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hello,
video editing (consumer grade) is still a bit immature under Linux. Have a look at the following -
Cinelerra - powerful non-linear editor, non-distro specific rpm is available from their website, and it works with suse 9.2. I've found it quite good, but it's very resource-hungry, occasionally unstable. And the interface is a bit overwhelming at first.
Kino - good basic non-linear editor, nice interface. Its bias is towards DV editing, and it supports IEEE1394 well. There's also a V4L capture module if you're using analogue video, but I have had lots of trouble with that . You should find a package on your SuSE disk set - but bear in mind that it probably won't be the most up-to-date.
Main Actor - SuSE supply a demo version of this commercial package on their disks (a shame - with 8.2, they used to supply the full unrestricted version, but subsequent to that, they only provide the demo..). I haven't played with it.
Linux Video Studio - fairly decent for analogue capture (V4L seems to work quite well, and the resulting video quality is good, with far lower impact on resources than, say, Cinelerra).. but I couldn't seem to get the editing to work.. In principle, good, but doesn't appear to be under active development any more. Worth a look - YMMV.
Cupid - developed by the same guy as the above, but now using GStreamer. Looks very promising, but at a very early stage of development. I managed to compile it, but it doesn't seem to work. And you'll need the latest GStreamer and plugins (which SuSE 9.2 provides). Worth keeping an eye on.
Avidemux - rudimentary in terms of editing capabilities, but excellent for transcoding files to different formats - eg, for authoring to VCD, SVCD, DVD.
I still use an analogue camcorder. Of the above, I've used Cinelerra for capture and editing, and Avidemux for transcoding to SVCD format.
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