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Originally Posted by dope540
sorry, i did think that just saying broadcom xxxxxxx wouldn't be of much info, but thats all i could find.
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I do not know much about wireless, ... but the little that I have read (mentioned on the forum and irc #suse) states that openSUSE-11.0 includes the broadcom "bcm43" driver by default (10.3 has bcm43xx). In both cases what is "supposed to work", is one is supposed to run 'install_bcm43xx_firmware' as root to install the firmware, and most broadcom chips are supposed to work fairly well.
Having stated that, I note this post which claims the broadcom-bcm4328 does not work under openSUSE with the firmware (one must purportedly use the NDIS wrapper).
Broadcom BCM4328 Wireless not working in openSUSE 11.0 | SUSE & openSUSE
There is also an outdated openSUSE-10.2 guide:
SDB:Broadcom (BCM4306) WLAN Installation under SUSE - openSUSE
It never hurts with Linux to research one's hardware compatibility in great detail, before one leaps to do an installation.
Reference installing openSUSE-11.0, I recommend you stay away from kde-4.0.4 and go with either Gnome or KDE-3.5.9.