It may seem odd to note that a specific place or country's Wi-Fi is Linux friendly, but I've had issues connecting to some public Wi-Fi services in other countries using my Linux machines. In Kuala Lumpur International (KLIA) for instance, I had to visit the KDE Terminal to manually connect to the main login page for the free wireless service. In most cases, you should be able to connect without having to manually setup iwconfig with KDE's Network Manager just working on the sport. Most public Wi-Fi, however, is tested for iOS, Android, Windows, and MacOSX but not Linux so I take note of places where accessing the wireless signal can be troublesome or may require additional steps for the Linux user. Take note, however, the hardware (in this case my Toshiba NB520) and your Linux distribution (in this scenario openSUSE 12.2) takes a hand in how easily you can connect and how good your performance is.
The Taoyuan Airport Terminal 2 free wireless service is set up very well and the speed was fast enough for me watch YouTube videos as I browsed Flipboard on my iPad. Once I was past immigration and into the airport gates, I tried connecting to the same free airport Wi-Fi signal but failed using my Toshiba NB520 with openSUSE 12.2. I figured out if was more likely because the Wi-Fi extender for the airport gates were positioned farther apart and prevented me from getting a good signal (my gate was at the farthest end of the airport) However, I was able to access the unsecure Huan Yu VIP Terminal Wi-Fi signal using openSUSE KDE without issues. The performance, as could be expected, was excellent. I should be ashamed to be taking advantage of the VIP Wi-Fi services but I was a scant two hours away from my flight anyway!
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