The GRUB bootloader looks similar to OpenSUSE's and that of other Linux distributions.
SLED 11 booting
The boot process, obscuring scary kernel messages.
Install Screen 1
Install screen and entire install process borrows extensively from OpenSUSE.
Install Screen 2
More Install
Install Screen 3
Location Selection
Install Screen 4
User Creation
Install Screen 5
Install Summary
Install Screen 6
Package Selection. Notice that the KDE 4 desktop can be installed here as well as the compiler tools. However, for more extensive development the OpenSUSE repositories need to be manually added.
Install Process
The install process takes about 30-40 minutes.
GNOME Destkop
SLED 11's GNOME menu is not a major departure from OpenSUSE's or SLED 10's.
GNOME Desktop
Multiple file manager views.
GNOME desktop with apps
Firefox 3 with Facebook and GMail
KDE 4
SLED 11 KDE 4.x desktop
KDE 4 Desktop
SLED 11 KDE 4.x desktop
SLED 11 KDE 4.x desktop menus
The KDE 4 menu system has been extensively customized.
SLED 11 Control Center
The SLED 11 user control center.
SLED 11 Application Browser`
The applications list in SLED 11 is several pages long.
SLED 11 YaST2
The YaST2 administrative GUI.
SLED 11 Authorization/Policy Manager
The Policy Manager allows desktop administrators to grant or revoke privileges on a finely granular level.
SLED 11 Banshee
The Banshee media player has full support for the iPod and the AAC media format which has been commercialy licensed.
SLED 11 OpenOffice 3.0
OpenOffice 3.0 includes Novell's customizations as well as fonts licensed from AGFA Compugraphic which match the fonts in Windows and Microsoft Office.
