i am a linux newbie.....and an advanced user for windows....

but i want to start tweaking around

is there any software archive for linux as it does exist for windows.....

consider these examples in the case of windows..

www.softpedia.com
www.soft32.com

can i get the site like the above mentioned for linux?

Each distribution typically has it's own very comprehensive repostiory of software that is easy to install through the package management system that distribution uses.

I cannot say any specifics about SuSE, which appears to be what you are using.



Example (that won't really apply to your situaton really, but that still can show a point of what I am trying to say):
For Debian, which I use:
Available packages: http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages#search_packages
And everything from there is easily installable through apt-get install packagename



Consult the documentation for your distribution regarding equivalent package listings and installation methods.

thanks.....but

why do i get the softwares when i don't use Debian....

isn't there anything out there for Suse

anyways thanks for ur reply

you can download any distro's software that has a compatible package system in your case RPMS will work but be careful of ones that compiled special, just go after generic apps common to all distros that use rpms and you should be safe. Also you are not limited to RPMs you can download Source's and compile them very easily.

Russ

this site might help...

http://packman.links2linux.org/

also

http://www.rpmseek.com

if u wanna just rpm for suse then

http://packman.links2linux.org/


and if u wanna search new software then google is u r friend


www.google.com/linux

If you tweak a little bit SuSE's Yast, it will be able to download and install packages (as well as the dependencies) without any problems. Here is a way to do that:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...89#post1087289

Regards!