I am absolute beginner in linux.
Last day i have downloaded openSUSE 12.2 , the image file of 4.7GB DVD. It was told that the installation image file
“Contains a large collection of software for desktop or server use.
Suitable for installation or upgrade.”
But when i had installed it on my laptop, i can’t find any additional software more than the basic software.
Please help me. Thanks in advance.
Hi, welcome
What is installed by default, is a basic desktop environment. Which, compared to wellknown commercial OS’s is already a lot: an Office suite, multimedia, image management and manipulation, browsers, mail clients, this on a number of desktop environments.
But, not all is being installed, yet available from the dvd, or rather, from the repositories. Start the Software Installer and have a look around
On 2013-03-01, jithinjohnygeorge <jithinjohnygeorge@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:
> I am absolute beginner in linux.
>
> Last day i have downloaded openSUSE 12.2 , the image file of 4.7GB DVD.
> It was told that the installation image file
>
> “Contains a large collection of software for desktop or server use.
> Suitable for installation or upgrade.”
>
> But when i had installed it on my laptop, i can’t find any additional
> software more than the basic software.
>
> Please help me. Thanks in advance.
Okay. Welcome to Linux and openSUSE. You might get better responses if posted this under applications' rather than install’ because it seems your installation went fine. Default openSUSE installation from DVD installs much more
software than I regularly use, so I am surprised by your post. The problem I find in replying to your question is I
don’t know what you mean by additional' and basic’ software. What were you expecting? You have to be more specific.
Did you install the KDE or GNOME version since this will largely affect the packages that come installed on your
desktop? An Office Suite (LibreOffice) is installed by default, as well as a Web browser (Firefox). Which multimedia
software is installed is based on your choice of KDE vs GNOME but does not include all media codecs because openSUSE
doesn’t come with these batteries (but you can easily install them - see below).
To install more' software, you can easily do so via YaST (Alt-F2 -> Type yast (return) -> Software -> Software Management. As long as you're online, you can search for any additional’ software you want and it will automatically
install those for you (if you check the relevant box). If you can’t find what you’re looking, you may need to add
another repository. For example, for the media codecs, you might want to add Pacman’s Essential and Multimedia
repositories (again through YaST).
If you’re expecting specific software (e.g. Skype) it would be helpful if you tell us so we can help you. It may be
helpful you could at least answer the following questions:
… then we have a starting point to guide you.
On 03/01/2013 09:00 AM, flymail wrote:
> On 2013-03-01, jithinjohnygeorge <jithinjohnygeorge@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:
>> I am absolute beginner in linux.
>>
>> Last day i have downloaded openSUSE 12.2 , the image file of 4.7GB DVD.
>> It was told that the installation image file
>>
>> “Contains a large collection of software for desktop or server use.
>> Suitable for installation or upgrade.”
>>
>> But when i had installed it on my laptop, i can’t find any additional
>> software more than the basic software.
>>
>> Please help me. Thanks in advance.
>
> Okay. Welcome to Linux and openSUSE. You might get better responses if posted this under `applications’ rather than
install' because it seems your installation went fine. Default openSUSE installation from DVD installs much more > software than I regularly use, so I am surprised by your post. The problem I find in replying to your question is I > don't know what you mean byadditional’ andbasic' software. What were you expecting? You have to be more specific. > > Did you install the KDE or GNOME version since this will largely affect the packages that come installed on your > desktop? An Office Suite (LibreOffice) is installed by default, as well as a Web browser (Firefox). Which multimedia > software is installed is based on your choice of KDE vs GNOME but does not include all media codecs because openSUSE > doesn't come with these batteries (but you can easily install them - see below). > > To installmore’ software, you can easily do so via YaST (Alt-F2 → Type yast (return) → Software → Software
Management. As long as you’re online, you can search for any `additional’ software you want and it will automatically
> install those for you (if you check the relevant box). If you can’t find what you’re looking, you may need to add
> another repository. For example, for the media codecs, you might want to add Pacman’s Essential and Multimedia
> repositories (again through YaST).
>
> If you’re expecting specific software (e.g. Skype) it would be helpful if you tell us so we can help you. It may be
> helpful you could at least answer the following questions:
>
> 1. What do want to use your computer for?
> 2. Why did you install Linux?
> 3. Why did you choose openSUSE?
>
> … then we have a starting point to guide you.
One other thing to consider. The “open” in openSUSE means exactly that. Only
software that is open-source will be distributed by openSUSE with its media. If
you want things that are free, but have closed sources, then there are other
repos that contain them. Once you say what you need, someone can help you.
Do you realise that the DVD contains 4 desktop environments(GNOME,KDE,XFCE,LXDE) ,YaST partitioner etc. In future there would be E17 too. There is not simply enough space to fit everything under the sun in a single ISO image 
Hi, I see it similar as
If you need more, you could ask in a more specific way, and you probably will get an answer, although this seems to be the wrong forum for that
(the forum ‘Applications’ would be a better place).
Or just have a look at what’s there else, using YaST’s ‘Software Management’.
Good luck
Mike