About this Guide Getting Started Guide 9 • KDE 1.1.1, the latest stable release of this complete graphical environ- ment (with a KDE 2.0 sneak preview provided in the contrib section) • Certified Y2K compliance • A streamlined Windows Graphical Install that includes Partition Magic (TM) of PowerQuest provides support for disk partitioning • Procedures for Lizard Unattended Installs (LUI) • New Linux 2.2.10 Kernel, which includes multi-processor support • Additions to the Caldera Open Administration System (COAS) • Self Hosting, used by Caldera Systems to verify the quality of its software builds • WordPerfect version 8 for Linux • Star Office 5.1 for Linux • ApplixWare 4.4.2 Office Suite • OSS for Linux, which supports the auto-detection of sound cards during installation • Additional kernel features, including an optimized kernel for pc97 spec hardware, RAID hardware and software support, and IP package process- ing. • Improved best-of-class package selection, with each Linux application carefully chosen to be more useful and refined than the “everything but the kitchen sink” products from some Linux packagers. Package selection choices include Minimum, Standard or All Packages installations. There are also special package sets for Business Workstation, Development Workstation, Home Computer, Network Server, and Web Server. Or, you can create a Custom set of packages to install. About this Guide This Guide is divided into four sections, noted by the edge tabs on each page. You can decide how to use it based on your experience with Linux. They include: • Part 1: Installing and Starting OpenLinux Introducing Linux, with step-by-step instructions for installing the operat- ing system onto a new computer or sharing with an existing Windows PC. Plus the basics of starting and stopping a Linux session. • Part 2: Using OpenLinux