Following is a short guide to installing Google’s infamous open source Chromium browser which is said to be the fastest browser on planet.

Chromium is the open-source project behind Google Chrome. We invite you to join us in our effort to help build a safer, faster, and more stable way for all Internet users to experience the web, and to create a powerful platform for developing a new generation of web applications.

Following is how you can install Chromium on OpenSuse 11.3

1. Go to http://software.opensuse.org

2. Search for Chromium

3. Look for “Chromium is the open-source project behind Google Chrome.” and click 1-Click Install.

This should install chromium on OpenSuse. Enjoy speed browsing.

Google Chrome is a lightening fast browser and is available cross platform. Let’s see how to install Google Chrome on Open Suse 11.3. All you have to do is go to Google Chrome Download Page.

1. Click on Get Google Chrome (BETA).

2. On the subsequent page make sure OpenSuse is selected. Click Accept and Install.

3. The package file will be downloaded and opened in YaST and Google Chrome will be installed on OpenSuse 11.3

Once installed you can find it under Computer > Applications > Internet > Google Chrome

Enjoy fast browsing experience with Google Chrome!

We have written already about Cairo Dock and how to install cairo dock in Ubuntu 10.04. Just because we think Cairo dock is such a wonderful addition to your Linux desktop we will see how to get it working in Opensuse. Good part is that the installation is one click install in OpenSuse so there’s almost no hassle at all.

In order to install cairo dock in OpenSuse 11.2 you’ll have to just click the following link.

Once you click on the link you’ll be prompted to install the application. Follow the on screen instructions.

Once installed you can run it by going to Computer > Applications > System > GLX-Dock.

Also, alternatively you can also install Cairo Dock Plugins by clicking on the link below:

Following is how the final result looks like:

You can now flaunt your cairo dock on your OpenSuse desktop.

Undoubtedly according to me the best media player that I can think of on any platform is VLC player hands down and that’s the precise reason I have it installed on Ubuntu 10.04, Windows 7 and now on OpenSuse 11.2. Sometime back we covered how to install VLC player on Ubuntu using PPA. Today, we are going to see how to install it on OpenSuse and make it the default player to play mp3 and other media files.

In order to install VLC player on OpenSuse 11.2 we’ll have to add it’s repositories to the software repository of OpenSuse. To do so, go to Computer > YaST

At the YaST Control Center, select Software.

Cclick Software Repositories tobring up the Configured Software Repositories Window

Click Add and add the following :

Respository Name: VLC

URL: http://download.videolan.org/pub/vlc/SuSE/11.2

Click Next and you will see that VLC repository is now added.

Click on Refresh, you’ll be prompted to add the GPG key.

Click Import and click close.

Go to Computer > Install Software

Make sure the Available tab is selected and in the search box type VLC. Select the package as shown in the screenshot below:

Click Install and click Apply.

This should install VLC player on your OpenSuse 11.2. In order to start using VLC player, bring up the run prompt (ALT+F2) and type “vlc” (without quotes).

In order to make VLC as your default player for mp3s. Right click any of the mp3 files and click properties. Go to the tab that reads “Open with” and select VLC player. This will ensure that all your mp3s are played in VLC in future. You can also do this to other media types.

Skype is one of the most popular voip service out there and is available across various platforms including Linux. We have earlier covered Installing Skype on Ubuntu on LinuxHub. Today we are going to see how to install skype on Opensuse. This is how you install it.

Install the following packages before installing skype.

libqt4-x11
libqt4-dbus-1
libsigc++2

To install these packages, start a terminal window and copy paste the following command.

su -c 'zypper install libqt4 libqt4-x11 libqt4-dbus-1 libsigc++2'

If you already have these packages, Suse will inform you that you already have the packages and you don’t need nothing to install.

Once you are done installing the above dependencies, you just have to download the latest Skype rpm package from the official skype site (Download link at the end of the post).

Double click the downloaded RPM package and YaST should install it on your machine.

Once installed go to your Application Browser and to start using Skype

Happy voiping!

Upgrades are very important for any operating system. It keeps running things smoothly and ensures the security of your machine. Let’s see how to upgrade packages and softwares in OpenSuse 11.2. This is pretty simple to achieve.

Go to Computer > Install Software

Select the tab that reads Upgrades.

Click the first package and click CTRL+A to select all the packages.

Click Upgrade

Click Apply to begin the upgradtion process of the selected packages.

Enjoy the upgraded system.

By default OpenSuse 11.2 comes with Firefox 3.5.4 and when you run the upgrade you’ll end up having Firefox 3.5.8. However, as we all know there’s Firefox 3.6 available for sometime now. So I decided to update my Firefox to 3.6 on my OpenSuse machine. Following is what I did to upgrade to Firefox 3.6.

1. Open a terminal window and type the following command:

sudo zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_11.2/ openSUSE\ 11.2\ Mozilla

Next type the following to upgrade to Firefox 3.6

zypper dup -r openSUSE\ 11.2\ Mozilla

With in a few minutes (depending on your Internet connection speed) Firefox 3.6 will be installed.

Happy browsing.

We all love the infamous cube in Linux. Actually to be frank this is what drove me to start using Linux. Today we are going to see how to install Nvidia graphic drivers in OpenSuse 11.2 and then enable the desktop effects to get the infamous 3D cube.

Install Nvidia graphic drivers in OpenSuse 11.2 with Gnome Desktop

1. Go to Computer > Yast

At the YaST Control Center, select Software.

Cclick Software Repositories tobring up the Configured Software Repositories Window

Click Add and add the following :

Respository Name: Nvidia

URL: http://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/11.2/

Click Next and you will see that Nvidia repository is now added.

Click on Refresh, you’ll be prompted to add the GPG key.

Click Import and click close.

Go to Computer > Install Software

Make sure the Available tab is selected and in the search box type Nvidia. Select the 2 packages as shown in the screenshot below:

Click Install and click Apply.

Once the installation is done, reboot your machine.

Enable Desktop Effect in OpenSuse 11.2 Gnome desktop

In order to enable the desktop effect in OpenSuse go to Computer > Control Center

Click Desktop Effect

Now Click Enable Desktop Effect.

You can also choose the profile. I chose Ultimate. You’ll be prompted to keep the new settings. Click Yes and log out and login to see the new effects.

Following are some of the screenshots of desktop effects in effect from my machine.

Play around with the settings to explore new things. We will try to cover configuring compiz fusion in OpenSuse 11.2 soon.

I am pretty excited that I now have OpenSuse on my machine which means that I will be covering OpenSuse related articles here on Linux Hub meaning more number of articles. To begin with after installing OpenSuse 11.2 (With Gnome Desktop), the first thing I needed was KSnapshot because it makes my job very easy to write heavy screenshot based articles here on Linux Hub. So let’s see how to install KSnapshot on OpenSuse 11.2.

Go to Computer > Install Software

Make sure the Available tab is selected and in the search box type ksnapshot.

Select the package and click Install.Click apply to start installation.

Click I Agree to proceed with the installation.

Wait for the installation to finish. To start KSnapshot bring up the run command by hitting ALT + F2 and type ksnapshot in it.

That’s it now you can start using KSnapshot in OpenSuse 11.2 on your Gnome desktop.

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