Just my $.02US. I am a software engineer who has been using Unix for 25 years... And Linux since about 1993. Some of the real advances in GNU/Linux over the past few years have been the GUIs, KDE and GNOME. For the most part, when configured properly, most Windows users should be able to use them. I like YaST because it makes the management of the workstation straightforward, much like the Windows control panel. (Although I am just as conmfortable updating the config files). One of the things that makes Linux powerful, is all the choices you have. But, this is also very intimidating. It's a real tradeoff. Other than YaST, another thing I like about SuSE (Professional) is that the distro includes just about everything on the media. In contrast, distributions like Linspire and Mandrake are targeted primarily toward the desktop users. I'm going to leave it at this. Linux today is still not for everyone, but is getting much closer. And, as Linux becomes more established inside of the big corporations either as the standard desktop as it is with Novell, or as an acceptable desktop, the major distros, like SuSE will improve (from the standpoint of a Windows user) the desktop to appeal to a wider audience. -- Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9