SUSEhelp

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SUSEhelp is a choob bot (which is developed by Warwick's CompSoc) maintained by BenJIman, and is used in several #suse / #opensuse* channels.

[edit] Basic Factoid Usage

The bot comes complete with many factoids, which are quick notes about particular things. All factoids are of the form:

!factoid

So, for example, if I wanted information about different codecs, I would enter:

<someuser> !codecs
<SUSEhelp> For multimedia and other restricted format (MP3,Encrypted DVD, DiVX,etc) issues, see http://opensuse-community.org/Restricted_Formats

..and it will respond accordingly.

These factoids are also searchable, simply:

!search somefactoid

You can get a complete listing of these factoids online at http://benjiweber.co.uk/susehelpfacts.

[edit] Package Search

You can use !pin to quickly search for packages, which uses http://packages.opensuse-community.org. So, for example:

!pin amarok

You can also use !packman to search for packages in the Packman repository.

!packman amarok

[edit] Other usage

The bot can also do many other things. This includes:

• Search Google! Simply:

!google foo

• Tell you the last time someone was seen in #suse. Simply:

!seen someone

• Can give you stock and currency info. Example usage:

!stockquote XYZ 
!convert 1 EUR to USD