http://www.linuxlinks.com/Distributions/ lists 108 distributions of Linux. Any of you care to identify which one is the best one for a new user. Windows defined the desktop in the same way McDonalds taught us how to eat hamburgers. Most people complain about windows the same way they complain about McDonalds but they are not willing to change their behavior I'm a parent and also being a computer "expert" I hear all the horror stories. People use home PC's for two things. Games and browsing (translation: more games) i.e. entertainment. Sure a few adventuresome sorts will do their taxes on a PC but even most of them are left wondering why. PC's will never survive the next revolution in computing. The browser is today's OS from a casual user's perspective. People do not want to own software. Managing it is a nightmare. If you really want to promote Linux as a desktop invent some really kick-ass games that would only run under Linux. (of course they would support win too but they wouldn't really work in that environment). -- Paul Overby Poverby at megsinet.net