help on Getting started.

[ian_the_great]

iv recently installed SuSE on my laptop. i like some advice on things it would be a good idea to download and locations for them. for example, media codecs and stuff. cheers

[unchiujar]

I use amarok for music, xine for movies, Gaim for instant messaging, Open Office for document editing, Nexuiz for my first person shooter needs , nethack with Vulture's Claw GUI for role playing needs, FreeCiv for and Wesnoth for strategic needs. This is my selection, there's a huge variety out there (Can I hear a Yeay for Linux and Open Source ? ). You probably have alternatives in installing them like package managers.

Enjoy

[oldcpu]

iv recently installed SuSE on my laptop. i like some advice on things it would be a good idea to download and locations for them. for example, media codecs and stuff. cheers

Packman: http://packman.links2linux.org/
Guru: http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/
rpm.pbone: http://rpm.pbone.net/
rpmfind: http://rpmfind.net/
rpmseek: http://www.rpmseek.com/index.html
softpedia for linux: http://linux.softpedia.com/
freshmeat: http://freshmeat.net/

As already noted, installing a 3rd party software manager, to help you install applications, is highly recommended.

[naked dave]

Packman: http://packman.links2linux.org/
Guru: http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/
rpm.pbone: http://rpm.pbone.net/
rpmfind: http://rpmfind.net/
rpmseek: http://www.rpmseek.com/index.html
softpedia for linux: http://linux.softpedia.com/
freshmeat: http://freshmeat.net/

As already noted, installing a 3rd party software manager, to help you install applications, is highly recommended.

absolutley you wont need any more sources than those, also I would recommend using amarok as a media player, and I would also recommend googling Suse 10.1 JemReport, its a great howto on getting all your codecs and stuff working for different media types. Woo for open source!