I like reading some of the guides over there. I never seem to do precisely what the guides do, but sometimes there are extremely helpful sections for particularly non-standard things and good ways to install them.

Interesting that he singles out not to install libxine1 and keep the dumbed down xine stuff that comes by default on OpenSUSE. Keeps folks unencumbered by patent worries. But then, I don't worry anyway. I just want files to play! Never saw a guide before that pushed keeping the default xine rather than the real one that plays nearly anything. It's nice actually! I never knew anyone really ever didn't replace it with libxine1. Except of course the forum posters asking how to get anything to play on Linux! They are instantly directed do guides for switching out the xine packages for libxine1 versions and then they stop complaining.

Not the perfect desktop for me but like I said there are some great ways of installing useful software in there.