Installing XD2 on SuSE 8.2

I haven't tried Ximian Desktop 2 yet, but would like to. All I'm worried about is Ximian's RPMs interfering with my nice clean 8.2 install - I don't want any problems caused by installing hundreds of third party rpms. Am I being pedantic? I get the impression ximian's rpms replace a few important libraries etc. should this worry me? Thanks for any advice, Max Howell