[opensuse] confusing package management: can a package exist on DVD and not online?

Hello. New opensuse user. I am used to the Ubuntu package management
policy which puts most packages online with only a few on installation
CD. After installed OpenSuSE 11.0 I immediately dumped my installation
DVD thinking I no longer need them 'cos I should be able to pull needed
packages from online.

First software I want to install is Opera, my preferred browser. In
"Software Management" I choose Opera and "install", then it tells me the
DVD is not accessible. Since I already dumped the DVD, I go to "Software
repositories" and disabled the DVD source, leaving the online oss and
online non-oss enabled, thinking the package manager will pull from
online instead. Then I go to "Software Management", surprisingly find the
opera package could not be found. Search for Opear package returns 0
results.

So what should I do? Re-burn the DVD (took me 5 days to download it!)
and install Opera from DVD? I could download a copy from Opera website
instead but I wonder what's OpenSuSE user's recommended way to do that.

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