**** imagine,all of everything that is or was, can be reduced to an equation;less than one inch long *** Morning wizzards , I have a question that I dont find an absolute answer to, so I'm hoping someone can help. Reading thru some tech papaers AND the SuSE.de website , especially their descriptuons of the soon to be released 7.3.. Question one: I wonder if the encryption "drive" they speak of can be added after the installation. I notice they say if one should lose a laptop, for instance , and someone else finds it, they will not even know your encrypted data is on it... although , if the thief is at all competant , he must realsie *something* is hidden there, or the drive would have to report itself as being smaller than it is ??? In any case it seems a good thing to have such a location on any computer to keep those things one might prefer not be published to the entire world. One's credit cards numbers , for example, in the case of medical folks here in the states , where there are new laws being enacted to put your purse and your liberty at risk, should you have patient files on your laptop , and it gets "lost" or stolen , on your way home or to the office ...There are other proffessions where one might have information one is required by law and custom to keep private . Medicine , as I have said, Lawyers , Pharmisists , Financial Planners etc. Question two: Has any of the Suse folks tested/tried the newest version , and is it complex , or reletively easy ( maybe no moe than three "clicks", or the equivelent ?) We have an oppertuninty here, especially in the states to get at least *some* of those markets.. as long as an overworked , tired, person can use the encrypted "drive" ( or perhaps even just a directory or two?) Many of the "docs" we know are looking for a way off the "upgrade or die" merry-go-round of the "other" OS. They also need to upgrade thier entire office , or practise ... and also need to find a way to keep *casual* workers from getting information off the computers during non Office hours, cleaning staff, temp medical office workers etc. And ( even better, at least some have expresssed a definite interest in Linux , as a general thing , and after a bit of chat , in Suse linux especially.) As I said, it might be an opertunity to get into that market... But will require some evidence, on ease of use, assitance when needed .. and some encouragement by one or two respected docs to give it a push. I have an entree to the market, if I can get something like the encryption promised in version 7.3 , and also the ease of use of pgp/gpgp (?) for email. TIA y'all Blondely, -- j afterthought : A computer's attention span is as long as it's power cord.