Graphical Help (Using KDE)

SuSE is one of few software companies that still provide printed manuals that try to help users once they move beyond installing the product. Buying the boxed version of SuSE Linux Professional gives you two thick books: the Administration Guide and the User Guide, which can both also be found online. These books have a fairly easy-to-read style that will have you using the product in short order. These books can also help you learn Unix/Linux.

The SuSE Help Center (covered in the following section) is basically a copy of the same documentation built within the system and found by simply clicking an icon on your desktop.

Searching the Help Center

Open the Help Center by typing susehelp from the shell, or click the life-preserver icon in either the KDE or GNOME. Both will open the Help Center for you to peruse.

Once in the Help Center, take a look around to see whether the help there resembles the help you would expect to see in the man pages. You will find that both the graphical and text-based versions of help are useful in assisting you to work with and learn Unix.