For 99.9% of Windows users adding a new program to their system means clicking 3 or perhaps 4 buttons at most. Many times it just means clicking one button. There is no compiling to be done in anything near the same way as in Linux. Programs in Windows are pretty much like our RPMs in that it means click a button and it installs. It is rare to get dependency hell, not unknown but rare. When it does happen it is normally a single missing .dll file not one after the other. I can and have installed from source in Linux. I am not comfortable doing it as I have had dependency hell many times. Which is why prefer to hunt down ready built packages. I honestly wish I did not have to though. -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== PLEASE DON'T drink and drive it's not clever, it's just stupid. Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR