Hi,

I think using YUM on SUSE should be fine to install new packages, upgrade existing ones, etc. However, make sure you run YAST once in a while (no need to use its package manager) to keep your core system up to date. It might be 'safer' to use YAST to update core packages instead of YUM, and to receive important security updates.

I found this article, which should be helpful. It also shows the advantages/disadvantages of running YUM on SUSE, which is quite interesting. Good luck to you, and let us know how it goes!

Cheers,

-jk

Oh - and I thought you were the Fedora guy with the beard

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