Also the Radeon support certainly seems sub-par.
DId you install the official radeon drivers??
The default are only usable with 2d gfx.
I really think you should have gone for Fedora or mandrake 9.2 though"i say go for mdk:P", as rh9 is getting kinda old.
Suse is supposed to be really great and userfriendly, but sadly the isos is not free for download. :-(
