The openSUSE community has created a number of web pages, for the specific purpose of helping newbies.

It is definitely worth while for newbie SuSE users to take a look at these (below) openSUSE community URLs, which provide guidance as to how to improve one’s SuSE, to go beyond the initial limitations in the “as delivered” version of SuSE provided by Novell-SuSE-GmbH:

http://opensuse-community.org/Welcome_to_o…E-Community.org

In particular I recommend looking at this page:

http://opensuse-community.org/Package_Sources

New SuSE-10.3 users, go for the SuSE-10.3 link:

http://opensuse-community.org/Package_Sources/10.3

A guide on installing restricted formats (ie mp3, video codecs, etc …)

href="http://opensuse-community.org/Restricted_Formats">http://opensuse-community.org/Restricted_Formats

and for SuSE-10.3 (follow for “one-click” guide on installing openSUSE-10.3 multimedia):

http://opensuse-community.org/Restricted_Formats/10.3

and don’t forget to look at the FAQ:

http://opensuse-community.org/FAQ

And some more related with hardware and drivers:

Wireless under openSUSE

http://en.opensuse.org/Ndiswrapper

ATI Graphics Driver Custom Install

http://en.opensuse.org/ATI_Driver_HOWTO

Nvidia Graphics Driver Custom Install

http://en.opensuse.org/NVIDIA

Intel Graphics Driver under openSUSE

http://www.suse.com/relnotes/i386/openSUSE…OTES.en.html#12

Installing a Webcam under openSUSE:

http://en.opensuse.org/HCL/Web_Cameras

Scanner working under openSUSE

http://en.opensuse.org/YaST_Scanner

Checking for hardware compatiblity under openSUSE

http://en.opensuse.org/HCL

Basic openSUSE concepts for the Windows users migrating to openSUSE

http://en.opensuse.org/Concepts

NTFS under openSUSE

http://en.opensuse.org/NTFS-3g

General guidance for printing under Linux

http://en.opensuse.org/Concepts#Philosophy…printing_format
http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/OpenPrinting

Remark: Some links still require updating to include openSUSE 10.3