That's interesting. Do you know what the differences are? I assume they both still keep their files in the same places and they both have most of the same packages. Is the difference primarily kernel configuration or what? Brady > > Mandrake and Redhat are sort of the same thing. Mandrake is based on > > Redhat but with some extra stuff tacked on. > >This is no longer true. Each Mandrake release used to be based on the >corresponding redhat release, with a few mods. Mandrake has gone it's >separate way now and the only real similarity that Mandrake really shares >with Redhat is the use of rpm for package management (Suse and a couple >others also use rpm). > >Jay ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ "Since we're going to die anyway we might as well be thinking something really stupid." - Nothing Man (leader of the "Brotherhood of Dada")