Documentation Guides & Manuals

This site hosts documentation for openSUSE Leap and related projects. For more openSUSE documentation, see the openSUSE Wiki. We hope you enjoy reading the fabulous manuals.

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Start-Up Guide

This manual will see you through your initial contact with openSUSE® Leap. Check out the various parts of this manual to learn how to install, use and enjoy your system.

GNOME User Guide

Introduces the GNOME desktop of openSUSE® Leap. It guides you through using and configuring the desktop and helps you perform key tasks.

Reference Guide

This manual gives you a general understanding of openSUSE® Leap. It is intended mainly for system administrators and home users with basic system administration knowledge.

Security Guide

Introduces basic concepts of system security, covering both local and network security aspects. Shows how to use the product inherent security software like AppArmor.

Tuning Guide

An administrator's guide for problem detection, resolution and optimization. Find how to inspect and optimize your system by means of monitoring tools and how to manage resources.

Virtualization Guide

Describes virtualization technology in general, and introduces libvirt—the unified interface to virtualization—and detailed information on specific hypervisors.

Release Notes

Release Notes of openSUSE Leap 42.3

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