--- Tony Whitmore wrote:

Not really true these days. A large number of distributions are based on the .deb format, with varying ties of closeness with the Debian

I wasn't clear -- yes, you're right. I was talking more in the context of the widely-used commercial distros. -- Thomas Adam ___________________________________________________________ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com