The Perfect Desktop - OpenSUSE 11.2 (GNOME) - Page 2
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3 First Boot
When the system boots for the first time, it tries to customize the OpenSUSE image that got installed to the hard drive with default settings. It does so to adjust the image to your system (hardware drivers, etc.):
This is how your new OpenSUSE 11.2 desktop looks:
4 Updating Software Packages
Now let's check for the latest updates. To update the system, go to Computer > YaST:
Type in the root password:
In YaST, select Online Update:
A window opens where you can see the latest updates. Click on Apply to install them:
The updates are being downloaded and installed:
5 Inventory Of What We Have So Far
Now let's browse all menus under Computer > More Applications... to see which of our needed applications are already installed:
You should find the following situation ([x] marks an application that is already installed, where [ ] is an application that is missing):
Graphics:
[x] Gimp
[x] F-Spot
[ ] Picasa
Internet:
[x] Firefox
[ ] Opera
[x] Flash Player
[x] Gnome FTP
[ ] Thunderbird
[x] Evolution
[ ] aMule
[ ] Azureus/Vuze
[x] Transmission BitTorrent Client
[x] Pidgin
[ ] Skype
[ ] Google Earth
[x] Xchat IRC
Office:
[x] OpenOffice Writer
[x] OpenOffice Calc
[ ] Adobe Reader
[ ] GnuCash
[ ] Scribus
Sound & Video:
[ ] Amarok
[ ] Audacity
[x] Banshee
[ ] MPlayer
[ ] Rhythmbox Music Player
[ ] gtkPod
[ ] XMMS
[ ] dvd::rip
[ ] Sound Juicer CD Extractor
[ ] VLC Media Player
[ ] Helix Player
[x] Totem
[ ] Xine
[x] Brasero
[ ] K3B
[ ] Multimedia-Codecs
Programming:
[ ] Bluefish
[ ] Kompozer
[ ] Quanta Plus
Other:
[ ] VirtualBox
[ ] TrueType Fonts
[ ] Java
[x] Read/Write Support for NTFS Partitions
So some applications are already on the system... NTFS read-/write support is enabled by default on OpenSUSE 11.2, and the Adobe Flash Player is also installed by default. To see if the Flash plugin is working, start Firefox. Then type about:plugins in the address bar. Firefox will then list all installed plugins, and it should list the Flash Player (version 10.0r32) among them:
