Do as I say, don't do as I Do.

The Opensuse DVD seemed to have more relevant apps that I had initially observed. On closer inspection of the rpm folder I found the Smart App manager, the unrar application and the Opera browser.
All of the three were among the first apps that I downloaded after the installation. One point needs to be highlighted, these apps do not appear during the installation because the default selection filter is set as "Patterns". This need to be changed to "Package Groups" to reveal a better grouping of apps.

As I had myself mentioned a few posts back, one of the first steps should be to browse through the app list in the app manager, before commencing online downloads.