SUSE Manuals, Documentation and Support

SUSE man pages or manuals and PDF books or documentation might be a bit hard to find for a newbie.
New to SUSE Linux?  Learning SUSE?  Looking for SUSE help and tutorials?  Searching for SUSE books? 

Here are some useful resources  ((plz submit any useful links in the comment section below))

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From suse.com

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 documentation 

SUSE Cloud 1.0
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 10
Novell Linux Point of Service 9
SUSE Linux Enterprise for SAP Applications 11 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 10
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11
SUSE Manager 1.7
SUSE Lifecycle Management Server 1.2
SUSE Studio Onsite 1.2
Subscription Management Tool for SUSE Linux Enterprise 11
Subscription Management Tool for SUSE Linux Enterprise 10
WebYaST
openSUSE Official Documentation  ~~~~~~~~ From Novell: Getting Started view size last update openSUSE 11.0 Start-Up  pdf  3 MB 06/19/2008 openSUSE 11.0 KDE Quick Start  pdf  3 MB 06/19/2008 openSUSE 11.0 GNOME Quick Start  pdf  4 MB 06/19/2008 User Guides view size last update openSUSE 11.0 KDE3 User Guide  pdf  9 MB 06/19/2008 Administration view size last update openSUSE 11.0 Reference  pdf  7 MB 06/19/2008 AppArmor 2.1 Quick Start  pdf  1 MB 10/01/2007 AppArmor 2.3 Administration Guide  pdf  2 MB 06/19/2008

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From doc.opensuse.org for  openSUSE 12.2

Startup	HTML	single HTML	PDF	EPUB	sources
Reference	HTML	single HTML	PDF	EPUB
Security Guide	HTML	single HTML	PDF	EPUB
Virtualization with KVM	HTML	single HTML	PDF	EPUB
System Analysis and Tuning	HTML	single HTML	PDF	EPUB

YaST

• openSUSE ( 11.1 | 11.2 | 11.3 )
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ( SLES-9 | SLES-10 | SLES-10-SP1 | SLES-11 )

Zypp

• Satsolver ( 11.2 | 11.3 | 11.4 | SLE-11-SP2 )
• Libzypp ( 11.2 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 12.1 | 12.2 | HEAD )

Libyui

• Libyui ( HEAD )
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MAN pages at die.net
http://linux.die.net/man/

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SuSE Linux Administration Guide by SuSE Linux AG  (PDF)
ftp://ftp-uxsup.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/doc/suse/suse9.0/SuSE-Linux-Adminguide-9.0.0.0x86.pdf

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Forums 

http://forums.opensuse.org/forum.php

https://forums.suse.com/forum.php

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Useful Websites:

https://www.suse.com/

http://www.opensuse.org/en/
http://opensuse.swerdna.org/
Linux Administration made easy http://www.tldp.org/LDP/lame/LAME/linux-admin-made-easy/index.html
Linux command line / terminal commands: http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/cmd/ 

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Other Support:

Can ask questions on USENET or on any of the many mailing lists available.

I've never had a problem I couldn't find a solution to, by either searching on http://www.dejanews.com/, or Google, or by asking in one of the comp.os.linux.* newsgroups. 

The Caps

Those of you moving from Windows to Linux also need to know about "capitalization"

In Linux, capital letters are "not" the same as lower case letter. In other words, Linux is case-sensitive.

Windows is (largely) case insensitive; Windows doesn't care if you type cmd or Cmd, ping or Ping, or if you name your folder Folder or folder, all these are the same.  The exception is with passwords, passwords are case sensitive.

Linux was created differently and intentionally encodes letters in ASCI text .. So, every letter in Linux has a different ASCI encoding.

In ASCI, an upper case letter is a differet character than a lower case letter.

Let me rephrase, with Linux an "R" is not the same as an "r"
In Linux, you can create a directory and call it "Music" and then create another and call it "music" and the system wont complain because these words are not the same.  In Windows you will get an error.

In summary,
Linux letters are encoded differently than Windows, and Linux is case-sensitive.

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The "Root" of Everything

Let's talk "root"

The concept of root is essential for any Linux beginner and those moving from Windows to Linux

Root Defined:

Root = The highest level of anything.

Different uses of the concept of root:

Root in the Linux world is used in three different ways:

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1- The "root user"

"root user" is the user with the highest level of rights on the computer.  In other words, the root user is "the system admin".   This is similar to the Windows admin user, or an administrators group.

People often say "log in as root" this literally mean to log in on your Linux box with the user name "root".

For instance when you log into your email you might type bob@hotmail.com then type your password and log in. Here bob@hotmail.com is your log-in user

Summary:
"root user" = The highest level a user can have on the computer.
"log in as root" = log in with the user name root

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2- Root of the Operating System (OS)

"root of the OS" is the highest level in the folder structure on the hard drive.  For example "C:/".

In Windows 7 you can get to the root (C:/) by clicking on "Computer" then
root of the OS is the "Default (C:)" under "Hard Disk Drives."

In Windows XP this was called "My Computer"

Summary
"root of the OS" = "C:/"

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3- The root of the user

"root of the user" is the home folder for that user. This has application settings, photos, docs, etc.
the "root" for any user is the "home" directory or folder for that user

Summary:
"root of the user" = the home folder

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