openSUSE 10.3

Hardware Requirements

openSUSE supports most PC hardware components. The following requirements should be met to ensure smooth operation of openSUSE 10.3:

• Processor: Intel—Pentium 1-4 or Xeon; AMD—Duron, Athlon, Athlon XP, Athlon MP, Athlon 64, Sempron or Opteron
• Main memory: at least 256 MB; 512 MB recommended
• Hard disk: at least 500 MB for minimal system; 3 GB recommended for standard system
• Sound and graphics cards: supports most modern sound and graphics cards

You install your openSUSE system with YaST, the central tool for installation and configuration of your system. YaST guides you through the installation process and the basic configuration of your system. During the installation and configuration 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 and Steps to switch back to the overview.

If you are a first-time user of openSUSE®, you will probably follow the default YaST proposals in most parts, but you can also adjust the settings as described here if you want to fine-tune your system according to your needs and wishes. Background information is provided where appropriate. Many parts of the basic system configuration (such as user accounts or system language) can also be modified after the installation process.

Contact Novell for more information about openSUSE.