Brrrrrrrrrrrrr..............
Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm...........
Eeeeeeeeeeeeek.............
Continual distro hopping is not the best thing to do.
If you find a distribution that works on your computers hardware and generally works all around try working with if for a while to at least explore Linux in general and identify issues. Sometimes the "issues" are very small fixes and require updates or small configuration changes rather than complete installs.
Good Luck.

yay i got suse almost working perfectly, after i deleted my windows installation. now i got only one problem, i cant get the computer to recognize my wireless card

have you tried ndiswrapper?

yeah everytime i try to install a driver i get this message couldn't open /tmp/R151519/DRIVER/bcmw15.inf: No such file or directory at /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper line 166.

since you have already tried configuring it, start here...
download the driver to your desktop.
open shell and type:
(login as root)- su
-password
linuxbox:# ndiswrapper -l <this will list all installed drivers>

Installed drivers:
bcmw15 driver installed, hardware present <yours should say “not present”>
linuxbox:# ndiswrapper -e bcmw15 <this uninstalles the drivers>
linuxbox:# unzip path/to/desktop/bcmw15.exe or .zip
inflating: bcmw15.cat
inflating: bcmw15.inf
inflating: bcmw15.sys

linuxbox:# ndiswrapper -i bcmw15.inf
installing bcmw15

linuxbox:# ndiswrapper -l
installed ndis drivers:
bcmw15 driver present

linuxbox:# ndiswrapper -m
linuxbox:# modprobe ndiswrapper
linuxbox:#


then check out your network connections... you should be good.

hope this helps.

-Eric

id like t add one thing, in yast in the network settings you need to set the module to ndiswrapper for it to load automatically when the computer starts up

That's the best advice I've seen in a Linux forum anywhere in a long time.

I could use that advice myself.. I've got a new Acer Aspire laptop and
have been running around bugging people in various distro forums for about
two weeks now because of problems with this or that live CD. I really do
need to just settle into one that I like best and install it to hard drive
and pick away at the two problems I've been having: wifi (broadcom) not
recognized and screen resolution (1280x800) not configurable.. well, not
confugurable easily.

Thanks for the reminder, Ryptyde.

-- Jerry

I recommend you go to your favorite decently stocked book store and buy a book by "Que" or another publisher of Computer books. It will cost you about $50 for a book on Linux, probably Fedora at this point. Sometimes there are books covering older versions of Red Hat. The most recent version is more desirable however. They include the distribution's C.D.s and will answer most questions you may have. Then, when you can't get things to work, come here. Hardware issues are probably at the top of the list - because vendors are still dragging their feet when it comes to cooperating with the open source community. Otherwise, there will be some more obscure configuration issues you will face. The good thing is, there are lots of folks here and around the web who have already determined answers to questions you have. Patience is definitely a virtue when you decide to move to Linux. Having said these things, if you enjoy a challenge, using your brain and recognize the benefits Linux has to offer you can't go wrong. Want a dual boot configuration? Go for it. But, as in any other situation where you are making significant changes to your drive - back up your important stuff first! While it may be a tall order for someone new to Linux, try saving a copy of your boot partition so it may be restored if things go wrong. Bone up on partitioning Linux properly. One big partition is not desirable. Your Linux book will address partitioning.

svarmido

CrossOver is just a high breed of wine, they are really the same, although crossover does some things better, and wine tools isn't supported in crossover, so if you like wine tools use Wine.

If your Box is extremly new. You might have trouble getting some of the hardware to work, but linux will have drivers ASAP. If it has Nvida components that also makes for more work.

If you'd post the specs to your box and hardware, the community could help you to decide which hardware should work right out of the box and which your going to have to tweak no matter which distro you use.

I beg to differ, Depending on your hardware, there are some PCs/Laptops that play very well with linux. I have one. My IBM laptop works quit well with just about any thing I install. But OpenSuSe is the best on it. OpenSuSe installed stright off the disk and all the bells and whistles work. WiFi and all.

Yet the same version of OpenSuSe wouldn't even boot my dads laptop duing the instalation. So it pays to research the hardware your buying before you buy it. But since you already have the PC, there are work arounds, such as install another vidio card, or wireless card that does work with your distro of choice. And just forget about that intergrated hardware that doesn't work.