By Udaya Shamendra

How to install Linux Operating System
I have chosen OpenSUSE as linux operating system which we are going to install.
You can download the .iso file from internet and write it to a DVD(it is about 4 GB).
Before we are going to learn how to install OpenSUSE we should know about the history and some around SUSE.

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When the boot splash screen has finished, you will be asked to select how you want to install SUSE. Then you must select the Installation.










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The system has booted a minimal Linux kernel (To run the installation process and execute the SUSE installer). SUSE’s YaST installer begins to collect information that it will use to configure system.  










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You have to select your language which you want to install. (there are so many languages –but Sinhala is not there yet)










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In this window you have to choose right time zone and set up the clock.










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A new change to the SUSE installation is the option to select your desktop environment during installation).
If you are a GNOME or KDE fan, you can select one of those here. And there are some extra environments such as XFCE and you can try out them, too.









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Clicking any heading in the Installation Overview section enables you to modify that aspect of your installation.









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YaST initially chooses a partitioning scheme based on disk layout. It is very likely that the installation default will be fine for a first-time user.
It define swap partition and root partition automatically.(New SUSE 11.1 has been create extra partition for home directory ).









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After a primary partition has been created, you need to define the format in which a file system should be created on that partition, its size, and the mount point for that file system.









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YaST installer automatically selected the software as part of a default SUSE installation.

You can choose lot of desktop software from the DVD and also you can install multiple desktop environments. There are so many software distributions which can be important to any type of person.




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In here you can change the configuration of bootloader.
Open SUSE have LILO and GRUB as bootloaders and most of the operating systems use grub.But there are some advantages and disadvantages in both.









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You must give the root password in this step and then you can complete your installation in next step




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