Quick Start Guide
guring the Boot Loader with YaST” (Chapter 17, The Boot Loader GRUB, ↑Reference).
The boot method should only be changed by experienced users.
1.12.3 Software
openSUSE contains a number of software patterns for various application purposes.
Click Software to start the pattern selection and modify the installation scope accord-
ing to your needs. Select your pattern from the list and see a pattern description in
the right part of the window. Each pattern contains a number of software packages
needed for specic functions (e.g. Multimedia or Oce software). For a more detailed
selection based on software packages to install, select Details to switch to the YaST
Software Manager.
You can also install additional software packages or remove software packages from
your system at any later time with the YaST Software Manager. For more information,
refer to Chapter 3, Installing or Removing Software (↑Reference).
Figure 1.10 Software Selection and System Tasks
1.12.4 Locale Settings
Here you can change the system Language and Keyboard Layout you dened in the
rst step of the installation. It is also possible to add additional languages. To adjust
the system language settings, select Language. Select a language from the list. The
primary language is used as the system language. You can also adapt keyboard
layout and time zone to the primary language if the current settings dier. Details
lets you modify language settings for the user root, set UTF-8 support, or further
specify the language (e.g. select South African English).
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