Sorry I have not gotten back to the many responses I received. A little lightning went a long ways. Back up now but I lost some messages so If I miss anyone my apology. Here are some sites which were a big help that were offered in some of the first messages. freshmeat.net linuxshop.ru/linuxbegin/win-lin-soft-en/table.shtml gnuwin.epfl.ch/apps/en/index.html With these I can find most/all of the things I need. My thanks to the persons who offered them. Luckily I had saved them in bookmarks before I lost the messages. The only point I was trying to make with all this was I like linux and I am not as fond of win. I wanted to help other linux newbies get up to speed fast so they are not tempted to go back and I still think the best way to do that is to make it as easy as possible for them to stay the course. I think some kind of FAQ with this information in it would be a help. I will try to post these and any others people send me if you think it would be helpful. Let me know what you think! Bob