Congratulations for selecting SUSE LINUX. A few clicks are all that is needed toprepare the installation, which takes fifteen to twenty minutes. After configur-ing the users and their passwords and selecting the screen resolution, your SUSELINUX system is ready for use. If you are familiar with earlier versions of SUSELINUX, you will notice how much the configuration with the system assistantYaST has been expanded and simplified. Get to know the graphical desktop environments KDE and GNOME and learnhow to adapt them to your personal preferences. The following sections intro-duce some very useful and interesting programs from the large range of availableapplications in different categories, including office programs such as OpenOf-fice.org, web browsers, programs to manage your schedule, file managers, scan-ning tools, and image editing programs. Additionally find information about the SUSE help system and the available in-formation sources containing further documentation. Also included are a list offrequently asked questions about SUSE LINUX.