I’m new to linux, and I’ve heard so much about Opensuse. I’m sorry if it had to be this way but I want to try and learn linux. If anyone can point to me what to do, what to upgrade after a fresh install of tumbleweed. I heard the community here is great, so I’m asking what are the basic thing to do for a new user. Thanks in advance! 
Then why did you decide to go for Tumbleweed. My advice would be 13.2.
After a fresh install, everything should be up-to-date.
However, not all of the software can fit on the DVD, so there may be something missing that you want.
Start Yast –> Software Management, and install anything that seems missing. If you are not sure, then at least install some small item that you fancy. The first time that you install something, that will automatically install software in the repos that is recommended. Note that “recommended” means "recommended by software that you already have installed – there is “recommend” information in packages.
After that, you should periodically update your system. If your desktop has an update applet, then use that. And occasionally do
# zypper dup
at the command line. Some people recommend only using “zypper dup”. Others recommend mainly doing regular updates, and occasionally using “zypper dup” at least to see what it wants to install/upgrade.
On 2015-07-27 09:06, techgrey wrote:
>
> I’m new to linux, and I’ve heard so much about Opensuse. I’m sorry if it
> had to be this way but I want to try and learn linux. If anyone can
> point to me what to do, what to upgrade after a fresh install of
> tumbleweed. I heard the community here is great, so I’m asking what are
> the basic thing to do for a new user. Thanks in advance!
The basic thing would be to avoid tumbleweed, and go for one of the
stable releases instead
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” (Minas Tirith))
Yes, absolutely.
I forgot to mention that in my reply.
The idea of a rolling release apparently sounds attractive. However, for someone not experienced in linux, it make a lot more sense to use a stable release.
Tumbleweed is pretty good, with all of the OpenQA testing. But it is still somewhat of a “Do It Yourself” project, so not a good starting point for newcomers to opensuse.