Anybody using SuSE?

[Tom Jandl]

My SuSe links:

http://linux01.gwdg.de/apt4rpm/home.html
http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/
http://packman.links2linux.org/
http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/
http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/index.php?showtopic=13853

Have fun!

Tom

Chong Yu Meng wrote:
> 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