CJK on SuSE 8.1

Couriosity overriding the caveat 'Never touch a running system' I have ordered a copy of SuSE 8.1 Pro. Now my question: Can I install the 8.0 packages e.g. for xcin, cjk-latex, the unicode support for LaTeX and Gnu Emacs, Emacs unicode font and the Archic TTFs (for Chinese) on the 8.1 system or shall I wait for new packages to come? I mostly use CJK LaTeX with Gnu Emacs, OpenOffice and KMail with xcin. Friedrich -- Friedrich Dimmling, Berlin, Germany