As a post script to my earlier missive: I am still finding my feet with Linux. It seems to me though, that there are a lot of people trying to make the whole thing a slicker and more GUI driven. Compare www.debian.org to www.xandros.com who have built upon the Debian then Corel distro. Even the name Debian is a bit naff now. ((Debra and Ian)4ever) Well intended in it's day but we need to get much slicker, much sharper and much more professional. Ok, text only interface, 640x480 x256 colours are still used by third world and poorer countries. We still need to address the issues that these people have. However, the other side of the coin is that Broadband Britain is happening, albeit slowly, but it is happening. Where does Linux fit in with these new horizons? We have Gimp. What else does Linux have though? What is there in the line of Macromedia Flash? Is there an equivalent to Dream Weaver? What about 3D Max and AutoCAD and Adobe illustrator? Do we have any good DTP software like Quark or even to match MS Publisher. I know Corel have dabbled but this has all been discontinued it seems. Does any one know anything about these ? Are they available or are people still hankering after text interfaces and command line OS's and there is nothing doing ? Bruce.