Thomas, Hatmut, Ha-ha. :) Yes I agree it would make more sense to learn a more elegant imput system. But considering that most Chinese people who use computers don't bother to learn a complex input method I think I would have a riot on my hands if I said to my employees: "Right, you are now all switching to Linux and 'cos Linux hasn't got a simple pinyin IME, so you have to learn a complex , but more elegant, IME." I don't think this would work. The move of everyone else in my office off of Windows to Linux is something that I am working slowly on and this is still one of the major stumbling blocks. The simple solution is probably not to attempt to switch them to SuSE but to a localised version which the YCBX supports. Thanks for the suggestions. Jethro