Hello, I've just this morning discovered this mailing list. I'm a total newbie to Linux, so I don't know if this is the appropriate list to write to, if not please tell me to toddle off. I've been looking at Linux for a few weeks, reading up on it and studying all the distros. I have Red Hat 8 on 2 CD's that came with the 'Linux for Dummies' book I bought, but I've also been heavily contemplating Lycoris, which seems to be very user friendly for total idiots like me. But today i received an email from Cnet with info on Suse's new version and I found myself following the link to their site and liking what i read. Can you honestly tell me if Suse is OK for a complete newbie? The installation is the part that scares me the most, I've tried hard to check all my stuff against hardware compatibility lists, Suse page for this seems to bugger up a lot, while trying to check burners it would suddenly start showing printers or sound cards. Some opinions or help as to ease of install would be very much appreciated. At the moment I am using Windows 98SE, I have a 5 year old IMB Aptiva with a second hard drive added, the original is 4 gigs and the second one is 3 gigs. The memory is upgraded to 160. I'm thinking to do a duel boot for a while, if I have enough room for both. (Drive One = 1.38 used/2.61 free/ Drive Two = .821 used/ 2.14 free.) (Drive Two can fluctuant a lot depending on digital camera images and music being and not yet transferred to disc.) Thanks for any tips or support offered:O) Maureen.