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I have to say that I too am finding this discussion a bit tiresome. I have in fact spent more on Linux than I ever did on Windows, but the value of what I have got from open-source is incomparably greater. Those who want to support SuSE, and can afford to, should buy boxed sets regularly. Those who want to support SuSE, but have less ready cash, should try to buy a boxed set occasionally. I think we are all agreed on that. There is a cost attached to a good distro like SuSE, and someone has to pay it. No doubt I could do my own distro - in about 3 years time, if I work hard at it, I might have as good a one as SuSE. But I won't be able to do any work in the meantime. I would far rather have the guys at SuSE do their stuff (even if they get it wrong sometimes, which they do), and toss them the odd £40 now and again. Buying a round in a pub nowadays will cost you a quarter of that, and who gives a second thought to that? If, for theological, economic, or personal reasons, it is impossible for anyone to pay for a boxed set, then they can use the FTP edition (if they want the latest), or the older "remaindered" editions SuSE is giving away (if they want media and books). What they can't have is for SuSE to change its whole business plan to give them an A+ distro with all the trimmings for the cost of a 50p CD. I'm not flaming anyone, just stating what IMHO seems to cut a good balance between open-source and sound business. So could we please stop talking about 7.3? Buy it, or wait for the FTP download, or use 7.2. Kevin Donnelly -- 8:17pm up 5 days, 12:03, 1 user, load average: 1.88, 1.77, 1.49