The openSUSE installation is split into three main parts: preparation, installation, configuration. During the preparation phase you configure some basic parameters such as language, time, desktop type, users and passwords. In the installation phase you decide which software to install, where to install it and how to boot the installed system. Upon finishing the installation the machine reboots into the newly installed system and starts the configuration. You can choose whether to do a fully automatic or a manual configuration. In this stage, network and Internet access, as well as hardware components such as printers, are set up.