Its not cumbersome, the alternative is more cumbersome, it just requires memorization. Like I said, zypper is a great compromise, where you could do zypper upda

Its not cumbersome, the alternative is more cumbersome, it just requires memorization. Like I said, zypper is a great compromise, where you could do zypper update and zypper install, or you could do zypper u and zypper i. A bit more intuitive for the newbie but it doesn't make you write words like you're writing a poem in bash.