In terms of time, a SuSE 9.1 ought to be taking shape about now. Has anyone heard anything about a new release? Will SuSE's acquisition by Novell delay the next release? Will it include Ximian Desktop? If not, can we assume that a new release of XD2 will follow soon after? Sorry if asking about this offends you (it usually offends _somebody_), I'm just excited about the prospect of getting some new toys to play with, most of all a production-level 2.6 kernel as the default! I got wind that the desktop guys at my Fortune 250 company -- the people who mandate what the users run -- are thinking about taking a look at Linux, mostly because of how hard we've been hit by the latest email viruses. Obviously, I'll be recommending SuSE for such a thing, but I'd sure love to show them a new version with the speed improvements in the 2.6 kernel I keep hearing about. Regards, dk P.S. Yes, I know there was a pre-release 2.6 kernel included in 9.0. I don't want to try it. Robert Love said in his web log that one of his buddies is working on a new one that will slip into 9.0 through red carpet, but warned against using it.