I have read with a great deal of interest some recent threads about the relative merrits of Linux and some other operating systems. Various arguments have been put forward about the need to read and Bills way of making us work. I have recently (fairly successfully) installed and configured SuSE 6.4 on an existing Win98 box. This is not my first foree into Unix and Linux, I have been a Unix developer and user for over 10 years and have installed a much older linux envornment a few years ago. I think installing and running a Linux environment is not like running Win98. It is infinitely more complex, and the help and hand holding is much more patchy. I think Linux works well for the hardware that people have written drivers for and is popular and well tested. In windows if the driver for your hardware is not included in the OS then the harware supplier will give you one and support it. This just isn't the case for Linux. Having said all that, I don't believe a Linux based network is any more complex to configure and administer that an NT based one, and it is a lot more stable and robust. It is, like anything, a case or horses for courses. Linux will not take on the MS brigade in the home or even the office workstation market. If people are trying to use it in this sphere (creating PowerPoint presentations, etc) they are destined for failure. As a backend server, administered by people who know what they are doing, it is second to none, in my opinion. Just a thought Peter -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/