hit andy's link, you can install it via command line, or if you want a really really easy way....one which makes sense for someone coming off of windows and used to .exe....you can right click on it , or you can choose to install it when firefox asks you what you want to do with it.

another thing....it is obvious you are very new in many aspects...don't worry that is not an insult...but there are things which you will have to learn with time....a good way to begin is simply google for your answers. yast is in kmenu (start on windows) system then configuration....yast is the app which allows you to tweak, install software, manage firewall rules, hardware, etc etc. also, one thing you have to realize which makes linux different than windows, among other things , is that programs often require what are called "dependancies" or other programs which are needed for that program to run, hence andy's suggestion of installing your drivers from your cd first is a solid one, any dependencies will be taken care of, then get the newer drivers (if that is there is a newer driver) from the link which andy posted.

if you want to, once you get the dongle taken care of, there is a program which is an alternative to yast's software management...not the other things within yast, just the software management...it is called smart package manager...you can find it at labix.org...install the guru one...for your suse version and archetecture 32bit or 64bit... I would dare to guess you are on the 32 bit one....this package manager allows your to look through alll the available RPMs for suse from several sources, almost every kind of program imaginable can be found there...it is also used primarily for updating your system....on first launch it will ask you to activate channels or "sources" for updates and program repositories....click yes on all except for latest kde and latest open office packages... when you install programs it will resolve "dependancies" for you....also install versions from the cd you used to install SuSE with will also do this via yast....for example before going to labix.org for smart, you install smart and smart gui from your disc, this will insure that when you try to install from the website it will install properly and there at labix you will install 1st smart 2smart gui then 3 smart addons, as well as the drivers andy mentions...you put your disc into the laptop, go kmenu, system, configuration, yast then click on software management and search by typing what you are looking for.....you can even look for words in the description if you are not sure what the program is called, which you can also do with smart...the advantage of which is that it already comes with a plethora of sources from which to download updates patches and software....in yast you have to manually set these and by the looks of things, you have a couple months to go to get the hang of not thinking like someone who was indoctrinated on windows...again no insult, we all have been where you are now don't worry.

remember it is also vitally important since you have a hard drive so small, to go to yast, system, /etc/sysconfig editor, click on system tab then "cron" then where it says CLEAR_TMP_DIRS_AT_BOOTUP click that and in the field which appears set it to YES. if you don't you may run out of space really really quickly and may not even be able to boot into the system.

and don't forget to check Broch's how to on editing the system services (runlevel) that's your running processes...yast, system, system services....your two big things after the dongle is ram and space...so don't forget!! and as to your question about floppies....what size is the program and how much space do you have on the floppy?

also, you do realize, just to make sure, that in order to install ANYTHING you have to give the system your root password (think of it as an administrator password, but one which actually separates the end user from the core of the system).

once you have the rpm for your driver installed write to tell us if you got connectivity or not.