I would recommend having the 8.0 Pro w/ the books if he's a new user. Many things have changed over the life of 7.3 --> 8.0. It would make him much happier and less prone to saying " this sucks..it's to confusing " more then he will anyway :) * Bruce Young (hbrucey@yahoo.com) [020502 07:29]: ::i have a friend that wants to try linux for the first time. he is an ::average computer user.. i want him to try suse 8.0 professional... i ::have the 7.1 and 7.2 pro. packages with books and all... do you ::recommend him buying the upgrade and having my 7.2 books for ::reference? -=Ben --=====-----=====-- mailto:ben@whack.org --=====-- If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say that the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little. -GC --=====-----=====--