I am going to install OpenSuse 13.1 tomorrow and kick the tires so to speak. Their Open Build Service looks very promising. Point being... this Unity // open client is something I would be only too happy to try to contribute to. I am not a coder, but I will see what I can do for packaging up OpenSuse 13.1 builds etc...
I would also be willing to put work into a User Interface basic "mod" if such a thing would be of interest.
One of the things about OpenSuse 13.1 that is of interest to me is that this will be supported for 3 years
Gary