Getting online with a BT Home Hub

[Goghead]

I'm a complete beginner to Linux, having just burned a Live CD of openSUSE 10.3 on CD to test it out before messing with my precious partitions.

Thing is, I can't figure out how I can get access to the internet.

Is my BT Home Hub even 'compatible' with Linux.

I'm connected via ethernet, if that's any help.

Help! I'd love to learn a new OS but I'm a bit put off by being so ridiculously stupid that I can't even get online.

Thanks in advance.

PS I'm totally new to Linux, with only a minimal understanding of the command line. Please don't bombard me with information that'll make my brain shrink any smaller than it already is.

[eerde]

Live CD's sometimes have a safety feature not letting you connect to the Internet, though I forgot if openSuSE also has this.

I have had the same in the past but when you install openSuSE 10.3 (make sure you are connected to the Internet during installation, do the same with printers, card readers USB hubs etc.) it will be recognised automatically ans should work 'out of the box'.

openSuSE will recognise your windows partition and create a partition next to it for itself. You can choose at boot time afterwards between openSuSE or windows.
Normally I advise people to put in a second HDD and put GNU/Linux on that drive as it has a number of advantages (well I think so);

1. There is no risk to your current installation.
2. A second HDD for back-ups is a must (there is no use in having a back-up on a different partition on the same disk). Disk tend to mechanically brake down every 3 years and so a back-up should be on a separate HDD (and on DVD for super safety).
3. HDD's are cheap these days, try find a 40GB or 80GB.

PS
Good choice openSuSE 10.3