime so the they login as user root. Don’t do that. This could be a security problem and you are much more likely to screw things up. You have options to start even graphical programs as root when running the X Server as user.
3. Install packages much faster with zypper
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