Hello all. My name's Matt. I've been using SuSE now for about a year
or so. Started out with 9.1 Personal, moved to Pro, then 9.3, and now
I'm using OpenSuSE 10.0 RC and waiting for my copy of SuSE 10.0. I
still consider myself a newbie to Linux, but I have gotten pretty
comfortable in "thinking Linux" rather than "thinking Windows."
Anyway, I've been also experimenting with Ubuntu for the past two months
or so (went SuSE-less for that time, until last week downloading and
installing OpenSuSE). One thing that struck me about Ubuntu was the
ubuntuguide that helps new users to setup their computer so that they
can use their computer the way they want (i.e. mp3 support, java,
etc.). The guide uses apt-get to do this, which, initially, was a bit
intimidating for a newb like myself. But the guide lays everything out
in an easy step-by-step way, so that after the first few apt-get
installs, it almost becomes second nature. Funny enough, when I
returned to SuSE I found I had forgotten how I was supposed to set up
YaST and use the GUIs! Most of y'all probably know about Ubuntu and the
guide and such, so I'll get to my point:
I think it would be very helpful if SuSE had something as
straightforward as the ubuntuguide...a SuSEguide. The first part would
help users set up YaST with extra repos (like Guru and Packman and
anything else that might be needed or useful), and also do the same with
apt4rpm or yum or the other popular package managers used by SuSE. The
next part would, like the ubuntuguide, go through and help setup things
like codec support, java, and various programs and apps that users might
want but not know how to get. The idea would be to have something that
is super repetitive, so that the processes will become second nature to
the user.
I think such a SuSEguide would be really helpful to new users and
Windows-converts and for the older newbs (like me) who might have
forgotten how things work in SuSE after trying out other distros.
I'm not a programmer (though, I'm looking to teach myself some C++ in
the coming year), but I want to contribute to the SuSE community cause I
think that it's a great product. I'd be willing to write-up such a
guide if there was interest (and help from people who new more what they
were doing than I!) What do you think? Is this something that's come
up before and been shot down? Is there someone working on a similar
project already? Who should I talk to about this?
Thanks.
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