Anybody using SuSE?

[Chong Yu Meng]

Hi all,

I just downloaded and installed the newly-release openSuSE Linux (SuSE 
9.3, actually) on a spare desktop at home. It's very different from what 
I initially expected, I guess because I am so used to the Fedora way of 
doing things (ok, I've got my flame suit on now, so flame away !). For 
one thing, SuSE seems to use apt instead of yum, and it looks more like 
a complete and "unified" operating system than Fedora which seems to be 
a collection of stuff from all over the place (though I find that rather 
endearing, to be honest).

Anyway, I'm having some difficulty installing XFCE and getting my head 
around apt, which seems to be the only automated installer that can 
handle the XFCE RPMs, short of manually installing them. Specifically, 
how does one configure apt to look into a specific repository and 
install the RPMs there? I know where the SuSE RPMs for XFCE are located, 
but I can't seem to be able get the repository recognized and install 
XFCE from there.

Any pointers to useful documentation (must be SuSE-specific, something 
along the lines of Stanton-Finleys installation notes for Fedora) would 
be greatly appreciated !

Regards,
pascal chong