switching to suse 11

[i.mehrzad]

I am at present running suse 11. Switched from ubuntu 8.04. Can someone please compare the commonly used commands on ubuntu with those of linux, like:
sudo apt-get install
sudp dpg -i *.deb

I know these commands wont run because the package manager on suse is yast ans not apt.

Does suse cache the downloaded and installed rpm's

I am having a problem witht playing video files on suse?
Can someone give me a link to a tutorial on suse? Havent found many/ Unlike ubuntu.

[Vince4Amy]

Instead of apt-get install package you'd do:

zypper in (package name)

Installing RPMs:

rpm -ivh (package name)

Upgrade RPMs:

rpm -uvh (package name)

There are one click installers for restricted formats on OpenSUSE, are you using Gnome, KDE 3.5 or KDE 4?

[Antman]

I am having a problem witht playing video files on suse?
Try this 1-Click solution: openSUSE 11 Restriced Formats (http://opensuse-community.org/Restricted_Formats/11.0)

[i.mehrzad]

I am using Gnome on Open Suse. Are there any beginning manuals when you migrate to suse. I hunted all over the net for some good documentation, didnt find anything substantial.

[sosipator]

Or if you don't like the zypper, you can still install apt-get on Suse as well.
http://linux01.gwdg.de/apt4rpm/
Suse repositories support the Debian apt-tool, so you will feel just like home. Everything is the same, only the packages are rpm instead of deb.

http://i.linux-bg.org/g/b-373112199shot.png#800;600

[RedDwarf]

I know these commands wont run because the package manager on suse is yast ans not apt.
The equivalent of APT is ZYpp. There are two (GTK/QT) YaST modules that provide a GUI to ZYpp, but they are better compared to Synaptic.
Does suse cache the downloaded and installed rpm's
It can do so, it's configurable.
I am having a problem witht playing video files on suse?
Playing video files coded with patented codecs.
Can someone give me a link to a tutorial on suse? Havent found many/ Unlike ubuntu.
I don't think openSUSE is so different from Ubuntu. But anyway, the medias include pretty, professional edited, PDFs -> http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.0/repo/oss/docu/en/
Do you need anything else not available in those PDFs or the wiki from the official page?

[Vince4Amy]

I've found zypper to be really fast. Also I prefer the Download Package 1 >Install Package 1>Download Package 2>Install Package 2 and so on instead of:

Download Package 1>Download Package 2>Install Package 1>Install Package 2