I'm afraid we appear to be getting away from the main focus of this post. That is/was the silly problems that are cropping up with the latest release of SuSE. Yes, they are there in other GNU/Linux distro's so I'll count them in too. I know that it is not the fault of 'Linux' that certain video cards or monitors don't work correctly under it. I've tried to tell loads of would be Windows leavers this many times. However, it doesn't stop those problems being there. Let's face it, they are silly problems but they seem massive and often unsurmountable when a newcomer faces them for the first time. Somebody with not a lot of patience is likely to falter at this first hurdle and turn straight back to warmth and comfort (however illusionary) of MS Windows. I know it's up to hardware manufacturers to come up with the goods and offer OS drivers for Linux and the other GNU or OS (BSD etc) systems. But, it's no good any of us burying our heads in the sand or arguing amongst ourselves about it. This needs to be shouted about so that the big boys in control of the distro's hear it. -- ============================================== 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