Hello
Before I mention my issue, I just want to say that I am a new user of openSUSE, and version 12.1 64-it is my first ever Linux OS, and I honestly think it is a user friendly and great OS. It detected all of my Laptop’s hardware, perhaps the modem needs manual driver installation, but everything was up and running immediately after installation. I think the graphics look way better than it was on Windows 7. I am not sure why, but everything is just brighter and sharper (I read online that the open source driver for ATI Mobility Radeon HD is better than the proprietary one). I love openSUSE now 
(I knew of openSUSE because they are installed on the computer at my university in Germany).
(Now please bear in mind I am a noob)
Okay, I want to use Skype, so I referred to the how-to page on openSUSE forums (SDB:Skype - openSUSE), and for my 64-bit OpenSUSE OS, I had to install the following:
su -c ‘zypper install xorg-x11-libXv-32bit libqt4-32bit libqt4-x11-32bit libpng12-0-32bit’
However, I guess it installed all of them except libpng12-0-32bit, I dont know why. I also installed a whole bunch of packages and repositories recommended by a non-official website, in order to run many applications. Now when I run the skype rpm file, the system appears to be working…the install/remove software appears on the upper left (GNOME desktop), then it disappears and nothing happens. I really tried by myself to check the packages again, but I only get an error message after a few minutes. Message:
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The procedure described in the how-to is fairly simple, but I am having trouble.
Any suggestions are appreciated. I have to use Skype!
Thank you very much