After being a MicroCrap user for over 13 years I made the move to Linux last week and I am not looking back. Now I run Windows 2000 and Red Hat Linux 7.2 with KDE and I am a happy man. I do all my day to day stuff on Linux (email, news, Slashdot) and I use Windows only for some dedicated applications. Before this becomes too Off Topic I just want to second the opinion of using 7.2 as a newbie. It is a breeze to install. I was able to install it alongside Windows without too many problems. It is beautiful to watch. It is easy to use if WinBlows is all you know. I am sure there are other distributions of Linux and I suppose they are just as good, but I am not going to muck around with multiple installations or anything like that. At least not until I know more about controlling my system. So sit down, install Red Hat from Scratch and live the high life. Samir M. Nassar RedConcepts.NET